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Water main breaks stress cash-strapped New Orleans families Multiple boil water advisories resulting from water main breaks since the beginning of the year are putting the strain on many Uptown families.

The quick succession of water main breaks in New Orleans and the boil water advisories that have resulted from them have put a financial strain on already cash-strapped families and households in the city. More @veritenews.org. veritenews.org/2026/03/10/b...

New Orleans' sobering center closed because of budget cuts A facility hailed as an alternative to jail and hospital stays for intoxicated people — the vast majority of whom were homeless — has shuttered its doors as city officials cut costs to claw out of a b...

I know plenty of people struggling with addiction who were/are unhoused who made use of this facility.

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in his home race! after finishing third in last year's championship race.

omg piastri crashed on the reconnaissance lap!

It's Saturday. Tell someone you love that you love them, especially if that someone is you.

really weird that the woman with the cysts in the pitt this week referred to herself as a brown woman. only marginally believable from my experience of how black women refer to themselves.

it's an uncompetitive public league but whatever (none of my homies want to play). and i drafted well: jokic, brunson, randle, mobley, etc.

the entire roster on my fantasy basketball team are inside the top 75, except one player: jayson tatum, who i just took off IL.

the erasure of trans people's contributions is so real. i'm currently experiencing it.

oh no, the claude ads on the Zach Lowe show hitting different

i guess we're just making fun here? there's no way she doesn't know about this, right? she's not even supposedly leaving until the end of march.

The sea is higher than we thought and millions more are at risk, study finds A new study in the journal Nature says most sea level rise research may have underestimated coastal water heights by an average of 1 foot or about 30 centimeters.

Climate change’s rising seas may threaten tens of millions more people than scientists and government planners originally thought because of mistaken research assumptions on how high coastal waters already are, a new study said.

watching an iran contra documentary for no good reason

i don't stay on here as much as some, and so i miss a lot and end up seeing conflicting reports, opinions and insults from sources of information that i trust and/or expression that i relate to generally. it's an odd experience. all love to all y'all, ultimately.

I've heard arguments that the reaction to those very policies and the movements that made them possible is what we've been seeing basically since then.

It's Saturday. Tell someone you love that you love them, especially if that someone is you.

Something that's being overlooked: The Saudi government—yes, the same gov't that butchered a Washington Post journalist a few years ago—is set to be a part owner of CNN.

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wonder man is so fucking boring

i wish i could text with my brother and pops

I wish to live in a society where there is stigma placed upon those who knowingly come into work sick

i taught a media studies class in the spring semester of 2020 to high schoolers in East Oakland. the exercise that got them most engaged was asking them their fave media outlets, then showing them how most of them are owned by only a few mega corporations.

thinking about those students heavy today.

oh well, the pitt wasn't that good anyway

New Orleans might trash recycling expansion, despite $5M grant New Orleans has more than $5 million available to pay for tens of thousands of new recycling carts. But the City Council isn’t moving forward with a hearing to approve the contract.

BREAKING: The city of New Orleans is considering trashing a fully-funded recycling initiative that has more than $5 million in financial backing and would provide recycling bins to all single-family and small multi-family residential in the city. More @veritenews.org. veritenews.org/2026/02/25/n...

Oh wow. Another person trying to ruin people's lives who Joe Rogan platformed.

They won't start with banning birth control. First they'll lie about it. Then dictate who can prescribe it, use it, fund it, in what forms, and for how long. Suddenly, your doctor won't call you back. I know this is what they'll do because it's what they're doing to transgender healthcare right now.

Get the Lead Out: How New Orleans can reduce toxic heavy metal exposure - Verite News New Orleans Case studies of two cities and a state that faced lead contamination problems may give New Orleans a roadmap to cleaning its pollution.

Come for the problems, stay for the solutions! @veritenews.org has a story out today about how the city of New Orleans can reduce the level of toxic heavy metal that its residents are exposed to. veritenews.org/2026/02/25/h...

when they say sorry when moving through public space instead of just saying excuse me is crazy

I wish white people wanted to say “excuse me” as much as they wanna say “nigga”

Quality of public transit during Mardi Gras criticized The transit advocacy organization Ride New Orleans brought together frequent riders to discuss concerns with public transport during carnival season.

New Orleanians bemoaned the quality of public transit during Carnival season, saying that there was ineffective and inconsistent communication and long waits for transport throughout the weeks and days leading up to Mardi Gras Day. More @veritenews.org.

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in the stinger, sentry was giving milton waddams