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Joshua Erlich @joshuaerlich.bsky.social · 10h

essentially no one looks worse in all this than Biden, followed closely by the tiresome, morally bankrupt blue wave scolds who shouted at all of us about how Biden couldn’t do anything

Andrew Exum @exum.bsky.social · 11h

This week has confirmed my suspicion that Biden’s Middle East policies will look worse, and will be even more embarrassing for Democrats, with the passage of time.

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Delaney Nolan @delaneynolan.bsky.social · 2d

Thought to myself "I gotta print out an excerpt for the reading tonight" and then remembered i dont ever have to do that again because it's already printed. In a book. It's a book now. I can just...read from my book. Insane

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Katie Lee @resourcefulsqrl.bsky.social · 6d

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Thanks @delaneynolan.bsky.social & @thelensnola.bsky.social for covering this.

To be clear: genocides are bad for population health and influence susceptibility & transmission of infectious disease. Science is clear. International consensus: this is a genocide.

Tulane changes syllabus, fires director over Gaza article | The Lens

Tulane University, facing an investigation by the Trump administration, fired an academic director and pulled an article about polio in Gaza from an infectious disease course

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The Lens Nola @thelensnola.bsky.social · 6d

#TheLensNola🔍 Tulane University terminated an academic director this summer after the syllabus she’d helped create for an infectious disease class was rejected...

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Full Story 🔗: buff.ly/rRFbrpE

#tulaneuniversity #academicdirector #gaza

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Delaney Nolan @delaneynolan.bsky.social · 6d

My reporting on how Tulane fired a program director and pulled an article about polio in Gaza from a public health course:

The Lens Nola @thelensnola.bsky.social · 6d

#TheLensNola🔍 Tulane University terminated an academic director this summer after the syllabus she’d helped create for an infectious disease class was rejected...

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Full Story 🔗: buff.ly/rRFbrpE

#tulaneuniversity #academicdirector #gaza

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Delaney Nolan @delaneynolan.bsky.social · 6d

I interviewed @emanabdelhadi.bsky.social last spring. She's a brilliant academic at U of Chicago. Unreal to see ICE treat her this way

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ACLU @aclu.org · 7d

BREAKING: Our client Mario Guevara, an Emmy-winning journalist detained by ICE in retaliation for livestreaming law enforcement activity, will be deported tomorrow to El Salvador.

Mario and his family are being punished for his reporting. This cruelty is meant to stifle our free press.

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news_fuentes @andresfuentes.bsky.social · 10d

#BREAKING
Governor Jeff Landry submits request to send in 1,000 Louisiana National Guard troops to cities like New Orleans.

The governor cites a rise in crime despite New Orleans reporting a massive declines in crime since 2023.

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Delaney Nolan @delaneynolan.bsky.social · Mar 5

HAPPY BAD, out October 14 in a bookstore near you 😊☹🙃😑

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 16d

Isaac Chotiner has invited me to sample some delicious Amontillado wine and I don’t know guys but I think I’m going to come out of this interview seeming like *quite* the wine expert

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Covering Climate Now @coveringclimatenow.org · 16d

To illustrate what the rapid buildout of Gulf Coast LNG export terminals looks like, this beautifully written @sierramagazine.bsky.social story from @delaneynolan.bsky.social cleverly likens the development to an aggressive disease that advances in stages. www.sierraclub.org/sierra/2024-...

The Past, Present, and Contested Future of LNG Terminals Along the Gulf Coast
SIERRA MAGAZINE | WRITING
Delaney Nolan, with Julie Dermansky & Geoff McGhee

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 16d

I hate to say I told you so but…

www.ynetnews.com/article/sjje...

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Jason Mark @jasondovemark.bsky.social · 16d

Will you look at that? The last feature story I edited for Sierra just won a @coveringclimatenow.org award in the fossil fuels category. Congrats to @delaneynolan.bsky.social + @geoffmcghee.bsky.social + @jsdphoto.bsky.social for uncovering the past, present and future of #LNG in the Gulf of Mexico

announcement from Covering Climate Now about the award-winning Sierra feature story

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Pipeline Safety Trust @pstrust.bsky.social · 21d

After that incident, advocates and pipeline safety experts pushed for updated regulations for carbon dioxide pipelines from the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA).

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In St. James Parish, Exxon plans to lay carbon pipeline alarmingly close to homes, businesses | The Lens

Experts and residents decry hazards to people and lack of regulations, transparency

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Delaney Nolan @delaneynolan.bsky.social · 21d

Thrilled to learn my cover story for @sierramagazine.bsky.social has won a Covering Climate Now award! Thank you to Julie, Geoff, Jason, and especially to those on the Gulf Coast who spoke with me about their life under LNG's shadow.

Read the story here:
www.sierraclub.org/sierra/2024-...

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The Lens Nola @thelensnola.bsky.social · 21d

#TheLensNola🔍 Experts and residents decry hazards to people and lack of regulations, transparency

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Full Story 🔗: thelensnola.org?p=605378

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Delaney Nolan @delaneynolan.bsky.social · 21d

With @emdashsanders.bsky.social at ExxonKnews:

Exxon is pushing through a CO2 pipeline in Cancer Alley that will run as close as 160 yards from the nearest home.

The Lens Nola @thelensnola.bsky.social · 21d

#TheLensNola🔍 Experts and residents decry hazards to people and lack of regulations, transparency

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Full Story 🔗: thelensnola.org?p=605378

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Emily Sanders @emdashsanders.bsky.social · 21d

For @thelensnola.bsky.social, @delaneynolan.bsky.social and I dove deep into a CO2 pipeline Exxon wants to build right near communities in St James Parish, La, for carbon capture.

A CO2 rupture can be lethal, and federal safety regs have been pulled by Trump thelensnola.org/2025/09/18/i...

In St. James Parish, Exxon plans to lay carbon pipeline alarmingly close to homes, businesses | The Lens

Experts and residents decry hazards to people and lack of regulations, transparency

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Delaney Nolan @delaneynolan.bsky.social · 23d

Went down a rabbit hole reading about journalism grifter Stephen Glass, and learned that Harper's paid him $13,000 in today's dollars for a single story, and now I'm going to lie down on the ground for a long time

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Delaney Nolan @delaneynolan.bsky.social · Sep 4

Vet: *examining dog* hmm, have there been more spiders in your house recently?

Me: ((dog is haunted. he's gonna tell me the dog is haunted))

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Louisiana Illuminator @lailluminator.com · Sep 3

51 ICE detainees are already being housed at "Camp 57" at Louisiana’s Angola prison, with room for up to 416. @piperhutch.bsky.social reports from the state penitentiary ... lailluminator.com/2025/09/03/i...

ICE detainees being housed at Louisiana’s Angola prison • Louisiana Illuminator

Gov. Jeff Landry said the facility “will house the worst of the worst criminal illegal aliens arrested by ICE.”

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Karen Dalton Beninato 🐦 @kbeninato.bsky.social · Sep 3

Trump threatening to send federal troops into New Orleans is just like Napoleon's self-inflicted disaster invading Moscow, except instead of snow it's glitter. And instead of War and Peace it's live cams on Bourbon Street.

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Delaney Nolan @delaneynolan.bsky.social · Sep 3

Federal troops are not ready for protests that include twerking

Politico @politico.com · Sep 3

Trump say that he may deploy federal troops to New Orleans next, not Chicago, and is waiting for governors to ask for help — a shift in his rhetoric about moving into major U.S. cities uninvited.

Trump floats federal troops to New Orleans, not Chicago

The president suggested he would not send troops until invited by governors — a shift in rhetoric after promising to go into Democrat-led cities.

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The Lens Nola @thelensnola.bsky.social · Sep 3

#TheLensNola🔍 In the wake of the recent explosion in Roseland, a flow of unidentified contaminants –– black, oily, and smelling like asphalt –– has made its way down the Tangipahoa River and is visible at least as far downriver as Ponchatoula.

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Delaney Nolan @delaneynolan.bsky.social · Aug 29

HAPPY BAD got a starred review from Kirkus 🥲

www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews...

HAPPY BAD | Kirkus Reviews

A treatment center’s planned relocation is upended by the effects of climate change.

www.kirkusreviews.com

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