TK_Wharton
@tkw.bsky.social
Uptown, N.O. history, Saints, Geology
On Bluesky since September 5, 2023
On Bluesky since September 5, 2023
As someone on my feed suggested, coozie throws make good exterior faucet insulators
January 27, 2026 at 12:06 AM
As someone on my feed suggested, coozie throws make good exterior faucet insulators
Hot take: Seahawks gonna Lombardi
January 26, 2026 at 12:07 AM
Hot take: Seahawks gonna Lombardi
I'm a transplant, so I only ate at five of these
“Past New Orleans restaurants never die,” to very liberally paraphrase Faulkner. “They’re not even past.”
Return to these 10 lost restaurants that remain New Orleans icons
“Past New Orleans restaurants never die,” to very liberally paraphrase Faulkner. “They’re not even past.”
bit.ly
January 25, 2026 at 11:53 PM
I'm a transplant, so I only ate at five of these
Slidell from the overlook
January 25, 2026 at 10:11 PM
Slidell from the overlook
Right now it's freezing in Red Stick and 71F in the Crescent City
January 25, 2026 at 1:46 PM
Right now it's freezing in Red Stick and 71F in the Crescent City
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Kare 11 local news just read, in full, this statement from Michael and Susan Pretti, the parents of Alex Pretti.
"Please get the truth out about our son."
"Please get the truth out about our son."
January 25, 2026 at 12:43 AM
Kare 11 local news just read, in full, this statement from Michael and Susan Pretti, the parents of Alex Pretti.
"Please get the truth out about our son."
"Please get the truth out about our son."
Purple, Green, and Gold
January 24, 2026 at 6:16 PM
Purple, Green, and Gold
Excellent idea
Welp, time to duct tape last year's Mardi Gras coozies around my exposed pipes before the freezing temps hit tomorrow.
Like my father before me.
Like my father before me.
January 23, 2026 at 11:34 PM
Excellent idea
Eeeeeee!
January 23, 2026 at 1:22 AM
Eeeeeee!
Cake by Mrs TK for local jazz musician’s birthday
January 22, 2026 at 11:48 PM
Cake by Mrs TK for local jazz musician’s birthday
It's all about the Simoleons #20cSlang
Trump: "They're paid agitators and insurrectionists. Nobody talks about the fact that $19 billion at a minimum is missing in Minnesota, given to a large degree by Somalians. They've taken it. Somalians. A lot of very low IQ people."
January 20, 2026 at 11:54 PM
It's all about the Simoleons #20cSlang
I do this something like this, less often, when the humidity is not too high outside. Windows, of course, are almost all painted shut, but I open front, rear, and side doors of our sidehall shotgun to "air out" as we say wapo.st/4bGX32O
‘House burping’ is a cold reality in Germany. Americans are warming to it.
The often mandated German practice of airing out homes no matter the season has strained and even ended relationships, but it’s gotten a boost on U.S. social media.
wapo.st
January 20, 2026 at 4:17 PM
I do this something like this, less often, when the humidity is not too high outside. Windows, of course, are almost all painted shut, but I open front, rear, and side doors of our sidehall shotgun to "air out" as we say wapo.st/4bGX32O
Kenner Police Chief Keith Conley, whose agency has worked with Border Patrol, said he was told last week that the operation was suspended while federal agents were deployed elsewhere www.nola.com/news/jeffers...
Is Catahoula Crunch over? Fears linger as Border Patrol activity in Louisiana fades.
While signs suggest that the federal government's Border Patrol-led south Louisiana operation has largely ended, the region's immigrant communities say that even as businesses re-open and people fearf...
www.nola.com
January 20, 2026 at 12:49 PM
Kenner Police Chief Keith Conley, whose agency has worked with Border Patrol, said he was told last week that the operation was suspended while federal agents were deployed elsewhere www.nola.com/news/jeffers...
Sorry, reposting this one -- there's just so much going on with recursion on several planes of reflection and shadow, interior and exterior; mundane NO street scene
January 19, 2026 at 11:23 PM
Sorry, reposting this one -- there's just so much going on with recursion on several planes of reflection and shadow, interior and exterior; mundane NO street scene
Henry's wife, Lauren, said "the fire department deserves a damned medal." They responded quickly, put out the fires quickly, and were communicative throughout, Lauren said www.nola.com/news/crime_p...
Bywater residents bewildered, disturbed after cars, duplex set on fire in string of arsons
Osborn's car was one of eight vehicles that the New Orleans Fire Department said were intentionally damaged by arson early Monday morning on Montegut, Dauphine and Desire streets in the Bywater. The a...
www.nola.com
January 19, 2026 at 11:05 PM
Henry's wife, Lauren, said "the fire department deserves a damned medal." They responded quickly, put out the fires quickly, and were communicative throughout, Lauren said www.nola.com/news/crime_p...
Accidental Magazine collage
January 19, 2026 at 12:17 AM
Accidental Magazine collage
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If he'd been savvy and not a moral coward, Bill Cassidy would be celebrated tonight as the guy who stood up to Trump and saved public health, and sacrificed his Senate seat to do the right thing. But, instead, he'll just be remembered as a cowardly loser with a lot of blood on his hands.
January 18, 2026 at 3:31 AM
If he'd been savvy and not a moral coward, Bill Cassidy would be celebrated tonight as the guy who stood up to Trump and saved public health, and sacrificed his Senate seat to do the right thing. But, instead, he'll just be remembered as a cowardly loser with a lot of blood on his hands.
Seahawks numbers are too big and in an inappropriately bold font; not to mention the hideous "action green"
January 18, 2026 at 1:41 AM
Seahawks numbers are too big and in an inappropriately bold font; not to mention the hideous "action green"
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Robert Fresh Market bought the business — but not the building.
Prytania Wine & Spirits building listed for $1.7M after Langenstein's sells business to Robert
Robert Fresh Market bought the business — but not the building.
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January 14, 2026 at 12:00 AM
Robert Fresh Market bought the business — but not the building.
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But wait, wasn't Detroit bigger in 1968 thereby invalidating the entire premise? Well, actually, no.
January 12, 2026 at 1:00 PM
But wait, wasn't Detroit bigger in 1968 thereby invalidating the entire premise? Well, actually, no.
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New this week: I wrote about the dozen cities I found that had fewer murders in 2025 than in any of the last 50 years. A wide range of cities with incredible results.
jasher.substack.com/p/the-cities...
jasher.substack.com/p/the-cities...
January 12, 2026 at 12:51 PM
New this week: I wrote about the dozen cities I found that had fewer murders in 2025 than in any of the last 50 years. A wide range of cities with incredible results.
jasher.substack.com/p/the-cities...
jasher.substack.com/p/the-cities...
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Video message from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell. Wow.
January 12, 2026 at 3:16 AM
Video message from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell. Wow.