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Just another lefty urbanist, not my professional account (do people have those here?) #NOLATwitter in exile
Nerdy things I’ve made:
https://plotofland.monumentlab.com/
https://www.papermonuments.org/
https://small.tulane.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/04
Nerdy things I’ve made:
https://plotofland.monumentlab.com/
https://www.papermonuments.org/
https://small.tulane.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/04
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NOPD records show some top earners may have broken overtime policy
NOPD records show some top earners may have broken overtime policy
NOPD timecards show officers working more overtime than allowed by NOPD policy
www.fox8live.com
November 26, 2025 at 5:29 AM
NOPD records show some top earners may have broken overtime policy
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The Trump administration’s war on tourism in red states continues
National parks have SO MANY people from other countries (since they get real vacations!)
And they spend a lot of money on hotels, food, souvenirs, etc.
This is unbelievably dumb, it will destroy entire tourist towns
And they spend a lot of money on hotels, food, souvenirs, etc.
This is unbelievably dumb, it will destroy entire tourist towns
November 26, 2025 at 3:42 AM
The Trump administration’s war on tourism in red states continues
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This is called “chain refoulment” and it’s illegal under both U.S. and international law. And the State Department and ICE know very well what Ghana is doing and simply don’t care.
ICE deported a woman who owned a home in the US for 30 years. A judge banned ICE from deporting her to Sierra Leone where she had been tortured, so it deported her to Ghana, which kidnapped her and sent her back Sierra Leone anyway. ICE is part of this illegal conspiracy.
November 25, 2025 at 7:30 PM
This is called “chain refoulment” and it’s illegal under both U.S. and international law. And the State Department and ICE know very well what Ghana is doing and simply don’t care.
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I'm sure shifting from inappropriately or non-identified agents to non-identified bounty hunters with letters of marque looking for a 9 figure payday won't have any downsides
NEW: ICE has torn up its $180M cap on a proposed immigrant-tracking program and is now guaranteeing private surveillance firms at least $7.5M each, with potential payouts reaching $281M per vendor. The change signals a shift from “pilot” to full-scale outsourcing of street-level investigative work.
ICE Offers Up to $280 Million to Immigrant-Tracking ‘Bounty Hunter’ Firms
Immigration and Customs Enforcement lifted a $180 million cap on a proposed immigrant-tracking program while guaranteeing multimillion-dollar payouts for private surveillance firms.
www.wired.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:30 PM
I'm sure shifting from inappropriately or non-identified agents to non-identified bounty hunters with letters of marque looking for a 9 figure payday won't have any downsides
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The numbers vary from study to study but hundreds of thousands of people have died because of Elon Musk and Marco Rubio illegally disbanding USAID — a body count on par with the first eight years of the Syrian civil war — In just seven months. It’s mass death that is simply unfathomable in scale.
USAID shutdown has led to hundreds of thousands of deaths | Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
The Trump administration’s decision to shut down the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has resulted in hundreds of thousands of deaths from infectious diseases and malnutrition, accord...
hsph.harvard.edu
November 25, 2025 at 2:05 PM
The numbers vary from study to study but hundreds of thousands of people have died because of Elon Musk and Marco Rubio illegally disbanding USAID — a body count on par with the first eight years of the Syrian civil war — In just seven months. It’s mass death that is simply unfathomable in scale.
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insert The obligatory "i'm opposed to violence" speech here_______
They should kick his ass!
They should kick his ass!
A Houston-area church employee allegedly impersonated an ICE agent to extort a massage therapist he’d just seen, showing her a fake badge and telling her she would never see her family again if she didn’t Zelle him $500.
Church employee posed as ICE agent to extort victim for money, HPD says
A church safety director is under arrest after being accused of posing as an ICE agent to extort a woman for money.
abc13.com
November 24, 2025 at 8:01 PM
insert The obligatory "i'm opposed to violence" speech here_______
They should kick his ass!
They should kick his ass!
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It continues to bother me how much Leopold II, one of the most evil men of all time and a ghoul on par with Hitler, is so completely ignored
November 24, 2025 at 2:39 AM
It continues to bother me how much Leopold II, one of the most evil men of all time and a ghoul on par with Hitler, is so completely ignored
*correction: too few bookshelves
Twitter accounts are based in Russia. BlueSky accounts are based in homes with, frankly, too many books, plants, obsolete cables, and pieces of rustic pottery, that could do with a bit of a tidying up, to be honest.
November 24, 2025 at 1:17 AM
*correction: too few bookshelves
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If you’re a journalist who’s still on Twitter, from now on in your writing you have to replace “the American people want” with “troll bots in Eastern Europe demand”
Being there makes your judgment suspect. I don’t care how savvy you think you are, you’re marinating in a disinformation campaign.
Being there makes your judgment suspect. I don’t care how savvy you think you are, you’re marinating in a disinformation campaign.
November 23, 2025 at 4:27 PM
If you’re a journalist who’s still on Twitter, from now on in your writing you have to replace “the American people want” with “troll bots in Eastern Europe demand”
Being there makes your judgment suspect. I don’t care how savvy you think you are, you’re marinating in a disinformation campaign.
Being there makes your judgment suspect. I don’t care how savvy you think you are, you’re marinating in a disinformation campaign.
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the long-term threat is not MAGA enduring forever, it is the pendulum effect created by the fact that when the regime falls, the minimum necessary amount of cleanup needed to restore democracy will be interpreted by slightly less than half of 2024 voters as a partisan purge that requires vengeance
November 23, 2025 at 8:30 PM
the long-term threat is not MAGA enduring forever, it is the pendulum effect created by the fact that when the regime falls, the minimum necessary amount of cleanup needed to restore democracy will be interpreted by slightly less than half of 2024 voters as a partisan purge that requires vengeance
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Yep, one of the biggest drivers of the elite panic around “wokeness” was the increasing prominence of Black people and particularly Black women in their fields and we’re seeing that coalition rewarded with the targeting of Black workers.
Since February, according to my latest analysis, almost 600,000 Black women have been economically sidelined. The November 20, 2025, Jobs Report makes clear this isn’t a blip. It’s a structural crisis. That is not a recovery. It is a redistribution of opportunity.
The exit economy is here. Black Women are paying the highest price | Fortune
This isn’t a blip. It’s a structural crisis. And it's not a recovery, it's a redistribution of opportunity.
fortune.com
November 23, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Yep, one of the biggest drivers of the elite panic around “wokeness” was the increasing prominence of Black people and particularly Black women in their fields and we’re seeing that coalition rewarded with the targeting of Black workers.
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speaking as a virginia beach native if these kind of dudes are plotting against ICE then there is wide runway in public opinion for straight up abolishing the agency under a dem presidency
Kempsville High School assistant principal charged for threats against police, ICE
Virginia Beach assistant principal John Bennett and Mark Bennett charged for conspiring threats against police and ICE agents. Both are held without bond.
www.13newsnow.com
November 22, 2025 at 4:39 AM
speaking as a virginia beach native if these kind of dudes are plotting against ICE then there is wide runway in public opinion for straight up abolishing the agency under a dem presidency
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Trump says he’s ending Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Somali refugees in Minnesota “immediately.”
November 22, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Trump says he’s ending Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Somali refugees in Minnesota “immediately.”
A++ narcissist wrangling right here
Reporter to Mamdani: President Trump says he loves NYC. Does NYC love President Trump?
Mamdani: NYC loves a future that is affordable, and I can tell you that there were more NYCers who voted for President Trump because of that focus on cost of living.
Trump: I got a lot of votes.
Mamdani: NYC loves a future that is affordable, and I can tell you that there were more NYCers who voted for President Trump because of that focus on cost of living.
Trump: I got a lot of votes.
November 21, 2025 at 11:52 PM
A++ narcissist wrangling right here
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We Should Have Finished Reconstruction: A Brief History of American Politics, 1865-2025
With every passing day, America needs a bigger third reconstruction.
November 21, 2025 at 11:02 PM
We Should Have Finished Reconstruction: A Brief History of American Politics, 1865-2025
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HAPPENING NOW: DC community members are outside MPD headquarters to demand independent investigations of and release of all officer names and body cam footage in the three deaths in police custody this week, as well as the termination of Trump’s “DC Safe and Beautiful” Task Force.
November 21, 2025 at 11:03 PM
HAPPENING NOW: DC community members are outside MPD headquarters to demand independent investigations of and release of all officer names and body cam footage in the three deaths in police custody this week, as well as the termination of Trump’s “DC Safe and Beautiful” Task Force.
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If you receive an illegal order, you have a duty to disobey.
This isn’t controversial.
A President calling for the execution of anyone who reminds service members of this oath is showing us why the duty to disobey illegal orders is so important in the first place.
This isn’t controversial.
A President calling for the execution of anyone who reminds service members of this oath is showing us why the duty to disobey illegal orders is so important in the first place.
November 21, 2025 at 12:14 AM
If you receive an illegal order, you have a duty to disobey.
This isn’t controversial.
A President calling for the execution of anyone who reminds service members of this oath is showing us why the duty to disobey illegal orders is so important in the first place.
This isn’t controversial.
A President calling for the execution of anyone who reminds service members of this oath is showing us why the duty to disobey illegal orders is so important in the first place.
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I’ve written a LOT about CBP during my career and had scores of interactions with them. They’ve literally disappeared people, shot people in the back, killed children, raped people, trafficked people, guns and drugs, engaged in coverups and even shot across the border and killed Mexicans IN Mexico
November 20, 2025 at 6:29 PM
I’ve written a LOT about CBP during my career and had scores of interactions with them. They’ve literally disappeared people, shot people in the back, killed children, raped people, trafficked people, guns and drugs, engaged in coverups and even shot across the border and killed Mexicans IN Mexico
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BREAKING: Judge Cobb rules that the Pentagon's National Guard deployment into D.C. was illegal.
However, she has stayed the effect of her order until Dec. 11 to prevent disorder while the matter is under appeal.
ecf.dcd.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/show...
However, she has stayed the effect of her order until Dec. 11 to prevent disorder while the matter is under appeal.
ecf.dcd.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/show...
November 20, 2025 at 7:50 PM
BREAKING: Judge Cobb rules that the Pentagon's National Guard deployment into D.C. was illegal.
However, she has stayed the effect of her order until Dec. 11 to prevent disorder while the matter is under appeal.
ecf.dcd.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/show...
However, she has stayed the effect of her order until Dec. 11 to prevent disorder while the matter is under appeal.
ecf.dcd.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/show...
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Dept. of Ed is reclassifying all the female dominated professions (nurse, therapist, speech pathologist, PA) as not having “professional” degrees, which makes it harder for them to get educational loans.
Another FUCKED UP thing this admin is doing to attack women’s power.
Take that shit to court!
Another FUCKED UP thing this admin is doing to attack women’s power.
Take that shit to court!
November 20, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Dept. of Ed is reclassifying all the female dominated professions (nurse, therapist, speech pathologist, PA) as not having “professional” degrees, which makes it harder for them to get educational loans.
Another FUCKED UP thing this admin is doing to attack women’s power.
Take that shit to court!
Another FUCKED UP thing this admin is doing to attack women’s power.
Take that shit to court!
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So it’s worse than we thought
ICE’s Detention Center outside Chicago was sued on October 30 for allegedly abusing detainees. One day later, a "system crash" lost all video footage that could have shown how detainees were being treated. trib.al/QwT3aqI
November 21, 2025 at 12:32 AM
So it’s worse than we thought
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I literally could not stop myself from inappropriately laughing out loud for real
November 21, 2025 at 12:24 AM
I literally could not stop myself from inappropriately laughing out loud for real
Because of course the Trump regime has named its CBP occupation of New Orleans Swamp Sweep, or SS for short
www.nola.com/gambit/news/...
www.nola.com/gambit/news/...
Opposition to ICE, CBP deployments in New Orleans mounts
The Southern Poverty Law Center Oct. 20 joined the growing chorus of organizations and leaders denouncing President Donald Trump’s occupation of New Orleans using ICE and CBP units, saying it "reflect...
www.nola.com
November 20, 2025 at 6:22 PM
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In New Orleans Project NOLA has over 5000 cameras spying on the city. Thousands of them track your face and your license plate. There is ZERO oversight or accountability
very big story here: apnews.com/article/immi...
Border Patrol is monitoring US drivers and detaining those with 'suspicious' travel patterns
The U.S. Border Patrol is monitoring millions of American drivers nationwide in a secretive program to identify and detain people whose travel patterns it deems suspicious.
apnews.com
November 20, 2025 at 5:52 PM
In New Orleans Project NOLA has over 5000 cameras spying on the city. Thousands of them track your face and your license plate. There is ZERO oversight or accountability
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i don't know how to phrase this delicately, but i just want to communicate to young white men in incel-adjacent spaces that this sort of behavior will solve your problems
I love him. “The first time I caught up to [ICE], I could tell that they already knew who I was. They had seen me before, so they thought they were just going to speed away. I was like, ‘Ha ha, bitches, I got a new scooter!’”
Meet the veteran who chases ICE on a scooter
Clifford “Buzz” Grambo patrols the streets of Baltimore to keep his neighbors safe—and make federal agents uncomfortable.
www.motherjones.com
November 20, 2025 at 5:06 PM
i don't know how to phrase this delicately, but i just want to communicate to young white men in incel-adjacent spaces that this sort of behavior will solve your problems