Kimberly Powers

Mom of teenage doodles. A newspaper girl trapped in a computer world. Dedicated to clearly communicating the great things happening at LDOE. Matthew 28:19

[LA Dept of Insurance @LAInsuranceDept]

𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗮𝗯𝗼𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻.
At this year's 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 𝗟𝗗𝗜 𝗔𝗻𝗻𝘂𝗮𝗹 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲, the "Leadership in Resilience" Panel: Lessons from Central, Jefferson Parish and CPRA will bring together leaders from the municipal, parish, and state levels. Attendees will hear practical lessons, success stories, and strategies that can help strengthen communities.

𝗥𝗲𝗴𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝘀 𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗻! Check out our full agenda and join us August 19-20 in New Orleans: https://t.co/bdHUUu8d7e

[Secretary Kennedy @SecKennedy]

America wasn’t built by accident. It was built by bold ideas, hard sacrifice, and freedoms strong enough to change the course of history.

As we approach our 250th anniversary, we don’t just remember that legacy — we renew it.

To every high school student in this country: step up. Test your civics knowledge. Compete for the Presidential 1776 Award and show that you understand the principles that made this nation the greatest in the world.

Registration closes February 21. Don’t miss it.

Apply today: https://t.co/pvqj3yW7Pq

[Freedom 250 @Freedom250]

ANNOUNCING: the American Heroes Student Art Contest Sponsored by @Freedom250 and the National Endowment for the Humanities @NEHgov

Students in grades 3-12 from all 50 states and U.S. territories are invited to create original artwork inspired by one of 250 great Americans being honored in the National Garden of American Heroes.

Win a trip to Washington, DC and see your artwork displayed at the Great American State Fair! Your art. America's heroes. History in the making.

Ready to enter? Submissions are open through May 1. Enter at https://t.co/mAV9NH6dY3

[Secretary Linda McMahon @EDSecMcMahon]

Calling all high schoolers! Do you have what it takes to pass the IMPOSSIBLE Civics Test?

Step up and compete for scholarships totaling $250,000 as we celebrate America’s 250th birthday!

Sign up today for the Presidential 1776 Award at https://t.co/KRbxEzNYDW!

[GP Q @argosaki]

BREASTMILK
She thought she was studying milk.
What she uncovered was a conversation.

In 2008, evolutionary anthropologist Katie Hinde was working in a primate research lab in California, analyzing breast milk from rhesus macaque mothers. She had hundreds of samples and thousands of data points. Everything looked ordinary—until one pattern refused to go away.

Mothers raising sons produced milk richer in fat and protein.
Mothers raising daughters produced a larger volume with different nutrient balances.

It was consistent. Repeatable. And deeply uncomfortable for the scientific consensus.

Colleagues suggested error. Noise. Statistical coincidence.
But Katie trusted the data.

And the data pointed to a radical idea.

Milk is not just nutrition.
It is information.

For decades, biology treated breast milk as simple fuel. Calories in. Growth out. But if milk were only calories, why would it change depending on the sex of the baby?

Katie kept digging.

Across more than 250 mothers and over 700 sampling events, the story grew more complex. Younger, first-time mothers produced milk with fewer calories but significantly higher levels of cortisol—the stress hormone.

The babies who drank it grew faster.
They were also more alert, more cautious, more anxious.

Milk wasn’t just building bodies.
It was shaping behavior.

Then came the discovery that changed everything.

When a baby nurses, microscopic amounts of saliva flow back into the breast. That saliva carries biological signals about the infant’s immune system. If the baby is getting sick, the mother’s body detects it.

Within hours, the milk changes.

White blood cells surge.
Macrophages multiply.
Targeted antibodies appear.

When the baby recovers, the milk returns to baseline.

This was not coincidence.
It was call and response.

A biological dialogue refined over millions of years. Invisible—until someone thought to listen.

As Katie reviewed existing research, she noticed something unsettling. There were twice as many scientific studies on erectile dysfunction as on breast milk composition.

The first food every human consumes.
The substance that shaped our species.
Largely ignored.

So she did something bold.

She launched a blog with a deliberately provocative name: Mammals Suck Milk.
It exploded. Over a million readers in its first year. Parents. Doctors. Scientists. People asking questions research had skipped.

The discoveries kept coming.

Milk changes by time of day.
Foremilk differs from hindmilk.
Human milk contains over 200 oligosaccharides babies can’t digest—because they exist to feed beneficial gut bacteria.
Every mother’s milk is biologically unique.

In 2017, Katie brought this work to a TED stage. In 2020, it reached a global audience through Netflix’s Babies. Today, at Arizona State University’s Comparative Lactation Lab, she continues reshaping how medicine understands infant development, neonatal care, formula design, and public health.

The implications are staggering.

Milk has been evolving for more than 200 million years—longer than dinosaurs walked the Earth. What we once dismissed as simple nourishment is one of the most sophisticated communication systems biology has ever produced.

Katie Hinde didn’t just study milk.
She revealed that nourishment is intelligence.
A living, responsive system shaping who we become before we ever speak.

All because one scientist refused to accept that half the story was “measurement error.”

Sometimes the biggest revolutions begin by listening to what everyone else ignores.

[Collin Rugg @CollinRugg]

NEW: Don Lemon tries lecturing a pastor on the First Amendment after a mob of far leftists stormed a church in Minneapolis.

Pastor: “This is unacceptable. It's shameful to interrupt a public gathering of Christians in worship…”

Lemon: “Listen, there's a constitution, the First Amendment to freedom of speech and freedom to assemble and protest.”

Pastor: “We're here to worship Jesus because the hope of the world is Jesus Christ…”

Lemon: “But did you try to talk to them?”

Pastor: “No one is willing to talk. I have to take care of my church and my family so I ask that you would also leave this building.”

Imagine storming a church mid worship and thinking you are the good guys.

[Neal Harmon @nealsharmon]

My goal is to be more present and this video captures so well what that could mean in my family

[Kimberly Powers @kdtpowers]

LSU 💜💛🐅

[Cade Brumley @cadebrumley]

🇺🇸 To honor our birthday, Louisiana’s Class of 2026 will have a commemorative America 250 seal on their high school diploma.

#America250

[Robert W Malone, MD @RWMaloneMD]

Very grateful to be able to announce that I just accepted an appointment as Professor, Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Louisiana State University. Many thanks to all that made this possible.

Gradually, gradually recovering from five years of being defamed, gaslit and blacklisted for speaking truth to power. Still perm banned from linked in though.

[Kimberly Powers @kdtpowers]

Fun NOLA weekend for Sara’s 17th birthday.

[I am Ken @Ikennect]

🤔Only 2 things to worry about😂

[Tim Allen @ofctimallen]

When Erika Kirk spoke the words on the man who killed her husband: “That man… that young man… I forgive him.”  That moment deeply affected me.  I have struggled for over 60 years to forgive the man who killed my Dad. I will say those words now as I type: “ I forgive the man who killed my father.”
Peace be with you all.

[Bernard @ClastonB]

“If you’re out there, jumping up at the murder of an innocent man, you are of your father, the devil.”-Pastor Tony Spell

[Kimberly Powers @kdtpowers]

Our children are our future.

[Kimberly Powers @kdtpowers]

My daughter Sara, age 16: The Lord does not bring confusion but clarity!
Yall are wrapped up in what lies the enemy has led you to. You dont know your left from y'all's right and your up from down. You are lost and confused. But I KNOW A GOD WHO SAVES!

[Cade Brumley @cadebrumley]

I once had the opportunity to discuss the future of an American education with Charlie Kirk. He believed in a better way.

He listened intently, asked insightful questions, and was encouraging of our work in Louisiana.

His family needs our prayers. 🙏🏼

[Chief Nerd @TheChiefNerd]

NOW — Utah Gov. Spencer Cox: “I want to be very clear that this is a political assassination … And I just want to remind people that we still have the death penalty here in the state of Utah.”

[Greg Hilburn @GregHilburn1]

Do Louisiana schools still have vaccine mandates for students as Florida seeks to end all immunization requirements? #lagov #lalege #vaccines #rfkjr #lasen https://t.co/Tr3KX5iioI

[Kimberly Powers @kdtpowers]

So inspiring! On the field Saturday night, in the classroom Monday. History 3071-Louisiana History is one of the classes he’s taking. He’s living the dream! 😎🎶 📖

[CBS Evening News with Tony Dokoupil @CBSEveningNews]

Kent Broussard is proving it’s never too late to chase your dreams. After years away from music, he relearned the tuba, auditioned for the Louisiana State University band and became its oldest member by 41 years. @SteveHartmanCBS is On the Road in Baton Rouge.