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[Audubon Nature Institute @AudubonNature]

20 new diamondback terrapin hatchlings have arrived at Audubon Aquarium! 🐢

Rescued from disturbed nest by @NichollsState biologists, the hatchlings will live at the Aquarium for up to a year before being released into protected marsh habitat.

[Adam Ney @sayneykid]

4 ARCHIVE: Former @WWLTV Sports Director Jim Henderson walks with SMG Sr. VP Doug Thornton about getting the @CaesarsDome game ready.

[LSU Football @LSUfootball]

There will only be one Tyrann Mathieu.

Forever 7

[sandstep @sandstep]

I demand the identity of the foreigner who used the word "soda" to be revealed immediately.

[Piper Hutchinson @ByPiperHutch]

Overheard on the house floor today: "Are they going to make us healthy again and get rid of our soda machine?"

[Winston Reed @WinstonReediii]

ANNOUNCED TODAY: Billy Joel and Stevie Nicks will perform together at the Superdome on October 18th.

@WWLTV

[Ben Myers @blevimyers]

Trump signaling radical changes to federal disaster assistance (either states doing it themselves, or having it "go through us")

[Chef José Andrés 🕊️🥘🍳 @chefjoseandres]

Mr. President: FEMA has good people but is true that the system has to change. Puerto Rico, North Carolina, Louisiana and many others went through devastating events that no one was ready for and the system was in no place to adapt….we need adaptation and boots on the ground by people that are local that know the way and are supported by the Federal government….From search and rescue, to health and medicines, to food and water and beyond we need smarter powerful but simple ways to do it.

Natural disasters will continue to get stronger and more frequent….is no time to waste in improving the way America prepares. Emergency response & recovery is and should always be bipartisan…we the people! @WhiteHouse @fema

[sandstep @sandstep]

So this young couple that's barely above the poverty line gets an extra... $7.58 a month... to offset the extra sales taxes they will be paying?

[Governor Jeff Landry @LAGovJeffLandry]

Meet Huey and Rose, a young couple working part-time and making the most of the Louisiana Forward plan! Thanks to this plan, they won’t have to pay any state income taxes!

The Louisiana Forward plan is all about supporting hardworking folks.

[Andrea Gallo @aegallo]

Among USDA citations for owner of tiger coming to LSU-Alabama:
2003: tiger escape during circus
2004: tiger escape during circus
2006: lion cub dies from improper diet
2015: transport vehicle filled with flies/maggots/excrement
2024: Record keeping issues
https://t.co/2MHFJ0gaWA

[sandstep @sandstep]

Turn on the lights at Crescent Park at night please! They were working on Wednesday but last night and tonight it’s totally dark out there.

@HelenaMorenoLA @JPMorrell @freddiekingiii @lesliharris @CmGiarrusso @otforus @voteeugenegreen

[Emily Calandrelli @TheSpaceGal]

My new series Emily’s Science Lab is NOW LIVE.

New experiments every week!

Watch it on YouTube:
https://t.co/9dZ1QVqkyD

[Adam Ney @sayneykid]

Getting hit hard at St. Tammany. EOC. Power just flickered. Nearby streets taking lots of water.

[sandstep @sandstep]

Four years earlier, when advocates asked Landry to set up a hotline for clergy sexual allegations, Landry refused, saying he didn’t have the authority or resources to do so."

[sandstep @sandstep]

"Landry opened up the country’s first book-ban tip line so people could report librarians who stocked books ultraconservatives accused of being inappropriate for children.

[Lorena O'Neil @lorenaoneil]

If you want to see the future of GOP governance, look no further than what Jeff Landry is doing in Louisiana. I spent time with the governor to understand the roots of his crusade to change the state — and the nation. https://t.co/SphCREbEuO @RollingStone

[Lorena O'Neil @lorenaoneil]

BREAKING: Lifesaving medication for postpartum hemorrhaging is being pulled off emergency carts because of new Louisiana law reclassifying misoprostol as a controlled dangerous substance. My first @pulitzercenter StoryReach article for @IlluminatorLA https://t.co/RkmZd3n6V0

[sandstep @sandstep]

@UWCIMSS @NOAASatellites I had just been sent to our sister station in Jacksonville to assist in their coverage and was not liking what I was seeing with Dorian.

[sandstep @sandstep]

https://t.co/N31HzdHa1w

I bless the rains down in Africa.

[Craig Setzer, CCM @CraigSetzer]

The Atlantic hurricane season remains mostly on pause, and one contributing factor is the farther north track of tropical waves coming off Africa. This in turn has resulted in much above average rainfall for the normally very dry Saharan Desert. De-desertification in progress? It might in theory have long term implications for less busy hurricane seasons in the future.
H/T Unexpected Rainfall event starts in the Sahara Desert: A Rare Weather Phenomenon » Severe Weather Europe (https://t.co/P2r6OLtiRL)

[Mark Farina @djmarkfarina]

"Fela: The Future and Now” -
Embroidered glass beads and rhinestones on canvas, by Big Chief Demond Melancon, 2021.

[sandstep @sandstep]

So many people are dropping out because grants don't cover enough of the price of a new roof, and discounts offered by insurance are puny... but the solution is to give the same size grants to people in certain places who were already eligible for the first round? 🧐

[Sam Karlin @samkarlin]

Louisiana is changing its fortified roof grant program in a bid to accelerate the strengthening of homes in the places hit hardest by the insurance crisis. Story: https://t.co/gWYmV9bvTS

[Chris Franklin WWL-TV @CJohnFranklin]

Very interesting factor in why #hurricane season has been fairly quiet this far and could it mean quieter seasons in the future?