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artist. writer. dogwalker. cat person. meningioma survivor. only child. leo. work in progress. dyke/queer. she/her. #abolish🧊 #blacklivesmatter #freepalestine #resistfascism #nokings #buyart #whodat artbymags.com/links/

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mags. @artbymags.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
ooh, i hope i'm feeling well enough to try to get out to this so i can get some DIY Lauren merch!!
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mags. @artbymags.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
This game is kinda wild. #saints #whodat
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mags. @artbymags.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
i'm not so great at checking in here very often. not sure why cuz i actually like bs more than the meta products, but i guess they have me addicted. anyways, for those who don't know cuz we're not otherwise connected, i start a 30-round course of radiation on my brain for my meningiomas monday.
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mags. @artbymags.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
I'm attending Indivisible NOLA's event, “Monday 9/14 : Red Beans and Resistance” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/indivisiblen...
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Monday 9/14 : Red Beans and Resistance · Indivisible NOLA
## Indivisible NOLA Monthly Members Meeting Join us Monday 9/14 at the Howlin’ Wolf! Doors open at 6pm. ### What to expect - Eat and Greet: Free food, new friends, drinks for sale - Hear about our ...
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mags. @artbymags.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
listening in while i eat my dinner to get all the details about the upcoming #nokings action on october 17th. #earlyvoting #indivisible www.youtube.com/live/3IpIVqL...
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No Kings: Vote Early Kickoff Call
YouTube video by No Kings
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mags. @artbymags.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
i always forget to post stuff over here - too distracted by all the pretty pictures/process videos on IG and the longer-form posts of FB - but i did just make a blog post catching up on the last month or so since my last blog post. you can find it here --> artbymags.com.
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mags. @artbymags.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Interesting
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mags. @artbymags.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
i just watched a couple of weeks ago the awesome documentary about #yayoikusama on kanopy - www.kanopy.com/en/product/k.... i've been a fan of her work for a while but hadn't actually taken the time to know her full story. wow, what a life! 97 is a good long run. rest now, yayoi.
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mags. @artbymags.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
the hits just keep coming. i wasn't aware of him until a friend posted about his death but what beautiful work. hyperallergic.com/sliman-manso...
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Sliman Mansour, Painter of Palestinian Hope and Humanity, Dies at 79
"Our fight now is to tell the world that we are full human beings," Mansour told Hyperallergic in 2023. "We are not less than any other people in the world.”
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mags. @artbymags.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Last night I listened to the 2nd of @indivisible.org's Election Protection trainings. Lots of helpful information and ways to get involved to protect and get out the vote. Great toolkit, links to the trainings and all the info here: share.indvs.org/s/Y9PVBE7b.
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We are democracy's strongest line of defense.
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mags. @artbymags.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
man, i’m feeling some kinda way about le tigre’s “deceptacon” being used for a fucking starbucks commercial. hope they got paid well.
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mags. @artbymags.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
wow just saw the most amazingly beautiful lightning. temps are actually quite cool right now and that breeze is divine. moments like this I’m so happy to have a deep porch that I can sit on to enjoy this fleeting reprieve from the heat wave.
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mags. @artbymags.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Tomorrow is my post MRI appointment with my radiation oncologist. I did break down and look at the test results in mychart, but I don’t really understand them this time. Radiologist seems to be referring to 2 meningiomas 😮instead of just 1.🤞 that everything is stable and I don’t need radiation. 
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mags. @artbymags.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Finally remembered to do my online passport renewal. Got a passport photo at Walgreens which they email to you then did the whole app online and paid for it. New passport by October. Done. #whew
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mags. @artbymags.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
louisiana folks, did you know DHS/ICE wants to build a 528-bed detention center for families and unaccompanied children in former military barracks adjacent to the Alexandria airport? here's a guide on ways to push back: docs.google.com/document/u/0.... #englandairpark
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Community Guide_AEX Cancel the Contracts
England Airpark Board: Cancel the Contracts! NO Child Detention in Louisiana! A Community Guide to the Alexandria Child Detention Center in Rapides Parish What is happening? On February 23, 2026, boar...
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mags. @artbymags.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Hey, just wanted to share here because some of you let me know that you donated, but the school supplies/backpack giveaway for El Pueblo NOLA happened last yesterday and it was so great! We gave away all 100 backpacks before the event was even supposed to have started at 5 PM!! 1/4
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Raphael Satter @raphae.li · 31/07/2026
New: OpenAI investigators are scouring their logs & finding evidence of other sandbox escapes, sources tell @deepa.bsky.social & me. The incidents are believed to be limited in nature relative to what happened at Hugging Face, but still raise concerns among experts. www.reuters.com/business/ope...
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EXCLUSIVE: OpenAI finds evidence other AI agents escaped containment as it widens hacking probe
OpenAI has discovered other instances in which autonomous agents have ​escaped containment as the company expands its ‌investigation of the hacking incident at tech firm Hugging Face that drew global ...
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mags. @artbymags.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
y'all, we stuffed over 100 backpacks last night for kids who need them in New Orleans East. i can't believe how many school supplies ended up being donated!! thank you so much to all of you who contributed with either goods or cash donations to El Pueblo Nola. the community really came through! ❤️
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Lauren Jewett, NBCT, MA @doitjewett.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
We are knocking on more doors across Louisiana’s 1st Congressional District this week! We will be in New Orleans (Mid-City and Uptown), Slidell, and Hammond. Thank you so much to our active volunteer base for showing up to talk to voters! Want to join us? Sign up at 🔗 bit.ly/jewettcanvass!
Teal and navy graphic titled 'Canvass for Lauren!' with subtext 'Come knock doors this week in District 1 precincts!' Two photos show Lauren Jewett with volunteers canvassing neighborhoods, one holding a Lauren Jewett for Congress yard sign, another holding campaign palm cards near a lakefront. Event details list Orleans-Uptown on Wednesday, July 29, 10am-12pm and 5pm-7pm, and Orleans-Midcity on Saturday, August 1, 10am-12pm and 4pm-6pm. Lauren Jewett for U.S. Congress District 1 logo with magnolia flower. Text reads 'Sign up at bit.ly/jewettcanvass.' Footer shows social media icons for Facebook, Instagram, Bluesky, and TikTok with handle 'electlaurenjewett' and website 'laurenjewett.com.’“Teal and navy graphic titled 'Canvass for Lauren!' with subtext 'Come knock doors this week in District 1 precincts!' Photo shows five volunteers gathered around a table at a coffee shop, holding Lauren Jewett campaign palm cards. Event details list Tangipahoa-Hammond on Saturday, August 1, 9am-11am, and St. Tammany-Slidell on Sunday, August 2, 2pm-4pm and 4pm-6pm. Lauren Jewett for U.S. Congress District 1 logo with magnolia flower. Text reads 'Sign up at bit.ly/jewettcanvass.' Footer shows social media icons for Facebook, Instagram, Bluesky, and TikTok with handle 'electlaurenjewett' and website 'laurenjewett.com.'"
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Buddy Spell @buddyspell.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
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mags. @artbymags.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Hey y'all, I can't believe I didn't post here about this already. but El Pueblo Nola (elpueblonola.org) - the community org/nonprofit that works with immigrant families in New Orleans East - is doing a school supply drive. We're down to the wire, just a few more days through Thursday. 1/5
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El Pueblo NOLA - NOLA Village
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mags. @artbymags.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
hey just a reminder that this is tonight!!!! hope to see some of you there!
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mags. @artbymags.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
well they certainly want us to be scared. all part of their sabotage of the elections.
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mags. @artbymags.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
put this on your calendar: world cup BINGO! at pete's out in the cold (701 6th st in the irish channel), benefiting EL PUEBLO NOLA!!! Thursday July 16th, 7-9pm. www.facebook.com/share/1HZ8pi...
flyer for: World Cup Bingo - all bingo proceeds this week are being donated to El Pueblo Nola-Nola Village, a volunteer run community organization in New Orleans East that provides language access support, transportation, educational resources and community health services for our neighbors that need them. Thursday July 16 7-9pm. Pete's Irish Channel Bar 701 Sixth Street. Pop-up by Malkriados Kitchen 6pm.
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Ashley the Fearless ⚜️ @mojofearless.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Oh look. Trump finally has some attendees for his fair.
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mags. @artbymags.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
glad i don't make a habit of traveling on Carrollton during the daytime. apparently it's closed between Baudin and Tulane. www.wdsu.com/article/new-...
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New Orleans Police close portion of South Carrollton Ave. for police activity
NOPD has closed traffic on South Carrollton Avenue between Baudin Street and Tulane Avenue in both directions.
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mags. @artbymags.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
james carville can fuck right off. why does anyone listen to him anymore? or really, why did they ever?
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mags. @artbymags.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Well that was a helluva wake up this morning. And I was hoping I could sleep in since I had a late night. Oh well, guess I’m just gonna be a zombie today cuz too much adrenaline to go back to sleep. #earlymorningtornadowarning
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mags. @artbymags.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
I hear those winds whipping out there. It’s on top of us right now. I haven’t lost power though so that’s good.
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mags. @artbymags.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
congrats to all the knicks fans! i honestly don’t really follow basketball much but i’ve been following this final series and watched the last 5 minutes of this game and i’m really happy for them. #knicksinfive
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mags. @artbymags.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
hey y'all, El Pueblo Nola is popping up at Skeeta Hawk Brewery on Thursday night this week during Trivia Night! if you've been wanting to grab some guillotine earrings/necklace or one of our sidewalk tile RESIST shirts (or buttons or stickers) for a donation, come find us tomorrow night! (1/3)
picture of a light blue tshirt folded with the design showing, which is in white ink and says RESIST via New Orleans sidewalk tiles. on top of the shirt is a horizontal felt board (white) with 8 buttons pinned on it, 6 of which say "NO WAR" in various color combinations, one of which says "NOLA Melts ICE" and one that looks similar to the tshirt design saying "RESIST." below that is another horizontal felt board (black) with 7 buttons pinned on it, 5 of which say "FUCK ICE" with black lettering on various neon colored backgrounds, and 2 of which say "ICE OUT" - one black on white and one white on black. these items are available as gifts by donation to elpueblonola.org.picture of an earring display rack with 12 sets of guillotine earrings on it in various colors ranging from black to purple, gold, red and pink and in 3 different sizes (small, medium and large). these items are available as gifts by donation to elpueblonola.org.
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mags. @artbymags.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
i am totally annoyed that i somehow let a fly in when i came home just now, but also realizing it is THE BEST cat toy ever! my cats are really needy and do bad things when i sit at the computer for long periods of time ignoring them - maybe i need to let a fly in every day to keep them occupied! lol
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mags. @artbymags.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
accepted a donation of two big bags of dog food yesterday for el pueblo (elpueblonola.org) and was delighted to discover the donor was collecting nominating petition signatures for @doitjewett.bsky.social so i was finally able to sign! serendipity!
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mags. @artbymags.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
so i'm going to this and bringing friends so that the radical dykes of the 90s/2000's are represented. not as a speaker, cuz they didn't ask, but just to be there. we seem to always be left out of these things. i think the young queers should know all of their herstory. #lesbianavengers #dykemarch
flyer for: The Sapphic Fleur de Lez. Symposium on Lesbian History. Saturday, June 6th, 10am at the Williams Research Center, 410 Chartres St, New Orleans, LA 70130. Session 1 will esplore the intersection of lesbian activism and social gathering. Session 2 will focus on Social Media Posts about Lesbian History. Session 3 is about the Daughters of Bilitis. Session 4 dives into the current state of New Orleans queer women's culture. Speakers, panelists, and participants include: Lyn Franks, Dhani Adomaltis, Misti Gaither, Quinn Bishop, Valda Lewis, Sharon Dauzat, Cam Mangham, Kate Moranski, Brenda Laura, Erin Donovan, Marisa Clark, and more.
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mags. @artbymags.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
i am so not ready for hurricane season this year. many rough financial months in the first quarter made me spend all my hurricane emergency money to just survive, and though business has picked up, i'm still digging my way out of a financial hole. i pray it's a quiet season.
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David Rothkopf @djrothkopf.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Trump did not reach a settlement with the government. There was no case to settle. He has not created a slush fund. He has colluded with Todd Blanche to steal money from the US Treasury. This is not a “deal.” This is a crime for which Trump & Blanche must be prosecuted. It ia a crime.
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mags. @artbymags.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
somewhere to sign the recall petition(s) tonight from 4-7pm. Gasa Gasa on Freret.
official graphic from LouisianaDeservesBetter.com that says: Recall Petition Signing Location. May 17 Sunday. New Orleans. 4-7pm. Gasa Gasa NOLA. 4920 Freret St., New Orleans, LA 70115. Lead: Tracey Richards. Recall Landry/Recall Murrill/Reclaim Louisiana
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mags. @artbymags.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
so, um, everybody in #nola #neworleans has voted right? you still got plenty of time to get there if you haven't. polls close at 8. just do it. those fucking fascists are working extra hard to take your #vote away - don't let them!
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mags. @artbymags.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Louisiana voters: Next Election is THIS SATURDAY May 16th. Your vote matters: they wouldn’t work so hard to dilute and suppress your vote if it didn’t matter. Look at what’s on the ballot! Call 866-OUR-VOTE (866-687-8683) if you have problems voting at the polls on Election Day. #GeauxVote
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NOLA.com @nolanews.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
The legal drama over who will occupy a unified Orleans Parish court clerk post intensified Wednesday. Former life prisoner Calvin Duncan, who won the criminal clerk’s seat last fall at the polls, has asked the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals to weigh in.
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Calvin Duncan beefs up legal team in fight for Orleans clerk seat, pushes federal appeals court to rule
The legal drama over who will occupy a unified Orleans Parish court clerk post intensified Wednesday. Former life prisoner Calvin Duncan, who won the criminal clerk’s seat last fall at the polls, has asked the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals to weigh in.
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Marta Jewson @martajewson.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Went to the studio for a few hours. What'd I miss? Oh yes, in the year of our lord 2026, the Louisiana Attorney General is threatening to remove the Mayor of New Orleans Helena Moreno responds to attorney general’s removal threat: ‘I won’t back down’ www.nola.com/news/politic...
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Helena Moreno responds to attorney general’s removal threat: ‘I won’t back down’
“Bottom line: I’m not going to be threatened, I’m not going to be intimidated, and I won’t back down.”
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Allenk_81 @allenk81.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Every single piece of political news is white people doing terrible shit.
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Katie Lee @resourcefulsqrl.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
ok, so I think a lot more of the U.S. needs to be paying attention to what is happening in Louisiana. where apparently today the (R) state AG threatened to remove the (D) Mayor and the majority of the city council. www.nola.com/news/politic...
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Attorney General threatens 8 New Orleans leaders with removal from office in court clerk battle
The AG warned Mayor Helena Moreno, District Attorney Jason Williams and five City Council members they were at risk of violating state "usurper" statutes.
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Elodie @elodie504.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
7th ward locations for recall signing #nolasky
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mags. @artbymags.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
One of my least favorite times of year, termite swarming season. They are out on my block near City Park. I hate them!
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dan sinker @dansinker.com · 06/05/2026
“We’re going to flood the zone. You’re going to see more ICE agents [than] you ever seen before.” The time to get whistles into the hands of your community is right now. We will send you whistles, for free, in quantities of 100-thousands. We do it every day. linktr.ee/3Dwhistles
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3D Printed Whistles | Linktree
We ship community protection whistles for free. Need some? Click the email link below & tell us how many you need (between 100 - 3000) & where to send them.
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mags. @artbymags.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Hi y’all, if you want to donate to El Pueblo Nola for #GiveNOLADay, here is the direct link from our website: www.paypal.com/donate/?host... (We are not signed up with Give NOLA day but would love your support anyway!) We provide direct mutual aid because we can. 1/4
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Help support lowernine.org by donating or sharing with your friends.
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mags. @artbymags.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Pretty glad I chose not to go to Jazzfest today right about now.
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 01/05/2026
🧨 NEW: Trump’s DOJ is preparing to weaponize the Supreme Court’s gutting of the Voting Rights Act and challenge maps that protect Black and Latino voters — starting with California.
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‘We are ON IT!’: Trump DOJ vows to weaponize Supreme Court ruling against minority voters
Voting rights advocates have warned that districts designed to comply with the Voting Rights Act — including majority-Black and Latino districts — could now be challenged as unconstitutional.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 01/05/2026
In remarks to a private audience in 2023, Russell Vought, who is Trump’s budget chief and the intellectual force behind Trump’s unprecedented power grab, said he championed the term “invasion” because it “unlocked” extraordinary presidential powers. (Published May 2025)
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The “Invasion” Invention: The Far Right’s Long Legal Battle to Make Immigrants the Enemy
The Trump administration is using the claim that immigrants have “invaded” the country to justify possibly suspending habeas corpus, part of the constitutional right to due process. A faction of the f...
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