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Delaney Nolan

@delaneynolan.bsky.social
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Journalist for @thelensnola. Work in The Guardian, The Nation, The Intercept, Al Jazeera, Fortune, Sierra, etc Debut novel HAPPY BAD out now! www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/79…

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The Lens Nola @thelensnola.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
#TheLensNola🔍 Georges is speaking of Meta, and how their perception of him impacts his efforts to get AI licensing contracts with the tech giant ✍️ By Drew Hawkins from Gulf States Newsroom, Delaney Nolan and Vivi Smilgius from The Lens Full article 🔗: buff.ly/aAWQX5F
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Delaney Nolan @delaneynolan.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This was genuinely one of the weirdest interactions I've had as a reporter seeking routine comment on a story. Meta's VP of Comms called me -- from his family vacation! -- to push for positive coverage of Meta, and at some point told me "I hope this doesn't sound like a threat"
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Jordan Hirsch @mrjordanhirsch.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Amazing reporting here on Meta’s pr strategy for a mega data center, and the man behind Louisiana’s largest media group.
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Danny Cherry Jr (twitter/Insta/tiktok: @Deecherrywriter) @deecherrywriter.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The ultrawealthy owner of Louisiana's biggest media company—which owns Louisiana's biggest newspaper—is trying to get a deal with Meta AI. Cool. thelensnola.org/2026/09/28/j...
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John Georges believes Meta AI deals will ‘save journalism’ — and Louisiana’s largest newspaper | The Lens
John Georges and Meta have developed closer business ties as the Louisiana newspaper owner pursues AI licensing deals, raising questions about sponsored content and journalism.
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Hamilton Nolan @hamiltonnolan.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
This is a great example of the Regional Business Yokel Hangs Himself With His Own Quotes genre. Recommended. Also fuck Walter Isaacson. thelensnola.org/2026/09/28/j...
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John Georges believes Meta AI deals will ‘save journalism’ — and Louisiana’s largest newspaper | The Lens
John Georges and Meta have developed closer business ties as the Louisiana newspaper owner pursues AI licensing deals, raising questions about sponsored content and journalism.
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Herb Jonesing @thefallon.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
This is an all timer. You have to read the whole thing.
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Kevin Allman @kevinallman.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The story some of us have been waiting for a long time. It doesn’t disappoint and there are some jaw-droppers. Kudos to the three reporters who produced it, because the daily can’t. The closer is too perfect, a gift from interviewee to interlocutor.
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Mockingbird, MPH, CHES @amockingbird.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Everyone interested in local newspapers and/or data centers needs to read this. The reporters have done an incredible job.
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The Lens Nola @thelensnola.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
#TheLensNola🔍 Georges dismissed concerns from some of his reporters that his embrace of Meta blurs the line between the news and business. ✍️ Drew Hawkins from Gulf States Newsroom, Delaney Nolan and Vivi Smilgius from The Lens Full article 🔗: buff.ly/lmhU66R
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Delaney Nolan @delaneynolan.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
love 2 work in New Orleans because my editor will be like "sorry for the delay! I was at a funeral" and then sends a video of people dancing in the street
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Dr Abeba Birhane @abeba.blacksky.app · 24/09/2026
over the past few weeks several AI evaluation/cybersecurity experts have explained how what's happening is a result of human incompetence rather than "AI going rogue". I'm begging the media to show a shred of journalistic integrity and stop parroting what altman or amodei say
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Delaney Nolan @delaneynolan.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
A SpaceX community meeting in Pecan Island, Louisiana, today. People had questions. Story coming soon.
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Delaney Nolan @delaneynolan.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
About a year ago, after a particular reporting trip, I got too sad for too long. The sad made me sick. During that time, among other symptoms, I would get hives - long red welts - for no apparent reason. Now, when I feel bad or overtired, the hives come back I made myself allergic to feelings...?
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Delaney Nolan @delaneynolan.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Hell yeah
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18/09/2026
Trump: "I could've banned fishing. The power of this office is crazy. I could've banned fishing. I think I'm gonna do that."
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The Lens Nola @thelensnola.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
#TheLensNola🔍 Flaws in the plans for the warehouse's fire sprinkler system in the Lower 9 are “so egregious” they should not be permitted, one fire protection expert warned. ✍️ Delaney Nolan Full article 🔗 in bio! #sunrisefoods #firesprinklersystem #lower9
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Delaney Nolan @delaneynolan.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Not worried cuz if AI were really as "intelligent" as humans, it will soon do the most human thing of all (hate itself and slowly unravel)
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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 14/09/2026
The Hugging Face Attack was garden-variety cybercrime, wrapped in the faux cloak of science fiction, and someone should go to jail for it. Instead, the media leaves the labs blameless, treating LLMs as an unknowable intelligence versus cloud software. www.wheresyoured.at/ai-is-alread...
And I also want to be clear about something: The Hugging Face attack was dangerous, reckless and somebody should go to prison for it. If a regular person used massive amounts of compute capacity to hack something, they’d be arrested. While I’m not a lawyer, the numerous cybersecurity experts I’ve discussed this with are stunned by the complete lack of any legal action against OpenAI, which appears to have committed a crime that gets you anywhere from a year to a decade in the slammer. The fact that LLMs from both Anthropic and Meta have been involved in similar incidents is a sign that we need to arrest more people.

Editor’s Note: When the late Kevin Mitnick was eventually arrested and sentenced to 48 months in prison (plus a further 22 months for violating the terms of his parole), prosecutors argued that he was capable of launching nuclear missiles by whistling (seriously) into a prison phone in a way that would mimic the shrill chirps and beeps of a dial-up modem. As a result, he spent eight months of his prison term in solitary confinement, and throughout his sentence, was subject to numerous restrictions on his communications. 

I mention this simply to contrast the fact that LLMs from two massive labs have committed similar computer crimes to those which Mitnick was convicted of — with the key distinction that said labs have, at various points, said that their technology may ultimately result in the mass extinction of the human race. 

Mitnick, for what it’s worth, always protested that the idea that he could whistle his way into launching nuclear armageddon was ridiculous. Because it was. 

If I didn’t believe that prolonged stretches in solitary confinement were a form of torture (and if I didn’t believe that torture was always morally wrong), I’d suggest that not only do we need to arrest more people, but (for the sake of consistency) we need to ensure that said people are kept in a small cement room with nothing but a cockroach for company.
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Delaney Nolan @delaneynolan.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Trump is in Ireland today. Here is a photo a friend sent me from the anti-Trump protest in Dublin
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Andrew Thrasher @tituslegaldesign.com · 01/09/2026
"Louisiana’s increase in ICE arrests appears driven in part by (...) 287(g) agreements with local law enforcement. That’s new: a year ago, there were essentially zero (...) This July, over 180 people were arrested by ICE thanks to 287(g) agreements." From @delaneynolan.bsky.social
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Who is ICE arresting in Louisiana, and where? We broke it down. | The Lens
Louisiana ICE arrests have reached record highs, with more people without criminal histories detained and local 287(g) agreements helping drive the increase.
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Annie Spell @anniespell.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
In Louisiana, with help from local law enforcement, ICE is mostly arresting people with no criminal history. Over 180 people were arrested by ICE in Louisiana in July thanks to 287(g) agreements.
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erster @ersterz.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
New @thelensnola.bsky.social data analysis of ICE arrests in Louisiana. Among the findings: "ICE has arrested and detained only a handful of people with convictions for violent crime, while arresting thousands of people with no criminal history at all." thelensnola.org/2026/08/30/w...
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Who is ICE arresting in Louisiana, and where? We broke it down. | The Lens
Louisiana ICE arrests have reached record highs, with more people without criminal histories detained and local 287(g) agreements helping drive the increase.
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The Lens Nola @thelensnola.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
#TheLensNola🔍 ICE arrests in Louisiana have reached record highs, as more people without criminal histories are being detained. ✍️ Delaney Nolan Read full article in bio #ICE #arrest #louisiana
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Delaney Nolan @delaneynolan.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Cleaning up some data for a story. Top ICE misspellings of New Orleans: New Oreans New Orelans New Orlenans New Orleabs New Orlens
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Delaney Nolan @delaneynolan.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
"I just don't know how this copy got so long," I say to my editor, as I slowly put on a hot dog costume
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Delaney Nolan @delaneynolan.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Added a signature to my work email and I beleive that means I've finally entered adulthood
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Mississippi Today @mississippitoday.org · 22/08/2026
Senatobia Police Chief Harold Vanderford, brought in last fall for his “firm, fair and focused” leadership style, routinely used racist slurs in private text conversations with a colleague, reporters for Mississippi Today, Verite News and The New York Times have learned. ow.ly/uKKY50ZCKKA
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The Lens Nola @thelensnola.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
#TheLensNola🔍 Former Maryland acting field office director Vernon Liggins knew he was violating a court order, the court finds. ✍️ Delaney Nolan Full story 🔗: thelensnola.org/2026/08/21/l... #baltimore #iceofficial #courtorderviolation
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The Lens Nola @thelensnola.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
#TheLensNola🔍 Louisiana judge will decide Wednesday whether to charge ICE officials with contempt for flouting his orders releasing an unlawfully detained Ethiopian man. ✍️ Delaney Nolan Read article: thelensnola.org/2026/08/18/i... #iceenforcement #unlawfuldetainment #louisiana
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Polychrome @hyalopterous.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Things the Appalachian Mountains are older than: Sharks Saturn's rings The Atlantic Ocean Bones
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The Lens Nola @thelensnola.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Friday, The Lens sued GOHSEP to release its contract with ICE establishing immigrant detention wing in Angola. GOHSEP called the document "proprietary." But government contract terms aren't trade secrets. Grateful to the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press for support.
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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Wow. In the 18 toss-up House districts: "92% of Black voters and 75% of Hispanic voters were less likely to back a candidate who strongly supports Israel and continuing U.S. military aid. 61% of moderates were less likely to support a pro-Israel candidate, compared to just 33% who were more likely."
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Delaney Nolan @delaneynolan.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
74% of Harris voters believe the US should arrest Netanyahu. That is higher than the % of US voters who believe in democracy
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Delaney Nolan @delaneynolan.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
New landlord is raising my rent 30%. In the fastest-shrinking metro area in the country. Where is this all gonna lead us.
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Delaney Nolan @delaneynolan.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Extremely validating time to be a lettuce hater Abolish lettuce
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Delaney Nolan @delaneynolan.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
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Delaney Nolan @delaneynolan.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Just saw a child having the best day of his life in Mexico City
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Delaney Nolan @delaneynolan.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
I am not a sports scientist or whatever but I am pretty sure Mexico won the world cup
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Delaney Nolan @delaneynolan.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Fighting cops (over email)
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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
no one wants to consider my insane pitch which is to eliminate timezones across the planet so we’re all on the exact same time and force everyone to change their conception of what a day is
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The Lens Nola @thelensnola.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
#TheLensNola🔍 As witnesses from Baton Rouge join a federal lawsuit, a Louisiana immigration judge instructs her staff to allow the public to observe court hearings. Denials were never court policy… ✍️ Delaney Nolan and Katy Reckdahl Full Story 🔗: buff.ly/1zqXc44
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Delaney Nolan @delaneynolan.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Here in Mexico City the first few trains of the metro are reserved for women and children. It feels amazing to look around a crowded public place and see only women. And I gebuinely think the experience of feeling relaxed in my body during crowded public transport has done something good to my brain
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Delaney Nolan @delaneynolan.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
This game is ridiculous. Why does Haaland, the largest player, not simply eat the other team
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Alexandra Petri @petridishes.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
If Other Jobs Were Like US Senator www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
It's time for your scheduled open-heart surgery. Unfortunately, no one has seen or heard from the surgeon in weeks, since the Incident. The nurse says that she spoke with him at length on a wide variety of important subjects and that he had never been more eloquent. "Will he be along shortly?" you ask.
"I hired him to perform a specific job, and I would like him to do that." The nurse is appalled by this disrespect for the doctors privacy. You lie there for several weeks, your chest flaps held open by clamps.
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Delaney Nolan @delaneynolan.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Ah! Absolutely. You'll be fitter, happier, AND more productive. Comfortable -- but not drinking too much. Fond -- but not in love. And yeah, you're still kissing with saliva. The best part? You're a pig, in a cage, on antibiotics
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Delaney Nolan @delaneynolan.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Proust isn't THAT good. After all,
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Delaney Nolan @delaneynolan.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Perfect
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Delaney Nolan @delaneynolan.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
[Announcer voice] The US seeing whats it's never seen before...consequences
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Delaney Nolan @delaneynolan.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
!!!
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s. e. smith @sesmith.lol · 23/06/2026
ICE detainees in Louisiana are sitting for YEARS, caught in endless limbo.
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“Stuck in Purgatory”: ICE Detention in Louisiana Can Stretch on for Years - Bolts
Louisiana has more ICE lockups than almost any other state. Now as a surge in habeas petitions overloads courts, people are held “unfathomably” long without recourse.
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