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Karen Gadbois

@karen70118.bsky.social
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Founder of The Lens. Nonprofit news site Thelensnola.org Constantly shocked that I am not shocked Preferred pronouns/ bitch /fucking bitch New Orleans Louisiana

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Karen Gadbois @karen70118.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
What a concept!! Paying frat boys to guard frat boys from doing rapey things www.nytimes.com/2026/10/08/n...
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He Was Named as a Cornell Safety Monitor. She Accused Him of Rape. (Gift Article)
The fraternity filed paperwork naming Jonathan Newell as an “event monitor” on the night a woman said he assaulted her, underscoring the limitations of efforts to rein in parties.
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Karen Gadbois @karen70118.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Trader Joe’s faux Cheetos just make you pine for a real Cheeto
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Karen Gadbois @karen70118.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Maybe he could try on humanity. Also WTF
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Mark Zuckerberg Is Trying Something On
Meta’s C.E.O. talks for the first time about his style evolution.
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Karen Gadbois @karen70118.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Totally relatable
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Karen Gadbois @karen70118.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Twenty One Years thelensnola.org/2026/09/04/n...
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Katrina 21: Care Forgot. We Didn’t. | The Lens
Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans, PolicyLink Summit, Jerome Big Duck Smith, Ujamaa Economic Development Corporation, community care, New Orleans culture, civil rights, community development, Hurricane Katrina anniversary
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Chuck the Vampire Slayer 🧛🏻 @sazeracla.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
And as I nudge y'all to please give my latest KPFK show a listen (link in pinned post), I've finished the playlist for my next one, tentatively set to air Sept 12 -- it'll be a tribute to the late great Glen Hansard. How can you pay tribute to a musician of his calibre in 58 mins? I'll do me best!
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Karen Gadbois @karen70118.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
I’m not a knitter per se. I put some yarn on the needles and make it up as I go. Making is rebelling. Create like the future depends on it.
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Karen Gadbois @karen70118.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
I co founded @thelensnola.bsky.social after Hurricane Katrina. That was 21 years ago..Read our impact report here and consider subscribing and donating thelensnola.org/wp-content/u...
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Karen Gadbois @karen70118.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
#Redistricting isn't a line on a map, it's people and places that share the past as well as a destiny. @thelensnola.bsky.social has done a deep dive and deep drive Emanuel Felton and Gus Bennet show and tells us about impact thelensnola.org/category/dri...
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Driving District 6 Archives | The Lens
To understand District 6, Lens reporters drove 250 miles through the heart of the district, talking to people all along the way.
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tomstoner.bsky.social @tomstoner.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
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Court deems Black cultural connections as race, not culture | The Lens
Louisiana’s 6th Congressional District connected Black communities facing shared struggles over infrastructure, voting rights and political representation.
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Karen Gadbois @karen70118.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
USPS can barely deliver my mail consistently. Once they left a package in the garbage can
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Karen Gadbois @karen70118.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Maine. Never change
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Karen Gadbois @karen70118.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Visiting relatives in Maine. All near 80. All wish AOC would run for president
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
PARCL LABS: “.. nearly 1 in 5 homes for sale in Washington, DC are listed at a loss - the seller asking less than what they originally paid. Roughly 1 in 10 sellers in Colorado, Florida, and Hawaii are trying to do the same.”
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The Verge @theverge.com · 11/08/2026
Perhaps an AI agent might be better at predicting what my father will want for his birthday than I am, but it definitionally cannot give him my time and consideration. Love is not just a feeling; it is a way of paying attention.
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Mark Zuckerberg doesn’t understand how to live
An AI future of sleek, streamlined, and totally empty relationships.
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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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The Lens Nola @thelensnola.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
#TheLensNola🔍 New Orleans serves about 84% of 4-year-olds from low-income families. That leaves many New Orleans children entering kindergarten without necessary skills, and hundreds of parents who are not able to work much ✍️Vivi Smilgius Full story: thelensnola.org/2026/08/03/p...
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Karen Gadbois @karen70118.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
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‘Crush this lady’: how eBay harassment campaign led to $56mn payout
Employees’ cyberstalking of Boston couple involving macabre deliveries ended in jail time and financial settlement
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Karen Gadbois @karen70118.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Who wore it better Saddam or Trump.
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Karen Gadbois @karen70118.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Art of all forms in a resistance. Just the act of creation is a threat
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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
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Corporate Media Failed to Report the Facts and the Stakes of the Prairieland Case | Common Dreams
The extremely harsh sentences for Texas anti-ICE protesters did not set off any alarm bells among mainstream papers, and were underreported by national news outlets that should have covered their clea...
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Karen Gadbois @karen70118.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Remember when talking about the weather was small talk ?
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Karen Gadbois @karen70118.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Attention New Orleans. Hard no.
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Karen Gadbois @karen70118.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Black Congressional Foundation present a prayer breakfast brought to you by diabetes A Day of Healing Prayer Breakfast presented by The Coca-Cola Company on Saturday, September 19, 2026, at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center
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Karen Gadbois @karen70118.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
While people are having their rights violated on the streets they are also having their rights denied in courtrooms here in Louisiana thelensnola.org/2026/07/17/b...
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Behind The Lens: ICE detention, court access and federal intervention in Louisiana (Audio) | The Lens
Delaney Nolan and Katy Reckdahl examine Louisiana’s surge in prolonged ICE detention, legal challenges, immigration court access and a 77-year-old man’s repeated detention.
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Karen Gadbois @karen70118.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
What were the good parts and when I say good parts I mean super dumb parts
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Karen Gadbois @karen70118.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
In the jungle the mighty jungle the moron speaks tonight
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Karen Gadbois @karen70118.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Upside to gerontocracy…death comes first us all
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Karen Gadbois @karen70118.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
My street never floods. Well can’t say that anymore
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Karen Gadbois @karen70118.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Ok it’s 100 degrees out and you have to stand out in the sun and throw stuff at the speaker. This time you have 5 people to choose
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Karen Gadbois @karen70118.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Who would you stand out in the 100 degree heat to hear speak. Can be dead or alive. The speaker that is.
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Peter Baker @peterbakernyt.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
The average life expectancy of a new Russian recruit—from arrival at a training ground to death in a combat zone—lies somewhere between 10 days and three weeks. Once sent onto the battlefield, they survive an average of 20 to 35 minutes. @peterfrankopan.bsky.social foreignpolicy.com/2026/06/25/r...
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As the Tide Turns Against Putin, Beware the Drowning Man
Like a struggling swimmer, he may take desperate measures to stay afloat.
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Karen Gadbois @karen70118.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Devastating
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The Lens Nola @thelensnola.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
#TheLensNola🔍 New CDC data shows that young Black men are now dying by suicide at higher rates than their white peers, for the first time on record. ✍️ Adam Mahoney, Capital B Full article 🔗: buff.ly/ZcZKT3K #youngblackmen #suiciderate #blackcommunities
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John Sandy @shand.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Parks and Reich
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Karen Gadbois @karen70118.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Dems playing checkers. Dem socialists playing chess. The earth is moving just a tiny bit tonight.
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Karen Gadbois @karen70118.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Pretense is the death of authenticity
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Karen Gadbois @karen70118.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Did Fetternan call Platner a “dirtbag”. That’s rich
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Karen Gadbois @karen70118.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
We live in an impossibly complex ecosystem with the Mississippi River at its core. Learn more @thelensnola.bsky.social podcast podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b...
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“Point of No Return?”: A Conversation About Sea Level Rise and the Future of New Orleans
Podcast Episode · Behind The Lens · May 28 · 29m
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Karen Gadbois @karen70118.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
“The Lens sees clearly”. Shout out to @delaneynolan.bsky.social and @thelensnola.bsky.social
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Laurels and Darts: The outgoing greats of ‘60 Minutes.’
Make it all make sense, Bari Weiss and Jeff Bezos! Plus: The Lens sees clearly.
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Chris Morran @themorrancave.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
A US-born woman born was confronted by sheriff deputies in Louisiana who were convinced her ID and social security card were fakes. They turned her over to ICE, who shackled her & took her an hour away. Even after a lawyer convinced ICE of the woman's citizenship the sheriff says they did no wrong
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U.S. citizen stopped in Lafayette, shackled, and detained in Louisiana ICE facility | The Lens
The U.S.-born young mother presented ICE and sheriff’s deputies with her ID and Social Security card. Agents took her anyway.
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Karen Gadbois @karen70118.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
Good morning New Orleans. Scarred to look outside. Where the flooding at ??
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Karen Gadbois @karen70118.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Donald Trump. The Leona Helmsley of Presidents www.nytimes.com/2007/08/20/n...
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Leona Helmsley, Hotel Queen, Dies at 87 (Published 2007)
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Max from UNFTR @unftr.com · 13/05/2026
Carville said Dems just need to sit on their hands and they'll win. And he's right. But that's exactly the problem. Taking back power just to patch the same broken system and hand it back? That's not a strategy. #UNFTR for @meidastouch.com. Watch the full video: youtu.be/bS5qCSplc74
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Karen Gadbois @karen70118.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Show us some love!
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 05/05/2026
While the world’s eyes are on fashion’s biggest night, we’re turning ours to the garment, retail, and warehouse workers who keep the industry running. From true love found on the picket line to a free tailoring school out of a Brooklyn basement — meet the New Yorkers who make it all possible.
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Karen Gadbois @karen70118.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
And the enablers who chuckled @willsommer.bsky.social and @timmiller.bsky.social
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Ashton Pittman @ashtonpittman.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
The Makoka brothers were waiting on the curb of their street to get on their school bus in Diamondhead, Mississippi, last Tuesday. But when their bus arrived to pick them up, 10 unmarked cars suddenly surrounded them, and ICE agents rushed to zip tie them and take them away.
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Max and Israel Makoka Were Waiting for a Hancock High School Bus. ICE Took Them Instead.
ICE detained Max and Israel Makoka, two Hancock County high school students who were waiting for a bus when agents arrested them.
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Karen Gadbois @karen70118.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
I wonder what the media in Germany would have said after an attempt on Hitler ?
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Karen Gadbois @karen70118.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
Oil and gas and the dirty deeds done to the environment podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b...
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Immunity for oil & gas companies are on the horizon if HB804 becomes law in Louisiana
Podcast Episode · Behind The Lens · April 27 · 29m
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