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Kevin Allman @kevinallman.bsky.social · 18h

We are so far from norms or the law and no one with any authority is doing anything about it. It’s a helpless and hopeless feeling.

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Kevin Allman @kevinallman.bsky.social · 23h

I’m so old that I remember when an anchor job at WWL was a sinecure and it was huge news when “Garland” or “Angela” left. Now it’s a revolving door.

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Kevin Allman @kevinallman.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

How not to write a winning press release

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Kevin Allman @kevinallman.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Big Facebook controversy over a chain of French Quarter gay bars banning Crescent Care from HIV and other health tests, and given the names involved I think it will escape social media containment and move into local news soon.

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Tim Carvell @timcarvell.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I want to believe that someone at the Times knew what they were doing here.

New York Times homepage link reading:
FRANK BRUNI AND BRET STEPHENS:
Behold the Paragons of Rank Incompetence

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Kevin Allman @kevinallman.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Good story. IMO Tabasco adds flat heat, nothing else. Crystal adds depth and draws out flavor.

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Kevin Allman @kevinallman.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

This summer has been brutal and shows no let up into fall. And I think it’s the new normal.

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Kevin Allman @kevinallman.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Something I found while packing: my souvenir from interviewing one of the 20th century’s true geniuses.

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Kevin Allman @kevinallman.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Your dating preferences are of no interest to me, sir.

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Kevin Allman @kevinallman.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Just saw my first Christmas ad, so: well done, Walmart

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Kevin Allman @kevinallman.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Smith didn’t say he went to a Buckeyes game. Once he realized what was happening, he repeated “IOWA” and let someone else figure it out. Masterful.

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Kevin Allman @kevinallman.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Ha ha — just saw the flaccid Louisiana Democratic Party is hosting a talk with Rahm Emanuel (!!!!). It’s not even passively useless; it’s actively useless.

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Kevin Allman @kevinallman.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Sourcing on this isn’t just thin, it’s anorexic. The scheme seems to be “if it doesn’t happen, no one will remember this piece. If it does, we’ll seem savvy and prescient.”

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Kevin Allman @kevinallman.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Some may wonder about the editor in chief clamming up when John Georges gave the reporter three hours. John likes to talk with reporters. He used to call me while driving from Baton Rouge to New Orleans while he was running for governor, just to shoot the shit.

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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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Kevin Allman @kevinallman.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

“And then he could take the entire United Nations to International House of Pancakes.”

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Kevin Allman @kevinallman.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Once upon a time there was a talented chef and restaurateur who had a major sex scandal. When he groundhogged back out for interviews there was a proviso that reporters couldn’t mention that. Real reporters said nah, you don’t get to do that. Just thought I’d say.

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Kevin Allman @kevinallman.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

I got blessed out by Landrieu once for two hours. He brought the DA, the police and fire chiefs, and about 12 apparatchiks to make the case he was succeeding. “Your poll numbers don’t reflect that,” I said mildly. He snapped, “And a lot of people don’t like YOU, Kevin.” My publisher gasped.

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Kevin Allman @kevinallman.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

I think there’s a scary big chance he drops a nuke just because he can.

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Kevin Allman @kevinallman.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Sure, it’s a candidate’s poll, but imagine what Davis could do with a non-comatose Louisiana Democratic Party

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Kevin Allman @kevinallman.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

First day of autumn! A young man’s fancy turns to windfall leaves, apple picking, cozy sweaters … (Checks forecast) 95 through the weekend.

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Kevin Allman @kevinallman.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Imagine this happening in the Gulf. No one’s evacuating for a trop storm but it could turn into a 5 in less than a day.

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Kevin Allman @kevinallman.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Why should reporters waste their time at a ribbon cutting for a damn helipad anyway

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Kevin Allman @kevinallman.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Some news: I signed a lease on a Chicago apartment today and will be moving next month.

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Kevin Allman @kevinallman.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Anyone in the New Orleans media looking into all these branch library closings? Seems like a story.

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Kevin Allman @kevinallman.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Who did those farmers vote for again? When one sticks his dick in an electric fan and then says “Ow” it’s a legitimate question.

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Kevin Allman @kevinallman.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

The White House Correspondents Association is, no doubt, “concerned” and may wear protest buttons to the next dinner where he’s guest of honor.

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Kevin Allman @kevinallman.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Without weighing in on the latest stoopid controversy, I must say “rapper Macklemore” is like saying “public intellectual Clay Higgins” or “noted chef Cathy Mitchell, creator of Dump Dinners”

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Kevin Allman @kevinallman.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

I could never be a New Orleans server because, when confronted with the tourist question, “Is it SPICY?,” I would hiss “It’s PROPERLY SEASONED.”

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Kevin Allman @kevinallman.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Reminiscent of Nancy Parker and her photojournalist going down in a small plane. Her coworkers, who knew what happened, had the horrifying task of reporting on it without revealing her name until her husband and children were informed and safe.

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Kevin Allman @kevinallman.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

They will be compared to Heg’s collection of vintage Tom of Finland calendars

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Kevin Allman @kevinallman.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

“Branding dispute”? AP, you misspelled “ego-driven petulant tantrum.”

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Kevin Allman @kevinallman.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

What’s the Bluesky equiv of a subtweet

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Kevin Allman @kevinallman.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

You get Reporter A to call Kermit and do a breaking story. You get Reporter B to pull photos from the archives to do a slideshow. You get Reporter C on a deeply reported Sunday piece to run when the joint does close. You connect with the community AND get the clicks as a bonus. Simple.

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Kevin Allman @kevinallman.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Gambit has had a story up for three hours with original quotes from Kermit. Nothing from the daily. Rudderless.

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Kevin Allman @kevinallman.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Damn, Kermit’s Tremé Mother-in-Law Lounge is closing. If you were visiting me I probably took you there. Red beans, brass bands, blind eye to weed on the patio for those who partook. End of an era.

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Kevin Allman @kevinallman.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

It might get to 109 today — in mid-September— and it’s swampier than Florida. Planning on one meal today and tons of water.

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Kevin Allman @kevinallman.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Unconscionable. I had moved on to reading my dad’s Donald Westlake capers in third grade (one of the characters was named “Harry Künt and I somehow survived). If they didn’t police what I read, it’s not up to the government.

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Kevin Allman @kevinallman.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

I saw Disgruntled Lesbians at Lilith Fair

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Kevin Allman @kevinallman.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

I don’t think it’s possible to have a “new dive bar,” but from the picture this ain’t it

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Kevin Allman @kevinallman.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

I wish he would just post “I AM, OF THIS MOMENT, OFFICIALLY CHANGING THE NAME OF CALIFORNIA (THE MOST CORRUPT STATE OF ALL!) TO ‘BUTTHOLE’ AND EXPECT MAP MAKERS TO FALL IN LINE! THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER!” Then it would be your move, Google and Apple Maps.

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Kevin Allman @kevinallman.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Suggested topics: “There’s No Such Thing as ‘Black’” “Jews Don’t Control the Banking System, But They DO Control Cats and Dogs” “Why Sleeping With Women Is Woke-Coded For Gay”

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Kevin Allman @kevinallman.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Compared to even 10 years ago, the paper is utterly rudderless. There still are some fine writers and editors, but they’re not being promoted and showcased. And the social media desk cheapens the whole enterprise.

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