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Looks like we have a ~tiny~ bit of company on the Chandeleur Islands! 🐢 Endangered sea turtle hatchlings are back for the 3rd year in a row! Learn more about this turtlely awesome discovery here: bit.ly/3YmpJHv


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Y’all.. the father of 5 died trying to save his son after his son jumped in the water to save a young lady who was drowning.. There is a gofundme in the article that is struggling.. 5 children, ages 17, 16, 13, 3 and 1, are now without their dad.. If you can’t donate please RT


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At @TheLensNOLA we don't have a paywall because we don't think income should hinder access to news. But we can only do that thanks to generous support. Your donation helps ensure those who may not be able to give can read our work and stay informed. givenola.org/the-lens

Support local independent journalism for in depth coverage of education and environmental news! Give to The Lens this #GiveNolaDay ! 🔗 buff.ly/4bK5Q0X

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Should be national news. 4.0 student’s scholarship stripped over a homecoming after-party dance in Walker, Louisiana unfilteredwithkiran.com/scholarship-st…


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It's #FreeMapMonday! Re-tweet and follow us for a chance to win the World Seismicity Map. #USGSStore (U.S. residents only)

USGSstore's tweet image. It's #FreeMapMonday! Re-tweet and follow us for a chance to win the World Seismicity Map. #USGSStore (U.S. residents only)

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Just learned that, in 1878, John Powell recommended USA state boundaries should be based on watersheds! Here's his map, draped on the globe, with modern watershed boundary lines in white. Imagine what might have been!


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75 years ago this month, #RichardSimmons made his grand entrance into the world after his mother went into labor at Gin's Mee Hong Restaurant in the French Quarter! Today's First Draft blog post pays tribute to #NOLA's hometown hero @TheWeightSaint: hnoc.org/publications/f…


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The Rault Center Fire. 50 years ago today. 11/29/1972.

NOLAFireDept's tweet image. The Rault Center Fire.  50 years ago today.  11/29/1972.

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La hinchada #ECU ya tiene el primer hit del #FIFAWorldCup : “Queremos cerveza, queremos cerveza”



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🚢📉 The Mississippi River — the immense, quiet highway that courses down the middle of America, moving critical food, wood, coal and steel supplies to global markets — is shrinking from drought, forcing traffic to a crawl at the worst possible time. 🔗: bloomberg.com/graphics/2022-…

BBGVisualData's tweet image. 🚢📉 The Mississippi River — the immense, quiet highway that courses down the middle of America, moving critical food, wood, coal and steel supplies to global markets — is shrinking from drought, forcing traffic to a crawl at the worst possible time.

🔗: bloomberg.com/graphics/2022-…

Let’s do some learning then appropriate drinks afterwards.

Calling #NOLAeducators! This Saturday, November 5 from 10 to 11:30 am, THNOC will host an Educator Workshop showing how to incorporate history from"#SpanishNewOrleans and the Caribbean" into your classroom. Free admission! Learn more & RSVP: l8r.it/9KMy

visit_hnoc's tweet image. Calling #NOLAeducators! This Saturday, November 5 from 10 to 11:30 am, THNOC will host an Educator Workshop showing how to incorporate history from"#SpanishNewOrleans and the Caribbean" into your classroom. Free admission! Learn more & RSVP: l8r.it/9KMy


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🎨 The best way to see Van Gogh's "Starry Night" is to stare at the center of the spiral for 20 seconds and then look at the painting. RT when it works for you.

From VENOM

Picture of Celotex in Marrero/Westwego circa 1950. @nolacampanella @MarkSchexnayder @TK_Wharton Tip of Audubon/Fly in upper right hand corner and maybe Walnut St ferry landing?

pooroldnerd's tweet image. Picture of Celotex in Marrero/Westwego circa 1950.
@nolacampanella @MarkSchexnayder @TK_Wharton 
Tip of Audubon/Fly in upper right hand corner and maybe Walnut St ferry landing?

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