Big rains headed for Louisiana where recent extremes may put a damper on crawfish harvests. Meanwhile, winter takes a hiatus next week. The upcoming hurricane season has caught the eye of some, so we explain what the data shows this far out and more.
woke up at first light, it was 28 deg F- ran out to put up hummingbird feeders & a hummingbird (I think the same one I photo'd yesterday!) immediately came for the goodies--
at this temp the sugar molecules will keep the sugar water from freezing.... much cooler, & i keep back a feeder to swap out when the other one starts to freeze...
it warms my heart to know they're watching us & think at least some of us can be relied on
Mike Johnson on the corrupt Republican-drawn Louisiana congressional map...
“Should the state not prevail at trial, there are multiple other map options that are legally compliant and do not require the unnecessary surrender of a Republican seat in Congress.” #AureFreePress#News#GOP#Politics#USA#Louisiana
How Many of Your State’s Lawmakers Are #Women?
If You Live in the #Southeast, It Could Be Just 1 in 5
A record number of women were elected to statehouses last year.
But in the Southeast, where some legislatures are more than 80% #male, representation is lagging as lawmakers pass bills that most impact women, like near-total #abortion bans.
For #ThickTrunkTuesday I offer an unusual species. The first photo shows a large #Palmetto#Palm and two smaller specimens growing among #BaldCypress trees at Burden Museum & Gardens in #BatonRouge#Louisiana. The second shows the pond habit where these were growing. Some palms are visible on the shore. These are rather large and thick examples of Palmettos. I took these pictures Sunday while hiking on the trail system there.
The line for the show was so long but we made it. It was pretty good. Also I found out Degas’s family was in the cotton business and had to look it up. 😬
Corrected the #Wikipedia entry for Louisiana French #accordion pioneer Amédè Ardoin 🪗 to say he was Black #Creole rather than Cajun
Nobody had edited that page in years. But within a few hours somebody had gone and made him an “American” musician. With no mention of race or culture or division
Which may be better than mischaracterizing him. But I’m not sure if de-racializing people is the way forward 😞
It’s not my neighborhood so maybe I’ll let others go at it on there
Wikipedia has Black Creole accordionist Amédé Ardoin listed as a “Cajun accordionist” 😖
Buckwheat Zydeco had it written into his contracts that he’d get paid in full and not have to perform if any press materials referred to him or his music as “Cajun” anything
He was militant about defending his Creole identity
If #Indigenous people weren't aware, we here in the #IndigenousGulf are building a mf MOUND! A traditional Indigenous earthwork monument is coming to #Bulbancha (#NOLA) in 2024! Build days starting on Saturdays in January!
Also included in the project in the Lafitte Greenway in the Tremé neighborhood: a #stickball field, and #native plant gardens with all sorts of medicinal and practical herbs and plants for all to learn and use.
#OffshoreWind leases can and should bring revenue to states
"At the heart of the #RISEE act is a provision to send 37.5 percent of the revenue from any offshore wind development in federal waters to states adjacent to the project. That would be a change from current federal law, which — unlike offshore oil — requires offshore wind lease revenue generated in federal waters to be sent to the U.S. Treasury."
#Louisiana signs agreements to build first #OffshoreWind farms in state waters
"Diamond will pay the state just over $308,000 up-front and 1.5% of gross revenues. Vestas will pay almost $358,000 and 2.2% of gross revenues."