SWAMPNET COMMUNITY OPEN HOURS
609 ST. FERDINAND STREET
5:30-7:30 PM
TUESDAY 3/18 AND 3/25
FOOD WILL BE PROVIDED

#IndigenousGulf #Community #intranet #sovereignty #NOLA #Bulbancha #Louisiana #LiveEvents @noladon

He Was Convicted Based on Allegedly Fabricated Bite Mark Analysis. Louisiana Wants to Execute Him Anyway.
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Nine prisoners have walked free after evidence presented by members of a forensics team turned out to be wrong — yet one man still awaits execution based on their testimony.
https://www.propublica.org/article/louisiana-jimmie-duncan-bite-mark-analysis-death-row-junk-science?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

US Palestinian college activist Mahmoud Khalil has been illegally arrested by ICE over the weekend.

Khalil is a green card holder and there is no known legal justification for his arrest. This appears to have been an arbitrary arrest at the direction the White House. Last I heard Khalil has not been allowed to speak to a lawyer. He has been transfered over 1000 miles to ICE detention in Louisiana.

#FreeMahmoudKhalil

“Biden said this plant was a health threat. #Trump dropped a lawsuit against it

DOJ on Friday dropped a landmark lawsuit alleging that cancer-causing pollution from a #Louisiana petrochemical plant poses an imminent danger to nearby communities” #ProLifeMyAss

https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2025/03/03/justice-department-denka-plant-pollution/

"Grandpa charged in Caddo school umbrella assault during tornado warning"

... well that was certainly words.

https://www.ksla.com/2025/03/04/grandpa-charged-caddo-school-umbrella-assault-during-tornado-warning/

They're so cute when they're calm...

Later on after this picture was taken, the puppy decided that a fun thing to try out is to literally flying leap from the couch onto the top of the coffee table. That earned a time out. =_=

#Trump’s #DOJ is to drop suit over alleged #cancer-causing #pollution

#Justice is poised to drop a landmark lawsuit alleging that cancer-causing pollution from a #Louisiana #petrochemical plant poses an imminent danger to nearby communities….

The lawsuit alleges that the Denka Performance Elastomer plant in #LaPlace, LA, threatens local residents by releasing unsafe levels of the #toxic #chemical #chloroprene.

#law #PublicHealth #health #environment #USpol
https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2025/03/03/justice-department-denka-plant-pollution/

Today I saw these old style #camellias while walking in downtown #BatonRouge #Louisiana. I was struck by the rose like flowers. I thought they would be a good topic for #bloomscrolling. Since they are cultivated, they probably are #gardening material as well. Camellias are such great flowers, because they are evergreen and bloom in the late winter when little else is growing. #Bromeliad fans might notice a few sprigs of #Tillandsia growing on the stems of the bush.

Black prisoners organize for dignity in Angola, Louisiana’s modern-day plantation https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/02/23/black-prisoners-organize-for-dignity-in-angola-louisianas-modern-day-plantation/ #BlackHistoryMonth #Louisiana #BlackLivesMatter

Hey YOU! YES, YOU!

Do you see YOUR STATE LISTED BELOW? If so, YOUR STATE Legislators are trying to destroy CHILDREN’S LIVES by ending protections for students with special needs.

CALL YOUR STATE Legislators and DEMAND that they OPPOSE ALL EFFORTS to do this!
#alaska
#alabama
#arkansas
#florida
#Georgia
#indiana
#Iowa
#kansas
#louisiana
#missouri
#Montana
#nebraska
#southcarolina
#southdakota
#texas
#utah
#westvirginia

https://www.forbes.com/sites/petergreene/2025/02/13/17-states-sue-to-end-protections-for-students-with-special-needs/

The Louisiana Department of Health (LDH) will no longer encourage mass vaccination. It has also banned vaccination events, as well as the promotion of vaccines by all its employees. All this with a measles outbreak in neighboring Texas that is affecting only unvaccinated people.

"I'm really worried about measles especially, because it's the most infectious disease—period," said vaccine specialist Dr. Paul Offit. "And it's going to seek out those who aren't vaccinated."

https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/anti-science/citing-government-overreach-louisiana-wont-promote-vaccination-surgeons-general-say

In January 1811, nearly 500 enslaved men and women fought for their freedom at the Woodland plantation in LaPlace, La. It was America's largest slave revolt. Last month, about 80 people gathered to commemorate that event, dancing, singing and worshipping together over plates of red rice and beans. Woodland is now owned by twin Black sisters, Jo and Joy Banner, who run the Descendants Project, a community organization. Their mission? To honor the courage of past revolutionaries, and provide strength for those facing modern challenges. Here's more from Capital B News.

https://flip.it/WNRf6V

#BlackHistory #BlackMastodon @blackmastodon #Louisiana #USHistory @histodons

Disability rights are under attack in 17 states!

There’s a lawsuit trying to get rid of Section 504, the law that protects disabled people in schools, workplaces, and public spaces. If they succeed, it means:

Schools wouldn’t have to provide accommodations (no extra test time for ADHD, no wheelchair access, no diabetes care in class).
Workplaces wouldn’t have to adjust for disabilities (no remote work, no flexible scheduling, no accessibility requirements).
Public spaces could ignore accessibility needs (buildings, buses, and services wouldn’t have to be usable for disabled people).

These 17 states are trying to gut 504 protections:
Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, West Virginia.

If you live in one of these states, contact your state reps & governor! If this lawsuit succeeds, other states could follow, or it could reach the Supreme Court and hurt everyone.

More details here: https://dredf.org/protect-504/

Please share this! More people need to know.

#Protect504 #Save504 #DisabilityRights #DisabilityJustice #StopTheRollback #AccessibilityMatters #EqualAccess #NothingAboutUsWithoutUs #DisabilityAdvocacy #CripTheVote #ADAProtections #CivilRights #HumanRights #Alabama #Arkansas #Georgia #Indian #Iowa #Kansas #Kentucky #Louisiana #Mississippi #Missouri #Nebraska #Oklahoma #SouthCarolina #Tennessee #Texas #Utah #WestVirginia
#AlabamaPolitics #ArkansasPolitics #GeorgiaPolitics #IndianPolitics #IowaPolitics #KansasPolitics #KentuckyPolitics #LouisianaPolitics #MississippiPolitics #MissouriPolitics #NebraskaPolitics #OklahomaPolitics #SouthCarolinaPolitics #TennesseePolitics #TexasPolitics #UtahPolitics #WestVirginiaPolitics

Minors in #Louisiana could be sent to adult prison for a growing list of crimes https://lailluminator.com/2025/02/06/minors-in-louisiana-could-be-sent-to-adult-prison-for-a-growing-list-of-crimes/?emci=33e23a36-38e7-ef11-90cb-0022482a94f4&emdi=32e04352-b7e7-ef11-90cb-0022482a94f4&ceid=136240

DO YOU Live in any of these states below or do you know anyone who does?

If so, there are ELECTIONS THIS MONTH!

#delaware
#Georgia
#kansas
#louisiana
#minnesota
#nebraska
#newyork
#Oklahoma
#washington

#uspol #uspolitics #election #vote #voting
#VoteBlue

https://open.substack.com/pub/ariellaelm/p/election-day-is-every-tuesday-210

Old Episcopal private church, now closed. Louisiana

#Louisiana #Gothic #undefined #photography #DorotheaLange

https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2017770321/

Outrageous

The #Senate Finance Cmte voted along party lines, 14-13, to forward the nomination of #RFKJr to the full Senate, setting up a vote on whether Kennedy, an #antiVaxxer who threw his anti #vaccines movement behind #Trump’s presidential campaign, should become the nation’s next #health secretary. Senator #BillCassidy, the #Louisiana #Republican & #physician who had been on the fence about Kennedy, cast the deciding vote.