Karen Gadbois
@karen70118.bsky.social
Founder of The Lens. Nonprofit news site
Thelensnola.org
Constantly shocked that I am not shocked
New Orleans Louisiana
Thelensnola.org
Constantly shocked that I am not shocked
New Orleans Louisiana
End of an era
Last call at the First and Last Stop | The Lens
A historic 7th Ward bar faces eviction as new ownership threatens a century of Black cultural traditions, exposing New Orleans’ deep racial wealth divide.
thelensnola.org
November 22, 2025 at 2:06 AM
End of an era
If you didn’t see straight through Olivia Nuzzi and you’re a member of the media get a new job.
November 22, 2025 at 1:26 AM
If you didn’t see straight through Olivia Nuzzi and you’re a member of the media get a new job.
The bromance no one saw coming.
if i posted photos of someone like this my partner would be texting me with a link to the tweet accompanied solely with “?”
November 22, 2025 at 1:25 AM
The bromance no one saw coming.
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In the weeds takeaways:
-Five schools joined the A-list
-Most city schools earned a C
-A lot of city schools earned an A in growth - student growth year-over-year. But many earned an F in assessment - the state test scores. That means students are progressing, but still below grade level.
-Five schools joined the A-list
-Most city schools earned a C
-A lot of city schools earned an A in growth - student growth year-over-year. But many earned an F in assessment - the state test scores. That means students are progressing, but still below grade level.
The New Orleans' school district got its first B rating since the schools seized by the state after Hurricane Katrina returned to city control.
See all city school grades in an easy to navigate table. #nolaed
thelensnola.org/2025/11/20/c...
See all city school grades in an easy to navigate table. #nolaed
thelensnola.org/2025/11/20/c...
Compare 2025 school performance scores for New Orleans charters | The Lens
As a district, NOLA Public Schools improved from a C to a B. The move up appears to be driven by a jump in A-rated schools in the city. [...]Read More... from Compare 2025 school performance scores fo...
thelensnola.org
November 21, 2025 at 10:14 PM
In the weeds takeaways:
-Five schools joined the A-list
-Most city schools earned a C
-A lot of city schools earned an A in growth - student growth year-over-year. But many earned an F in assessment - the state test scores. That means students are progressing, but still below grade level.
-Five schools joined the A-list
-Most city schools earned a C
-A lot of city schools earned an A in growth - student growth year-over-year. But many earned an F in assessment - the state test scores. That means students are progressing, but still below grade level.
How long before an ICE agent gets drunk on Bourbon and starts a fight?
November 21, 2025 at 11:53 PM
How long before an ICE agent gets drunk on Bourbon and starts a fight?
Walking the dog and came across a black suburban no plates windows blacked out and engine on idle. According to neighbors they have been cruising the area. Pritchard Place and Cambronne #neworleans they were parked there for at least an hour. Maybe they got sick of me walking past them. Now gone
November 18, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Walking the dog and came across a black suburban no plates windows blacked out and engine on idle. According to neighbors they have been cruising the area. Pritchard Place and Cambronne #neworleans they were parked there for at least an hour. Maybe they got sick of me walking past them. Now gone
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You will be surprised at how many will just want to do it www.404media.co/ai-is-superc...
November 17, 2025 at 6:20 PM
You will be surprised at how many will just want to do it www.404media.co/ai-is-superc...
The times we are living in. I would suggest she not accept packages. Hopefully there is security for her
Yesterday, a Republican tried to give me holy water and Trump perfume because I’m “demonic.”
Extremely normal stuff coming from an extremely normal party.
Extremely normal stuff coming from an extremely normal party.
November 18, 2025 at 3:42 AM
The times we are living in. I would suggest she not accept packages. Hopefully there is security for her
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I had a run in with ICE snatching a man out of his car while walking my children to school this morning in NW DC
I asked a neighbor to continue walking my kids to school and I turned back to document and confront the ICE agents.
I am in contact with @dcmigrantmutualaid.org with the full video.
I asked a neighbor to continue walking my kids to school and I turned back to document and confront the ICE agents.
I am in contact with @dcmigrantmutualaid.org with the full video.
November 6, 2025 at 8:33 PM
I had a run in with ICE snatching a man out of his car while walking my children to school this morning in NW DC
I asked a neighbor to continue walking my kids to school and I turned back to document and confront the ICE agents.
I am in contact with @dcmigrantmutualaid.org with the full video.
I asked a neighbor to continue walking my kids to school and I turned back to document and confront the ICE agents.
I am in contact with @dcmigrantmutualaid.org with the full video.
Rage baiting. Nothing better than a cage fight between 2 women
Opinion | Did Liberal Feminism Ruin the Workplace?
www.nytimes.com
November 7, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Rage baiting. Nothing better than a cage fight between 2 women
Or how all this stuff no longer works
Thanks to @atherton.bsky.social for poking me to write this badboy.
Big 🤙 to @schnufflerowner.bsky.social for their understanding of how this all works.
Big 🤙 to @schnufflerowner.bsky.social for their understanding of how this all works.
DOGE’s Gutting Of USAID Weakened Disaster Response - CIP
For over 30 years, USAID had a leading role is disaster response for the United States, a capacity shattered when it was shut down.
internationalpolicy.org
November 3, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Or how all this stuff no longer works
Lex Luthor His strength lies in his unparalleled intelligence, vast wealth, and influence over politics, science, and technology. A genius with an extraordinary aptitude for business and manipulation, he is
—driven by an insatiable thirst for control and devoid of ethical principles.
—driven by an insatiable thirst for control and devoid of ethical principles.
November 3, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Lex Luthor His strength lies in his unparalleled intelligence, vast wealth, and influence over politics, science, and technology. A genius with an extraordinary aptitude for business and manipulation, he is
—driven by an insatiable thirst for control and devoid of ethical principles.
—driven by an insatiable thirst for control and devoid of ethical principles.
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Read my friend Wes' piece on recovery.
After the national media leaves and Hurricane Melissa headlines fade, Jamaica has years of work ahead.
"It is not that the physical environment doesn’t play a role, it is that the terrain that makes a substantial difference is a socioeconomic one."
After the national media leaves and Hurricane Melissa headlines fade, Jamaica has years of work ahead.
"It is not that the physical environment doesn’t play a role, it is that the terrain that makes a substantial difference is a socioeconomic one."
November 1, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Read my friend Wes' piece on recovery.
After the national media leaves and Hurricane Melissa headlines fade, Jamaica has years of work ahead.
"It is not that the physical environment doesn’t play a role, it is that the terrain that makes a substantial difference is a socioeconomic one."
After the national media leaves and Hurricane Melissa headlines fade, Jamaica has years of work ahead.
"It is not that the physical environment doesn’t play a role, it is that the terrain that makes a substantial difference is a socioeconomic one."
The look of stuck is in your eyes 🎶🎼🎶
November 2, 2025 at 1:17 AM
The look of stuck is in your eyes 🎶🎼🎶
“An instrument of the status quo”. Now that’s a quote that can be applied to many in Washington.
November 2, 2025 at 1:14 AM
“An instrument of the status quo”. Now that’s a quote that can be applied to many in Washington.
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*Oh good another take about how reader-funded journalism can't survive*
Is it from a writer?
1000% of the time the answer is yes.
Why are writers so dead set on killing this model, one might ask? You don't want to be reader-funded? Fine. Stop trying to take down your colleagues. It's getting old
Is it from a writer?
1000% of the time the answer is yes.
Why are writers so dead set on killing this model, one might ask? You don't want to be reader-funded? Fine. Stop trying to take down your colleagues. It's getting old
October 29, 2025 at 4:39 AM
*Oh good another take about how reader-funded journalism can't survive*
Is it from a writer?
1000% of the time the answer is yes.
Why are writers so dead set on killing this model, one might ask? You don't want to be reader-funded? Fine. Stop trying to take down your colleagues. It's getting old
Is it from a writer?
1000% of the time the answer is yes.
Why are writers so dead set on killing this model, one might ask? You don't want to be reader-funded? Fine. Stop trying to take down your colleagues. It's getting old
An island. Nowhere to run. Horrific
October 28, 2025 at 1:09 PM
An island. Nowhere to run. Horrific
Seems like I down way too much time blocking ALL CAPS @actblueorg.bsky.social text messages.
October 24, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Seems like I down way too much time blocking ALL CAPS @actblueorg.bsky.social text messages.
Demolition is an act of violence and dominance
October 23, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Demolition is an act of violence and dominance
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Nine years later --- I write about this one A LOT.
Parents should know when a charter group is considering closing a school. In this case it was part public records law and part - my checking every single charter agenda every month.
Parents should know when a charter group is considering closing a school. In this case it was part public records law and part - my checking every single charter agenda every month.
October 20, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Nine years later --- I write about this one A LOT.
Parents should know when a charter group is considering closing a school. In this case it was part public records law and part - my checking every single charter agenda every month.
Parents should know when a charter group is considering closing a school. In this case it was part public records law and part - my checking every single charter agenda every month.
We can’t do anything right.
October 18, 2025 at 2:14 AM
We can’t do anything right.
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This poll shows that in Maine, Graham Platner is a stronger Democratic senate candidiate than Janet Mills would be.
"After respondents were shown short biographies for both candidates, however, Platner leads Collins by 14 points, while Mills leads Collins by 8 points."
"After respondents were shown short biographies for both candidates, however, Platner leads Collins by 14 points, while Mills leads Collins by 8 points."
Poll: Platner Best Positioned Maine Dem to Defeat Susan Collins
After respondents were shown short biographies for both candidates, Graham Platner leads Sen. Susan Collins by 14 points, while Gov. Janet Mills leads Collins by 8 points.
substack.perfectunion.us
October 14, 2025 at 10:36 PM
This poll shows that in Maine, Graham Platner is a stronger Democratic senate candidiate than Janet Mills would be.
"After respondents were shown short biographies for both candidates, however, Platner leads Collins by 14 points, while Mills leads Collins by 8 points."
"After respondents were shown short biographies for both candidates, however, Platner leads Collins by 14 points, while Mills leads Collins by 8 points."
Better than ever. The Queen of education reporting
TWO years post-op. TWO years seizure free! I'm incredibly grateful for fam, friends, docs, *science* that got me here.
I'm happy to talk to anyone having any type of brain surgery.
I had diagnostic S-EEG, then Laser Interstitial Thermal Therapy (LITT). Red dots are the ablated culprit area.
I'm happy to talk to anyone having any type of brain surgery.
I had diagnostic S-EEG, then Laser Interstitial Thermal Therapy (LITT). Red dots are the ablated culprit area.
October 14, 2025 at 3:32 AM
Better than ever. The Queen of education reporting
Reposted by Karen Gadbois
I moderated a panel on special education reporting last week, and COPAA's legal director's details on the gutting of OCR were terrifying.
The end of federal enforcement of special ed laws. Some states - including MN - will likely be ok. But a lot of disabled kids in a lot of states are going to lose the education that federal law and decades of jurisprudence say they are owed.
Education Department wipes out special ed office in shutdown layoffs, union says
The Education Department laid off nearly everyone at the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services.
www.usatoday.com
October 12, 2025 at 12:48 AM
I moderated a panel on special education reporting last week, and COPAA's legal director's details on the gutting of OCR were terrifying.
Coal mining heiress. And they say irony is dead. Black lung for the people !!
A six-story tower—including a double-decker penthouse—is for sale near Worth Avenue in Palm Beach.
This $38 Million Palm Beach Tower Belonged To A Coal Mining Heiress (See Inside)
A six-story tower—including a double-decker penthouse—is for sale near Worth Avenue in Palm Beach.
www.forbes.com
October 11, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Coal mining heiress. And they say irony is dead. Black lung for the people !!