Sam Karlin
@sam-karlin.bsky.social
journalist in New Orleans covering climate, infrastructure, etc. for @nolanews.bsky.social
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Trees in New Orleans often carry memories of hurricane damage. But as @sam-karlin.bsky.social explores in his series on rising summer temps and heat deaths in Louisiana, trees can make a huge difference in cooling down cities. Still, our canopy is sparse
www.nola.com/news/new-orl...
www.nola.com/news/new-orl...
Hurricane-prone New Orleans is lacking trees. They could help with rising heat.
A contractor cut down 107 trees in New Orleans that were planted by a nonprofit. Here's why it's emblematic of larger challenges in the fight against extreme heat.
www.nola.com
September 25, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Trees in New Orleans often carry memories of hurricane damage. But as @sam-karlin.bsky.social explores in his series on rising summer temps and heat deaths in Louisiana, trees can make a huge difference in cooling down cities. Still, our canopy is sparse
www.nola.com/news/new-orl...
www.nola.com/news/new-orl...
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As summers in Louisiana get hotter, heat-related deaths are soaring.
But it’s a quiet disaster, @sam-karlin.bsky.social
reports in his new deep dive. No blue taped roofs or spray painted homes that show the true toll.
Louisiana is doing little to prevent it.
www.nola.com/news/environ...
But it’s a quiet disaster, @sam-karlin.bsky.social
reports in his new deep dive. No blue taped roofs or spray painted homes that show the true toll.
Louisiana is doing little to prevent it.
www.nola.com/news/environ...
In Louisiana, heat-related deaths have soared. The quiet disaster is ‘going to get worse.’
Extreme heat is a silent threat, one that experts warn could become more deadly as temperatures continue to rise.
www.nola.com
September 12, 2025 at 4:37 PM
As summers in Louisiana get hotter, heat-related deaths are soaring.
But it’s a quiet disaster, @sam-karlin.bsky.social
reports in his new deep dive. No blue taped roofs or spray painted homes that show the true toll.
Louisiana is doing little to prevent it.
www.nola.com/news/environ...
But it’s a quiet disaster, @sam-karlin.bsky.social
reports in his new deep dive. No blue taped roofs or spray painted homes that show the true toll.
Louisiana is doing little to prevent it.
www.nola.com/news/environ...
voting for mayor based on whether they can deliver this in downtown new orleans
I believe my political ideology is increasingly that everyone should have access to a high quality Italian deli sandwich at a reasonable price for lunch every day, without fear of financial insecurity.
May 20, 2025 at 5:09 PM
voting for mayor based on whether they can deliver this in downtown new orleans
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I believe my political ideology is increasingly that everyone should have access to a high quality Italian deli sandwich at a reasonable price for lunch every day, without fear of financial insecurity.
May 20, 2025 at 4:02 PM
I believe my political ideology is increasingly that everyone should have access to a high quality Italian deli sandwich at a reasonable price for lunch every day, without fear of financial insecurity.
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Here are the raw vote totals for the winners in the key swing states.
PA
2020: Biden 3,458,229
2024: Trump 3,543,308
WI
2020: Biden 1,630,866
2024: Trump 1,697,626
MI
2020: Biden 2,804,040
2024: Trump 2,816,636
PA
2020: Biden 3,458,229
2024: Trump 3,543,308
WI
2020: Biden 1,630,866
2024: Trump 1,697,626
MI
2020: Biden 2,804,040
2024: Trump 2,816,636
Biden did not hand the presidency to Trump. That’s insane. Less folks voted. Why? Answer that question. These folks are just making their money like the ones that knew about Trump’s crazy and wrote a book instead of telling folks as it happened.
May 13, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Here are the raw vote totals for the winners in the key swing states.
PA
2020: Biden 3,458,229
2024: Trump 3,543,308
WI
2020: Biden 1,630,866
2024: Trump 1,697,626
MI
2020: Biden 2,804,040
2024: Trump 2,816,636
PA
2020: Biden 3,458,229
2024: Trump 3,543,308
WI
2020: Biden 1,630,866
2024: Trump 1,697,626
MI
2020: Biden 2,804,040
2024: Trump 2,816,636
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Great story from @sam-karlin.bsky.social about just how many rural communities in Louisiana are facing water systems on the verge of a breakdown. Water is brown, murky and lots of federal $$$ still has not been enough to fix it.
www.nola.com/news/louisia...
www.nola.com/news/louisia...
As water runs brown in rural Louisiana, residents fear water systems are 'ticking time bomb'
In Hessmer, Mayor Robbie Dauzat said he “thanks God" every day without a water system breakdown.
“Our whole system is just a ticking time bomb waiting for something to happen.”
www.nola.com
May 13, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Great story from @sam-karlin.bsky.social about just how many rural communities in Louisiana are facing water systems on the verge of a breakdown. Water is brown, murky and lots of federal $$$ still has not been enough to fix it.
www.nola.com/news/louisia...
www.nola.com/news/louisia...
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Please don't put in the newspaper that 28 children laughed at me
May 11, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Please don't put in the newspaper that 28 children laughed at me
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You never like to have to do this sort of thing as an editor, but if you have to update and amend a story, "the pope is actually a White Sox fan, contradicting earlier reporting" is a pretty good reason. defector.com/well-they-ma...
Well, They Made A Cubs Fan The Pope [UPDATE] | Defector
Update (5:55 p.m.) Contrary to the ABC News report, Chicago’s WGN-TV caught up with the new pope’s brother, who said that Robert Prevost actually grew up a White Sox fan, not a Cubs fan. The original ...
defector.com
May 8, 2025 at 9:57 PM
You never like to have to do this sort of thing as an editor, but if you have to update and amend a story, "the pope is actually a White Sox fan, contradicting earlier reporting" is a pretty good reason. defector.com/well-they-ma...
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Asked if he's experienced cognitive decline, Joe Biden says no and rambles on before being cut off by Jill Biden.
JOE BIDEN: You know, one of the things that, that, well, I'm, I'm talking too long —
JILL BIDEN: The people who wrote those books were not in the White House with us.
JOE BIDEN: You know, one of the things that, that, well, I'm, I'm talking too long —
JILL BIDEN: The people who wrote those books were not in the White House with us.
May 8, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Asked if he's experienced cognitive decline, Joe Biden says no and rambles on before being cut off by Jill Biden.
JOE BIDEN: You know, one of the things that, that, well, I'm, I'm talking too long —
JILL BIDEN: The people who wrote those books were not in the White House with us.
JOE BIDEN: You know, one of the things that, that, well, I'm, I'm talking too long —
JILL BIDEN: The people who wrote those books were not in the White House with us.
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I need the citizens of Bluesky to be ready to grieve together when it's not Pizzaballa
May 8, 2025 at 4:37 PM
I need the citizens of Bluesky to be ready to grieve together when it's not Pizzaballa
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Read the whole story, the second installment in a
@miamiherald.com series on real estate and sea level rise, here: www.miamiherald.com/news/local/e...
@miamiherald.com series on real estate and sea level rise, here: www.miamiherald.com/news/local/e...
Climate change is coming for Florida’s real estate. Why don’t prices reflect it?
So far, property values have remained remarkably resilient to flood risks – more resilient than many of the actual homes.
www.miamiherald.com
May 6, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Read the whole story, the second installment in a
@miamiherald.com series on real estate and sea level rise, here: www.miamiherald.com/news/local/e...
@miamiherald.com series on real estate and sea level rise, here: www.miamiherald.com/news/local/e...
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bill de blasio in park slope, ordering his breakfast sandwich as “mi sandwich especial” and quoting the onion headline omg
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
May 6, 2025 at 2:45 PM
bill de blasio in park slope, ordering his breakfast sandwich as “mi sandwich especial” and quoting the onion headline omg
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
Blue sky is constantly logging me out so when I come here I’m viewing a generic feed and it’s mostly Patton Oswalt (?)
May 6, 2025 at 3:16 AM
Blue sky is constantly logging me out so when I come here I’m viewing a generic feed and it’s mostly Patton Oswalt (?)
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ALL FLEETWOOD MAC SONGS THAT DO NOT FEATURE A STEVIE NICKS LEAD VOCAL ARE NOW TARIFFED AT 250%
May 5, 2025 at 12:03 AM
ALL FLEETWOOD MAC SONGS THAT DO NOT FEATURE A STEVIE NICKS LEAD VOCAL ARE NOW TARIFFED AT 250%
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😲 “We built our last gas-fired facility in 2022, at $785/kW. If we wanted to build that same gas-fired combined cycle unit today…$2,400/kW" - NextEra CEO John Ketchum
gasoutlook.com/analysis/cos... 🔌💡
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Costs to build gas plants triple, says CEO of NextEra Energy
- Gas Outlook
NextEra Energy’s CEO said that gas turbines have a multi-year backlog, leading to soaring costs for new gas-fired power plants.
gasoutlook.com
April 25, 2025 at 3:51 PM
😲 “We built our last gas-fired facility in 2022, at $785/kW. If we wanted to build that same gas-fired combined cycle unit today…$2,400/kW" - NextEra CEO John Ketchum
gasoutlook.com/analysis/cos... 🔌💡
gasoutlook.com/analysis/cos... 🔌💡
A Louisiana lawmaker has introduced a bill to have the state government issue "catastrophe bonds" in a bid to inject more capital into the reinsurance market.
I went to Bermuda last year to report on the growing cat bond market, where Wall Street cashes in on La. hurricane risk
I went to Bermuda last year to report on the growing cat bond market, where Wall Street cashes in on La. hurricane risk
April 28, 2025 at 2:44 PM
A Louisiana lawmaker has introduced a bill to have the state government issue "catastrophe bonds" in a bid to inject more capital into the reinsurance market.
I went to Bermuda last year to report on the growing cat bond market, where Wall Street cashes in on La. hurricane risk
I went to Bermuda last year to report on the growing cat bond market, where Wall Street cashes in on La. hurricane risk
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Louisiana abruptly ends long-sought program to make homes more energy efficient www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/... via @sam-karlin.bsky.social #lalege
Louisiana abruptly ends long-sought program to make homes more energy efficient
Despite years of efforts into funding the energy efficiency program to help residents save money, the Public Service Commission abruptly ended it.
www.theadvocate.com
April 17, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Louisiana abruptly ends long-sought program to make homes more energy efficient www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/... via @sam-karlin.bsky.social #lalege
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Five weeks ago, Mary Kate Cornett was a first-year business major dating another Ole Miss student.
Then a spurious claim about her and her boyfriend’s father spread — and was amplified by Pat McAfee, Barstool personalities and others.
http://dlvr.it/TJtKS4
Then a spurious claim about her and her boyfriend’s father spread — and was amplified by Pat McAfee, Barstool personalities and others.
http://dlvr.it/TJtKS4
April 1, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Five weeks ago, Mary Kate Cornett was a first-year business major dating another Ole Miss student.
Then a spurious claim about her and her boyfriend’s father spread — and was amplified by Pat McAfee, Barstool personalities and others.
http://dlvr.it/TJtKS4
Then a spurious claim about her and her boyfriend’s father spread — and was amplified by Pat McAfee, Barstool personalities and others.
http://dlvr.it/TJtKS4
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There's a whole cottage industry of baloney justifications for the plagiarism machine having one-way IP rights, but I simply do not see how "produce this work in the style of [specific artist] which you can do because you have their complete works in your training" can possibly be fair use.
Hayao Miyazaki, who said AI is an "insult to life itself," would probably hate all the AI-generated art ripping his studio's style that people in the AI industry are now obsessed with www.404media.co/hayao-miyaza...
Hayao Miyazaki, Who Said AI Is ‘Insult to Life Itself,” Reduced to AI-Generated Meme by OpenAI
The internet is flooded with AI-generated images in the style of Studio Ghibli, whose founder said “I would never wish to incorporate this technology into my work at all.”
www.404media.co
March 27, 2025 at 3:27 PM
There's a whole cottage industry of baloney justifications for the plagiarism machine having one-way IP rights, but I simply do not see how "produce this work in the style of [specific artist] which you can do because you have their complete works in your training" can possibly be fair use.
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the 1919 Anaconda Standard was a little less respectful to baseball
March 27, 2025 at 1:22 PM
the 1919 Anaconda Standard was a little less respectful to baseball
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Over 100 New Orleans biz owners have asked Louisiana not to go forward w/ nitrogen gas executions:
"Executions — especially those by experimental and gruesome methods — don’t send the right message about Louisiana, our culture, and our people" they say
www.nola.com/news/louisia...
"Executions — especially those by experimental and gruesome methods — don’t send the right message about Louisiana, our culture, and our people" they say
www.nola.com/news/louisia...
Chef, artists, business owners come out against Louisiana execution using nitrogen gas
After Louisiana scheduled its first nitrogen gas execution for March 18 -- currently being blocked by a federal judge -- business and faith leaders have complained.
www.nola.com
March 12, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Over 100 New Orleans biz owners have asked Louisiana not to go forward w/ nitrogen gas executions:
"Executions — especially those by experimental and gruesome methods — don’t send the right message about Louisiana, our culture, and our people" they say
www.nola.com/news/louisia...
"Executions — especially those by experimental and gruesome methods — don’t send the right message about Louisiana, our culture, and our people" they say
www.nola.com/news/louisia...
Stronger roofs, a key part of making Louisiana habitable in the face of climate change, are saving most homeowners more money in insurance premiums than they cost. Story: www.nola.com/news/louisia...
Louisiana homes with fortified roofs often save residents over $1,000 a year, report says
Most people who have taken advantage of a state grant program to install a stronger roof have seen insurance premiums drop, according to a new report. The median recipient saw a 22% discount, saving t...
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March 12, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Stronger roofs, a key part of making Louisiana habitable in the face of climate change, are saving most homeowners more money in insurance premiums than they cost. Story: www.nola.com/news/louisia...
The Republican-dominated council of Louisiana's Jefferson Parish, which abuts the Gulf of Mexico, rejected a symbolic measure to rename it the Gulf of America on local maps, @laranicholson.bsky.social reports. www.nola.com/news/jeffers...
Jefferson Parish Council votes down 'divisive' Gulf of America resolution by Van Vrancken
The vote to adopt Trump's renamed Gulf of America failed six to one, even though most of the council members are Republican.
www.nola.com
February 26, 2025 at 9:50 PM
The Republican-dominated council of Louisiana's Jefferson Parish, which abuts the Gulf of Mexico, rejected a symbolic measure to rename it the Gulf of America on local maps, @laranicholson.bsky.social reports. www.nola.com/news/jeffers...