Sarah Ravits
@sravits.bsky.social
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Sarah Ravits
@sravits.bsky.social
· Oct 18
Hello everyone! I'm a writer/reporter at Gambit, New Orleans' alt-weekly. Follow along if you want to see posts about local news, politics, entertainment & happenings!
A lot of elected officials have weighed in and congratulated the winners of the New Orleans election but Mayor LaToya Cantrell has not yet said anything about Helena Moreno’s win Saturday 🤨
October 13, 2025 at 6:22 PM
A lot of elected officials have weighed in and congratulated the winners of the New Orleans election but Mayor LaToya Cantrell has not yet said anything about Helena Moreno’s win Saturday 🤨
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JUST IN: Chicago journalistsa re suing DHS and ICE over force used against reporters:
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October 6, 2025 at 1:16 PM
JUST IN: Chicago journalistsa re suing DHS and ICE over force used against reporters:
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Hey New Orleans bluesky, I’m looking to talk to some local folks in the autistic community in the next few days/early next week for a story. Shoot me a DM if ya’d like to chat or know somebody who might
September 26, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Hey New Orleans bluesky, I’m looking to talk to some local folks in the autistic community in the next few days/early next week for a story. Shoot me a DM if ya’d like to chat or know somebody who might
It’s not perfect but New Orleans’ crime is way down and it is generally a city where strangers will call you “baby” and share food with you even when they’re broke, but I guess it’s a flex to beg an aspiring tyrant to approve the deployment of uniformed 20 yr olds to stand around looking confused
Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry: "Tonight, we're sending the Department of War a request to send the National Guard, asking them to deploy the National Guard here in Louisiana into our cities like New Orleans and Baton Rogue and others."
September 30, 2025 at 4:20 AM
It’s not perfect but New Orleans’ crime is way down and it is generally a city where strangers will call you “baby” and share food with you even when they’re broke, but I guess it’s a flex to beg an aspiring tyrant to approve the deployment of uniformed 20 yr olds to stand around looking confused
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Notice he changed his tie to fit in with his hero’s gold fixation.
Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry: "Tonight, we're sending the Department of War a request to send the National Guard, asking them to deploy the National Guard here in Louisiana into our cities like New Orleans and Baton Rogue and others."
September 30, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Notice he changed his tie to fit in with his hero’s gold fixation.
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We take care of us. If you want alternative media to survive and thrive in New Orleans, we need your support.
WWOZ, WYES, WWNO AND Antigravity are critical parts of our community and need financial support asap
www.nola.com/gambit/comme...
www.nola.com/gambit/comme...
Support local alternative media before it's too late
New Orleans’ media industry recently gathered at the Cannery for the annual Press Club of New Orleans dinner and awards ceremony where we feted local media legends and the outstanding
www.nola.com
July 24, 2025 at 8:59 PM
We take care of us. If you want alternative media to survive and thrive in New Orleans, we need your support.
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Elon Musk's idiot chatbot turns into an explicit Nazi: defector.com/elon-musks-i...
Elon Musk's Idiot Chatbot Turns Into An Explicit Nazi | Defector
When last we checked in on Grok, Twitter’s supremely grating and corny embedded chatbot, it had spent an otherwise ordinary weekday in May attempting to impress upon Twitter users the seriousness of…
defector.com
July 9, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Elon Musk's idiot chatbot turns into an explicit Nazi: defector.com/elon-musks-i...
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Instead of “Alligator Alcatraz” or “Alligator Auschwitz”, let me suggest that we call it simply the Dade-Collier Concentration Camp.
Hang the name on Florida. Make them own this disgraceful moment in U.S. history. Make our grandchildren lobby to change the name of Dade County out of shame.
Hang the name on Florida. Make them own this disgraceful moment in U.S. history. Make our grandchildren lobby to change the name of Dade County out of shame.
July 9, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Instead of “Alligator Alcatraz” or “Alligator Auschwitz”, let me suggest that we call it simply the Dade-Collier Concentration Camp.
Hang the name on Florida. Make them own this disgraceful moment in U.S. history. Make our grandchildren lobby to change the name of Dade County out of shame.
Hang the name on Florida. Make them own this disgraceful moment in U.S. history. Make our grandchildren lobby to change the name of Dade County out of shame.
Just covered the New Orleans installment of the No Kings protest, which was peaceful and celebratory ahead of the scheduled Pride parade, and with minimal police presence
www.nola.com/gambit/news/...
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Thousands of New Orleanians participate in national ‘No Kings’ protest
Thousands of New Orleanians rally against President Donald Trump as part of the nationwide 'No Kings' movement June 14
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June 14, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Just covered the New Orleans installment of the No Kings protest, which was peaceful and celebratory ahead of the scheduled Pride parade, and with minimal police presence
www.nola.com/gambit/news/...
www.nola.com/gambit/news/...
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June 10, 2025 at 8:53 PM
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New slogan for tech just dropped.
June 7, 2025 at 10:52 PM
New slogan for tech just dropped.
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June 6, 2025 at 12:34 PM
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AI is Getting Worse, but It's Getting Worse
June 4, 2025 at 8:16 PM
AI is Getting Worse, but It's Getting Worse
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A top coronavirus vaccine adviser at the CDC has resigned, citing concerns that she could no longer help vulnerable people after officials rescinded recommendations to immunize children and pregnant women.
Top CDC covid vaccine adviser quits after RFK Jr. ended recommendations
Lakshmi Panagiotakopoulos said she could no longer help vulnerable people after officials removed recommendations to immunize children and pregnant women.
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June 4, 2025 at 7:23 PM
A top coronavirus vaccine adviser at the CDC has resigned, citing concerns that she could no longer help vulnerable people after officials rescinded recommendations to immunize children and pregnant women.
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Musk should be asked about this in every interview he does now and forever. To ignore it is a dereliction of duty.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/o...
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May 30, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Musk should be asked about this in every interview he does now and forever. To ignore it is a dereliction of duty.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/o...
Louisiana House committee kills anti-fluoride bill 🦷 www.nola.com/gambit/news/...
Louisiana House committee kills anti-fluoride drinking water bill
The Louisiana House Health and Welfare Committee May 28 rejected a bill by Sen. Mike Fesi, a Houma Republican, that would have banned fluoride from public water systems.
www.nola.com
May 28, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Louisiana House committee kills anti-fluoride bill 🦷 www.nola.com/gambit/news/...
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Here’s something you don’t hear much:
“Boy, Louisiana is just TOO ethical.”
Our latest episode dives into Gov. Jeff Landry's proposed rewriting of state ethics laws.
lailluminator.com/2025/05/23/l...
“Boy, Louisiana is just TOO ethical.”
Our latest episode dives into Gov. Jeff Landry's proposed rewriting of state ethics laws.
lailluminator.com/2025/05/23/l...
'The Light Switch,' Episode 7: A smatter of ethics • Louisiana Illuminator
Louisiana government's dubious history serves as the backdrop for a very significant proposed rewrite of Louisiana’s ethics laws, with Gov. Jeff Landry behind the pen.
lailluminator.com
May 23, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Here’s something you don’t hear much:
“Boy, Louisiana is just TOO ethical.”
Our latest episode dives into Gov. Jeff Landry's proposed rewriting of state ethics laws.
lailluminator.com/2025/05/23/l...
“Boy, Louisiana is just TOO ethical.”
Our latest episode dives into Gov. Jeff Landry's proposed rewriting of state ethics laws.
lailluminator.com/2025/05/23/l...
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The cost of Grok: "I can't breathe at home, it smells like gas outside. How come I can't breathe at home and y'all get to breathe at home?"
May 10, 2025 at 4:25 PM
The cost of Grok: "I can't breathe at home, it smells like gas outside. How come I can't breathe at home and y'all get to breathe at home?"
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Can't be overstated how fucked up it is that Black folk came up with a word to express people being aware of the oppression of other people and it's now targeted by far right governments globally as something evil that must be destroyed
May 7, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Can't be overstated how fucked up it is that Black folk came up with a word to express people being aware of the oppression of other people and it's now targeted by far right governments globally as something evil that must be destroyed
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“In addition to all the principled reasons to not cave to Trump, there’s also the practical one that it doesn’t work,” @seth-stern.bsky.social tells @theguardian.com. “He will be right back at your door with his hands out the next day.”
Trump v 60 Minutes is a stunning battle for the soul of US media
The US president’s tensions with the CBS show barely scratch the surface of his crusade against the media
www.theguardian.com
April 28, 2025 at 4:01 PM
“In addition to all the principled reasons to not cave to Trump, there’s also the practical one that it doesn’t work,” @seth-stern.bsky.social tells @theguardian.com. “He will be right back at your door with his hands out the next day.”
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This has been more widely circulated than any edited comments on television in quite some time
Perhaps it should be circulated further still ?
Perhaps it should be circulated further still ?
Seth Rogen said President Trump had “single-handedly destroyed all of American science” while presenting an award at the Breakthrough Prize ceremony — sometimes called the “Oscars of Science” — where Jeff Bezos and Mark Zuckerberg were in attendance. Rogen's comments were cut from the broadcast.
Seth Rogen’s Trump Jokes Are Edited Out of Awards Broadcast
While presenting an award at the Breakthrough Prize ceremony this month, Mr. Rogen said President Trump had “single-handedly destroyed all of American science.”
www.nytimes.com
April 17, 2025 at 3:49 AM
This has been more widely circulated than any edited comments on television in quite some time
Perhaps it should be circulated further still ?
Perhaps it should be circulated further still ?
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Head of US military base in Greenland fired after JD Vance visit
Head of US military base in Greenland fired after JD Vance visit
Col Susannah Meyers removed amid reports she distanced base from Vance’s criticism of Denmark’s oversight of territory
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The head of the US military base in Greenland, a Danish territory coveted by Donald Trump, has been fired for criticising Washington’s agenda for the island.
Col Susannah Meyers, who had served as commander of the Pituffik space base since July, was removed amid reports she had distanced herself and the base from JD Vance’s criticism of Denmark and its oversight of the territory during the US vice-president’s visit to the base two weeks ago. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
April 11, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Head of US military base in Greenland fired after JD Vance visit
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Amendment 2 failed by a margin of 186k votes. There are only 59K public school teachers in this state. So I don't think they were the difference between the amendment passing or failing. #lalege
One other note: Yesterday, Gov. Jeff Landry partly blamed teachers for Amendment 2 not passing, (though teachers unions endorsed it.)
Give the blowout on Amendment 2, I think it's hard to say teachers had much to do with it going down. #lalege
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Give the blowout on Amendment 2, I think it's hard to say teachers had much to do with it going down. #lalege
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April 10, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Amendment 2 failed by a margin of 186k votes. There are only 59K public school teachers in this state. So I don't think they were the difference between the amendment passing or failing. #lalege