Robbie Vitrano
@robbievitrano
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Working the just transition to regenerative ecosystems in food/ag/climate/finance/next right thing. Venn diagram: NOLA soul/Boulder fuel/Community/Ecology
New Orleans/Boulder
Joined August 2007
77% of Americans believe U.S. crime increased over the previous year, according to Gallup data released in November, despite violent crime actually trending down.
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State legislators enter a crime-focused special session Monday.
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The geniuses pumping this conspiracy thread don’t think much of you.
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The fulminations surrounding the world’s biggest pop icon — and girlfriend of Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce — reached the stratosphere after Kansas City made it to the Super Bowl.
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“History is not a suicide note — it is a record of our survival.”
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The end is near. Again.
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.@bobmarshall : #Louisiana to fight coast-saving emissions rule. “We are not drowning, we are fighting.”
nola.com
In this season when many Louisianans are making resolutions to achieve personal goals in 2024, turns out the office of Jeff Landry, our attorney general and next governor, quietly got
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123 Louisiana firms gearing up for growing offshore wind industry - Companies that served the offshore oil and gas industry are switching to offshore wind ⚜️💨💰
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A new report indicates more than 120 Louisiana businesses are ready and willing to enter the offshore wind energy industry.
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I spoke this week to @MitchLandrieu who oversees Biden’s infrastructure initiative. It was like talking to someone from a saner epoch.
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Despite his bad poll numbers, I see a path to victory for Biden.
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Things that didn’t exist when @TheIdeaVillage conceived 25 years ago @robbievitrano
Things that didn’t exist 25 years ago: Tesla SpaceX iPhone YouTube X Facebook Gmail Instagram Bitcoin Netflix streaming WhatsApp TikTok LinkedIn iPad Snapchat Amazon Prime Skype Reddit Airbnb Etsy Lyft Uber Wikipedia Pinterest App Store Spotify Skype Fitbit emojis Tinder Stripe
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An immaculate and collaborative network of untruths. Mostly for money. #ParrotandIgloo
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Pro tip: Start your meal down the block, at the oyster bar at Pascal’s Manale, the workplace of the city’s best-known shucker, Thomas Stewart.
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There’s plenty of great Creole and Cajun food, of course, but also outstanding Vietnamese, Indian and Trinbagonian cuisine.
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Is there such a thing as tantric schadenfreude? Might need that. “MyPillow Guy” confirms he’s out of money, can’t pay legal bills.
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Attorneys who've been defending MyPillow chief executive and election denier Mike Lindell against defamation lawsuits by voting machine companies are
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Can you base your business win on the failure of humanity?
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Following the $27b Inflation Reduction Act’s #GHGRF #GreenhouseGasReductionFund? How about the #Farmbill?
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scientists believe July 4 may have been one of the hottest days on Earth in around 125,000 years, due to a combination of climate change causing global temperatures to soar, El Niño’s return & the start of summer(northern hemisphere).
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“Absolutely wild how many tech thinkbois quietly rebranded themselves from Web3/Crypto experts to AI experts.”
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There’s a difference between nudging us to follow our walking routines-a solution that favors individual adaptation-& understanding why our towns have no public spaces to walk on-a prerequisite for a politics-friendly solution that favors collective & institutional transformation
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many apps-to monitor our spending/calories/workout regimes-are occasionally helpful. But mostly ignore the underlying causes of poverty or obesity without tackling causes, we remain stuck in the realm of adaptation, not transformation.
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Technology forged by private markets won’t solve the world’s problems. It will only amplify them.
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