Food writing for The New York Times, formerly The Times-Picayune, still in New Orleans. Harvard Nieman Fellow, dad, other stuff
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Brett Anderson retweeted
Quick thread, but please indulge me. In Aug 2021, my book “Across the River,” about a New Orleans high school football program in a city besieged by gun violence, published. Big @Todayshow piece. Smokehouse Pictures got film rights. @nypost & @latimes named it a best book of '21.
Brett Anderson retweeted
Sad news from the world of New Orleans music: Walter 'Wolfman' Washington has died nola.com/entertainment_life/…
Brett Anderson retweeted
Minnesota cops said they cannot accept a potential ban on white supremacist affiliation in POST certified officer ranks, cuz it will hurt recruitment. Please let that sink into your every consideration of each and every city/police budget conversation.
Brett Anderson retweeted
i spent 2 hours curating a twitter blue screenshot storyline for my parents so here u go, for your own offline friends that want to have fun:
DAY 1 – ARRIVAL
![Elon Musk
@elonmusk
Entering Twitter HQ - let that sink in!
[video of him arriving at twitter carrying a heavy porcelain sink]
Elon Musk
Replying to @elonmusk
Meeting a lot of cool people at Twitter today!](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FhkMaQqUYAIuMWN.jpg?name=orig)
ALT Elon Musk @elonmusk Entering Twitter HQ - let that sink in! [video of him arriving at twitter carrying a heavy porcelain sink] Elon Musk Replying to @elonmusk Meeting a lot of cool people at Twitter today!
Brett Anderson retweeted
both devin chandler and lavel davis were my students. devin was in my class in spring 2022, and lavel is in my class this semester. I am so indescribably sad right now but I wanted to share a few memories of them, because they were wonderful people
Brett Anderson retweeted
A fascinating website on the oil industry's footprint in Louisiana by Imani Jacqueline Brown.
followtheoil.org/explore
#coastal #Louisiana #oil #landloss
@CRCL1988 @EnvDefenseFund @NWF @LouisianaCPRA @ForensicArchi @LouisianaGov
#resilience
Brett Anderson retweeted
Nearly 80% of hospitals in the New Orleans area are at risk of flooding from a Category 2 storm. From @emily_woodruff_ nola.com/news/environment/ar…
Brett Anderson retweeted
1/3 Beautiful obit by @mgsledge in @NOLAnews abt Billy Sothern, dead at 45. There is so much trauma in the work Billy did unflinchingly every day for more than 20 years, representing death row defendants in the Deep South. He was a legend in New Orleans. nola.com/news/article_ddc75e…
Brett Anderson retweeted
Lots of discussion about the pending release of a book with new, agonizing @bourdain details based on access to his phone and laptop. Here is a gift link so anyone who wants to can read my report. nyti.ms/3BJhWa2
Brett Anderson retweeted
Today the @nytimes is publishing the first two installments in a series called "Profits Over Patients."
It's about how tax-exempt hospitals have strayed from their charitable missions for the sake of fatter profits – with profound consequences for the US healthcare system. 🧵
Brett Anderson retweeted
Leading 26-24 with 1:40 left and facing a third-and-1 at the Saints' 42, the Falcons had a 99.9 percent win probability. And lost.
Brett Anderson retweeted
Trump initial reaction to 9/11 was to claim that he now owned the tallest building in downtown Manhattan.
Brett Anderson retweeted
Just when I swore I would never eat another tasting menu, @BrettEats files this report with a million reasons why I should. nytimes.com/2022/09/06/dinin…
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Moon Landrieu Dies at 92; New Orleans Mayor Championed Integration nytimes.com/2022/09/05/us/mo…
Brett Anderson retweeted
Just got a call from the Landrieu family to confirm that our city’s beloved former mayor, Moon Landrieu, passed peacefully at home earlier today surrounded by his wife Verna, children and other family members. The family asks for privacy right now as they make arrangements.
Brett Anderson retweeted
Nickel & Dimed, sure, but earlier for me there was Fear of Falling, the Beatlemania chapter she cowrote for Remaking Love (+ so much more) + later her "positive thinking" takedown Bright Sided. Her work on class reflected and influenced my life. A giant. nytimes.com/2022/09/02/books…
Brett Anderson retweeted
NEW: Gov. Tate Reeves says that Biden's student loan debt forgiveness plan is evidence that "the Democrat[ic] Party hates working people."
But federal data shows a family air-conditioning business he co-owns received $191,217 in PPP loan forgiveness.
mississippifreepress.org/266…
Brett Anderson retweeted
Despite Texas' lack of a state income tax, most Texans pay more in taxes than Californians, data shows bit.ly/3wmBnDU
