On Tuesday DeKalb County Commissioners will vote on adding language classifying data centers into the county legal code. dekalbcountyga.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=... Another ordinance (link in comments) calls for a full review before the current data center moratorium is lifted. What’s going on?

Found a midge this morning, Goeldichironomus carus, that appears to mimic a jumping spider.

For #arachtober 10 and #InternationalJumpingSpiderDay a snap from my yard this week of Lyssomanes viridis (Magnolia Green Jumping Spider), my most-observed species of salticid. #bugsky #inverts #macrophotography

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CALL TO ACTION: Demand Commissioner Bolton Withdraw Her Data Center Ordinance on October 13

This Tuesday, October 13th @ 9:00 a.m., the Board of Commissioners (BOC) will consider a new data center zoning ordinance.  The meeting will be held at 178 Sams Street, Decatur, GA 30030. Introduced ...

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Yellow-spotted falsehorn (Temnostoma daochus) hover fly trying on her Halloween costume: a scary wasp with long antennae. (photo from April 2021) #flyfriday #flyday #diptera #bugsky #insects

Poked around the yard last night after dark and took some #arachtober portraits. This is Say's Armored Harvestman (Libitioides sayi) which by name and appearance would fit in just fine in the Advanced D&D Monster Manual I had as a kid. #bugsky #inverts

New friends in the yard. Fortunately we weren't depending on the garden parsley for any critical garnishing tasks. #bugsky #insects #macrophotography

Horrifying: Arizona Democratic congressional candidate Bernadette Greene-Placentia was raped by a man after he knocked her out. Another man approached her to do the same. “She began swinging her foot at him. ‘Not even worth it,’ she heard the man say as he moved away.”

Congressional candidate is raped while repairing her campaign signs

Embarrassed, she initially didn’t want to report attack. Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office's investigation is ongoing.

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Fishing spider (Dolomedes tenebrosus, per #iNat) that appears to have regrown its right front leg. Black Rock Forest, 7/26. #arachtober #bugsky #bugshot #inverts

For the fifth of #arachtober, a Xysticus crab spider defending my basil plant like a little pit bull. (8/30/26) #inverts #macrophotography #bugsky

GEORGIA: THIS IS TOMORROW

Indivisible ATL@indivisibleatl.bsky.social · 2w ago

Georgians— register to vote or check your voter registration on or before Monday, October 5. 

Walking the dog this morning, happy to see 3 native Neoscona orbweavers. (For context, around 50 Joro webs.) I went back to photograph this one. #arachtober #bugsky #inverts

Long legs and a teddy-bear face on this Sword Wolf spider (Gladicosa gulosa). Black Rock Forest NY, July ‘26. #arachtober #inverts #bugsky #bugshot

It’s #arachtober! Here is a Sylvan jumping spider, Colonus sylvanus, from April. #bugsky #inverts #macrophotography

In light of the impending crackdown on abortion pills in the U.S., Lena and fellow activists are stockpiling the medication, building relationships with new suppliers, devising new ways to get pills into the country, and sending more couriers on more supply runs around the world.

Inside the clandestine network of abortion-pill mules

“There may come a time where we are one of the only, if not the only, option for the nation.”

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A broad-headed bug, Alydus eurinus. I really like the curved grooves (groovy curves?) at the back of the wing. #bugsky #inverts #macrophotography

I know Rahm Emanuel. I worked with him for years in the Clinton administration, and then when he was Obama’s chief of staff. Rahm Emanuel represents everything that’s been wrong about the Democratic Party for the last 30+ years. Be warned. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/the-rahm-bomb

Rahm Emanuel, who has about a good a chance of being president as I do, has been profiled like 9 times in the last couple months in major newspapers. It really shows you how profoundly out of touch the people are that drive much of our national political discourse.

Gregory Pratt@royalpratt.bsky.social · 2w ago

“Talking to Rahm, it’s like middle-age married sex,” said John Anzalone, a Democratic pollster who has known him for decades. “It’s focused. You know what you’re going for. And it’s short.” www.nytimes.com/2026/09/26/u...

Happy #flyfriday! This is a soldier fly of genus Psellidotus. Some flies in that genus have really surprising mint-green coloration, but this one is a bit more sedate. I’ve only found these a handful of times over the years. From May 2023. #bugsky #insects #flyday

A woman was drugged, raped, and sexually trafficked to members of a fraternity. Two of the men involved were expelled. Five were given the opportunity to mitigate suspension by *writing an essay.* The dozens of other men who knew this was happening and said nothing? You already know the answer.

EDITORIAL | Cornell Won’t, We Will

The Editorial Board demands that Cornell stops protecting the alleged Chi Phi rapists through the University's opaque sexual assault policies.

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Once we had to wait decades between empty, Cold Fusion-style breakthrough announcements. "AI" provides the promise of dramatically reducing the wait time.

In case you are interested- the article lists these as the most likely D flips: HD 105 www.mughalforgeorgia.com HD99 michellekangforga.com HD53 www.bethfullerforgeorgia.com HD48 www.adamcleveland.com … I’ll put next tier in comments.

Farooq Mughal for Georgia - Rising Star Georgia Legislator

Mughal for Georgia. - Dacula Democrat GA State Rep. Farooq Mughal proudly represents the people of Georgia's 105th District. He is one of the top rising star lawmakers in the State of Georgia. In his ...

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Georgia Recorder@georgiarecorder.com · 2w ago

Georgia House Democrats say 2026 is the year they’re going to take control of the state House, ending more than two decades of Republican rule. New from @journalistross.bsky.social. #gapol

It’s #waspwednesday - last week I saw my first female giant ichneumonid (genus Megarhyssa) - so cool! Was hoping she had found a target to drill into the wood with her ovipositor but she just flew off. Pretty sure I saw another one in flight this week, I better keep an eye out… #bugsky #insects

At her 22-week ultrasound, Amanda Jablonski learned their daughter had developed without a skull or a brain. There was no chance for survival, and every day Amanda stayed pregnant was a threat to her health and life. Under TN law, she was denied an abortion. www.wbir.com/article/news...

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DAs challenge new law making county elections nonpartisan • Georgia Recorder

The fate of a Georgia law that makes the district attorney’s seat nonpartisan in five metro Atlanta counties rests in the hands of a Fulton County judge.

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UGA students protest ICE at Plaza Fiesta www.decaturish.com/tncms/asset/editorial/6f97cc35-cab6-414e-9acc-656e11d32c72

It’s getting cuter as it grows. #bugsky

jtkindt@jtkindt.bsky.social · 4w ago

Two years since I planted a spicebush from @beechhollow.bsky.social and at last have been dgraced with an adorable spicebush swallowtail caterpillar! I am SO excited! #nativeplants #bugsky

Longhorn #bees (probably Melissodes druriellus) are back at Legacy Park for the fall. Males (like this one) seem to emerge a little earlier than females. These were on goldenrod but as more of the little white asters (symphyotrichum) comes into bloom they will shift over there. #bugsky

Little guardian of the boneset observed today. Assassin bug, genus Sinea. #bugsky #insects

jtkindt@jtkindt.bsky.social · last mo.

One more (#38) - Late boneset, Eupatorium serotinum, volunteer in the yard. #nativeplants