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It is wild to me how many (very accomplished!) people say they "have a Substack" when what they have is an email newsletter. There isn't anything in the Substack offerings worth tying your work to that brand.
how deep on your clown bs you must need to be before you unironically utter the phrase “DEI bike lanes” www.npr.org/2026/07/23/n...
DOT cranks up its campaign to strip bike lane references from federal websites
Transportation officials have removed a growing list of safety materials that mention bike lanes from federal websites. Safety advocates warn that's undermining proven measures for reducing crashes.
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“It doesn’t matter whether ‘Matz is nice’” po-ru.com/2026/07/29/i...
It doesn’t matter whether “Matz is nice”
I’ve met Matz once, I think, at EuRuKo in Krakow in 2010. We chatted briefly in Japanese. He seemed nice, but also quiet and reserved. At the time, he didn’t speak much English; perhaps he could speak...
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Here me out, what if we just kept MARTA 5 Points Station a bizarre maze
Saw a Waymo making an illegal left turn at Krog and Dekalb Ave. Occurred to me Waymo could probably retroactively disclose every time that happened
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Atlanta to Savannah Passenger Rail Study - Stated Preference Survey (Public Link)
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Darin Givens@atlurbanist.bsky.social · 3w agoPublic comment is open for the latest study for rail between Atlanta and Savannah. I loved the idea when it was studied in the early 1990s in the leadup to the Olympics, I loved it in 2012 when it was studied again, and I still love it. Build the f***er. www.wsbtv.com/news/local/p...
Trump doesn’t force people to do bad things. All he did was show people they could get away with being horrible if they really wanted to, and a lot of powerful people decided they didn’t need to pretend anymore. Especially those in influential positions who could push back but did not.
No criminal charges will be filed by the Fulton County district attorney’s office against Melvin Potter, the off-duty Atlanta police officer who killed budding musician Devon Anderson. https://bit.ly/4b6z6AR
No Murder Charges for Off-Duty APD Officer Melvin Potter - Capital B News - Atlanta
Critics say the Fulton DA’s refusal to bring charges in the death of Devon Anderson is the latest example of the lack of police accountability in Atlanta.
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The ban is heinous for what it does to transgender athletes. But if you think cisgender girls and young women won’t be caught up in the fallout, too, you are woefully ignorant
The new Atlanta public bathroom installations have an entry system that probably excludes folks who don’t have phones (you text a number to get in).
Just noting for the record that it Is possible to avoid the website cookie modal by (you may want to sit down) not having cross-site cookies
This is not really the point, but ALSO: Atlanta is hosting a *fraction* of the World Cup. There are 16 host cites and we're not hosting the final.
Griffin Wasdin@heflinhollis.bsky.social · 2mo agoIs Atlanta ready for the World Cup? Ridiculous question: It’s the ONLY thing we’re ready for after leaders spent decades displacing Downtown communities, replacing homes & businesses with parking lots, highways, hotels, convention centers & stadiums, and ceding public finance to private corporations
New Marta app! Like, actually new. Already spotting a few eccentricities that I expect to be present for the next 5 years.
They half-assed the cycle track on MLK Jr Dr viaduct. 🤦♂️ @thewaroncars.bsky.social @bikelaneuprising.bsky.social
I think every politician who proposes to ban anything on the internet for teens should be required to propose, as an alternate, a free and accessible and all weather space for teens to hang out in their own hometown
I tried it! Pretty good, not super out-there. A few liquor stores carry it. Found out in the GA Tech Alumni magazine which is delivered to my home despite me not being a GA Tech Alumni 🤷 (haven't stopped them because I keep finding something interesting)
Beth McKibben@bethmckibben.bsky.social · 2mo agoGeorgia Tech alum Zahra Tabatabai founded Back Home Beer to honor her grandfather, who brewed beer in the cellar of his home in Iran. Inspired by his recipes, Tabatabai creates beers using ingredients like Persian blue salt, sumac, and barberries. roughdraftatlanta.com/2026/06/05/g...
Just learned of “notify Atlanta“ accountportal.onsolve.net/notifyatl (for boil water notices and such) … it doesn’t load 😛
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Criminal immunity is garbage, if the justice system is so broken police and presidents can’t get a fair shake, what should I expect for me and my neighbors?
Police brutality/murder certainly happens way more than the (many!) documented examples.
Mara Abolish I.C.E.@mauratwit.bsky.social · 2y agoNever forget that if not for 1 brave teenager, the MPD would have gotten away with their craven murder of George Floyd. “Medical incident” It would have barely made local news. Has anything changed?
This guy thinks bc his family put down money for the Beltline he gets more of a say than the 100k+ Atlantans that voted on the More MARTA referendum, pay taxes, & live & work here each day. We need to stop letting corporate billionaires run our city or nothing will ever change.
Dog-whistles. The language against transit in Atlanta should always be scrutinized. The fight against Beltline rail is a modern case in point. Gravel > a short lesson from Munich | ryangravel share.google/lg65xNGDMdJS...
Gravel > a short lesson from Munich
(research. work.) For me, every work trip and family vacation becomes a field investigation into how people live and the physical conditions that make their best lives possible – or impossible. Th…
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An audience member asked me about leftist pronatalism.