According to Patty Durand, Georgia Power had the highest profit per person of all utilities in the United States.
This fall, Atlanta and Georgia will have the chance to fully address the uncontrollable monopoly.
Meanwhile, Atlanta/Andre booted its shovel ready rail project 10-15 years down the road.
Many major US cities are realizing that building 99% of their infrastructure around cars is dooming them long term. LA is building rail, Seattle is expanding rail, Austin is investing in rail.
Dallas, Boston, Kansas City, Chicago and more are all expanding rail options.
A reminder that metro Atlanta leads the nation in single-family rental homes owned by corporations.
25% of these homes are owned by corporations that owned more than 1000 homes.
Digest that.οΏΌ
Correct π
If Altanta built out the proposed beltline rail, over 40% of the city of Atlanta would be within a 10-15 min walk from rail. This barely considers all the connectors and cross-city options that have been suggested to complement the system.
Became a monthly donor today because this journalism matters.
MN Judge: "ICE has violated ~100 court orders."
ICE: "We're acting on orders of Kristy Noem"
Kristi Noem: "Everything I've done, I've done at the direction of Trump & Miller"
Nuremberg Trials: "I was just following orders is not a valid defense to criminal behavior"
Abolish. Impeach. Prosecute.
Hundreds of Atlantans have gathered in Kirkwood to hold a vigil for Alex Pretti, the nurse who was killed by federal immigration agents in Minneapolis Saturday.
Video of Alex Pretti reading final honors for a veteran he cared for at the VA.
Rest in Power πΊπΈ
My friends, we are in a serious constitutional crisis. The government is racially profiling, suppessing free speech, killing our own people in the streetsβ and lying about every fact along the way. If we donβt use our natural talents and voices to say βno,β then whatβs the point of law at all?
I want to give Bluesky the attention I give threads but the threads algorithm has my stuff popping off π
Big national fascism in the news opens up all kinds of opportunities to do some local fascism.
And made this one specially for me ππ
My boy @latinheat.bsky.social came in clutch with these π
ASL interpreters who work in the arts (concerts, opera, theatre, etc) deserve to be valued as artists too. it takes so much skill to be this good at capturing the FEEL of music beyond just translating the meaning of the text and itβs an invaluable accessibility service
In order to facilitate housing growth and infill development, South Bend offers 27 pre-approved housing plans, ranging from single-family homes to duplexes and six-plexes. They provide site and building plans and pre-approve housing within two days. More of this.
There are fellow citizens out there defending Elon with their full chest. I still canβt wrap my brain around it.
Elon Musk is a terrible president.
Yes haha
4 eggs, 2 pieces of turkey bacon, and a bowl of oatmeal
Everyone can organize.
Everyone can contribute to social movements.
Everyone can do something, from somewhere.
None of this is about "professionalism" or policy"expertise. That is counterinsurgency, demobilizing logic.
Everyone can organize and has something to offer.
Black history is Georgia history!
Today I'm thinking about Ethel Mae Mathews, a fierce advocate for welfare rights and opponent to the Atlanta Way. A small part of her career fighting for justice, she worked to increase school integration in APS.
www.atlantahistorycenter.com/blog/unwaver...
Iβm about to buy my own chickens.
I eat 4 eggs a day and going so broke right now π©
New MARTA trains are here. Thatβs CEO Collie Greenwood taking the first ride.
Front of marta CQ400 trainset
First look at the new marta CQ400 trainsets
The city of Atlanta campaigning so hard against the current OIG system feels so weird.
things are grim enough without people sharing unverified and possibly false info π
A screenshot of the Libby app featuring the book βDavos Man - How Billionaires Devoured the Worldβ
Who needs hype up music for the gym when you have audio books like this that make you want to rage.
Things we love to see
The bottom 50% of households hold just 2.4% of U.S. wealth.
The top 1% control 42% of the wealth.
