I appreciate their bagels, it’s a distinct style to anywhere else

New Spiller Park midtown location pretty busy this morning

Been listening to John Dickerson for years on Slate Gabfest and IMO he is stellar. Brings fair and deep context to every issue he comments on.

Please take this survey on MARTA disruptions.
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Extending gentrifying Atlanta’s tax districts for 25 years makes little sense Atlanta's Tax Allocation Districts (TADs) have run their course and we should find more novel ways to spur prosperity, build housing and assist low-income residents.

New, by me, on why the City of Atlanta should not extend its TAD (TIF) districts and how it will hurt, not help, low-income Atlantans.

(Bracing for a new round of ad hominem attacks from Mayor Dickens or his staff/lobbyists, but I am traveling so may not see it.)

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If the real-time tracking was dependable, often it isn’t inconvenient to wait for a bus. But when a bus isn’t tracked, there’s no way to tell if it’s just around the corner or if you’re actually waiting for the next bus, which could be an hour later.

Propel ATL releases “Voices from the Bus: MARTA Riders Speak Out.” Transforming Atlanta’s streets into safe, inclusive, and thriving spaces for people to ride, walk, and roll.

This absolutely resonates with my experience, the ghost bus phenomenon is infuriating www.letspropelatl.org/voicesfromth...

Something Is Very Wrong Online The cycle of violence will continue as long as the medium doesn’t change.

In case you missed it Friday, a very good @cwarzel.bsky.social piece about the very bad social web

Monarez is playing her weak hand perfectly, and should be a model for institutional resistance for the next four years:
1. Make them fire you
2. Don’t go along to get along
3. Don’t apologize, have confidence in your own integrity and the importance of your role
4. Always escalate the conflict

A Very Special Hospital

I enjoyed “a very special hospital”, is at 7 stages next weekend www.essentialtheatre.com/play/a-very-...

When someone says they are going to be "heads down" on a project, that sounds to me like a nap

Co-signed times a thousand. “Other people have no interiority” is, fundamentally, a deeply evil belief to hold which will lead you exclusively to terrible places

This is also a profoundly self-centered thing, “ah yes my group *must have* been the key factor in this other group‘s behavior“.

Perhaps obvioustown but with morality, values, etc, there's a tendency to think you're **good** when in fact you're **average** (which is fine/normal).

> murder budget
Oop that's it, that's what I'm calling it from now on

the guy running a ponzi scheme is a far bigger threat to society than a guy who robbed a convenience store and latter has a far better shot at being rehabilitated than the former, imo

Insanely cheap considering they’re gonna spend $11 billion to add tolls lanes to SR400 that nobody wants

‘I’m Actually Surprised It Didn’t Happen Sooner’ CDC staffers saw the violence coming.

I’ve heard from a lot of people at CDC in the last day and a half. Not one was surprised at the attack.

Gift link to my story in the Atlantic:

www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...

Path 2 does not stop at trans people. Banning trans people from this or that won’t help anything and so there will be a new scapegoat and then another and then another

You're not alone in bench press being an inconsistent lift, there's not a lot of margin for error on the stability.

Atlanta HTML day: lil-bits.nobr.me/html_day

@adambonica.bsky.social makes a much more coherent version of my below point in the following post. 💯🎯 data4democracy.substack.com/p/the-most-v...

Different rules for humans and robots? APD says court system cannot process citations for Waymo According to the Atlanta Police Standard Operating Procedure, they are told not to issue citations to driverless vehicles.

Well this is some BS

"If a human were behind the wheel, the driver would likely get a citation and potentially a fine or points on their license...However, if the car is driverless, there is likely no punishment."

www.wsbtv.com/news/local/a...

IMO a crucial ingredient in the toil of retail/restaurant life is needing the job to get by: a person with money behind them cannot have direct access to that experience

How The New York Times is (still) getting gamed by the right And blowing its credibility in the process.

the new york times got rid of its public editor some time ago, so I took the position out for a spin www.theverge.com/culture/7000...

White Waymo car in middle of intersection during red light, blocking right of way

Saw a driverless Waymo block the box today 🤷‍♂️

Evergreen. Juneteenth was slavers getting caught trying to hold on just a little bit longer.

The Subway Is Not Scary Fear of the subway is a mark of low moral character.

Fear of the New York City subway is a mark of low moral character.
www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/the-subway...

When thinking about criminality: I rarely see law breaking on transit. Happens, but rare.

IN CONTRAST: Drivers of automobiles **constantly** break the law while operating an instrument that absolutely can kill a person

tracker.itsmarta.com is a really cool way to see lots of routes at once, but if you know the routes it is also good for spotting where buses are missing (usually they are running, but are untracked)