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@mattacpc.bsky.social

Executive Director at Atlanta Community Press Collective.

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I send out the Rising Report every other week. It typically includes content not published anywhere else, if you want more incentive.

05.08.2025 20:50 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

In a small personal victory, I finished my newsletter for Thursday two days in advance (except for the section that will be about a hearing happening tomorrow). I was incentivized to write in advance because of other stories I have to write this week, but I'll still take the dub.

05.08.2025 20:50 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Yeah, I definitely brain farted on that one. Thanks for catching it!

04.08.2025 17:48 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

47% search, 33% direct for us. SEO slips are brutal

16.07.2025 13:01 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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07.07.2025 14:21 β€” πŸ‘ 24    πŸ” 20    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Would Blau vs. GDOC not apply here?

19.05.2025 14:47 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I assume you’re not talking about ACPC. I’m literally in the courthouse.

14.05.2025 15:37 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Don't be collaborationist media.

02.05.2025 13:30 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Rest, glad you got them down.

We’re pretty sure this case is a misunderstanding of the Boolean operators and key words we requested.

13.03.2025 16:41 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Newsrooms: Don't publish mass shooter manifestos.

23.01.2025 15:25 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

NB: I absolutely would have called it a Nazi salute on that post if I wasn't trying to skirt the moderation system

21.01.2025 19:08 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

First reported by @atlpresscollective.com, Atlanta City Councilmember Andrea Boone, daughter of Civil Rights leader Joseph E. Boone, filed a motion to ban warming centers from 1000 feet of a school Monday, when the entire city mustered two warming centers in an area of 134 sq. mi.

It passed 10-1.

06.12.2024 18:30 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

Jason Dozier told the rest of Council he had two locations he wanted to use for his own any emergency services as situations arise, so he was the sole no vote.

06.12.2024 18:40 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

There wasn’t a rationale given. Amir Farokhi originally said he’d vote against it because he had a center he thought was within the banned distance, but the city attorney said that center was fine. So he voted for it.

06.12.2024 18:40 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Same board. They’re supportive of the OIG, except for the Atlanta Business League representative.

I don’t think the gulch deal is under the OIG’s purview, unless some sort of illicit payment took place.

23.11.2024 17:38 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Right after I wrote this tweet, the Council reconsidered Cop City funding, and it passed.

18.11.2024 22:25 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Council voted to Fund PAD. Funding for Cop City failed to pass. Task force recommendations that would hurt the OIG were held in committee. A $1.5 million contract to a lobbyist was sent back to committee.

This is the craziest council meeting.

18.11.2024 22:14 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

For kicks and giggles I deleted my _atproto for this account. We’ll find out the query time

17.11.2024 21:17 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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17.11.2024 20:30 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

The environmental benefit of Atlanta Streets Alive is the cops cars idling at every intersection.

17.11.2024 19:30 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The environmental benefit of Atlanta Streets Alive is the cops cars idling at every intersection.

17.11.2024 19:30 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

years.

15.11.2024 15:01 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I (and ACPC) are now at The Other Place. http://matt.http://atlpresscollective.com and http://atlpresscollective.com respectively.

I'm not sure how much longer we'll be posting content here, but I'm personally preparing to throw in the towel on this site I've loved for almost 17...

15.11.2024 15:01 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

The Finance/Executive Committee meeting just concluded. Once again, the committee did not introduce legislation for a Policing Alternatives and Diversions Initiative contract.

13.11.2024 20:43 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Can I justify spending my own money to go report on DC protests before (and likely during) Trumps inauguration?

08.11.2024 18:06 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

However, I think it is exemplary of *one* of the reasons Harris lost: Dems follow the same anti-democratic playbook at Reps, and I think voters have picked up on it.

07.11.2024 19:26 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Harris lost Georgia by ~116,000 votes, coincidentally about the same number of people the Cop City Vote campaign said signed the referendum that the Democratic mayor of Atlanta didn’t let come up for a vote.

The referendum itself isn’t why Harris lost. (cont)

07.11.2024 19:26 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

X stopped working on my phone, and the iPad app we’re forced to use on desktop is barely functional. This is probably a good day for that.

06.11.2024 18:56 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

DeKalb saw about 2500 blank presidential votes in 2020.

In terms of percentage points, the difference is minimal, with about .05% more blank votes in 2024.

06.11.2024 13:44 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

DeKalb County actually released numbers for Cruz and West, so I’m speaking strictly of fully blank votes, not effectively blank votes in that county.

With about 4,000 fewer total votes in 2024 than in 2020, 1,751 DeKalb voters left the top of the ticket blank.

06.11.2024 13:44 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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