Evan Maag

i hate that AI has now caused me to question the authenticity of cute animal videos online, which is my primary use of social media. i don't even know if this baby penguin actually wore a beret to go buy a tiny baguette in paris

Hey #atlanta, can a campaign put yard signs in front of the vehicular entrance to a polling place? Because that’s where Overstreet’s campaign is putting there’s at Grant Park Rec Center.

Fun fact. Trump destruction of soybean exports (rightfully) gets lots of attention. But you know what we sell even more of to China? Education.
2024 soybean exports to China: $13B.
Higher Ed: $14B.
Yes, all those internat’l students count as *exports.* Trump is STILL actively destroying that market.

Oh, it will be a Board vote. I’ve spoken with other members (Katie Howard who’s term limited and outgoing, I believe) about it.

APS has to agree to setting up new TADs, and I’m 99% sure they vote on any extension. It’s like 50% APS dollars that get redirected.

Looking into the BOE seats. We need some candidates who will vote against the TAD extension.

Excellent, thanks so much!

Does any ATL resident have insight to any of the judges in the ballot? (Specifically any NOT to retain)

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I’m sorry, but what the fuck?

“The standard of proof required to change them is far higher than the standard used to initially set them” is a universal urban planning phenomena of everything. A toddler’s behavior of asking “why” repeatedly could bring the whole thing crumbling down.

People somewhat reasonably assume that the rules governing our built environments are built on careful assessment of the best available science and rigorous analysis of tradeoffs but in reality it's like 85% vibes.

Welcome back, otter. 🦦🏴‍☠️ #teamorca

Heat map of travel efficiency, updated

“Now Scientific American has updated and re-released what it calls the “classic graphic” that shows that a human on a bicycle—able to coast, or freewheel, without pedaling—remains the world’s most energy effecient traveler.” @carltonreid.com on the re-release of the iconic graph in @forbes.com.

I hope that other world democracies are noting very closely how ours is failing with increasing rapidity, and in doing so are fortifying their own to ensure it does not fall prey to the same tactics, like an entire political party being party to treason.

Atlanta, Marci Overstreet (and “Georgia On The Move” too apparently) is scared. Who do you want, someone who’s out to run a smear campaign because she can’t run on her own record and platform? Or someone who’s telling you all the things he’ll get done with the office? @rohitforatlanta.bsky.social

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All I want in life is to persuade everyone, when encountering politics & culture, to ask, "why are we talking about this?" I mean that very literally: anything you encounter on your screens reflects a choice. Someone covered that, talked about that, rather than the many other things out there. Why?

There’s been an emergence of very bad bottlenecks sprinkled across the city, with open roads in between. I’ve noticed Spring Street is bad, along with any of the EW roads that accesses the interstate 14th/10th/North Ave/etc.

Maybe that means there’s been a mode shift for shorter trips?

He likes classical ships. Ones with columns and marble and gold!

Every government website is full-throated propaganda now. Taken from HUD.gov:

The president ordering the murder of 3 more human beings on a boat didn’t even make the list

Even if you aren’t masking anywhere else it still makes sense to wear a mask in medical settings & pharmacies because there’s a greater chance of being close to someone contagious & there are more people who are at higher risk in these places. Masking in these settings both protects you & others.

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Their waists and hands were tied together, forcing them to bend down and lick water to drink. The unscreened bathrooms contained only a single sheet to cover their lower bodies. Sunlight barely penetrated through a fist-sized hole, and they were only allowed access to the small yard for two hours. Detained by US immigration authorities for eight days, the workers and their families expressed shock, describing human rights violations and absurdities they could not have imagined as ordinary Koreans living in 2025.

korean reporting is nightmarish on the conditions Korean workers were contained in

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RFK Jr. Warns Mistress That Condoms Cause Autism

Kinda fails the 4d’s test.
Direction - ✅
Distance to goal - ❌
Defenders - ❌
Distance to ball - ✅

Dumb tackle, but probably more a yellow than a red.

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One thing that everyone with any sense will have to do over the next few years is to refuse to accept lies and bullshit.

One piece of advice I have for those seeing this post from within the United States — find ways to watch credible news from other countries. Whenever I watch U.S. news channels, it’s easier for me to understand how badly U.S. politics and discourse is broken, and how uninformed U.S. residents are.