The commander in chief telling troops who they have to vote for is itself a presidency ending impeachable scandal.

Today is the only day you can capture and consume Cupid to absorb his powers. Good hunting, folks.

As an anthropologist, something stands out to me from the Epstein files: these men weren't just motivated by their depraved desires, but also wanting to be liked by the Party Guy. They were clambering for invites because they wanted to be part of the special in-group. It's sort of pathetic

‼️ There are 9 lessons contained in Carl Sagan's baloney detection kit. Even in 2026 it is essential for helping guide people down the path of critical thinking, and inoculating themselves against grifters, frauds, and charlatans. bigthink.com/starts-with-... 👇

A United States Attorney General who obstructs justice can be jailed. Case in point: Inmate 24171-157.

“The climate scientists we surveyed were unambiguous: current economic models can’t capture what matters most – the cascading failures and compounding shocks that define climate risk in a warmer world – and could undermine the very foundations of economic growth.” This should be THE story everyday.

2/9 PM UPDATE: Joining the list of AJC layoffs are: · Alia Pharr, a metro Atlanta local government reporter · Maya T. Prabhu, a statehouse reporter whose last day will be the end of the ongoing state legislative session Again: every single person laid off has been a woman and/or a person of color

Wild fact from @billmckibben.bsky.social's latest newsletter: "The last colder-than-average month on planet earth was in February of 1985, which means that no one under the age of forty has ever known one."

It shall be a sad day for @washingtonpost.com but Bezos' gutting of the paper is the end of a long hit job on the entire journalism ecosystem. Journalists rarely sit still. They've been busy building new Washington Posts. bsky.app/starter-pack...

"Measles Outbreak at Child Concentration Camp" is a pretty fucking awful look for America, to be honest.

One of my more elitist opinions is that if you are a capitol city and don't have a functioning public transit system, a pedestrian-conscious city street layout, and deliberate infrastructure to protect cyclists, you should be embarrassed

Whether it's a Hillary Clinton staffer asking John Podesta how to make risotto or Elon Musk asking Jeffrey Epstein where he could find a party featuring child sex slaves, there's plenty of embarrassing emails on both sides.

Correct. Homan saying “in theater” says it all — they view themselves as at war with other Americans

For all the discussion of doxxing federal agents, there’s essentially no discussion of how those agents are taking steps that attach severe punitive measures that stretch across wide swaths of the federal bureaucracy against people acting lawfully.

Nick Shirley and others like him are reminiscent of yellow journalism of the 19th century, updated and turbocharged by social media algorithms. Read more: www.theverge.com/news/869824/...

just choked on my beverage

please remember that no matter how many “ICE is losing in MN” articles you read today, there is still a very real, urgent, ongoing crisis in Minnesota. people need food and they need rent money. that has not changed.

Priorities.

Who should organize this? Our next POTUS. Dems can't do much in Congress but efforts by 2028 hopefuls haven't done what's needed: Booker’s marathon speech, AOC–Bernie's anti-fascist tour, Newsom’s influencer politics. Our next leader won't comment on history. He or she will force it. /7

Video of Alex Pretti reading final honors for a veteran he cared for at the VA. Rest in Power 🇺🇸

If you're living somewhere outside the USA, one thing you can do is pressure your leaders to boycott World Cup and Olympic events here.

Fine, I did it myself: As of 1/21 evening, 14 Democratice Members of Congress support abolishing ICE, including @joaquincastrotx.bsky.social, who used the term "disband" on @mehdirhasan.bsky.social's show. Four more have supported abolishing ICE in the past. docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

The world learned today that you absolutely have to bully this dumb old asshole as a collective. Better late than never for them, but we better get used to being aggressively humiliated for the next few years.

New cyclist finds out he's an anti-car urban elite who has no life and wants some made up bike utopia.

A thread reminiscent of the old internet:

Wow, color me shocked! Who could’ve known?! Turns out data centers provided 1/3 of the reported economic value for GA. Thanks for the coverage @roughdraftatlanta.com roughdraftatlanta.com/2026/01/15/d...

Someone bought the domain nazis.us and made it go directly to DHS. Keep trolling, keep resisting, keep exposing

If Fulton merely taxed data centers properly - never mind other trophy commercial property - they'd have this $2M with millions to spare. Appraising 3 new data centers at 8% of fair value shorted us $30M in 2025. The human cost of Atlanta Way crony capitalism is here for all to see. #GApol

Atlantans - please sign this petition for Fulton County Commission to fully fund supportive housing (housing for homeless individuals). There are hundreds of people that are at risk of losing their housing because of this budgetary decision. www.change.org/p/keep-peopl...

The consequences of uninformed Atlantans electing an unqualified person as Atlanta City Council President is apparent on Day One: I've never seen someone forget how many appointments the get, and rely on their former opponent's Research and Policy Director to learn city code while on the job.

🚨There’s a measles outbreak in South Carolina involving Spartanburg County with 111 cases reported to date. The outbreak has been ongoing since October but has recently seen an increase in new cases with 27 reported yesterday. dph.sc.gov/diseases-con...

INBOX: first reported by @kalahunter.bsky.social, weeks after Democrats flipped Georgia Public Service Commission seats by >20 points, PSC staff reached a last-minute deal with Georgia Power to generate more power by raising costs until 2075(!) The lame duck PSC will vote on the deal next week.

I truly want to love MARTA but the bad experiences are stacking up. The buses diverted for the A Line construction have no signage telling people where to go. There’s multiple people trying to catch the bus that don’t know the bus is on a whole other street.

I’m once again asking MARTA to TURN ON THE BUS TRACKERS FOR EVERY BUS. Waited 20+ minutes at Five Points and finally pulled the trigger on an uber to get home.

we have to go back. to warn them.

Watch the @kelseabondatl.bsky.social video on the TAD scam. She lays it out clearly and, dare one say, entertainingly? Refreshing to have a council member (elect) telling it like it is. #GApol www.instagram.com/reel/DRXD9RE...

The Trump effect:

I’m howling.

NEW: Sean Duffy frequently calls safety his “top priority” as transportation secretary. But I spent months wading through regulatory notices and found something far different: that USDOT has been delaying, weakening and killing dozens of safety rules, many opposed by the transportation industry.🧵

Donald Trump was practicing child rape the right way. by Ezra Klein

A family friend was telling us about what her husband shared about his experience in Broadview before he was deported back to Mexico. She's been sharing to friends and family because she's just in disbelief & horror what her husband told her. She wasn't able to talk to him until he was in Mexico.

Terrible news on the council president election. Overstreet doesn’t deserve the promotion, and Dickens needed a counterweight. Happy about Kelsea Bond winning D2 and the statewide PSC election falling the right way.

Eagerly awaiting any news about @rohitforatlanta.bsky.social becoming our next City Council President! Anyone seen news of that race?

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.