Expand the Supreme Court to 13 - Peter Morich

Gastronome & UniSG Master of Food Culture & Communications. Board Chair, Slow Food Atlanta. Curator, Lexicon of Sustainability. I Travel, I Taste, I Learn

[Ronald Kelly @RonK3l]

Georgia data center stole 30 million gallons unbilled while residents were forced to conserve.

Unelected tech billionaires now demand 5 million gallons daily for AI greed. Parasites! You are the enemy destroying communities! 😡💥

[Stacey Abrams @staceyabrams]

Children can’t vote, but their hunger is real. Yet, once again, Gov. Brian Kemp has refused to help — vetoing funding for summer nutritional assistance. Georgia families are struggling to afford groceries, rent and health care, and this would be a lifeline. During this election season remember that your elected officials should serve you and the needs of your community. If you're in need of assistance, visit: https://t.co/7Na8k7bgNp

[Sean Keenan @ThatSeanKeenan]

SAD THREAD: Maybe you’ve heard the news: @AtlantaCivicCircle is going under. It’s another casualty of the current, unforgiving journalism ecosystem — a loss that will leave Atlanta with, by my math, ZERO dedicated housing reporters. Let’s talk about what that means... (1/)

[Thomas Wheatley is mostly on Bluesky these days @thomaswheatley]

Terrible news. The Civic Circle team did great work on housing, policy and elections.

[Gerald A. Griggs @AttorneyGriggs]

As Southern states rush to redraw congressional maps to silence Black voters, it’s time for African Americans and our allies to adopt a new Southern strategy.

I won’t lay out every step publicly, but one thing is clear: mass voter registration and mobilization across the South must be at the center of it.

If you’re ready to organize, educate, and fight back, join an organization like the NAACP and get involved.

#NAACP #VotingRights

[Papii’s Requiem @random_weighs]

Atlanta, fr. Please go vote.

[firelord hutch. @3MuchHutch]

I hope this collective anger we feel about what happened in Tennessee today turns into some real collective action.

And if after these midterms, Kemp decides he want to bring the smoke to GA as his last act as governor, I definitely want to see some action here too

[Red Pill USA @Red_Pill_US]

Stop calling them "data centers."

Call them what they actually are:

MASS SURVEILLANCE CENTERS.

[Isabella Maria DeLuca @IsabellaMDeLuca]

They call them “data centers” because calling them “mass surveillance centers” would cause a national uprising.

The government and Big Tech don’t build billion-dollar facilities in the middle of nowhere just to store your family photos.

They are building the infrastructure for a surveillance state— one capable of monitoring your speech, mapping your behavior, tracking your movements, analyzing your purchases, harvesting your biometrics, and building a real-time digital profile of your entire life.

And they package it all under buzzwords like “AI,” “security,” and “innovation” so the public blindly applauds the expansion of the very system being built to monitor them.

WAKE UP BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE.

[(((DeanObeidallah))) @DeanObeidallah]

All the states now drawing new congressional maps to eliminate Black districts were slave states that had joined the Confederacy, waged war on the USA and then imposed Jim Crow laws. That MUST be included in all media coverage for context!

[The Vigilant Fox 🦊 @VigilantFox]

REPORT: Governments are now classifying massive AI data centers as “military operations,” quietly stripping communities of any power to stop them.

Local control is disappearing fast. And it’s being replaced by national security justifications as residents are locked out of decisions that are quickly reshaping entire communities.

Project Matador in Texas alone is expected to use up to 96 billion kWh annually—nearly half of all residential electricity in the state. And it’s just one of hundreds that are moving forward right now. In Louisiana, locals describe chaos as Meta’s expansion drives up costs and disrupts daily life. Now in Utah, the Stratos Project, backed by Kevin O’Leary and fast-tracked by Gov. Spencer Cox’s military authority, is bypassing public input entirely.

Meanwhile, the technology these centers power is already raising alarms, including vehicles that can override drivers in real time through facial recognition systems.

This is happening now. Watch what’s unfolding around the country before it reaches your area.

[CBS Evening News with Tony Dokoupil @CBSEveningNews]

New data centers are popping up across the country, driving up utility bills in at least 13 states. According to a new analysis, Americans who live near the centers are paying as much as 267% more a month for energy than five years ago.

[Molly Jong-Fast @MollyJongFast]

Absolutely invest in @propublica & @theintercept & @TexasTribune & all the places doing the hard and expensive business of reporting

[DR JANE RUBY™️ @RealDrJaneRuby]

🚨ALERT‼️ There are over 100,000 Flock Cameras In the United States as of today.

BTW each one contains 3 g of gold, almost $100 worth of silver, and enough copper wire to choke a horse. 🤔🤔

Learn everything you can about them: https://t.co/khf93E6hd5

[Dominus Primus 932 🩵 @TheOldWeirdPro]

We do: Jason Esteves. Public school teacher. Board Chair of Atlanta Public Schools Board of Education. Georgia State Senator. Lawyer. Entrepreneur.

Jason is the kind of Democrat we need as Governor to champion the cause of working-class Georgians.

[Marc E. Elias @marceelias]

Can someone let the AP know that violating court orders is not a sign of "executive power. " It is a sign of contempt, lawlessness and authoritarianism.

[Your Next Best Friend @IamKingWilliams]

One of the worst things local and nat’l media have done is to portray Brian Kemp as this stoic, compassionate conservative when in reality, he is just as extreme as the governors in Texas in Florida and takes the same direction from ALEC, Evangelicals, and The Heritage Foundation

[firelord hutch. @3MuchHutch]

If you grew up in Atlanta/ been around a while you knew who Jovita Moore was and you know how the city responded when she died.

This coffee shop just moved into my neighborhood and painted over a mural dedicated to her for their signage and honestly it’s not sitting well w/ me

[Very Serious Guy @PulOutNWalkAwaY]

@Bellwoodcoffeee @3MuchHutch I think it’s crazy you have so many locations in this city and no knowledge of the culture. We want you to commission a new mural. This is why you should research the city you’re trying to gentrify.

[Ruth Ben-Ghiat @ruthbenghiat]

Authoritarian propaganda alert