Evan Maag
@etmaag.bsky.social
Affordable housing professional. New dad. Atlantan. Georgia State grad. Lover of architecture, native plants, (the real) football (/soccer), woodworking, music, and cocktails.
Let’s talk housing/land use/transit!
Let’s talk housing/land use/transit!
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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
· 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
BREAKING: @ajc.com on Tuesday evening said it will lay off approximately 50 staffers, about 15% of its headcount, as it seeks to cut costs and marshal resources to invest in its growth.
The AJC published its last print edition on 12/31. About half of those laid off will come from the newsroom.
The AJC published its last print edition on 12/31. About half of those laid off will come from the newsroom.
The AJC to cut staff as it continues digital transformation
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution said Tuesday it will lay off staffers in the newsroom and other segments of the business.
www.ajc.com
February 10, 2026 at 2:25 AM
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
· 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
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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."
"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."
Notes on winter
When the world turns whimsical
billmckibben.substack.com
February 9, 2026 at 8:33 PM
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."
"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."
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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...
February 4, 2026 at 1:41 PM
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...
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"Measles Outbreak at Child Concentration Camp" is a pretty fucking awful look for America, to be honest.
Horrifying. ICE confirms measles outbreak at Dilley family detention center. www.cbsnews.com/news/ice-dil...
ICE halts "all movement" at Texas detention facility due to measles infections
The measles cases at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center were detected Friday, Department of Homeland Security spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin said in a statement to CBS News.
www.cbsnews.com
February 2, 2026 at 3:26 PM
"Measles Outbreak at Child Concentration Camp" is a pretty fucking awful look for America, to be honest.
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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
you should be embarrassed
January 31, 2026 at 7:11 PM
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
you should be embarrassed
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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.
January 31, 2026 at 3:22 PM
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.
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Correct. Homan saying “in theater” says it all — they view themselves as at war with other Americans
January 30, 2026 at 2:39 PM
Correct. Homan saying “in theater” says it all — they view themselves as at war with other Americans
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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.
A Minnesota woman observing ICE agents in her car was cornered on one-way streets. An agent approached, called her by name—citing facial recognition. Days later, her Global Entry and TSA privileges were revoked, with no explanation.
How ICE Already Knows Who Minneapolis Protesters Are
www.nytimes.com
January 30, 2026 at 12:42 PM
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.
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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/...
Read more: www.theverge.com/news/869824/...
January 29, 2026 at 5:01 PM
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/...
Read more: www.theverge.com/news/869824/...
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just choked on my beverage
January 29, 2026 at 11:19 PM
just choked on my beverage
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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.
people need food and they need rent money. that has not changed.
January 28, 2026 at 2:55 PM
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.
people need food and they need rent money. that has not changed.
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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.
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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
January 26, 2026 at 1:33 PM
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
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
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Video of Alex Pretti reading final honors for a veteran he cared for at the VA.
Rest in Power 🇺🇸
Rest in Power 🇺🇸
January 25, 2026 at 2:27 AM
Video of Alex Pretti reading final honors for a veteran he cared for at the VA.
Rest in Power 🇺🇸
Rest in Power 🇺🇸
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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.
January 24, 2026 at 8:29 PM
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.
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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...
Four more have supported abolishing ICE in the past.
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
January 22, 2026 at 4:15 AM
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...
Four more have supported abolishing ICE in the past.
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
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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.
January 21, 2026 at 7:59 PM
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.
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New cyclist finds out he's an anti-car urban elite who has no life and wants some made up bike utopia.
January 21, 2026 at 1:16 PM
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:
I just woke up from a nap and somehow while I was asleep, everyone on the bus has figured out we are not going to the right place
January 20, 2026 at 5:47 PM
A thread reminiscent of the old internet:
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jack asked if i would sketch up a poster to tell people in nearby neighborhoods about the partnership between flock and ring, and this is what i came up with. it can be printed on an 8.5x11 sheet of paper.
![YOUR RING CAMERA IS AN ICE AGENT
[a drawing of a ring camera with an ice agent dragging a person away in its field of vision]
"In October of 2025, Amazon's Ring announced its partnership with FLOCK, an A.I. surveillance group that freely shares its footage with ICE, the secret service, and the navy. Flock customers can use A.I. tools to sift through footage to assist in all manner of operations (like raids and deportations) without a warrant. Unplug Ring! Melt ICE! Protect your neighbors!
See: https://blog.ring.com/about-ring/ring-expands-community-requests-to-additional-community-safety-partners/
https://www.404media.co/ice-secret-service-navy-all-had-access-to-flocks-nationwide-network-of-cameras/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pp9MwZkHiMQ
https://www.aclum.org/campaigns-initiatives/get-the-flock-out-resource-guide/](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:p2aefnvhb3zmkrazk67dppxw/bafkreic7teyeocg7k5qcqxnc666k7clyiislh2zfi6iopcz6fs3e3lt6xy@jpeg)
January 19, 2026 at 8:15 PM
jack asked if i would sketch up a poster to tell people in nearby neighborhoods about the partnership between flock and ring, and this is what i came up with. it can be printed on an 8.5x11 sheet of paper.
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...
roughdraftatlanta.com/2026/01/15/d...
Error in state auditors’ data center review inflated job production and economic value
Data centers in Georgia did not produce the same high payback in exchange for nearly half a billion dollars in tax breaks as reported by state auditors last month, according to a correction issued Wed...
roughdraftatlanta.com
January 16, 2026 at 3:20 PM
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...
roughdraftatlanta.com/2026/01/15/d...
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Someone bought the domain nazis.us and made it go directly to DHS.
Keep trolling, keep resisting, keep exposing
Keep trolling, keep resisting, keep exposing
Home | Homeland Security
U.S. Department of Homeland Security: With honor and integrity, we will safeguard the American people, our homeland, and our values.
nazis.us
January 15, 2026 at 3:47 PM
Someone bought the domain nazis.us and made it go directly to DHS.
Keep trolling, keep resisting, keep exposing
Keep trolling, keep resisting, keep exposing
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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
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...
www.change.org/p/keep-peopl...
Sign the Petition
Keep People Housed in Fulton County.
www.change.org
January 14, 2026 at 9:38 PM
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
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...
www.change.org/p/keep-peopl...
Sign the Petition
Keep People Housed in Fulton County.
www.change.org
January 14, 2026 at 9:27 PM
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...
www.change.org/p/keep-peopl...