(Shamelessly stolen from Facebook)

Welcome to Georgia’s final boss level: the I-285 / I-75 / I-85 interchange in Atlanta — also known as “The Perimeter,” where GPS signals go to die and everybody suddenly becomes a defensive driving instructor. 🚗💀

You have approximately 0.4 seconds to decide:merge left,merge right,take the exit,or simply accept that Atlanta traffic has adopted you permanently. 😭

The sign says:“Downtown Atlanta.”

But what it REALLY means is:“May the odds be ever in your favor.” 💀

Every car is moving at one of two speeds:either 12 mph because traffic has fully stopped for no visible reason…or 97 mph because somebody in a black Dodge Charger believes fear is optional.

There is absolutely no middle ground.

A tourist from Ohio just realized their exit was three lanes ago and is now attempting a maneuver that violates several laws of physics.

A lifted truck with Bulldogs stickers is weaving through traffic like they’re late for kickoff in Athens. 🏈

Meanwhile a Nissan Altima with one missing bumper somehow appears beside you, behind you, and in front of you simultaneously.

Nobody understands how.Not even science.

The right lane suddenly becomes:EXIT ONLY.

The left lane becomes:an unofficial NASCAR qualifying event.

And the middle lane?That’s just people gripping the steering wheel in silence while questioning every decision that brought them to Atlanta. 😭

You’ll hear horns.You’ll smell overheated brakes.You’ll watch somebody cross four lanes in one movement because Google Maps waited until the VERY last second to whisper:

“Exit right.” 💀

Meanwhile your GPS remains completely calm:“Recalculating route.”

Oh.Thanks.

And somehow construction is ALWAYS happening.Nobody remembers when it started.Nobody believes it will ever end.

Orange cones appear overnight like Georgia summoned them directly from the asphalt. 🚧😭

Welcome to Georgia highway culture —where:• lane markings are merely spiritual guidance• everybody drives like they have somewhere extremely important to be• and hesitation is immediately punished by seventeen honks and a lifted F-150 riding six inches from your bumper 💀

Because somewhere between Atlanta, Macon, Savannah, and Chattanooga…

every Georgia driver learns the exact same lesson:

The road may be chaos…

but Atlanta traffic can smell fear instantly. 🚗🔥

Hey Korey and Martin,

I went to see Devil Wears Prada 2 (I actually liked it), but I had one of the weirdest experiences afterward.

As I was leaving, a woman was holding the door open for a bunch of people. I walked out, said “thank you,” and she suddenly snapped at me: “WHAT, YOU DON’T KNOW HOW TO HOLD THE DOOR FOR WOMEN?! YOUR MAMA MUST NOT HAVE RAISED YOU RIGHT.” First off, I was on my phone, so I didn’t even realize there was a woman behind me. Plus, she was already holding the door for a whole crowd—men and women—so it wasn’t like I ignored someone on purpose.

But that wasn’t even the craziest part. During the movie, someone quietly whispered to their friend—barely noticeable—and that same woman yelled at the top of her lungs, “BE QUIET! OH MY GOD.” The entire theater heard her way more than the people whispering, and some people even started laughing.

I go to the movies multiple times a week, and that was easily the weirdest interaction I’ve ever had.

This was in Georgia.

Archived copies of the article:

• archive.today
• web.archive.org

Republican activists in rural Catoosa County wanted would-be GOP candidates to pass an ideological test before they could appear on the ballot. A judge said no.

Critics claim the state’s utility regulator is too passive. Two Democratic challengers say they’ll change that — and push for more cheap, clean energy.

Tuesday is election day, so make sure you vote.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/37508190

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/36824196

As Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrests have spiked and bed space has dwindled at detention centers, the agency has turned to detaining immigrants for long stretches in the basement of its Atlanta field office, a facility that traditionally served only as a holding area.

In addition to immigration attorneys, the AJC spoke to advocates, family members of detained immigrants and a man currently in ICE custody who are all familiar with conditions inside Atlanta’s ICE office, located at 180 Ted Turner Dr.

They describe a facility that does not have the space or amenities to hold people overnight: no beds, no showers, and no opportunity to receive visits from loved ones or from attorneys — a situation that may be exposing immigrants to worse conditions than those found in Georgia’s ICE detention centers.

One attorney said her client, a nursing mother, spent nine days sleeping on the floor at the Atlanta field office’s holding room. Another said she is representing a man who was detained at the field office for a weekend, where he had to sleep next to an open toilet.

Archived at https://archive.is/b8M9C

cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/28057374

Federal investigators have subpoenaed records related to travel they believe Fani Willis took around the time of last year’s election, but it was not immediately clear why.

Revenge of course. Not that the NYT can say it. Or admit that its a baseless fishing expedition