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Evan Maag

@etmaag.bsky.social
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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!

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Stephen Owens @stephenjowens.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
If you live in the city of Atlanta and want to join a grassroots movement to oppose the TAD extensions and shore up finances for our public schools then please sign up for our emails below Also I'm not in love with the name I came up with so if you have a better name lmk forms.gle/zHxWJ3eanfuF...
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A TAD Too Far
If you're interested in staying connected and possibly joining the effort to oppose the diversion of billions of dollars worth of property taxes away from Atlanta Public Schools, please put your conta...
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Evan Maag @etmaag.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
MARTA should be pulling out all the stops to hire Leroy Jones from WMATA. www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/news...
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MARTA names three finalists vying to become next CEO - Atlanta Business Chronicle
All of the finalists have experience leading U.S. transit authorities.
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Dan Immergluck @danimmergluck.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Someone should write a book about this!
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Priced out of her neighborhood | CNN
Atlanta once promised a life of opportunity and affordability. But as the city booms, rising rent, gas prices and grocery costs are pushing young people and longtime residents to the edge. In this epi...
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Evan Maag @etmaag.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
If EAV was truly easy to bike and/or take transit to, it would achieve neighborhood nirvana.
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Dan Immergluck @danimmergluck.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Some good news. Fulton County (GA) Board refuses to go along with Atlanta Mayor Dicken's TAD/TIF extension (until 2055) plan, which includes using old 25+ year old base values (which doesn't comply with state law(. Hopefully schools will follow. @atldemsoc.bsky.social @julianbene.bsky.social
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Darin Givens @atlurbanist.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
If you're looking for something to do inside while avoiding extreme heat, I suggest reading the years worth of research about how compact, walkable communities can reduce car dependency, reduce energy use, and preserve regional green space. Which can mitigate climate change.
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Julian Bene @julianbene.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
The stakes are clear in tomorrow's runoff for Fulton County. You can choose Pitts & Morris to protect our tax money from Dickens's TAD developer scheme. Or you can choose their opponents and face a 20% tax increase to cover the Jail redo and S. Fulton hospital.
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Evan Maag @etmaag.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Whoever made this website gets as many gold stars and A+’s as you can imagine. Yes, I’m once again talking about BeltLine Rail, but the wider point is that TAD money is tossed into a black hole and we should only expect corrupt decisions like this in return. www.beepthroat.com
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BeepThroat: The BeltLine Files
An independent public-records project documenting how Atlanta's voter-approved BeltLine light rail gave way to a driverless-shuttle pilot. Every claim links to a source document.
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Evan Maag @etmaag.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Great turnout for the Southside Trail ribbon cutting by @beltlinerailnow.bsky.social
Beltline Rail Now banner behind the CEO of Atlanta BeltLine Inc.
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Darin Givens @atlurbanist.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Sean Keenan is simply one of the best local Atlanta journalists we've got and his coverage of housing news has been crucially important for the city. I'm very sorry to see Atlanta Civic Circle closing down, but I mostly want to say: hire Sean, someone. Pass it on.
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Evan Maag @etmaag.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
All the Rapid A buses bunch up in downtown is just so MARTA.
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Alex Ip 葉清霖 @alexip718.com · 18/05/2026
If you're reading this, my cat and I have boarded a one-way flight out of the United States. The Trump administration wrongfully denied my work permit renewal; after months of demanding that they follow the law, we have run out of legal recourse, and I have no choice but to leave the country. (🧵)
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Support Alex's Emergency Relocation + Next Steps on Give In May
Alex is leaving the US after his work permit renewal was wrongfully denied by Trump's USCIS.
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Atlanta DSA @atldemsoc.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Come tell the city we want Services 🚌🚏, Not Slush Funds! ❌💦 Soon, the Mayor plans to reintroduce a TAD extension to subsidize private developers over public schools.
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Julian Bene @julianbene.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
MYTHS vs FACTS MYTH: 'Neighborhood Reinvestment' is about making Atlanta more equitable FACT: Investing where it matters most to Mayor Dickens apparently means using $200M of TAD dollars to bail out big real estate's CNN Center deal. www.ajc.com/business/202...
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If the CNN Center redo needs public funding, here’s what it could look like
Here's how the city of Atlanta and Fulton County could become partners in the redevelopment of the former CNN Center.
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Evan Maag @etmaag.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
The Onion actually taking control of Infowars is just delicious schadenfreud. I know this is relatively old news, but the world needed this.
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Evan Maag @etmaag.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
This is great from @urbantruth.bsky.social
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Evan Maag @etmaag.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
Disappointed by the answers on the TADs especially, and our options for FulCo Chair generally. atlantaciviccircle.org/2026/04/17/f...
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Fulton Chair candidates debate jail, housing, transit, elections and TADs
Here are their responses to key questions about the county’s future.
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Evan Maag @etmaag.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Heard an incredible quote from a director at work (a bank) yesterday. He was hopping on his e-scooter as I was unlocking my bike and said “I feel so stupid I could’ve been doing this for years”
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Sam Halpert @samhalpert.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
Here’s the thing: a President openly contemptuous of Congress & willing, unilaterally, to recklessly and illegally commit the US to wars of aggression is an existential threat to the Republic, *regardless* of whether he can ultimately explain his acts to Congress. The demand must be impeachment.
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Evan Maag @etmaag.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
Trying not to draw too many conclusions from one study - but could this be a driving factor for people in red/blue states to see government intervention so differently? www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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How State Factors Moderated the Impacts of the 2021 Child Tax Credit on Mental Health and Financial Hardship
Mental health problems during the COVID-19 pandemic in the U.S. were partly alleviated by economic policies. For example, the 2021 expansion of the ch…
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Ian Bassin @ianbassin.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
The commander in chief telling troops who they have to vote for is itself a presidency ending impeachable scandal.
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Mary Gillis @marygillis.bsky.social · 14/02/2024
Today is the only day you can capture and consume Cupid to absorb his powers. Good hunting, folks.
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Dr. Hilary Agro, PhD 🍄 @hilaryagro.com · 31/01/2026
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
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DC🕊🌍🔥🌱 @dcminx.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
‼️ 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-... 👇
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Carl Sagan's 9 timeless lessons for detecting baloney
Carl Sagan's baloney detection kit taught us how to separate good science from the work of charlatans. In 2026, that matters more than ever.
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Peter Norton @norton.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
A United States Attorney General who obstructs justice can be jailed. Case in point: Inmate 24171-157.
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
“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.
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Flawed economic models mean climate crisis could crash global economy, experts warn
States and financial bodies using modelling that ignores shocks from extreme weather and climate tipping points
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Alex Ip 葉清霖 @alexip718.com · 10/02/2026
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
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 09/02/2026
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."
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Notes on winter
When the world turns whimsical
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Leah @leah.myatproto.social · 04/02/2026
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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Cab Davidson @gnomeicide.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
"Measles Outbreak at Child Concentration Camp" is a pretty fucking awful look for America, to be honest.
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Alex Ip 葉清霖 @alexip718.com · 01/02/2026
media.tenor.com
a cartoon of bugs bunny holding a fish in his paw
Alt: a cartoon of bugs bunny carving out Florida
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jordan @jbythekilowatt.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
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
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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
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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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
Correct. Homan saying “in theater” says it all — they view themselves as at war with other Americans
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Mike Boylan-Kolchin @mbkplus.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
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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The Verge @theverge.com · 29/01/2026
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/...
Verge headline: The rise of the slopagandist
by Mia Sato

Photo: Nick Shirley's head pasted onto an old timey newspaper boy's body. He's also holding a selfie stick with a phone attached
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👻👹 boo-rit 👹👻 @britculpsapp.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
just choked on my beverage
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@ Threads
Greg Bovino was asked how he felt about his demotion today. "Well, obviously, I'm not happy", he replied.
Someone in the crowd shouted back, "So which one are you?"
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ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 28/01/2026
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.
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Tom Flood @tomflood.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
Priorities.
Drawing of coffee cup

prioritizing youth mobility is prioritizing adult relaxing
When kids can walk/roll safely and independently to school, you can enjoy some peaceful time to yourself.
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Alexis Coe @alexiscoe.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
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
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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 25/01/2026
Video of Alex Pretti reading final honors for a veteran he cared for at the VA. Rest in Power 🇺🇸
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
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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Alex Ip 葉清霖 @alexip718.com · 22/01/2026
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...
CD	Incumbent	Party	Abolish ICE?	No new ICE funding? (SECTION UNDER CONSTRUCTION)	"Express gratitude" to ICE	Created by Alex Ip. Spreadsheet template courtesy of The Downballot				
CA-12	Lateefah Simon	(D)	YES							
FL-10	Maxwell Frost	(D)	YES							
IL-03	Delia Ramirez	(D)	YES	YES						
IL-08	Raja Krishnamoorthi	(D)	YES							
MA-02	Jim McGovern	(D)	YES	YES						
MA-07	Ayanna Pressley	(D)	YES							
MI-12	Rashida Tlaib	(D)	YES							
MI-13	Shri Thanedar	(D)	YES							
MN-05	Ilhan Omar	(D)	YES							
NY-07	Nydia Velazquez	(D)	YES* (2018)							
NY-09	Yvette Clarke	(D)	YES	YES						
NY-13	Adriano Espaillat	(D)	YES							
NY-14	Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez	(D)	YES							
PA-12	Summer Lee	(D)	YES							
TX-20	Joaquin Castro	(D)	YES* ("Disband")							
TX-35	Greg Casar	(D)	YES* (2018)							
WA-07	Pramila Jayapal	(D)	YES* (2018)	YES						
WI-02	Mark Pocan	(D)	YES* (2018)
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
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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Evan Maag @etmaag.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
A thread reminiscent of the old internet:
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Evan Maag @etmaag.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
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...
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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...
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Arcas De Disco @puckarks.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
Someone bought the domain nazis.us and made it go directly to DHS. Keep trolling, keep resisting, keep exposing
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Home | Homeland Security
U.S. Department of Homeland Security: With honor and integrity, we will safeguard the American people, our homeland, and our values.
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