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@maggie-lee.bsky.social
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Georgia data reporter still & GaPolBot dev 4 life: bsky.app/profile/gapolbot.bsky.social yes also flower farmer at Yonder Farm. Meme connoisseur.

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maggie-lee.bsky.social @maggie-lee.bsky.social · 6h
Dr Strangelove
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maggie-lee.bsky.social @maggie-lee.bsky.social · 7h
Two in a row, totaling $1m from ??? to the mining lobby for elections Follow @gapolbot.bsky.social for depressing documentation of money in Georgia politics , a post for every donation above $5k #gapol
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maggie-lee.bsky.social @maggie-lee.bsky.social · 7h
“Competence matters” has no useful info on its website. Powering Georgias Future dot com indicates it’s the mining lobby 🤷‍♀️ #gapol
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GaPolBot @gapolbot.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
#gapol Large Georgia campaign finance filing: $150,000.0 from Walton, Jim to GeorgiaCAN IEC on 09-25-2026 Source: Ga Ethics Commission: peachfile.ethics.ga.gov/public/cf/c…
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GaPolBot @gapolbot.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
#gapol New Gov. Brian Kemp executive order: 09.14.26.06(PDF, 21.45 KB) Appointing the Honorable Richard E. Braun, Jr. as District Attorney of the Atlantic Judicial Circuit gov.georgia.gov/executive-action/ex…
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GaPolBot @gapolbot.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
#gapol New Gov. Brian Kemp executive order: 09.14.26.07(PDF, 21.75 KB) Appointing the Honorable Amber Bennett Dally as District Attorney of the Alcovy Judicial Circuit gov.georgia.gov/executive-action/ex…
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maggie-lee.bsky.social @maggie-lee.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
This is like when aunt judi put all of us in some genealogy dna narc database to find out yea our ppl came from Europe
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maggie-lee.bsky.social @maggie-lee.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Husband was flipping thru football games where is the space force game
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jon christian @jonchristian.net · 03/10/2026
NEW: After we investigated a company that buys struggling news sites and turns them into AI-powered content mills that churn out garbage using fake journalists and subject matter experts, Google has officially cracked down on the scheme: futurism.com/artificial-i...
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Google Updates Guidelines to Punish Sites That Use Fake Bylines and AI-Generated Headshots
Google has updated its guidelines to forbid the use of fake bylines, AI-generated headshots, and other acts of "deception."
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maggie-lee.bsky.social @maggie-lee.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
www.cnet.com/home/smart-h...
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Some of Samsung's AI Fridges Became Giant, Cool Bricks After Bad Update - CNET
Smart fridge, dumb update. The internet of broken things strikes again.
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maggie-lee.bsky.social @maggie-lee.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
update yea this is the scott banister in wikipedia . tagline: "libertarian tech mogul to hit dsa with an eight-figure spending nuke"
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maggie-lee.bsky.social @maggie-lee.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
no idea if this is the Scott Banister in wikipedia, but with an odd spelling of Banister like that, chances are good anyway @gapolbot.bsky.social is posting large (>$5k) Georgia campaign finance disclosures as it finds them. Enjoy. On here and on rss
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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 01/10/2026
It’s not a technical problem.
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This Tech Offers a Tentative Fix for the 'Pervert Glasses' Problem - CNET
Wearable cameras and smart glasses pose a threat to everyone's privacy. But what if they couldn't see your face?
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maggie-lee.bsky.social @maggie-lee.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
also this has eight bylines. please don't imagine that excellent reporting like this is easy
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 02/10/2026
NEW: We’re reporters, not teachers. We have no business running a private school. But to show you just how easy it is to start one, we decided to test the process ourselves.
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Almost Anyone Can Start a Private School. We Put This to the Test.
Our reporting has shown how easily people — some with questionable backgrounds — have founded their own private schools in barns, strip malls and other places. That led us to an experiment: If the hur...
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maggie-lee.bsky.social @maggie-lee.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
In honor of all the campaign ads and texts you’re getting, @gapolbot.bsky.social is posting “large” (>$5k) donations. Superpacs, you can’t generally really quite tell where the money is really coming from #gapol
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GaPolBot @gapolbot.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
#gapol Georgia Land Protection Branch: PublicNotice: Draft Site Limitations issued to Packaging Corporation of America for proposed vertical expansion of private industrial landfill in Lowndes County(PDF,... epd.georgia.gov/public-announcement…
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maggie-lee.bsky.social @maggie-lee.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Is it 1A to make a t shirt of the mayor Via Laura Corley / Macon Telegraph www.macon.com/news/local/a...
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Macon Mayor Lester Miller isn’t laughing at ‘king of the city’ T-shirt
A designer at a downtown Macon business created a shirt featuring the Mayor and his well-known phrase, “Thanks Lester.”
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maggie-lee.bsky.social @maggie-lee.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
thecurrentga.org/2026/09/30/d... Yes the biggest recipients of Georgia private school voucher money are parochial schools and Amazon, same as last year Most of the parochial schools are Christian affiliated. A handful are Muslim-affiliated which is germane because …
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Demand rises in second year of Georgia school voucher program - The Current
Georgia's Promise Scholarship program saw participation increase to approximately 13,500 students for the 2026-2027 school year, following a controversial 2024 legislative expansion that allows public...
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maggie-lee.bsky.social @maggie-lee.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
thecurrentga.org/2026/09/30/d... Yes the biggest recipients of Georgia private school voucher money are parochial schools and Amazon, same as last year Most of the parochial schools are Christian affiliated. A handful are Muslim-affiliated which is germane because …
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Demand rises in second year of Georgia school voucher program - The Current
Georgia's Promise Scholarship program saw participation increase to approximately 13,500 students for the 2026-2027 school year, following a controversial 2024 legislative expansion that allows public...
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maggie-lee.bsky.social @maggie-lee.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
follow @gapolbot.bsky.social for the latest public notices fresh off the internet such as the (checks notes) uh $31k fine for installing an unlicensed power plant See previous tweet for the other company that got another $12k in fines for power plant and GaPolBot is on here & on RSS #gapol ⬇️
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maggie-lee.bsky.social @maggie-lee.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
deleted previous tweet due to my posting erroneous figure This company's fine for installing unlicensed power plant in GA is $12k, not $31 k as previously reported A separate company got $31k. So that's $43 k total for unlicensed fossil fuel power plant for a data center #gapol
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maggie-lee.bsky.social @maggie-lee.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
wtf is an heic and why are you sending me in this format (rhetorical) stop it ! (not rhetorical) i just have to convert them all
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maggie-lee.bsky.social @maggie-lee.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Private interests overshadow stakeholders for new Georgia dock rules A former EPD commissioner, consulting group make end runs around public process. Jud Turner at Fortson, Blalock, Turner & Germany > public comments, stakeholders #gapol via Mary Landers / The Current GA
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Private interests overshadow stakeholders for new DNR dock rules - The Current
While a 12-member stakeholder group worked for months to craft new rules for private recreational docks in Coastal Georgia, draft regulations allowing docks up to 1,500 feet long are being shaped by b...
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maggie-lee.bsky.social @maggie-lee.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
in the end scraping public info is just kind of a parlor trick , or something. in fact, public agencies should have a way of issuing api keys to access public info
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maggie-lee.bsky.social @maggie-lee.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
apnews.com/article/alab...
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Southern Democrats see hope for first time in years, seek to build on discontent of midterm voters
Democrats see hope for political gains in the Deep South this year despite disappointments in previous elections.
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maggie-lee.bsky.social @maggie-lee.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Private interests overshadow stakeholders for new Georgia dock rules A former EPD commissioner, consulting group make end runs around public process. Jud Turner at Fortson, Blalock, Turner & Germany > public comments, stakeholders #gapol via Mary Landers / The Current GA
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Private interests overshadow stakeholders for new DNR dock rules - The Current
While a 12-member stakeholder group worked for months to craft new rules for private recreational docks in Coastal Georgia, draft regulations allowing docks up to 1,500 feet long are being shaped by b...
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maggie-lee.bsky.social @maggie-lee.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
man, I *get* going to a fortress of solitude
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maggie-lee.bsky.social @maggie-lee.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I say this with love, as a side-hustle farmer myself (like most of the farmers captured in federal stats): We all love food & fiber and Funtime farm imagery , tractors happy cows etc But it isn’t the “no 1” industry D and R say this but it’s false #gapol thecurrentga.org/2026/08/22/h...
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How Georgia farms' fame (and favor) outpace their place in the economy - The Current
Some of Georgia’s elected leaders repeat that agriculture is the Peach State’s No. 1 industry. But that’s not what the numbers say.
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GaPolBot @gapolbot.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
#gapol Georgia Land Protection Branch: PublicNotice: Site Suitability Notice issued for SR 247 Klondike C&D Landfill in Houston County(PDF, 178.61 KB)- September 29, 2026 epd.georgia.gov/public-announcement…
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maggie-lee.bsky.social @maggie-lee.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Gas tax suspension eo
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maggie-lee.bsky.social @maggie-lee.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
TFW you orr a county and they’re like “gasb 77?” “Cafr?” I hope this response is from the county attorney not the county finance dept
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GaPolBot @gapolbot.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
#atlpol Development Authority of Fulton County meeting September 29  12:30PM 2026 www.developfultoncounty.com/meeting…
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maggie-lee.bsky.social @maggie-lee.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
What makes a good tip to reporters? Read The Current GA's guide, and feel free to mail stuff there on Coastal Georgia #gapol Also fwiw my signal stays open at 404 five 38 two 74 naught thecurrentga.org/send-us-a-co...
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Send us a confidential tip - The Current
Siobhan Egan/Paprika Southern Do you want to share something with The Current? There are several ways you can share confidential tips, documents or
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maggie-lee.bsky.social @maggie-lee.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
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Faine Greenwood @faineg.com · 24/09/2026
if you find yourself needing to make a John Calvin meme, i found a great template
john calvin meme template
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GaPolBot @gapolbot.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
#gapol New Gov. Brian Kemp executive order: 09.24.26.03(PDF, 84.99 KB) Suspending Mr. Marcello Banes from office as Chairman of the Newton County Board of Commissioners gov.georgia.gov/executive-action/ex…
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GaPolBot @gapolbot.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
#gapol Report from Georgia Dept. of Audits & Accounts: HOPE Program Eligibility www.audits2.ga.gov/reports/search/?…
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GaPolBot @gapolbot.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
#gapol Supreme Court of Georgia post Ga Supreme Court September 22, 2026 www.gasupreme.us/2026-opinions
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Erika Hall @erikahall.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
EVERYONE. Every client "we want to do a Snowfall" Us: Do you know how much time and money that took? You can have flurries.
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Dan Kennedy @dankennedy.net · 18/09/2026
Important cat-related news. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/18/s...
nytimes.com
New Species of Cat Discovered for First Time in a Century (Gift Article)
The species, called a tilcayo, is smaller than a house cat and lives in the cloud forests of the Andes Mountains in Bolivia.
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GaPolBot @gapolbot.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
#gapol Supreme Court of Georgia post Ga Supreme Court September 17, 2026 www.gasupreme.us/2026-opinions
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GaPolBot @gapolbot.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
#gapol Georgia Department of Transportation meeting GDOT 10/14/2026 www.dot.ga.gov/GDOT/Pages/BoardMeet…
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404 Media @404media.co · 17/09/2026
Flock ran searches for “coexist bumper sticker,” “white truck with a trump sticker,” and “Star of David,” apparently to demonstrate what cops shouldn't search for.
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‘Flock City PD:’ The Fake Flock-Owned ‘Police Department’ That Searched Real Cameras for Real People
Flock ran searches for “coexist bumper sticker,” “white truck with a trump sticker,” and “Star of David,” apparently to demonstrate what cops shouldn't search for.
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Georgia Recorder @georgiarecorder.com · 17/09/2026
NEW from @alander.bsky.social: Former Georgia regulator who helped set policy for data centers now works for company building them #gapol
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Former Georgia regulator who helped set policy for data centers now works for company building them • Georgia Recorder
Tricia Pridemore, who is a Republican, was tapped to represent DC BLOX in policy discussions with lawmakers, regulatory bodies and utility providers.
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GaPolBot @gapolbot.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
#gapol New Gov. Brian Kemp executive order: 09.17.26.01(PDF, 27.81 KB) Appointing the Honorable Nikia Smith Sellers as Superior Court Judge of the Atlanta Judicial Circuit gov.georgia.gov/executive-action/ex…
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State Court Report @statecourtreport.org · 17/09/2026
Happy Constitution Day to all 51 of our constitutions! Want to learn more about your state's constitution? Check out our Exploring State Constitutions essay series — we have 30+ states and counting.
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Series: Exploring State Constitutions
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GaPolBot @gapolbot.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
#gapol Georgia Land Protection Branch: Public Notice: Intent to Renew Hazardous Waste Permit HW-075(S&CA), Safety-Kleen Garden City- September 17, 2026 epd.georgia.gov/public-announcement…
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GaPolBot @gapolbot.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
#atlpol Governing Board Office of Inspector General Public Notice - September 23, 2026 citycouncil.atlantaga.gov/council-d…
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