1. Berry and peach galette - Colette Bread

2. Beef barbacoa breakfast burrito - Poco Loco

3. Cold glass noodles - So So Fed

4. 1/2 bird meal w/ chips and guac - Pollo Primo

5. Broadbent ham - So. Fox

6. Crab fritters - Talat Market

7. Sausage, egg, cheese on a Dabo biscuit - Sugar Loaf Bakery

8. Cheeseburger - Evergreen

9. Cod Royale - Pure Quill Superette

(Just in order of pictures)

https://www.history.com/articles/key-civil-war-battles

Anyone just now hear what sounded like jets flying over the East side of Atlanta towards Decatur? Anyone know what’s going on with that?

Just walked up to Colony Square as the Atlanta Police blocked off both Peachtree St and Juniper between 13th & 14th.
At least 8 police cars, multiple fire engines. Everyone looking up. The crane was rotating and moving the carriage both ways, but nothing else visible. No idea why the streets were closed. Any insight?

Very fun! All about how our health care system is messed up. I don't know if it's going to be around again. It was in Piedmont Park

Hey /r/Atlanta,

Former employee of the company Promise Pay / Promise, who recently quit after becoming disillusioned with leadership and what the company is doing. Promise is a company that local utilities and governments partner with to let customers pay bills, apply for relief, etc. On paper it sounds helpful, but underneath, the business model centers on collecting, aggregating, and eventually monetizing personal data that governments have with AI tools. Many of the execs and employees at Promise came straight from Palantir.

On Tuesday the City of Atlanta Watershed Management announced that they partnered with Promise Pay:

https://atlantawatershed.org/promisepay/

This now means that regardless if you ever use Promise Pay, they now own all information about you that the City of Atlanta Watershed Management had.

Promise is presented as a convenient way to get an interest-free payment plan if you are behind on your water bill. That can be genuinely useful. But it also means all of your personal data is now owned by Promise. Promise is not just a payment platform. It is a government/utility infrastructure company that publicly markets AI-powered outreach, automated tools, machine learning, audit trails, and “data-driven program outcomes” to these utilities.

They’re building a data moat behind the feel-good language of helping people so that they can sell your data.

Why this matters in Georgia:

Unfortunately, Georgia has NO consumer privacy rights. That means Atlanta Water customers have no right to demand access, deletion, correction, or opt-out in the same way other states do. It’s totally legal for your state utility to sell your personal data for profit, and that’s exactly what they did…

What you can do:

Please note: I’m not adding any emails or phone numbers to this post, because I previously did this and Reddit shadowbanned the account.

1. Send PromisePay a privacy request anyway.

Even if Georgia does not give consumer rights, you can still ask what they have, where they got it, who they share it with, and whether they will delete it. You can email or call PromisePay and say something like:

“I am an Atlanta, Georgia customer requesting information about the personal information PromisePay maintains about me in connection with Atlanta Department of Watershed Management. Please disclose the categories and specific pieces of personal information you maintain about me, the sources of that information, the purposes for which it is used, and the categories of third parties, vendors, service providers, contractors, or government entities to whom it has been disclosed. I also request deletion of my personal information unless retention is required by law or by the City of Atlanta. I do not consent to unnecessary sale, sharing, reuse, analytics, AI training, profiling, marketing, or secondary use of my personal information.”

1. Send the same request to the City of Atlanta Department of Watershed Management.

2. Ask DWM what data it shared with PromisePay, what contract terms govern that data, and whether PromisePay is allowed to use customer information for anything beyond administering payment plans.

You can say something like:

“Please disclose what personal information the City of Atlanta Department of Watershed Management shares with PromisePay, the legal and contractual basis for that sharing, the purposes for which PromisePay may use the information, the retention period, and whether customers can obtain a payment plan without using PromisePay.”

1. Ask the utility to work with them directly:

“Can I set up a payment plan directly with Atlanta Department of Watershed Management without PromisePay? I do not consent to unnecessary third-party sharing of my water account, billing, payment, household, or hardship-related information.”

This matters because PromisePay’s pitch to utilities is that it helps them enroll more customers in payment plans and recover more revenue. That may be useful for the utility, but customers should still be able to ask whether a private data company needs to sit between them and a public water department

1. If PromisePay or the City of Atlanta will not clearly explain what data is collected, how it is used, how long it is retained, or whether customers can avoid unnecessary third-party sharing, consider filing a complaint with the Georgia Attorney General’s Consumer Protection Division.

Unfortunately, you do not have the same data protection rights as a resident of California who can file a privacy enforcement complaint, but this could be a catalyst towards your state offering similar rights. Georgia’s consumer protection can’t force a deletion outcome, but it can create a record and put pressure on the company and public agency to explain their practices.

1. Contact Atlanta elected officials and city leadership. Reach out to Mayor Andre Dickens, your Atlanta City Council member, and the leadership responsible for the Department of Watershed Management. Tell them:

“My water account data is not government property to casually hand over to a private vendor. I want to know who approved the PromisePay partnership, what customer data is being shared, whether customers can opt out, whether payment plans are available directly through the city, and what protections prevent PromisePay from reusing Atlanta residents’ data for analytics, AI systems, marketing, profiling, or product development.

I would like to know who inside the City of Atlanta owns this partnership, who reviewed the privacy terms, and whether the contract will be made public”.

Unfortunately your state laws hamstring you much more than other states, this is the best I could come up with based on what you state laws are and what I know about this particular Promise implementation.

Anyone getting this? It’s like sinus pressure, no real fever, congestion, eyes burning, throat discomfort. I heard a friend is dealing with it, same w a few of her friends. Covid-negative.

Love these theaters but they are not assigned seats so trying to figure out how early one would need to get there and what the quality and experience was like. Thank you!

I saw this concept on the New Orleans subreddit and it spurred some interesting discussions. It would be nice to see what others in the city do and make. I’m looking into a possible job switch, so I’m also hoping it’ll help me field out ideas

Please share your job title, salary, age, and education. I'll start:

Associate Data Analyst - Remote, $92k, 27M, BS

Edit: I should clarify that this is not a personal exercise to switch to any job higher paying. The point was to share salaries for better transparency. I’m sorry if the focus is incorrectly on myself. By fielding ideas, I meant my focus was on the jobs themselves, not just what others make

Ever since they shifted 75 over 18 years ago to fit under the 17th Street Bridge, the gap between northbound and southbound has been just unused concrete. One idea they had some time back was a HOV exit to a new 15th Street bridge. And of course talk of interstate lids.

Saw some recent drone footage, and the gap is looking real run down. Are they digging it up or is that just mud from the rain? Not that traffic is beautiful, but it is an often viewed angle of the city. Will they ever do anything to this eyesore?

Im moving to atl in the fall and im curious abt the weed culture. Im aware its decriminalized but does that mean theres no dispensaries? Can you smoke on the street? In the park? Will u get arrested for having it on you? Can u buy it at smoke shops or just from a dealer?

What's on your mind, Atlanta?

Links of Interest:

• Metro Atlanta Discord
• r/atlevents to see local events/meetups around town
• How To Meet People

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The closest I've been able to find so far is Club Studio in Brookhaven...Surely this gym exists?

Something with 8-10 squat racks, 4+ deadlift platforms. Just a normal gym not one of these weird class things like Crossfit.

Anyone know anything about the mortgage assistance program through the Beltline? I caught the end of this press event on it and want to see what other people think. I looked on the invest atlanta site and there a couple other similar programs too?

If you qualify, you take a 2 hour course and would be getting money that could go towards a mix of 4 things: the down payment, closing cost, interest rate reduction, or principal reduction.

I was just reading Red Hot City about the first Beltline CEO stepping down due to not fulfilling the affordable housing promise. Better late than never I guess?

Looking for golf lessons for a buddy and me - pretty much both total beginners. I've played other sports before but don't own any clubs.

I live in southeast Atlanta in the Chosewood area. Any recommendations?

A 30th anniversary is a good excuse as any to share. My grandparents flew down from New York to stay with us during the Olympics. The event left quite the impression on my grandpa in particular. He needed to preserve the memory.

A scrounger and saver, he collected all of our ticket stubs and any pins he was able to either purchase, win, or nab for free. They would later become integral to the piece's design. I believe he even did the oak frame himself!

When he passed, its fate hung in the balance. My aunts and uncles weren't too keen on inheriting such a cumbersome piece. Well, I couldn't leave it to a Rochester Goodwill where it'd be likely be stripped for its frame and its pins pawned on ebay. So today it hangs in a prominent place in my house. In Atlanta.

I don't have much memory of the Olympics, but I do have this. It's stubborn, kitsch, and full of heart. In the end, the perfect way to remember the '96 Olympics, and my grandpa.

What are your favorite souvenirs or memories from the Olympics?

Any recommendations? I’m in a stage of life where I’m looking to try new things and meet new people. Late 20sF if that helps.