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Good evening. Here are some things. * After weeks of insisting he's going to release it on vinyl, CD, and cassette only, Sturgill Simpson leaked his new album on YouTube last night. It's horny, political, and plumb full of grooves. Long live Johnny Blue Skies. * one of
Sometimes, you don't have a plan. Sometimes, you just have some things. Here, then, are some things: * ICYMI: we're doing an anti-ICE sticker fundraiser. We've sent $2,600 to Minnesota mutual aid funds so far. Our sales have slowed, but the violence and terror
[Update, 3/2/26: We've donated $3,200 to Minnesota mutual aids so far. Great work out there, y'all!] Good morning. It's bleak out there. Maybe you've been reading headlines and watching videos and thinking absolutely bonkers thoughts. Maybe you're
Good morning. Happy new year. I hope your holidays have been swell. Wanna do some good today? Let's help Jane pay her rent and take care of her kid while she finds a new job. If everyone receiving this newsletter drops in a couple bucks, she'll
How I’d Fix Atlanta — Let Noncitizens Vote In Local Elections Alex Ip On a Monday afternoon in May, I was waiting for a bus in Buckhead that was supposed to come every 15 minutes. But as roughly 30 other riders—mostly Spanish-speaking immigrants—and I waited at Lindbergh during
Unless you're new around here (hi!), you probably know that every September we drag our asses out into these chaotic internet streets and we see how much money we can raise to abolish medical debt in the Atlanta metropolitan area. This year was no different. That is, except
How I’d Fix Atlanta — Modernize Our Outdated Dog Breed Restrictions By Kristal Dixon As I was walking my dog Hannah back to my apartment earlier in the summer, I was stopped by a woman who inquired about her breed. “She’s a pit bull,” I said. The woman responded
How I Would Fix Atlanta — Adapt Our Growth Before It’s Too Late Roby Greenwald Atlanta is a growing city. This probably isn’t news to the kind of person who reads this newsletter. But let me make it a little more urgent for you. Our outdated pattern of growth
Good morning. In early 2024, I decided to turn a multi-year Twitter bit about drinking big beers at the airport into an actual essay. It was a couple hundred words long, then eventually it was like 700 words, then it ballooned up to 1,200 or so words, and then
Damn, what a week. Not only did we breeze past our initial goal of $10,000, and a few subsequent goals after that, we beat our previous record of $25,000 yesterday. Amazing stuff. Now, it's the final day of the fundraiser, and we're sitting on
Good morning. Y'all ready to do some good this week? In 2023 and 2024, How I'd Fix Atlanta partnered with a nonprofit organization called Undue Medical Debt. We raised more than $40,000 in donations from folks like you, money that Undue used to abolish nearly
Oh, hello. Some quick housekeeping! Each year around this time, we do a big old fundraiser to abolish as much medical debt in the Atlanta metro area as possible. This year is no different. Please save the date: Sept. 22. Gonna need you to donate as much as you can