“#Trump’s ‘One Big Beautiful Bill Act’ gave #ICE $45 billion for detention through Sept 2029, former Dept of Homeland Security secretary Kristi Noem decided to use $38 billion of it to buy mega warehouses and convert them to detention centers.

An #Atlanta suburb has filed a lawsuit alleging that ICE paid more than five times the assessed value of a warehouse there.

ICE are now hoping to sell some of them. “

nbcnews.com/politics/immigrati…

Delta Airlines is hiring a senior manager of service design

delta.avature.net/en_US/career…

Cool! Service design is super important IMHO

#GetFediHired #Jobs #ServiceDesign #Design #Georgia #Atlanta

City of Atlanta Department of Watershed Management and Chattahoochee
Riverkeeper Responds to Fish Kill Incident on Chattahoochee River

"ATLANTA – On Friday, May 22, 2026, the City of Atlanta Department of Watershed Management (DWM) received reports about a significant fish kill incident along the Chattahoochee River. In partnership with the Chattahoochee Riverkeeper (CRK), Commissioner Greg Eyerly and Deputy Commissioner Quinton Fletcher met with CRK Riverkeeper and Executive Director Jason Ulseth to investigate the incident on the river.

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atlantawatershed.org/news-rele…

#atlanta #disaster #fishkill #environment

I also made it to Atlanta. It’s been on my bucket list for a while. The city of the civil rights movement. I went to the King museum, experienced my first real super car-centric US city, and flew out of one of the busiest airports in the world.

It was my first time traveling outside of the coastal areas of the U.S.

#Atlanta #Travel #Georgia

Last couple of days:

- Coast Starlight (Emeryville to Los Angeles)
- Southwest Chief (Los Angeles to Albuquerque)

Then I flew to Atlanta and I have two more cities (Philadelphia and New York City) before leaving the country

#Albuquerque #NewMexico #Atlanta #Georgia #Trains #Amtrak

You can borrow board and team games at Woodruff Park (opens to PDF)

ctycms.com/ga-atlanta/docs/woo…

#Atlanta #Georgia

ATL street art map

streetartmap.org/

Tiny doors

tinydoorsatl.com/

#Atlanta #Georgia #Art

4. There’s a Lao popup every Sunday at Ok Yaki:

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It looks really good but I’m already full

#Food #Atlanta #Georgia

One of the cool things about taking local buses is you can get a good sense of neighborhoods

I don’t know *anything* about Atlanta neighborhoods but I immediately got the vibe that I like Cabbagetown and East Atlanta in general

#Bus #Transit #Atlanta

Walking to and from the King Center

#Atlanta #Georgia

3. Chrome Yellow: really good coffee near the King Center

maps.app.goo.gl/uCkuhk2Es2JEbC…

#Coffee #Atlanta #Georgia

Not food, but

There is a cute arcade here

maps.app.goo.gl/sKkxXdALy7sAKg…

#Atlanta #Georgia

2. Had a delicious brunch at Fin & Feathers.

Soul food. Delicious grits. Everything was very good. They had a jerk chicken egg roll, even.

Probably my first real southern meal. I had catfish and grits

maps.app.goo.gl/YzqHsTZgfyom6g…

#Food #Atlanta #Georgia

Okay this is unfair. You guys have a proper Malaysian restaurant?!

In SF, I have to go to.. San Jose or Pleasanton (don’t tell me about your fave SF Malaysian / Singaporean restaurants..) to Chickenlicious or Curry Leaf Bistro.

Mamak looks great and legit (also Malaysians have vouched for it)

maps.app.goo.gl/pVLvqdaatwhUdn…

#Food #Atlanta #Georgia

People really do just tell me their favorite restaurants randomly.

While having coffee, I found out about JenChan’s and OK Yaki, so I’m very excited about that

#Food #Atlanta #Georgia

Atlanta food thread:

1. I’m at a place that feels like someone did a focus group of just me and asked ‘what do you want?’ (Coffee and tinned fish)

It’s called Larakin. Good coffee, beautiful outdoor seating in Midtown.

On Sundays and Mondays they have a Japanese popup doing 10-13 course omakase. Cool concept. On Friday nights the chef does hand rolls here

maps.app.goo.gl/ZV49hxuh5frEf8…

#Food #Atlanta #Georgia

8. MARTA in Atlanta, Georgia

Don’t have a fun fact, but wow these trains are really old

#Trains #Transit #Atlanta #Georgia

Announcement at MARTA station at Atlanta airport: “footwear is required”

#Trains #Transit #Atlanta #Georgia

I haven’t been in a single automobile this week.

I might break that spell when I get to Atlanta in a few days, although I do plan to ride a lot of MARTA

#Transit #Trains #Atlanta