Atticus Finch (of Georgia)

Atticus Finch (of Georgia)

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Husband, father, lawyer, business owner, OG NeverTrumper. Native Georgian. UF undergrad (Go Gators); W&L Law. Ga Motto: Wisdom, Justice, Moderation. Micah 6:8. Sic semper tyrannis.

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Atticus Finch (of Georgia)
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Well it is Winnersville Week, the greatest week of the year here in Valdosta. 🏈 We forget about the world’s troubles for a few days and enjoy one of the great football traditions to be found. The Winnersville Classic between Valdosta High and Lowndes High. Imagine a football mad community divided

Atticus Finch (of Georgia)
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right down the middle. A century of tradition. You’re either a Wildcat or a Viking. It’s all the town talks about for a week. What few general public tix are available went on sale this morning with folks lining up at 5 am. Friday night, 13,000 fans in a sold out stadium. Every year. And this year

Atticus Finch (of Georgia)
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OMG what a scandal. 🙄

Chris Sommerfeldt@c-sommerfeldt.bsky.social

New: Mayor Zohran Mamdani and a group of his friends have been secretly using the NYPD Police Academy’s gymnasium in Queens to play pickup basketball — scrambling some operations at the facility. w/ @grahamrayman.bsky.social & Joe Anuta www.politico.com/news/2026/10...

politico.comMamdani is using NYPD gym to host pickup basketball games with friendsThe choice of location has scrambled NYPD training operations, angering a police union and a Republican lawmaker.
Atticus Finch (of Georgia)
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Let us hope this isn’t a glimpse of our near future.

The Associated Press@apnews.com

Flávio Bolsonaro calls for Brazil's election results to be "annulled" after a loss to Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.

bit.lyBolsonaro calls for Brazil election results to be ‘annulled’ after loss to LulaFlavio Bolsonaro refused to concede defeat to incumbent President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, who bested him by nearly 4.4 million votes Sunday, following a chaotic delay in poll closing times ordered by a Supreme Court justice.

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Without question, the defense attorney in the Jan6 election subversion case is aware and prepared to defend his clients' intent to overturn a lawful election. Blanche's loyalty lies with Trump not the US Constitution, rule of law or the people. An untenable conflict of interest.

Atticus Finch (of Georgia)
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Tragic that this is our attorney general. The question is not crazy in light of 1/6. This president already tried to overturn a lawful election. That is a stone cold fact of history.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

BASH: The worry is that we end up in a situation where President Trump tries to overturn the election and the result of that could be like what we saw after January 6-- BLANCHE: Stop it! You gotta stop it with that! That's crazy BASH: This is a president who has a history

Atticus Finch (of Georgia)
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I don’t if this happens in other places but down here if there’s a convivial gathering with a band there’s gonna come a point late in the evening where the crowd is going to demand Freebird. Folks will be yelling it out. 😂😂

Atticus Finch (of Georgia)
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Just when I think the left wing Puritans can’t get any less appealing, this whole Atlanta Falcons logo thing comes up. I’m sorry but some of these folks are functionally no different than the conservative fundamentalists who raised me.

Atticus Finch (of Georgia)
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A heartfelt little piece from George Packer. “In all likelihood this small populist uprising will not achieve its goal; a hyper scale data center will come to Clinton Iowa…But a democratic pulse was still beating along the Mississippi River. That was something.”

Atticus Finch (of Georgia)
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Interesting article, pretty accessible to those of us who aren’t computer scientists. (Requires creating a free account to read)

Anil Seth@anilseth.bsky.social

1/2 Three reasons why AI is not conscious - and perhaps never will be. New in @nature.com with Ned Block @neddo.bsky.social and Giulio Tononi www.nature.com/articles/d41...

nature.comThree reasons why AI is not conscious and perhaps never will beLarge language models can mimic thought and feeling with uncanny skill. But evidence from neuroscience suggests that intelligence alone is not enough for subjective experience.
Atticus Finch (of Georgia)
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My friend VV is a sage. Every bit of this is correct and his last sentence is particularly striking. I've been saying for years that in how we live our lives there is not a dime's bit of difference between white Republicans and black Democrats in our area.

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This part: "What’s funny is that, as a group, white folks are not that much more conservative than black folks as a group. We don’t vote for Democrats because we’re liberal." Around here black and white generally are very family oriented, religious, like the outdoors (fishing, hunting) etc.

Atticus Finch (of Georgia)
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The dilemma facing rural hospitals is that they do not have enough labors and deliveries to justify the cost of a full blown unit. Just one more reason why many of our rural areas are losing residents.

19thnews@19thnews.org

Most of Georgia’s counties are without a labor and delivery unit. To fill those gaps, the state is looking to equip emergency rooms to handle obstetric emergencies. Advocates and doctors worry, however, that the ER is being used as a stopgap.

bit.lyNew arrivals in the ER? Georgia gears up to solve rural maternal health crisisMost of Georgia’s counties are without a labor and delivery unit. To fill those gaps, the state is looking to equip emergency rooms to handle obstetric emergencies. Advocates and doctors worry, howeve...
Atticus Finch (of Georgia)
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This piece is well worth reading to end, for the quite evocative comparison of Trump’s last days to the final scene of Sunset Boulevard (if you haven’t seen it, I highly reccomend)

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

"This is the story again and again as Trump tours the redder parts of the country: The venues are smaller, the crowds are less excited, and the man at the podium is weirder" — @paulwaldman.bsky.social

publicnotice.coThe end of the Trump rallyThe defining political event of this era is going out with a whimper.
Atticus Finch (of Georgia)
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What Nathan said 👇👇👇

Nathan Casebolt@nwcasebolt.bsky.social

Here's the thing about tipping blue, even if it's one perfect storm election. This would mean that a cohort of Repubs dislike Paxton enough to vote D for the first time. As someone who voted straight R until '16, I can tell you that breaking the taboo is a watershed for the rest of your voting life.

Atticus Finch (of Georgia)
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Pls indulge me a sec to brag on my kid & her classmates, on field trip to D.C. Portion of email update: "To finish the morning we visited the Korean War Memorial. There was an honor flight of Korean veterans visiting. On our own every one of us stopped and shook every one of their hands and

Atticus Finch (of Georgia)
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RIP to a great one. Only 71. John Anderson had some straight up stone cold classics. Swingin’, Black Sheep, Straight Tequila Night, She Just Started Liking Cheatin’ Songs, Wild and Blue, Seminole Wind, and on and on.

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Checking Real Clear Politics average of polls this morning on Georgia races. Fascinating, average for Senate is +8.5 Ossoff; for our governor race +1.5 for the Republican candidate. If that holds up it is a replication of 2020, except that Ossoff's margin has widened substantially.

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Atticus Finch (of Georgia)
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Checking Real Clear Politics average of polls this morning on Georgia races. Fascinating, average for Senate is +8.5 Ossoff; for our governor race +1.5 for the Republican candidate. If that holds up it is a replication of 2020, except that Ossoff's margin has widened substantially.

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Atticus Finch (of Georgia)
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Why are Georgians splitting their votes in this manner? One could argue it is race (the last two D governor candidates have been black women) but then you have to take into account that Warnock (black male) also won his Senate election. There seems to be some difference in how voters are viewing

Atticus Finch (of Georgia)
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Checking Real Clear Politics average of polls this morning on Georgia races. Fascinating, average for Senate is +8.5 Ossoff; for our governor race +1.5 for the Republican candidate. If that holds up it is a replication of 2020, except that Ossoff's margin has widened substantially.

Atticus Finch (of Georgia)
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I am so freaking confused.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Trump: "I'm studying his body. I've never studied the body of a man before. It's not my thing. Nothing wrong with it, of course. But it's never been my thing. But I looked at his ass. I said, 'His ass, shit, it's like a pile of muscle.' Then I looked at his legs and I said, 'Man, his feet are big.'"

Atticus Finch (of Georgia)
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I’m not even a Texan and this makes me want to raise the Lone Star. And, man, the downers attacking him saying “Texas was built on genocide” and such need to grow up. Every culture that has ever existed has its good and bad. Guess what? If you despise your own country good luck winning elections!

Team Talarico@teamtalaricohq.bsky.social

Texas was built by hope. By people who had no business believing — but believed anyway. To every Texan who’s ever wondered if anyone in power is paying attention: We are taking our state back. Because a little bit of hope is a dangerous thing.