Asking for a friend: recommendations for a newcomer visiting Atlanta, especially in the fields of eating and reading? (Soul Veg, Acapella Books and Charis have already been covered)

In which the New York Daily News runs a lifestyle story about a perfectly ordinary human practice that has been unremarkably common for 99% of human history, and everybody freaks the hell out, because it involves women breastfeeding.

In which the New York Daily News runs a lifestyle story about a perfectly ordinary human practice that has been unremarkably common for 99% of human history, and everybody freaks the hell out, because it involves women breastfeeding.

hey Las Vegas

So I see that Paul Sanford, normally something of a tool, has posted this GoFundMe account to “Fund the Alabama State Government,” with the goal set at the $300,000,000 state budget deficit. The point being to make some kind of point about not raising taxes. http://ift.tt/1Tlbsiy I completely approve of this. Of course I approve of not raising taxes; but more to the point I approve of this because it gives me the option *not* to fund the Alabama State Government, which is exactly what I intend to do, to the extent possible. My one fear, judging from this story, is that the damn thing might hit its goal on contributions from “friendly Canadians just trying to help.” FTR, friendly Canadians, I love y’all, but if you want to help people in Alabama, the absolute last thing you should do with your money is give one cent of it to fund the Alabama State Government. Send it to East Alabama Domestic Violence Intervention Center, send it to Planned Parenthood Southeast, send it to the Auburn University scholarship fund, send it to a random Alabamian picked out of the phonebook, please send it literally *anywhere at all* other than the state government’s budget. The state government is full of tools like Paul Sanford and Mike Hubbard, and you’d be better off rolling up your money and smoking it. Thanks, a friendly Alabamian just trying to help

So I see that Paul Sanford, normally something of a tool, has posted this GoFundMe account to “Fund the Alabama State Government,” with the goal set at the $300,000,000 state budget deficit. The point being to make some kind of point about not raising taxes. http://ift.tt/1Tlbsiy I completely approve of this. Of course I approve of not raising taxes; but more to the point I approve of this because it gives me the option *not* to fund the Alabama State Government, which is exactly what I intend to do, to the extent possible. My one fear, judging from this story, is that the damn thing might hit its goal on contributions from “friendly Canadians just trying to help.” FTR, friendly Canadians, I love y’all, but if you want to help people in Alabama, the absolute last thing you should do with your money is give one cent of it to fund the Alabama State Government. Send it to East Alabama Domestic Violence Intervention Center, send it to Planned Parenthood Southeast, send it to the Auburn University scholarship fund, send it to a random Alabamian picked out of the phonebook, please send it literally *anywhere at all* other than the state government’s budget. The state government is full of tools like Paul Sanford and Mike Hubbard, and you’d be better off rolling up your money and smoking it. Thanks, a friendly Alabamian just trying to help

The Obama administration hopes to double down on one of its most shameful legacies. #AbolishICE #ReleaseAllDetainees #YesAllDetainees #NotOneMore

The Obama administration hopes to double down on one of its most shameful legacies. #AbolishICE #ReleaseAllDetainees #YesAllDetainees #NotOneMore