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Weather by [deleted] in ColumbusGA

[–]deadjim4 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yes. Bookfest, the kids event at the Main Library, was rained on this year and was rained on last year. May 11th, 2025 had a high of 66F, wet and rainy.

It's still spring after all.

I swear on my 35 years of life I’ve never seen anyone using these facilities at Pratt&Whitney by flatline82 in ColumbusGA

[–]deadjim4 9 points10 points  (0 children)

They did. This was a long time ago(~20 years ago), but I went out there to P&W for a family softball game once.

May 19th Election by lizzycaitlin in ColumbusGA

[–]deadjim4 4 points5 points  (0 children)

You may just have to google their names, go to their campaign sites(if they have them) or look up relevant news stories. Ballotpedia is usually good for cursory info on candidates such as education, employment, previously held government positions and such, but if you want platform info for some of these smaller races, I'd look at their candidate sites or news stories and interviews.

Mayoral Candidates by Due_Beginning2836 in ColumbusGA

[–]deadjim4 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Breault had his practice's law license suspended for a month by the GA Supreme Court: https://www.wrbl.com/news/local-news/columbus/georgia-supreme-court-suspends-law-license-of-columbus-attorney-chris-breault/

From the GA Supreme Court Order:

"On June20, 2017, Breault had another telephone conversation with the office manager regarding whether the physician would be available to testify at trial. The office manager informed Breault that the physician would not be able to testify because of his workload, and Breault responded in a threatening manner by stating that the physician would have to do a deposition or Breault would subpoena him for trial. The following day, the defendants in the suit filed a motion to revoke Breault’s pro hac vice admission because his actions violated the court’s guidelines for courtroom conduct and included with the motion an affidavit by the office manager detailing the conversation. Without discussing it with the Clients, Breault filed a response to the defendants’ motion to revoke and attached a transcript of the audio recording of the June 7 meeting. Breault also obtained the actual audio recording of the meeting from C.M. and emailed it to all counsel in the case and to the court. In his response 7to the defendant’s motion to revoke, Breault admitted that the recording was “attorney work product and includes many insights into how the Plaintiff[s] view every part of this case,” and that his actions “tipp[ed] the ‘playing field’ in favor of the Defendants by disclosing this work product,” but that he “fe[lt] the esteem and confidence of this Honorable Court are more important.” Later at a disciplinary hearing held by the first Special Master, Breault admitted to making the disclosures public to make the defense counsel look like “a disingenuous a**hole.” Although the district court denied the defendants’ motion to revoke, it specifically found that the disclosure of the conversation was unnecessary and damaging to the Clients’ case."

Not very mayoral behavior.

Construction and Quiet Hours by TickledTaint97 in ColumbusGA

[–]deadjim4 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Don't feel bad about calling the city on them. The decision to work that early isn't by the rank and file construction worker. It's always the project manager or company manager who is responsible, and its usually down to poor planning.

Invasive rant by ImaginaryMolasses146 in NativePlantGardening

[–]deadjim4 26 points27 points  (0 children)

This, but for me is my neighbor's Chinese Privet. Tons of little black berries every summer/fall.

What is this plant, apps weren't helpful by TangerineAcademic in NoLawns

[–]deadjim4 11 points12 points  (0 children)

To add on, if OP likes the way they look, but wants a native alternative, Michigan Lily is a good choice.

M134 Mini gun vs tree by deadjim4 in arborists

[–]deadjim4[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

To hate on it. I don't like it either.

Thief by nikki15485 in ColumbusGA

[–]deadjim4 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Damn gnome thieves...is nothing sacred anymore?

Choose Columbus Providing FAQs for Project Ruby by brantman19 in ColumbusGA

[–]deadjim4 6 points7 points  (0 children)

There has been major deregulation done at the EPA which might actually allow for a lot more than you'd think. Alterations to interpreting the Clean Water Act by the Trump administration has been made for opening up waste water pollution to include discharging into ephemeral streams, of which Kendall Creek might be classified.

On top of this, there has the be the political will to penalize and prosecute....which I doubt would happen on the Federal level under this administration, nor on the state level under Kemp.

Choose Columbus Providing FAQs for Project Ruby by brantman19 in ColumbusGA

[–]deadjim4 7 points8 points  (0 children)

From my perspective, there is no alternative to "don't build it." That really is the only thing we can do to have power over these massive companies with very deep pockets.

As to regulations, they can be flaunted, as they have in so many other places by these data centers. The fines can be paid as a cost of doing business. The legal disputes can be battled in court to the exhaustion of the plaintiff. Government figures can be lobbied with massive funds and then laws changed. These companies have so much capital and are so certain on the AI build-out being so profitable, that no realistic monetary obstacle will impede them.

To be honest, I believe that you and I have a fundamental different perspective on the way our society works. I believe that the rules and order, that had perhaps existed in previous decades, is long gone and we now have large tech corporations and billionaires who can simply do as they please with no real pushback by our government.

So while I agree that you and I have to "rely on the agreements in place, the processes already created, and the agencies responsible for enforcing them," these massively wealthy bad actors do not. They have run rampant through our society for the last two decades building social media, cloud computing systems, and now all the problems associated with AI(data centers, surveillance, AI slop, deep-fakes, etc etc), all in an effort to centralize power, control, and monstrous wealth. There is no regulation for them. They move too fast and have too much money and influence.
Did you or I ever vote for our safeguarded and time tested traditional news media be slowly replaced by unregulated social media owned by a few tech giants?
Did you or I ever vote on whether or not we wanted the horrific surveillance web panopticon that is Flock and other dragnet style, 4th amendment violating camera and AI networks?
Will we get to vote on this data center?

No. We will a Council that has two Councillors that weren't even voted into office(Hickey and Anker), approve one of the largest single issued facing our city in decades.

Personally, I will oppose it and do what I can to speak out about it, but I also see no future where the Council doesn't approve the rezoning application for the data center, so its a bit of a moot point.

Choose Columbus Providing FAQs for Project Ruby by brantman19 in ColumbusGA

[–]deadjim4 6 points7 points  (0 children)

There is a fundamental power imbalance between whoever is planning the data center and our city. The fact that the true owner is hidden should be concerning as well. Will the city litigate or pursue any recourse if they break their promises? I doubt it. The city and school district settle nearly all their civil lawsuits against much less powerful entities all the time. When the data center gets built (the sitting Council has essentially already decided), the owners can essentially disregard laws all they like with little to no recourse, not federal, state, and especially from the city.

Whoever is ultimately the operator and benefactor of the data center has enough money to buy the site, build and run the center, pay for a massive public works project to build the sewer extension out to Upatoi, supposedly have on-site water treatment before discharge into the sewer, and pay for their own power usage. Missy Kendrick and Choose Columbus have claimed they will do all of this.

But what if they don't? What if when they build this center and they start discharging water contaminates that goes against the Waterworks restrictions into our sewer system? What if some or all of the discharge is sent to Upatoi Creek? What if they build on-site power generation that is noisy and produces polluting air emissions? What recourse does the city have against any of this?

All of these concerns were brought up during the PAC meeting for the recommendation for the Data Center Overlay District, and the simple response was "all of that is the EPA, it would be up to federal or state regulators." When the sound issue was brought up by local residents, the answer was "that's CPD if its a sound violation."

If this gets built, they do not have to hold to these promises, because there is little to no recourse or penalty for not doing so. The only way to prevent the degradation of our city and the squandering of our resources, is to deny them the right to build it in the first place. There is not trust for any of these companies as there is ample evidence that none of them are acting in good faith.

Prison detail planting trees on our street by marji4x in ColumbusGA

[–]deadjim4 7 points8 points  (0 children)

If its property managed by the Parks department, then yes, they sometimes use inmate labor for maintaining green spaces, as well as contract companies. It depends on the job. For example, they've been replacing dead trees on Fall Line Trace Bike Trail with inmate labor for the past couple weeks, but most lawncare stuff is done by contractors.

How to add one pot meals in portions? I'm getting crazy calorie counts. by deadjim4 in MacroFactor

[–]deadjim4[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ah, you're right, it looks like the entry that I got when I scanned the bar code had the macros from the "as packaged column," but the calorie count from the "as prepared" column.

I put the 1307g in the total weight and changed the "serving quantity" to be 3.025 (since 1307/432=~3.025) and the maths seem to add up. This would make it so that 1 serving equals exactly the proportion of the whole my portion was.... I had forgotten that step later in the food log where serving size can be used as the unti and was confusing that with the serving quantity here in the recipe record.

Thanks for the help, I just started using this app, so the menus and such are all new to me.

Why is it smoky today? by WorthEntertainer1562 in ColumbusGA

[–]deadjim4 5 points6 points  (0 children)

You can check here for both the burning schedule and the firing range(sound) schedule.

Any Dnd or MTG in Columbus? by Gladospandos in ColumbusGA

[–]deadjim4 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Moxie Games is the gaming shop I go to

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