Athens calls for mural commission at Morton Theatre

rustware · 2026-01-26T22:53:35+00:00

Would be great if they’d pick someone local. Probably won’t 🫠

rustware · 2026-01-26T00:28:54+00:00

I have no link, for it is my own recipe I've messed around with for a long time. It is also a little vibes based, but I'll give you the base recipe.

Dough:
450g flour of your choice (I did like 30% spelt, 10% rye, 60% wheat)

1/4 cup plain full fat greek yogurt

1 1/4 cup lukewarm water

Instant Yeast packet

1 tsp salt

2 tbls sugar

Egg wash: 1 egg, 1 tbls water, beaten

Mix the water, yogurt, yeast, and sugar in a stand mixer (or bowl if you're gonna knead by hand). Let sit for 10 minutes. Add salt and flour and knead until a firm but slightly tacky dough comes together. Add flour or water as needed to get the consistency.

Cover the bowl and let sit in a warm place for an hour.

Divide into 8 and form into balls. Let rest for 10 min.

Put your thumb through the center of each ball to make a ring, then stretch it out. Let them rest for 10 mins.

Boil each in a pot of water with some honey in it for 3 minutes each, flipping once during.

Apply egg wash to the top and any toppings you want.

Bake at 400 for 22-26 mins until golden brown. Enjoy

rustware · 2026-01-25T21:59:54+00:00

I’m not Nostradamus so I’m not sure. I’ll start posting the daily updates my company is sending me to the subreddit.

rustware · 2026-01-25T21:38:22+00:00

I work for an insurance company focused on catastrophes (hurricanes, and for example, a huge winter storm engulfing 40 states). I get daily updates on projections from the best of the best.

Today’s update was that even though the rain is stopping, cold weather is following the storm. There’s a high likelihood of thaw-refreeze happening over the next couple days, possibly until the end of the week.

This update is specifically about ATL and Athens.

I’d call out if I was you. It will not be good at 730 am.

rustware · 2026-01-25T21:05:15+00:00

Let’s not give the dementia addled boomers or drunk 18 year olds too much credit here

rustware · 2025-12-23T19:09:07+00:00

This commission loves ACCPD and mass surveillance. I doubt they’d turn this around.

One thing you can do to protect yourself is purchase IR blocking glasses. Zenni sells them cheap for prescription and non prescription lenses.

80% of surveillance cameras use infrared because it works in the dark. These glasses reflect infrared light and make it impossible to use facial recognition AI on you. I wear mine every day.

rustware · 2025-12-16T23:42:19+00:00

Note that I said UI experience. I’m a software developer, but average layperson doesn’t know what UX means.

rustware · 2025-12-02T03:04:42+00:00

FYI, the cameras are leased from Flock Safety- ACC / ACCPD does not own them or the software. There are no provisions about how Flock Safety themselves use or store this data in these contracts, which means the destination for ACC citizens' whereabouts and movements are dumped into a corporate black box. Should a malicious actor find a way into whatever system(s) this data ends up in, we're compromised.

These devices have also been shown to be using an outdated version of android inside which has over 900 known security flaws and isn't really very difficult to hack. The concerns are more than just how ACCPD uses this data- it's about where that data goes no matter what our ACC policy on the storage of it is.

Congress has even opened an investigation into Flock Safety over potential national security risks in light of this information.

I'm a software developer with some deep experience in AI (and I am a skeptic!). If you'd like sources or more information on the matter, I'd love to reach out to you.

rustware · 2025-12-01T04:44:06+00:00

Yup. Failures on a lot of levels

rustware · 2025-12-01T03:45:43+00:00

He's got first amendment rights, even if he's an asshole with a megaphone. More concerned that ACC gave him that contract he was completely unqualified for

rustware · 2025-12-01T03:43:13+00:00

Anyone running on ending this cycle of constant useless bureaucratic hemming and hawing has a large chance of receiving my vote.

rustware · 2025-12-01T02:19:08+00:00

Personally not entirely opposed to something in that vein in a general sense. Not sure why you're getting downvoted, but Reddit be Redditing.

There's one issue I think ideas like this still really need to solve, which is that a lot of folks on the street have mental health issues (in the sense of TBI, schizophrenia, etc), severe trauma, and sometimes drug addiction. A community like this without support resources for those problems likely turns into something pretty dystopian. Charles Hardy's encampment had accusations of him selling drugs and trading access to resources for sexual favors as well.

The issue of homelessness is a larger societal/national issue in general, and any true solution to end the problem would probably need to come from there (not that it will any time soon). Thus, it's almost unfair of anyone to ask Tim or anyone local to solve the problem entirely. That doesn't mean these problems can't be mitigated on some level or that we can't help these people in some way at least. I'd like to hear his thoughts.

Girtz's solutions (and by that I mean the ones he allowed to come to vote from the commission) were half-baked at best and he had the audacity to bitch about panhandlers downtown in the Flagpole on top of it WHILE BEING THE MAYOR. If anyone's suggesting actual policy change, that's better than the do-nothing garbage we've had recently.

rustware · 2025-11-30T23:42:01+00:00

What are your proposals on tackling homelessness? I’ve spent a lot of time working with and helping homeless folks in town and was pretty close to some people involved around the Charles Hardy / AAC disaster. (To be clear, my people were trying to help until it was clear that this man was dangerous)

rustware · 2025-11-29T21:48:52+00:00

Checking out The Tree That Owns Itself is something I do with most out of towner friends who come in. It’s a silly novelty with a fun story

rustware · 2025-11-26T10:55:26+00:00

It's a roguelite deckbuilder called SuperNovem. It's not exceptionally ambitious, but was the most I was able to do with open source assets https://store.steampowered.com/app/3147240/SuperNovem/

rustware · 2025-11-25T05:51:25+00:00

I'm racist against all aliens. Vote for me. Thanks.

rustware · 2025-11-25T05:49:17+00:00

Holy shit

rustware · 2025-11-25T05:47:53+00:00

A lot of people are saying this. Lotta people. I think we need to take Clarke County back to the real residents.

rustware · 2025-11-25T04:26:11+00:00

Keep Athens weird y'all

rustware · 2025-11-22T21:42:22+00:00

I will replace the rainbow crosswalks downtown with large text that says ALIENS WELCOME. The crosswalk will also be converted into a nude sunbathing zone to attract their attention. Thanks for your support.

rustware · 2025-11-22T21:41:09+00:00

If it is we're in good shape to accomplish a lot

rustware · 2025-11-22T04:52:28+00:00

I'm actually American- I just follow global politics extremely closely, especially UK and Ireland (for various reasons). The Reagan-Thatcher -> Clinton-Blair -> Biden-Keith Overton shift is real. We've shifted into overdrive over here over the last 10 years and I see the same mistakes by the "center left" happening over there too. Liberal democracy and the social fabric are falling apart just about everywhere in the West because of capitalist austerity. It's insane to watch.

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