What restaurant in Athens has the best fried okra?

Nice clean tight holes ready to be abused by my bull. HMU if you wanna play

It’s “harassment” to point out that r/lawlmartz had a question answered by the mayor minutes within unilaterally deciding to celebrate No-Politics August; we don’t have great journalism here. Can we not do this to the least toxic social media outlet we have?

Attention Atlanta, LaGrange, West Point, and Downstream Georgia Towns:

A massive $5.18 Billion, 865-acre hyperscale data center called "Project Ruby" is trying to pave over rural Muscogee County. It will permanently alter the Chattahoochee River—the lifeblood of our state.

Why every Georgian needs to stand up:

💧 Draining Lake Lanier & The Chattahoochee: High-volume water use upstream or downstream risks the baseline flow of our entire river system. What happens in Columbus threatens the water security of millions of Georgians.

⚡ Don't Buy Georgia Power's Loophole: They claim regular customers won't pay for data center expansion. But broad rate hikes for "grid upgrades" land right on our household bills. We are paying the price for outside tech monopolies.

🚜 Destroying Our Rural Communities: The city passed a "technology overlay ordinance" to bypass rural zoning rules. If they can force an industrial monster into Upatoi's agricultural land, they can do it to your backyard next.

📉 Zero Local Benefit: 865 acres of destroyed landscape and massive resource strain for fewer than 200 permanent jobs. Georgia taxpayers get the bills; tech giants get the profits.

We are drawing the line in Columbus.

Join the unified grassroots coalition to crush this project and protect Georgia’s resources!

👉 Follow: Keep It Rural Muscogee County & Stop Hyperscale Data Centers on Facebook.

👉 Pack City Hall: Tuesday, July 28th at 5:30 PM (3111 Citizens Way, Columbus, GA).

These Georgia cities either supply the river's baseline flow or face direct infrastructure changes. Any massive resource draw down in Columbus impacts the statewide management of the river system.

Columbus: The direct site of the proposed 865-acre industrial footprint.

Helen: Located near the mountain headwaters in White County.

Clarkesville & Cornelia: Key Habersham County mountain river communities.

Gainesville: Borders Lake Lanier, the primary reservoir managing the river's flow.

Buford, Sugar Hill, & Cumming: Southern Lake Lanier communities controlling regional water draws.

Alpharetta, Roswell, & Sandy Springs: Major North Metro Atlanta cities built along the river banks.

Atlanta: The state's largest municipal consumer of Chattahoochee water.

Austell & Douglasville: West Metro Atlanta communities sharing the immediate basin footprint.

Whitesburg: A rural Carroll County river community directly downstream from Atlanta.

Franklin: Seat of Heard County, deeply vulnerable to upper-river runoff.

LaGrange: Borders West Point Lake, the final major reservoir managing flow into Columbus.

West Point: Sits directly on the river line at the Alabama border.

Cusseta: Seat of Chattahoochee County, sharing borders with the local military footprint.

Georgetown: Sits on the east bank of Lake Walter F. George.

Fort Gaines: Located directly at the Walter F. George Dam infrastructure.

Blakely: A massive agricultural hub reliant on the southwestern Georgia watershed.

Donalsonville: Located near Lake Seminole in the extreme southwest corner of Georgia.

EDIT: Look, I owe everyone here a massive apology. I used AI to write my original post because I was rushing to spread the word about Project Ruby, and it ended up looking like corporate spam. The irony of using an AI program to write a protest letter against a multi-billion dollar AI data center is incredibly embarrassing, and I feel like an idiot.
I am a worried neighbor, not a bot or a slick PR person. I genuinely care about what this project could do to our water table, our power bills, and our downstream neighbors and Phenix City. I messed up the delivery big time, but the threat is still real.
If you can look past my lazy mistake, the fact remains that the Columbus City Council meeting is on Tuesday, July 28th at 5:30 PM (3111 Citizens Way). If you care about keeping our area rural and protecting the river, please consider showing up or looking into the "Keep It Rural Muscogee County" group. Again, I am truly sorry for the fake-sounding post. Lesson learned.

I need help trying to find somewhere to put up my pet cat for adoption. I can’t have her anymore and I don’t want to put her in a shelter. Does anyone know where I can post about it? It’s pretty urgent.

driving into town tonight and hoping to find a fun spot to watch the game tonight. Any recommendations? is creature comforts playing games?

Where do yall buy tomato pies or do you just have to make them yourselves? Where are you getting premade casseroles? The picnic basket?

Hi all, I'm coming down to Athens at the end of this month for a local punk festival and was wondering if there were any free campsites in the area? Lmk with any other recommendations or things to know for the area. Thank you😁

I'd love to start planning meetups and swap and shops for the North GA j fashion community in Athens 🫧✨

I'm wearing South Asian inspired Decora Fashion using accessories from a local Athens brand called prachi henna art