🔧 Ramblin’ Reck’s special home

Moving into Monday

July 8 — Atlanta United transferred midfielder Thiago Almada to Brazilian club Botafogo for a record MLS fee. Almada, who joined the Five Stripes in 2022, also won the FIFA World Cup with Argentina. Atlanta United fell to Real Salt Lake 5-2 on Saturday night.

🌦️ A cloudy morning will give way to scattered afternoon showers and thunderstorms with a high of 92°.

🚨The suspect arrested for a fatal stabbing of a homeless man on the Atlanta BeltLine Northeast Trail on Friday evening was an escaped inmate .

💵 A $50,000 reward remains for information on who murdered two boys at an Oakland City apartment complex last week.

🏡 The Atlanta City Council passed a resolution authorizing $250,000 for the Community Safety Housing Program, an affordable housing initiative for first responders .

🗣️ Sandy Springs Mayor Rusty Paul will recount his experiences and assess the 10-day working trip he made to Israel tonight at 7 p.m. at City Springs.

🦟 The CDC is warning of mosquito-borne illnesses – like malaria and dengue fever – being contracted by Georgians on trips abroad.

🎗️ Abit Massey, the longtime head of the Georgia Poultry Federation who died in June at age 96, will be remembered in a “Celebration of Life & Friendships” service today at 11 a.m. at Gainesville High School.

ELSEWHERE

📺 Paramount’s board approved a merger with Skydance, as the Hollywood mogul baton is passed from the Redstone family to David Ellison, son of the billionaire founder of Oracle.

🌀 Hurricane Beryl hit Matagorda Beach, TX this morning as a Category 1 storm with 80 mph winds. It’s the earliest in-season hurricane to hit the state since 1986.

🥵 Record heat continues to grip much of the U.S. In Arizona, where Phoenix set a record for the highest low temperature (92°), 160 deaths have been linked to excessive heat this year.

🕖 Here’s what’s in today’s newsletter:

• Ramblin’ Reck garage
• Domestic violence awareness
• Global Headlines
AND
• Look & Listen

Have a great week,
Collin & Sammie

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1. The Ramblin’ Reck’s net-zero garage

🏈 Did you know that Georgia Tech’s iconic Ramblin’ Reck, a 1930 Ford Model A, has its own high-tech garage on campus?

Designed by Atlanta-based Square Feet Studio, the 1,000-square-foot pavilion is both a maintenance facility and a display for the vintage vehicle.

The award-winning facility was designed as a net-zero building that produces more energy than it utilizes. A six-foot roof provides natural lighting, shading from direct sunlight, and a discrete location for solar panels.

➡️ Read more in Melody Harclerode’s latest Perspectives in Architecture column.

DON’T @ US

🕵️‍♂️ At first, we were also stumped by “Reck” vs. “Wreck,” but according to the university’s website: “Students at Georgia Tech call themselves Ramblin’ Wrecks with a ‘W’. Since its purchase by Dean Dull in 1960, the car has historically been spelled with an ‘R’.”

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2. Atlanta launches domestic violence awareness campaign

🗣️ Atlanta is launching a new public awareness campaign aimed at reducing the number of domestic violence cases throughout the city, which officials say have been on the rise this year.

The initiative — which includes support from Atlanta icons Dallas Austin, Big Gipp, Miss Lawrence, Monyetta Shaw Carter, and Rasheeda — calls upon residents to speak up if they witness violence, and encourage s open dialogue on the issue.

The city’s slogan for the campaign is “Do One Thing, ATL.”

➡️ Learn more about the campaign here.

3. France rejects far-right rise; 9 months since Oct. 7 attacks

🇫🇷 French voters turned out in droves and voted to block the presumed ascension of the far-right National Rally party from winning a majority of seats in Parliament.

🇮🇷 Iran elected reformist Masoud Pezeshkian over the ultra-conservative Saeed Jalili. Pezeshkian gained popularity in Iran for speaking out about the killing of Mahsa Amini in 2022.

🇬🇧 UK voters overwhelmingly elected the Labour Party last week, ending 14 years of Conservative rule, and installing Keir Starmer as prime minister.

🇺🇦 Russian strikes across Ukraine today killed 24 people, including 10 in Kyiv, where a children’s hospital was severely damaged.

🇨🇦 For the first time, Canada has appointed a woman as the nation’s top soldier.

🇺🇸 NATO’s 75th-anniversary summit in Washington, D.C. this week will celebrate the alliance’s history, affirm its support for Ukraine, and test President Biden’s leadership amid questions about his campaign.

🇮🇱 Sunday marked nine months since the October 7 terrorist attacks by Hamas when over 1,200 Israelis were killed and 250 were taken hostage in Gaza. About 120 hostages, including eight Americans, remain captive in Gaza.

⚽️ The semis are set in both the Euros and the Copa América . In the Euros, France and Spain play on Tuesday and The Netherlands will take on England on Wednesday. Stateside, Canada has reached the semifinals in its first-ever Copa and will play Lionel Messi and Argentina on Tuesday. Uruguay and Colombia play for a chance in the final on Wednesday.

🇬🇧 At Wimbledon, the top two seeds in the women’s draw , including Atlanta native Coco Gauff, lost. On the men’s side, Atlanta’s Ben Shelton lost yesterday to top-ranked Jannik Sinner.

🗓️ Register today to attend a fireside chat and breakfast with Karen Pierce DCMG, British Ambassador to the United States on Thur., Sept. 5. Get a better understanding of the past, present, and future of the special relationship between the U.S. and the U.K. Learn more.

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4. Beach reads, er, listens

🎧 Everyone’s looking for new books to dive into, but “ Th e Summer Reading Podcast” takes a different angle — a professor and a librarian read and review books you were forced to read during high school.

🎙️ If you are on the hunt for a vacation page-turner, BBC Radio 4 interviews critically acclaimed authors every week on Bookclub .

🎧 What better topic for the beach than a podcast about the ocean? “ The Outlaw Ocean Podcast “ is the audio summary of work done by journalists across more than three dozen countries about the lawlessness of the ocean and those who profit from it.

🎙️ Some of you will travel to Myrtle Beach this summer. On your way there, you should listen to “ Life’s a Beach…and Then You Die ,” which interviews people connected to Myrtle Beach and the ups and downs of their lives.

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📧 Today’s newsletter was edited by Julie E. Bloemeke.

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