🌱 How a Jefferson mother’s fears exposed a powerful surveillance network

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• How a Jefferson mother’s fears exposed a powerful surveillance network

Today's riddle: What has a neck but no head? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Saturday: Humid; a stray p.m. t-storm, with a high of 84 and low of 68 degrees.
• Sunday: A t-storm around in the p.m., temps: high: 85, low: 68.
• Monday: A t-storm around in the p.m., with a high of 90 and low of 72 degrees. 🌶 Hot!

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📰 News we're reading

• The Tracker Wasn't on Her Car: The AI Surveillance Network Watching America (washingtonstand.com) — A Jefferson mother’s experience with alleged misuse of license plate readers by a nearby police chief raises serious questions about how AI-powered surveillance can track ordinary people. Using her case, the piece explores how vast camera networks, data fusion, and emerging AI tools could erode privacy and civil liberties nationwide without stronger legal limits.
   

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📸 Around Jefferson

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Jefferson

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Monday August 31

• JCHS JV Softball
  Jackson County High School Buford
  4:30 pm
• JCHS Varsity Softball
  Jackson County High School Buford High School
  6:30 pm

Tuesday September 1

• FCA (4th & 5th)
  Gum Springs Elementary School Jefferson, GA 30549
  6:40 am
• Jefferson Farmers Market →
  Jefferson, GA Calendar, 65 Gordon Street, Jefferson
  3:30 pm
• JCHS JV Softball
  Jackson County High School Mountain View
  4:30 pm
• JCHS Varsity Volleyball
  Jackson County High School
  5:00 pm
• Jefferson Community Theatre Committee Meeting →
  Jefferson, GA Calendar, 189 Mahaffey Street, Jefferson
  6:00 pm
• JCHS Varsity Softball
  Jackson County High School Mountain View High School
  6:30 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Saturday August 29

• Cross Country
  East Jackson Comprehensive High School EJHS
  7:15 am
• JCHS C Team Volleyball
  Jackson County High School Providence Christian Academy
  8:00 am
• A1A - Jimmy Buffett Tribute →
  The Hall at Bourbon Brothers, 312 Jesse Jewell Pkwy, Gainesville
  7:30 pm

Monday August 31

• JCHS JV Softball
  Jackson County High School Buford
  4:30 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• I was the recipient of a kindness this morning.
  I stopped at the Jefferson Dunkin Donuts for breakfast and a coffee. The generous person in line before me paid for me. I tried to pay it forward,… (Nextdoor Memorial)

• Wendy's posted a job opening for Restaurant Manager in Jefferson. Apply here.
• Amazon posted a job opening for Dock Clerk, OGA9 in Jefferson. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Jefferson here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Commerce

• Nunley's bat leads Commerce past Rabun in early region showdown [VIDEO] (nowgeorgia.com)

Hoschton

• Two arrested on drug charges during Georgia 400 traffic stop (appenmedia.com)

Winder

• Margaret Fletcher (bainbridgega.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: A bottle (Thank you Netty W. for sending it in!)
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