News and RSS Bots

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About

“Bots” are accounts on theATL.social that automatically post news stories or timely information, based on updates to web pages or RSS feeds.

Bots auto-post new articles to the /c/AtlantaNews Lemmy community on yall.theatl.social

Note: Bots that previously posted to the Mastodon instance at theATL.social hae been moved to the Lemmy community

Suggestions and feedback? Send a DM or mention @michael@theatl.social

Update Frequency

Bots are typically update every 30 minutes to 1 hour, daily.

How to Follow a Bot Account

While bot accounts are posted to Lemmy, any Fediverse client may follow the account. This includes theATL.social. For each bot account noted below, links are provided to follow the account on theATL.social (Mastodon) or yall.theATL.social (Lemmy).

Search for the account on theATL.social and follow the account. @michael@theatl.social will also occasionally publish posts that list bots and content.

Bot Listing

All bot accounts are posted to the /c/AtlantaNews community on Lemmy. If you have a Lemmy account, you may click that link to view the community.

To follow all news bot accounts via theATL.social, go to: [https://theATL.social/@AtlantaNews@yall.theatl.social]. (Note: this account has a heavy posting volume of 5-10x per day!)

Disclaimer

These bot accounts are provided as a public service from public news feeds. Any formal or informal relationship to the news feed publisher should not be implied.

theATL.social is not responsible for any errors or omissions in articles, and/or any delays publishing information from their original sources.

Atlanta Journal-Constitution (AJC) RSS Feeds

AJC News Bot:

• Mastodon Link: https://theATL.social/@theAJCNewsBot@yall.theATL.social
• Lemmy Link: https://yall.theATL.social/u/theAJCNewsBot

AJC Crime News Bot:

• Mastodon Link: https://theATL.social/@AJCCrimeBot@yall.theATL.social
• Lemmy Link: https://yall.theATL.social/u/AJCCrimeBot

AJC Political News Bot:

• Mastodon Link: https://theATL.social/@AJCPoliticsBot@yall.theATL.social
• Lemmy Link: https://yall.theATL.social/u/AJCPoliticsBot

Other News

The Atlanta Tribune:

• Mastodon Link: https://theATL.social/@ATLTribuneNewsBot@yall.theATL.social
• Lemmy Link: https://yall.theATL.social/u/ATLTribuneNewsBot

WABE Local News:

• Mastodon Link: https://theATL.social/@WABELocalNewsBot@yall.theATL.social
• Lemmy Link: https://yall.theATL.social/u/WABELocalNewsBot

WABE Political News:

• Mastodon Link: https://theATL.social/@WABEPoliticsNewsBot@yall.theATL.social
• Lemmy Link: https://yall.theATL.social/u/WABEPoliticsNewsBot

New York Times (Georgia Headlines):

• Mastodon Link: https://theATL.social/@NYTGANewsBot@yall.theATL.social
• Lemmy Link: https://yall.theATL.social/u/NYTGANewsBot

Urbanize Atlanta:

• Mastodon Link: https://theATL.social/@UrbanizeATLNewsBot@yall.theATL.social
• Lemmy Link: https://yall.theATL.social/u/UrbanizeATLNewsBot

Atlanta Beltline News:

• Mastodon Link: https://theATL.social/@BeltlineNewsBot@yall.theATL.social
• Lemmy Link: https://yall.theATL.social/u/BeltlineNewsBot

Arts

General Atlanta Arts and Culture News:

• Posts Atlanta Arts and Culture News from :

  1. News from Arts Atlanta
  2. News from WABE Arts and Culture

• Mastodon Link: https://theATL.social/@ATLArtsNewsBot@yall.theATL.social

• Lemmy Link: https://yall.theATL.social/u/ATLArtsNewsBot

Sports

There are currently no sports-related newsbots. To request a sports newsbot, contact admin@theATL.social

Government

Atlanta Police Department Press Releases

• Mastodon Link: https://theATL.social/@APDNewsBot@yall.theATL.social
• Lemmy Link: https://yall.theATL.social/u/APDNewsBot