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austin HELL ray

@austinlouisray.bsky.social

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writer and editor who's contributed to How I'd Fix Atlanta, Mailchimp, Defector, Atlas Obscura, Rolling Stone, Welcome to Hell World, Creative Loafing, GQ, Oxford American, Garden & Gun, First We Feast, Paste, etc. http://austinlouisray.com

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austin HELL ray @austinlouisray.bsky.social · Jun 29

they say you should never meet your heroes, but it was truly an honor to pay my respects

a bearded man in a big dumb hat does a rap squat in respectful tribute to the legendary Boston cop slide

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austin HELL ray @austinlouisray.bsky.social · 18h

just walked through a lovely library-museum and saw—amongst many other things—some words written by Ian Curtis

austin HELL ray @austinlouisray.bsky.social · 18h

hellllll yeahhhhh brother

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C H I L I @chili.bsky.social · 20h

If you post Sora AI videos I am legally allowed to open hand slap you as hard as I physically can

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austin HELL ray @austinlouisray.bsky.social · 1d

dropped off some stickers and a pile of How I'd Fix Atlanta Season Two for @burnaway.org's first annual BOOK/ZINE fair.

it's gonna be so awesome.

if you're in ATL tomorrow, make sure to head over to The Goat Farm and check it out:

burnaway.org/programs/boo...

a bunch of file cabinets at The Goat Farm

some How I'd Fix Atlanta zines and also a bunch of other zines. there are gonna be even more of them tomorrow if you can believe it.

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austin HELL ray @austinlouisray.bsky.social · 1d

that’s right brother

austin HELL ray @austinlouisray.bsky.social · 1d

burn the entire house down dad just needs a moment!

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Andisheh Nouraee @andisheh.com · 1d

The new Plane Train announcements at Hartsfield-Jackson are wild. Concourse A as in Andre Dickens; B as in Beltline transit needs more study; C as in Cop Ci .. I mean a very advanced police training center; D as in Dickens comma Andre.

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austin HELL ray @austinlouisray.bsky.social · 1d

brother i could use a break for sure lol

austin HELL ray @austinlouisray.bsky.social · 1d

tired: group chats

wired: texting your buddy just to say that it’s brisk outside

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austin HELL ray @austinlouisray.bsky.social · 1d

pulling out the sweatshirt stash ass morning

austin HELL ray @austinlouisray.bsky.social · 1d

LFGGGGGGGGOOOOOO

austin HELL ray @austinlouisray.bsky.social · 1d

the brand is strong

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austin HELL ray @austinlouisray.bsky.social · 1d

great point: just a ton of poop talk in general

austin HELL ray @austinlouisray.bsky.social · 1d

one thing nobody warns you about parenting is that you have to spend SO MUCH time talking to small humans while you’re pooping

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austin HELL ray @austinlouisray.bsky.social · 2d

super fun, right?

austin HELL ray @austinlouisray.bsky.social · 2d

if you followed me on the other site, you may remember this bit i used to do. like several essays i've written over the years, the bit eventually turned into sentences and then paragraphs and then an actual 1,000-word piece. i'm so excited to get to hold it in my hands soon.

a big beer at the airport in 2022 with my little masked gamer buddy

a big beer at the airport in 2023 with my very serious podcast-loving pal

a big beer at the airport in 2024 next to a pink owl suitcase

several big beers at the st. louis airport with my brother in 2024

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austin HELL ray @austinlouisray.bsky.social · 2d

👉 www.sarahclawrence.com/newsletter 👀

i had a lot of fun writing this one and i think you’ll have a lot of fun reading it

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austin HELL ray @austinlouisray.bsky.social · 2d

really enjoyed @davidjroth.bsky.social on that “plant trees in whose shade we shall never sit” shit

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Winning Isn’t Everything

It will be clear that I am not offering a self-care tip by the time you finish reading this sentence, but when things started getting dark for me around the beginning of this year I started watching m...

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austin HELL ray @austinlouisray.bsky.social · 2d

hahahahahahahahaha

austin HELL ray @austinlouisray.bsky.social · 2d

👀

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Holly Anderson 🍇 @hollyanderson.bsky.social · 2d

Some stories about my friend Kaleb, on the occasion of his funeral:

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IT'S JUST DIFFERENT VALLEYS, THAT'S ALL

Kaleb Horton has departed this life, and for those left behind there is nothing that reconciles any part of what’s happened with what should’ve happened. He had a family, grieving now. He had friends,...

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austin HELL ray @austinlouisray.bsky.social · 2d

i had a salad today that was mostly made up of performative kale

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austin HELL ray @austinlouisray.bsky.social · 2d

📈📈📈📈📈📈📈

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ponce city marxist @butterfinger.bsky.social · 2d

my new yorker subscription is performative mail

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austin HELL ray @austinlouisray.bsky.social · 2d

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