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writer/editor • How I'd Fix Atlanta, Mailchimp, Defector, Atlas Obscura, Rolling Stone, Welcome to Hell World, Creative Loafing, GQ, Oxford American, First We Feast, Paste • great things start in little rooms

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austie @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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what the hell do you think you’re doing
a bearded man in a PYREX shirt under a hoodie sits at the bar in a cabin while wearing his wife’s glasses and looking directly into your soul as if you have something to be ashamed of (do you? DO YOU, YOU COWARD? IT IS TIME TO CONFESS!!!!)
November 27, 2025 at 1:32 AM
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Rod Stewart. Weird haircut raspy little elf man. But he's horny as all get out and it kind of works. Like if you walked in on him jacking off while flicking his tongue you wouldn't be surprised you'd just be like yeah thats about right. Not sure what this post was going to be about originally
November 26, 2025 at 2:41 AM
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help i’ve fallen in love with todd, nc
November 26, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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BLACK FRIDAY STARTS NOW! It’s all happening. Start saving now on handcrafted posts for you and everyone you know. Bespoke posts about sandwiches. Artisanal posts about flowers. Haughty posts chock full of leftist ideals that’ll annoy your family during the holidays. DON’T MISS OUT ON THESE SAVINGS!
November 26, 2025 at 1:05 PM
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good evening
view from a north carolina balcony: mountaintops peek through the clouds, framed by trees and miscellaneous wilderness
November 25, 2025 at 11:03 PM
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inclusivity comes in many forms
November 25, 2025 at 8:08 PM
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good morning
a cabin porch looking southeast over some trees. there are lots of clouds and some mountains in the distance. it’s an absurdly peaceful scene tbh.
November 25, 2025 at 1:21 PM
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It’s so funny that there’s one reporter that all the other reporters are also scared of
lopatto.bsky.social Elizabeth Lopatto @lopatto.bsky.social · 2d
I generally try not to comment on Twitter but Isaac Chotiner is over there giving Semafor body blows right now and I just want to say I find it alarming that he's allowed to come for you without warning (asking for an interview)
November 25, 2025 at 12:55 AM
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back on my bullshit
an old, funky firepit gets put to use once again in an edgewood atlanta georgia usa backyard while tv on the radio plays on a speaker and a 3yo draws on a tree
November 23, 2025 at 10:18 PM
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look at god
shoutout to sandwiches imho like, what the hell would we do without them? love to take a little bite and then take a little photo tbh in this case, god = bacon, greens, jam, cheese, onions, mayo
November 23, 2025 at 4:39 PM
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an essential part of journalism is plainly saying things like “this person is a liar who is lying” instead of using a bunch of pseudo-intellectual garbage phrasing to explain away the fact that the person is a liar who is lying
nytimes.com The New York Times @nytimes.com · 5d
Breaking News: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said he personally instructed the CDC to abandon its position that vaccines do not cause autism. The move underscores his determination to challenge scientific orthodoxy — in this case, that vaccines save lives — and bend the health department to his will.
RFK Jr. Says He Instructed CDC to Change Vaccines and Autism Language on Website
In an interview, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. cited gaps in vaccine safety research. His critics say he is ignoring a larger point: Vaccines save lives.
nyti.ms
November 23, 2025 at 1:16 PM
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good afternoon
the author of this post hoists a cynar and tonic on his porch mostly as an excuse to flex on all that fall color in the wilderness across the street from his home
November 22, 2025 at 9:32 PM
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shoutout to that bike path life
a lovely scene from the trolley line trail on an unseasonably warm fall day in atlanta georgia a 3yo off-roads in kirkwood basically the same beautiful shit again but without a kid this time looking back west on the trail leading up to hosea l. williams drive
November 22, 2025 at 7:34 PM
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Y'all — As a journalist covering global health and environmental disparities, I've lived in Atlanta car-free since 2018 because that is the easiest way to put my money where my mouth is!

I am organizing a half-marathon length bike ride to support my newsroom, and I'd love for you to be my sponsor:
November 15, 2025 at 8:07 PM
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shoutout to music imho
November 22, 2025 at 4:19 AM
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zohran simply the best to ever do it
November 21, 2025 at 9:28 PM
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Everyone loves Jesse Welles the Guthrie-esque protest singer but don't sleep on Jesse Welles the Nirvana-esque screamer covering Hollywood Forever Cemetery Sings www.youtube.com/watch?v=zvc7...
WELLES - Hollywood Forever Cemetery Sings - 3/31/2017 - Paste Studios, New York, NY
YouTube video by Paste Magazine
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November 21, 2025 at 1:55 PM
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kristaldixon.bsky.social
A long overdue conversation we need to have.
austinlouisray.bsky.social austie @austinlouisray.bsky.social · 6d
How would @kristaldixon.bsky.social fix Atlanta?

Dog breed restrictions were born out of misinformation, stereotypes, and racism.

Let’s get rid of them.

how-id-fix-atlanta.ghost.io/how-kristal-...
a stunning pit bull named Hannah stares straight through the camera and into our souls, suggesting with her soulful eyes that perhaps we should end ATL's nonsense dog breed restrictions
November 20, 2025 at 1:06 PM
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I feel very lucky to get to see Jens Lekman again at one of my favorite music venues in the world. Here's a thing I wrote a few years ago about how his music makes me cry:

austinlouisray.com#/sad-happens/
a photo of a page from a book full of essays about crying. the illustration depicts the postcard from Jens Lekman's iconic "A Postcard to Nina." just try not to cry while listening to it, i dare you.
November 21, 2025 at 2:13 PM
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a truly classic evening tbpfh
name a more iconic duo, i’ll wait an 8yo kid reads a book and enjoys a mandarin jarrito while he awaits chips & queso a 3yo kid enjoys a queso-soaked chip and builds with magna-tiles a dad enjoys his mezcal-pineapple margarita (nothing on the rim, thanks) while those kids continue amusing themselves
November 21, 2025 at 12:56 AM
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“I told everybody: ‘I’m retired, I sit home all day. If we get any reports of ICE in the neighborhood, somebody text me, and I’ll run over on my scooter and yell at them...’ I want their morale as low as possible, because a team with low morale is ineffective.”

www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Meet the veteran who chases ICE on a scooter
Clifford “Buzz” Grambo patrols the streets of Baltimore to keep his neighbors safe—and make federal agents uncomfortable.
www.motherjones.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:18 PM
austinlouisray.bsky.social
How would @kristaldixon.bsky.social fix Atlanta?

Dog breed restrictions were born out of misinformation, stereotypes, and racism.

Let’s get rid of them.

how-id-fix-atlanta.ghost.io/how-kristal-...
a stunning pit bull named Hannah stares straight through the camera and into our souls, suggesting with her soulful eyes that perhaps we should end ATL's nonsense dog breed restrictions
November 20, 2025 at 1:05 PM
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"He’ll delightedly tell you a story for a second or third time if something reminds him of it. He apologizes for this constantly, but that is simply how his brain works—an endless game of ping-pong with whoever’s around, every serve a surprise."

www.gq.com/story/john-d...
The Story John Darnielle Lived to Tell
When he was a teenager, the Mountain Goats founder never expected to live to 21. He has since become one of this century’s best songwriters. The lessons of his survival, life, and work feel endless.
www.gq.com
November 19, 2025 at 9:39 PM
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you know, they say moderation in all things, but i really think we should make an exception for bad guys getting punched in public
November 19, 2025 at 8:04 PM