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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 · 1h

goddammit. Black Messiah is an absolute all timer for me, a top 5 most played album. rest in power to an absolute legend.

maura johnston @maura.bsky.social · 1h

What a genius. The world is worse without him. variety.com/2025/music/n...

D’Angelo, Neo-Soul Pioneer and ‘Untitled (How Does It Feel)’ Singer, Dies at 51

Legendary R&B singer D'Angelo, who released three albums throughout his career, has died. He was 51.

variety.com

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

super duper embarrassing reaction on his part imho

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

damn, agreed

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

i did find that they made me wanna drink my beer more quickly that's for sure

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

oh wow he is soooooo mad lol

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

well idk buddy did anyone share any links to stories in that original post you replied to?

austin HELL ray @austinlouisray.bsky.social · 3h

"I am warm and I am safe and I am loved. I take another pillow out of the packet, open my eyes, and thank god for the existence of Smith’s Scampi Flavour Fries."

sounds dramatic, i know, but i ate some of these over the weekend and it's EXACTLY how i felt too

www.pelliclemag.com/home/2023/1/...

Cut To The Feeling — The Anatomy of Smith’s Scampi Fries — Pellicle

I’ve been staring at the block of chartreuse-coloured card hanging on my kitchen wall for weeks. The concertinaed columns of pale lemon plastic hanging neatly from it have looked so peaceful I haven...

www.pelliclemag.com

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austin HELL ray @austinlouisray.bsky.social · 3h

lfg dude

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Eric @howephil.bsky.social · 6h

Early voting for Atlanta starts *TODAY*

We have the opportunity to elect Rohit Malhotra, a thought leader in public policy to oversee our city’s legislative body, City Council.

Rohit is a proven bridge builder, connecting those across Atlanta with one another to do good.

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austin HELL ray @austinlouisray.bsky.social · 5h

shoutout to this construction working king establishing innovative new BeltLine transportation options

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don't hug me I'm porksweats @porksweats.bsky.social · 14d

jakob dylan when reading someone basic's power rankings of jimmy eat world songs that starts at 1 and works its way down

there's got to be something better than (in) the middle

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austin HELL ray @austinlouisray.bsky.social · 17h

maybe we rent out a warehouse, throw a whole bunch of dudes in there

austin HELL ray @austinlouisray.bsky.social · 19h

is there a plug-in that’ll remove dave portnoy’s face and voice from all of my internet because i would pay money for it tbpfh

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austin HELL ray @austinlouisray.bsky.social · 19h

bsky.app/profile/aust...

austin HELL ray @austinlouisray.bsky.social · 22h

the 120 min reference lol

austin HELL ray @austinlouisray.bsky.social · 22h

the 120 min reference lol

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

oh fun! another good town

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

no but we saw Allo Darlin’ last night ❤️

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

until tomorrow around noon?

yes

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

manchester is a wonderful town

this place had lovely beers and lovely foods

shoutout to matty for showing me and my love around town

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

business is GOOD

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Matthew Curtis @totalcurtis.bsky.social · 2d

Had an important business meeting with @austinlouisray.bsky.social this afternoon.

Austin Louis Ray and Matthew Grant Curtis

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

feel very fortunate to have gotten the chance to see @allodarlin.bsky.social one more time. last night was amazing. one of the best to ever do it imho

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austin HELL ray @austinlouisray.bsky.social · 3d

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 · 3d

hellllll yeahhhhh brother

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C H I L I @chili.bsky.social · 3d

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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