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@austinlouisray.bsky.social
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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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who up enjoying a thanksgiving leftovers slop bowl
peas and shallots and bacon and stuffing and mashed potatoes and gravy and the natural light of god
November 28, 2025 at 6:53 PM
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live look at my timeline
ARE YOU READY
November 28, 2025 at 1:41 PM
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look at god
everything is beautiful and nothing hurts
November 27, 2025 at 10:39 PM
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asked the kids how fast they could run and then the adults turned around and went back to the cabin so long suckers
it’s a joke please don’t arrest me
November 27, 2025 at 7:59 PM
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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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help i’ve fallen in love with todd, nc
November 26, 2025 at 4:12 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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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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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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November 22, 2025 at 12:51 PM
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shoutout to music imho
November 22, 2025 at 4:19 AM
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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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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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my hometown slop: a hamburger horseshoe from D’arcy’s Pint in Springfield, Illinois
November 18, 2025 at 6:51 PM
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back on my bullshit
a fire pit in edgewood atlanta georgia usa doing its thing
November 18, 2025 at 2:56 AM
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name a more iconic duo i’ll wait
a wheaten terrier and a 3yo child share a stick in an atlanta backyard. what a special relationship they have.
November 17, 2025 at 10:52 PM
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great news, everyone: @kristaldixon.bsky.social wrote the next How I'd Fix Atlanta essay, which is great, and which publishes on Thursday.

sign up here so you don't miss it:

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an absolutely stunning pit bull suns himself on a play couch made for a small child. what a glorious creature living his best life.
November 17, 2025 at 7:17 PM
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sometimes i can’t help myself
oh, a new follower! let’s see what they’re all about. oh, another one of these. 🤪🤪🤪 worked like a charm!
November 17, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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i’d just like to thank whoever’s behind this for bringing big Tim & Eric energy to my neighborhood

stopclimbing.org
November 16, 2025 at 5:59 PM
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somebody got paid actual money to come up with this name
“let’s just keep it simple,” i imagine them saying. “no need to overthink it.”
November 16, 2025 at 4:27 PM