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Austin L. Ray

@austinlouisray.bsky.social
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writer • How I'd Fix Atlanta, Mailchimp, Defector, McSweeney’s, Atlas Obscura, Rolling Stone, Welcome to Hell World, Creative Loafing, Oxford American, First We Feast, Paste, so many others ATL is my home austinlouisray.com is my work's home

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Austin L. Ray @austinlouisray.bsky.social · 3h
even more depressing are the people hanging out there with a few thousand followers and no career at all, so fuckin embarrassing
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Austin L. Ray @austinlouisray.bsky.social · 10h
your timeline has been blessed by a furry beast in the good light
her name is Aggie, she has a snaggletooth, and she loves taking it easy in a sunbeam
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Austin L. Ray @austinlouisray.bsky.social · 12h
all the shitty, generic AI menus say a lot about the restaurants making them w/r/t quality control, but i recently saw a terrible AI yard sign for a local farm and it's like jfc YOU ARE A FARM doesn't this marketing approach completely negate your business model, vibe, reason to exist, etcetera?
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Austin L. Ray @austinlouisray.bsky.social · 14h
was fun to finally get to hold one of these recently after writing some lines for it maybe a year or so ago?
‘the beer of whiskey’ lolreal proud of this silly line tbpfh
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Austin L. Ray @austinlouisray.bsky.social · 17h
there are fourteen (14) pillows on this kid’s bed smh smh smh
bro the rest of us would like some pillows too
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Austin L. Ray @austinlouisray.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
they were blasting Kidz Bop at dropoff this morning and i was reminded that the 9yo—who was, at the time, known as the 2yo—used to refer to “Old Town Road” as “horses in the back” 🥹🥹🥹
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Austin L. Ray @austinlouisray.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
we partnered with a local dive bar on their kids karaoke event to raise money for our neighborhood public school and it was so much fun
shoutout to Toomer Elementary, go Cougars imhothese two superstars live in my house can you believe it EVERYONE BE COOL ABOUT THIS SONG SELECTION OK I KNOW IT IS HARD FOR SOME OF YOU SMHthe 9yo didn’t wanna sing but he played a shitload of chess with anyone who would sit with him
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beca @beca.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
how my speech is devolving as I catapult deeper into middle age
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Russ Fischer @russfischer.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
how your email finds me
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Austin L. Ray @austinlouisray.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
still workshopping this, but i’m gonna start a new discourse about how the people drinking iced coffee in interviews are doing it in a performative fashion whereas me drinking it on the couch in my soft clothes where no one can see is somehow more pure
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Ruwa Romman @ruwaromman.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Y’all wanna end your week by doing some good? Well, donate to Undue Medical Debt and help some folks in need 👇
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grimace was a crossmaker (ponce city marxist) @butterfinger.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
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Stella Sacco @antlervel.vet · 25/09/2026
Today’s the final day of this very cool fundraiser. I’ve been helped with medical debt erasure in the past by a similar group—$1 can erase up to $100 in medical debt. Consider throwing them a few bucks!
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betrothed buckley @realpartyvan.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
reminder 👇
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Will Gordon @willgordonagain.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Austin is a good do-gooder and this is a good cause!
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Brianna Ashby @briannaduggan.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Every year this fundraiser does incredible things for the people of Atlanta. Too many people in this country are mired in medical debt, so let’s try to help some get out of it, yeah?
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Catlanta @cat-lanta.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Get to donating, folks!
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Matt Miller @mattmiller.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
I've been lax about promoting this, but y'all should go toss a few bucks at my favorite annual fundraiser (and don't forget to see if your employer offers matching funds)
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Lauren Vogelbaum @vogelbomb.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
fundraiser for Undue Medical Debt! donate today and maybe get some cool stuff, up to and including the warm fuzzies of having helped erase some undue medical debt!
unduemedicaldebt.org
When Good Georgians Get Together, Great Things Happen
How I’d Fix Atlanta was a free monthly essay series for four years. It’s been a couple of print zines and a performance on a stage a few times. Quite often, it’s stickers. HIFA is large, it contains m...
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Jesse Raub @jesseraub.online · 24/09/2026
my out of pocket expenses for medical care have totaled over $25k in the last five years. there was a period there that i thought a medical bill was going to sink us. we lucked out. consider giving what you can to change some people’s lives today!
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dsm-5 gum @burg.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
help us eliminate medical debt in Atlanta! donations are used to buy and forgive outstanding debt for about a penny on the dollar, and with that leverage even small contributions can provide massive relief for real people
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SamVeal.mp4 @samvealyall.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
If you're Medical Debt, come over to this link if you want an ass whoopin
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Caitlin 🫧 @cvh.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
"Debt relief recipients will receive an envelope in the mail letting them know that their debt has been bought by a third party and erased with no strings attached. They’ll owe nothing and face no tax penalty. It’s just gone." HELL YA
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Tenth Key @tenthkey.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Get in, losers, we're going debt-cancelling.
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Alt: Get In Loser Mean Girls
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Austin L. Ray @austinlouisray.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
@michaelstipe.bsky.social good morning sir we're trying to abolish a bunch of medical debt in georgia can you help us get this in front of a few more people this week? bsky.app/profile/aust...
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Paysoninho @payson.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
I wish we lived in a country where medical debt wasn’t a thing, but until then, consider listening to Austin.
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Derek Lawler @rowdybowden.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Help Georgians out with their medical debt! Organized by a good dude who is always at the exact same Atlanta concerts that I am, so you know he's alright.
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Andisheh Nouraee @andisheh.com · 23/09/2026
Lifehack: Just do the thing @austinlouisray.bsky.social suggests
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T. Doug Madsen @tdougmadsen.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Using 2023-2025 numbers, a $20 donation could clear $3,428 of your neighbors medical debt. The average debt-in-collections is $3,100 in the US. Your $20 can change some lives.
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grimace was a crossmaker (ponce city marxist) @butterfinger.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
do i currently have income or job prospects? no. am i still going to help? yes.
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BUM CHILLUPS AKA SPENCER HALL AKA PRESIDENT FOOTBALL @edsbs.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Oh let’s kick this shit over the goal today
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Maggie Vail @magicbeans.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Every city deserves someone that loves it as much as Austin loves Atlanta. This is a good cause, if you got a few bucks pitch it on it.
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Dave Infante @dinfontay.com · 22/09/2026
just nuked a bunch of medical debt, join me and we will become unstoppable:
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Austin L. Ray @austinlouisray.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
@pattonoswalt.bsky.social Patton! can you help us get this in front of a few more folks this week? trying to abolish a bunch of medical debt in Atlanta: bsky.app/profile/aust...
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Stella Sacco @antlervel.vet · 22/09/2026
This is a great initiative—a donated dollar can erase a hundred dollars of medical debt. Not sure I’ve mentioned it before but my old medical debt was erased by a similar group! Please consider sharing and donating a few scrams if you’re able.
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SamVeal.mp4 @samvealyall.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
A dollar for every beer I’m gonna drink with Austie when we finally hang Come on in, the waters fine, come on and get rid of medical debt
A screencap of a $100 donation to erase medical debt
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Alex Ip 葉清霖 @alexip718.com · 23/09/2026
One of my favorite things in Atlanta is back!
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melissa @melissaks.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Let’s go, Atlanta!
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Michael Hunter @mikelark.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Atlanta, yer doing great! Let’s retire some medical debt! unduemedicaldebt.org/campaign/whe...
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When Good Georgians Get Together, Great Things Happen
How I’d Fix Atlanta was a free monthly essay series for four years. It’s been a couple of print zines and a performance on a stage a few times. Quite often, it’s stickers. HIFA is large, it contains m...
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Austin L. Ray @austinlouisray.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
@themountaingoats.bsky.social mister darnielle sir can you please help me get this in front of a few more people this week we're abolishing as much medical debt as possible in ATL thank you for the consideration bsky.app/profile/aust...
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✨🌯 jamie @glitterburrito.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
hey psychos (affectionate) we hit goal (thank you!) so let’s take this into over time new goal: $15,000 unduemedicaldebt.org/campaign/whe...
unduemedicaldebt.org
When Good Georgians Get Together, Great Things Happen
How I’d Fix Atlanta was a free monthly essay series for four years. It’s been a couple of print zines and a performance on a stage a few times. Quite often, it’s stickers. HIFA is large, it contains m...
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Superior Dome Enthusiast @yooperrevanchist.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Kentucky just did this for over 130,000 people. Lets spread the love to our friends further South.
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Platlanta @platlanta.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Fundraising update
Text from Austin tell you what, people fuckin love lasagna
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fbrady @fbrady.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
this is rad and you should donate. yes you! unduemedicaldebt.org/campaign/whe...
unduemedicaldebt.org
When Good Georgians Get Together, Great Things Happen
How I’d Fix Atlanta was a free monthly essay series for four years. It’s been a couple of print zines and a performance on a stage a few times. Quite often, it’s stickers. HIFA is large, it contains m...
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✨🌯 jamie @glitterburrito.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
It’s one week til my birthday, coaches- we can raise the other 7500 they need
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Holly Anderson 🍇 @hollyanderson.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
get in sluts we're wiping out medical debt
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Bill Corbett @billcorbett.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Austin and his friends continue to do great work in Atlanta, helping people free themselves from medical debt. Of course medical debt should not exist, but until it doesn’t, unburdening neighbors is a wonderful thing to do. Please join me helping out if you can! And if not, please spread word. 🙏
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Michael Hunter @mikelark.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Let's goooooo…
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Your ol friend Justin @justinkronz.com · 21/09/2026
Good enough reason for me 🤙
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David Sizemore @davidsizemore.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Done. Get in on this ❤️
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