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@austinlouisray.bsky.social
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ICE is not welcome here
Good morning. It's bleak out there.
Maybe you've been reading headlines and watching videos and thinking absolutely bonkers thoughts. Maybe you're in an ongoing state of shock that our presidential a...
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ICE is not welcome here.
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Let's do some good this week:
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Want a sticker? Venmo [@]austinlouisray any amount of money and include your mailing address.
100% of the proceeds go to Minnesota mutual aid funds.
Let's do some good this week:
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Have you ever wondered, “WTF is a TAD and why is everyone talking about them?”
Well, check out the Eastside TAD Talk tonight. The event is at capacity, but ACPC will be live streaming to our YouTube.
Subscribe to the channel to be alerted when we go live!
Well, check out the Eastside TAD Talk tonight. The event is at capacity, but ACPC will be live streaming to our YouTube.
Subscribe to the channel to be alerted when we go live!
LIVE: Eastside TADTalk — Atlanta Town Hall on Tax Allocation Districts & Community Impact
YouTube video by Atlanta Community Press Collective
www.youtube.com
February 19, 2026 at 6:54 PM
Have you ever wondered, “WTF is a TAD and why is everyone talking about them?”
Well, check out the Eastside TAD Talk tonight. The event is at capacity, but ACPC will be live streaming to our YouTube.
Subscribe to the channel to be alerted when we go live!
Well, check out the Eastside TAD Talk tonight. The event is at capacity, but ACPC will be live streaming to our YouTube.
Subscribe to the channel to be alerted when we go live!
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The smoothest song ever that is also basically “bitch you are a mess” youtu.be/XRj0Ohg-y1A?...
Black Cow
YouTube video by Steely Dan - Topic
youtu.be
February 19, 2026 at 6:38 PM
The smoothest song ever that is also basically “bitch you are a mess” youtu.be/XRj0Ohg-y1A?...
thinking about sturgill simpson again
February 19, 2026 at 1:45 PM
thinking about sturgill simpson again
the vibes are absolutely exquisite this evening
February 19, 2026 at 1:13 AM
the vibes are absolutely exquisite this evening
"This endeavor is every entrepreneur, restaurateur, visitor, resident, and employee who believes South Downtown will create a change in our city not seen since the BeltLine started or the Olympics arrived. I believe the impact will be greater than both combined."
www.jonbirdsong.com/the-brutal-e...
www.jonbirdsong.com/the-brutal-e...
The Brutal Economics of Reviving Downtown Atlanta's Historic South Broad Street
If you happen to walk, bike, scooter, or drive by South Broad Street in Atlanta, Georgia anytime between today and the next 4 months, there’s a good chance you’ll see hundreds of construction workers ...
www.jonbirdsong.com
February 18, 2026 at 7:39 PM
"This endeavor is every entrepreneur, restaurateur, visitor, resident, and employee who believes South Downtown will create a change in our city not seen since the BeltLine started or the Olympics arrived. I believe the impact will be greater than both combined."
www.jonbirdsong.com/the-brutal-e...
www.jonbirdsong.com/the-brutal-e...
A 5,000-person, 75% MAGA town in Georgia is pushing back hard against a massive detention center ICE is planning to establish there.
We're gonna need a whole lot more of this going forward:
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
We're gonna need a whole lot more of this going forward:
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Conservative Georgia town pushes back against ICE detention center: ‘We are Americans after all’
Social Circle, a mostly Maga town, builds strange bedfellow coalition against plans to convert warehouse
www.theguardian.com
February 18, 2026 at 6:04 PM
A 5,000-person, 75% MAGA town in Georgia is pushing back hard against a massive detention center ICE is planning to establish there.
We're gonna need a whole lot more of this going forward:
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
We're gonna need a whole lot more of this going forward:
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
shoutout to lunch imho just out here day after day all unassuming and delicious sometimes its simple other times a little more complex but i'm gonna be completely honest with you folks i'm a big fan of lunch
February 18, 2026 at 5:21 PM
shoutout to lunch imho just out here day after day all unassuming and delicious sometimes its simple other times a little more complex but i'm gonna be completely honest with you folks i'm a big fan of lunch
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art is the best shit ever, don't let anyone tell you otherwise
February 18, 2026 at 2:47 PM
art is the best shit ever, don't let anyone tell you otherwise
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I’m not running for office or being paid as a consultant I’m just gonna say the things I think if that’s ok with everyone
February 18, 2026 at 1:14 AM
I’m not running for office or being paid as a consultant I’m just gonna say the things I think if that’s ok with everyone
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I identified four (4) NBA teams part-owned by a firm that sold a property to the Department of Homeland Security for a planned ICE detention center. And I explain why more owners could follow in the warehouse to megajail business.
it's the new [eyeblack]:
it's the new [eyeblack]:
An NBA investor in four teams profits from immigrant athletes — and immigrant megajails
[eyeblack] identifies four NBA teams tied to an investor that made $120M selling property for a planned ICE detention center, and explains why more owners could follow.
www.readeyeblack.com
February 17, 2026 at 8:39 PM
I identified four (4) NBA teams part-owned by a firm that sold a property to the Department of Homeland Security for a planned ICE detention center. And I explain why more owners could follow in the warehouse to megajail business.
it's the new [eyeblack]:
it's the new [eyeblack]:
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What’s happening in South Downtown feels like a once-in-a-generation type deal and honestly it’s just so exciting
February 17, 2026 at 5:02 PM
What’s happening in South Downtown feels like a once-in-a-generation type deal and honestly it’s just so exciting
getting dressed up for work is so funny. oh you put on a suit so you could sit in a room and type on your computer? there's a dress code so you don't upset your laptop and the desks and the other people sitting at them? you wanna make sure you look your best while you slack Sheila from accounting?
February 17, 2026 at 4:55 PM
getting dressed up for work is so funny. oh you put on a suit so you could sit in a room and type on your computer? there's a dress code so you don't upset your laptop and the desks and the other people sitting at them? you wanna make sure you look your best while you slack Sheila from accounting?
“John Wayne made westerns, Megyn Kelly evokes the perpetually aggrieved rigor mortis of a botoxed scarecrow, and Bill Callahan specializes in taciturn expressions of deep melancholy swelling just beneath a shyly stoic masculine facade.”
open.substack.com/pub/stevenhy...
open.substack.com/pub/stevenhy...
1st Annual* Power Ranking Of Middle-Aged Indie Singer-Songwriters
Also: Recommendation Corner on a new (bonkers) Beach Boys box set
open.substack.com
February 17, 2026 at 3:08 PM
“John Wayne made westerns, Megyn Kelly evokes the perpetually aggrieved rigor mortis of a botoxed scarecrow, and Bill Callahan specializes in taciturn expressions of deep melancholy swelling just beneath a shyly stoic masculine facade.”
open.substack.com/pub/stevenhy...
open.substack.com/pub/stevenhy...
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these two have absolutely had it with your bullshit. the one on the right can't even stand to look at you, you're dead to her
February 11, 2026 at 4:23 AM
these two have absolutely had it with your bullshit. the one on the right can't even stand to look at you, you're dead to her
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I don’t know who needs to hear Jesse Jackson leading the kids on Sesame Street in this beautiful call-and-response reminding them that every child is somebody, but here it is
February 17, 2026 at 11:41 AM
I don’t know who needs to hear Jesse Jackson leading the kids on Sesame Street in this beautiful call-and-response reminding them that every child is somebody, but here it is
i’ll save you a click: because hollywood is dumb
February 16, 2026 at 9:33 PM
i’ll save you a click: because hollywood is dumb
look alive, ATL: sticker god @davidsizemore.bsky.social is prowling our streets
February 16, 2026 at 8:53 PM
look alive, ATL: sticker god @davidsizemore.bsky.social is prowling our streets
⬇️ 45 MINUTES, ATL ⬇️
Next Sunday you can get a comfy chicken, great coffee AND cannoli at my first pop up of 2026 ❤️🔥
I’ll be at Storyteller Goods inside of Homegrown selling cannoli and focaccia to raise funds for The Sameer Project & CASA.
I’ll be at Storyteller Goods inside of Homegrown selling cannoli and focaccia to raise funds for The Sameer Project & CASA.
February 15, 2026 at 3:45 PM
⬇️ 45 MINUTES, ATL ⬇️
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Imagine if even a fraction of what this administration plans to spend on cages went toward housing people.
ICE plans to spend $38.3 billion turning warehouses into detention centers
ICE plans to spend $38.3 billion converting warehouses into detention centers, according to planning documents, more than the annual budgets of 22 states.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 13, 2026 at 7:10 PM
Imagine if even a fraction of what this administration plans to spend on cages went toward housing people.
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let's stay together
February 14, 2026 at 1:06 AM
let's stay together
TFW the sleepover last night involved much more Minecraft than actual sleep
February 14, 2026 at 8:37 PM
TFW the sleepover last night involved much more Minecraft than actual sleep
if you told Child Austie that one day his home would be filled with plenty of towels and plenty of batteries he would’ve been like OMG I GREW UP AND BECAME RICH shoutout to weird shit like towels and batteries making my brain feel good
February 14, 2026 at 4:17 PM
if you told Child Austie that one day his home would be filled with plenty of towels and plenty of batteries he would’ve been like OMG I GREW UP AND BECAME RICH shoutout to weird shit like towels and batteries making my brain feel good
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49 years ago today
Fred Schneider, Cindy Wilson & Kate Pierson of The B-52′s making their worldwide debut at a Valentine’s Day house party in Athens, GA, February 14, 1977.
Photo by Kelly Bugden
#punk #punkrock #newwave #womenofpunk #theb52s #history #punkrockhistory
Fred Schneider, Cindy Wilson & Kate Pierson of The B-52′s making their worldwide debut at a Valentine’s Day house party in Athens, GA, February 14, 1977.
Photo by Kelly Bugden
#punk #punkrock #newwave #womenofpunk #theb52s #history #punkrockhistory
February 14, 2026 at 5:01 AM
49 years ago today
Fred Schneider, Cindy Wilson & Kate Pierson of The B-52′s making their worldwide debut at a Valentine’s Day house party in Athens, GA, February 14, 1977.
Photo by Kelly Bugden
#punk #punkrock #newwave #womenofpunk #theb52s #history #punkrockhistory
Fred Schneider, Cindy Wilson & Kate Pierson of The B-52′s making their worldwide debut at a Valentine’s Day house party in Athens, GA, February 14, 1977.
Photo by Kelly Bugden
#punk #punkrock #newwave #womenofpunk #theb52s #history #punkrockhistory
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Breaking news: ICE expects to spend $38.3 billion on its plan to acquire warehouses across the U.S. and retrofit them into immigrant detention centers that can hold tens of thousands of people, according to agency documents.
ICE plans to spend $38.3 billion turning warehouses into detention centers
ICE plans to spend $38.3 billion converting warehouses into detention centers, according to planning documents, more than the annual budgets of 22 states.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 14, 2026 at 1:10 AM
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