Atomic Bum
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"The world owes all its onward impulse to [people] ill at ease. The happy [person] inevitably confines [themself] within ancient limits."
from: 'The House of the Seven Gables' by Nathaniel Hawthorne (1851)
"The world owes all its onward impulse to [people] ill at ease. The happy [person] inevitably confines [themself] within ancient limits."
from: 'The House of the Seven Gables' by Nathaniel Hawthorne (1851)
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Here's some very inspiring news.
November 9, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Here's some very inspiring news.
Here's a work of art.
November 7, 2025 at 4:02 AM
Here's a work of art.
"If you prefer to use Olio on your PC or Mac, you can use the Android emulator BlueStack to run the app."
There is also neighborhood-based peer-to-peer sharing available. olioapp.com/en/
Olio - Your Local Sharing App
Olio is a local sharing app where you can pass on items you no longer need to people who live nearby. Reduce waste and help our planet!
olioapp.com
November 6, 2025 at 3:39 AM
"If you prefer to use Olio on your PC or Mac, you can use the Android emulator BlueStack to run the app."
Reposted by Atomic Bum
This. Always this.
November 4, 2025 at 4:16 AM
This. Always this.
Where has this been my whole life?
I've been wondering why Andrew Cuomo likes to call himself "a cool dude in a loose mood" and was delighted to discover that its origin is the 1980 novelty song "Eugene" by Crazy Joe & the Variable Speed Band (cowritten by Ace Frehley of Kiss). Enjoy! www.youtube.com/watch?v=LRF7...
November 5, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Where has this been my whole life?
Reposted by Atomic Bum
New York is a-changin'.
November 3, 2025 at 9:59 PM
New York is a-changin'.
“With billions of dollars to spend on spyware, it’s extremely alarming to think how far ICE will go in surveilling social media. ICE is a lawless agency that will use AI-driven social media monitoring not only to terrorize immigrant families, but also to target activists fighting back...”
ICE is building a social media panopticon
ICE is ramping up efforts to monitor people online.
www.theverge.com
November 2, 2025 at 12:30 AM
“With billions of dollars to spend on spyware, it’s extremely alarming to think how far ICE will go in surveilling social media. ICE is a lawless agency that will use AI-driven social media monitoring not only to terrorize immigrant families, but also to target activists fighting back...”
Probably needs some updating but here's the general idea.
ANTI-SURVEILLANCE MAKEUP TUTORIAL BY PUSSY RIOT / How to resist to the electronic police state?
YouTube video by Pussy Riot
www.youtube.com
October 31, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Probably needs some updating but here's the general idea.
A 1967 poem that is interesting to read in 2025:
All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace
by Richard Brautigan
All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace
by Richard Brautigan
All Watched Over By Machines of Loving Grace
The Long Now Foundation fosters long-term thinking. Our work encourages imagination at the timescale of civilization — the next and last 10,000 years — a timespan we call the long now.
longnow.org
October 29, 2025 at 1:16 AM
A 1967 poem that is interesting to read in 2025:
All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace
by Richard Brautigan
All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace
by Richard Brautigan
Reposted by Atomic Bum
C.S. Lewis responding to a letter from an American schoolgirl asking him for some writing advice.
(Worth reading? ✅️)
(Worth reading? ✅️)
October 24, 2025 at 8:19 PM
C.S. Lewis responding to a letter from an American schoolgirl asking him for some writing advice.
(Worth reading? ✅️)
(Worth reading? ✅️)
Here's the 1967 FBI "Rabble Rouser Index (subversive control)" entry on Stokely Carmichael, Hulon Mitchell Jr. and an unnamed third party. Recent reports of agents knocking on demonstrator's doors just "asking some questions" leads me to assume some form of Rabble Rouser Index is back in action.
October 26, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Here's the 1967 FBI "Rabble Rouser Index (subversive control)" entry on Stokely Carmichael, Hulon Mitchell Jr. and an unnamed third party. Recent reports of agents knocking on demonstrator's doors just "asking some questions" leads me to assume some form of Rabble Rouser Index is back in action.
Art? Magic? Both?
Be determined when creating a piece of art and passionate about painting of art and craft
October 25, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Art? Magic? Both?
Just wanna help this citizen ventilate.
October 24, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Just wanna help this citizen ventilate.
A letter to his town's selectboard by a Viet Nam War Marine combat vet I know. He's really hurting.
(he'd be ripped about my redactions but I'm worried for him)
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(he'd be ripped about my redactions but I'm worried for him)
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October 22, 2025 at 11:09 PM
A letter to his town's selectboard by a Viet Nam War Marine combat vet I know. He's really hurting.
(he'd be ripped about my redactions but I'm worried for him)
.
(he'd be ripped about my redactions but I'm worried for him)
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This one is very good.
October 21, 2025 at 3:20 AM
This one is very good.
Reposted by Atomic Bum
A gold mine of ant-fascist tactical advice to be found in here.
d119vjm4apzmdm.cloudfront.net/open-access/...
d119vjm4apzmdm.cloudfront.net/open-access/...
October 19, 2025 at 3:22 AM
A gold mine of ant-fascist tactical advice to be found in here.
d119vjm4apzmdm.cloudfront.net/open-access/...
d119vjm4apzmdm.cloudfront.net/open-access/...
Reposted by Atomic Bum
“Lawd, Lawd, Lawd!”
One hip grandma who had the time of her life at No Kings. If going out fighting is one of her final memories, it’s a helluva good one.
One hip grandma who had the time of her life at No Kings. If going out fighting is one of her final memories, it’s a helluva good one.
October 20, 2025 at 1:00 AM
“Lawd, Lawd, Lawd!”
One hip grandma who had the time of her life at No Kings. If going out fighting is one of her final memories, it’s a helluva good one.
One hip grandma who had the time of her life at No Kings. If going out fighting is one of her final memories, it’s a helluva good one.
A gold mine of ant-fascist tactical advice to be found in here.
d119vjm4apzmdm.cloudfront.net/open-access/...
d119vjm4apzmdm.cloudfront.net/open-access/...
October 19, 2025 at 3:22 AM
A gold mine of ant-fascist tactical advice to be found in here.
d119vjm4apzmdm.cloudfront.net/open-access/...
d119vjm4apzmdm.cloudfront.net/open-access/...
Abbie would've loved the frogs.
"A modern revolutionary group heads for the television station.
Once you get the right image the details aren't that important.
Life-actors never rehearse and need no script. A life-actor uses whatever he has available, nothing more, nothing less."
Abbie Hoffman
"A modern revolutionary group heads for the television station.
Once you get the right image the details aren't that important.
Life-actors never rehearse and need no script. A life-actor uses whatever he has available, nothing more, nothing less."
Abbie Hoffman
October 17, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Abbie would've loved the frogs.
"A modern revolutionary group heads for the television station.
Once you get the right image the details aren't that important.
Life-actors never rehearse and need no script. A life-actor uses whatever he has available, nothing more, nothing less."
Abbie Hoffman
"A modern revolutionary group heads for the television station.
Once you get the right image the details aren't that important.
Life-actors never rehearse and need no script. A life-actor uses whatever he has available, nothing more, nothing less."
Abbie Hoffman
A couple of good suggestions here but going without your phone if possible is the best one.
www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
How to Prepare Phones for No Kings Day Events
These are things I recommend to do to safeguard your phone before you go to a No Kings event this week, or others in the future. TURN OFF BIOMETRICS ON YOUR PHONE: Biometrics is using your face or fin...
www.dailykos.com
October 16, 2025 at 4:16 AM
A couple of good suggestions here but going without your phone if possible is the best one.
www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
Reposted by Atomic Bum
NEW: No Kings is this Saturday, and here are my tips for how to mitigate anxiety in large crowds. Feel free to share! youtu.be/nxpkVk9TGgQ?...
NO KINGS! Tips for Protesting with PTS and Anxiety
YouTube video by MSW Media
youtu.be
October 15, 2025 at 9:57 PM
NEW: No Kings is this Saturday, and here are my tips for how to mitigate anxiety in large crowds. Feel free to share! youtu.be/nxpkVk9TGgQ?...
We've got this going on now too.
October 12, 2025 at 2:53 AM
We've got this going on now too.
When headed out to touch grass on the 18th it'd be a good idea to leave the phone elsewhere, if you can.
ICE spent $800K on vans with stingray tech that collects data from all nearby phones, even yours. These devices mimic cell towers to track locations and intercept communications. Oversight and transparency are needed now.
October 12, 2025 at 2:16 AM
When headed out to touch grass on the 18th it'd be a good idea to leave the phone elsewhere, if you can.
The United States of America, September 2025.
During a military-style raid on a building in Chicago’s South Shore, one resident heard a knock on his door.
It wasn’t the feds — it was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for help.
He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days.
chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days.
chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
Neighbor shielded 7-year-old during South Shore federal raid: ‘I didn’t want them to take her’
During the Sept. 30 raid one tenant protected a terrified girl and her mom. Remnants at the complex, including a detailed map of all the units, offer clues to what authorities may have known before th...
chicago.suntimes.com
October 12, 2025 at 1:05 AM
The United States of America, September 2025.