Michael Atkins
@misteratkins.bsky.social
in search of science fiction from the past, and histories of the future. executive director @ Atlantic City Arts Foundation
https://allthingsatkins.com/
https://allthingsatkins.com/
How many nights I prayed for this, to let my work begin....
mentally rearranging some timelines after discovering leonard cohen's "First We Take Manhattan" came 4 years after "The Muppets Take Manhattan"
November 4, 2025 at 3:46 PM
How many nights I prayed for this, to let my work begin....
Reposted by Michael Atkins
Put together a few thoughts on a recent one-page web project I built with @misteratkins.bsky.social parkerhiggins.net/2025/06/mich...
The Calendar of Song, by Michael Atkins
Over at Michael Atkins’ blog, he’s released a lovely artist’s statement on Calendar of Song, a new (and old) project I’ve helped to get working over the years. Through various tech stacks, the basic p...
parkerhiggins.net
June 3, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Put together a few thoughts on a recent one-page web project I built with @misteratkins.bsky.social parkerhiggins.net/2025/06/mich...
New @harpers.bsky.social got me feeling:
May 22, 2025 at 10:07 PM
New @harpers.bsky.social got me feeling:
Reposted by Michael Atkins
What childhood was like before vaccines www.vox.com/health/40268...
What childhood was like before vaccines
The anti-vax movement has gone mainstream, but before these shots, grief and loss marked the lives of children.
www.vox.com
March 6, 2025 at 2:47 PM
What childhood was like before vaccines www.vox.com/health/40268...
I recently compiled a music video tribute to #DavidLynch and screened it at a local arts event. You can watch it yourself and read my thoughts on the importance of music in Lynch's work.
Perchance to Dream: A Music Video Tribute to David Lynch
Perchance to Dream: A Music Video Tribute to David Lynch is a fifteen track video art experience that pays homage to the surreal and haunting world of David Lynch. Featuring three original edits from ...
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March 2, 2025 at 9:56 PM
I recently compiled a music video tribute to #DavidLynch and screened it at a local arts event. You can watch it yourself and read my thoughts on the importance of music in Lynch's work.
RIP David Lynch
January 16, 2025 at 7:56 PM
RIP David Lynch
Reposted by Michael Atkins
And, by Ed Rusha, 1982, 📸 via @benstandig.bsky.social
December 23, 2024 at 7:03 PM
And, by Ed Rusha, 1982, 📸 via @benstandig.bsky.social
If on a winter’s night a Muppet, outside the station of McMurdo, leaning from the steep slope, without fear of wind or vertigo…
January 11, 2025 at 6:19 PM
If on a winter’s night a Muppet, outside the station of McMurdo, leaning from the steep slope, without fear of wind or vertigo…
Cookin’ with Miles
January 11, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Cookin’ with Miles
Beginning to think there might be more to the story of “water in California”.
January 9, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Beginning to think there might be more to the story of “water in California”.
Reposted by Michael Atkins
As Austria teeters on the brink of forming its first far-right-led government since World War II, the most immediate clash between Vienna and Brussels won’t center on Russian sympathies or anti-migrant rhetoric.
Instead, it’s shaping up to be a battle over public spending.
Instead, it’s shaping up to be a battle over public spending.
Far-right Austria braces for first punishment from EU
With Vienna set for a pro-Putin chancellor, the country’s failure to stick to European spending rules could land it in hot water.
www.politico.eu
January 9, 2025 at 8:09 AM
As Austria teeters on the brink of forming its first far-right-led government since World War II, the most immediate clash between Vienna and Brussels won’t center on Russian sympathies or anti-migrant rhetoric.
Instead, it’s shaping up to be a battle over public spending.
Instead, it’s shaping up to be a battle over public spending.
Reposted by Michael Atkins
this is some dark shit
January 8, 2025 at 6:30 PM
this is some dark shit
“It’s fun to paint with fire.”
-Ed Ruscha
-Ed Ruscha
January 8, 2025 at 1:32 AM
“It’s fun to paint with fire.”
-Ed Ruscha
-Ed Ruscha
A deep, albeit overlooked crossover between economic and environmental justice lies in the fact that indentured servitude to the automobile is amoral and an dastardly set of policy choices.
UPDATE: The Connecticut DMV and top state lawmakers have vowed to review towing laws after a @ctmirror.org and ProPublica investigation found that people’s cars can be sold just 15 days after they’re towed.
Read more: propub.li/3DNkwRa
Read more: propub.li/3DNkwRa
January 8, 2025 at 1:27 AM
A deep, albeit overlooked crossover between economic and environmental justice lies in the fact that indentured servitude to the automobile is amoral and an dastardly set of policy choices.
These two cooking up something wild…
Billy Wilder and I.A.L. Diamond for #NationalScreenwritersDay
January 7, 2025 at 4:40 AM
These two cooking up something wild…
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for the neptune lovers 💙
January 6, 2025 at 2:53 AM
for the neptune lovers 💙
One of my 2025 resolutions is to learn craps!
www.njarts.net/oldest-estab...
www.njarts.net/oldest-estab...
'The Oldest Established (Permanent Floating Crap Game in New York),' Frank Sinatra, Jerry Lewis, Sammy Davis Jr. in Atlantic City
In 1987, Frank Sinatra, Jerry Lewis and Sammy Davis Jr. sang together at a renaming ceremony for Bally's Grand in Atlantic City.
www.njarts.net
January 7, 2025 at 4:22 AM
One of my 2025 resolutions is to learn craps!
www.njarts.net/oldest-estab...
www.njarts.net/oldest-estab...
is this thing on?
January 7, 2025 at 3:58 AM
is this thing on?
Reposted by Michael Atkins
Atlantic City Theater To Honor Black-Only Beach And Jazz History
Atlantic City Theater To Be Transformed Into Cultural Arts Center For Jazz And Black History
An Atlantic City theater will become a cultural arts center and museum detailing its community's place in Black history and jazz.
buff.ly
December 29, 2024 at 11:53 PM
Atlantic City Theater To Honor Black-Only Beach And Jazz History
Reposted by Michael Atkins
Video shot in Atlantic City, this was my jam in ‘85! youtu.be/HEWdlp29s2k
January 1, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Video shot in Atlantic City, this was my jam in ‘85! youtu.be/HEWdlp29s2k
this was a really fun collaboration with Mr @xor.blue. Really proud of the initial blog entries, but got a liiiiitle busy in the 2nd half of the year. Looking forward to revisiting in 2025!
I put together a website for my good friend Michael because (a) he's a great writer and I wanted him to have a blog and (b) I think everyone should have a website.
Success story except now of course I want to rebuild my own website!
allthingsatkins.com
Success story except now of course I want to rebuild my own website!
allthingsatkins.com
Michael Atkins
Michael Atkins is a communicator strategist and multimedia producer with a passion for storytelling, civic engagement, and all things offbeat.
allthingsatkins.com
January 7, 2025 at 3:52 AM
this was a really fun collaboration with Mr @xor.blue. Really proud of the initial blog entries, but got a liiiiitle busy in the 2nd half of the year. Looking forward to revisiting in 2025!