Online weekly magazine, since 2017. No politics, no rage, just “a kinder, cooler America.”https://bsky.app/profile/the-attic.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/the-attic.bsky.social/post/3mvkkcdi6vs25Celebrating the 75th of sci-fi’s masterful warning to the earth. #sci-fi #50s #nuclear #scififilms https://www.theattic.space/home-page-blogs/2026/9/10/9d6bp09f459zqhpgx75trmeydqy6gf15 Sep 2026 11:43 +0000at://did:plc:wwk2jyiwa5urtcv7lfpy3mrm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvkkcdi6vs25https://bsky.app/profile/the-attic.bsky.social/post/3muufpiqrzk2o“Who Built America?” The question The Attic asks for #Labor Day. #Laborday #laborhistory #unions. (Click on profile like to read “Six Fine Films on American Labor”). https://www.theattic.space/lists/2018/8/30/six-films-about-american-labor06 Sep 2026 16:23 +0000at://did:plc:wwk2jyiwa5urtcv7lfpy3mrm/app.bsky.feed.post/3muufpiqrzk2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/the-attic.bsky.social/post/3museuzwhbs24For #Labor Day, The Attic asks, “Who Built America?” #Laborday #laborhistory #union https://www.theattic.space/home-page-blogs/2018/8/30/the-myth-of-the-mill-girls?rq=mill%20girls05 Sep 2026 21:03 +0000at://did:plc:wwk2jyiwa5urtcv7lfpy3mrm/app.bsky.feed.post/3museuzwhbs24https://bsky.app/profile/the-attic.bsky.social/post/3munn5ifmek2oWith #AI everywhere, The Attic asks the question posed by the late #WendellBerry. “What are people for?” https://www.theattic.space/home-page-blogs/2023/2/16/what-are-people-for?rq=Wendell03 Sep 2026 23:47 +0000at://did:plc:wwk2jyiwa5urtcv7lfpy3mrm/app.bsky.feed.post/3munn5ifmek2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/the-attic.bsky.social/post/3mt2g24xxz22hAttic at the Movies — He was exhausted, grieving, scandalized. Silent movies were relics. But Charlie Chaplin had an idea about his “little tramp” and a blind girl. Read “The Little Tramp’s Masterpiece.” #chaplin #greatmovies #citylights #charliechaplin https://www.theattic.space/home-page-blogs/2018/12/7/the-little-tramp-and-his-masterpiece?rq=chaplin14 Aug 2026 14:54 +0000at://did:plc:wwk2jyiwa5urtcv7lfpy3mrm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mt2g24xxz22hhttps://bsky.app/profile/the-attic.bsky.social/post/3msvk6g4k522gAll month — Attic at the Movies. You might think you know “Network,” but it’s more than just “mad as hell!” Read how the classic film taught news stations to sell anger. #network #networkmovie #anger #americanrage #classicmovies https://www.theattic.space/home-page-blogs/networkat40?rq=network12 Aug 2026 16:25 +0000at://did:plc:wwk2jyiwa5urtcv7lfpy3mrm/app.bsky.feed.post/3msvk6g4k522ghttps://bsky.app/profile/the-attic.bsky.social/post/3mssijbklac2fDoes death always have the last laugh? Not where these gravestones speak. Read “Goosing the Grim Reaper” in The Attic. #gravestones #graveyards #funnygravestones #Americanhumor https://www.theattic.space/home-page-blogs/2021/8/13/goosing-the-grim-reaper?rq=grim%20reaper11 Aug 2026 11:17 +0000at://did:plc:wwk2jyiwa5urtcv7lfpy3mrm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mssijbklac2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/the-attic.bsky.social/post/3msl6avzb5c2wA slow August day in Harlem. Then Jazz began dropping by. Remembering “A Great Day in Harlem.” You never know what you’ll find in The Attic. #jazz #jazzhistory #greatdayinharlem https://www.theattic.space/home-page-blogs/2024/1/31/great-day-in-harlem08 Aug 2026 13:25 +0000at://did:plc:wwk2jyiwa5urtcv7lfpy3mrm/app.bsky.feed.post/3msl6avzb5c2whttps://bsky.app/profile/the-attic.bsky.social/post/3msb2gjenbk27Before N.O.W. and Ms., even before first-wave feminism there was Hetrodoxy. Remembering “The Club That Started it All.” #womeninhistory https://www.theattic.space/home-page-blogs/2024/5/10/the-club-that-started-it-all04 Aug 2026 12:50 +0000at://did:plc:wwk2jyiwa5urtcv7lfpy3mrm/app.bsky.feed.post/3msb2gjenbk27https://bsky.app/profile/the-attic.bsky.social/post/3ms6zoph7ws2oThis week marks the 100th of a remarkable human achievement. Read “Queen of the Waves” in The Attic. #history #americanhistory #athleticfeats https://www.theattic.space/home-page-blogs/2021/12/3/queen-of-the-waves03 Aug 2026 17:31 +0000at://did:plc:wwk2jyiwa5urtcv7lfpy3mrm/app.bsky.feed.post/3ms6zoph7ws2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/the-attic.bsky.social/post/3mrnexltaok2hQuick now? Who said that when an American tyrant comes, “it will require the people to be united with each other, attached to the government and laws, and generally intelligent, to successfully frustrate his designs?” #history #americanhistory #lincoln #tyranny https://www.theattic.space/home-page-blogs/2021/1/14/lincoln-and-the-mobocratic-spirit?rq=Mobocracy27 Jul 2026 17:05 +0000at://did:plc:wwk2jyiwa5urtcv7lfpy3mrm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrnexltaok2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/the-attic.bsky.social/post/3mrzmduyqvk2zThink “anti-racism” is something new? Meet “The First Anti-Racists” in The Attic. #racism #anti-racism #margaretmead https://www.theattic.space/home-page-blogs/2022/10/24/vgbupv4w11w3veeb9x0hyellbh48zt?rq=Dubois01 Aug 2026 13:49 +0000at://did:plc:wwk2jyiwa5urtcv7lfpy3mrm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrzmduyqvk2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/the-attic.bsky.social/post/3mrsgl4spgk2xFeel like talking back to your phone? Sherry Turkle will show you how. #smartphones #sherryturkle #onlineaddiction https://www.theattic.space/home-page-blogs/2026/4/23/57u3topgl9ujzui1gwcd3avv0es0wr?rq=AI29 Jul 2026 17:17 +0000at://did:plc:wwk2jyiwa5urtcv7lfpy3mrm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrsgl4spgk2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/the-attic.bsky.social/post/3mrpfdjwfik2eNew to The Attic? Consider sharing the “kinder, cooler America” in these absurdly novel ways. https://www.theattic.space/lists/2025/9/25/7-ways-to-put-the-attic-everywhere28 Jul 2026 12:17 +0000at://did:plc:wwk2jyiwa5urtcv7lfpy3mrm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrpfdjwfik2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/the-attic.bsky.social/post/3mrnexltaok2hQuick now? Who said that when an American tyrant comes, “it will require the people to be united with each other, attached to the government and laws, and generally intelligent, to successfully frustrate his designs?” #history #americanhistory #lincoln #tyranny https://www.theattic.space/home-page-blogs/2021/1/14/lincoln-and-the-mobocratic-spirit?rq=Mobocracy27 Jul 2026 17:05 +0000at://did:plc:wwk2jyiwa5urtcv7lfpy3mrm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrnexltaok2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/the-attic.bsky.social/post/3mrkimyq64k2wThis week’s Attic celebrates the wonderful woman who took on “ageism.” #history #geronsky https://www.theattic.space/home-page-blogs/2026/7/23/the-wrinkled-radical26 Jul 2026 13:33 +0000at://did:plc:wwk2jyiwa5urtcv7lfpy3mrm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrkimyq64k2whttps://bsky.app/profile/the-attic.bsky.social/post/3mrhwiivpes2c“To be led by a fool is to be led by the opportunists who control the fool.” — Octavia Butler Check out the prophetic wisdom of Octavia Butler in The Attic. https://www.theattic.space/home-page-blogs/2020/9/3/sci-fi-slavery-and-seeds-of-the-future25 Jul 2026 13:03 +0000at://did:plc:wwk2jyiwa5urtcv7lfpy3mrm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrhwiivpes2chttps://bsky.app/profile/the-attic.bsky.social/post/3mrfj6w6fxs2lRemembering July 1903 when Mother Jones’ “Children’s Crusade” captured headlines and hearts. https://www.theattic.space/home-page-blogs/2022/10/6/the-childrens-crusade24 Jul 2026 13:59 +0000at://did:plc:wwk2jyiwa5urtcv7lfpy3mrm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrfj6w6fxs2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/the-attic.bsky.social/post/3mrcvho4yyc2cWhat can AI do for you? Better ask, as Wendell Berry did years ago, “What are people for?” https://www.theattic.space/home-page-blogs/2023/2/16/what-are-people-for?rq=Berry23 Jul 2026 13:01 +0000at://did:plc:wwk2jyiwa5urtcv7lfpy3mrm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrcvho4yyc2chttps://bsky.app/profile/the-attic.bsky.social/post/3mrbdbls2ds2lThe Attic welcomes the new documentary about poet Mary Oliver. A little background from our archives. https://www.theattic.space/home-page-blogs/2024/2/7/the-poet-and-her-wild-geese22 Jul 2026 22:03 +0000at://did:plc:wwk2jyiwa5urtcv7lfpy3mrm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrbdbls2ds2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/the-attic.bsky.social/post/3mraaztn5xk2nWith all due respect to the Declaration (of Independence, duh), it was the 14th amendment that made America America. And its anniversary (July 9) came and went. Check it out in The Attic. https://www.theattic.space/home-page-blogs/2026/7/2/the-amendment-that-made-america-america22 Jul 2026 11:50 +0000at://did:plc:wwk2jyiwa5urtcv7lfpy3mrm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mraaztn5xk2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/the-attic.bsky.social/post/3mr6nwr3wo22mSo far this summer, Attic readers have discovered: the first paper airplane contest, the 14th amendment, “The Endless Summer,” bird-safe buildings, and Stetson hats. And how’s your summer reading going? Www.theattic.space https://Www.theattic.space21 Jul 2026 20:36 +0000at://did:plc:wwk2jyiwa5urtcv7lfpy3mrm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr6nwr3wo22mhttps://bsky.app/profile/the-attic.bsky.social/post/3mr66nvmykh2pThe Attic is now on Blue Sky. Come rummage through articles about American Wonders, Wits, Dreamers, Rebels, Teachers, Builders, Folkies, etc. “For a Kinder, Cooler America.” Www.theattic.space https://Www.theattic.space21 Jul 2026 16:02 +0000at://did:plc:wwk2jyiwa5urtcv7lfpy3mrm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr66nvmykh2p