Ava Aum

Mini golfing down under ⛳

Throwback to my Portland record store days ✨

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En Vogue - Don't Let Go (Love)
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Now the Internet Archive is digitizing every tape. Making 33 years of TV history searchable and free.

She wasn't hoarding. She was protecting.

Because Marion Stokes understood a fundamental truth..

In a world where information is power, someone has to guard the gates of truth.

When Marion died in 2012, she left behind the most complete record of American television from that era. Not because she was paranoid. Because she saw what was coming.

So she turned her Philadelphia home into a fortress of truth. Tapes stacked floor to ceiling. Multiple properties filled with archives. Her son Michael rushing home from dinner to swap out cassettes because "Mom's recorders couldn't miss a minute."

As someone who'd fought for civil rights and worked as a librarian, Marion believed information should belong to everyone—not just those with power and money.

She watched TV networks erase old shows to save money and space. She witnessed how stories changed when they were retold years later. Without permanent records, truth becomes whatever the loudest voice claims it to be.

Her family thought she was obsessed. Neighbors called it hoarding. But Marion saw what was coming.

Every single day for three and a half decades, Marion ran up to eight VCRs simultaneously. News programs, sitcoms, commercials, breaking news coverage—everything that flickered across American television screens.

This former librarian and civil rights activist started recording TV intermittently in the mid-1970s. But when the Iranian Hostage Crisis erupted on November 4, 1979, she hit record and never stopped—capturing over 33 years of 24/7 coverage across 71,000 VHS tapes.

Black and white photo of Marion Stokes.

The Woman Who Saved Reality With a VCR

Marion Stokes understood something most people missed: whoever controls the narrative controls reality.

So she did something about it. (1/🧵)

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Flower Face - Angela
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Flower Face - Kaleidoscope
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#FlowerFace #Music

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rhianne - somewhere only we know
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Custom ROM Support Just Got a Lot Worse on Google Pixel Phones Good thing they last seven years now.

If You Use Custom ROMs on Pixels for Privacy (Things Just Got Worse)

With Android 16, Google cut off access to drivers/system files that custom ROM developers need, forcing them to reverse engineer everything through trial and error.

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#privacy #security

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Any man who by a lifetime of excessive application learns more about anything than others owes a statement to successors.

— Claude Hopkins (My Life in Advertising)

#advertising #marketing #copywriting

Proton launches free standalone cross-platform Authenticator app Proton has launched Proton Authenticator, a free standalone two-factor authentication (2FA) application for Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, and iOS.

Proton launches free standalone cross-platform Authenticator app
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4 years ago today... throwback to my Portland record store days ✨

Moxie girl 💜

#Moxie #Sphynx #Cat @themoxiecat.bsky.social

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A Perfect Circle - So Long, And Thanks For All The Fish
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#APerfectCircle #Music

YouTube video by TorrentiaL RIFF Knight Rider Ultimate Tribute [HD Audio]

Knight Rider Ultimate Tribute
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#StuPhillips #GlenALarson #Music #KnightRider

YouTube video by whitneyhoustonVEVO Whitney Houston - I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Official 4K Video)

Whitney Houston - I Wanna Dance With Somebody
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#WhitneyHouston #Music

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Soul II Soul - Back To Life (However Do You Want Me)
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#SoulIISoul #Music

Sometimes the dream evolves into something even better than what we originally imagined.

You're not abandoning the dream—you're finding a smarter way to live it.

— Ava Aum

Commas matter

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Kitty Kallen - It's Been a Long, Long Time
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#KittyKallen #Music

YouTube video by RHINO Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons - December, 1963 (Oh, What a Night) (Official Music Video)

Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons - December, 1963 (Oh, What a Night)

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#FrankieValliAndTheFourSeasons #Music

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Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons - Can't Take My Eyes off You

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And the world feels somewhat emptier now that that presence is no longer with us.

Rest in peace, Hulk. Still have those photos. (7-7)

#HulkHogan