by Bill Luoma

        *thanks latfmanarchists and whosoever lit the cop car onfire

I was sleeping at home
at 3am on October 25
when the alert came in.
Very heavy police presence. 
20 chp in parking lot nearby. 
Seems as if raid is imminent. 
Will update.
Raid confirmed. 
Get here immediately. 
Lines of riot cops marching toward camp.
Oakland eviction raid any minute! 
Pls call 
& wake up friends 
& get down to 14th & bdwy to help defend!
I'm not really popping a boner right now.

The emergency broadcast system 
made duck quacks 
on october 25th at 4am.
Sasha is sleeping.
Charles and Juliana are there.
Police are here.
Gave dispersal orders.
Please come!
If they get arrested
I will call in sick 
take care of Sasha
& pick them up.
Those straight white manarchists 
really need an accountability process right now.

The emergency broadcast system 
went beep at five-thirty am on october 25th.
I'm watching punkboyinsf on the livestream.
Raid went down at 5am. 
Both oscar grant plaza & snowpark. 
90+ arrests. Folks taken to 6th & wash, 
overflow to santa rita jail.
Ohai, work.
From the west oakland BART 
I can see helicopters over the plaza 
and other unidentifiable raptors 
confused and in need of fuel.

I put the emergency broadcast system
on vibrate at 11am on october 25 at work.
I'm on a project with Jorge Regula
trying to write a method
to determine if an android device
has a connection to the ad-hoc network.
I've got on my yellow shirt. 
Reconvene at Oklnd Main Library 
(14th&Madison) 4PM today! 
Spread the word! 
Fwd this to your contact list. 
Not all are receiving these txt alerts.

Just the facts
said the emergency broadcast system
on October 25 at 8th and Washington.
Bobo is Dereck and Kitten is Kenower.
Bobo is in the middle and Kitten is framing 
paint bombs, flash bangs and shotguns.
All painted cops are very unhappy.
Standoff at 14th and broadway. 
500+ Police have used tear gas several times this evening.
Scott Olsen 'has been shot' in the head 
with a 'non-lethal device'
and 'does not appear to die.'
Water Fountains @ Snow Park nr bathrm; 
nr Lake Chalet 14th & Lakeside; 
+open faucet on Alice btw 13th &14th 
@ side o brick bldg. 
Bring bottles!
What's going on oaxaca? 
Go ahead. Don't afraid.

The emergency broadcast system
prefigured a kind of washing & drinking 
at 10pm on october 25.
If you were gassed tonight 
undress and hose off outside. 
Don't bring the gas powder in the house with you. 
Chance of long term health effects.
Oh fuck, where's yopa when you need him?
Don't use that fucking hippie soap!

The emergency broadcast system
made a mistake at 10am on october 26.
Plz disregard previous msg. 
The action was mistakenly sent out as happening today. 
No Labor Picket @ Jail today. 
Back 2 R Streets @ 6pm Tonight!
What did I tell you about that fucking hippie soap?

The emergency broadcast system 
made old peculiar at 5pm on october 26.
GA tonight at 6pm at 14th and Broadway. 
If access to intersection is impossible 
we will reconverge at Oakland Public Library 
(14th and Madison).
I'm at home watching Sasha. 
I'm watching the global revolution livestream.
I'm watching the people say Oakland General Strike set for Nov 2! 
More cowbell please.

It's friday october 28 at 11am
and the emergency broadcast system
wants me to know.
Strike committee meeting tonight at 5pm at Oscar Grant Plaza. 
General Assembly at 6 pm.
Strike committee meeting tonight at 5pm at Oscar Grant Plaza. 
General Assembly at 6 pm.
I'm planning a very special kind of kittens action.

For the next few days
the emergency broadcast system
reminds me about the police 
who've been really good
at excercising their 2nd amendment rights
in the face of my 1st.
Support needed for 2 more 
arraignments today at 2pm. 
Wiley Manuel Courthouse. 
7th and Washington. 
Dept. 112.
Speakout against police violence at 6. 
Rubber bullets make big boo-boos on Bobo's body.

The day before the strike
the emergency broadcast system
gave out tactical info.
Tomorrow use twitter hashtag #OOstrike. 

Continuation of prev message. 
Please only use #OOstrike for tactical information. 
We want this to be a clear channel for information.
Marches for port leave at 4 and 5 sharp. 
I'll use twitter hashtag #OOstrike
when I find the port-o-pottie.

The emergency broadcast system
started tweeting at 8:30
on the morning of the general strike.
Marches on banks leaving after 9 am and 12 pm convergences. 
Anticapitalist march at 2 pm.
Someone masked up touches my shoulder
and seems to smile. ohai. 
I can't tell who it is 
but I say o, hey, like I do. 
Fuck you if you like commas.

The emergency broadcast system
distributed safe words
on the day of the general strike.
Legal hotline for today is 415.285.1011. 
Please write on body in indelible ink 
if you are doing direct action.
Does that include <<Death to Capitalism>> 
? or <<Long Live The Oakland Commune>>
? Either way it doesn't seem to matter 
as the cops are nowhere to be found.

The emergency broadcast system
made statements on the evening 
of the general strike.
ILWU reports shift change now at 8.  
To hold the picket 
please stay at port.
Please standby.
We are still waiting for confirmation 
that port is totally shut down, 
and then we can leave. 
Love builds up.
Nothing happens.

One thing is needed
said the emergency broadcast system
at 1:58am on the night of the general strike:
Support.
Plaza under attack by police. 
I've stopped dancing in front of the travelers aid building.
The banner doesn't say <<Occupy verything>>.
I'm seeing a lot of mutual aid from medics.
No one uses twitter hashtag #OOStrike.
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