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Written by David August on 2025-02-02 at 06:01

Joy matters.

youtu.be/UTtIhOs04Sk

[#]joy #USpol

10 Years of Revolution

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Written by David August on 2025-02-01 at 23:16

President Bluster promised this wouldn’t happen. Another broken promise. Weird.

Supporting source: www.cbsnews.com/news/us-figh...

[#]USpol

h/t @tomroyactor.bsky.social

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Written by David August on 2025-02-01 at 22:10

An un-elected private citizen has seized control of payment systems of the US treasury:

www.finance.senate.gov/chairmans-ne...

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Wyden Demands Answers Followin...

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Written by David August on 2025-02-01 at 21:14

Yup.

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Written by David August on 2025-02-01 at 01:05

If I wrote a screenplay with an unelected billionaire taking control of government systems after a military helicopter crashed into a passenger jet and went down into the Potomac, they’d be related.

[#]ScriptSky #USpol

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Written by David August on 2025-01-31 at 20:49

Just worked with an #acting #coaching client and got into the immediacy in-the-moment nature of our work as #actors. It's different than a #director or #writer's between action and cut. Connected it to some of the concepts behind my phrase that "actors are the squishy" from a post I wrote long ago.

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Written by David August on 2025-01-31 at 07:38

My best ideas so far are try to have your vaccinations up to date now, in advance of such an ordeal. In addition to the base ones to prevent what normally an American might encounter, the CDC mentions rabies (the dogs), and typhoid for Cuba. Insurance may not cover these so many many take out of 🧵

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Written by David August on 2025-01-31 at 07:34

Things that might be in one’s control are what you know, and anything unremovable from you. By this I mean: if everything were taken from you, you were stripped naked, and then crammed into concentrated quarters with others, kept their by violent armed guards and dogs, what if anything could help? 🧵

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Written by David August on 2025-01-31 at 07:33

Insomnia asks: When Americans (full citizens too) get sent to gitmo concentration camp, how can they best survive?

Cannot rely on legal council, medical attention (facilities for numbers being discussed simply don’t exist there), press coverage or other communications to tell anyone you’re there. 🧵

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Written by David August on 2025-01-30 at 09:44

[#]USpol

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Written by David August on 2025-01-30 at 04:28

potus "accidentally" is outlawing circumcision here by Executive Order.

Both Muslim & Jewish male babies are often circumcised shortly after birth, & many more are for cultural & health reasons.

www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

[#]lawless #law #USpol #FreedomOfReligion #health #circumcision

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Written by David August on 2025-01-29 at 23:59

Context: apnews.com/article/trum...

[#]immigration #ConcentrationCamps #USpol #GitMo #Guantanamo #GulfOfMexico #auschwitz

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Written by David August on 2025-01-29 at 02:24

Just tried using my first local AI, as in not connected to the internet, and it was surprisingly good at things.

I tried Llama 3.2, now gonna try DeepSeek-r-1:1.1b.

[#]llm

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Written by David August on 2025-01-28 at 23:23

Dang. Impressive.

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Written by David August on 2025-01-28 at 20:45

"If you always put limits on everything you do, physical or anything else. It will spread into your work and into your life. There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them."

-Bruce Lee

[#]acting #coaching #inspiration #ActingCoach

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Written by David August on 2025-01-27 at 23:42

President Rumpelthinskin pushed Colombia and China closer together over the weekend by throwing a tantrum and threatening a long-time ally to the US. The Ambassador from China to Colombia was ecstatic (the below is diplomat speak meaning ecstatic):

[#]colombia #china #UnitedStates #USpol

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Written by David August on 2025-01-27 at 03:21

His Secret Service code name should be “Bone Spur.”

(speaks into shirtsleeve microphone)

Bone Spur is moving.

(someone does something suspicious)

Cover Bone Spur! Cover Bone Spur!!

(at the end of the day)

All Stations, be advised: Bone Spur is heading to the residence for the night.

[#]USpol

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Written by David August on 2025-01-26 at 15:40

My satire got published by The Haven. Here’s an excerpt:

“Citing a clear pivot away from DEI and policies of equity and toward the making the United States a full white supremacist christofascist state, the White House announced that along with the changes of…”

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[#]satire #funny #usa #joke

White House Announces Name Cha...

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