Augustus Watkins
@augustuswatkins.com
songwriter, musician, los angeles
https://augustuswatkins.com/
https://augustuswatkins.com/
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Augustus Watkins
@augustuswatkins.com
· Jan 20
The internet had the potential to make humans so much smarter and interconnected. Instead, it's dumbing us down and siloing us off. A real tragedy.
Hi everyone I’m stoked to join Bluesky ✨
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Don't you hate when you find a really good show and then you have to pay attention to it
November 12, 2025 at 4:05 AM
Don't you hate when you find a really good show and then you have to pay attention to it
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Mamdani is going to implement Shania law. When she says "let's go girls" you have to go.
November 9, 2025 at 5:31 AM
Mamdani is going to implement Shania law. When she says "let's go girls" you have to go.
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Attention all shoppers: your store rewards program is now tied to your performance at scanning and bagging your groceries in the self-checkout line
November 8, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Attention all shoppers: your store rewards program is now tied to your performance at scanning and bagging your groceries in the self-checkout line
Most humans don’t even have human-level intelligence
AI pioneers claim human-level general intelligence is already here on.ft.com/3JERVRg
AI pioneers claim human-level general intelligence is already here
Tech leaders say systems now rival human intelligence in key tasks, further fuelling the superintelligence debate
on.ft.com
November 7, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Most humans don’t even have human-level intelligence
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(explaining an american car to a european) yeah so imagine if you were sitting in the back seat while driving,
November 6, 2025 at 5:14 PM
(explaining an american car to a european) yeah so imagine if you were sitting in the back seat while driving,
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Happy to vote yes on 50 today
November 4, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Happy to vote yes on 50 today
Jared Leto has endorsed Andrew Cuomo
November 4, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Jared Leto has endorsed Andrew Cuomo
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minimum wage should be $175 an hour
November 2, 2025 at 1:28 AM
minimum wage should be $175 an hour
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GIVE A FEW BUCK'S TO YOU'RE LOCAL FOOD BANK MOTHER FUCKER - LOOK IT UP HERE IF U DONT KNOW WHERE TO FIND ONE www.feedingamerica.org/find-your-lo... - TELL EM ADMIN SENT YA - dashare.zone ADMIN
November 1, 2025 at 5:13 PM
GIVE A FEW BUCK'S TO YOU'RE LOCAL FOOD BANK MOTHER FUCKER - LOOK IT UP HERE IF U DONT KNOW WHERE TO FIND ONE www.feedingamerica.org/find-your-lo... - TELL EM ADMIN SENT YA - dashare.zone ADMIN
All cops are chill thoughtful helpful cool people
California police boost patrols at grocery stores as millions set to lose SNAP benefits
California police boost patrols at grocery stores as millions set to lose SNAP benefits
www.foxla.com
October 30, 2025 at 7:29 AM
All cops are chill thoughtful helpful cool people
I forgot how CONSUMING car ownership was
Repairs, hunting for parking, renewing tabs, getting booted for parking wrong, standing still on the freeway, some asshole tailgating you, gas, geico commercials, checking the oil, fluid leak, back hurts after long drive, garage door install, shady mechanic
Repairs, hunting for parking, renewing tabs, getting booted for parking wrong, standing still on the freeway, some asshole tailgating you, gas, geico commercials, checking the oil, fluid leak, back hurts after long drive, garage door install, shady mechanic
October 26, 2025 at 11:46 PM
I forgot how CONSUMING car ownership was
Repairs, hunting for parking, renewing tabs, getting booted for parking wrong, standing still on the freeway, some asshole tailgating you, gas, geico commercials, checking the oil, fluid leak, back hurts after long drive, garage door install, shady mechanic
Repairs, hunting for parking, renewing tabs, getting booted for parking wrong, standing still on the freeway, some asshole tailgating you, gas, geico commercials, checking the oil, fluid leak, back hurts after long drive, garage door install, shady mechanic
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smash the like button. take out all your frustrations out on the like button. decimate every particle of the like button until no trace of the like button is left. once you are satisfied with the fate of the like button, turn your attention towards the subscribe button and continue your rampage.
October 17, 2025 at 8:19 AM
smash the like button. take out all your frustrations out on the like button. decimate every particle of the like button until no trace of the like button is left. once you are satisfied with the fate of the like button, turn your attention towards the subscribe button and continue your rampage.
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the tongue is the thumb of the skull
October 17, 2025 at 9:12 PM
the tongue is the thumb of the skull
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Bill Ding
Cut Bank, MT
Cut Bank, MT
October 13, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Bill Ding
Cut Bank, MT
Cut Bank, MT
Socialism is when people I don’t like get money from the government.
If that happens enough, it becomes full-blown communism.
If that happens enough, it becomes full-blown communism.
Do you ever get the feeling that people don't know what "communist" means?
October 10, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Socialism is when people I don’t like get money from the government.
If that happens enough, it becomes full-blown communism.
If that happens enough, it becomes full-blown communism.
This is why they don’t let you pogo on planes
I hope you're not on your pogo stick if the earth ever has to tap on its brakes.
September 29, 2025 at 6:37 PM
This is why they don’t let you pogo on planes
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Anti-ICE? Hey, you’re nice.
Anti-trans? I’m throwing hands.
Anti-trans? I’m throwing hands.
September 27, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Anti-ICE? Hey, you’re nice.
Anti-trans? I’m throwing hands.
Anti-trans? I’m throwing hands.
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the political policy cure for “male loneliness” is
- more time to hang with the fellas (4 day work week)
- more money to spend with the fellas (higher wages)
- more things to do with the fellas (taxing the rich and building 3rd spaces)
- more time to hang with the fellas (4 day work week)
- more money to spend with the fellas (higher wages)
- more things to do with the fellas (taxing the rich and building 3rd spaces)
September 26, 2025 at 3:32 PM
the political policy cure for “male loneliness” is
- more time to hang with the fellas (4 day work week)
- more money to spend with the fellas (higher wages)
- more things to do with the fellas (taxing the rich and building 3rd spaces)
- more time to hang with the fellas (4 day work week)
- more money to spend with the fellas (higher wages)
- more things to do with the fellas (taxing the rich and building 3rd spaces)
I keep thinking how the US ended a couple foreign wars and within a couple years, troops are deployed on home soil instead
That’s the military-industrial complex at work
Capitalism will kill us all
That’s the military-industrial complex at work
Capitalism will kill us all
September 26, 2025 at 9:51 PM
I keep thinking how the US ended a couple foreign wars and within a couple years, troops are deployed on home soil instead
That’s the military-industrial complex at work
Capitalism will kill us all
That’s the military-industrial complex at work
Capitalism will kill us all
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"Business owners — who often drive themselves — consistently overestimate the share of their customer base who arrive by car, often by enormous margins." streets.mn/2025/09/24/c...
Complete Streets are Good for Business
Complete streets aren’t just for those biking, walking and using transit: they’ll also benefit motorists, residents and, yes, even business owners.
streets.mn
September 24, 2025 at 5:58 PM
"Business owners — who often drive themselves — consistently overestimate the share of their customer base who arrive by car, often by enormous margins." streets.mn/2025/09/24/c...
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once again, if tylenol caused autism, america would have a better rail system
September 22, 2025 at 11:16 PM
once again, if tylenol caused autism, america would have a better rail system