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James August ✊🏳️‍🌈🌹🍉

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Queer commie photographer in Los Angeles Public interest lawyer and activist patreon.com/jamesaugustphoto Ping me for rates or answers

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James August ✊🏳️‍🌈🌹🍉 @jamesaugust.bsky.social · Jan 2

TWENTY TWENTY-FOUR RETRO THREAD!

Over the next while I'll share photos here from each of my glorious fab lovely photo shoots going back to December 2023. I'll be sharing a deeper look at each shoot over on Patreon, with more and more explicit photos than before. 😘

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Sharing portraits of some delightful guys.

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James August ✊🏳️‍🌈🌹🍉 @jamesaugust.bsky.social · 51m

Post the fitting bts video!

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The Onion @theonion.com · 1h

Kristi Noem: ‘Antifa Is A Highly Sophisticated Islamic Proto-State That Controlled Territory In Iraq And Syria From 2013-2019’

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Juno Rylee Schultz @junoryleejournalism.com · 15h

David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)

SHAPIRO: OK, so you've spent your career creating television without Al, and I could imagine today you thinking, boy, I wish I had had that tool to solve those thorny problems...
SIMON: What?
SHAPIRO: ...Or saying...
SIMON: You imagine that?
SHAPIRO: ...Boy, if that had existed, it would have screwed me over.
SIMON: I don't think Al can remotely challenge what writers do at a fundamentally creative level.
SHAPIRO: But if you're trying to transition from scene five to scene six, and you're stuck with that transition, you could imagine plugging that portion of the script into an Al and say, give me 10 ideas for how to transition this.
SIMON: I'd rather put a gun in my mouth.

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The Onion @theonion.com · 1h

Israel Agrees To Go Back To Killing Palestinians On Less Frequent Basis

CAIRO—As part of a historic ceasefire agreement with Hamas following two years of war, the Israeli government reportedly agreed Thursday to go back to killing Palestinians on a less frequent basis. “I...

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QuoProQuid @quoproquid.bsky.social · 3h

what the fuck

aaron from queens from twitter @aaronnarraph.bsky.social · 4h

the background on zohran's colbert appearance is jaw-droppingly disgusting

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James August ✊🏳️‍🌈🌹🍉 @jamesaugust.bsky.social · 5h

Setting aside the bazillion reasons that these guys shouldn't be here, deploying physically unfit dudes in domestic policing operations is insanely dangerous where unjustifiable use of force is routine. Cops who can't or don't want to run after someone are more likely to just shoot them instead.

Linda Marie @lindam174.bsky.social · 6h

Not sure storm is the word. Maybe lumber, waddle, trot

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 18h

This is maybe the most insulting thing you could say about a human being lol

Raw Story @rawstory.com · 1d

Bari Weiss, the incoming editor in chief of CBS News, once auditioned for a role on the hit daytime television show "The View," but tested so poorly with audiences that she "wasn't invited back," according to a new report.

CBS News' new boss once auditioned for 'The View' — and 'wasn't invited back': report

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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 1d

You have got to be joking hahaha

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competentposter @competentposter.bsky.social · 4d

wizard frog is insane

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Jeet Heer @jeetheer.bsky.social · 14h

There is no army on earth that can defeat this.

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1d

#WarRavagedPortland

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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 22h

NOTE: Leavitt says Trump will "stop by for his routine yearly check up."

But…Trump had his annual check up already. 5 months ago. On April 11.

Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 22h

New — White House says Donald Trump will visit Walter Reed Medical Center on Friday.

"On Friday morning, President Trump will visit Walter Reed Medical Center for a planned meeting and remarks with the troops. While there, President Trump will stop by for his routine yearly check up. He will then return to the White House. President Trump is considering going to the Middle East shortly thereafter." - White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt

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Eli Valley @elivalley.bsky.social · 23h

More history from this Nazi adulated by the Trump team. These are explicit, proud Nazis who scream and cry and call every referee they can find when you quote their Nazism back to them.

Multiple tweets from Nazi Jack Posobiec in 2016 making "jokes" involving the Nazi code "1488."

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Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 1d

Incredible.

Jack Posobiec references the earliest version of antifa -- the anti-fascists in the Weimar Republic who were opposed to the Nazi Party -- as the bad guys.

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James August ✊🏳️‍🌈🌹🍉 @jamesaugust.bsky.social · 23h

I thought Rubenfeld was suspended for being a creep. Surely engaging with Yarvin will put those concerns to rest!

James August ✊🏳️‍🌈🌹🍉 @jamesaugust.bsky.social · 23h

Fuck you wear it so well

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 1d

This is obviously hateful, but for people indifferent to the hate, just a big waste of money. You have the Secretary of Transportation cheering the destruction of functional public infrastructure.

Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 1d

Just openly cheering the destruction of any representation of gay people in public space. They think their power is totally unrestricted, and the entire country will support them rolling back society to the 1950s, or maybe the 1850s

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Colby @colbyxphoto.bsky.social · 7d

Come back to NorCal! @jamesaugust.bsky.social

James August ✊🏳️‍🌈🌹🍉 @jamesaugust.bsky.social · 7d

With @colbyxphoto.bsky.social in Oakland

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Sir RJ @rjismysir.bsky.social · 1d

When we work chest on Mondays, this is how @justjtay.bsky.social spoils be on Titty Tuesday…
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Photo of RJ in a bathtub having his chest massaged by Josh’s feet, and LOVING it

Close of shot of Josh’s hand aggressively kneading intel of RJ’s hairy pecs

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James August ✊🏳️‍🌈🌹🍉 @jamesaugust.bsky.social · 1d

Dolly put out a proof-of-life video today — she’s doing okay!

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Matthew Guariglia @mguariglia.bsky.social · 13d

I spent the week at the police surveillance convention and let me tell you my biggest observation: The name of the game now is consolidating as much information as humanely possible from surveillance devices, the internet, other governmental data, and literally a million other places. 🧵

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Ken Klippenstein @kenklippenstein.bsky.social · 2d

This morning, Congress had the opportunity to ask Attorney General Pam Bondi anything and didn't ask a single question about NSPM-7 👍

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James August ✊🏳️‍🌈🌹🍉 @jamesaugust.bsky.social · 1d

Shit

James August ✊🏳️‍🌈🌹🍉 @jamesaugust.bsky.social · 1d

Need more @gayfishes.bsky.social and @kyleandersonart.bsky.social cross-over, thank you sirs

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Steen Comer @mediapathic.bsky.social · 2d

The decision between “ask the coked-out robot to draw the building you’re literally sitting in” vs “send an intern with an iphone downstairs” is sure indicative of some things

Darwin BondGraham @darwinbondgraham.bsky.social · 2d

Contest!

How many inaccuracies can you spot in the AI-generated image of Oakland City Hall that was sent to media in a press release from the mayor's office today?

Send us your list and you could win some Oaklandside merch.

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An AI image of Oakland City Hall is missing some stuff…can you spot it?

A press release announcing Oakland Mayor Barbara Lee’s State of the City speech included a curious picture of a civic landmark.

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James August ✊🏳️‍🌈🌹🍉 @jamesaugust.bsky.social · 1d

I don't know that I'd call him a centrist so much as a guy who is exactly as far right as he thinks he can get away with at any given moment.

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