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David August ❌👑

@davidaugust.bsky.social

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Actor. Writer. May have been in that thing you saw that one time (Dependent's Day, Jimmy Kimmel Live, Second City/Chicago Shakespeare). @[email protected] https://www.davidaugust.com/

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David August ❌👑 @davidaugust.bsky.social · Jan 30

You can now follow both my Mastodon and Threads accounts on Bluesky thanks to @ap.brid.gy.

My Mastodon as it appears on Bluesky:
bsky.app/profile/davi...

My Threads as it appears on Bluesky:
bsky.app/profile/davi...

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h/t @quillmatiq.com & @david.setouchi.social

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Brandi Buchman @brandibuchman.bsky.social · 5h

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Sarah Tuttle @niais.bsky.social · 1h

Love your neighbor, love your God, save your soul and quit your job!

(this is an amazing chant. We should all be chanting this chant. Constantly.)

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Jacob Soboroff @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social · 5h

Michigan Avenue right now.

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Fred Posner @fred.tel · 2h

Sometimes, a video like this helps to keep that sliver of hope somehow still intact safe… at least for one more day.

Jacob Soboroff @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social · 5h

Michigan Avenue right now.

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Indivisible Madison East ❌👑 @indivisiblemadison.bsky.social · 1h

People often ask about the value of protests - this is what they is good for! To show that we are not alone, to demonstrate the power of people united, to offer hope and community.

Fred Posner @fred.tel · 2h

Sometimes, a video like this helps to keep that sliver of hope somehow still intact safe… at least for one more day.

Jacob Soboroff @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social · 5h

Michigan Avenue right now.

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 3h

Love this. “NATO for nonprofits.”

www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...

'NATO for nonprofits': Groups organize to band together if targeted by Trump

Nonprofit organizations took lessons away from law firms and universities that largely decided to act in isolation after finding themselves in the administration's crosshairs.

www.nbcnews.com

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Michael J. Stern @michaeljstern.bsky.social · 2h

Damn, The Las Vegas Sun newspaper, @lasvegassun.bsky.social, is calling it like it is:

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IndivisibleLasVegas ❌👑 @indivisiblelasvegas.org · 1h

@lasvegassun.bsky.social yes you are. Thanks for telling the ugly truth.

Michael J. Stern @michaeljstern.bsky.social · 2h

Damn, The Las Vegas Sun newspaper, @lasvegassun.bsky.social, is calling it like it is:

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Congressman Gabe Amo @amo.house.gov · 1h

Something’s got to give. And it won’t be Democrats defending your health care.

Today I told my @HouseDemocrats colleagues about my East Providence constituent, Carla, whose monthly health care premiums will jump from $427 to $904.

I won’t let House Republicans make us sicker & poorer.

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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 16h

The situation in America is not great. www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...

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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 15h

if blue state governors and mayors aren't already thinking about the reliability of various police forces nominally under their control, they should start immediately

southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 16h

The situation in America is not great. www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...

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Maxima @maxima-infinity.bsky.social · 22h

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Images of burning buildings and insurrection in Oregon circulating by Trump sycophants are unsurprisingly bad fakes.

They are in fact from South America.

Hint:
In the US the word "POLICE" is used.
In South America they use the word "POLICIA".

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www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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Aster Vérité @aster-verite.bsky.social · 10h

10/
So yes, more of this please. Mock them mercilessly.

Mock their solemnity.
Mock their rituals.
Mock their myth of authority.

Because every pepper ball fired at a frog is a confession.

They’re afraid.

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Aster Vérité @aster-verite.bsky.social · 10h

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This is how asymmetrical resistance works....

Use absurdity to fracture spectacle

Use laughter to disrupt command

Use mockery to rob power of its mask

It’s not weakness.
It’s insurgent narrative warfare.

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S373N of N1N3 @s373n.bsky.social · 14h

Saw this great tactic to get the word out there by beating social media’s own algorithms….

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Polarsprite 🧚‍♂️ @polarsprite.bsky.social · 8d

Passive aggressive level 100 this is how we roll in the PNW 🤣 Protesters in Portland are going ice fishing with donuts as bait on fishing polls, holding dance offs in front of ICE barricades in goofy costumes and just being incredibly annoying to ICE there's no violence from protesters whatsoever.

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competentposter @competentposter.bsky.social · 4d

wizard frog is insane

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J Bean @jbeanz120.bsky.social · 15h

"Also, prepare to tremble before the awesome power of our frog."

competentposter @competentposter.bsky.social · 4d

wizard frog is insane

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 18h

#WarRavagedPortland

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David August ❌👑 @davidaugust.bsky.social · 1h

Nice!

David August ❌👑 @davidaugust.bsky.social · 1h

Yes. A flawless bind for the admin: arresting a t-rex looks like over-reach and ridiculous not arresting a t-rex could look like weakness and ridiculous.

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Holly Berkley Fletcher @hollybfletcher.bsky.social · 17h

Gotta say--dressing up in costumes is the kind of creatively brilliant resistance we all need. It brings joy and humor to things while vividly painting the authoritarian as foolish and absurd. Hats off Portlanders! @benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org I think this counts as the sprite of mischief.

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 18h

#WarRavagedPortland

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David August ❌👑 @davidaugust.bsky.social · 1h

Yeah. Classic computer issue: gotta make it accessible for it to be useful and usable, but also want a certain amount of confidentiality too. Not always simple balance to strike between availability and secrecy.

David August ❌👑 @davidaugust.bsky.social · 3h

That's plausible, and worrisome.

Not ideal that a little social engineering later and someone's travel plans get borked.

Thank you for mentioning that as an option. Not sure if randos doing it is much less worrisome than the admin doing it, but government abuse is a bit worse than random person.

David August ❌👑 @davidaugust.bsky.social · 4h

Well that's worrisome.

Simple glitch, or too few air traffic controllers, and so is it a standard cancellation?

Or did the admin stop a critic from leaving their jurisdiction?

That right now that even _seems_ possible should feel like a 5 alarm fire.

#USpol #MarkBray #travel

Mark Bray @mark-bray.bsky.social · 5h

“Someone” cancelled my family’s flight out of the country at the last second.

We got our boarding passes. We checked our bags. Went through security. Then at our gate our reservation ‘disappeared.’

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