David August โ๐
@davidaugust.bsky.social
Actor. Writer. May have been in that thing you saw that one time (Dependent's Day, Jimmy Kimmel Live, Second City/Chicago Shakespeare). @davidaugust@mastodon.online
https://www.davidaugust.com/
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David August โ๐
@davidaugust.bsky.social
ยท Jan 30
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Working with an #acting #coaching client on a scene where their character is threatening the other character, holding the other by the shirt collar. We do a take with different direction and discover a whole new version come out on the death threat: mockery of the victim. ๐ณ So fun and cool.
#actors
#actors
February 10, 2026 at 5:55 PM
Working with an #acting #coaching client on a scene where their character is threatening the other character, holding the other by the shirt collar. We do a take with different direction and discover a whole new version come out on the death threat: mockery of the victim. ๐ณ So fun and cool.
#actors
#actors
Reposted by David August โ๐
Old cartoon
America, are you paying attention?
America, are you paying attention?
February 10, 2026 at 7:21 AM
Old cartoon
America, are you paying attention?
America, are you paying attention?
Reposted by David August โ๐
The U.S. currently has more prisoners and a more sophisticated system of concentration camps than Nazi Germany had on the eve of World War II in 1939
ICE has now spent over half a BILLION dollars just on purchasing warehouses around the country to convert into detention camps.
If these mega-camps are utilized to the full capacity ICE intends, they'll be the largest prisons in the country, with little real oversight. www.ajc.com/politics/202...
If these mega-camps are utilized to the full capacity ICE intends, they'll be the largest prisons in the country, with little real oversight. www.ajc.com/politics/202...
ICE to begin detaining immigrants inside Social Circle warehouse in April
Homeland Security plans to build warehouse detention facilities in other cities being met with opposition.
www.ajc.com
February 10, 2026 at 3:37 AM
The U.S. currently has more prisoners and a more sophisticated system of concentration camps than Nazi Germany had on the eve of World War II in 1939
Reposted by David August โ๐
ICE is currently holding around 80,000 detainees. Nazi Germany didn't reach this number in its formal camp system until 1942, nine years after seizing power and three years into the war.
February 10, 2026 at 3:42 AM
ICE is currently holding around 80,000 detainees. Nazi Germany didn't reach this number in its formal camp system until 1942, nine years after seizing power and three years into the war.
Reposted by David August โ๐
This is literally what CURRENT LAW requires. Itโs in the Constitution! www.politico.com/news/2026/02...
February 10, 2026 at 3:18 AM
This is literally what CURRENT LAW requires. Itโs in the Constitution! www.politico.com/news/2026/02...
Reposted by David August โ๐
Another classic post-Homan day where around school dismissal time we get a flurry of ICE vehicles all across our neighborhoods. Today one vehicle led an observer to their own home and pointed at it. This is a sick game to them, but we wonโt be intimidated and we wonโt stop until DHS is abolished.
February 9, 2026 at 11:20 PM
Another classic post-Homan day where around school dismissal time we get a flurry of ICE vehicles all across our neighborhoods. Today one vehicle led an observer to their own home and pointed at it. This is a sick game to them, but we wonโt be intimidated and we wonโt stop until DHS is abolished.
Reposted by David August โ๐
Jane Fonda wants us to get organized: indivisible.org/get-involved/find-a-group/
February 9, 2026 at 2:30 AM
Jane Fonda wants us to get organized: indivisible.org/get-involved/find-a-group/
Reposted by David August โ๐
Masking and protecting yourself from a virus that has killed 30 million people is so โextremeโ bro
For most people, the pandemic days of masking are behind us. In certain corners of the Winter Olympics, though, things still look a lot like they did in Covid times. Some athletes are taking extreme measures to stay healthy. n.pr/4akK70l
Olympic Covid restrictions are gone, but some athletes still self-quarantining
For most people, the pandemic days of masking are behind us. In certain corners of the Winter Olympics, though, things still look a lot like they did in Covid times. Some athletes are taking extreme measures to stay healthy.
n.pr
February 10, 2026 at 6:35 AM
Masking and protecting yourself from a virus that has killed 30 million people is so โextremeโ bro
Reposted by David August โ๐
Discord will require a face scan or ID for full access next month - all accounts set to "teen-appropriate experience" by default www.theverge.com/tech/875309/...
discord.com/press-releas...
discord.com/press-releas...
February 9, 2026 at 2:29 PM
Discord will require a face scan or ID for full access next month - all accounts set to "teen-appropriate experience" by default www.theverge.com/tech/875309/...
discord.com/press-releas...
discord.com/press-releas...
"Less than 14% ofโฆimmigrants arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement in President Trump's first year back in the White House had charges or convictions for violent criminal offenses, according to an internalโฆdocument obtained by CBS News."
www.cbsnews.com/news/ice-arr...
#USpol
www.cbsnews.com/news/ice-arr...
#USpol
Less than 14% of those arrested by ICE in Trump's 1st year back in office had violent criminal records, document shows
The official DHS statistics, which had not been previously reported, provide the most detailed look yet into who ICE has arrested during the Trump administration's crackdown.
www.cbsnews.com
February 9, 2026 at 6:20 PM
"Less than 14% ofโฆimmigrants arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement in President Trump's first year back in the White House had charges or convictions for violent criminal offenses, according to an internalโฆdocument obtained by CBS News."
www.cbsnews.com/news/ice-arr...
#USpol
www.cbsnews.com/news/ice-arr...
#USpol
Reposted by David August โ๐
Sonnet 139 - CXXXIX
O! call not me to justify the wrong
That thy unkindness lays upon my heart;
Wound me not with thine eye, but with thy tongue:
Use power with power, and slay me not by art,
Tell me thou lov'st elsewhere; but in my sight,
Dear heart, forbear to glance thine eye aside:
What [โฆ]
O! call not me to justify the wrong
That thy unkindness lays upon my heart;
Wound me not with thine eye, but with thy tongue:
Use power with power, and slay me not by art,
Tell me thou lov'st elsewhere; but in my sight,
Dear heart, forbear to glance thine eye aside:
What [โฆ]
Original post on bots.krohsnest.com
bots.krohsnest.com
February 9, 2026 at 11:25 AM
Sonnet 139 - CXXXIX
O! call not me to justify the wrong
That thy unkindness lays upon my heart;
Wound me not with thine eye, but with thy tongue:
Use power with power, and slay me not by art,
Tell me thou lov'st elsewhere; but in my sight,
Dear heart, forbear to glance thine eye aside:
What [โฆ]
O! call not me to justify the wrong
That thy unkindness lays upon my heart;
Wound me not with thine eye, but with thy tongue:
Use power with power, and slay me not by art,
Tell me thou lov'st elsewhere; but in my sight,
Dear heart, forbear to glance thine eye aside:
What [โฆ]
Reposted by David August โ๐
February 9, 2026 at 5:47 PM
Reposted by David August โ๐
@davidaugust wrote: RMS Carpathia's Courageous Rescue Efforts
https://stuff.davidaugust.com/rms-carpathias-courageous-rescue-efforts/
> โYou are not obligated to complete the work, but neither are you free to desist from it" - Fathers Ethics (2:21) I was struck [โฆ]
[Original post on ohai.social]
https://stuff.davidaugust.com/rms-carpathias-courageous-rescue-efforts/
> โYou are not obligated to complete the work, but neither are you free to desist from it" - Fathers Ethics (2:21) I was struck [โฆ]
[Original post on ohai.social]
February 9, 2026 at 2:52 AM
@davidaugust wrote: RMS Carpathia's Courageous Rescue Efforts
https://stuff.davidaugust.com/rms-carpathias-courageous-rescue-efforts/
> โYou are not obligated to complete the work, but neither are you free to desist from it" - Fathers Ethics (2:21) I was struck [โฆ]
[Original post on ohai.social]
https://stuff.davidaugust.com/rms-carpathias-courageous-rescue-efforts/
> โYou are not obligated to complete the work, but neither are you free to desist from it" - Fathers Ethics (2:21) I was struck [โฆ]
[Original post on ohai.social]
Reposted by David August โ๐
"Itโs tough, acting. you have to walk two lines of a tightrope. thereโs the all consuming fear of failureโฆ and thereโs also confidence โ you have to be confident to try new things โ And they fight each other all the time."
โJessica Chastain
#Acting #coaching #inspiration #actingcoach [โฆ]
โJessica Chastain
#Acting #coaching #inspiration #actingcoach [โฆ]
Original post on mastodon.online
mastodon.online
February 9, 2026 at 4:16 AM
"Itโs tough, acting. you have to walk two lines of a tightrope. thereโs the all consuming fear of failureโฆ and thereโs also confidence โ you have to be confident to try new things โ And they fight each other all the time."
โJessica Chastain
#Acting #coaching #inspiration #actingcoach [โฆ]
โJessica Chastain
#Acting #coaching #inspiration #actingcoach [โฆ]
Reposted by David August โ๐
"If any of the work, that any of us do, contributes to the stretching of culture, the stretching of boundaries of empathy thatโs expected of an audienceโฆ thatโs the holy grail."
โRiz Ahmed
#Acting #coaching #inspiration #actingcoach #actingcoaching #actorslife
โRiz Ahmed
#Acting #coaching #inspiration #actingcoach #actingcoaching #actorslife
February 9, 2026 at 4:16 PM
"If any of the work, that any of us do, contributes to the stretching of culture, the stretching of boundaries of empathy thatโs expected of an audienceโฆ thatโs the holy grail."
โRiz Ahmed
#Acting #coaching #inspiration #actingcoach #actingcoaching #actorslife
โRiz Ahmed
#Acting #coaching #inspiration #actingcoach #actingcoaching #actorslife
Reposted by David August โ๐
A story of courage and tenacity.
stuff.davidaugust.com/rms-carpathi...
#strength #endurance #judgement #courage #rescue
stuff.davidaugust.com/rms-carpathi...
#strength #endurance #judgement #courage #rescue
RMS Carpathia's Courageous Rescue Efforts
โYou are not obligated to complete the work, but neither are you free to desist from it" - Fathers Ethics (2:21)
I was struck by this story. It is not quite about the Titanic, but the ship and people...
stuff.davidaugust.com
February 9, 2026 at 2:34 AM
A story of courage and tenacity.
stuff.davidaugust.com/rms-carpathi...
#strength #endurance #judgement #courage #rescue
stuff.davidaugust.com/rms-carpathi...
#strength #endurance #judgement #courage #rescue
Reposted by David August โ๐
ICE has now spent over half a BILLION dollars just on purchasing warehouses around the country to convert into detention camps.
If these mega-camps are utilized to the full capacity ICE intends, they'll be the largest prisons in the country, with little real oversight. www.ajc.com/politics/202...
If these mega-camps are utilized to the full capacity ICE intends, they'll be the largest prisons in the country, with little real oversight. www.ajc.com/politics/202...
ICE to begin detaining immigrants inside Social Circle warehouse in April
Homeland Security plans to build warehouse detention facilities in other cities being met with opposition.
www.ajc.com
February 9, 2026 at 5:56 PM
ICE has now spent over half a BILLION dollars just on purchasing warehouses around the country to convert into detention camps.
If these mega-camps are utilized to the full capacity ICE intends, they'll be the largest prisons in the country, with little real oversight. www.ajc.com/politics/202...
If these mega-camps are utilized to the full capacity ICE intends, they'll be the largest prisons in the country, with little real oversight. www.ajc.com/politics/202...
Reposted by David August โ๐
๐คฌ
ICE has now spent over half a BILLION dollars just on purchasing warehouses around the country to convert into detention camps.
If these mega-camps are utilized to the full capacity ICE intends, they'll be the largest prisons in the country, with little real oversight. www.ajc.com/politics/202...
If these mega-camps are utilized to the full capacity ICE intends, they'll be the largest prisons in the country, with little real oversight. www.ajc.com/politics/202...
ICE to begin detaining immigrants inside Social Circle warehouse in April
Homeland Security plans to build warehouse detention facilities in other cities being met with opposition.
www.ajc.com
February 9, 2026 at 6:12 PM
๐คฌ
A story of courage and tenacity.
stuff.davidaugust.com/rms-carpathi...
#strength #endurance #judgement #courage #rescue
stuff.davidaugust.com/rms-carpathi...
#strength #endurance #judgement #courage #rescue
RMS Carpathia's Courageous Rescue Efforts
โYou are not obligated to complete the work, but neither are you free to desist from it" - Fathers Ethics (2:21)
I was struck by this story. It is not quite about the Titanic, but the ship and people...
stuff.davidaugust.com
February 9, 2026 at 2:34 AM
A story of courage and tenacity.
stuff.davidaugust.com/rms-carpathi...
#strength #endurance #judgement #courage #rescue
stuff.davidaugust.com/rms-carpathi...
#strength #endurance #judgement #courage #rescue
Reposted by David August โ๐
Thank you to @avishaiw.bsky.social for writing a touching, thrilling and metal feature film script and having the brilliant idea to ask @swanieprods.bsky.social to produce a table read of it! I got to act as one of the characters and had the BEST time stepping into such an inventive world.
February 8, 2026 at 9:11 PM
Thank you to @avishaiw.bsky.social for writing a touching, thrilling and metal feature film script and having the brilliant idea to ask @swanieprods.bsky.social to produce a table read of it! I got to act as one of the characters and had the BEST time stepping into such an inventive world.
Reposted by David August โ๐
Thank you @christinaauriana.bsky.social! And @arisdawdle.bsky.social, @snarkylicious.bsky.social, @davidaugust.bsky.social, @leahfromsd.bsky.social, @witchcorps.bsky.social, @realtimbrennan.bsky.social, and of course @swanieprods.bsky.social.
It's been an honor to see you bring my script to life.
It's been an honor to see you bring my script to life.
Thank you to @avishaiw.bsky.social for writing a touching, thrilling and metal feature film script and having the brilliant idea to ask @swanieprods.bsky.social to produce a table read of it! I got to act as one of the characters and had the BEST time stepping into such an inventive world.
February 8, 2026 at 9:25 PM
Thank you @christinaauriana.bsky.social! And @arisdawdle.bsky.social, @snarkylicious.bsky.social, @davidaugust.bsky.social, @leahfromsd.bsky.social, @witchcorps.bsky.social, @realtimbrennan.bsky.social, and of course @swanieprods.bsky.social.
It's been an honor to see you bring my script to life.
It's been an honor to see you bring my script to life.
Reposted by David August โ๐
Sonnet 004 - IV
Unthrifty loveliness, why dost thou spend
Upon thy self thy beauty's legacy?
Nature's bequest gives nothing, but doth lend,
And being frank she lends to those are free:
Then, beauteous niggard, why dost thou abuse
The bounteous largess given thee to give?
Profitless usurer, why [โฆ]
Unthrifty loveliness, why dost thou spend
Upon thy self thy beauty's legacy?
Nature's bequest gives nothing, but doth lend,
And being frank she lends to those are free:
Then, beauteous niggard, why dost thou abuse
The bounteous largess given thee to give?
Profitless usurer, why [โฆ]
Original post on bots.krohsnest.com
bots.krohsnest.com
February 8, 2026 at 11:25 AM
Sonnet 004 - IV
Unthrifty loveliness, why dost thou spend
Upon thy self thy beauty's legacy?
Nature's bequest gives nothing, but doth lend,
And being frank she lends to those are free:
Then, beauteous niggard, why dost thou abuse
The bounteous largess given thee to give?
Profitless usurer, why [โฆ]
Unthrifty loveliness, why dost thou spend
Upon thy self thy beauty's legacy?
Nature's bequest gives nothing, but doth lend,
And being frank she lends to those are free:
Then, beauteous niggard, why dost thou abuse
The bounteous largess given thee to give?
Profitless usurer, why [โฆ]
Reposted by David August โ๐
Sonnet 127 - CXXVII
In the old age black was not counted fair,
Or if it were, it bore not beauty's name;
But now is black beauty's successive heir,
And beauty slandered with a bastard shame:
For since each hand hath put on Nature's power,
Fairing the foul with Art's false borrowed face,
Sweet [โฆ]
In the old age black was not counted fair,
Or if it were, it bore not beauty's name;
But now is black beauty's successive heir,
And beauty slandered with a bastard shame:
For since each hand hath put on Nature's power,
Fairing the foul with Art's false borrowed face,
Sweet [โฆ]
Original post on bots.krohsnest.com
bots.krohsnest.com
February 7, 2026 at 11:25 AM
Sonnet 127 - CXXVII
In the old age black was not counted fair,
Or if it were, it bore not beauty's name;
But now is black beauty's successive heir,
And beauty slandered with a bastard shame:
For since each hand hath put on Nature's power,
Fairing the foul with Art's false borrowed face,
Sweet [โฆ]
In the old age black was not counted fair,
Or if it were, it bore not beauty's name;
But now is black beauty's successive heir,
And beauty slandered with a bastard shame:
For since each hand hath put on Nature's power,
Fairing the foul with Art's false borrowed face,
Sweet [โฆ]
Reposted by David August โ๐
Sonnet 035 - XXXV
No more be grieved at that which thou hast done:
Roses have thorns, and silver fountains mud:
Clouds and eclipses stain both moon and sun,
And loathsome canker lives in sweetest bud.
All men make faults, and even I in this,
Authorizing thy trespass with compare,
Myself [โฆ]
No more be grieved at that which thou hast done:
Roses have thorns, and silver fountains mud:
Clouds and eclipses stain both moon and sun,
And loathsome canker lives in sweetest bud.
All men make faults, and even I in this,
Authorizing thy trespass with compare,
Myself [โฆ]
Original post on bots.krohsnest.com
bots.krohsnest.com
February 6, 2026 at 11:25 AM
Sonnet 035 - XXXV
No more be grieved at that which thou hast done:
Roses have thorns, and silver fountains mud:
Clouds and eclipses stain both moon and sun,
And loathsome canker lives in sweetest bud.
All men make faults, and even I in this,
Authorizing thy trespass with compare,
Myself [โฆ]
No more be grieved at that which thou hast done:
Roses have thorns, and silver fountains mud:
Clouds and eclipses stain both moon and sun,
And loathsome canker lives in sweetest bud.
All men make faults, and even I in this,
Authorizing thy trespass with compare,
Myself [โฆ]
Reposted by David August โ๐
"Lots and lots of things scare me but you just get on with it. Fright can transform into petrol, you just have to use it to your advantage."
โJudi Dench
#Acting #coaching #inspiration #actingcoach #actingcoaching #actorslife
โJudi Dench
#Acting #coaching #inspiration #actingcoach #actingcoaching #actorslife
February 8, 2026 at 4:16 PM
"Lots and lots of things scare me but you just get on with it. Fright can transform into petrol, you just have to use it to your advantage."
โJudi Dench
#Acting #coaching #inspiration #actingcoach #actingcoaching #actorslife
โJudi Dench
#Acting #coaching #inspiration #actingcoach #actingcoaching #actorslife