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David August ❌👑
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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). @davidaugust@mastodon.online
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Seems worth posting this again:

#tech #ethics #DataEthics
Screenshot of a post by Alex Blechman @AlexBlechman: Sci-Fi Author: In my book I invented the Torment Nexus as a cautionary tale Tech Company: At long last, we have created the Torment Nexus from classic sci-fi novel Don't Create The Torment Nexus Nov 8, 2021 · 10:49 PM UTC
November 6, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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CFO Palantir talking about how they're working to make the various data streams of surveillance efficiently useful and remove the needle-in-a-haystack anonymity we have previously enjoyed. Awesome.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/30/o...

#USpol #privacy #palantir #DataEthics #surveillance #data #law
So if we walk outside of this room and enter Midtown Manhattan, we are under constant surveillance. It’s not all government surveillance, but there’s a relaxation that you can feel where you’re like: OK, but all of this surveillance is distributed across so many different public and private entities, and unless I am literally a terrorist, the odds that people are going to be constantly watching and scrutinizing me are very low. But then the fear becomes: Well, if we have this incredible way to make it all more and more and more efficient, then maybe privacy does start to disappear. I don’t know. What do you make of that? Sankar: There are two thoughts there. One is: Well, are you saying that you feel safer because the institutions that are supposed to protect you are structurally incompetent? And that’s the part where I feel like — Douthat: The answer might be: Yes, sometimes — right?
November 6, 2025 at 6:40 PM
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It’s no accident. Their lawlessness must stop.

The American People will stop them.

#USpol #ice #immigration #law #RuleOfLaw #crime
Text reading "0 days since federal agents violently abducted someone with no due process, violating Constitutional Rights” in the style of the “how many days without preventable accident” industrial safety signs.
November 4, 2025 at 3:17 PM
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He doesn't know what tariffs are or how they work, and how the Constitution works.

Great choice of leader Texas.

#USpol #TXpol #tariffs #GovernorAbbott
Screenshot of a two post thread. Greg Abbott @GregAbbott_TX: After the polls close tomorrow night, I will impose a 100% tariff on anyone moving to Texas from NYC. MigratingCoconut @aheadwarp9: Replying to @GregAbbott_TX States cannot tariff each other. Read the Constitution. Article 1, sections 9 and 10. Nov 3, 2025 · 11:04 PM UTC
November 4, 2025 at 12:00 AM
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Sad Bovino.

A key figure in the unlawful ice violence and the disappearances of people, gregory bovino is sad.

🧵 2/2

#satire #USpol #ice #cbp #GregoryBovino #bovino #lawless #law #violation #unconstitutional
gregory bovino in profile with a thoughtful on-the-cusp-of-tears expression, and a thought bubble reading, "The Greg I see in all the mirrors shouts at me, and it hurts." gregory bovino in a Border Patrol uniform sitting and gesturing, with a thoughtfully sad-but-trying-to-be-happy expression and a thought bubble reading, "If I do this a little longer, maybe daddy will love me."
November 1, 2025 at 10:01 PM
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Sad Bovino.

A key figure in the unlawful ice violence and the disappearances of people, gregory bovino is sad.

🧵 1/2

#satire #USpol #ice #cbp #GregoryBovino #bovino #lawless #law #violation #unconstitutional
greogory bovino in a uniform with a customs and border patrol badge, looking thoughtfully sad, with a speech bubble above them reading, "Hurting people doesn’t make me feel better anymore." Four men standing at a vice presidential press conference, in front of a blue vehicle, with a thought bubble above gregory bovino in uniform reading, "All this, and my mother still doesn’t love me." U.S. Border Patrol agent gregory bovino holding a civilian’s arm, looking thoughtfully distraught, with a speech bubble reading, "I’ll never again reach the high I got the first time I violated someone, will I?" gregory bovino in a U.S. Border Patrol uniform speaking at a dhs seal podium and a microphone, with an American flag in the background and a thought bubble reading, "Now the laxative decides to work?"
November 1, 2025 at 9:59 PM
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Happy logical operator Halloween! 🎃
Meme showing six logical operators illustrated with jack-o’-lantern images. trick OR treat trick AND treat trick XOR treat trick NOR treat trick NAND treat trick XNOR treat
October 31, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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I'm stopping using Spotify until the ICE ads are removed. Recruiting for the law breaking secret police is a choice and I refuse to fund it. #CancelSpotify

indivisible.org/cancel-spotify

@indivisible.org

#USpol #Indivisible #ice
GET ICE OUT OF Spotify #Indivisible ICE DOESN'T NEED A PLAYLIST. IT NEEDS ACCOUNTABILITY. • Cancel your Spotify Premium subscription until Spotify removes all ICE ads • Demand Spotify immediately terminate all ICE and DHS advertising contracts. • Urge artists and podcasters to speak out.
October 30, 2025 at 7:35 PM
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via @murray.senate.gov
screenshot of a post by Senator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov: BREAKING: Democrats just tried to pass a standalone bill to fund WIC & SNAP to make sure families don't go hungry during the Republican shutdown. Republicans BLOCKED it. So Trump won't use emergency funds to keep SNAP running, and Republicans won't let any bills pass. Shameful. October 29, 2025 at 3:49 PM
October 30, 2025 at 5:53 PM
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If you encounter kidnappers, stay safe & take note of these things about them, & then share the information with ICIRR.

Download a PDF to print & carry with you, I have put this at www.slideshare.net/slideshow/ic... & at a link on the page linked in my bio.

#USpol #ice #salute #law #IceWatch
A mnemonic poster with the acronym S.A.L.U.T.E. representing Size/Strength, Activity/Action, Location/Direction, Uniform/Clothing, Time and Date, Equipment/Weapons, and a phone number: Call ICIRR 855-435-7693.
October 26, 2025 at 1:00 AM
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#bawdy #political #limerick #satire #USpol #BlueBalls #masterbation #joke
Donny J was a man with a plan. But his wife wasn’t really a fan. Turned on she was not, So blue balls he got, Then he finished with just his hand. davidaugust.com
October 24, 2025 at 10:46 PM
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#USpol
screenshot of a post by felipejohns1: He did what the bad guys on UA Flight 93 could not. [quote post] davidaugust: How many enemies dreamt of destroying the White House. How many soldiers wished they could flatten it. How many generals fantasized about razing the American People's house... [link from AP apnews.com including preview image showing destroyed East Wing of the White House] White House East Wing demolished as Trump moves forward with ballroom construction, A...
October 24, 2025 at 12:05 AM
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#NoKings #USpol
2 post thread: Post 1: John Ekdahl @JohnEkdahl: Does this "No Kings" messaging make a lick of sense to anyone outside the far left? Post 2: Heath Mayo @ HeathMayo: The 56 signers of the Declaration of Independence, for starters.
October 21, 2025 at 6:21 PM
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#bawdy #political #limerick #satire #USpol
Donny J had to put on his pants, To go to the inaugural dance. He pulled up with a sigh, And yanked on the fly; Someone please call an ambulance. davidaugust.com
October 21, 2025 at 5:28 PM
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No Kings rally in Evanston, IL, looking N, W and S.

A good time, peaceful, neighborly. #Democracy.

cc @indivisible.org @indevanston.bsky.social @indivisiblechicago.bsky.social @50501movement.bsky.social @50501chicago.bsky.social @evanstonnow.bsky.social @evanstonroundtable.bsky.social #NoKings
Looking North: A large crowd of people marching down a tree-lined city street during a protest, holding signs including one that reads "Democracy has no kings" and "NOPE." Looking West: A large crowd of people marching down a city street during a protest, holding signs, with a tall apartment building in the background and a "No Parking Snow Route" sign visible. Looking South: A group of people gathered on a city street for a protest, holding signs, with tall buildings and autumn trees in the background.
October 18, 2025 at 10:03 PM
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Hmm…tempting to ask him how this comports with GA educational standards.
Charles Mccant Faculty Information Department(s) Lovejoy Hs Title(s) Teacher-Social Studies Contact Information School Email charles.mccant@clayton.k12.ga.us (Primary)
October 15, 2025 at 1:57 PM
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Father Larry Dowling's account of leading Eucharistic Procession ice #prisoners in Broadview (near Chicago) and being stopped.

"No one from [DHS] could stand in…presence of…Monstrance holding…Blessed Sacrament. No wonder. #Evil is repelled…"

#USpol #Catholic #ice #religion #good #dhs #Christian
Larry Dowling I had…privilege…of leading…Eucharistic Procession… to…ICE Detention Center in Broadview…to pray…bring Holy Communion…to…men & women detained…under inhumane conditions. Over 1,000 Catholics…marched in peaceful prayer & song, facilitated by…Police Departments &…State Police. I cannot speak more highly of…public safety officers in providing us safe passage. Upon arrival…was…different…no ICE or Federal representatives…When requesting to talk w/…representative…over…phone, After…brief wait…answer came back…clearly: NO, YOU CANNOT BRING A HINT OF COMPASSION & PRAYER INTO THIS PLACE! NO, YOU CANNOT OFFER…SOLACE TO…MEN & WOMEN FEARFUL & SUFFERING INSIDE! NO, YOU CANNOT BRING JESUS…SON OF GOD…LOVE OF GOD, INTO THIS PLACE! No one had…courage to speak…to us. No one from [DHS] could stand in…presence of…Monstrance holding…Blessed Sacrament. No wonder. Evil is repelled, recoils in…presence of Christ. …been able to do for detainees for…past…written into…law, was refused… "Father, forgive…ones who do not know what they are doing." "Have mercy on…souls of those who know exactly what they're doing. Touch their hearts & transform them from stony…into fleshy, life-giving…" "Only through, w/& in God will hearts be changed!" …battle for hearts…minds, compassion…mercy, continues... Please pray especially for…children…mothers & fathers…being treated inhumanely…Silence is supporting this abuse of these members of God's family. Peace! Fr. Larry Dowling
October 12, 2025 at 6:44 AM
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Jesus, who famously was really into making sure wealthy people could hide their money from taxing, would totally agree. /s

Absolutely batshit nonsense.

"It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God."

- Mark 10:25

#PeterThiel
Christ Driving the Money Changers from the Temple by El Greco (1568)
October 11, 2025 at 10:01 AM
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Civil War 2: Abbott’s Folly
TX VS IL: the reckoning
Civil Wariest

via @elizaisntfunny.bsky.social

#USpol #satire
October 11, 2025 at 1:45 AM
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That’s a fun thought. I hope @ericswalwell.bsky.social is onto something.

xcancel.com/RepSwalwell/...

#USpol
Rep. Eric Swalwell @RepSwalwell It's coming to an end guys. I've spoken to a lot of House Republicans this week and they've confided that Trump's movement/support is fading. As one told me, "this Epstein bomb is about to drop and no want wants to defend a pedo-protector. It's just a matter of time." Oct 8, 2025 • 11:17 AM UTC Rep. Eric Swalwell @RepSwalwell One Republican just texted me that if there's a discharge vote on Epstein they expect a "jail break" of over 100 members. Trump will go nuts!
October 8, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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Get a sense of scale of the Broadview ice facility and the peaceful city of Chicago.

I made this to clarify what’s going on.

cc @indivisible.org @50501movement.bsky.social @indivisiblechicago.bsky.social @50501chicago.bsky.social

#USpol #Broadview #ice #Chicago #Illinois #protest #NoKings
October 7, 2025 at 9:46 PM
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Get a discount!

Buy whole new wardrobe I designed!

Will @threadless.bsky.social re-share this? Dunno.

Is this oddly political? Yes!

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#tshirt #design #GraphicTee
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October 6, 2025 at 6:08 PM
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Also, the majority of people taken by ice have no criminal records.
Trump's masked agents aren't keeping us safe-they're just terrorizing immigrant communities. PROPORTION OF IMMIGRANTS TAKEN BY ICE, BY CRIMINAL RECORD [graphic of people representing the proportions below] 7% violent convictions 28% no violent convictions 65% no convictions ICE isn't going after criminals. It's breaking up families. Source: CATO Institute, "65 Percent of People Taken by ICE Had No Convictions, 93 Percent No Violent Convictions" (2025). Photo: Getty Images.
October 5, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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Pure fiction.

Adviser to potus can’t even see Oregon’s 6,695 sworn officers are < FBI’s ~13,700 special agents.

Stephen Miller shouldn’t be trusted to advise on a coffee order, let alone government policy. He is out of touch with reality.

Sources in comment.

#USpol #LawEnforcement #Oregon #law
screenshot of a post by Stephen Miller @StephenM: Legal insurrection. The President is the commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces, not an Oregon judge. Portland and Oregon law enforcement, at the direction of local leaders, have refused to aid ICE officers facing relentless terrorist assault and threats to life. (There are more local law enforcement officers in Oregon than there are guns and badges in the FBI nationwide). This is an organized terrorist attack on the federal government and its officers, and the deployment of troops is an absolute necessity to defend our personnel, our laws, our government, public order and the Republic itself. [quote post by Joyce Alene about court decision]
October 5, 2025 at 6:15 AM
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Yes, refineries do need repairs after Ukraine blows them up.

But they don’t want to admit that. ⛽️💥

🤦‍♂️😝

source (in russian): www.kommersant.ru/doc/7971552

#RUpol #russia #gasoline #war #Ukraine #euphemism #refinery
"Despite the fact that Russia produces fuel in large volumes, its delivery to remote regions, especially to the south, Siberia, the Far East, remains difficult due to the shortage of specialized rolling stock. Also, the reduction of supply in the domestic market is associated with repairs at several large Russian oil refineries at once," explains Pavel Karpus, a partner of S+Consulting.
October 3, 2025 at 7:27 AM