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  "When I got into the film business, my aim was to adopt a positive persona, of a guy who fights against injustice. And it saved me, because my acting was atrocious to say the least!" —Chuck Norris #acting #coaching #inspiration #ActingCoach #ActingCoaching #actorslife

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  Flock is dangerous and sells tools for other people make themselves dangerous, according to Flock itself. “…whatever the case is, I wanna make sure I have as many tools to make myself dangerous if and when I need it.” And they train police to surveil peaceful protests. This couldn’t possibly lead to increased violence from police to the populace. https://youtube.com/shorts/V4MA3skSfXs #USpol #flock #alpr #surveillance #CivilRights #HumanRights #FirstAmendment #privacy

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  I regret to inform you all that earlier today my dog escaped their sandbox. They got to the WiFi router and through sheer dumb luck hacked into the bank branch of a transnational bank down the street. They’re now buying up all the mortgages for the neighborhood and adding clauses to the mortgage contracts requiring treats and belly rubs. My security team is loading up our HARNESS countermeasures and WALKIES patches that could bring him back into containment or involve the neighborhood squirrels.

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  "Actors are agents of change. A film, a piece of theatre, a piece of music or a book can make a difference. It can change the world." —Alan Rickman #acting #coaching #inspiration #ActingCoach #ActingCoaching #actorslife

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  Barrett Pall shows some problems we have with content theft and influence campaigns: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DbmRIg2qknY/ Part of why non-centralized social media matter. Platforms owned by single-owners (like meta’s [facebook, instagram, threads, whatsapp, etc.], tiktok, twitter, etc.) have single owner problems. Building our connections and businesses elsewhere makes sense. More on this: https://stuff.davidaugust.com/leave-metas-platforms/ #SocialMedia #ai #decentralization

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  "Perseverance is failing 19 times and succeeding the 20th." —Julie Andrews #acting #coaching #inspiration #ActingCoach #ActingCoaching #actorslife

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  "I want to establish a wide range and play all kinds of parts. It's that sort of acting career I really respect. I like to turn a sharp left from whatever I've done before because that keeps me awake. That's why I want to be an actor - I don't want to play endless variations on one character." —Tim Curry #acting #coaching #inspiration #ActingCoach #ActingCoaching #actorslife

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  David Ellison Should Never Own a Combined Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery, because of course he shouldn't. No one person, family or company should own so much news, media and entertainment. But that didn't stop David Ellison from trying to convince us he should (and oddly making it clear he should not). https://stuff.davidaugust.com/david-ellison-convinced-me-he-should-never-own-nor-control-a-combined-paramount-warner-bros-discovery/ #paramount #WarnerBrosDiscovery #wbd #psky #m...

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  The movie wasn’t an instruction manual 🤦‍♂️ “The FBI office in charge of maintaining the terrorist watch list is seeking an artificial intelligence system for pre-crime policing, according to procurement documents obtained by Reason.” https://reason.com/2026/07/28/minority-report-fbi-seeks-ai-for-political-watch-list/ #USpol #crime #scifi #law #dystopia

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  RE: https://mastodon.online/@deano/116982762562915116 The world is literally, and figuratively, on fire. Yet, somehow we get up, and face the day. But this is messed up, so much of this, and not ok. #fire #news

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  "If you get a chance to act in a room that somebody else has paid rent for, then you're given a free chance to practice your craft." —Philip Seymour Hoffman #acting #coaching #inspiration #ActingCoach #ActingCoaching #actorslife

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  I riffed on the news a bit, hoping it would get the angst out of me. Instead I have this short article and a headache. Oops. https://stuff.davidaugust.com/wars-going-great/ #USpol #war

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  “Police can also use the [flock] cameras to surveil protestors and stalk ex-lovers-or strangers they find attractive. The cameras have raised questions on constitutionality and have led to wrongful arrests across the county.” https://www.cltampa.com/news/a-77-year-old-republican-man-is-staging-a-solo-protest-against-st-petes-flock-cameras/ #flock #alpr #surveillance #SurveillanceState #CivilRights #4thAmendment #law #USpol

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  "One day, the people that didn’t believe in you will tell everyone how they met you." —Johnny Depp #acting #coaching #inspiration #ActingCoach #ActingCoaching #actorslife

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  Interesting take: from https://daimonie.tumblr.com/post/152442411264/motherfuckingshakespeare-runecestershire #Shakespeare #tragedy #tropes #TheTropesAreHungry

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  Sounds fake, isn’t: Musk & Bezos are trying to be super villains who are considering killing us all. “…scientists fear…pollution [caused by Musk & Bezos’ space based data centers] could destroy ozone layer…” Killing all human life. Can’t human without an ozone layer helping protect from solar radiation. Could be comparable to Permian-Triassic Extinction: killing 96% of marine species & 70% of terrestrial vertebrates would be bad. https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/jul/2...

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  #maha #USpol #health

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  Almost like he wants another 9-11 type attack, which he thinks he will then be able to seize extra powers as a result of such an attack. The Reichstag may have been fire, but I don't think a reboot will work as he hopes. "Congress created…TSA after…September 11, 2001…Before…airlines contracted…private security firms to screen…but…9/11 attacks showed…private system had dangerous vulnerabilities. Now…Trump administration is resurrecting that…" https://heathercoxrichardson.substack...

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  *sung as if Sublime’s Santeria* ♫ I don’t practice Trumporrhea I don’t got explosive poops But, if we had some public health not just some stupid dupes Then we could fine that Taylor And then send their stock to hell Well, I’d fed that bad CEO all the shit they sell ♫ #cyclospora #TaylorFarms #parody #funny #parasite #satirical #diarrhea

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  Almost everyone involved in the federal and Kentucky governments and press has a device, in their hand or in their pocket, capable of video chatting from wherever they are to almost anyone else in government and press. And not one can make a video call and point the device at the “living” Senator? How the f*ck gullible do people think everyone is?! I mean, the gop should at _least_ fake a video call. Come on now. I demand better fraud from the gop. #USpol

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  Yes. It is real. He actually posted it. (Context: Blue Angels, US Navy precision flight team, flew above beachgoers in Florida and jet wash, the kinetic energy of flight, hit the beachgoers. The flyover is in violation of the law, Navy policy and basic understanding of pilot responsibility for anyone older than 5.) The flyover: https://youtu.be/woBtW5KSwWk Kegsbreath’s post: https://xcancel.com/PeteHegseth/status/2077747620500439435#m #USpol #reckless #navy #shame

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  "You cannot try to 'get the job'. Just go in there, have some fun and do your version of that part. 'This is what I'm selling. If you want to buy it, that's cool. Have some adjustments for me? That's fine, I'll make some adjustments, but this is basically what I want to do.' THAT'S the attitude, sort of 'f*ck it' attitude. Not f*ck you...but, f*ck it." —Sam Rockwell #acting #coaching #inspiration #ActingCoach #ActingCoaching #actorslife

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  Graham had been advocating for much stronger sanctions on russia. Super lucky for russia: he’s gone now. “The office of U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham says the South Carolina Republican has died following a brief and sudden illness.” “In a statement released Sunday, Graham’s office said he passed away Saturday evening, July 11.” “Graham had recently returned from a trip to Kyiv, Ukraine, where he met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Friday.” https://www.wjbf.com/news/sen-linds...

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  A flying robot with an explosive payload can fly through some of the most heavily defended airspace on earth, by itself, for like a thousand miles to turn a petrochemical facility into a raging inferno just by comparing what it sees with its camera to the images in its memory banks. But no one has found a way to peek into a hospital room to find out if an octogenarian Senator from Kentucky has a pulse. Can we send in a pulse finding drone perhaps for a heart attack damage assessment? #USpol

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  😃😳🤦‍♂️ #USpol

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  National Guard, working within a federal task force, have now shot and killed a civilian in Tennessee. Military under federal guidance killing Americans on the streets: where we now are in the democracy backslide/authoritarian takeover attempt we all now face. https://apnews.com/article/memphis-tennessee-national-guard-shooting-0ee15a07db84a17d709a1f0345858465 #USpol

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  ⚗️🧪🎇😝 #4thOfJuly #July4th

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  “According to Russian military bloggers, the average life expectancy of a new recruit—from arrival at a training ground to death in a combat zone—lies somewhere between 10 days and three weeks. Once they are sent onto the battlefield, Russian fighters survive an average of 20 to 35 minutes.” https://foreignpolicy.com/2026/06/25/russia-ukraine-war-putin-escalation-nato-europe/ #russia #war #military #casualties #Ukraine

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  Surveillance bot is admonishing National Guard because of course it is. Tell me again why we need automous weapons and they'll not turn on those who deploy them. https://bsky.app/profile/noturtlesoup17.bsky.social/post/3mp7z4mcss22t #USpol #AutonomousWeapons #bots

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  #WealthGap