David August

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Actor. Writer. Acting coach. May have been in that thing you saw that one time (Dependent's Day, Jimmy Kimmel Live, 2nd City/Chicago Shakespeare).

ORCID: 0000-0002-8304-5874

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I sometimes write playful screenplays about very capable people in extremely high pressure situations often playing out their internal damage on the world.

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"The only way I can move past the absurdity of what I do, is to commit to the point of absurdity."

-Jake Gyllenhaal

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@Tobias_Ulrich good to digitally meet you.

"I do not try to dance better than anyone else. I only try to dance better than myself."

-Mikhail Baryshnikov

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Did you know that in 1952, Vladimir Putin met with Gene Kelley and Debbie Reynolds to ask them to change “Singing in the Rain” to make it about people being carefree while their democracy slid into a dictatorship, literally singing their way through a self coup? They declined his offer.

#disinformation #satire #USpol #AIGenerated

I learned about Aktion T4 today (I knew of the activity but not the name before today).

It is bad that rfk jr. is working on an American version. Almost unspeakably bad.

He must be stopped.

https://www.britannica.com/event/T4-Program

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T4 Program | Definition and History | Britannica

T4 Program, Nazi German effort—framed as a euthanasia program—to kill incurably ill, physically or mentally disabled, emotionally distraught, and elderly people. Adolf Hitler initiated the program in 1939. It was officially discontinued in 1941, but killings continued covertly until the defeat of Germany in 1945.

Encyclopedia Britannica

"My approach is to look at the character’s world. Often, we get so locked into memorizing lines and practicing how we’re going to say those lines, when in reality the lines are just a symbol or representation of the person. I spend a lot of time getting into the character’s life. Every character has a point of view, so what informs this character’s point of view?"

—Malcolm-Jamal Warner

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*Gestures broadly* So this, friends, is why we need a functioning democracy
@davidaugust @timo21
Lists and then "economic necessity" and distinguishing people according to their "productivity" for society.

“US delivers 'final offer' peace proposal to Ukraine”

Like, what, if russia and Ukraine don’t accept it the US is gonna just pick up and leave the planet?

You can’t negotiate a peace as a third party like you would buying a 1974 Ford Pinto. 🤦‍♂️

#USpol

@davidaugust It all starts with the lists. Government atrocities requires lists. I agree, as soon as I found out about the lists of autistics, I was also alarmed.