Brian D. Clarke

The Mad Canadian. Generalist. Ronin Librarian. Research Magpie.

Host, Forthcoming Podcast Project

Also; not a Russian bot, and BLM. Needs to be said.

[Brian D. Clarke @bdclarke]

I mainly came on Twitter to read things from interesting people whose work I enjoy, and to encourage people in the creative stuff they were doing.

I was that guy at the side of the cocktail party who everyone was glad was there to chip in the occasional bon mot.

It's been fun.

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@MJSchneiderman Indeed. "the purpose of a system is what it produces" and "you are what you do".

[Mith Gifs Wrestling @MithGifs]

If you haven't yet, this is your chance to get early access to the 20+ year history of Kevin and Sami, since long before they were Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn! The ebook will be available soon after the pre-sale ends, and the physical book will ship probably sometime in April!

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@ImChelseaGreen @WWENXT @SolRucaWWE Quite frankly they should be compensating you for needing to have your Secret Hervice providing extra security for everyone's protection. Just one more innovation from the most creative United States Women's Champion in history.

[Historic Vids @historyinmemes]

Eartha Kitt drinking honey before a performance, 1958

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@EricIdle Careful there, Lake Superior is on this site, you don't want Huron this thread as well

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@MJSchneiderman Like, its a tough trap when you have to defend, like, the existence of laws and the right to vote, but Democrats cannot win by just fighting for the status quo. You have to shoot for something better - even radically better. It's like negotioating, you have to aim higher.

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@MJSchneiderman I will acknowledge the argument that since voter focus groups evidently simultaneously hate and want to repeal Obamacare and love and want to keep the ACA, it's understandable to feel some frustration with voters at some level, but you have to ackowledge the status quo is weak.

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@GailSimone Ruff, The Dog Lantern. GIVE ME MONEY DC

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@WWELadyRefJess Hey, that was stellar work there!

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For anyone who didn't see it, let's just say that the WWE demonstrated yeasterday that wearing a suit does not, in fact, protect you from being beaten up by a supposed ally at the behest of an incoherent lunatic while a dope smoking "efficiency expert" looks on from the corner.

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@DMcIntyreWWE Hey, *you* did great. That was fantastic stuff. Heartbreaking.

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@ItsEmilySaxton @DMcIntyreWWE He's the DOGE guy, somehow

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@Jared_Carrabis Oh he's the Elon Musk character in this little Pageant where an incoherent leader demands impossible things from a loyal employee and when they don't comply with the impossible thing, a formerly trusted ally beats them senseless. So he's there for "efficiency" I guess

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@imdjbuchan @maxfawcett It's about spending smarter, not more. We'll never have a bigger military. But a very very well prepared military for defensive operations on its home soil costs a lot less than a military built around projecting force across oceans.

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@vijayvinyl Ah don't worry, the evil Vizier seems to know what he's doing

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@kyledcheney Whoopsy doodle

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@craignewmark @doctorow Not in the piece.

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@MIZTHEMlKE Oh, gotta be Chelsea Green. Also the best wrestler starting with G.

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@GailSimone Oh sure, its- Waaaaaait a minute. NICE TRY, GAIL

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@AEPodcast Wait a second...that's not an Irish flag! Oh no, I've got my national holidays mixed up again...this guy's probably not even a real ambassador!