David Clark
@clarkeocrinus.bsky.social
I'd rather be crinoid hunting.
Invertebrate enthusiast, Paleo artist, Fossil prep, President of Friends of the University of Michigan Museum of Paleontology
Invertebrate enthusiast, Paleo artist, Fossil prep, President of Friends of the University of Michigan Museum of Paleontology
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David Clark
@clarkeocrinus.bsky.social
· Jul 31
All right, let's do this one last time.
My name is David Clark. I was bitten by a radioactive crinoid, and for 13 years I was on the bird site as clarkeocrinus.
I'm pretty sure you know the rest.
My name is David Clark. I was bitten by a radioactive crinoid, and for 13 years I was on the bird site as clarkeocrinus.
I'm pretty sure you know the rest.
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about that...
I'll get back to "party unity" as soon as the Senate Minority Leader tells us if he voted for the Democratic party nominee for mayor of his city.
I'm tired of party unity only ever running one way.
I'm tired of party unity only ever running one way.
November 10, 2025 at 11:48 PM
about that...
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this is literally never not accurate
November 10, 2025 at 6:32 PM
this is literally never not accurate
They caved to this.
November 11, 2025 at 12:00 AM
They caved to this.
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Meanwhile, people unconstitutionally seized or brutalized by ICE agents can’t sue them because there’s no private right of action for them to do that.
Buried inside the deal to reopen government is a provision that would give Senators private right of action to sue for millions in damages over their phone records being analyzed by Jack Smith's team.
news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
Shutdown Deal Would Let Senators Sue Over Jack Smith Searches
Senators whose phone records were sought by Special Counsel Jack Smith would gain authority to sue for millions in damages under a provision buried in the Senate-advanced deal to reopen the government...
news.bloomberglaw.com
November 10, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Meanwhile, people unconstitutionally seized or brutalized by ICE agents can’t sue them because there’s no private right of action for them to do that.
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Perhaps expecting the elitists whose primary income is insider trading to save the country was unrealistic.
November 10, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Perhaps expecting the elitists whose primary income is insider trading to save the country was unrealistic.
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This is how you rally people to burn the entire government down.
November 10, 2025 at 6:02 PM
This is how you rally people to burn the entire government down.
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Two things from the last few days:
1. Republicans want to starve Americans so badly they'll deploy armies of lawyers to make sure it happens.
2. Democrats are not prepared to stop them, especially if action slightly inconveniences their air travel.
1. Republicans want to starve Americans so badly they'll deploy armies of lawyers to make sure it happens.
2. Democrats are not prepared to stop them, especially if action slightly inconveniences their air travel.
November 10, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Two things from the last few days:
1. Republicans want to starve Americans so badly they'll deploy armies of lawyers to make sure it happens.
2. Democrats are not prepared to stop them, especially if action slightly inconveniences their air travel.
1. Republicans want to starve Americans so badly they'll deploy armies of lawyers to make sure it happens.
2. Democrats are not prepared to stop them, especially if action slightly inconveniences their air travel.
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Supreme Court suggests that Kim Davis go fuck herself and/or one of her 37 ex-husbands.
November 10, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Supreme Court suggests that Kim Davis go fuck herself and/or one of her 37 ex-husbands.
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Another new little one for you, embracing late autumn. These small framed pieces are nice for gifting if you happen to be looking for gift ideas.
Tisha Mark ©2025, Quiet Prelude, oil on gessobord, 5"x5"
Available:
tishamark.com/product/quie...
#art #painting #SciArt #TraditionalArt #bsnm
Tisha Mark ©2025, Quiet Prelude, oil on gessobord, 5"x5"
Available:
tishamark.com/product/quie...
#art #painting #SciArt #TraditionalArt #bsnm
November 9, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Another new little one for you, embracing late autumn. These small framed pieces are nice for gifting if you happen to be looking for gift ideas.
Tisha Mark ©2025, Quiet Prelude, oil on gessobord, 5"x5"
Available:
tishamark.com/product/quie...
#art #painting #SciArt #TraditionalArt #bsnm
Tisha Mark ©2025, Quiet Prelude, oil on gessobord, 5"x5"
Available:
tishamark.com/product/quie...
#art #painting #SciArt #TraditionalArt #bsnm
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Some good news out of SCOTUS for once.
BREAKING: The Supreme Court rejects a call to overturn its decision legalizing same-sex marriage nationwide.
Supreme Court rejects call to overturn its decision legalizing same-sex marriage nationwide
The Supreme Court has rejected a call to overturn its landmark decision that legalized same-sex marriage nationwide.
bit.ly
November 10, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Some good news out of SCOTUS for once.
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This guy gets it:
“More and more cabinet members — Rubio, Miller, Noem — live on military bases now, & it's another parallel to Iraq, where the administration lived in the Green Zone. There’s something deeply unhealthy about a society where leaders are literally shut off from the communities that they govern.”
Don Moynihan on "Purge, Merge, and Surge"
"Instead of surging in Iraq, it’s happening here in American cities."
www.publicnotice.co
November 10, 2025 at 2:33 PM
This guy gets it:
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wouldnt surprise me if schumer negotiated this too
NEW: Ghislaine Maxwell, the co-conspirator of the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, is in the process of seeking a commutation of her 20-year prison sentence from President Trump, a whistleblower tells House Democrats.
Jeffrey Epstein co-conspirator Ghislaine Maxwell plans to seek commutation from Trump, whistleblower says
The whistleblower came forward with the information to Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee.
nbcnews.to
November 10, 2025 at 2:01 PM
wouldnt surprise me if schumer negotiated this too
I'm sure he learned his lesson.
The rich and powerful need to experience consequences.
The rich and powerful need to experience consequences.
Former French president Sarkozy granted release from prison after three weeks
Former French president Sarkozy granted release from prison after three weeks
The former French president was jailed in October for conspiring to fund his election campaign with money from late Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi.
www.bbc.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:26 PM
I'm sure he learned his lesson.
The rich and powerful need to experience consequences.
The rich and powerful need to experience consequences.
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Darth Vader has assured Lando Calrissian that Princess Liea and Chewbacca will be left under his supervision in Cloud City and that's good enough for Chuck Schumer.
November 10, 2025 at 2:52 AM
Darth Vader has assured Lando Calrissian that Princess Liea and Chewbacca will be left under his supervision in Cloud City and that's good enough for Chuck Schumer.
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“We received promises of a vote. But the vote never came. It’s been weeks. We ate Fetterman. He sustained us for a while. The base is angry. They beat drums. Drums in the deep. They are coming.”
November 10, 2025 at 4:08 AM
“We received promises of a vote. But the vote never came. It’s been weeks. We ate Fetterman. He sustained us for a while. The base is angry. They beat drums. Drums in the deep. They are coming.”
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I know we probably overemphasize “political tone deafness” as a concept, but millions of voters are genuinely scared they are going to die from not being able to afford healthcare and Senate Dems genuinely don’t seem to understand why those voters don’t think flight delays are a bigger issue
Dems are very proud of themselves for their “savvy” willingness to tell their base to simmer down and let the experts work. What they don’t seem to understand is the intangible, but very real, damage that does to the enthusiasm of their voters, who feel abandoned. And then the “experts” fail!
The Dem base wants the shutdown to continue because it’s the only time we’ve felt like our electeds were representing us: trying to squeeze the GOP instead of squeezing us to accept concessions; directing their anger at the Republicans instead of at their own voters for wanting them to resist
November 10, 2025 at 4:44 AM
I know we probably overemphasize “political tone deafness” as a concept, but millions of voters are genuinely scared they are going to die from not being able to afford healthcare and Senate Dems genuinely don’t seem to understand why those voters don’t think flight delays are a bigger issue
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Trump just celebrated Schumer's cave by pardoning 75+ co-conspirators including Rudy Giuliani, Mark Meadows, and Sidney Powell, for their efforts to overturn the 2020 election.
November 10, 2025 at 5:03 AM
Trump just celebrated Schumer's cave by pardoning 75+ co-conspirators including Rudy Giuliani, Mark Meadows, and Sidney Powell, for their efforts to overturn the 2020 election.
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When the Conservative Party in Korea declared martial law, the Korean Democrats knew if they didn’t send them to hell there would be no opposition afterwards. And look at them. They’re taking the ex conservative president and ensuring he never breathes free ever again.
South Korea special prosecutor indicts ex-President Yoon on more charges reut.rs/3Xka3TD
South Korea special prosecutor indicts ex-President Yoon on more charges
South Korea's special prosecutor on Monday indicted former President Yoon Suk Yeol on additional charges of abusing power and aiding an enemy state related to his short-lived imposition of martial law last year.
reut.rs
November 10, 2025 at 3:33 AM
When the Conservative Party in Korea declared martial law, the Korean Democrats knew if they didn’t send them to hell there would be no opposition afterwards. And look at them. They’re taking the ex conservative president and ensuring he never breathes free ever again.
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Moses Mike Johnson has refused to swear in a duly-elected Democrat who won her race by a landslide and yet a certain faction of Democrats are believing Republican promises because …?
November 10, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Moses Mike Johnson has refused to swear in a duly-elected Democrat who won her race by a landslide and yet a certain faction of Democrats are believing Republican promises because …?
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Democrats in office need to know: all of us with very few exceptions want all of you with very few exception to lose your god damn jobs because you refuse to do them.
November 10, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Democrats in office need to know: all of us with very few exceptions want all of you with very few exception to lose your god damn jobs because you refuse to do them.
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In a normal democracy, a total collapse of party leadership would result in an no-confidence vote and immediate snap elections to find leaders who can lead
November 10, 2025 at 3:18 AM
In a normal democracy, a total collapse of party leadership would result in an no-confidence vote and immediate snap elections to find leaders who can lead
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Remember when they said the reason they caved in March was so they could get a better deal in September lmao
November 10, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Remember when they said the reason they caved in March was so they could get a better deal in September lmao
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Every educated adult in the U.S. knows this but the senate shouldn't exist. There is no justification for North Dakota and South Dakota to have four senators between them when the combined population of both states is smaller than that of Chicago.
November 10, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Every educated adult in the U.S. knows this but the senate shouldn't exist. There is no justification for North Dakota and South Dakota to have four senators between them when the combined population of both states is smaller than that of Chicago.
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Congrats to the eight Democrats who gave this regime a huge win over the weekend. Here’s your reward.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/u...
Trump Pardons Giuliani and Others Involved in Effort to Overturn 2020 Election
www.nytimes.com
November 10, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Congrats to the eight Democrats who gave this regime a huge win over the weekend. Here’s your reward.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/u...