Brian D. Clarke
@bdclarke.bsky.social
The Mad Canadian. Generalist. Ronin Librarian. Research Magpie. Unexpected Textbook Co-Author.
Host, Forthcoming Podcast Project
Also; not a Russian bot, and BLM. Needs to be said.
Host, Forthcoming Podcast Project
Also; not a Russian bot, and BLM. Needs to be said.
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This is absolutely amazing. Come check out "The Usenet" with Cory Doctorow.
How To Use the Internet (1995): a 23-year-old Cory Doctorow shows off Usenet, the Internet Underground Music Archive, Justin's Links from the Underground, and more to the CBC https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
How to use the internet, 1995
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November 21, 2025 at 11:46 PM
This is absolutely amazing. Come check out "The Usenet" with Cory Doctorow.
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At this point X is like 1950s Vienna, a whole place made up entirely of spies, running ops against other spies, with no non-spy people. Or maybe like a 1971 Black Panthers convention where 3/4 of the attendees are conintelrpo.
November 24, 2025 at 3:50 AM
At this point X is like 1950s Vienna, a whole place made up entirely of spies, running ops against other spies, with no non-spy people. Or maybe like a 1971 Black Panthers convention where 3/4 of the attendees are conintelrpo.
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I thought this was me and then I read one screenshotted para of Ryan Lizza’s transcription of RFK’s terrible sex poetry and was like “nope I’m out”
so I’m just saying. maybe take everyone’s word for it this time.
so I’m just saying. maybe take everyone’s word for it this time.
November 22, 2025 at 1:14 PM
I thought this was me and then I read one screenshotted para of Ryan Lizza’s transcription of RFK’s terrible sex poetry and was like “nope I’m out”
so I’m just saying. maybe take everyone’s word for it this time.
so I’m just saying. maybe take everyone’s word for it this time.
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everyone who spent the 90s laboriously and lovingly making mixtapes just dissolved into ancient dust
November 21, 2025 at 8:42 PM
everyone who spent the 90s laboriously and lovingly making mixtapes just dissolved into ancient dust
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And it has indeed come to pass.
Trump in a room with a very charismatic person results in like half a day of Trump agreeing with everything that person said, so this has the potential to be very, very funny.
Trump says he’s meeting with “communist” Mamdani at the White House on Friday
November 21, 2025 at 9:15 PM
And it has indeed come to pass.
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X has changed their policy and now you can see where the accounts are based.
Here’s an “influencer from Texas”
Here’s an “influencer from Texas”
November 21, 2025 at 6:36 PM
X has changed their policy and now you can see where the accounts are based.
Here’s an “influencer from Texas”
Here’s an “influencer from Texas”
I wonder if folks in Baltimore know how fondly we remember the brief period they were part of the Canadian Football League. You did good, Baltimore.
November 20, 2025 at 5:13 PM
I wonder if folks in Baltimore know how fondly we remember the brief period they were part of the Canadian Football League. You did good, Baltimore.
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For international men's day how about you try not being the absolute worst
November 19, 2025 at 7:30 PM
For international men's day how about you try not being the absolute worst
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squirrel: *points gun*
me: what do you want me to do?
squirrel: *gestures at sign*
me: alright, i get it *opens book drop*
squirrel: *makes hurry-up motion*
me: NOT A SQUIRREL!
squirrel: *disappears into book drop*
me: *whispers* forgive me, keith
me: what do you want me to do?
squirrel: *gestures at sign*
me: alright, i get it *opens book drop*
squirrel: *makes hurry-up motion*
me: NOT A SQUIRREL!
squirrel: *disappears into book drop*
me: *whispers* forgive me, keith
November 19, 2025 at 1:41 PM
squirrel: *points gun*
me: what do you want me to do?
squirrel: *gestures at sign*
me: alright, i get it *opens book drop*
squirrel: *makes hurry-up motion*
me: NOT A SQUIRREL!
squirrel: *disappears into book drop*
me: *whispers* forgive me, keith
me: what do you want me to do?
squirrel: *gestures at sign*
me: alright, i get it *opens book drop*
squirrel: *makes hurry-up motion*
me: NOT A SQUIRREL!
squirrel: *disappears into book drop*
me: *whispers* forgive me, keith
I mean...he's got me there
I can almost guarantee the funniest person you know is a smart Black woman
November 19, 2025 at 4:50 AM
I mean...he's got me there
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sorry i'm late boss, i awoke in a vivid dreamscape where my darkest fantasies came to life
November 17, 2025 at 1:49 PM
sorry i'm late boss, i awoke in a vivid dreamscape where my darkest fantasies came to life
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Part 131 of 200 in historically interesting things to inspire your ttrpg dnd
Hellenistic Greek Cast Glass Pomegranate Vase, tinted with colloidal gold to achieve the burgundy shade, 2nd Century BCE
Hellenistic Greek Cast Glass Pomegranate Vase, tinted with colloidal gold to achieve the burgundy shade, 2nd Century BCE
November 15, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Part 131 of 200 in historically interesting things to inspire your ttrpg dnd
Hellenistic Greek Cast Glass Pomegranate Vase, tinted with colloidal gold to achieve the burgundy shade, 2nd Century BCE
Hellenistic Greek Cast Glass Pomegranate Vase, tinted with colloidal gold to achieve the burgundy shade, 2nd Century BCE
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The best thing Tame Impala ever did was having The Field remix "Mind Mischief" it is one of the greatest remixes of all time
youtu.be/DEgCdtbg7BA?...
youtu.be/DEgCdtbg7BA?...
Mind Mischief (The Field Remix)
YouTube video by Tame Impala - Topic
youtu.be
November 16, 2025 at 3:57 AM
The best thing Tame Impala ever did was having The Field remix "Mind Mischief" it is one of the greatest remixes of all time
youtu.be/DEgCdtbg7BA?...
youtu.be/DEgCdtbg7BA?...
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The mass murder of civilians in order to maintain the economy is an ongoing moral injury that is only compounding with time and Americas inability to talk about and process grief
The necropolitics of Covid were the trigger for and normalization of the eugenic of today and the mass murder of tomorrow
The necropolitics of Covid were the trigger for and normalization of the eugenic of today and the mass murder of tomorrow
Every time Covid and learning loss hits the news, people act like the only factor is folk staying home and learning online, rather than… Living through a global mass death event.
November 14, 2025 at 9:01 PM
The mass murder of civilians in order to maintain the economy is an ongoing moral injury that is only compounding with time and Americas inability to talk about and process grief
The necropolitics of Covid were the trigger for and normalization of the eugenic of today and the mass murder of tomorrow
The necropolitics of Covid were the trigger for and normalization of the eugenic of today and the mass murder of tomorrow
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HOLY SHIT. They found the genes for fibromyalgia - and it's *not* autoimmune, it's the central nervous system. It's very cool to see some progress made on the thing that's ruined my life since late teenage years!
Medical Republic: 'Fibromyalgia finally gets a genetic fingerprint'
'Additionally, certain risk loci overlapped with long covid (BPTF) and ME/CFS (OLFM4, RABGAP1L/GPR52), two poorly characterised disorders, albeit with different lead variants.'
www.medicalrepublic.com.au/fibromyalgia...
'Additionally, certain risk loci overlapped with long covid (BPTF) and ME/CFS (OLFM4, RABGAP1L/GPR52), two poorly characterised disorders, albeit with different lead variants.'
www.medicalrepublic.com.au/fibromyalgia...
Fibromyalgia finally gets a genetic fingerprint - Medical Republic
A massive global study links the chronic pain condition to 26 genes associated with brain signalling, marking a turning point in understanding its biological roots.
www.medicalrepublic.com.au
November 14, 2025 at 4:09 AM
HOLY SHIT. They found the genes for fibromyalgia - and it's *not* autoimmune, it's the central nervous system. It's very cool to see some progress made on the thing that's ruined my life since late teenage years!
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Yeah, none of it has any gravitas any longer.
The Rose Garden and the East Wing are gone.
The Situation Room, the Resolute Desk, the Oval Office?
Who cares. It's all cosplay and clownery now.
The Rose Garden and the East Wing are gone.
The Situation Room, the Resolute Desk, the Oval Office?
Who cares. It's all cosplay and clownery now.
The situation in the Situation Room being the presidential pedophilia coverup.
And let’s not be silly — the Situation Room is not some kind of inviolable holy space.
And let’s not be silly — the Situation Room is not some kind of inviolable holy space.
Q: "Why are White House officials…meeting with Rep. Boebert in an effort to try to get her to not sign this petition calling for the release of the [Epstein] files?"
Leavitt: "I'm not going to detail conversations that took place in the situation room."
Leavitt: "I'm not going to detail conversations that took place in the situation room."
November 13, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Yeah, none of it has any gravitas any longer.
The Rose Garden and the East Wing are gone.
The Situation Room, the Resolute Desk, the Oval Office?
Who cares. It's all cosplay and clownery now.
The Rose Garden and the East Wing are gone.
The Situation Room, the Resolute Desk, the Oval Office?
Who cares. It's all cosplay and clownery now.
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The American government removed 2 monuments to Black American Soldiers in the Netherlands. Now the *Dutch* government is demanding they be returned.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
A Dutch war cemetery added displays showing black US soldiers. Then they were quietly removed
Relatives fear the move is part of ‘the same virus affecting the US’, as historians and politicians say it coincided with Trump’s DEI purge
www.theguardian.com
November 12, 2025 at 2:14 PM
The American government removed 2 monuments to Black American Soldiers in the Netherlands. Now the *Dutch* government is demanding they be returned.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
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Like, how much of this "I talk to chatgpt 5 hours a day and it is teaching me to to become a god" is the result of a normal person glimpsing the abyss that is *literally* a billionaire's every single social interaction, and it fucking destroying them.
May 12, 2025 at 6:42 AM
Like, how much of this "I talk to chatgpt 5 hours a day and it is teaching me to to become a god" is the result of a normal person glimpsing the abyss that is *literally* a billionaire's every single social interaction, and it fucking destroying them.
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Pizzagate: If you replace the word “hot dog” with “little boy” and “pizza party” with “child sex orgy,” you will see the lengths these elites go to cover up their crimes.
Real elite emails: Send me nude pictures of those 8th graders we abused last weekend post-haste! I am the Ambassador to Turkey.
Real elite emails: Send me nude pictures of those 8th graders we abused last weekend post-haste! I am the Ambassador to Turkey.
November 12, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Pizzagate: If you replace the word “hot dog” with “little boy” and “pizza party” with “child sex orgy,” you will see the lengths these elites go to cover up their crimes.
Real elite emails: Send me nude pictures of those 8th graders we abused last weekend post-haste! I am the Ambassador to Turkey.
Real elite emails: Send me nude pictures of those 8th graders we abused last weekend post-haste! I am the Ambassador to Turkey.
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Wonderful to see some love and behind-the-scenes talk for the ever-wonderful @oglaf.bsky.social
My latest at @comicsjournal.bsky.social: I talked to @oglaf.bsky.social! Not the character, but rather, the people who create it.
They don't do many interviews, so this was a real treat. They're funny people! Turns out they're not super private, just...really bad at PR?
www.tcj.com/talking-ogla...
They don't do many interviews, so this was a real treat. They're funny people! Turns out they're not super private, just...really bad at PR?
www.tcj.com/talking-ogla...
Talking Oglaf with Trudy Cooper and Doug Bayne: 'We'd stay up all night drawing stuff to make each other laugh' - The Comics Journal
Other than some time off every year for Christmas, Trudy Cooper and Doug Bayne have delivered a new Oglaf comic, skewering fantasy tropes with absolutely not safe for work humor, every week since 2008...
www.tcj.com
November 11, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Wonderful to see some love and behind-the-scenes talk for the ever-wonderful @oglaf.bsky.social
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What happened when I dug into some of the key studies and ideas quoted in The Tipping Point and its sequel… kucharski.substack.com/p/the-real-r...
November 9, 2025 at 1:44 PM
What happened when I dug into some of the key studies and ideas quoted in The Tipping Point and its sequel… kucharski.substack.com/p/the-real-r...
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You can still go back and listen to what was a FANTASTIC radio play! @andrewihla.bsky.social wrote a phenomenally fun and spooky script, so give it a listen and experience I, MeganBob, ACTING!
It was an honor to assemble a playlist and write a lil' story for the Halloween Night installment of Ken's fantastic VOID affiliate broadcasts!
MeganBob of @hardchoicespodcast.bsky.social stars as DJ Howlin' Hannah Holmes, who will be spinning eerie tracks and taking creepy calls. 9pm EST Friday!
MeganBob of @hardchoicespodcast.bsky.social stars as DJ Howlin' Hannah Holmes, who will be spinning eerie tracks and taking creepy calls. 9pm EST Friday!
Howlin' Hannah Holmes and her faithful producer Jimmy "Renfield" Rondo are taking over VOID 1680 airwaves, playing tunes and taking your calls about the legend of Carver Creek's very own slasher, Octoberette.
Set your reminder for showtime, one week from right now: bannerless.games/void-hhh
Set your reminder for showtime, one week from right now: bannerless.games/void-hhh
November 7, 2025 at 9:03 PM
You can still go back and listen to what was a FANTASTIC radio play! @andrewihla.bsky.social wrote a phenomenally fun and spooky script, so give it a listen and experience I, MeganBob, ACTING!
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Hey, that's me! Come listen to me and more importantly, Sam!
Wrapping up the Dice Exploder series on actual play with a game where, to me, actual play functions almost as a game mechanic: @kenlowery.bsky.social talks Void 1680 AM community broadcasts, and how even just the idea of putting your solo gameplay in front of an audience changes how it feels to play
Actual Play: Void 1680 AM Community Broadcasts (with Ken Lowery) — Dice Exploder
To close out this miniseries on actual play, I wanted to feature a game that I think uses actual play as a game mechanic. Hear me out. Void 1680 AM is a solo playlist-building game in which you create...
www.diceexploder.com
November 4, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Hey, that's me! Come listen to me and more importantly, Sam!