Here at The Atlantic Wire, we respect and value the social media editors who share the links that make our jobs easier. Sometimes, though, we have no idea what they're talking about. So after a day of staring at Twitter, we're sharing our favorites.

All politics is local, which is why the secret manatee conspiracy hasn't registered with Tea Party voters in, say, Kansas. Also a deterrent: what the manatees will do to anyone who talks.

This is why the NFL lockout has to end soon. Players are going beltless just to get by.

Plain, timeworn advice about why it's a good idea to stay away from the "(blank) from hell" is always appreciated...

...as are stories about the state of the American farm, even if the latest plutocrat crop report was disappointing.

According to IMDB, there has never been a low-budget horror movie with the title Revenge of Gordon Brown, an oversight one of the Drudge Report's 228,000 Twitter followers will hopefully correct before the end of summer movie season.

The first documented case of a crush on an official Twitter feed, unless you count What The Tweet's brief, passionate fling with @BBCNews.
 

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Ray Gustini