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The final Grand Slam of the year, the US Open, kicks off today at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center. Use this thread to talk about the tournament, discuss players’ strategies, and live-chat matches. Stuff to watch: For … Continue reading 2026 US Open Discussion Thread
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Header image: a still from the Metropolitan Opera’s production of Poulenc’s Dialogue of the Carmelites. The year is 1600 or something. All music is church music. You can only write music for God. That’s the rule. What this one dude … Continue reading A Brief History of Opera
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Prestidigititis Memorial Thread Continue reading Prestidigititis Memorial Thread
This is part of a series of mini-reviews of R.E.M.’s studio albums, ranked worst to best. (Don’t worry; I’ll keep them short.) #14: Monster. This comes with a caveat, which I’ll get into below. I don’t like the sound of … Continue reading The Night Thread Ranks R.E.M.’s Albums: #14
A place for “serious” discussions. Continue reading “In All Seriousness” Thread — 09/08/2026
Do you have a regular routine? Continue reading Writing Discussion Thread
Greetings, Avocadoans! Welcome to the weekly discussion of LGBTQQIA+ issues! Rules for this discussion: In the news: Trump DOJ tried to force California to ban trans girls from sports. A judge said no Continue reading Weekly LGBT+ Discussion
Scott’s desire to tell people what movies to watch knows no bounds. He’s decided to create a series on here devoted to profiling directors and creating guides to their films. This week’s director is… Ken Loach. Highly recommended: Kes Recommended: … Continue reading Director Profile: Ken Loach
It’s been a few months since I made an entry in my sporadic series on great public squares, so I wanted to go local for this one. Berczy Park is a small 0.4 hectare plaza and green space located behind … Continue reading The Day Thread Visits Berczy Park
Welcome to the Musicals Thread, the Avocado’s space for anything and everything related to musical theatre! Every month I’ll post a discussion prompt, but please feel free to comment on other topics, from new discoveries to old favorites. If you … Continue reading Musicals Thread (The 1990’s)
Top Releases: Happy day after Labor Day! Traditionally, this is the week that most kids go back to school and everyone does their last big Summer hurrah before the coming of Fall. As such, it seems that most game publisher … Continue reading New Game Releases 09/08/26 – 09/14/26
Football! Also, still taking feedback on if you’d like this to exist as its own weekly thread or if you think soccer discussion should be folded into the regular sports thread posted every few days. Let me know! Continue reading Avocado FC: Your Weekly Football/Soccer Thread
Nintendo is doing a Direct for the 40th anniversary of The Legend of Zelda. It begins at 10:00 AM EST, and will run for roughly 30th minutes. Feel free to discuss it here. If you prefer Twitch, here is a … Continue reading Nintendo Direct: The Legend of Zelda 40th Anniversary
Hey folks! Here again is a space for people to talk about how you’re keeping active, plans to do so, or other matters related to health and fitness. Continue reading Health and Fitness Thread: 8 September 2026
This is the space for our members to discuss and share their creative projects, ranging from written works to drawings, photography, and even craft projects such as knitting and woodworking. Self promotion is welcome (websites where we can view and/or … Continue reading Creative Endeavors Is Starting Its Migration
Movieacados! Today we are celebrating that thing we have been questing for. That thing that has eluded us but we have finally found it. We are deliciously delighted to finally be able to achieve the thing we have been striving … Continue reading The Avocado Weekly Movie Thread (09/08)
What did you do this weekend? Continue reading What did you do this [Labor Day] Weekend?
How about y’all? I hope so. Let’s talk some politics! This week in SCOTUS: “The Supreme Court will choose soon whether Trump can illegally take over elections” It should be a simple question. And yet…https://tinyurl.com/3db35fxc Good article by Kevin Kruse: … Continue reading Tuesday’s Politics Thread enjoyed the long weekend
This is part of a series of mini-reviews of R.E.M.’s studio albums, ranked worst to best. (Don’t worry; I’ll keep them short.) #15: Collapse Into Now. R.E.M.’s final album, and again: it’s not classically bad. It’s just not anything much … Continue reading The Night Thread Ranks R.E.M.’s Albums: #15
And Fall 2 falls! And Onslaught isn’t sought! Continue reading Peter Parker is Very Rich — Weekend Box Office Report for September 4th-September 6th, 2026
Ah, excellent. Everyone is here. Queequeg Manor welcomes you with open arms! Please do enjoy the kippers and tapinade, dinner will be served forthwith. In the meantime, mingle amongst yourselves and have fun! After all— ::crash of thunder:: Well. On … Continue reading Get A Clue 2: Buttled! – Day One
Of all the ads I’ve covered, this one might well be the worst. Continue reading Ad Space – This One’s a Doozy
I can’t explain exactly why, but I really like making atypical formats with the titles here. Continue reading Todabor Day is a Weekly Video Games Thread
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