Apologies if I’m stepping on Disreputable Dog’s toes but here’s your latest Escritoire since one hasn’t gone up in nearly two weeks. Last time this went up, I think a few of us decided to switch from weekly to bi-weekly. … Continue reading The Escritoire #18
Some guidelines to help this space be a positive experience for everyone: ☮ As always with the AVCAD, don’t feel compelled to share beyond your comfort level. ☮ Anyone who identifies as female, or who was socialized female/AFAB/otherwise has firsthand experience with … Continue reading The Women+’s Thread Has Earned It’s Disillusionment
Use only the format below to create a poll. Vote by up-voting. Comment only under the “COMMENT” heading for each poll. Format | THIS IS CRUCIAL PAY THE FUCK ATTENTION Choose “Sort by Newest” Polls must be created as shown … Continue reading VOTE: Friday Flash Polling Comes To The Avocado
Hello Avocados! Your friendly mod/Leader Bean team here! We’ll get right to it: we’re looking to add some new mods. We’ve been planning this for awhile, and also the wonderful Drunk Napoleon has stepped down from his mod duties, and … Continue reading A Call for Leader Beans
This is your friendly neighborhood Leader Beans here to talk about an addendum to our policy on banning that we have been discussing among ourselves for quite some time. Going forward we are going to be experimenting with the use … Continue reading Guidelines Addendum: Temporary Bans
As we rapidly approach the one year anniversary of our site, we need to take care of the grown up stuff before the celebrations can begin. The overhead to keeping this place going is pretty reasonable, mostly because the work … Continue reading 1st Annual Avocado Fundraiser
It’s time for the ever exciting time where we announce a new guideline! And also post a gentle reminder about some of our previously existing guidelines. So, the new guideline. We’ve seen a lot of discussion and concern about people … Continue reading Guideline Update and Guideline Reminder
We’re taking a break from our usual content to instead spotlight one of our favorite people here at the Leftorium. Actress Susan Sarandon, born Susan Abigail Tomalin, is, in addition to being an actress of more than three decades, a … Continue reading Susan Sarandon
A left populist wins in NY-14. A left populist wins in Mexico. A left populist won seats in the UK. A left populist won in Spain. Left populists won big in PA. Repeating this again for those still lamenting that … Continue reading The Leftorium Votes Bernie-Bros into Office
It’s time for a brief break from your daily routine for an important announcement. We’ve had a lot of serious talks here lately, but this is a fun one. We have officially passed 5000 posts, over here at the new … Continue reading Celebrating 5000 Threads at The Avocado
This week, democratic party leadership threw Rep. Maxine Waters under the bus in less time than it took them to rebuke Al Franken. In one insanely ‘I should probably not be in a leadership position anymore’ tweet, Nancy Pelosi managed … Continue reading The Leftorium Treats Civility to a Nice TV Dinner
This week on the Leftorium, we’re opening up discussion on the summit between President Trump and North Korea’s Kim Jong Un. The majority of reactions both going into the summit and after has been dominated by a singular theme i.e. … Continue reading The Leftorium Gets Real with North Korea
I know I’m not the only one who needs a spoiler space for this movie. READ AT YOUR OWN RISK as there will be spoilers. Obviously. And seriously, people, this is not a movie you want to go into knowing … Continue reading Hereditary Spoil Sports
This week, the Leftorium solicits your unpopular opinions. Inspired by all the calls for hot twitter takes last week, today’s thread is dedicated to everything you think about the current state of politics both in America and elsewhere in the … Continue reading Unpopular Opinions – Leftorium Edition
As many of you aware by now, a couple weeks ago WordPress ran an update that knocked out most of our authors. I’ve done my best to get everyone back up and running, but in the process, a former issue … Continue reading Attention Avocado Authors
Hey big babies. It’s a well-known fact that the Avocado is home to a bunch of sullen and overly-emotional mollycoddles. It’s time you chicken hearts went on record with the, uh, records, that move you to pathetic baby tears. Obviously … Continue reading Music Bullshit: The Avocado On Spotify: What Makes You Cry?
What’s your favorite bit of ridiculous music trivia? Me, I’m positively enchanted with the idea that in 1969 a top U.S. band recorded an album with contributions from *four* convicted murderers. How about you? Got an interesting or just plain … Continue reading Music Bullshit: What’s Your Favorite Bit Of Ridiculous Music Trivia?
The big off-the-field story of the week is the 6-3 decision by the Supreme Court to strike from the books a federal law banning gambling on most sports. Meaning that pretty soon, states will start to permit and regulate betting … Continue reading Sports Corner – May 16
This week on the Leftorium, we take a look at: Democratic lawmakers’ general reluctance to condemn Israel for the latest deadly attacks at the Gaza border (juxtaposed with Chuck Schumer commending Trump on relocating the Embassy to Jerusalem). Gina Haspel … Continue reading The Leftorium for This Week
At long last, the Capitals are returning to the NHL Eastern Conference finals (against the Tampa Bay Lightning). At long last, they have beaten the Penguins in the playoffs (first time since 1994), ending the Pens’ two-year reign as champs. … Continue reading Sports Corner – May 9
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