Hello, Politicados. I believe we’ve made every permutation of joke about the latest Trump indictments, so I thought today I’d talk about the devastating wildfires in Hawaii. Search and rescue efforts remain underway, with only about 25% of the affected … Continue reading The Wednesday Politics Thread

Welcome back to Wednesday, everyone! This week I wanted to spotlight a story that’s been in the news this week, about visual effects workers in the film industry filing a petition to hold a unionization election. This could be a … Continue reading The Wednesday Politics Thread Hopes to Unionize

Hello! Been a whirlwind in the new job, but as promised, I wanted to do a more substantive header after phoning it in for much of the last month. Continuing my theme, I thought we’d take another look at Avocados … Continue reading The Wednesday Politics Thread Gets Back on Track

Happy Wednesday, all! I fully hoped to have an actual substantive header this week, but life has run away from me, so I’m afraid I only was able to crank out this placeholder. I promise that next Wednesday will actually … Continue reading The Wednesday Politics Thread Drops the Ball

Hi all. One of the best things about this community is how comfortable we are with one another, and the ways we can joke around. And sometimes we can have difficult, challenging conversations. But it does seem like a good … Continue reading The Wednesday Politics Thread

Good morning and good Wednesday to you, Politicados. Today I’ll be off starting my brand new job! I probably shouldn’t Avocado on the job (not that that stopped me before…), so I’ll probably be less visible in the PT going … Continue reading The Wednesday Politics Thread Starts a New Job

Good morning everyone! I’m out of town today, so this header was actually written last week. So I figured I’d make some predictions about the things we’d be talking about on the day this goes live. Certainly Trump will be … Continue reading The Wednesday Politics Thread Makes Some Predictions

Can you believe we’re almost through June? The year is flying by. Hopefully it’s been a good one for you, and that the second half of the year is even better. I don’t have much else to say, so let’s … Continue reading The Wednesday Politics Thread

Welcome back to Wednesday! As we head into the final stretch of June, I thought I’d take some time to snapshot some elected LGBT+ politicians for Pride Month. Much of the information here comes from Advocate’s list of 17 Groundbreaking … Continue reading The Wednesday Politics Thread Celebrates Pride

Happy Wednesday! I’ll be spending my morning at the dentist, so hopefully your morning looks more promising than mine (unless you’re Dentista, in which case I hope your patients have better gums than mine). While I get poked and prodded, … Continue reading The Wednesday Politics Thread Goes to the Dentist

Be kind and thoughtful today. Cheers. Continue reading The Wednesday Politics Thread Has No Theme

Happy Wednesday and welcome to the end of the month. We’re nearly halfway through the year, can you believe it? For today’s header, I’m continuing my dive into this day in Avocado history. history. One of the awful things I’m … Continue reading The Wednesday Politics Thread at the End of May

This past Monday I had a long, long drive back to North Carolina from Ohio, and podcasts helped make the drive a little less dull. One such podcast? Science Friday, which had some fascinating segments last week, so I thought … Continue reading The Wednesday Politics Thread Learns How to Deal with 500-1000 Crows

It’s 7:30 on Tuesday evening, I’ve been in meetings and classes all day, and all I want to do is figure out how to get into this shrine in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom. But I’ve half-assed … Continue reading The Wednesday Politics Thread is Distracted by Zelda