Three years ago this week, I took over Wednesday PT duties. Over these three years, we did some explorations of political and Avocado history, we talked about science, we talked about global and local news, we read many articles from … Continue reading The Wednesday Politics Thread Does the Super Sentai Hand-Off

Happy Wednesday folks. Apologies for the lack of interesting header today. Yesterday I excitedly received a big new hard drive to expand my media server and then proceeded to immediately break the contacts trying to connect it because I lack … Continue reading The Wednesday Politics Thread is Cranky

Happy Wednesday, y’all. Family time for Thanksgiving, so low effort header, but I did want to share that I’m thankful for this space and this community. You help make sense in the nonsense. Be kind and thankful today. Cheers. Continue reading The Wednesday Politics Thread is Thankful

It’s Wednesday. I’m exhausted of politics so I thought instead I’d share about an awesome woman I recently fell down a rabbit hole learning about, Nellie Bly. Just the introductory paragraph of her life from her biography from the National … Continue reading The Wednesday Politics Thread Recognizes a Badass

Hey there folks and welcome back to Wednesday. I don’t have much to add, so here’s another depressing ProPublica story: “No Separation Between Church and State”: Inside a Texas Church’s Training Academy for Christians Running for Office At the core … Continue reading Another Wednesday Politics Thread

Hey there, hi there, ho there folks, and welcome back to Wednesday. Today I thought I’d spotlight an excellent piece by Matteo Wong and Charlie Warzel in The Atlantic that dives into the economics of AI. It explained the AI … Continue reading The Wednesday Politics Thread Finally Gets It

Welcome back to Wednesday folks. Today I want to spotlight ProPublica’s reporting on Russell Vought, director of the Office and Management and Budget. They describe him as the “shadow president,” and their investigation details his rise to power and his … Continue reading The Wednesday Politics Thread Says “F That Guy”

Hello and welcome back to Wednesday. For today’s header, I thought I’d spotlight some news from around the world — specifically news not directly related to the US or US foreign policy. Let’s see what’s happening: In news worthy of … Continue reading The Wednesday Politics Thread Pulls Off a Heist

Happy Wednesday, all! I’m out this week for a library conference. And since libraries are pretty great, I thought I’d ask folks to share what their favorite government services or examples of good government are. Everything sucks right now! But … Continue reading The Wednesday Politics Thread Celebrates Good Government