Sharing a post shared by Headphone Princess in the PT yesterday: Chicago Fire Fans Protest At Soldier Field After Supporters Banned Over Anti-ICE Sign Soldier Field’s supporter section at Chicago Fire games is typically raucous, with overlapping chants and live … Continue reading Avocado FC: Your Weekly Football/Soccer Thread
It feels like it’s only been a week since our last Wednesday, and yet here we are again. A recent study in The Lancet pointed to changes stealthily made some government datasets. These datasets form the backbone of a lot … Continue reading The Wednesday Politics Thread Salutes the Heroes
Congrats to Chelsea on their Club World Cup win! Discuss all things football here. Continue reading Avocado FC: Your Weekly Football/Soccer Thread
Happy Wednesday, y’all. Texas is feeling the impact of major flooding. Consider donating to relief efforts if you’re able. Otherwise, why not disappoint yourself with news before you disappoint yourself with more news? Elon Musk Hired a Dozen Texas Lobbyists … Continue reading The Wednesday Politics Thread Does Its Thing
Second Look is still taking sign-ups for the rest of 2025! Do you have a piece of media or pop culture you want to revisit? Take a second look! Man of Steel is a study in contrasts. It has some … Continue reading Second Look: Man of Steel
Discuss all things football here. Continue reading Avocado FC: Your Weekly Football/Soccer Thread
Welcome back to Wednesday. I’ve been doing a bit of traveling and supplementing that by actually doing things in Cordytown. Because of that, I have not been as engaged in the news as much these past few days — and … Continue reading The Wednesday Politics Thread Takes a Break
Discuss all things football here. Continue reading Avocado FC: Your Weekly Football/Soccer Thread
It’s Wednesday. I don’t know what’s happening with the NYC mayor election, and honestly I don’t want to, so let’s talk about different things. For today’s header, we’re going to dive into the exciting world of copyright law! In what … Continue reading The Wednesday Politics Thread Doesn’t Copy That Floppy… It Transforms It
Discuss all things football here. Continue reading Avocado FC: Your Weekly Football/Soccer Thread
Happy Wednesday, all. A couple of months ago, I put out a call to the PT to consider supporting good journalism. And y’all had an incredible response, with your donations to ProPublica. This week, I thought I’d put out the … Continue reading The Wednesday Politics Thread Supports Journalism Again
Congrats to the Tampa Bay Sun for the USL Super League win! And of course, discuss all things football here. Continue reading Avocado FC: Your Weekly Football/Soccer Thread
Still kinda discombobulated from all the travel last week, so here’s a PT header. I haven’t had time to dip much into ProPublica’s latest reporting, but this article about who remains at DOGE in the wake of Elon’s departure might … Continue reading The Wednesday Politics Thread is Catching Up
Congrats to Portugal for the UEFA Nations League Win. Boo to Fort Lauderdale for beating Carolina Ascent in the Super League. 🙁 Otherwise, discuss all things football here. Continue reading Avocado FC: Your Weekly Football/Soccer Thread
Congrats to Paris Saint-Germain for their Champions League win! Otherwise, discuss all things football here. And let me know if you want to keep these weekly during the European off-season or if it should go less frequent. Continue reading Avocado FC: Your Weekly Football/Soccer Thread
Welcome back to Wednesday! Over the weekend, I read Sarah Wynn-Williams’ Careless People: A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism, her tell-all book about her time working at Facebook. Reading it sparked an anger stronger than when I … Continue reading The Wednesday Politics Thread Read A Book
Congrats to the Arsenal women for their Champions League victory! The European seasons are winding down, while America’s is in full swing. As someone who still doesn’t know much about the world of football and its schedule, do you want … Continue reading Avocado FC: Your Weekly Football/Soccer Thread
Definitely forgot to post on Tuesday, but by time I remembered I figured I’d just wait to see how the Europa Cup Final shook out. And I’m glad I did, because I can use the Spurs as a header image! … Continue reading The Avocado FC: Bringing You Football/Soccer Whenever I Remember
Do your thing. Don’t McSquirrel. Be kind and thoughtful today. Cheers. Continue reading The Wednesday Politics Thread
Happy Wednesday! A few articles for you this morning that may make you go “hmm.” And then also one that might make you giggle because it’s about butts. Everyone is Cheating Their Way Through College In January 2023, just two … Continue reading The Wednesday Politics Thread Talks About Butts
Earlier this year, I invited folks to take a Second Look at a piece of media or pop culture and see if their opinions had changed. And we had some truly fantastic essays! From Wes Anderson films to The Hobbit … Continue reading Second Look Sign-Ups!
