Good morning, good afternoon, and happy Wednesday. Not a lot of time for header prep, so here are a couple some great and infuriating articles from ProPublica: American Rendition: Rümeysa Öztürk’s Journey From Ph.D. Scholar to Trump Target Languishing in … Continue reading The Wednesday Politics Thread Supports Good Journalism
It’s Wednesday. Today I thought I’d spend a little bit of time focusing on a specific target of DOGE’s cuts: The Institute of Museum and Library Sciences (IMLS). This is just one piece of the many, many cuts Trump and … Continue reading The Wednesday Politics Thread Says Having Fun Isn’t Hard When You’ve Got a Library Card
Welcome back to Wednesday! Traveling to a library conference for the rest of the week, so here are some headlines from around the world: Fears intensify of return to civil war as South Sudan vice-president arrestedSouth Sudan’s first vice-president and … Continue reading The Wednesday Politics Thread is Heading to Minneapolis
Talk all things football here! Continue reading Avocado FC: Your Weekly Football/Soccer Thread
Hey gang. It’s Wednesday and we’re politicking. So before you start politicking, why not check out one of these interesting articles? Afghan Women, Erased From Public Life, Are Turning to Instagram Since seizing power in August 2021, the Taliban have … Continue reading The Wednesday Politics Thread Put in Some Effort
Totally forgot to put up a thread last week, whomp. Is Tuesday still a good day for this thread? Recommendations for a different day? Continue reading Avocado FC: Your Inconsistent Football/Soccer Thread
I promised a more thought out header this week. I failed! I’ve been deep in interviews for a new member of my team, and academic library interviews are A Lot, even on the side that’s doing the hiring. Next week … Continue reading The Wednesday Politics Thread Failed
Look up any list of the best Superman comics, and you are sure to find All-Star Superman. Grant Morrison’s story, with art by Frank Quitely, All-Star Superman was meant to be an iconic, timeless Superman story that was not an … Continue reading Second Look: All-Star Superman
I’m no longer traveling, but still busy enough with work to not write a detailed header. I promise to write something substantive soon! In the meantime, please enjoy a few photos from my vacation. Be kind and thoughtful today. Cheers. … Continue reading The Wednesday Politics Thread is Back
I was out last week, but we’re back! Talk about the latest news and matchups of association football here! Continue reading Avocado FC: Your (Sorta) Weekly Football/Soccer Thread
None of you jerks volunteered to do a guest header, so enjoy this. Traveling home today. Zion was hot. Grand Canyon was cold and snowy as shit. The American West contains multitudes. Sounds like the world is still shit so … Continue reading The Wednesday Politics Thread is Traveling
Happy Wednesday. As February winds down, I wanted to give one final shout out to Black librarians. As mentioned in a previous header, the profession is 90% white, and Black librarians have often been invisible in the profession. A new … Continue reading The Wednesday Politics Thread Celebrates Black History Once More
Talk about the latest news and matchups of association football here! Continue reading Avocado FC: Your Weekly Football/Soccer Thread
Happy Wednesday. A couple of weeks ago I put the spotlight on a Black librarian, Bella da Costa Greene. I thought this week I’d continue that theme by highlighting about Black librarian, Carla Hayden, the Librarian of Congress. It probably … Continue reading The Wednesday Politics Thread Continues to Celebrate Black History
At long last, the karate drama has drawn to a close and I gotta talk about it. Discuss the final 5 episodes, season 6 as a whole, and the entire series! Continue reading Spoil Sports: Cobra Kai Season 6
There was some conversation about this in the Super Bowl thread, and I’ve seen it scattered across The Avocado, so I thought I might check and see if there was interest in a weekly thread to discuss all things association … Continue reading Avocado FC: A Weekly Football/Soccer Thread?
[This week’s header was written by Corgizilla!] Hello, PT, it’s your sometimes poster, often lurker, and first-time header writer, Corgzilla (thanks to Cordyceps for the help posting this header). Today is Darwin Day when we celebrate birth of Charles Darwin. … Continue reading The Wednesday Politics Thread Celebrates Darwin
Welcome back to Wednesday. I am having issues with the WordPress editor, so hopefully this goes through. February is Black History Month, and you can see the excellent artists Headphone Princess is sharing over here. I also wanted to highlight … Continue reading The Wednesday Politics Thread Recognizes Black History
Because I want to discuss animation Continue reading Animation Time
