Hi all, Cordy here filling in for Dave. Wanting to keep the spirit of WPT alive, I chose a bird to spotlight today: The lovely Himalayan monal. This beautiful guy lives up in the Himalayas and is found primarily in … Continue reading The National Weekend Politics Thread of Nepal

Welcome back to Wednesday! The first presidential debate is rapidly approaching. It will take place on Thursday at 9:00 PM Eastern. And you know what that means? … It means it’s worth stepping back and taking a break if you … Continue reading The Wednesday Politics Thread Advocates For a Break

Be kind and thoughtful today. Cheers. Continue reading The Juneteenth Politics Thread

Hi friends, and welcome back to Wednesday. I feel like it’s been a whirlwind of a few weeks — personally and politically, it’s been a lot, and I know it’s been the same for many of you here as well. … Continue reading The Wednesday Politics Thread Checks In

Traveling this week. Be kind and thoughtful today. Cheers. Continue reading The Blank Wednesday Politics Thread

Today is a very special Wednesday, because it is my sister’s birthday. Everyone give a shout out to my sister! One of the most incredible, strongest people I know. Meanwhile, I thought I’d share a few bits of longform journalism … Continue reading The Wednesday Politics Thread Strikes Back

We’ve made it to another Wednesday, which means we’re getting a little bit closer to the weekend, which is what’s keeping me going today.  I was visiting my parents last week to help them pack up as they prepare to … Continue reading The Wednesday Politics Thread Can’t Go Home Again

Hello and welcome back to Wednesday! For today’s header, I thought I’d spend a little bit of time focusing on news from the world of tech. I recently read Extremely Hardcore: Inside Elon Musk’s Twitter which has had me thinking … Continue reading The Wednesday Poli-Techs Thread

It’s been said that “Eldercare is the silent productivity killer” and I’m kind of feeling it right now. Thankfully it’s nothing serious, just life stuff for my parents that suddenly bubbled up and is occupying my time that I had … Continue reading The Wednesday Politics Thread is Preoccupied

Welcome to May, PT friends! I have recently returned from a trip to France, and since obviously that makes me a qualified expert on all things France, I thought I’d share some French news. France has been deep at work … Continue reading The Wednesday Politics Thread Is Basically an Expert on France Now

Hello again everyone, and welcome to another Wednesday. Today I wanted to spotlight an article that Blue Adept (I think – apologies if I got that wrong) shared on Monday about the challenges faced by film and television writers even … Continue reading The Wednesday Politics Thread Writes About Writing

Happy Wednesday all. I just drove back 8 hours from a wonderful eclipse-ening in Cleveland and am very tired, so no proper header this week. Instead, please enjoy these flamingos from the Cleveland Zoo. I am typing this on my … Continue reading The Wednesday Politics Thread Was Out of Town

Happy Wednesday, y’all. I’ve been inspired lately to try to become more familiar with my local news. While I’m pretty glued to the national, I know an embarrassingly small amount about my own city. So I’ve been working to change … Continue reading The Wednesday Politics Thread Goes Local

In search of a header topic, I thought “Longform.org always does a great job highlighting interesting pieces. I bet I can find something there.” And then I went to Longform and found that they stopped recommending articles nearly two years … Continue reading The Wednesday Politics Thread is Out of the Loop

Curled up in bed, comfy and warm, and then remembered that there needed to be a politics thread to go live tomorrow. Discuss the news of the day! And be kind and thoughtful. Cheers. Continue reading The Wednesday Politics Thread That Was Almost Forgotten

Happy Wednesday, all. Not a ton of time to write, so I thought I’d highlight yesterday’s testimony from Robert Hur about his investigation into Biden’s handling of classified information, as well as the transcript of his interview with Biden that … Continue reading The Wednesday Politics Thread Releases the Transcript

Happy Wednesday, Politicados! Yesterday was Super Tuesday, which means today will be full of discussion of the results… Or, they would, if anything interesting happened. But even though I am comfortably writing this on Tuesday night before results trickle in, … Continue reading The Not-As-Super-As-Tuesday Wednesday Politics Thread

Welcome back to Wednesday, Politicados!  As you may recall from past headers, I love science and I especially love space. So I thought today I’d highlight a story about our next space adventure. NPR recently profiled Victor Glover, the pilot … Continue reading The Wednesday Politics Thread is Going to the Moon

Happy Valentine’s Day to the PT. Wishing you love and joy today. I recently resubscribed to Wired, a publication which I’ve often said is worth the $5 they typically put an annual subscription on sale for. Although I quickly remembered … Continue reading The Wednesday Politics Thread Makes Use of Its Wired Subscription