Well, we’ve been talking about this, in both the Day and Night Threads. I’m not putting some fun image or pithy comment in the header. Some of us caught this as developing adults (me), some of us are too young … Continue reading September 11, 2001

I brought this up in the Seriousness Thread, but I know we’ve got some Southeastern Avocados who will be affected by the storm (even if it doesn’t make direct landfall). If that’s you, check in here, rant a bit if … Continue reading Hurricane Dorian Check-In Thread

The incident as we understand it thus far Eight locations across three cities in Sri Lanka have been struck. The attackers used a combination of suicide bombs and remote IEDs. The initial wave was composed of six attacks, three of … Continue reading Sri Lanka Attacks Discussion Space

UPDATE: Paris’s Notre Dame Cathedral caught fire earlier today. It appears that it has been contained. The spire was lost and large sections of the roof burned up, but the interior structure and two towers are largely intact. Discuss the … Continue reading The Notre Dame Cathedral Is on Fire

This is your thread for discussing updates in the Jussie Smollett case.   Please be kind to your fellow commenters here, we know this case has a lot of personal feelings wrapped up in it and making blanket statements should … Continue reading Jussie Smollett Case Updates

A suspect is in custody after shooting up two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-47578798 https://www.cnn.com/2019/03/14/asia/christchurch-mosque-shooting-intl/index.html https://www.buzzfeed.com/richardhjames/serious-firearms-incident-in-christchurch (this one mentions the livestream)   Please keep discussion of this to this thread. Please be kind to each other. Please think of … Continue reading Christchurch Mosque Mass Shooting

Since the PT thread has been overwhelmed by discussion of the roller coaster ride that is the Jussie Smollett situation, with no clear evidence to this point of exactly what happened and with tempers on the PT occasionally getting heated, … Continue reading Jussie Smollett Case Discussion Thread

Yesterday, social media platform and microblogging service Tumblr announced that as of December 17th of this year, adult content would be banned from the site. This news was surprising, as Tumblr has been seen as one of the more permissive … Continue reading Tumblr’s Adult Content Ban

Hi Avocados, Allison pointed out it would be a great idea to have a thread where Avocaodos in Hurricane Florence’s path can check in and let us know they’re okay and let us know how they and their loved ones … Continue reading Hurricane Florence Check-In Thread

Post your thoughts and memories for  the 17th anniversary of this tragic day. Please keep it in good taste.   Continue reading 9-11 Memorial Thread