Howdy, friends.  Our bird this week was suggested by SheleetaHam.  The long-wattled umbrellabird is a member of the Cotinga family, a large family of Central and South American birds with dizzying colors we are sure to cover in the future.  … Continue reading The WPT Selects for Jerks

I just searched the media library for ‘polotics,’ Not as a typo, I just thought that was how it was spelled for a second. ‘Relaity’ is a typo though. Have at it. Be nice. Don’t threaten Mayor McSquirrel. Continue reading The Friday Polotics Thread Makes the Fiction the Relaity

Thursday is here, and we’re making sure it’s here on time. This week has once again been a rough one on the personal front, so I’ve been a bit less connected on the politics side of things outside of a … Continue reading The Thursday Politics Thread Keeps Up The Good Fight

Be good to each other! Continue reading Wednesday Politics Thread

Holy crap y’all. Heat wave is supposed to break day after tomorrow, but the weather people have been saying that for a week now and we keep missing out on the afternoon thunderstorms, so it keeps not breaking. GAH! Let’s … Continue reading Tuesday’s Politics Thread is tired of the heat dome

Howdy, friends,  Birds are back, I thank you all for enduring our collective nightmare of meticulous commentary someone didn’t throw together while working at the circulation desk.  Seriously though, thanks to Uve for a thoughtful header two  weeks ago.   Our … Continue reading The WPT is Pleasingly Speckled

Or real content–I’m a step behind Blur on that one. Be nice to each other today, be nice to the mods, and no threatening Mayor McSquirrel, even if he’s coming up behind you and yelling ‘Woo-hoo!’ every five seconds. Continue reading The Friday Politics Thread Doesn’t Have a Real Title

Thursday is here, and we’re making sure it’s here on time. This week has been a rough one on the personal front, so I’ve been a bit less connected on the politics side of things outside of a safari or … Continue reading The Thursday Politics Thread Exists

it’s July 15 2026 and Mitch McConnell is still Schrödinger’s Senator. Will his People finally reveal the truth or will we get more doctored images of him in good health? For your answers tune in to the next episode of … Continue reading The Wednesday Politics Thread is on Mitch Watch

After spending a week at my writer’s retreat. I wrote a short piece, read three short pieces to an audience, napped a LOT (it was glorious), went for a hike, danced my face off, and acted in a bunch of … Continue reading Tuesday’s Politics thread is back in the real world.

Howdy, friends. No birds this week, I’m afraid. If you’ve found yourself in the open thread in the past few weeks you may know that I had a couple of members of my team quit recently, so its all talking … Continue reading The WPT is Birdless. Repeat. Birdless.

Have one queen dancing to another this morning: Rest easy, Ms. Tyler, and keep resting easy, Ms. Dupree. Even if you can’t belt out bangers or make the best drag entrance ever (it sounds hyperbolic; it’s not), you can be … Continue reading The Friday Politics Thread Is Holding Out for a Hero

Thursday is here, and we’re making sure it’s here on time. This week has been kind of an all-over mess of things going on, with a lot of positive legal developments that are admittedly hard to process, but we’re also … Continue reading The Thursday Politics Thread Hits The Beach

In the not too distant future, Next Wednesday AD. There was a gal named Wasp. Not too different from you or me. She did a good job cleaning up the place but the bosses didn’t like her so they shot … Continue reading Wednesday Politics Thread

♪ If I wasn’t so AmericanI might love you moreBut giving up my independenceGoes against my core ♪ — “American Love Song,” Momo Boyd The United States of America by convention turns 250 years old today. She doesn’t look a … Continue reading The WPT Deems It Necessary in the Course of Human Events