Howdy, friends.  This week we continue our tour of barbets, but are switching back to the western hemisphere with the toucan barbet.  This bird lives in a little sliver of montane forest in Colombia and Ecuador, and has gotta have … Continue reading The WPT is a Big Ole Hippy

By sneezing all over the place and complaining about daylight savings time. Ah, what a beautiful time of year. Be nice to each other today, be nice to the mods, and don’t threaten Mayor McSquirrel, even if he disagrees with … Continue reading The Friday Politics Thread Celebrates the Unofficial Beginning of Spring

Are you ready for $200 barrels of oil? We know some folks are!  It’s a good time to take stock of the victories that happened, understand the losses that were suffered, and figure out how to move forward through to … Continue reading The Thursday Politics Thread Is Trying To Get Things Strait

Yesterday was Mario Day! Wahoo! Here’s three paintings for today’s Art! Can you find the theme? The paintings are: Strainer by Stephen Vollo, Pipe Fitters by Byron Gere, and Mushroom by Victor Hugo Neocities is a lot of fun! have … Continue reading The Wednesday Politics Thread

From Politico: https://tinyurl.com/bdd5fj49 “Judge rejects NJ US Attorney ‘triumvirate’ in latest blow to Trump prosecutors” This was a delightful little legal thrashing to read about. And I’ll leave you with this screenshot. I refuse to play the video. Even if … Continue reading Tuesday’s Politics Thread has the collective political smarts of precisely one medium-sized clam

Howdy, friends.  I bring you peace.  And love.  And birds.  But please don’t break my legs.  Our bird this week is another stunner with thin info.  Which is kinda great because I am writing this at work before going out … Continue reading The WPT has a Stocky Build    

BYE KRISTI! And look, Markwayne Mullin ain’t shit either, but that doesn’t mean we can’t celebrate Kristi Noem getting busted down to Sovreign Shield of the Antarctic or whatever the fuck. And Corey Lewandowski’s out too, which is fun. Be … Continue reading The Friday Politics Thread Wants to Sing All Night Long

This week saw a number of important primaries happen in some key places, as well as a lot of smaller under-the-radar races that won’t get national attention but are continuing to show a blue wave forming. It’s a good time … Continue reading The Thursday Politics Thread Isn’t Borthogging Around

I got it. No McSquirrelin’. Talk polotocs. Continue reading ok, I can do Wednesday Politics thread too

It’s 9pm. I’ve been in PJs since 7pm. I’m trying to stay sane by avoiding doomscrolling, which I would have to do to find news bits and bobs. So I’m not. Do your thing in a calm, cool, and collected … Continue reading Tuesdays Politics thread says:

Howdy, friends.  This week we have another absolutely stunning Asian barbet about which I couldn’t find a whole lot.  Our bird this week is the great barbet.  This bird lives throughout South and Southeast Asia, in (deep breath) Pakistan, India, … Continue reading The WPT is Enormous

What kind of (probably unconstitutional) nonsense will we have today? Only one way to find out. Be nice to each other, be nice to the mods, and don’t threaten Mayor McSquirrel. Continue reading The Friday Politics Thread Gets Down to It

There have been a lot of highs and lows this past week, with Supreme Court cases to watching the figure skating side of the Olympics, and then watching how quickly things pivoted when it came to the men’s hockey for … Continue reading The Thursday Politics Thread Is Containing Itself

now that we’re done Stating The Union let’s do something fun! ZAQ_Makes is on Day 307 of his Perpetual Stew he’s called Stewtheus! You ever hear the sound of Forced Rhubarb? Well do you want to? Today’s Art is The … Continue reading The Wednesday Politics Thread

Howdy, friends.  I have another gorgeous barbet for you this week.  I am having some trouble finding information online about these birds, or at least free information.  Which is odd, because many of them are fairly common, with last week’s … Continue reading The WPT Gives a Series of Resonant Hoots

Have some amazing flamenco: Be nice to each other today, be nice to the mods, and don’t threaten Mayor McSquirrel. Let’s do this Continue reading The Friday Politics Thread Is Feeling A Little Stompy

We’re going kind of slim this week because events are feeling overwhelming. Sometimes all you can do are a couple of extra push-ups, maybe some time on the exercise bike, and maybe a cold plunge while wearing heavy jeans. Because … Continue reading The Thursday Politics Thread Is Providing Solace