Did I forget to reserve an Open Thread for my birthday tomorrow? I sure did! Does this mean I finally remembered to write up a Thursday Politics Thread ahead of time (or at all)? It sure does! Hi, PT! Tomorrow … Continue reading Forget It, Thursday PT, It’s (Almost) the jake Birthday Thread (8/28/25)

Happy Wednesday folks. Today I wanted to share a story Science Friday recently did about the rise in solar power. Across the world, solar power is becoming a major contributor to energy — but the Trump administration is pushing back. … Continue reading The Wednesday Politics Thread Fights the Future

I just am. Let’s leave it there. From Kyle Cheney yesterday: “DOJ tried and failed three times to indict a woman for allegedly assaulting an ICE officer during an arrest of two purported gang members. So they were forced to … Continue reading Tuesday’s Politics thread is

Howdy, friends.  I hope everyone is doing well, although I know we are all concerned about the state of the world.  This week’s bird is the double-toothed barbet, which I saw while writing last week’s header and figured we could … Continue reading The WPT Snacks on Guac

There’s quite a few of us here who have a favorite Mastodon song, I think; this one is mine. Rest in peace, Brent Hinds. Be nice to each other today, be nice to the mods, and don’t threaten Mayor McSquirrel. Continue reading The Friday Politics Thread Has No Fear, As Your Wing Is My Shelter

As is tradition, I forgot about today’s PT until this morning. Luckily, I just stumbled across an article about Pearl, the world’s oldest chicken! The world’s oldest chicken keeps surviving everything life throws at her Like Pearl, I’m a little … Continue reading The Thursday Politics Thread Is a Clucking Survivor (8/21/25)

Happy Wednesday! It’s the start of the academic year, so I’m deep in all sorts of work at Cordy College, but I wanted to share an interesting article I saw from the Wall Street Journal the other day about American … Continue reading History Repeats in the Wednesday Politics Thread

ANYWAY, let’s politics, shall we? We begin with a chuckle. From The Independent: “DHS speechwriter linked to hateful social accounts while claiming American conservatives are ostracized like Jews in Nazi Germany” https://tinyurl.com/yx79xw3t Good news! From FIRE (yeah, I know, those … Continue reading Tuesday’s Politics thread has continued shenanigans next door

Howdy, friends.  This week’s bird, the greater blue-eared starling, is an associate of last week’s subject, the superb starling.  The birds share some of their range and will sometimes roost together, in addition to forming flocks to forage and for … Continue reading The WPT Might be a Whole Thing

Today is the day of the treasonous tremendous Trump/Putin/Not-You-Ukraine-Guy-Whatever-Your-Name-Is summit in Alaska. I assume it’s even odds Putin is going to walk away with Alaska like he was Carmen Sandiego. What other kinds of insane, fascist shit will today bring? … Continue reading The Friday Politics Thread May Have 49 States by the End of the Day

Thursday just keeps sneaking up on me! Be kind to yourselves and each other, and don’t say things about Mayor McSquirrel that would get us in trouble. Have a great Thursday, Avocados! Continue reading The Thursday Politics Thread Had Good Intentions!

Still bogged down in stuff! But as promised, I did put some actual effort into the header this week. ProPublica recently chronicled a story about misinformation. The focus was on wildfire risk maps in Oregon, which insurance brokers used to … Continue reading The Wednesday Politics Thread Still Can’t Catch Up

True fax. My neighbor, who has had various addiction issues for a long time now, was removed from her house by stretcher today. Her current drug partner of choice is still in her house, rather dead at the moment. There … Continue reading Tuesday’s Politics Thread is living a little Law and Order right now

Howdy, friends.  Our bird this week sounded really familiar, so before I began writing, I went into wordpress and made sure I hadn’t written it up before.  This is the first time I’ve actually checked, I tend to just pick … Continue reading The WPT Trills and Chatters

Have at it, PTers. Be nice to each other, be nice to the mods, and don’t threaten Mayor McSquirrel. Continue reading The Friday PT is Here

I promised myself I was not only going to remember the Thursday PT this week, but also put some effort into researching an interesting header topic instead of producing scrambling apologia at best. Alas, it’s now almost midnight, and I … Continue reading A Sensory Thursday Politics Thread (8/7/25)

Remember how last week I said I get one phone-it-in header a month? Well unfortunately yesterday I was kept at work late in a meeting in which people had THOUGHTS on whether American Library Association Round Tables should only have … Continue reading The Wednesday Politics Thread Had an Overly Long Meeting

I mean, it was only 70 here today, which is practically sweater weather. I’ll take it. Some probably obvious news from ProPublica: “When Is “Recyclable” Not Really Recyclable? When the Plastics Industry Gets to Define What the Word Means.” https://tinyurl.com/ykunfsdu … Continue reading Tuesday’s Politics Thread has cooled off