♪ W-A-S-H-I-N-G-T-O-N, baby, D.CW-A-S-H-I-N-G-T-O-N, baby, D.C ♪ Uvular Suspects died November 21, 2025.[footnote]Not really.[/footnote] A coroner ruled the intermittent Avocado Weekend Politics Thread header host’s passing a death by misadventure.[footnote]Satire. Wait for the payoff.[/footnote] “As a white, suburban man in … Continue reading The Weekend Politics Thread Supports Capitol Punning

Got Covid and flu shots yesterday. Feel weird, arm hurts, living god status TBD. Political because of the signs all over the CVS pharmacy saying ‘Wait! No! You don’t need a prescription to get a Covid shot!’ Because two months … Continue reading The Friday Politics Thread Is All Vaxxed Up

It’s Wednesday. I’m exhausted of politics so I thought instead I’d share about an awesome woman I recently fell down a rabbit hole learning about, Nellie Bly. Just the introductory paragraph of her life from her biography from the National … Continue reading The Wednesday Politics Thread Recognizes a Badass

It’s being fucky.  Lindsay Halligam is cooked: “Judge says possible errors by Lindsey Halligan could imperil Comey case.” From Kyle Cheney and Josh Gerstein at Politico. On the one hand, good. On the other hand, I’d have liked to see … Continue reading Tuesday’s Politics Thread is mad at WordPress

A year and two weeks, I think, I’ve been doing the Friday header? Some of those posts even had effort put into them! This isn’t one of those, though. This is one where you get a song, a quick lecture, … Continue reading The Friday Politics Thread Celebrates a Year Or So

You might know (because I’ve been whining about it for weeks) that I’ve been fighting with my home insurance company. In the process, I sought a new home insurance quote, so I now get all the emails. On the plus … Continue reading The Thursday Politics Thread IS Bridge Largemeat!

Hey there folks and welcome back to Wednesday. I don’t have much to add, so here’s another depressing ProPublica story: “No Separation Between Church and State”: Inside a Texas Church’s Training Academy for Christians Running for Office At the core … Continue reading Another Wednesday Politics Thread

It SNOWED today, in North Cackalacky. It SNOWED today in Georgia. In Tennessee? SNOW. Same for South Cackalacky. And Ala-DAMN-bama! This is nuts. By Sunday, the high is going to be 77F/25C. Mother Naturre needs to make up her mind. … Continue reading Tuesday’s Politics thread is baffled by the weather

Howdy, friends. I have put up 158 headers since, I believe, the summer of 2022 and I need a break. I’m really enjoying learning about birds with you all, and I of course love hearing about how much folks are … Continue reading The WPT is Going on Hiatus

Look, I know this is hot, hot take for a Friday morning, and I’m sorry, but I can’t keep it in anymore: You know how it’s standard internet practice to take dumb, farcical videos and dub Yakety-Sax over them? I … Continue reading The Friday Politics Thread Is Just Gonna Say It

in that I phoned it in again. Be safe out there, Avocados, and be kind to yourselves and others! Continue reading The Thursday PT Is Just a Phone Call Away –

Hey there, hi there, ho there folks, and welcome back to Wednesday. Today I thought I’d spotlight an excellent piece by Matteo Wong and Charlie Warzel in The Atlantic that dives into the economics of AI. It explained the AI … Continue reading The Wednesday Politics Thread Finally Gets It

Comin’ in hot! From The Cut: “Teen Vogue Will Fold Into Vogue.com” Why do we care about that? Because Teen Vogue had some of the most amazing political reporting for the past several years. But Condè Nast (owners of Vogue … Continue reading Tuesday’s Politics thread is here

Howdy, friends.  This week’s bird follows on from last week’s, we’ve got ourselves another redstart.  The American redstart is a truly tiny warbler that breeds in large swaths of the US and Canada. It winters in southern California as well … Continue reading The WPT Puts a Candle in the Window

Happy Halloween, ‘cados! Be nice to each other today, be nice to the mods, candy corn is the best Halloween candy, and no threatening Mayor McSquirrel. Let’s socialize! Continue reading The Friday Politics Thread is Grim, Grinning

It’s almost midnight, and I have to take my mom to the Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport at 7am. (Don’t worry, folks; she’ll drive on the way there . . . So I guess, more accurately, I have to … Continue reading The Thursday Politics Thread Is Up Late