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Howdy, friends. This week we continue our exploration of the barbets, although there was so little to be found about this week’s subject that I might need to switch things up or start combining species. This week’s bird is the … Continue reading The WPT is Low on Facts
I could have written about the shutdown, but we all know about it, and anyway, I’ve spent the majority of this week mentally curating my ideal Bad Bunny Superbowl halftime show. I think I’ve mostly got it; the big thing … Continue reading The Friday Politics Thread Is Looking Ahead (Way Ahead) to the Big Game
So at some point I guess I subscribed to a Substack’s emails even though I don’t have Substack. By Shaun Usher, it’s called “Letters of Note,” and it shares letters from notable people on this day in history. I’ve still … Continue reading The Thursday Politics Thread Takes Note (10/2/25)
Hi everyone! A big thanks to QHarp for covering last week’s thread while I was on vacation. Since I was visiting Berlin and Munich, I thought I’d give us a brief respite from the nightmare of American politics and talk … Continue reading The Wednesday Politics Thread Is Back from Germany
So have at it folks. Be your normal, kind, courteous, and cool selves. No threatening Mayor McSquirrel or anyone else. Continue reading Tuesday’s Politics Thread phones another one in
Howdy, friends. We are continuing our impromptu tour of the barbets with another subject that is enchantingly colorful but about which information seems mercifully scarce. I don’t know about you all, but my life just doesn’t want to slow down … Continue reading The WPT is Flamboyant and Chunky
Be nice to each other today, be nice to the mods, and don’t threaten Mayor McSquirrel. Let’s everyone get nicely posted today. Continue reading The Friday Politics Thread is Getting Posted
I ran across this poem somewhere awhile back and felt its impact but didn’t have time to digest it, so I emailed it to myself, where it sat in my inbox for about the last two months. “Wild Geese”Mary Oliverfrom … Continue reading The Thursday Politics Thread Belongs (9/25/25)
Your regular Wednesday PT host is in Germany, so you’re stuck with me. In honor of Cordyceps’s Grand German Adventure, have some polka. As Cordy would tell you, be kind and thoughtful today. Now let’s get out there and make … Continue reading The Wednesday Politics Thread Is Subbing In
So is Jimmy Kimmel. Hope that went well for him last night. From the AP: ”Effort to strip Costa Rica President Chaves of immunity falls short in congressional vote” https://tinyurl.com/4v83drzy And I just can’t with UsS news tonight. So I … Continue reading Tuesday’s Politics Thread is back!
Howdy, friends. Continuing our study of barbets, this week we are talking about the little-studied but exceptionally colorful red-headed barbet. This bird lives in humid montane forests and forest edges in Costa Rica, Guyana, Panama, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru. … Continue reading The WPT is on a Barbet Kick
Keep standing, PT. Sunglasses, body paint, and/or weird leatherdaddy/punk rock t-shirt onesie thing optional. It’s been…rough, lately. Please be nice to each other, be nice to the mods, and don’t threaten Mayor McSquirrel. To wholesale steal Big Wheel’s featured comment … Continue reading The Politics Thread Is Still Standing
The best thing about Thursdays? They come right before Friday. This has been your Moment Of Positivity. Behave yourselves. Continue reading The Thursday Politics Thread Is Up And At Them
Y’all I just don’t care about Charlie Kirk discourse. I don’t care about the takes. I don’t care about the takes about the takes. So that’s my take. Be kind and thoughtful today. Cheers. Continue reading The Wednesday Politics Thread Keeps At It
On top of, you know, all of the political drama, I’m a bit overwrought. I’m slightly here, but mostly not. The occasional updoot is all I’ve got in me. So y’all do you. Imma do my thing. We’ll all be … Continue reading Tuesday Politics Thread still has neighbor drama
Howdy, friends. This week we are continuing our barbet-related journey by covering a bird that came up last week. The red-vented bulbul is not a barbet, but it does steal berries which coppersmith barbets will collect for their mates while … Continue reading The WPT is Cute and Invasive
Not really, ‘Folitics’ was just a typo. But as it could be both ‘Friday politics’ and ‘fucking politics,’ it seems appropriate. It’s been a week, ‘cados. Be nice to each other today. Be nice to the mods, who have had … Continue reading The Friday Politics, or ‘Folitics’, Thread Is Portmanteau-ing
Good morning! It’s the 24th anniversary of 9/11, and I should probably say something profound, but everything’s so topsy turvy that I wouldn’t know where to start. Instead, please enjoy this video that has been running in my head nonstop … Continue reading The Thursday Politics Thread Dances Like Everybody’s Watching (9/11/25)
