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

Howdy, friends. I chose the bird this week in an effort to bring some geographical diversity to these headers, as they had been pretty focused on north and south America for a while. Unfortunately I picked a bird that looks … Continue reading The WPT is Apparently Illusive

Happy Liberation Day Part I’d Put the Number But Don’t Know How to Scientific Notation. Have a song. This is what I imagine Nick Offerman’s walking around theme music is like. Be nice to each other today, be nice to … Continue reading The Friday Politics Thread Can’t Stand Standing for Nothin’

As July draws to a close, politics continue to happen. The fever is going to break, but give yourselves and each other some grace in the meantime. Hang in there, contact a mod if things get heavy, and remember to … Continue reading The Thursday Politics Thread Abides (7/31/25)

I feel like every few weeks I earn one no-effort header, so I’m cashing that in. Be kind and thoughtful today. Cheers. Continue reading Your Wednesday Politics Thread

Good. Grief. It’s hot here in NC. Just wow hot. Feels like I’m being dry-roasted, but there’s still enough humidity to make it really unpleasant. That’s enough whining about the heat. Let’s complain about politics! I kid, I kid, let’s … Continue reading Tuesday’s Politics Thread is also sweltering.

Howdy, friends.  This week’s bird gives me particular joy, because thrashing is my and Mrs K’s slang for any kind of personal disturbance or freak out, most often expressed as an admonition from one of us to the other to … Continue reading The WPT Thrashes About

Happy almost one-year anniversary of this Olympics Opening Ceremonies masterpiece to all who celebrate: I think we all remember where we were when we jumped out of our seats and yelled, ‘BLOOD STREAMERS!’ at the tv. Let’s be nice to … Continue reading The Friday Politics Thread Will Rejoice, Good Times Will Come