I’m no longer traveling, but still busy enough with work to not write a detailed header. I promise to write something substantive soon! In the meantime, please enjoy a few photos from my vacation. Be kind and thoughtful today. Cheers. … Continue reading The Wednesday Politics Thread is Back

Too bad there’s all this other crap going on. Let’s start with some good news, shall we? “New German, Swiss, And Austrian Guidelines Recommend Trans Youth Care, Slam Cass Review” From Erin Reed, an independent LGBTQ+ journalist.  https://tinyurl.com/6m5kyupv I know … Continue reading Tuesday’s Politics thread is feeling better

Hi, friends.  I hope you are taking care of yourselves and each other.  This week our subject is the silver-beaked tanager.  Like last week’s bird, it lives in large parts of South America, and I’m just going to paste from … Continue reading The WPT is Common and Conspicuous

But it is willing to pretend like it is. Be nice to each other today. Calm blue ocean. If you feel the need to hate on someone, Gavin Newsom is always there. Watching. Waiting. Being a dick. Making sure his … Continue reading The Friday Politics Thread is Not on Vacation

Like the brave header writers who have gone before me, I am currently traveling / on vacation — which means I refuse to pay attention to politics before 8am and am going back to bed. Be kind to yourselves and … Continue reading The Thursday Politics Thread Is Here

This time for fun. So yay. I’ll be around though. So don’t ruin your dinner with too many snacks. And you can have a couple of friends over, but don’t make too much of a mess. No threatening Mayor McSquirrel … Continue reading Tuesday’s Politics thread is on the road again

Good day, friends.  This week’s bird is the gray-lined hawk, and boy, is it.  Mature birds are up to 61cm (24in) in length, weigh about 475 grams or 16.8 oz on average and are positively festooned with gray and white … Continue reading The WPT Picks a High Perch   

Still sick, still mad about it. Be nice today. Continue reading The Friday Politics Thread Is Lingering

As has been periodically mentioned around here recently, various groups have called for an “economic blackout” tomorrow, Friday, February 28th, to protest corporations’ choice to roll back DEI initiatives and otherwise kowtow to if not actively abet the MAGA agenda. … Continue reading The Thursday Politics Thread Blacks Out

Happy Wednesday. As February winds down, I wanted to give one final shout out to Black librarians. As mentioned in a previous header, the profession is 90% white, and Black librarians have often been invisible in the profession. A new … Continue reading The Wednesday Politics Thread Celebrates Black History Once More

Let’s get weird…..what are we going to spiral about today? I don’t even want to link to things because there’s just so goddamned much. My therapist said she’s been limiting her news intake. I guess I have too. Anyway, get … Continue reading Tuesday’s Politics thread is ready for the next spiral

Hi friends.  This week we’re continuing down the list of interesting looking birds I found on an ecotourism website.  Our subject is the bearded bellbird, whose distinguishing feature aside from the male’s namesake beard is that it appears to be … Continue reading The WPT is a Mood

Is it a cold? Is it allergies? Flu? The only thing I can say for sure is that it’s bullshit. Anyway here’s a song I heard earlier this week that I like, and by ‘I like’ I mean ‘made me … Continue reading The Friday PT Is 20% Politics, 80% Vaporub

Yesterday, the weather here took a turn for the cold, and the news coming out of DC (and most places really) felt extra bleak along with the weather, so I turned to an old favorite to take a break: Mr. … Continue reading The Thursday Politics Thread’s Got Moxie

Happy Wednesday. A couple of weeks ago I put the spotlight on a Black librarian, Bella da Costa Greene. I thought this week I’d continue that theme by highlighting about Black librarian, Carla Hayden, the Librarian of Congress. It probably … Continue reading The Wednesday Politics Thread Continues to Celebrate Black History

Everything is on fire. Have y’all noticed that? Is it just me? I don’t know, I have a bunch of personal crap going on, the country has a lot of crap going on, even the weather feels like it’s conspiring … Continue reading Tuesday’s Politics thread needs for things to calm down