Howdy, folks.  Its time for birds again.  This week’s bird is the red-capped parrot, a medium sized parrot native to southwestern Australia.  Males and females look more or less the same, although the female is said to have somewhat duller … Continue reading The WPT is Magnificent and Gaudy

I’m writing this around 5pm on Thursday so I don’t forget, and I’m super-excited to see what last night held. Was Elon summarily deported? Did he launch a rocket at the White House? How late into the night did the … Continue reading The Friday Politics Thread is Waiting for Last Night

Time to smite our enemies by throwing bolts of lightning at them. Although happily, hitting things with a big hammer also works. The Mayor McSquirrel rule will be enforced (but not by me). Have a nice politics. Continue reading It’s the Thorsday Politics Thread!

♪ To the left, to the leftEverything you own in the box to the leftTo the left, to the leftDon’t you ever for a second get to thinkin’You’re irreplaceable ♪ And now for something completely different. Stick with this. It … Continue reading The Wednesday Politics Thread Says Deal With Your Sh!t

At the end of each Daily Beans episode, Allison Gill (formerly Mueller, She Wrote) lists some good trouble to get into. And that’s what I’ve been sharing here. But I haven’t done it lately, so I’ve gone back through her … Continue reading Tuesday’s Politics thread has a big list of “Good Trouble”

Howdy, friends.  I hope all is well in your various corners of the world.  I know its not, but I do wish it were, and there is something to be said for positivity.  Our bird this week is the black-crowned … Continue reading The WPT is New on the Scene

I had an idea yesterday morning for a header I wanted to do today. I have no, like zero, idea of what it was. So here we are. Anyway, be nice to each other today, be nice to the mods, … Continue reading The Friday Politics Thread Needs to Learn to Write Things Down

The Trump Administration and the MAGA monstrosity were dealt a succession of judicial blows yesterday on multiple fronts. Who knows what will happen if/when these rulings wind their way to the Supreme Court, but maybe, just maybe, the Supreme Court … Continue reading The Thursday Politics Thread Is Harsh but Fair (5/29/25)

Welcome back to Wednesday! Over the weekend, I read Sarah Wynn-Williams’ Careless People: A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism, her tell-all book about her time working at Facebook. Reading it sparked an anger stronger than when I … Continue reading The Wednesday Politics Thread Read A Book

Actually, the author did. So the author is phoning in yet another PT thread. She is already over it. Y’all do your thing. Take it easy on each other, take it easy on yourselves…but the Eagles, man. I fuckin’ hate … Continue reading Tuesday’s Politics thread ate too many ribs last night

Hi friends.  This week’s bird was suggested by a friend from work who follows along with these headers via the pictures I leave on the desktops of shared computers.  Her suggestion was the African Pygmy falcon, because the San Antonio … Continue reading The WPT Posts from the Field

Who’s responsible for putting this thread up today? I mean, jeez, get it together, right? Be nice to each other today, be nice to the mods, and no threatening Mayor McSquirrel. Continue reading The Friday Politics Thread Wants to Know Who Is In Charge Here

Over the past few months, Louisiana has popped up as a recurring character in the drama of the Trump Administration’s crackdown on undocumented people in the U.S. It seems like every story about another Palestinian student protestor, or young mother, … Continue reading The Thursday Politics Thread Is Short on Southern Hospitality (5/22/25)

Do your thing. Don’t McSquirrel. Be kind and thoughtful today. Cheers. Continue reading The Wednesday Politics Thread

So do what you will in a kind, cool, calm, courteous manner. No threatening Mayor McSquirrel or anyone else. See you when I get back, although knowing me, I’m lurking because I can’t help myself. Continue reading Tuesday’s Politics thread is on vacay

You probably thought this was going to be about the Supreme Court or something, but it’s really about how I have to work again this weekend and will continue to represent this fact with Loverboy’s smash 1981 hit ‘Working for … Continue reading The Friday Politics Thread Cares Not For Your Correct Interpretations

I just typed “poolitics” not once, not twice, but three times, so that’s how this morning is going. Talk politics. Be kind. Have a good Thursday! Continue reading The Thursday Politics Thread Exists (5/15/25)