Hi, WPT. I didn’t get a ton of time off in the last couple of weeks, so I took a day and a half off at the end of this one to sit around. As a result, please enjoy this … Continue reading The WPT Says New Year, New Emu

Okay, bring it in, y’all. It’s been a real shit week. But listen: We’re tough, we’re strong, and everybody out there may be saying we can’t do it, but we know we have what it takes to be nice to … Continue reading The Friday Politics Thread Huddles Up

Welp, 2025 started off even more awful than expected with yesterday’s attack in New Orleans (and I’m sure other incidents less close to home). First, my best wishes to anyone and everyone struggling right now and my hope that this … Continue reading The Thursday Politics Thread Makes a Resolution

This is not the new year many of us were hoping we’d get. So instead of wishing a happy new year, I wish everyone a defiant new year. Defiant to the Trump administration, defiant to the injustices of the world, … Continue reading The Defiant New Year’s Politics Thread

Ooops. Forgot again. In my defense, this is my last day in my forties. That’s right, tonight you’re all counting down to midnight, when I will turn 50. Nothing else is happening tonight though, as far as I’m aware. Be … Continue reading Tuesday’s Politics thread sings Sam and Dave’s “Hold On, I’m Coming”

Howdy, friends.  I hope everyone who celebrated or is currently celebrating a solstice-adjacent festival had/is having a good one as the case may be.  Your fearless WPT host flew back home on the 25th, having agreed to work the 26th, … Continue reading The WPT Finally Circles Back to Feral Hogs

It’s not Christmas anymore…not 2025 yet…carry the one…Friday sounds about right? Be nice to each other today. Take care of yourselves. Continue reading The Friday Politics Thread Is Pretty Sure It’s Friday

Post-holiday haze — sorry! Be safe, and have a good Thursday, Avocados!     Continue reading The Thursday Politics Thread Forgot It’s Thursday

If you’re celebrating today, may your celebrations be especially festive! If you’re not celebrating today, I hope your day is great regardless. And no matter what, be kind and thoughtful today. Cheers. Continue reading The Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukkah Politics Thread

Hence why I forgot to write a PT header. Here you go. Do your thing in a kind and compassionate way. Enjoy whatever you’re celebrating, even if you’re just celebrating sharing this planet with us. Don’t threaten Mayor McSquirrel or … Continue reading Tuesday’s Politics thread has entered the Holiday Blur Zone

Hello, friends.  Our bird this week is the Great Potoo, a relative of the frogmouth we learned about a few weeks ago.  Like the frogmouth, it has large eyes, a broad mouth, and an uncanny ability to blend in with … Continue reading The WPT Strikes in the Night

Funding for the federal government runs out at midnight tonight. There was a deal for short-term funding which House Dems were on board with. Then Musk and Trump, but mostly Musk, scuttled it, with Musk making his feelings known via … Continue reading The Friday Politics Thread is Looming, Maybe

So one time the god Thor went to the land of giants, repeatedly acted like a jackass, and got his comeuppance.  First, he and “fun” brother Loki descended on a farmhouse without warning and offered up his goats to eat, … Continue reading The Thursday Politics Thread Goes to Útgarðr

Commemorating someone today who was very influential in my corner of the world, Orrin Pilkey. A powerful advocate for coastal ecology. Orrin Pilkey, a Duke University geologist who spent decades as one of North Carolina’s foremost communicators about the risks … Continue reading The Wednesday Pilkey-tics Thread

Or something. I’ve got Christmas crud at any rate. So do your thing. I’m going to be snotty over here. Be cool, calm, and collected. Mind your P’s and Q’s. Don’t threaten Mayor McSquirrel or anyone else. Continue reading Tuesday’s Politics thread had a brush with the flu

Howdy friends.  This week’s bird is the shoebill or shoebill stork.  This vaguely threatening looking bird was long thought to be related to storks on account of how it really looks like one, but genetic testing recently revealed it is … Continue reading The WPT Hunts by Lurking

(press play for ambiance ) For the last month or so, random creepy drones, some reportedly the size of SUVs, have been appearing in the skies above New Jersey, and have started fanning out across the mid-Atlantic. Answers have been … Continue reading The Friday Politics Thread Brings You Love

I haven’t come up with a theme for the Thursday PTs (in fact, I’ve only remembered to post once since saying I’d take it over on Thanksgiving — oopsie!), so for now, please just be civil and kind, accept one … Continue reading Be Kind to the Thursday Politics Thread