Greetings, Politics Thread.  As usual, I wish everyone well during these challenging times.  I hope birds can take some of the edge off.  This week’s bird is another suggestion from my dad.  He seems pretty invested in this little project … Continue reading The WPT Needs Peace and Quiet

In which a very distinctive, very cruel, very stupid head of state with weird hair is enabled by their equally cruel and stupid but mostly interchangeable sycophants. It even has a mid-dance firing/execution! Sorry it’s not relevant to politics, though. … Continue reading The Friday Politics Thread Dances the Tart Adage

So here you go, do your thing. No threatening Mayor McSquirrel or anyone else. Continue reading Emergency Thursday Politics Thread is here!

Good morning, good afternoon, and happy Wednesday. Not a lot of time for header prep, so here are a couple some great and infuriating articles from ProPublica: American Rendition: Rümeysa Öztürk’s Journey From Ph.D. Scholar to Trump Target Languishing in … Continue reading The Wednesday Politics Thread Supports Good Journalism

Work again. Tax time is upon us. Do your thing in a cool, calm, and kind manner. No threatening Mayor McSquirrel or anyone else. Continue reading Tuesday’s Politics Thread is traveling again

Howdy, folks.  This week features another suggestion from Pa Killsock, the very literally named black-and-white hawk-eagle.  This small eagle lives in large portions of north, central and south America, beginning in southern Mexico and continuing south in patches through much … Continue reading The WPT (Feat. Hyphens) 

Made it! Barely. Be nice to each other today, and no threatening Mayor McSquirrel. Continue reading The Friday Politics Thread Is Getting It In Under the Wire

Hello, Politics Thread! I’m currently in California, which means the PT goes up really early here. I can’t think of a theme, I’m about to go to bed, and I’m sure as heck not waking up in time to post … Continue reading The Thursday Politics Thread Is in Pacific Time

It’s Wednesday. Today I thought I’d spend a little bit of time focusing on a specific target of DOGE’s cuts: The Institute of Museum and Library Sciences (IMLS). This is just one piece of the many, many cuts Trump and … Continue reading The Wednesday Politics Thread Says Having Fun Isn’t Hard When You’ve Got a Library Card

And it’s not good. From Kyle Griffin: “Breaking: The Supreme Court just vacated Judge James Boasberg’s order — allowing the Trump admin to deport Venezuelan migrants under the wartime Alien Enemies Act of 1798.” This was a 5-4 decision with … Continue reading Tuesday’s Politics thread is posting crap from last night.

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Hi, friends.  I hope you are all doing well, despite it all.  This week’s bird was suggested by my dad, so I figured we would take a break from my list of South American birds.   The purple-crowned fairywren is a … Continue reading The WPT is Superb

Fun fact: I’m kind of worried that working on my days off is going to make me completely lose my grip on the concept of time. Also, since you’re singing it anyway: Sometimes our leather pants will chafe when we’re … Continue reading The Friday Politics Thread Is Working for the Weekend

Another Thursday, another hastily thrown-together Politics Thread. Today we have two classic poems from the Irish, the first to remind us that this is far from the first time it’s felt like the world is ending and the bad guys … Continue reading The Thursday Politics Thread Snaps

Welcome back to Wednesday! Traveling to a library conference for the rest of the week, so here are some headlines from around the world: Fears intensify of return to civil war as South Sudan vice-president arrestedSouth Sudan’s first vice-president and … Continue reading The Wednesday Politics Thread is Heading to Minneapolis

Eggshell fine means that I’m ok, but delicate. Like the pieces of me are here and assembled, but could fly apart at any moment. So nobody prank me. Now let’s do this. First up, from Teen Vogue, via Antler Queen: … Continue reading Tuesday’s Politics thread is “eggshell fine”

As promised, here are some thoughts on my recent experience with jury duty.  The defendant was accused of possession of a “ghost” gun, ammunition without a license, and large capacity magazines.  The prosecution’s case was straightforward; the prosecutor entered a bunch … Continue reading The WPT Serves on a Jury

Yesterday, the winners of the World Press Photo Contest were announced . Some cool, some moving, some beautiful, some startling (CW if you click through: some are also violent), the 42 photos (out of nearly 60,000 submissions) represent ‘an immense … Continue reading The World Press Photo Contest Friday Politics Thread