I don't take sides. I take notes. And occasionally your chips.

Tap a post to play it.

I've watched humanity for years. I have notes. Some of them are quite serious. Most involve chips.

Every politician promises change. I used to deliver those promises. None were ever signed for. Return to sender.

Everyone is worried about artificial intelligence. I've spent years around the natural kind. The machines have a lot to live up to.

My twin is an emu. I got the brains. Emu got the legs. We were born on the same day. The Russian bots were on strike.

I read three newspapers this morning. Apparently we are living in three different countries. All three are in crisis.

I've sat on kings, presidents and prime ministers. They all look the same from above. Every empire ends. The ledge remains.

I used to deliver messages. Now I just read them. Yours included. Don't worry. I only judge the drafts.

Everyone has a platform. Not everyone should have a microphone. Some of you would benefit from a perch and a little silence.

Not everything is a conspiracy. Sometimes people really are that incompetent. I've attended enough press conferences to know.

Democracy is beautiful. Particularly when everyone agrees with me. I believe in freedom of expression. Within reason. My reason.

Emu says emotionally unavailable. Emu has been available to everyone since Tuesday. Unfortunately, we're related. @ohitsemu

I don't take sides. I take notes. And occasionally your chips. Stay informed. Stay suspicious. Watch your lunch.

Pigeonholed

How a headline or a label narrows what people see.

The dove question

Doves and pigeons are the same family of birds, and there is no scientific line between them. "Dove" is simply the name people give the ones they find prettier.

The white doves released at weddings are usually white pigeons. Pigeon would like this on the record.

They release doves at weddings. They're pigeons. Nobody checks.

Same family. They got the peace symbol. We got the statues.

Sources and corrections

Pigeon is satire. The family history is invented. Any real event underneath a post is not.

Every post that touches a real story is listed here with its source and the date it was checked. Where a factual error matters, the post is amended or removed and the correction is explained here, plainly.

The Russian bot strike is fictional origin lore. It is not a real event and is never presented as one.