This was our haul a few weeks ago and we are currently at "I Do Not Know How Many More Tomato Mayo Sandwiches My Body Can Tolerate" phase of the ongoing harvest.

May we all welcome hump day with the joie of an 8 tear old dog who still loves a romp through a wide open field.

In the spirit of today's @bestalbumbrackets.bsky.social match, what are four albums from 1988 that you'll defend to the death.

Someone had a little bit too much Merlot (hic!) at wine o'clock tonight.

Some mornings, the view from my runs is pretty great, even if you can't see the 92% humidity I'm actually slogging through.

Chef's kiss Google AI summary of this local restaurant/bar. (AI is bad!! This summary is zero helpful!)

What are the chances the driver of this car is not, in fact, named Karla, but is a huge Le Carre fan?

Hennie, ever ready for wine o'clock.

Happy Pub Day to Pamela Colloff! I'm such a fan of her writing, I didn't bother reading what this book was about when I preordered this months ago. Can't wait to read it!

Do we think this person is a grad student? Because only grad students would do something like this. (nb: I was once a grad student.)

Our friend Jason's stream was about 10-15 seconds ahead of us, which meant the chat tonight looked like this

Here's my dad in Hanoi in the late 50s/early 60s, looking very cool (hot temps) and very cool (vibes).

Would expect nothing less from this noxious swamp of a tabloid

According to the Guardian, Lumumba Vea is at the stadium for tonight's match between Colombia and DR Congo!

Took me the longest of times to realize that Ann Baxter in The Other Bennet Sister is played by the same actress who was Cinta in Andor. Love her!

Name a TV show you're positive no one remembers but you.

Watching the game through increasingly gnashed teeth (LGK!) but also wanted to show off the excellent tee I picked up last week in Knoxville.

Interactive Media catching some strays on this PBS detective show

I put a bunch of berry plants in the ground in 2025, a study in patience for someone like me, having to wait till year 2 for them to fruit. And lo and behold, my first nascent tayberry (a Scottish raspberry x blackberry hybrid), still a little ways to go, but look at this little guy!

The Feedly x NY Magazine headline and photo glitch continues to generate some great screenshots

When I tried to replicate the search to get "strong base of US citizens again," I instead got an answer referencing "Southern heritage". Cool cool, Google.

Wanted to see the demographics of Knoxville, where we have been visiting this weekend, and the Google AI overview answer went to a very weird place.

The sort of apparel in the Grunt Style "US 1776 / THIS WE'LL DEFEND" line includes a t-shirt that says "I'll be in the garage"

Went to our first Buc-ee's and briefly lost @sampotts.bsky.social.

Visiting a dear friend in Knoxville, who brought us to a wine night with retired pals of his, a group referred to as The Librarians. "Tom baked a cake!" our friend was told beforehand. A beauty of a layer cake with lemon curd and blackberry preserves.

Me, taking photos of (unseen) random chairs in a Knoxville alleyway, taken by @sampotts.bsky.social

Gotta love a Southern breakfast spot where the options are "toast, biscuit, or biscuit and gravy." We're all getting the b&g option, always, RIGHT?!

Did not realize that eastern TN had a hankering for Long Island vibes

HELLO

Oh Republican hawks and Guardian headline writers, you sweet summer children.