Cooler weather now prevails, so tomato season is officially over. This little beauty was part of the last harvest yesterday. I thought I was going to have half the yield I had last year, but it was just delayed three weeks. 24 quarts of sauce is equivalent to 84 pounds of tomatoes. Next year, I plant one San Marzano instead of two. This is how they look at the end of the season.
Links?
As a former public sector union member, you can fuck right off.
Petulant, but I don’t disagree.
The Brits are there, let them fucking do it.
I’m glad I got to visit France before it became Francistan.
A bit of good news that has saved me $400 and a pile of paperwork.
You know it’s bad when you’ve lost CNN.
Okay, that’s it for me. Time to process the last of the tomatoes. Peace out, Glibbies.
“EPA workers lost union representation in disciplinary proceedings, the ability to challenge unfair treatment through independent grievance and arbitration proceedings and first-of-its-kind protections for employees who raise concerns about scientific misconduct or political interference.
In short, an entire workforce lost its rights.”
Stop! I can only get so hard!
That’s funny. Under Biden and Obama, they were hiding scientific misconduct and political interference.
Insert my favorite excuse.
“That’s different”
I lost control of my tomato plants again this year. Shocking. At least I’m consistent. Gave a bucket full to my brother, with another smaller bucket of assorted peppers.
Next spring, I’m going to build a freestanding trellis out of posts and rails so I can pick from both sides.
Strange to me, cantaloupe vines climbed the fence this year, and the melons were the best I’ve ever grown.
More sun on the fence?
Maybe. I’ll do something similar next year, and see what happens.
I grow cucumbers in a tomato cage.
My mom used to grow potatos in a tomato cage as well. Stack up two tires, fill them with dirt and plant in that with the cage. I’m assuming the tires were to make it easier to get the spuds out rather than to have to dig deep she could get my dad to lift the tires off. In hindsite I’m surprised he never cut the sidewalls out of them to make it easier yet.
Potatoes in tires is a great idea. Instead of mounding, you add another tire and soil. Makes harvest easier too.
Sorry, Donald. They’re just not that into you. You kind of have to be a raging antisemite to get the award these days.
I’ll be putting my shorty Origin 12 barrel on tomorrow.
I’ll have to transfer over the adaptor for the can but at least I used blue locktite and not red like a dummy.
STEVE SMITH GIVE PRIZE. YOU KNOW WHAT HIM MEAN.
I think I like this.
So what are you so afraid of?
lol Pointless details but amusing.
Kid sounds like a turd.
Dude’s a “Free Palestine” t-shirt away from the left turning on Jane Doe.
Fixed.
I couldn’t dream up a more stereotypical nepo-baby Ivy League frat boy if I tried. Dude is a walking parody.
Centuries of suffering
Despite Trump’s attempts to protect the misrepresented history of Christopher Columbus, Thomas, who would become the first Black and Native American from Oklahoma if elected on Nov. 3, says the federal holiday honoring the controversial Italian explorer doesn’t change the facts.
“It’s still Indigenous Peoples’ Day,” Thomas said of the holiday that was created to rebrand Columbus Day by putting the focus back on the histories of indigenous people and their cultures. It is celebrated in several states, cities, and localities.
“We always celebrate our Indigenous people on that day…if [Columbus] hadn’t come over here, then we wouldn’t have had half of the issues that we have now,” said Thomas, referring to land displacement, extreme poverty, and the loss of cultural rights and sovereignty.
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Calling out what she sees as a white supremacist agenda, Thomas told theGrio that white people “historically caused great harm to marginalized communities,” adding, “They try to play the superhero [and] they don’t want to be held accountable for the actions of their ancestors.” However, she acknowledged that there are also white allies and other communities of color who are coming together to push back against the whitewashing of indigenous history.
Speaking to the grievance that some white people may feel about confronting the true history of colonization in the U.S., Thomas said, “We just want them to be able to teach and be teachable, and not repeat history.” She said the recent actions by the Trump administration show that some “still want the reign of terror.”
Black and indigenous people can’t catch a break in this shithole country. Marginalized, downtrodden, locked out of civil society.
Just look at her
Black as the ace of spades.
Where is this reign of terror? I want to sign up.
Apropos to nothing: Why the fuck am I seeing congressional candidates’ commercials from all over the country when watching sports in Northwestern Missouri? Sure, they’ve always showed political ads during them but at least they were local. National broadcast or not.
From the AP:
Groups that support gun restrictions decried the judge’s ruling and the Justice Department’s decision to let it stand as reckless and argued that the regulations are important for public safety.
In a statement on Friday, John Feinblatt, president of Everytown for Gun Safety, said Cekada had embraced the “smash-and-grab lawlessness of the Trump administration by attempting to pick and choose which federal gun laws he enforces.”
Never saw that coming.
I saw the The Thing was midway so I put it on. So, no real background knowledge, I show up at the part where there arguing about who got some sort of key. Everyone swears they didn’t do it and that’s it. Then I walk the dog.
I come back, and Dave Chappelle says he cut someone loose, MacGrady is mentioned and his name on a bit of a torn jacket. Then the guy (I presume) comes back and has the TNT and a flare to scare everyone back. For, well. *shrug*
Then the chest of a ‘dying body’ bites the doc’s arms off. Huh. I am intrigued, I’ll say. Good opening before baseball.
This being October, you will probably come across it a few more times. Assuming this is the 1982 version you’re describing, it’s well worth watching the whole thing.
Dude – it’s better if you watch it from the beginning and don’t skip around.
My internet is down. Does anyone have the score to the Cal game?