Dear patient readers,

Even though very few are on conventional vacations this Labor Day weekend due to Covid, I hope you take a break, even if it’s just puttering in your yard, settling down with a good book or movie or going to a nearby park.

We will be on a somewhat lighter posting schedule. You’ll get Links and at least two posts other every day through and including Monday (how many you get for Friday depends on the caliber of news flow and I haven’t gone foraging yet). Lambert may be doing just a Plantidote and open thread for Monday. In other words, Monday will be light on non-Links posts and Friday may be too.

For comments, our comments jockey Jules will be off starting Friday morning and won’t be back on the grid till Sunday or maybe even Monday. That means I will be the only person minding comments and I am off until mid-PM. So if your comment winds up in moderation, please be patient with us!!!

And do enjoy your holiday.

With fall coming, animals and leaves are a seasonal theme:

Let the baby pandas 👿👿 play in the leaves 👿👿 https://t.co/z9aMBC0zNx

— Caroline Haskins (@carolineha_) August 23, 2020