The mascot of Nyuzen town, Japan, is Jumball The Third, king of the watermelons.

"kidnapping, hired goons, attempted murder by Brazil nut and art fraud" [*click*] nytimes.com/2019/05/28/bus…

Had to investigate the plural of "Buttigieg" today. Found this: youtube.com/watch?v=qNQB-B…

EXCLUSIVE Nazis Killed Her Father. Then She Fell in Love With One. The unspeakable secret of the billionaire heirs who own Peets Coffee and Einstein Bagels. My report: nytimes.com/2019/06/14/bus…

"Like an aunt with many stories to tell." — real-life tasting note about a 2017 Beaujolais

Fun fact shared by an ichthyologist over beers last night: Tennessee contains more kinds of fish than all of Europe combined.

The Oxford comma is the bandwagon championship sports team of punctuation.

"Summit is acceptable for high-level meetings of top leaders." "Upcoming is now allowed." New NYT style changes clearly plotted by certain shadowy elements at NYT Magazine. (This is a subtweet.)

What are some great new (or newish) lager or farmhouse breweries between Boston and central Maine?

“It can happen in hay bales,” Ms. Nelson said. “It can happen in mulch piles.” And now in tempura flakes. nytimes.com/2019/07/15/us/…

Do you like trying to wrestle vivid scenes out of narratives full of people sitting at keyboards? If yes, we're hiring another @wired senior editor. And seriously, it's an awesome job. condenast.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/CondeCareers/j…

Apropos of another awful day in 2019 journalism, a reminder that we are currently hiring two full-time staffers. Please share around. newfoodeconomy.org/work-for-us/

Theory: The bagel guillotine is the worst-designed cutting device in widespread use.

.Sarah A. Topol's latest: A master class in writing about something huge — the centuries-long story of an entire people — by writing about just one village, one family and ultimately one person, beautifully. nytimes.com/2019/08/08/mag…

"I will wear her down with my determination" — anonymous NYT Mag fact checker

Is it possible that anyone has ever said, rather than written, the word "bilked"?

Something oddly touching about the sudden shift to winter garb for iconic New York characters — e.g., NYPD and Hare Krishnas.

On Hogzilla, the emergence of a "super pig," "so-called pigloos" and a "potential swine invasion" — from Canada. nytimes.com/2019/12/16/sci…

Best editing/fact-checking change of the year so far: "magic historian" becomes "magician and magic historian."

Much discussion today about whether to include the accent marks in Motley Crue.