Chip comes back from a Labor Day break that ended eight days ago. He took the boat out on his fourth-floor lawn, hosted his wife, his fiancée and his roommate at the same barbecue, stood in a lake up to both knees and lay flat for seventy-two hours to honour labour. Then Diane reads the station log.

The running order:

SEGMENT A — A BOLD FOLLOW BUTTON (REPORTED — The Verge, 15 Sept). Meta launches Meta One subscription bundles worldwide: Core at $7.99 a month, Premium at $19.99, creator and business tiers from $14.99 to $499. The perks are a bold follow button, a verified badge, higher search rankings and impersonation monitoring. Meta says the core experience stays free. Diane: nothing on that list makes you better at anything; every item makes you easier to find.

SEGMENT B — A CLEAN ENDING (PROVEN — CoinDes ...