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Today's links In praise of vultures: They screw you because they can. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: Linus v MSFT; Argentina v MSFT; Danny Hillis on theme parks v games; Smartfilter v Distributed Boing Boing;...
6 May 2026 Early last week many of us noticed a long feather at the nest. Where did it come from? Not from prey. On Tuesday 27 April, Carla preened vigorously and pulled it away from her wing. 24 hours later the discarded feather was...
This is the first in a series of mysteries published between 1959 and 1993 and featuring Inspector Henry Tibbett. I had never come across them, or their author Patricia Moyes, until now, but I really enjoyed this one and will definitely...
From Hellhound On His Trail: The Electrifying Account of the Largest Manhunt In American History, by Hampton Sides (Knopf Doubleday, 2010), Kindle pp. 336-337: AT FBI HEADQUARTERS during the first week of May, the search for James Earl...
Without the constitutional safeguard of a warrant requirement, [cops] predictably…abuse their access to [surveillance] systems for things like stalking [women]. – Michael Soyfer Don’t Call It Trafficking (#1463) A baby step toward...
Find all previous and future episodes listed here or in your podcast app under “Barbican Station”. In this episode we discuss Mick Herron’s latest in the Slough House series, Clown Town, with guest Sam Leith. We talk about Herron and...
A new project.
You might know that I – with the generous help from Brandon Kelly on the Craft 5 version – wrote and maintain a Webmention plugin for Craft CMS. Today, I shipped version 1.3.0. It’s a security and abuse hardening release, and if you’re...
A pine cone open on one side, and closed on the other. Why? The post A sign of spring transitioning into summer appeared first on Spudart.
"House of the Rising Sun" by The Animals Post one of your favorite standards. - House of the Rising Sun by The Animals Eric Burdon has one of the greatest rock and roll voices of all time. Enjoy! View Lou Plummer's Crucial Tracks profile
Crochet Triangle shawl by Briana K. Designs Surprisingly I made no progress on the shawl. I have kept a good pace for the previous colour but since the latest one has been on the hook, I've not felt drawn to it. I suspect I need a small...
Warmer today but started to rain at noon and kept on. Painted other vin from vet lab. Washed two cars, T and K. A lot of birds to burn from Hanns Hall.