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Above Calanque Port-Pin looking back to the Cap Canaille near Cassis. I’m in the south of France on the first leg of a holiday that combines a few days in Cassis, a seven day walk through the villages of Provence and then some travelling and visiting of places like Arles, Avignon and elsewhere in the region. While...
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; Rental laptops filled with spyware; Torture didn't help capture bin Laden;...
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 near the chicks as Carla fed them. A smaller feather … Continue reading Carla Molts...
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 be looking for more. Dead Men Don’t Ski begins with Henry Tibbett and his …...
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 Ray appeared … Continue reading →
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 eradicating the noxious ā€œtroubled teenā€ industry: Ron Wyden [has], introduced a Senate...
A new project.
Find all previous and future episodes listed here or in your podcast app under ā€œBarbican Stationā€. 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 Wind in the Willows, whether he’s diving into Richard Osman territory, and that...

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