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I’ve gotten a bunch of new readers since I started here and there’s been a lot of curiosity about my book, so I thought I’d give you a brief primer on the text and what it’s about (and, hopefully, inspire you to buy a copy). I’m not going to do a lot of work to provide links and citations here; that’s why I researched and wrote the book. Feel free to consult its list of references.

Hi, again. Happy to notice that you are still around. In this newsletter we will dive into the story of Magnus Skylstad. This is a story about friendship and artistry that walk hand in hand. As you know, he was Aurora’s friend, producer and drummer for many years, and I don’t think we should underestimate the positive effect this friendship has had on Aurora’s sense of feeling safe around the globe, along with the impact he has had on the music we love so much.

Recently, a LatePost Report came out with news about BYD’s Current ADAS program. Much of the details in there have been reported in other places, but it was a good summary of BYD’s philosophy on the entire matter. There is no shortage of Huawei fans slamming BYD’s tech and clamoring for BYD to sign up to HW’s tech. But the reality is that BYD is the big fish for every firm providing ADAS solutions, so will source from as many suppliers as possible.

In today’s newsletter podcast (above): America’s Favorite Retired College Horticulture Professor, Debbie Flower, discusses the pros and cons of bypass and anvil pruners; and the best tool for sharpening pruners. This time of year, stroll down the tool aisle of any garden center and you'll find a vast array of cutting instruments, all designed with the backyard gardener in mind. Blade heads of short-handled pruners and long-handled loppers usually come in two different styles: bypass and anvil.

Today, 101 years ago at 9am, Edith Thompson and Frederick Bywaters were hanged simultaneously for the murder of Edith’s husband, Percy. Edith, who had turned 29 on Christmas Day, died at the now-demolished Holloway gaol; her lover Freddy, who was just 20, a couple of miles away at Pentonville. I have written two books about the Thompson-Bywaters case: … ncG1vNJzZmikkaq%2FosDHqKSpq5%2BjxLO1056pZ6ull8C1rcKkZZynnWS9cMDHqKSpq5%2BjeqPF1pqrnqqjdMK1ub6spq6qk5qKsb7On6ClnVaqwa6rzJ6boq2dcr%2BmrcOeqWs%3D

Cafe Minamdang (2022) Cafe Minamdang is a silly but good-natured romp that positions itself within the tradition of slapstick buddy cop procedurals while conducting an uneasy dalliance with the serious side of criminal profiling. It’s no a marriage made in heaven as the ensemble hunt down an elusive serial killer who seems to be connected with the upper echelons of South Korean society. Indeed how does one successfully reconcile the comedic with the more serious elements?

Let me see if I have this straight: There are two movies in which Nicolas Cage plays a vampire, and the one that’s better is the one where he doesn’t actually play a vampire. “Renfield” (⭐ ⭐ 1/2) has recently arrived on premium VOD, renting for $19.99 at all the usual places. You can wait a month or two for the price to come down, which is the advisable course, because this is a $5.

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We are home from our 6th trip to Inturotel, Cala D’Or in 4 years. A holiday that I’ve shared in the past on instagram and which has become one of my most frequently asked topics ever. At last count over 100 followers have booked and visited and I lost count after meeting 10 families on my most recent trip. Six trips in 4 years to the same resort. Allergic to resorts, beaten tracks and kids disco’s, I rejected the notion of the typical family holiday, when we became parents I vowed never to become those parents - but here we are.