Raymond Chandler would have been 135 years old today.
He didn't begin writing till he was 44, but he left us 27 years worth of wonderful prose.
3 weeks ago I'd never heard of Peter Grainger. Now I spend all my free time reading his DC Smith series. I'm on book 7 now, wishing I still had more than 2 to go. The audiobook (free on audible and hoopla) perfectly captures MC's sardonic tone, sharp observations, quirky sense of humor (humor not always appreciated by his coworkers). The most engrossing procedural series (including Cleeves' Shetland books, which is saying a lot) I've ever read. #5, pictured, is my favorite but best read in order
I'm rewatching BBC's Shetland series after reading Ann Cleeves' excellent Shetland mysteries. It's different enough from the books to make it fascinating to revisit. It features similar situations and some of the same characters (or at times, just their names), but it changes and simplifies plots, often choosing different people, some invented for the episodes, as murderers. If you've only watched the show or read the novels, I recommend trying the other. Neither makes the other seem less fresh.
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“I made the visit deliberately, in order to be in position to give first-hand evidence of these things if ever, in the future, there develops a tendency to charge these allegations merely to 'propaganda'." – General Eisenhower 1945 #HolocaustRemembranceDay https://www.eisenhowerlibrary.gov/eisenhowers/quotes
🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/triviapotus/status/1618931700074962944
Quotes | Eisenhower Presidential Library
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This tiny robot can melt, escape from a prison by sliding through secure bars, and then reform into a solid and complete tasks. https://wapo.st/3JiXmCU
🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/washingtonpost/status/1618657021380673548
Scientists invented a melting liquid robot that can escape from a cage
Its inventors hope the tiny metal robot, which is being compared to the Terminator, could be used in medical operations or for fixing electronics.
