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Thicker Than Water, J D Kirk 23 February 2026

2019 police procedural mystery, tartan noir, second in the Jack Logan series. DCI Logan has transferred to Inverness because Glasgow has too many bad memories for him, and is thrown straight into the investigation of a tortured and mutilated body washed up on the shores of Loch Ness.

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The Weekly Challenge 361: Celebrity Zeckendorf 22 February 2026

I’ve been doing the Weekly Challenges. The latest involved Fibonacci numbers and set filtering. (Note that this ends today.)

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Neighbourly Games 16 February 21 February 2026

More gaming with nearby friends.

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Panic in Year Zero 20 February 2026 - 2 comments

1962 science fiction, dir. and starring Ray Milland, Jean Hagen, Frankie Avalon: IMDb. The family is heading out for a camping trip, when the sky behind them starts to look very strange…

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Murder Under Her Skin, Stephen Spotswood 19 February 2026

2021 mystery, second in its series. Pentecost and Parker return to the circus where Parker grew up, and the Tattooed Woman has just been fatally stabbed. Something to do with the hometown she hadn't returned to until now? Or a circus feud that boiled over? The local police chief has fixed on Parker's mentor…

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Thirsty Meeples February 2026 18 February 2026

Back to the boardgame café.

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Notes on Mongoose's Bayern 9: The Daughters of Atlas 17 February 2026

This is part of an ongoing series about the preparations I've made to run Mongoose's revised edition of the Bayern campaign for 2300AD. Spoilers for Plot Point 3.

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World Without End 16 February 2026

1956 science fiction, dir. Edward Bernds, Hugh Marlowe, Nancy Gates: IMDb. The first mission to Mars hits a cosmic storm, or something like it, and crash-lands on a strange new world…

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The Weekly Challenge 360: Justify the Words 15 February 2026

I’ve been doing the Weekly Challenges. The latest involved string padding and word rearrangement. (Note that this ends today.)

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Sentinels of the Multiverse: Disparation First Look 14 February 2026

It's been a long time coming, but the second expansion to the Definitive Edition of Sentinels of the Multiverse has finally reached me.

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