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Your Free Sunday Jigsaw Puzzle: It's called the Cat Strut. Learn it.

Hint
Here's your Sunday jigsaw puzzle.
As always, remember at the puzzle site to click the square in the lower left corner to see the finished puzzle.
Have fun!
To do the puzzle tootle over to It's called the Cat Strut. Learn it.

Free Classic Mystery Movie: Eyes In The Night

Nap time.
Here's the mystery movie Panzer found on the DK Classics III channel on YouTube.
The movie Eyes In The Night was made in 1942 and is in black and white. It's 1 hour 19 minutes long.
 Make a big bowl of popcorn and enjoy the movie.

To watch the movie tootle over to Eyes In The Night

Free Cozy Mystery Audiobook: A Hopeless Heist

I'm going to look for tonight's movie now.
For your audiobook listening tonight Panzer found a cozy mystery audiobook.
 
It's titled A Hopeless Heist and written by Daniel Carson. It's narrated by Tavia Gilbert and is 6 hours 39 minutes long. Make a cup of tea, grab a blanket and enjoy the mystery.

To listen to the audio mystery tootle over to A Hopeless Heist
 

Free Classic Mystery Short Story Audio: The Regent's Park Murder

My work is finished for the day.
For those of you who prefer classic short mysteries Panzer found one on the Bitesized Audio Classics channel on YouTube.
 The classic mystery short story The Regent's Park Murder was written by Emma Orczy. It's narrated by Simon Stanhope and 35 minutes long. Get a cup of tea and enjoy this short mystery.
 To listen to the audio tootle over to The Regent's Park Murder

Free Fake Relationship Romance Audiobook: Love, Austin

I'm going to find something else for you.
For your romance listening tonight Panzer found a fake relationship romance audiobook.
 The audiobook Love, Austin is written by Britney M. Mills. It's 5 hours long.
Make a cup of hot cocoa, grab a blanket and lean back and enjoy the romance.
 To listen to the audiobook tootle over to  Love, Austin

OverDrive: Record Number of Libraries Hit One Million Digital Lends in 2023 - Publishers Weekly

Did you miss me yesterday?
Yesterday, due to a windstorm we lost internet access. It's back today; so, Panzer made a little trip to the Publishers Weekly site. There with no digging at all in the posts, he found one about OverDrive and the libraries it serves.
 According to Andrew Albanese's post, 152 libraries globally had one million or more digital lends to library patrons last year. The post includes a list of the top 10 lending libraries, a list of the top lending consortiums, and a list of the 25 first time on the one million lends list libraries. Also included is a link to all the million and more lends library list.

Panzer says, "Hmm. Maybe this little kitty should try to get his ebooks into the library systems."

Note: Because of the lists included in the post, this is a long-medium length post. Bring a cup of hot cocoa to drink while you read today.

To read the post tootle over to OverDrive

'Impossible' to creatAi tools like ChatGPT without copyrighted material, Open AI says - The Guardian

Do humans think about what they say before they say it?
Today, Panzer made a trip to The Guardian site. There with a little digging in the posts, our intrepid kitty hunter found one about OpenAI and ChatGPT.
According to Dan Milmo's post, OpenAI is claiming that without the ability to "train" it's chatbot using copyrighted material without the copyright holders permission, the bot wouldn't be as smart or functional as it is now or in the future.
 
Panzer says, "It's an interesting argument: If I can't use people's work without their permission or knowledge, then my machine won't work right. That means, instead of me asking for permission to use the copyrighted material, you need to let me train my machine its okay to steal. Right?"
Note: This is a medium post. Bring a cup of tea and two cookies (biscuits) for today's snack while you read.

To read the post tootle over to AI ChatGPT

New Publishers and Agents in 2023 from The Hot Sheet*

The Hot Sheet is a good source of information.
Looking for a new publisher (or imprint) or agent for your work?
 Here's a list of 2023 new publishers (and  imprints) and agents compiled by Jane Friedman, publisher of The Hot Sheet. There's fiction and nonfiction included. (Some of the publishers you will/may need an agent to submit your work.)
 To read the list tootle over to New Publishers and Agents  (*A tip of the kitty fedora to Write|Publish|Sell for the link to the post in the end of the year resources email.)

Your Monday Panzerism

Really. Whatever I want.*

Panzer on the art of misdirection:
I do whatever I want, whenever I want.
As long as Mom doesn't know it was me.




*From Cat Wisdom for humans

Your Free Sunday Jigsaw Puzzle: Checkmate

HintHere's your Sunday jigsaw puzzle.
As always remember at the puzzle site to click the square in the lower left corner to see the finished puzzle.
Have fun!
To do the puzzle tootle over to Checkmate