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Your Free Sunday Jigsaw Puzzle: What is that?

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 jigsaw puzzle tootle over to What is that?

2023 ThrillerFest Audio Recordings

  We can't go this year.
Tonight Panzer  made a quick stop at the Thrillerfest site.
  Thrillerfest runs June 1-3. If you can't attend in person, audio recordings of the sessions will be available after the conference.
  A price list and order form are available at the Thrillerfest site.
 To read the post about the audio recordings tootle over to ThrillerFest Audio

Your Free Saturday YouTube Mystery Movie: Dishonored Lady

It's a 3 day holiday weekend here.
Here's the mystery movie Panzer found for you to watch tonight.
The movie he picked is Dishonored Lady. Made in 1947 it stars Hedy Lemar.
It's in black and white. It's 1 hour 24 minutes long.
The movie is free on YouTube.
Enjoy.
To watch the movie tootle over to Dishonored Lady

Free RomCom Audiobook: A Cat Called Cupid

It's a holiday weekend in the U.S.
For those of you who like romance audiobooks with a little humor Panzer found one on YouTube for you.
 The audiobook, A Cat Called Cupid, written by Mazy Morris is AI narrated. It's 2 hours and 41 minutes long. As always, it's free for your listening on YouTube. 
Enjoy.
To listen to the audiobook tootle over to A Cat Called Cupid

Bing is now the default search for ChatGPT - The Verge

It's going to be a long weekend.
Today's trip into the Catosphere took Panzer to The Verge site. There he found a post about ChatGPT and Microsoft.
 The post by Tom Warren says effective May 23 Microsoft Bing became ChatGPT Plus' default search engine. Plus is the paid version of ChatGPT. The free version will get a plug-in "soon" to allow the same Bing functionality.
Panzer says, "Like nobody saw that coming after all the bazillion kitty treats Microsoft gave OpenAI."
 Note:This is a short-medium length post. Bring a cup of tea for your reading today.
 To read the post tootle over to Chat GPT and Bing

U.S. Book Show: B&N CEO Says Chain Is in Midst of Significant Change - Publishers Weekly

Today, Panzer was just tootling around in the Catosphere when the Panzermobile was buffeted by clapping and cheering outside. Following all the hullabaloo took our brave kitty boy to the Publishers Weekly site. There he discovered a post about Barnes and Noble was causing all the noise.
Change is good.
According to a post by Ed Nawotka, Barnes and Noble's CEO James Daunt discussed his changes to the chain's bookstores at the U.S. Book Show. These included store managers have more autonomy, books' shelving location changes and online bookstore changes. The post includes other changes as well.
 Panzer says, "A lot of this little kitty's ebook sales come from the B&N online store."
 
Note: This is a long-medium length post. Bring a large cup of tea, a muffin and two chocolate chip cookies for today's reading selection.
  To read the post tootle over to Barnes and Noble changes

Earth Will Receive an 'Alien' Transmission From Mars This Week - Gizmodo

Run don't walk to help.
Sorry this information is late, but Panzer just found it. You'll need to hurry. Today is the day the message will be transmitted. The project is called Sign in Space.

According to George Dvorsky's post, a coded message is being sent to earth from the European Space Agency's TGO at 3:00 ET. You can participate in helping decode it. 
Go to the link below and watch the video about the experiment.
To read the post tootle over to Sign in Space

A Live True-Crime Experience by Sarah E. Burr - Writers Who Kill

Panzer made a quick trip to the Writers Who Kill site today. With some digging in the posts he found one about about a true-crime podcast.
  You can help solve it.
The post by Sarah E. Burr is about Ashley Flowers' The Deck Investigates. She explains about the Darlene Hulse cold case murder and the investigation. There's a link to The Desk Investigates site where you can listen to all 15 episodes of the murder investigation. The episodes contain ads at the beginning, part way through and at the end.
 Panzer says, "You can listen to the episodes and then sign the petition."
 Note: Because there are 15 episodes to listen to this is a long post. You'll need to decide what to bring to eat and drink while you listen.
 To read the post tootle over to true crime experience

67 Writing Conferences and Workshops in June 2023 - Publishing ... and Other Forms of Insanity

Panzer's trip into the Catosphere today took him to the Publishing ... and Other Forms of Insanity site. There our intrepid kitty pilot found a post about June's writing conferences and workshops.
Better start early.
Erica Verrillo's post includes 67 conferences and workshops. You can attend workshops and conferences for fiction and/or nonfiction writers. Some do have attendance restrictions. There are both online and in-person conferences.

Panzer says, "Always read the guidelines."
Note: Because this is information about 67 conferences and workshops, it's a very long post. You'll need to decide what to bring to eat and drink while you read.
To read the post tootle over to writing conferences and workshops

A Monday Panzerism

 Panzer on human correctness:
Even Mom's right once in a while.*
Good news, Mom.
You were absolutely right!
You really can't put toothpaste back in the tube.
No matter how much you squeeze out, it just can't be pushed back in.


*From Cat Wisdom for humans