Agatha Christie's Seven Dials (TV 2026)

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Agatha Christie's Seven Dials (TV 2026): Fast-moving (only 3 episodes) whodunnit set in a 1925 English country house. Like the original, the hero is a smart young woman who is the equal of the superintendent detective investigating the murder. Not bad for a story from 1929. C+

Netflix

The Coming Squeeze on City Budgets

Community Impact.

Community Impact has a straightforward report on the coming challenges for Richardson's finances. The bottom line: "Richardson could see a budget shortfall in the next few years due to the statewide cap on property tax increases."

POTD: Alley of the Frogs

From 2025 06 01 Puebla

Today's photo-of-the-day was taken in Puebla, Mexico. It shows a street lined with colorful shops and restaurants. It's home to a weekend antique and handicraft market. Why it's called Alley of the Frogs, well, I think that's a relic of history long gone. Something about regular flooding or something.

Another photo is after the jump.

POTD: Biblioteca Palafoxiana

From 2025 06 01 Puebla

Today's photo-of-the-day was taken in Puebla, Mexico, in a public library founded in the 17th century. It houses thousands of rare books, naturally.

It's also colorful. Another photo showing that is after the jump.

The Amateur (2025)

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The Amateur (2025): Rami Malek stars as a low-level CIA analyst whose wife is killed and wants revenge, only to uncover a bigger crime involving the CIA itself. Malek lacks the killer instinct, leading to gimicky methods to take out his wife's killers. That's the only thing novel about this. B-

Hulu