Alexander A. Miles

Materials, Optics (He/Him). Reach me by email, AlexanderAshtonMiles at the gmail, Discord at Alexm920#6230, Reddit at Alexm920, blog at

[Alexander A. Miles @Alexander_Miles]

I’ve almost never tweeted out threads, but here goes. I’m leaving Twitter for the foreseeable future, uninstalling it from all my devices, and won’t be keeping tabs on DMs or mentions. I don’t have a ton of followers, I don’t think my absence will change the world, but with (1/5)

[Alexander A. Miles @Alexander_Miles]

Oh yeah, don't forget grab your archive on the way out (More > Settings > Your Account > Request Archive). Seeing 13 years of personal history in one place was, for me at least, quite a trip. (5/5)

[Alexander A. Miles @Alexander_Miles]

I’ve almost never tweeted out threads, but here goes. I’m leaving Twitter for the foreseeable future, uninstalling it from all my devices, and won’t be keeping tabs on DMs or mentions. I don’t have a ton of followers, I don’t think my absence will change the world, but with (1/5)

[Alexander A. Miles @Alexander_Miles]

hands again, and there’d be some novelty in having an account from “the beforetimes.” Truly, what is more on-brand for Twitter than committing to a bit? If anyone finds themselves migrating elsewhere, drop me a line and I may well follow. Contact info in my bio. (4/5)

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new favorite wikipedia page

[Alexander A. Miles @Alexander_Miles]

@CSMFHT And the Typo of the Year award goes to…
*opens envelope*
THE MOOPS!
*raucous applause*

[Alexander A. Miles @Alexander_Miles]

@clouddottir A california king is 4” longer and 4” narrower; when I retire the queen size one I built in 2017 I’m absolutely going for that aspect ratio instead.

[rat liker @rat_liker]

it's so sad to consider all the natural Posters who lived and died before twitter

[Alexander A. Miles @Alexander_Miles]

@yhdistyminen There’s no limit to what it can’t do https://t.co/5p7n9NzuvY

[MattyG @meawoppl]

@pwang

[Classical Studies Memes @CSMFHT]

Time for the Latin student version of A Christmas Carol

[Alexander A. Miles @Alexander_Miles]

@nashintasapaino I’ve become many things over the years, and “person excited to recognize Beamer templates” is absolutely one of them.

[Alexander A. Miles @Alexander_Miles]

@jesawyer @UnarmedOracle The classic conflicts: person vs nature, person vs self, and problems clown vs wizard wife.

[Alexander A. Miles @Alexander_Miles]

@ckunzelman I have fond memories of spending hours reading The Duelist as well as InQuest (later InQuest Gamer). I do wish there were digitized archives of those runs somewhere, I only have a couple issues in storage.

[Alexander A. Miles @Alexander_Miles]

@meawoppl Ah yes, in the engineering best practices as it is in heaven.

[Joseph Zeballos-Roig @josephzeballos]

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