Kenneth Widmerpool

Assortative mating and its discontents... Some tosser

[Kenneth Widmerpool @Winterpool]

#PeakRomanticism https://t.co/6JLlkTMs5M

[Kenneth Widmerpool @Winterpool]

Hindsight also informs us that waiting a few years ushers in recognisably modern PCs: Pentium [esp MMX and Pro]; USB; Ethernet; 16-bit VGA colour; Windows 95; and of course the the ultimate killer app, the WWW. PCs also became dramatically more affordable. https://t.co/WcrgbfnHwd

[Kenneth Widmerpool @Winterpool]

One of the counterfactuals I continually revisit is whether I could have got a proper computer during my teens/early 20s. I owned a 1st-gen Apple PowerBook, but otherwise nothing modern until a Pentium in 1996.

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Compaq Deskpro 386 emulator https://t.co/2ksgxXH3On

[New town every hour (ret.) @TownsUsa]

Chicken, Alaska
Metro Area Population: 13

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Analogue 'ASCII art': https://t.co/hhdIrADZlk

[Pulp Librarian @PulpLibrarian]

All these instructions are from this excellent 1982 book by typewriter art aficionado Bob Neill.

And here's the link if you want to try typing a few: https://t.co/oFl6Ohmbgu

[Kenneth Widmerpool @Winterpool]

This clears something up: Jennell Jaquays was Paul. I finally read -Dark Tower- this summer. https://t.co/rhMqooRS72 https://t.co/zaQCLeuGwk

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What happened to City State of the Invincible Overlord [and the Judges Guild]: https://t.co/bPK7ZaYcyE via https://t.co/1P5adj20um

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https://t.co/GBUHfcGMEj 'My family crest attests to 3 European Crusades, and I regard that as a calling.'

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Perhaps related [or not]: https://t.co/zSjsjaQEUb Note Bob Bledsaw died over a decade ago, and I don't know anything about his politics. His son [the II] took over the company and is the vulgar anti-Semite.

[Neocon Sally Rooney stan account 🌐 @NeoconMaudit]

Ths is an interesting case for the hate the artist [especially politically/ideologically] but love the work dilemma. https://t.co/Gy76wAWYsI

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I had no idea that XProtect existed. I mean, I knew there was something like this… https://t.co/L8orpvqYSU

[Kenneth Widmerpool @Winterpool]

Valentine & Thomas' French wedding in Normandy https://t.co/Rxh9PYhny9 Am really hankering for the additional 's' after the apostrophe here.

[every star wars character. now only on cohost! @starwars_chars]

Tili Tili was a male Jawa singer who lived on planet Tatooine in the last decades of the Galactic Republic.

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Ecrasez l'infâme. https://t.co/HCg3ZH151s

[The Economist @TheEconomist]

“Bitcoin miners were ordered to clear out computers and demolish buildings. Many had their power cut off.” On “Money Talks”, @StuderSC investigates the government crackdown that in the past few weeks has shut down nearly 90% of Chinese bitcoin mining https://t.co/Q18rscv9Kv

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Ultra low-end server rental, well, virtual private server: https://t.co/XYqi34dXzY Most about $2 per month…

[Kenneth Widmerpool @Winterpool]

13th Age's version of the Elfstone: