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   70sscifiart:

   Ursula K Le Guin

   January 24th, 2018 7:37am

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   January 22nd, 2018 11:02pm

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   grossnational:

   vintagegeekculture:

   “Wizard vs. the Wizards” competition, 1982, hosted by Catherine Mary Stewart. It was arguably the first “e-sports” competition, with video gamers going head to head. 

   Randy Meisner performed live. He heard it was a convention for burgundy velour tracksuit swingers only. 

   January 21st, 2018 9:53pm

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   January 21st, 2018 9:52pm

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   historical-nonfiction:

   In 1670, Louis XIV’s finance minister, Jean-Baptiste Colbert, ordered the planting of the Forest of Tronçais to provide masts for the French navy 200 years hence. His order established one of the principal stands of oaks in Europe, carefully interplanted with beeches and larches to encourage them to grow straight, tall, and free of knots. By the time they matured, in the 19th century, they were no longer necessary. Historian Fernand Braudel wrote, “Colbert had thought of everything except the steamship.”

   January 21st, 2018 11:57am