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The Day Twitter Died

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Ben Sixsmith
Jul 02, 2023
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The day Twitter died, Reg Smith was walking home from Sainsbury’s. It was getting harder to lug his shopping back, these days, but the balmy summer weather made it seem less trying.

He had bought some lovely pork chops — and he had leftover mashed potato waiting in his fridge. Who knows? Perhaps he would even have a glass of wine. Such cheerful thoughts…

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