Barbenheimer is not new

Finally got ENOUGH sleep last night. With a non-fogged brain, listened to the Ankler folks discussing Barbenheimer as usual.

Ping! This peculiar cocktail was mixed once before! I mentioned it last year in my feature on the Peilempfänger.

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Speaking of festive colors and obscure cryptographic machines, here’s the absolute CHAMPION. The Barbie toy typewriter, made in Slovenia and sold by Mattel. Pink and purple and soft-looking, it’s not really a toy at all. It’s a fully functional electronic word processor with a built-in Enigma-style ciphering system. According to the web info, the ciphering system can be activated by a key sequence which isn’t mentioned in the ads or the currently used manual.

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