Seize the sun

This would be a good poster for geoengineers plotting to create solar energy - - spotted in this gallery of groovy Russian posters from the 70's.

*Previously: Russian Star Wars posters.

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An explanation for that ring over Moscow

William Gibson offered an explanation for that swamp gas/weather anomaly that appeared over Moscow earlier this month:

That ominous ring of cloud over Moscow was God noticing the whale-penis upholstery in those diamond-crusted Russian SUVs.

That line is not an exaggeration mocking the nouveau riche. He was referring to this.

*Previously: Diagram of the delicious parts of the whale, perhaps?

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V for Vendetta CubeDude by polywen (link roundup)

V for Vendetta Lego CubeDude by polywen.

And a few more links:

1. One response to the claim in SuperFreakonomics that geoengineering is the easiest way to solve global warming, is that if we can't globally agree on cutting emissions, how could we possibly agree on affirmative geoengineering?

2. But that argument begs the question - - if it's so easy, why not just do it without reaching global consensus? Not too farfetched when you hear that the mayor of Moscow "for just a few million dollars" intends to hire jets to spray chemicals on approaching clouds, causing them to dump snow onto suburbs instead of Moscow. Via.

3. CBS News says it has more salacious news (and photos) about Steve MacNair's love life. Via.

*Previously: ESPN spends the day replaying the assertion that McNair was "such a good family man."

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Obituary of the Day: Yeltsin was like "a retarded nephew...

"Boris Yeltsin was always good for a laugh, which is probably why on the occasion of his death people outside of Russia are not calling him words like scum and monster, but instead recalling him fondly, with a smile, as one would a retarded nephew who could always be counted on to pull his pants down at Thanksgiving dinner."

Read the rest, this first paragraph is mild.

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