December 2011
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Soviet Poster Set £15
hoardersofhackney:
A set of 4 reproduction Soviet posters, each A3 in size.
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under a nuclear cloud →
btng:
a sad and disturbing essay/photo essay about the nuclear polygon. seems like there’s always shit that you didn’t know happened.
The Semipalatinsk Nuclear Polygon was the site of over four hundred nuclear weapons tests during the Cold War. People living nearby were given virtually no warning of the dangers of radiation.
from the Virginia Quarterly Review
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Eastern Europe: Innovation’s hidden hub →
fyeaheasterneurope:
Eastern Europeans aren’t known for being innovative, but in some ways the stereotype is unfair. Hungarians, for example, invented the ballpoint pen and holography. A Hungarian, John George Kemeny, co-invented the BASIC programming language with American Thomas Kurtz. Hungarians also invented artificial blood and the Rubik’s Cube. Four Estonians designed Skype. Russians were...
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That awkward moment when you’re trying to make something funny but Vladimir Putin doesn’t pull goofy faces like Dmitry does.
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