This boy is mine.

World War I Flying Ace

For lust is in the eye of the beholder

Jaron Baker by Jon Wong for Vanity Teen

summer games

PARIS GAY PRIDE, June 24, 2017

Pour la première fois, la Marche des Fiertés de Paris partira à 14h de la Place de la Concorde, face à l’Assemblée Nationale. Puis la Marche empruntera la Rue de Rivoli, le Boulevard de Sébastopol, et le Boulevard Saint Martin. L’arrivée de la Marche des Fiertés se fera Place de la République, où se tiendra le Grand Podium de fin de Marche de 17h à 22h. Source: Inter-LGBT.

Abandoned remains of Soviet technology

Once the symbols of Russia's Cold War military might, these relics now lie abandoned in the snow. These pictures are part of Restricted Areas, a series by Russian photographer Danila Tkachenko which shows lost remnants of the USSR's materiel and technology programmes. Read more...

Moscow - One of only two VVA14 vertical take-off amphibious aircraft
to be built by the USSR

Kazakhstan - Deserted observatory once used for space observations

Samara Oblast - The world's largest diesel-run submarine lies in the snow

Kyzylorda - Abandoned stages of USSR space rockets in what is now Kazakhstan

Komi Republic - Former residential buildings in a polar
scientific town specialising in biological research

Cartoon by Gary Larson, The Far Side

Xavier Serrano - The Good Life

Trump converts White House
to run entirely on coal

President Donald Trump announced the USA’s withdrawal from the Paris climate agreement and news has already surfaced that the power supply to the White House has been entirely converted to run on fossil fuels.

White House spokesperson Sean Spicer announced the conversion at a press conference strewn with billowing smoke. “The President is leading by example,” yelled Spicer over the noise of the generators. Coughing, he continued, “from now on, the White House will run exclusively on the energy of the future.”

Central heating and hot water will be heated by coal fired power stations and a miniature lignite fired power station will provide the electricity supply. At times of short supply, 38 diesel generators can provide additional power.  Read more...

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