Cyberpunk and the Leather Jacket

An article on the use of leather jackets in the cyberpunk genre and their relevance in 2019 and beyond.

by Jed Edwards

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Wildlife at Chernobyl’s Exclusion Zone.

Rather unsurprisingly, the removal of human inhabitants from what’s now known as The Zone has enabled the return of wildlife to the land, to the point it now serves as a natural sanctuary, away from human disruption.

However, the ever-present radiation remains a source of concern for scientists, so to this day the current population is kept under observation to study the effects it has over it. 

Source for most of the pictures.

an old Soviet “Walking Excavator”

This is some dieselpunk ass shit.

And I’m here for it.

the rust… the light mist… the fucking walking machine… the pure Soviet of it… absolutely incredible 

https://youtu.be/Y4quSym2wbk

Russian Jawas go hard

What if Alien but set in the past, and instead of a Weyland-Yutani ship it’s a Dutch East India Trading Company ship, and instead of a Xenomorph it’s just a tiger that got on board?

What if Alien but set in the late ‘80s, and instead of a Weyland-Yutani ship it’s the Nakatomi Building, and instead of a Xenomorph it’s just John McLane?

And what if it’s Christmas?

Hohoho, I have acidic blood now

Bunker - Regelbau 622 - France

Mosh pit, Berkley, 1981. via

The Björketorp Runestone & Curse

The Björketorp Runestone is one of many standing stones (menhir) located in Bleking, Sweden and is one of the world’s tallest runestones, measuring 13.7 feet (4.2 m) high. It is part of a stone circle with two other blank standing stones, with several other solitary stones in the surrounding regions. Most scholars date the runestone’s inscription to the 7th century AD. It’s carved with a type of runes that form an intermediate version between the Elder Futhark and the Younger Futhark. The runestone is inscribed on both sides, the shorter message appears to say “I foresee perdition” or “prediction of perdition” and the longer side’s inscription (pictured) translates as:

“I, master of the runes(?) conceal here runes of power. Incessantly (plagued by) maleficence, (doomed to) insidious death (is) he who breaks this (monument). I prophesy destruction / prophecy of destruction.”

Local lore says that the curse came true at one point. Long ago, a man wanted to move the runestone so that he could have more room to farm, so he piled wood around it to attempt to heat the stone and then crack it with water. The weather was calm with no wind at the time, but as soon as he lit the fire a sudden gust came and lit the man’s hair aflame. He dropped to the ground to put it out but his clothes caught fire and the poor man died in agony. The flame around the runestone, however, was miraculously extinguished, as if someone had smothered the fire.

Carl Strathmann - Der Tod als Ritter

Art by Paolo Girardi

Just like in real life