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jimmy carter is a dieselpunk icon.

you might think, but he was navy, an officer, he was a nuclear engineer. but in my humble opinion, atomic-era reactors are also dieselpunk. the plumbing, the steam, the analog controls — and ultimately, yes, the slide-rule engineering required to barely harness industrial forces.

anyway jimmy carter in a denim jacket, with a CB mic in his hand.
#DieselPunk

Vous êtes nombreux à me demander des nouvelles de #LaBannièreDeLaLiberté
Alors, pour faire simple : j’y travaille 😅
Mon objectif reste de sortir le livre avant la fin de l’année, et de proposer un ouvrage complet, capable d’alimenter des années de #JDR.
Je ferai un point plus détaillé courant septembre sous forme de vidéo, mais je peux déjà vous dire que de belles choses se préparent autour de cet univers… :)

"The Panama Canal lies open and exposed to attack by modern bombers. Ships wait in line for their turns to thread its outgrown passage from sea to sea...WHY NOT BUILD A TUNNEL FOR SHIPS FROM ATLANTIC TO PACIFIC?"

Art for an article by Jorge Cortinez Delfino in June 1956's Popular Mechanics, signed "Weeks". I haven't been able to find the artist's full name.

I've been reading about Soviet mega-engineering visions, but happened across this New World one this morning.