A pie slice from the ring surrounding the ballroom, from the #steampunk bedtime stories I used to tell my now-adult children. #blender3d #eevee

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Look at the unusual colors chosen by the three Russian cosmonauts who just arrived at the International Space Station. Russian state media ridiculed the notion the bright yellow and blue have anything to do with the flag of Ukraine, where Putin is leading his unprovoked and unjust war. (Not in those exact words, of course.)

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