Driftless Dan

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Perspectives on nature and culture from a scientist living in the Driftless Region. Damn...it turns out "may you live in interesting times" actually IS a curse. You can't spell revolution without evolution.

Purple and green asparagus from the garden. Pheasantback mushrooms from a dead cottonwood nearby.
Ned Ludd, mythical figurehead of the Luddite movement, a 19th-century uprising of English textile workers who smashed machinery to protest the loss of their livelihoods during the Industrial Revolution.
https://people.com/politics/why-is-trump-raising-his-middle-finger-in-public-appearances/
Half-free morels (Morchella punctipes).
https://www.axios.com/2026/04/28/trump-economy-gallup-finances
The killing of Alex Pretti.
Charles Darwin
Cruiser, a character in the 1981 movie Stripes, played by actor John Diehl.
Sandwich guy.
Jared Kushner in Oman. Source: https://www.axios.com/2026/02/06/iran-us-nuclear-talks-oman
Map of Washington DC showing a plan to retake our country.
Donald Trump giving his "thumbs up"
Chart of the S&P500 index from 07 April 2026.
Homer Simpson salivating.
Mr. Garrison, the primary 4th-grade teacher at South Park Elementary.
Donald Trump statement on John McCain, a war hero shot down over Vietnam: "I like people who weren't captured." Source: https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2015/07/18/424169549/trump-lashes-out-at-mccain-i-like-people-who-werent-captured
Scene from an AI-generated anti-trump video (credited to Iran), one of a series that have been circulated widely on the internet.
No Kings Madison Wisconsin.
Man wearing Groucho Marx glasses.
CNN headline (24 Mar 2026): Trump says Vance and Rubio are in talks with Iran to end war.
John Diehl as Cruiser in the movie "Stripes" (1981).
Sanae Takaichi, Prime Minister of Japan meets with Donald Trump at the White House (19 March 2026)
Defense secretary informer Fox News weekend host Pete Hegseth lavishing lies on the American people to defend an illegal war.
Cartoon of two rats looking out the portal of a sunken ship, with one rat telling the other "I think we waited too long to flee."
President Business, from The Lego Movie (2014).
Source: https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/hakeem-jeffries/contributors?cid=N00033640&cycle=2024
Shares of Trump Media & Technology Group Corp (DJT) hit a record low of $9.80 USD at market close on Mar 13, 2026.
Child playing with toy soldiers.
The front page of the Tehran Times newspaper published on March 9, 2026.
Pam Bondi testifying in front of the House Judiciary Committee: "The Dow is 50,000. I don't know why you are laughing"
Trump's Energy Secretary, Chris Wright, defends suspending sanction on Russian oil sales as a "pragmatic step." (MSNOW, 03/08/2026)
Quint from the movie "Jaws."
Rebel symbol from the Star Wars Universe series "Andor"
Trump meets with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz in the Oval Office.
Post by Representative Mike Lawler (R-NY)
Wolf Blitzer on CNN discussing the US-Israeli attack on Iran.
Donald Trump on CNN addressing the war on Iran that he initiated to distract everyone from the fact that he's the biggest criminal to hold office since 1945.
Jimmy Carter delivering his famous "sweater speech." https://columbiainsight.org/the-night-we-lost-the-war-on-climate-change/
Scene from Monty Python and the Holy Grail, where the French knight tells Arthur "pull the other one" (as in "pull my other leg, I don't believe you")