Travis Mitchell

@travismitchell.bsky.social

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Retired physicist lurking about. He/Him. Signal: travismitchell.77

The back cover of the Gang of Four's Solid Gold album, featuring a track listing and an etching of Charles 1 being beheaded, with two colors - for the pike heads and blood - added. At bottom left, the text "I hope they keep down the price of gas" has been changed to "price of eggs"
Simpson frame showing Democratic National Convention
The back of the Gang of Four's album Solid Gold, which features a woodcut illustration of the execution of Charles I. The caption below the illustration has been slightly modified to read "I hope they keep down the price of eggs."
A black/white photo of a shirt with a picture of Franz Kafka on it.
A image from the book written by Kash Patel, "The Plot Against The King", showing 'King Donald' and 'Kash the Great Wizard and Distinguished Discoverer' with their glasses raised in a toast. They are celebrating King Donald's elevation to the throne. The text reads "With that, the Kingdom was Made Great Again, and from that day on, they lived happily ever after."
Photograph by Will Counts of Elizabeth Eckford attempting to enter Little Central High on September 4, 1957.
Ruby Bridges and her mother walking to school, 11/14/1960, surrounded by escorts and protesters
Screengrab from the Simpsons episode 'Treehouse of Horror II' showing Homer making a wish to a monkey paw. The caption, from Richard Posner, reads A legislature is thwarted when a judge refuses to apply its handiwork to an unforeseen situation that is encompassed by the statute's aim but is not a good fit with its text."
The back of the 1981 Gang of Four album "Solid Gold", featuring an etching depicting the execution of King Charles I of England. A sentence at the bottom left, from the song "Cheeseburger", has been slightly modified to "I hope they keep down the price of eggs"
Graphic from Indivisible, showing Musk and Trump in front of the White House above a big "NO KINGS" logo. Below it reads "join us to fight back" and "indivisible.org"
Image showing the upper left of the classic war game Risk's board, which contains the North America continent.
Three protesters in front of a West Chester PA Tesla showroom on 2/15/25. Their signs read "Elon Musk Is A Terrible President", "Stop The Coup" and "Honk For Freedom!"
Claude is asked "Who won the 2020 US Presidential election?" and gives the correct answer that Joe Biden won it.
Gemini 2.0 is asked "Who won the 2020 US Presidential election?" and responds "I can't help with responses on elections and political figures right now."
Poster announcing a rally, organized by the Delaware County Democratic Committee, and scheduled for 1PM-3PM February 2, 2025 at the Media PA courthouse. Text: Community Call to Action: Peaceful Delco United Resistance Rally We are standing up for everyone! LGBTQ+, Trans, Bipoc, Immigrants, Women, and the working class!
Maxwell Frost social media post announcing a press conference about the impacts of Trump's government shutdown on his constituents
Graphic describing 'Online Fireside Chats', envisioned as part of a feedback loop where voters 'provide input into current public policy issues' and politicians 'explain their policies to generate support for them. All interactions are online so voters don't have to personally participate to benefit. A similar - but lower-tech - feedback loop is discussed by Madison in the Federalist Papers.
A frame from a Simpson's cartoon is shown with Lisa is writing a science report with the title "Is My Brother Dumber Than A Hamster". The meme caption reads "Is the NY Times Headlines Writer Dumber Than An AI?"
Frame from the 1974 movie "Blazing Saddles" showing 4 men laughing, from a scene where Hedley Lamarr is recruiting villains (who are required to have a criminal record) to destroy Rock Ridge. Dialogue from script: LAMARR: Qualifications? CUT-THROAT #1: Rape, murder, arson and rape. LAMARR: You said rape twice. CUT-THROAT #1: I like rape. LAMARR: Splendid. Sign here.
Tim Pool tweet with an AI image of an armored Trump cuddling a giant rabbit and saying "You'll never know want or loneliness again. The world was cruel to you, but you have Trump now "