Gilead
Speaker of the House of Representatives, 2023
Fig. 1. Photograph credited to Office of Congressman Kevin McCarthy, date inconsistent with title but given as November 9, 2022, via Wikimedia Commons, public domain.
Joan E. Greve, “McCarthy’s House speakership hangs by a thread as US shutdown looms,” Guardian, September 22, 2023, https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/sep/22/government-shutdown-house-speaker-kevin-mccarthy
Neoliberalism
Banking
Commercial real estate
Fig. 1. “The iconic Crescent stands as recognizable landmark in the upscale neighborhood of Uptown, Dallas.” Photograph by Dallasedits [pseud.], July 5, 2016, via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Aldo Svaldi, “Denver, already facing a glut of office space, may soon find itself with too many apartments,” Denver Post, September 22, 2023, https://www.denverpost.com/2023/09/22/denver-glut-office-space-apartments-rentals/
Self-driving cars
Fig. 1. Photograph by Mark Doliner, August 1, 2012, via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0.
The unsubstantiated rumor I heard was the Gavin Newsom, now governor of California and formerly mayor of San Francisco, had done a lot of cocaine. I don’t know if that’s true, but it fits, and his embrace of self-driving trucks[1] also fits.
Joe Garofoli, “In win for AI, Newsom vetoes driverless truck ban,” San Francisco Chronicle, September 22, 2023, https://www.sfchronicle.com/politics/article/newsom-driverless-truck-ban-18383949.php
Imperialism
Russia
Ukraine
Fig. 1. “Destroyed Russian military vehicles located on the main street Khreshchatyk are seen as part of the celebration of the Independence Day of Ukraine in Kyiv, August 24.” Photograph by Gleb Garanich for Reuters, August 24, 2022,[2] fair use.
Isabelle Khurshudyan et al., “Ukraine breaches Russian defensive line on southern front,” Washington Post, September 23, 2023, https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/09/23/ukraine-breach-verbove-zaporizhzhia/
- [1]Joe Garofoli, “In win for AI, Newsom vetoes driverless truck ban,” San Francisco Chronicle, September 22, 2023, https://www.sfchronicle.com/politics/article/newsom-driverless-truck-ban-18383949.php↩
- [2]Reuters, “Ukraine puts destroyed Russian tanks on display in Kyiv,” August 25, 2022, https://www.reuters.com/news/picture/ukraine-puts-destroyed-russian-tanks-on-idUSRTSALV9Q↩