Brutkey

Cory Doctorow
@pluralistic@mamot.fr
A haunted, ruined hospital building. A sign hangs askew over the entrance with the NHS logo over the Palantir logo. Beneath it, a cutaway silhouette reveals a blood-spattered, scalpel-wielding surgeon with a Palantir logo over his breast, about to slice into a frightened patient with an NHS logo over his breast. Looming over the scene are the eyes of Peter Thiel, bloodshot and sinister. Image: Gage Skidmore (modified) https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Peter_Thiel_(51876933345).jpg CC BY 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/deed.en f51e64acc3b1c800.jpg A famous 1961 photo of Adolf Eichmann on trial in Jerusalem; Eichmann's face has been replaced with the face of Stephen Miller. Image: Gage Skidmore https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:2025_-_Stephen_Miller_(cropped).jpg CC BY-SA 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en a5fbc3f7fa32a613.jpg A famous 1961 photo of Adolf Eichmann on trial in Jerusalem; Eichmann's face has been replaced with the face of Stephen Miller. Image: Gage Skidmore https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:2025_-_Stephen_Miller_(cropped).jpg CC BY-SA 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en ae3db5f34b622727.jpg A detail of a US $100 bill. Jeffrey Epstein's mugshot has been overlaid over Benjamin Franklin's portrait. Peter Theil's portrait has been swapped for the US Dept of Treasury seal. Trump's signature has been swapped for the US Treasurer's signature. The line of zeroes after the 100, top and bottom, has been extended to the edge of the image. The image has been roughed up and recolored in a hellish mix of reds and yellows. Image: Gage Skidmore (modified) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Peter_Thiel_(51876609719).jpg CC BY-SA 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en 592e676d32cbea4c.jpg An image of a static-filled TV; centered in it is a distorted Youtube logo with the wordmark replaced by the word 'FairUse.' Image: Electronic Frontier Foundation https://www.eff.org/wp/unfiltered-how-youtubes-content-id-discourages-fair-use-and-dictates-what-we-see-online CC BY 4.0 https://www.eff.org/copyright e386697748dbbef2.jpg A suburban house; on the law stand a couple, their backs to it, looking appreciatively upon it. On the lawn is a lawn-flag reading 'Chinga la migra' in ornate script, surrounded by butterflies and flowers. The flag is limned in red spokes. 3ed37dccbb9dbef3.jpg The Tachyon Books cover for Michael Swanwick's 'The Universe Box.' 3363f02fbe68f2f2.jpg A detail from a US$100 bill showing Benjamin Franklin's portrait. It has been altered. Franklin's face has been overlaid with an orange sad clown, surmounted by Trump's hair. The zeroes in '100' above and below the portrait have been extended to run its entire length. 60342007743274ca.jpg An EU flag; the stars have been replaced with a ring of Threads logos, tinted yellow. In the center floats the disembodied head of Mark Zuckerberg's metaverse avatar. It has been modified: a black bar scrawled with grawlix covers the mouth. d9457a11be31e70a.jpg A detail from a US $100 bill. The bill has been tinted orange. Ben Franklin's face has been replaced with an indistinct blur surmounted by Trump's hair. The lettering in the scrollwork beneath the portrait reads 'TRUMP.' The '100's have been turned into '000's. The writing 'ONE HUNDRED' now reads 'NONE HUNDRED.' The series issue has been changed to '47.' The Secretary of the Treasury's signature has been replaced with Trump's. 53e8fdf284d6e705.jpg