Autumn:  This was our foray into the world of 3D printing with a side of fascism in what was probably our most subversive cover of the year.

There was also a bit of a Westworld thing going on here.

The overall theme was about creating fake people and having it become increasingly difficult to tell who was real and who wasn't.

We see the face of Pepe the Frog (who had for some reason been adopted by various pro-freedom movements) being printed onto a figure wearing orange jumpsuit tennis clothing with the initials "ICE" on the shirt and "45" on the pants with a full-on swastika effect.  (If you look carefully, you can see some other Pepes in the crowd.)

On the head of the figure, a red cap was still bring printed, a reference to the MAGA hat controversy at The Circle of HOPE conference that summer.

ICE referred to Immigration and Customs Enforcement, while 45 was the number of the current president.

Completing the look were a pair of New Balance shoes.  That company had been embroiled in controversy due to its perceived support of Trump and its endorsement by White rights organizaions.

The figure is in the stance of a tennis player and appears to be on a court made from AstroTurf, a reference to the practice of "astroturfing," where the true sponsors of a political movement are masked, thus making it appear to be grassroots.

In one hand, the figure is holding a metal detector and in the other a blue plastic printed gun.  The latter was a reference to a controversy involving distribution of plans to print guns using 3D printers.  (Obviously, the metal detector would become useless in detecting this sort of weapon.)

In the out-of-focus crowd, a large "Q" is a reference to the far-right/left conspiracy theory known as "QAnon."

A QR code in the stands went to vote.org, as people throughout the land were being encouraged to show up at their polling stations that November to participate in democracy.

Some lettering appears on the side, consistent with what a 3D printer might display.

The categories to the left of the colon all make sense in the 3D printing world.

To the right of the colon we had a bit of fun.  233 degrees Celsius happened to be the equivalent of 451 degrees Fahrenheit, a reference to the book Fahrenheit 451.

The "Z HGT" field was listed as 1904.2, which translated to Trump's height in millimeters.

The file called USA.WTF happened to be a domain that was also forwarding to vote.org.

The SD field showed 99.5 percent completion.  That number also happened to be the frequency of WBAI, the radio station that aired our Off The Hook program.

The time of 23:59:01 was an indication of all of us being in the eleventh hour.