Autumn:  CAPTCHAs really went crazy during the pandemic for some reason, maybe because everyone was stuck at home.

A human is being asked to identify the blue states to prove they aren't a machine.

In the top row is Texas (a red state), a masked figure with the number 46 (representing the 46th president: Joe Biden - a blue president), and China (a red country).

The remaining two rows displayed the symbol for the New Jersey Devils (a blue state, but devils tend to be red), Michigan (upside down) and Pennsylvania (two states that went from red to blue in the last election), Brooklyn (part of a blue city), Georgia (surprisingly blue), and finally the coronavirus itself (any color you like).

The lettering on the British phone booth is a tribute to Steve Steinberg (a.k.a. Sir Francis Drake, a.k.a. Frank Drake), a renowned hacker who had recently passed away.

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