Saturday, January 17, 2026

In These Times: A Graphic Novel

In these times everyone needs comfort and would welcome a hand to hold.



Chapter 1. Climate

2024 West Coast USA 2025



Chapter 2 Health Care

Green World .. Mostly


Chapter 3 Aging

Brain network peaks @ 32


Chapter 4 Wars and Rumors of War

Oh, and Nigeria, and Greenland and ...



Chapter 5 Mass Shootings since Sandy Hook

The last 12 years 





Chapter 6 Cost of Living
Don't believe the upside down chart




Chapter 7  Gerrymandering

Election corruption




Chapter 8 Immigration

Everyone (except Native Americans) in the US has immigrant ancestors 


Chapter 9 Vanity

Gilding the lily



Chapter 10 Cruelty

600,000 preventable deaths - and counting




Chapter 11 Irrational Exuberance

AI.  Wait for it. Pop


Chapter 12 Transparency

Oy!


Chapter 13 Social Media

Don’t knee jerk react to what you read/view.
Verify. Verify. Verify. 
And don’t be a spreader.


Epilog



Copyright © 2026  Dave Hoplin 








2 comments:

  1. Maybe these pictures will help the uneducated that the dear leader claims to love. And then, probably not.

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  2. I didn't find links to articles providing more detail than the graphics give; maybe I just clicked wrong. Can you point me to where the brain changes at age 9 are discussed? I'm working with some 3rd graders for math enrichment and would be interested to know what I might be overlooking as the kids start to blossom. These kids sure act like kindergartners some of the time, and maybe I can tap better into their emerging selves. We worked on multiplication tables before Christmas and after the winter break it was like they'd never seen 6x8 before.

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