Object Record / FI-EPH-187
The Political Cycle and the Homeowner
digital / JPEG, 889×542 / chart / origin unverified / accessioned / catalogued curio
Primary evidence
The object before the record.
Narrative record
Evidence, relevance, and unresolved state.
Provenance
Custody record
Logged 2026-09-26 / quantity 1 digital image. 1 source asset reference registered.
Identification notes
What is known
Found image supplied for The Shadow Zone: an annotated diagram of a political conversion cycle. Black arrows loop between "liberal," "libertarian," and "conservative," labeled with life events such as "mugged," "fired," "medical bills," "started a business," "has kids," and "arrested." Added orange arrows route all three toward "HOMEOWNER," glossed with bullets including "police should arrest my neighbor for cutting down his tree" and "there should be no laws to stop me from cutting down my tree." The diagram's claims are the joke, reproduced as found and not endorsed. Maker, origin, and date are not recorded. The exif scrub reported no location metadata to strip.
Restoration relevance
Why it remains connected
accessioned / catalogued curio. Disposition: archive. The object remains associated with The Shadow Zone.
Uncertainty notes
What remains unresolved
digital / JPEG, 889×542 / chart / origin unverified. accessioned / catalogued curio. Terms marked unknown, provisional, pending, or unverified remain part of the record until evidence resolves them.
Relationships
Keep the object connected.
Related objects
Parent system
The Shadow Zone
A holding zone for surreal found media and uncanny artifacts that surface around the archive — images with no clear origin, kept as evidence of the culture that accretes on forgotten machines.
Associated dossier / FI-PROJ-010 / open
Field logs / dossiers
Archive routes
Source Assets / 1 reference
Raw archive paths are retained for provenance and maintenance. They are not the primary object presentation.
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assets/ephemera/shadow-zone/fi-eph-187-political-cycle-homeowner.jpegOpen local asset