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Jen Sorensen

1 week ago

Jen Sorensen
1 week ago

Latest comic: If media talked about the donor class the way it talks about college students

#uspol #cartoon #comic #college #protest #education

If media talked about the donor class the way it talks about college students

1. They're behind a free speech crisis on campus.

College student protesters with signs saying "STOP THE GENOCIDE" and "JEWISH STUDENTS FOR PEACE"

Executive-type guy in suit: That does it! I'm having you shut down.

2. They're oversensitive and self-centered.

Black female professor walks by in background

Man in suit: This diversity program threatens truly talented people like me. It must be abolished.

3. They're coddled and have no experience of hardship.

Executive on private jet reading book entitled "How to replace labor with AI": Why do young people dislike corporate America when it's so great?

Flight attendant: Martini, sir?

4. They insult people they disagree with without understanding them.

Executive: @#!$ WOKE KIDS! I WILL BUY THEIR TIKTOK!

#Comic #cartoon #Education #protest #uspol #college

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Jen Sorensen

2 weeks ago

Jen Sorensen
2 weeks ago

Latest comic on microplastics and PFAS getting into food. Yum!

#food #cartoon #environment #pollution #pfas #farming #gardening

1. The Dirty Food Dilemma

2. Woman seated at desk in front of laptop speaking to another woman: A lot of the food we eat contains microplastics or PFAS.

3. Woman 2: That does it! We're starting a small farm and growing our own food!

4. Woman 1: OK. But it can't be near fracking or polluted water.

5. Woman 1: Or anywhere near a coal-fired power plant.

6. Woman 1: Or someplace with climate change problems like extreme temperatures, drought, or flooding.

7. Woman 1: Or a spot surrounded by far-right militia types who wouldn't welcome us.

8. Woman 2: So I need a personal space station with a greenhouse full of kale.

Woman 1: I'll see what I can do.

9. A "Tinygrow" hydroponic gardening system containing one head of kale has appeared.

Woman 2: Sigh.

#cartoon #environment #farming #gardening #food #pollution #pfas

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Jen Sorensen

4 weeks ago

Jen Sorensen
4 weeks ago

This week's comic: What can we do about a Supreme Court packed with corrupt extremists?

#supremecourt #scotus #democracy #law #abortion #cartoon #comic

What can we do about a Supreme Court packed with corrupt extremists?

1. Nothing. Live with them until better justices can be appointed.

Cons: Decades of degraded rights, court may end democracy in meantime

Clarence Thomas: Checkmate!

2. Ignore the court, refuse to obey future ridiculous rulings

Cons: Chaos, Constitutional crisis

Woman in front of bunker and concertina wire in the Free State of California with National Guard tank approaching: At least I have birth control!

3. Wait until apocalypse, then start over

Cons: Loss of humanity, biosphere

Man to woman in front of apocalyptic landscape: Hey baby, wanna make some new judges who believe in pluralistic democracy?

4. Expand the court with qualified justices

Cons: Many Democrats won't even talk about it

Democratic politician: We would never dream of doing something so dramatic!

Note: Apocalypse much more likely

#Comic #cartoon #Law #democracy #abortion #scotus #supremecourt

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Jen Sorensen

1 month ago

Jen Sorensen
1 month ago

Latest comic: What did we learn from Covid?

#covid #COVID19 #coronavirus #cartoon #health #healthcare #pandemic #comic

1. What did we learn from Covid?

2. Man: It's the anniversary of a great tragedy.
Woman: I know, over a million Americans have died.
Man: I mean having to wear masks in public.

3. Man: Remember how they were just overflowing into the streets?
Woman: The morgues?
Man: The lines for toilet paper.

4. Man: Thank goodness for our heroes.
Woman: The healthcare workers who risked their lives?
Man: The people who defied ordinances and packed indoor spaces!

5. Man: And years later, people are still suffering.
Woman: From long Covid?
Man: The landlords whose office buildings are empty because people work from home!

6. Man: Well, I say NEVER AGAIN!
Woman: Be unprepared for a global pandemic?
Man: Do anything as a society to contain a disease!

#Comic #cartoon #COVID19 #covid #Health #pandemic #healthcare #Coronavirus

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Jen Sorensen

1 month ago

Jen Sorensen
1 month ago

Latest comic: Floored

#inequality #unhoused #homeless #cartoon #comic #travel

Floored

1. On a recent foundation-funded trip to DC, I was starkly reminded of America's growing economic divide.

Jen walking past unhoused person sleeping on street with jewelry store window in the background

2. While people slept on the sidewalk nearby, I was put up in a hotel that catered to every conceivable human desire for comfort*

*a rare occurrence

Jen in large bed with high thread count sheets and mints on the bedside table. Thought balloon reads "This is so great."

3. The next night, I found myself sleeping on an airport floor alongside hundreds of people whose flights were canceled.

Jen uncomfortably lying on airport floor using a backpack as a pillow. Outside the window it is snowing on the tarmac

Thought balloon: "I would never survive on the streets."

At least I still had access to bathrooms and $15 prepackaged sandwiches.

4. It occurred to me that this is the only public space where it's socially acceptable to have no place to sleep.

Wide shot of several people lying on airport floor and flopped on chairs

... a tiny bourgeois taste of the real thing.

#Comic #cartoon #inequality #travel #unhoused #homeless

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Jen Sorensen

2 months ago

Jen Sorensen
2 months ago

Latest comic on prison labor in the US food supply chain

#prison #labor #work #humanrights #food #comic #cartoon

FORCED LABOR FUNNIES
1. An AP investigation found that prison labor – often forced – is widespread in the US supply chain.
A sign reads 13th Amendment Farm with a caption saying former slave plantation. A white prison guard on a horse is watching Black inmates.
Inmate: Wait, are we doing time or going backwards in time?

2. These jobs can pay pennies and involve dangerous work with few safety protections
Prisoner with arm in machine at chicken processing plant. Machine has warning sign that says "Insert chicken and remove hand quickly"
Prisoner: I’m giving years of my life, but please not my arm.

3. Prisoner-made food is almost certainly at your local grocery store.
Bag of Perp Puffs with slogan ‘Shackle yourself to flavor!’
Box of Convict Crunch cereal

4. But alas, most shoppers have no idea.
Woman holding stick of butter with slogan ‘I can’t believe it’s made with forced labor!’
Woman – I can’t believe it either!

#Comic #cartoon #HumanRights #food #Labor #prison #work

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Jen Sorensen

2 months ago

Jen Sorensen
2 months ago

When a government attempts to discredit The Hague, it's a sign something has gone terribly wrong in that country. My latest:

#cartoon #comic #politics #war #humanrights #gaza

SIGNS YOUR GOVERNMENT IS COMMITTING CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY

1. They're dissing the World Court
Man saying "Hague Schmague"
Caption: Actually said by Israel's National Security Minister

2. They've killed over 10,000 children
Girl in Gaza in smoking ruins as bombs fall in background

3. The nation supplying them with weapons makes special exceptions to get around human rights violations

State Department official sitting in front of computer screen reading: SEND MORE BOMBS? YES/NO

Official: It's easy -- the answer is always yes!

4. A former apartheid state is calling them out

South African official: We know it when we see it!

#politics #Comic #cartoon #HumanRights #War #gaza

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Jen Sorensen

3 months ago

Jen Sorensen
3 months ago

Latest comic: The AI Journalism Awards

#comic #cartoon #cartoons #technology #AI #journalism #news #media #tech

1. AI-generated man with three eyes, two ties and several extra fingers speaking via a laptop screen:

Welcome everyone to the AI Journalism Awards. I am your AI-generated host Bob Bitwell. Tonight we honor the best and brightest bots in the business!

2. First up: Best digitally-created journalist!

Shown: picture of woman with slightly vacuous expression.

Pixella Composita

A literal composite of thousands of human writers, she appeals to everyone!

3. The award for most prolific reporter goes to Bot 29P3NT74Q, who dominated Google search results.

Voice speaking from server: THANK YOU FOR THE AWARD. PEOPLE ASPIRE TO WIN AWARDS. WINNING AN AWARD MEANS YOU HAVE DONE SOMETHING IMPORTANT.

4. Finally, best overall publication: The Herald-Spittoon has eliminated all human employees!

Org chart of CEO in charge of several bots

Bob Bitwell: Clearly the future of newspapers!

#technology #AI #News #tech #Comic #cartoon #Media #Cartoons #journalism

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Jen Sorensen

3 months ago

Jen Sorensen
3 months ago

Latest comic on pundits still making excuses for Trump

#fascism #authoritarianism #democracy #journalism #media #insurrection #election #politics #cartoon #comic

PUNDITS PAVE THE WAY TO HELL

1. It's obvious an insurrectionist should be allowed on the ballot!

Pundit: I believe in playing by the rules. EXCEPT when someone tries to apply them to Trump. Then they aren't rules anymore, but partisanship.

2. Pundit: Authoritarians are people too. People with feelings. We should give them a chance. Or two.

3. Pundit standing in front of tank: Unlike some intolerant people, I respect the right of this tank to run over me.

4. Pundit sitting at table with laptop: I don't like Trump, but I REALLY don't like people who have insulted me on social media, so I oppose anything they support.

If that means living under a dictator, it's their fault!

#politics #Comic #cartoon #fascism #Media #election #journalism #democracy #authoritarianism #insurrection

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Jen Sorensen

3 months ago

Jen Sorensen
3 months ago

Looks like this strip is already making the rounds. Fun with ethno-nationalist dog whistles!

#politics #cartoon #fascism #authoritarianism #democracy #comic

1. White nationalist guy: In conclusion, America must ban immigrants from inferior nations and instead celebrate European culture.

2. Woman: You mean you support a strong safety net?

WNG: Er, no.

3. Woman: Excellent high-speed train systems?

WNG: No.

4. Woman: Universal health care?

WNG: No.

5. Woman: Liberal democracy?

WNG: No.

6. Woman: Respect for science and the Paris climate accord?

WNG: No.

7. Woman: Generous vacations and paid family leave?

WNG: No.

8. Woman: Bicycle-friendly cities like Amsterdam and Copenhagen?

WNG is fuming with anger

9. WNG: LOOK, I MEAN I LIKE WHITE PEOPLE, OKAY?

Woman: Oh, right!

#politics #Comic #cartoon #fascism #democracy #authoritarianism

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Jen Sorensen

4 months ago

Jen Sorensen
4 months ago

Latest cartoon: Holiday harangue

#cartoon #comic #holidays #abortion #prochoice

Holiday Harangue

1. Two women walking on sidewalk past windows with holiday decorations

Woman 1: If you had told me while I was growing up that in 2024 you couldn't end a doomed pregnancy that endangers your own life, I wouldn't have believed it.

2. Woman 1: Having your family face lawsuits just for accompanying you to another state... it's like we're living in some weird repressive backwater.

3. Woman 1: And the idea that this is a "culture war" -- nice euphemism!

When people are forced to risk their lives and livelihoods, it's an actual war.

4. Woman 2: Merry Christmas to you, too!

Woman 1: I was going to get you an alternative timeline for America, but they were all out.

#Comic #cartoon #abortion #prochoice #holidays

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Jen Sorensen

4 months ago

Jen Sorensen
4 months ago

Last week's comic on Kissinger

#politics #cartoon #humanrights #war

1. At the end of his life, Kissinger suddenly experiences the fates he dealt to others

Kissinger in jungle setting with warplanes flying in the distance: Vait, vere am I? And vere is my Hollyvood starlet? Vhy, zis looks almost like Cambodia!

2. Kissinger as bombs fall: Ach, this is outrageous! I am a very important foreign policy expert! I vill bomb whoever is behind zis!

Vait a minute, didn't I order zis campaign?

3. Giant explosion. BOOM!

4. Kissinger in urban setting with tank in the street: Now vere am I?

Soldier: Welcome to Chile, 1973! We've been waiting for you.

#politics #cartoon #HumanRights #War

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Jen Sorensen

5 months ago

Jen Sorensen
5 months ago

Latest comic on Trump calling his political enemies "vermin"

#politics #uspol #cartoon #comic #fascism #authoritarianism #media #language #trump

Nothing's Shocking (for long)

1. Trump says something bad
Trump speaking at a rally: "We will root out the communists, marxists, fascists, and the radical left thugs that live like vermin within the confines of our country." (actual quote)

2. At first, people are shocked
Man - This is completely unacceptable!
Woman - It's what dictators say!

3. Then, normalization begins
Woman - You know, sewer rats exhibit human-like social behavior, and they love pizza. And so do liberals!
Man - Also, my critics on social media can be pests. Ha ha!

4. Until no one cares anymore
News anchor - Representative Blitz Stormer, what are your thoughts on the 2024 election?
Blitz Stormer - The DemocRAT party will be EXTERMINATED once and for all!
News anchor - It's sure to be an exciting race!

#politics #Comic #cartoon #fascism #Media #Trump #Language #uspol #authoritarianism

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Jen Sorensen

5 months ago

Jen Sorensen
5 months ago

Latest comic:

#gaza #protest #war #firstamendment #israel #palestine #cartoon #comic #politics

Protester vs. Radical

1. Woman at protest holding sign saying "Ceasefire now"

Man in suit: Oh, you support terrorists, do you?

2. Woman: No, not at all.

Man: Then you're antisemitic.

3. Woman: Actually, I'm Jewish.

Man: Ah, then you're a self-hating Jew.

4. Woman: Well, I would hate myself if I did nothing while thousands of innocent civilians were bombed to death.

5. Man: Don't you want Israel to be safe?

Woman: This response is only making the world more dangerous for everyone.

6. Man: Oh, you support terrorists, do you?

#politics #Comic #cartoon #War #palestine #israel #protest #gaza #firstamendment

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This week's comic: The things Mike Johnson has said are so over the top that I thought I might place him in the role of my flaming conservative character (hence the flames, in case anyone was wondering about that). It’s almost impossible to exaggerate this man’s theocratic worldview, so I tried to use actual quotes where I could.

#uspol #politics #cartoon #democracy #authoritarianism #republicans #theocracy #lgbtq

A RETURN TO MORALITY

1. Cable news anchor: Welcome to Punditspew! With me tonight is the new Republican Speaker of the House Mike Johnson.

Mike Johnson with flames shooting out of mouth: The 18th century is BACK! What is this "television" you say I'm on?

2. News anchor: Speaker Johnson, what do you think about the state of America?

Johnson: "Experts project that homosexual marriage is the dark harbinger of chaos and sexual anarchy that could doom even the strongest republic."

3. Anchor: And what is behind the epidemic of gun violence?

Johnson: "No-fault divorce laws!" "The sexual revolution!" "Radical feminism!" "Legalized abortion!"

"We're living in a completely amoral society."

4. Anchor: Now, about that attempt you made to overturn the 2020 election for Trump...

Johnson: "We live in a postmodern culture. Postmodernism is defined by the absence of truth."

But I will set things right!

#politics #cartoon #lgbtq #democracy #uspol #authoritarianism #republicans #theocracy

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Jen Sorensen

6 months ago

Jen Sorensen
6 months ago

Drew this one just before an insurrectionist was elected Speaker of the House

#uspol #cartoon #politics #fascism #democracy #authoritarianism

#politics #cartoon #fascism #democracy #uspol #authoritarianism

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Jen Sorensen

6 months ago

Jen Sorensen
6 months ago

Latest cartoon: Doom Spiral
#politics #cartoon #war #israel #palestine #hamas #gaza

DOOM SPIRAL

Shown: an illustrated cycle with arrows in between each step

Long historical conflict leads to a nation confining a vast poor population in the name of security (shown: people behind a wall)

Militant group claiming to represent this population brutally attacks innocent people (shown: militant with gun)

State responds with escalation that punishes civilians (government official: We will deny them food, water, and electricity, and lay siege to their cities.)

Densely populated areas already suffering from humanitarian disaster reduced to rubble (city being bombed)

Kids grow up knowing nothing but death and destruction (boy standing in rubble with dead body in background)

Which makes some open to extremism
(kid is now a militant)

Back to beginning

#politics #cartoon #War #palestine #israel #gaza #hamas

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𝖑𝖎𝖙𝖙𝖑𝖊𝖇𝖎𝖙𝖘𝖕𝖆𝖈𝖊

7 months ago

𝖑𝖎𝖙𝖙𝖑𝖊𝖇𝖎𝖙𝖘𝖕𝖆𝖈𝖊
7 months ago

Half A Mind

#ascii #asciiart #art #bbs #c64 #commodore64 #petscii #petsciiart #retro #retroart #text #textart #textmode #1bit #1bitart #8bit #8bitart #skull #skeleton #vintage #rubberhose #animation #animated #cartoon #brain #knife

#retro #art #animation #cartoon #8bit #knife #commodore64 #skeleton #brain #1bit #c64 #vintage #petscii #animated #skull #textmode #BBS #rubberhose #8bitart #1BitArt #textart #text #retroart #PETSCIIart #asciiart #ascii

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Jen Sorensen

7 months ago

Jen Sorensen
7 months ago

Latest comic: The Real Conspiracy

#misinformation #disinformation #authoritarianism #democracy #cartoon

THE CONSPIRACY

1. Guy in a tinfoil hat at a bar with a mug of beer: THE WEAPONIZED GOVERNMENT IS GOING AFTER TRUMP!!!

2. Second guy in a ballcap approaches: Dude, have you heard about the REAL conspiracy?

Tinfoil hat guy: The wh-what?

3. Ballcap guy: Trump really did lose in 2020 and tried to steal the election. The media you consume have been lying to you!

4. Ballcap guy: There's big money to be made in keeping you misinformed. You vote for tax cuts for billionaires, low wages for yourself, and letting Big Oil set the world on fire!

5. Ballcap guy: WAKE UP, YOU GULLIBLE FOOL, AND GET REALITY PILLED.

6. Tinfoil hat guy: That's the craziest thing I ever heard!

Ballcap guy, walking away: Enjoy the Matrix, sucker.

#cartoon #Misinformation #democracy #disinformation #authoritarianism

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Jen Sorensen

7 months ago

Jen Sorensen
7 months ago

Latest cartoon on the right's plans to destroy the "administrative state" and replace government workers with cronies under the next Republican president

#authoritarianism #climatechange #climatecrisis #corruption #cartoon #uspol

Cheeseburger in Paradise

1. The right has big plans to destroy the "administrative state." It's gonna be fun!

Older guy checking empty mailbox: Finally! I'm not getting my Social Security checks anymore!

2. Woman in front of raging fire with oil drilling pump in the background: Free at last from the tyrannical threat of green energy!

3. Guy watching TV. On screen the Q-Anon shaman from January 6 insurrection has been named the new Attorney General

Guy: I'm so glad they replaced the entire justice department staff with true patriots.

4. Cheesy guy in pink polo shirt sitting on a deck chair eating a hamburger as smokestacks spew pollution behind him and right-wing militia guys roam with guns:

I'm living the dream -- eating an uninspected E. coli-filled burger in a land run by tech billionaires and religious warlords.

#cartoon #climatechange #ClimateCrisis #uspol #corruption #authoritarianism

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Jen Sorensen

7 months ago

Jen Sorensen
7 months ago

I enjoy watching the mix of athletes from different countries at the US Open, and I also admire the fact that the tournament is celebrating 50 years of equal pay. That said, the branding has gotten a bit out of control.

#usopen #advertising #sports #marketing #latecapitalism #cartoon

#cartoon #Marketing #sports #Advertising #latecapitalism #usopen

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ErrantScience

9 months ago

ErrantScience
9 months ago

We made these by special request some time ago but Disability Pride month seemed like the perfect time to share them. We say it a lot but it's worth repeating, anyone can do science⁠
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#Disability #DisabilityPride #DisabilityPrideMonth⁠
#cartoon #cartoons #comic #comics #instacomic #instacartoon ⁠
#academia #science #research ⁠
#errantscience

4 blue disability badges for scientists with cartoon figures

#Comics #Comic #science #cartoon #Research #disability #Cartoons #academia #errantscience #instacartoon #instacomic #DisabilityPrideMonth #disabilitypride

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Jen Sorensen

10 months ago

Jen Sorensen
10 months ago

Latest cartoon: Titanic Failure

#science #climatechange #climatecrisis #climate #cartoon #comic

TITANIC FAILURE

Two women sitting outside at a bar drinking beer at a table

1. Woman 1 - The hubris of these deluded CEOs, thinking they can defy nature...

2. Woman 1 - Assuming technology will let them do whatever they want, no matter how dangerous...

3. Woman 1 - Then the inevitable tragedy--dooming innocent people in a death trap!

Woman 2 - Yeah, the submersible disaster was pretty horrifying.

4. Panning out to larger view of the earth on fire, women are tiny dots in the middle of the US

Woman 1 - Submersible? I'm talking about the whole planet!

#Comic #science #cartoon #climatechange #Climate #ClimateCrisis

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