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Notices by Jen Sorensen (jensorensen@mastodon.social)

Jen Sorensen (jensorensen@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 09-Jun-2024 05:43:47 JST Jen Sorensen

This week's comic: Many white Americans fail to assimilate
#cartoon #comic #race #immigration #racism #uspol
In conversation about 6 months ago from mastodon.social permalink
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1. MANY WHITE AMERICANS FAIL TO ASSIMILATE 1. Some self-segregate in homogeneous neighborhoods Gated community with sigh saying Caucasian Pointe, no trespassing 2. Others fly the flag of a foreign country Pickup truck flying Confederate flag blasting 'AND THIS BIRD YOU CANNOT CHANGE' with caption reading 'traditional folk music' 3. Many refuse to speak contemporary English. Scowling woman: Seems like the homos and orientals are everywhere! 4. Will these stubborn holdouts ever integrate into our multiracial society? Younger brown guy pointing to old white guy in MAGA hat and Trump t-shirt: It might help if they stopped wearing those funny hats.
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Jen Sorensen (jensorensen@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 29-Apr-2024 04:26:25 JST Jen Sorensen

I've been drawing strips for years about attacks on students' right to protest, yet strangely I've never been invited to give a TED Talk, speak at an "ideas festival," or pen a column for the Atlantic.
This is from 2016.
#uspol #cartoon #protest #college #firstamendment
In conversation about 7 months ago from mastodon.social permalink
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1. THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO GUIDE TO FREE SPEECH Some clarifications to our weekly letter mandating “freedom of expression” on campus Are you from a dominant social group saying “politically correct” things? That is speech. We’ll protect it! Are you from a minority group protesting something said by the previous group? (Woman holds up sign saying “That was racist.”) Proceed with caution, you coddled millennial. Are you an invited speaker to whom we are paying a hefty fee, and also a war criminal/online harasser/extreme bigot/anti-science kook? We’ve got your back! Want to peacefully protest your university granting legitimacy to this person? (Students holding sign saying “Disinvite the bigot”) Sorry, voicing that opinion is not speech. We are VERY, VERY concerned about “trigger warnings.” (Shout out to right-wing donors!) (Corporate guy with dollars in hand says “Yeah!”) But no need to mention the problem of campus sexual assault. Are you an LGBT student looking for a place where you don’t have to worry about being harassed? Sorry, no “safe spaces,” you wimps! Wait, we already have those? Oops!
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Jen Sorensen (jensorensen@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 17-Mar-2024 16:50:05 JST Jen Sorensen

Latest comic: Electric vehicles gone wrong
I'm fine with the soft, whirring spaceship sounds that some EVs emit as a safety feature to alert people that they're moving. The new Dodge Charger EV comes with a deafening 126 dB roar, which is just plain obnoxious.
#cars #ev #evs #transportation #gender #marketing
In conversation about 8 months ago from mastodon.social permalink
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1. ELECTRIC VEHICLES GONE WRONG 1. Some new electric cars are being outfitted with high-decibel fake engine sounds New Dodge Charger EV with Fratzonic Chambered Exhaust system revving -- BRROOOWWRR! 2. It seems fragile masculinity has led to some awesomely stupid EVs. The cartoonist walking past a Hummer EV weighing over 9,000 pounds in a grocery store parking lot: I just want the cool small electric cars we were promised in the '80s. 3. Car salesman standing in front of a monster pickup truck belching black smoke with spikes protruding from front grille: This is the smallest EV we sell. To broaden its appeal, it also comes with a decorative coal-fired steam engine from an 1880s locomotive. 4. Electricity is literally power -- but apparently not manly enough to get you to the Cheesecake Factory. Guy in front of giant pickup truck: If my car doesn't stink, make a loud sound, or take up lots of space, how do I know I exist?
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Jen Sorensen (jensorensen@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 28-Jan-2024 09:20:23 JST Jen Sorensen

Latest comic: The AI Journalism Awards
#comic #cartoon #cartoons #technology #AI #journalism #news #media #tech
In conversation about 10 months ago from mastodon.social permalink
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1. 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!
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Jen Sorensen (jensorensen@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 12-Nov-2023 06:50:01 JST Jen Sorensen

Latest comic:
#gaza #protest #war #firstamendment #israel #palestine #cartoon #comic #politics
In conversation about a year ago from mastodon.social permalink
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1. 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?
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Jen Sorensen (jensorensen@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 13-Aug-2023 17:15:58 JST Jen Sorensen

This week's comic: Makeover for a Takeover
#media #fascism #racism #journalism
In conversation about a year ago from mastodon.social permalink
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1. MAKEOVER FOR A TAKEOVER 1. Are you a white supremacist looking to be celebrated as a public intellectual? First, change your style. BEFORE: Angry MAGA guy with a Confederate flag AFTER: Same guy in a sportjacket with a cocktail Can keep the khakis! 2. Get an advanced degree so you can communicate more subtly. BEFORE: WHITE POWER!!! AFTER: Our data indicate that certain aptitudes among those of Western European background may be genetic in origin. 3. Find a far-right billionaire to fund your "think tank" Guy tapping on computer keyboard in bedroom under sign saying "THE INSTITUE FOR EXTREMELY SERIOUS THOUGHT" 4. Have your op-eds published! At Big Legacy Newspaper Editor to right-wing extremist: You seem respectable. Unilke cartoonists!
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Jen Sorensen (jensorensen@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 06-Aug-2023 19:26:10 JST Jen Sorensen

Latest comic: Tech billionaires just want to save humanity!
#tech #inequality #economy #philanthropy
In conversation about a year ago from mastodon.social permalink
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1. THINKING BIG 1. CEO: By 2050, I'm going to build a floating colony in the sulfuric acid clouds of Venus! Woman on sidewalk looking at sign saying "Apartments for rent $3500/month": Looks like I'll be joining a homeless colony. 2. Tech bro: My chatbot will make life better with good advice! Farmer in drought-stricken field, speaking into phone: Chatbot, what can I do to save my farm from extreme heat? Chatbot: NOTHING. YOU WILL DIE. 3. Tech bro in t-shirt advertising Snitcoin: I'm going to buy the island of Nauru, build a lab, and repopulate a post-apocalyptic earth with genetically-enhanced super children! Woman with baby, thinking: Or we could just fund schools. 4. All three tech CEOs on a large boat about to run into a fisherman in a small canoe Snitcoin guy: Sometimes I feel like our efforts to help humanity are unappreciated. Venus guy: It's hard to be a visionary.
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Jen Sorensen (jensorensen@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 10-Apr-2023 17:26:04 JST Jen Sorensen

Latest comic: How do oil execs sleep at night?
#climate #climatechange #climatecrisis #environment #cartoon
In conversation Monday, 10-Apr-2023 17:26:04 JST from mastodon.social permalink
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1. 1. We asked fossil fuel executives 'How do you sleep at night?' 2. That's easy -- money is the only reality. 3. It's fun drilling for oil. Why do you hate fun? 4. I can afford to insulate myself from a flaming hellplanet. 5. If I don't cause ecological collapse, someone else will. 6. I'm just doing my fiduciary duty for investors. 7. Ah, a global scale carbon-sucking device will come along any day now. Any... day... now... 8. Actually, I'm deeply traumatized, but I'm caught up in an unstoppable corporate machine. Please help. 9. By providing energy, I'm helping people live. Until they don't anymore.
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Jen Sorensen (jensorensen@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 23-Dec-2022 07:33:57 JST Jen Sorensen

Since people seemed to appreciate my recent cartoon about dangerously tall trucks, here's one from last year on W I D E C A R S.
(Indeed, some models have gotten wider since I drew this!)
#cars #mobility #cities #bikes #urbanism #transportation
In conversation Friday, 23-Dec-2022 07:33:57 JST from mastodon.social permalink
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1. WIDE CARS 1. Drivers! Looking for a new way to dominate the highway when lots of other people own huge vehicles? 2. Introducing WIDE CARS... for today's road hog. Chevy STRETCH - 1.6 MPG - Haul 32 of your kids to soccer practice! - 24 cup cupholder - Only $119,999! 3. Great for forcing cyclists and other nuisances off the road! 4. You'll own the parking lot! Remember: there is no society -- only you and the freedom to do whatever you want!
  https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/109/559/543/391/033/069/original/da1ca74971353d71.png

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Cartoonist seen on The Nib, Daily Kos, The Nation, and elsewhere. Herblock Prize, Pulitzer finalist, RFK journalism award. She/her

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