Jen Sorensen

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Lead and Circuses A RECENT CONSUMER REPORTS STUDY FOUND HIGH LEVELS OF LEAD IN SEVERAL PROTEIN DRINK MIXES. HOW MIGHT THIS PLAY OUT? INITIAL ALARM Guy drinking Alpha Boar Plus Protein Blast drink: GLUG GLUG GLUG! THEY FOUND WHAT? PODCAST TOPIC The BIFF and BRAD SHOW Podcaster 1: LEAD IS STRONG METAL, MAKE MAN MORE STRONG. Podcaster 2: ROMAN GLADIATORS, LIKE, CHUGGED LEAD. GOVERNMENT ENDORSEMENT FDA official: WE ENCOURAGE AMERICANS TO CONSUME AS MUCH LEAD AS POSSIBLE, AND OTHER HEAVY METALS TOO. In front of him are product containers: PRE- 1978 PAINT CHIPS Smoothie-Ready! ARSENIC GEL Cadmium Chews LEAD-FREE FOOD BANNED Corporate guy: FINALLY OUR CHILDREN WILL GET THIS DELICIOUS, NUTRITIOUS METAL IN EVERY BITE! ©2025 Jen Sorensen

This week's comic: Lead and Circuses

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When Worlds Collide Couple at fall farmers market Sign: FARMERS MARKET TODAY Woman: LIFE IS SO STRANGE THESE DAYS. I SEE PEOPLE GOING ABOUT THEIR EVERYDAY BUSINESS. THINGS LOOK PRETTY NORMAL ON THE SURFACE. Strolling through stalls, woman checking phone, man holding up gourd Woman: BUT WHEN I CHECK THE NEWS, IT'S TOTALLY SURREAL. THE EAST WING OF THE WHITE HOUSE HAS BEEN RAZED?! RANDOM BOATS ARE GETTING BLOWN UP! PEOPLE ARE BEING DISAPPEARED! Walking between stands selling pies and cider Woman: IT'S LIKE THE GAP BETWEEN ORDINARY EXPERIENCE AND THE BIZARRE HELLWORLD OF POLITICS HAS GROWN SO VAST, IT'S DISORIENTING. IF YOU'RE LUCKY ENOUGH TO NOT BE DIRECTLY AFFECTED YET. ONE YEAR LATER In background: Stall named SURVIVOR ORCHARDS with sign saying THIEVES WILL BE SHOT BY DRONE Drone hovering overhead Gruel stall, $30/ bowl Food bank donations box Woman: OKAY, I GUESS THE TWO REALITIES FINALLY OVERLAPPED.

This week's comic: When Worlds Collide

I will grant you that retro no wave is a more accurate descriptor! (I sort of mentally lump that in with post-punk revival, though it's been a long time since I've been a DJ.)

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A spooky post-punk song out of France I discovered recently that seems Halloween-appropriate www.youtube.com/watch?v=UWs8...

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Government Sh*tdown REPUBLICANS HAVE CHOSEN TO SHUT DOWN THE GOVERNMENT RATHER THAN EXTEND HUGELY POPULAR TAX CREDITS THAT HELP TENS OF MILLIONS PAY FOR HEALTH INSURANCE. Mike Johnson lying on a chaise longue Sign: Sorry, Were CLOSED YOUR TAX DOLLARS AT WORK HAS GREAT HEALTH COVERAGE PREMIUMS WILL SOAR FOR FARMERS, RANCHERS, SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS AND SELF-EMPLOYED PEOPLE. Farmer: I MAY BE SELF-RELIANT, BUT I CAN'T DO SURGERY ON MYSELF! MEANWHILE, TRUMP IS GIVING $40 BILLION TO AN ARGENTINIAN MADMAN WHO WRECKED HIS OWN ECONOMY. Milei with chainsaw: WHEEEE! RRRR! RRRR! PLEASE HELP. THERE'S A MORAL IN HERE SOMEWHERE: IF YOU HAVE A PRESIDENT WHO FANTASIZES ABOUT DUMPING FECES ON AMERICANS… Trump in fighter jet dumping poop ...THEN DON'T BE SURPRISED IF THAT'S WHAT YOU GET.

This week's comic on the looming threat to the ACA:

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FUN TIME AMERICA: What does not belong? APPLE PIE INVADING US CITIES BASEBALL KINGS STATUE OF LIBERTY STATUE OF LIBERTY WITH HITLER MOUSTACHE THE RIGHT TO VOTE BOOT STOMPING ON HUMAN FACE FOREVER COMEDIANS MAKING FUN OF PRESIDENT PRESIDENT FIRING COMEDIANS HOT DOGS KING EATING ALL THE HOT DOGS AND APPLE PIES

This week's comic: What does not belong?

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Pundit Bro Doom Loop MAINSTREAM "LIBERAL" PUNDITS ACHIEVE PROFESSIONAL RESPECTABILITY BY REACHING OUT TO THE FAR RIGHT… Two male pundits talking: I'M SO OPEN-MINDED, I SHALL INVITE YOU ON MY PODCAST AND BANTER WITH YOU ON SOCIAL MEDIA! ...THUS ALLOWING FAR-RIGHT EXTREMISTS TO LAUNDER WHITE NATIONALIST IDEOLOGY INTO THE MAINSTREAM WHY YES, MY FELLOW GENTLEBRO, YOU MAY INTERVIEW ME AND LEND CREDIBILITY TO MY MUSINGS ON THE IQS OF BLACK WOMEN AND THE THEFT OF THE 2020 ELECTION! PEOPLE WHO BELIEVE IN HUMAN RIGHTS AND DEMOCRACY ARE REPULSED I DON'T WANT ANYTHING TO DO WITH THIS. WHATEVER HAPPENED TO BASIC STANDARDS? PUNDITS THEN DUNK ON PROGRESSIVES AND THE CYCLE CONTINUES THEY'RE SO RUDE AND OUT OF TOUCH WITH REAL AMERICANS! NOW YOU'RE TALKING! ©2025 Jen Sorensen

Latest comic on liberal pundits being cozy with extremist commentators who would have been considered beyond the pale just a few years ago

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Thanks, Darick!

Comic titled "Rage at the Ragged" by Jen Sorensen. It critiques societal hostility to homeless people, highlighting a Fox News host's extreme comment. Contrast shown through an uncaring response to heart attacks. Ends with a suggestion to focus on systemic issues like housing and healthcare. Tone is satirical and critical.

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The offer made to women in the enticement to become trad wives is the same as the offer made to citizens in the enticement to embrace authoritarianism: give up. Abandon the aspiration to self rule. It’s imprisonment recast as rest and relief.

CIVIL WARP Woman and man having a conversation INFLAMMATORY RHETORIC THAT THREATENS ANYONE'S LIFE IS BAD. WHOA, THERE! THAT SOUNDS MIGHTY INTOLERANT! LET'S TRY THIS AGAIN. I'M OPPOSED TO VIOLENCE, INCLUDING AGAINST THOSE I DISAGREE WITH. YOU ARE IMPLICITLY CRITICIZING YOUR POLITICAL OPPONENTS, WHICH IS UNCIVIL AND DANGEROUS. BUT THAT'S COMPLETE NONSENSE! INSULTING YOUR POLITICAL OPPONENTS AGAIN, I SEE. THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS RESPECTING CIVIL DEBATE, WHICH YOU CANNOT DO BECAUSE OF YOUR INTOLERANT LIBERALISM. TO HAVE CIVIL DEBATE, YOU MUST ACKNOWLEDGE WHEN THE DEBATE HAS BECOME UNCIVIL. THERE YOU GO AGAIN WITH THE INCIVILITY! ©2025 Jen Sorensen

Latest comic: Civil warp

The next step: Fridges that lock themselves and won't open until you've watched a commercial.

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In America we make it EASY TO DO THE WRONG THING, HARD TO DO THE RIGHT THING EASY TO ORDER ONLINE FROM AN OLIGARCH-OWNED, MONOPOLISTIC, UNION-BUSTING CORPORATION CLICK! DING! HARDER TO SHOP LOCALLY AND SUPPORT YOUR COMMUNITY Ye Olde Independent Shoppe EASY FOR COLLEGES TO CAVE TO DEMANDS OF DICTATORS PLEASE TAKE OUR MONEY AND BASIC VALUES! HARDER FOR SCHOOLS TO STAND UP FOR ACADEMIC FREEDOM WHAT'S THE POINT OF BEING A UNIVERSITY IF WE AREN'T FREE TO FOLLOW KNOWLEDGE AND EVIDENCE WHERE THEY LEAD? EASY FOR MEDIA OUTLETS TO PROFIT OFF CONSPIRACY THEORIES AND INFLAMMATORY FALSE NARRATIVES UP NEXT: IS YOUR NEIGHBOR A DEMOCRAT TERRORIST TRYING TO KILL YOU? HARDER TO SUSTAIN SERIOUS JOURNALISM THAT SHEDS LIGHT ON DIFFICULT TRUTHS AND NOW A SPECIAL REPORT ON CORRUPTION. SORRY, WE'RE REPLACING YOU WITH AI. EASY TO STAY ON SOCIAL NETWORKS RUN ВY ANTIDEMOCRATIC ACTIVISTS SO MANY PEOPLE ARE ON HERE, IT MUST BE OKAY! HARDER TO SWITCH TO AN INDEPENDENT ALTERNATIVE* HMM... A SMALLER AUDIENCE, BUT LESS DISINFO AND NOT AS HITLERY! *BUT NOT ACTUALLY THAT HARD!

Latest comic: Easy to do the wrong thing, hard to do the right thing

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GOING TRAD: Pros and Cons PRO: GROWING YOUR OWN FOOD OUTSIDE THE INDUSTRIAL SYSTEM CON: HARD LABOR FROM DAWN TO DUSK, DEATH BY RAW MILK, OCCASIONAL FAMINES PRO: A NATURAL, SIMPLE LIFE CON: MUST PUBLISH LIFESTYLE BLOG WITH AFFILIATE PRODUCT LINKS TO РАУ THE BILLS The Bucolic Babe BUY HERE PRO: CHICKENS! CON: CHICKENS PRO: BEAUTIFUL FAMILY PHOTOS ON HAYBALES CON: NINE KIDS AND SUBMITTING TO HUSBAND NOT AS MUCH FUN AS IT SEEMED AT FIRST

Latest comic: Pros and cons of going trad

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First panel of cartoon shows business TV program called Power Lunch. Caption: "Have you noticed there are lots of TV shows for bosses and investors but not workers?" One host says, "Shares of Scuzzco are climbing on news that 20,000 employees will be replaced with AI!" Other host: "Woohoo!" Second panel (of a program called Brown Bag Lunch) asks "What if there were also a labor channel?" One host says, "Huge losses for Scuzzco today on the worker satisfaction index."

Labor Day musings from a couple of years ago by @jensorensen.bsky.social

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WEB'S END IN THE BEGINNING, THERE WERE WEBSITES. YOU VISITED THEM AND IT WAS FUN. Computer screen: Jill's Homepage LINKS AND STUMBLEUPON HELPED YOU FIND NEW ONES. Computer screen: Cheese Art GOOGLE ACTUALLY WORKED AND SENT YOU TO SITES BUILT WITH CARE BY REAL PEOPLE. Computer screen: Lovable Expert THEN CAME SOCIAL MEDIA, AND ITS ALGORITHMS DETERMINED WHAT YOU CLICKED. Computer screen: Facebook THEN AGGREGATOR SITES TOOK OFF. Computer screen: CRAP FROM AROUND THE WEB THEN SOCIAL MEDIA COMPANIES TRIED TO KEEP US FROM EVER LEAVING… AND WE DIDN'T. Woman on phone: SCROLL SCROLL SCROLL THEN AI BEGAN GENERATING SUMMARIES SO YOU DIDN'T NEED TO CLICK THROUGH TO A SITE ANYMORE. Computer screen: MONOPOSEARCH Summary SOON... THE AI CHATBOT BECOMES THE ONLY SOURCE OF INFORMATION AND REAL PUBLICATIONS DISAPPEAR. Woman speaking to phone: CHATBOT, WHAT IS A WEBSITE? UNTIL ONE DAY, PEOPLE WALK AWAY AND BUILD SOMETHING NEW. Woman has left devices on the ground and is walking into sunset © 2025 Jen Sorensen

This week's comic, inspired by a study showing that AI summaries on top of search results are dramatically cutting traffic to websites.