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Good point, Dianne. We really have no idea how many people ICE has picked up, and they very well may…
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I have doubts about any data coming out of the federal government these days, especially on issues that Trump wants…
I now doubt the 99.5% figure. According to ICE’s 2025 YTD figures* about 87% of detainees are male, which is…
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Author Archives: Ampersand
Diets Don’t Work Therefore You Must Diet
This cartoon, drawn by Becky Hawkins, is a straightforward adaptation of a Michael Hobbes tweet (with Michael’s kind permission). Michael, for those who don’t know, is a popular podcaster, whose three podcasts (past and present) are You’re Wrong About (a … Continue reading
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Cartoon: Self-Made Billionaire
This feels like a very old-fashioned lefty cartoon to me; it’s super-didactic, reliant on labels, has no real punchline, and it’s less about telling a joke then it is about trying to illustrate a basic principal of lefty economics. Other … Continue reading
Posted in Cartooning & comics, Economics and the like
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Cartoon: Eventually You Gotta Inhale
In 2020, Helen Pluckrose and I had an online debate over if dieting works. During this debate, I said “Not a single weight-loss model – including long term approaches – has ever been shown to work in a peer-reviewed controlled … Continue reading
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MORE Things To Stop Telling Autistic People
Almost a year ago, I posted the cartoon “Things To Stop Saying To Autistic People,” drawn by Becky. Becky and I were both pleased with how it came up, and there is, alas, tons of material there. So, have a … Continue reading
Cartoon: 5 Things Congress Says When It Plans To Cut Social Security | Patreon
Drawing five random characters (or semi-random, in this case, since they all had to be plausibly the sort of person who could be in Congress and seeking to cut Social Security) is always fun. In this case, to make them … Continue reading
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Cartoon: The Time Before Gender Ideology
This cartoon is drawn by my so-frequent-we-call-each-other-comics-spouses collaborator Becky Hawkins, who writes: This cartoon combines two of my favorite things: period settings and making fun of gender norms! I had a blast (and took a trip down memory lane) looking … Continue reading
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Also, to alleviate any concerns that ICE won't arrest women and/or (probably) white people...https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/06/trump-voting-family-canadian-mother-detained-immigration-status