This might be the most directly political XKCD I've seen. Go Randal!
this post was submitted on 25 Apr 2025
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Randall's done several about climate change, more back when climate change denial was more widespread
https://xkcd.com/1321/ Cold https://xkcd.com/1379/ 4.5 Degrees https://xkcd.com/1732/ Earth Temperature Timeline https://xkcd.com/2500/ Global Temperature Over My Lifetime
Or just check the tag for "politics" on explainXKCD. Randall's endorsed political candidates before as well as generally shown a general libertarian and later left-leaning bent
Oh also this one relatively recently was pretty fun
https://xkcd.com/2515/ Vaccine Research
Yeah but saying climate change is real and vaccines work should not be a political statement, it's just reality and science.
Making a comic about a person hopes and dreams being truncated by being kidnapped by the government, now that's a statement.
Saying people shouldn't get kidnapped shouldn't be a political statement either but here we are.
Based
I hope the authors skin is white
That Canadian woman was arrested and held for 2 weeks. That won't protect you, and it won't protect me.
- Quick! Is there a doctor in the plane?
- Sorry, not yet.
This might be the saddest xkcd so far.
And likely one of the most topical, so extra sad.
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If you click on the comic on the site, it goes to the YouTube video of her being grabbed.
I went looking for the alt text because, well, I love the Easter-egg nature of the alt text he provides. Got chills as soon as I realized what he’d done.
So much respect for him.
I did the same, pressed on it for the text, got sent straight to the video, and swore under my breath in admiration. In the current climate what he's done isn't risk free, despite the fact it a) should be, and b) shouldn't be needed in the first place.
Nothing but respect for people calling out the crimes of thus administration, and when it's someone with an unrelated platform and an audience, so much the better.
The alt text: Rümeysa Öztürk was grabbed off the street in my town one month ago.
Totally out of the loop. What’s goin on?
Trump is voiding student visas and illegally arresting and detaining students that speak out against genocide. The video linked is security camera footage of masked gestapo goons disappearing a student off the street.
Yikes!
Anyway, thanks for the clarification.
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