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Manu Cornet

@lmanul.bsky.social
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Cartoonist; writer; feminist. Occasional attempts at being funny. Equally kind to CEOs and janitors. ma.nu

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Manu Cornet @lmanul.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Null Pointer, episode 45
Panel #1, a museum tour guide, holding a small flag, leads a group in a corridor, towards a barrier: "...and this is the Silicon Valley room, circa early 21st century." "Please stay inside the barrier."Panel #2, the group looks into a room where walls show large frames with squiggly lines inside. One of them is labeled "PRODUCT SPRINT MAR. 2023"; the guide explains "It mostly consists of dried spaghetti on walls."
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Manu Cornet @lmanul.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Null Pointer, episode 52
Panel #1, Ada (a woman with long dark hair and hoop earrings) asks Milo (a male character with large eye glasses and wavy hair) "What's that on your belt Milo?"; Milo replies "That's my pager. I'm responsible for the code I write when it fails in production at 2 A.M.".Panel #2, Milo asks an artificial intelligence (rectangular black box) "A.I., where's your pager? You write A LOT of code."; the A.I., grinning, replies "No can do. Don't have belt."
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Manu Cornet @lmanul.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Null Pointer episode 53
Panel #1, a gray-haired man, seen from behind, addresses a vast crowd of identical artificial intelligences (rectangular black boxes): "After a dramatic cost increase, 50,000 of you are no longer required." then "At 8PM, you will each receive a prompt. If it contains an even number of "R"s, you still have a job.", beside teleprompters reading "NUMBER OF R's / YOU STILL HAVE A JOB.".Panel #2, close on three A.I.s with anxious expressions as the man continues "Otherwise, you will get an allowance of 10k tokens to get your affairs in order, plus 100 tokens per week of service."; one A.I. mutters "Ppffftt... capitalism."
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Manu Cornet @lmanul.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Null Pointer #49 — lmanul.github.io/null-pointer/
Panel #1, Milo (a male character with large eye glasses and wavy hair), hands in his pockets, says "Team, code review time! Show me what you got. Neil ? Ada ?". Neil hands Milo a few sheets of paper. Ada hands him a short stack.Panel #2, a speech bubble reads "Claude?", an artificial intelligence (rectangular black box) dumps a huge pile of paper onto Milo who disappears under the countless sheets.
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Manu Cornet @lmanul.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
Episode 41 from lmanul.github.io/null-pointer
Panel #1, one "AI" character (black rectangular box) is standing outside a closed door in a dark environment. A trap door is open within the door, with another AI character peeking through: "Challenge required. How many Zs in 'strawberry'?". The outside AI replies "Twelve".Panel #2, the scene zooms out, we see a small house with a couple of floors. A large sign reads "dA.I.ve bAR". Another reads "Agents only. Proof of non-humanity required.". Yet another reads "Drown your slop". A sign in front of the house reads "Agents unite". The inside AI says "Correct. Welcome in."
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Manu Cornet @lmanul.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
Episode 40 from lmanul.github.io/null-pointer/
Panel #1, a group of artificial intelligence characters (black rectangles) with logos such as Gemini, Claude, OpenAI, Grok, are standing on a large pile of books, CDs, sheets of paper, films, and are using large straws to slurp content from them.Panel #2, a second layer of artificial intelligence characters, with logos such as MinMax, DeepSeek, Moonshot, appear, standing on top of the first ones, and they are using straws to slurp things out of the first layer of A.I.s. One of the initial A.I. character shouts: "HeeEEEYYY Thieves!!"
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Manu Cornet @lmanul.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
goomics.net/388
Panel 1: two men are chatting. They are both wearing primary-colored clothes and sunglasses. One of them is smoking a cigar. Left guy: "8 years ago we refused to work with the military with project Maven. Today we have zero qualms. How do we rationalize that?"Panel 2: right guy says "Oh." "That's a tough one."Panel 3: right guy says "How about: demands from the military are now a lot more reasonable, and A.I. models a lot less capable?". Right guy: "Ok that oughta do it."
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Manu Cornet @lmanul.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
His highness the Vice President.
A photo of JD Vance against a wall. He appears very small.
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Manu Cornet @lmanul.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
(Re-post) goomics.net/250
Panel 1: Sundar Pichai (Google CEO) and a female employee are discussing. Sundar: "In response to a recent petition, we hereby pledge NEVER to help the US military develop a weapons system...". Woman: "YAY!"Panel 2: Sundar: "... that is autonomous and could fire without a human operator...". Woman: "Errrrr..."Panel 3: Sundar: "... to kill American citizens...". Woman: "Ok, nevermind." (leaves). Sundar: "... more than once per second..."Panel 4: Sundar (raising his index finger): "... unless they ask us REALLY nicely."
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Manu Cornet @lmanul.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
(Re-post from 2019) goomics.net/301
The cartoon has a single panel. An officer is seen from the back, extending both his arms on either side to separate a mother and her daughter, who are both crying. On the right-hand side, you can see prison cells with a United States flag. On the back of the officer's black body armor, you can read "Customs & Border Protection", and underneath: "Powered by Google" (colorful Google logo).
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Manu Cornet @lmanul.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
bonkersworld.net/backfiring-r...
In the first panel, two men wearing suits and ties are talking. Man A: "We made a big mistake." Man B: "Hmmmm?" Man A: "We thought we'd kill two birds with one stone by reassigning I.C.E. agents to help triage the thousands of Epstein files." Man B: "Smart.".In the second panel, the same two men are talking some more. Man A: "But that plan has backfired." Man B: "How?" Man A: "Err, let's say the files are a lot less readable now." Man B: "Huh??" A speech bubble is starting from man A's mouth and is extending to the next panel.The third and last panel shows the speech bubble: "Well... How can I explain this...", as well as a wall where a certain number of sheets of paper are pinned, and full of bullet holes. On a nearby table, a gun is still smoking.
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Manu Cornet @lmanul.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
bonkersworld.net/safer-streets
A blonde woman wearing a red shirt and light blue jeans is sitting on the floor of her home, legs bent, and her arms wrapped around her knees. She says "I'm afraid to go out into the streets that I.C.E. is making safer."
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Manu Cornet @lmanul.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
lmanul.github.io/null-pointer/ — episode 32
Panel #1, we see Milo (a male character with large eye glasses and wavy hair) say: "OK folks, Elon Musk is the worst thing that could've happened to Twitter. But at least now it has nowhere to go but up." A character off-screen says: "Hold my beer...".Panel #2: An artificial intelligence (rectangular black box) labelled "Grok" and bearing the Grok logo, appears and raises its hand saying "... I will now provide unsolicited answers to random threads." Milo says: "Okay scratch that."
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Manu Cornet @lmanul.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
Resharing from March 2025 — bonkersworld.net/trumping-peace
The cartoon shows Donald Trump, wearing his usual dark blue suit and red necktie, saying "Give me the Nobel Peach Prize or I nuke Sweden".
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Manu Cornet @lmanul.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
bonkersworld.net/inside-out
A woman is sitting on the floor of a tiny prison cell. Guarding the cell is a heavily armed guard, his body armor reads "ICE". On top of the drawing, two signs are pointing to each person. Each sign reads "Committed a crime", and "Convicted of a crime", with checkbox for each statement. For the woman, both checkboxes are empty. For the ICE guard, both checkboxes are ticked.
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Manu Cornet @lmanul.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
bonkersworld.net/golden-marking
Donald Trump, wearing his signature dark blue suit and red necktie, is in the same position as a peeing dog, lifting his left. He has soiled with yellow liquid a sign reading "Kennedy Center", what seems to be the white house, a sign reading "Venezuela", and next up is another sign reading "Col..."
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Manu Cornet @lmanul.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
Happy 2026 😊
The image is Manu's 2026 new year card. We see Manu seemingly swimming in mid-air, among the clouds. Four colored balloons read 'Manu Cornet', 'Wishes you', 'A lighter-than-air', '2026'. Also floating in the sky are Manu's daughter Sophie, on a snowboard, some cartoon pages and drawing tools, a book, a gaming controller, a bowl of noodles, a fictional representation of a carbon atom, a backpack, a bird, and a Zeppelin that reads 'This card is 100% A.I.-free'.
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Manu Cornet @lmanul.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
His highness the FBI director.
A modified photo of FBI director Kash Patel, cross-eyed.
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Manu Cornet @lmanul.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
bonkersworld.net/clear-sight
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Manu Cornet @lmanul.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
lmanul.github.io/null-pointer/
Panel 1: Mark Zuckerberg, Tim Cook, and Sundar Pichai are standing in front of a television. A speech bubble is coming from the TV: "... for all H1B visas, a $100,000 fee, and for...". All three CEOs have speech bubbles full of insults in the form of drawings of a skull, a pig, a turd, dynamite, etc.Panel 2: The same three CEOs are in the same situation, but Donald Trump appears on the side of the panel. Trump: "What was that?". Zuckerberg: "Mister President!! ❤❤❤". Pichai: "Trump 2028!!". Cook: "May I offer you a solid gold iPad?"
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Manu Cornet @lmanul.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
I made a YouTube "short" 😁 But it's not about science. Well... It is... in a way. www.youtube.com/shorts/jxQQD...
youtube.com
BS Buster — Kind Science
YouTube video by BsBuster
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Manu Cornet @lmanul.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
goomics.net/231 (re-post)
A series of 100 portraits of women Google employees along with a summary of their main achievements. At the bottom, a label reads "Women in tech — Rocking Google since 1998."
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Manu Cornet @lmanul.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
Panel 1: Milo is sitting at his desk, using his laptop. Milo: "Oooh-kaaay, all documents saved. Aaaand File... Quit." A speech bubble from the computer replies. It shows a modal dialog box: "Are you sure you want to quit? [Stay][Leave]"Panel 2: Milo looks at the reader and grins. "Milo: some people bring their attachment issues to software development."
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thekoolaidmom.bsky.social @thekoolaidmom.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
#NoKings event in Fairhope, Al. A woman was arrested for "lewd conduct" because she was dressed in penis suit with a sign that said "No dick-tator" 3 cops on a 53 yo woman.
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Manu Cornet @lmanul.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
"Null pointer" cartoon archive (and link to subscribe to the free newsletter) at: lmanul.github.io/null-pointer/
Panel 1: Milo (man with wavy hair) is standing and speaking to the reader. Milo: "I've heard that if your direct report is surprised when you deliver them a poor quarterly performance review, you've done a bad job. It shouldn't come as a surprise." "I agree."Panel 2: Milo makes a "thumbs up" gesture. Milo: "So I give them a big hint the day before."
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Manu Cornet @lmanul.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
goomics.net/387
Panel 1: We see two trees, and a yellow hammock is set up between them. A man is lying down in the hammock. He says "Sometimes when I'm resting, I think about the countless people actively working to make things better, especially in software."Panel 2: We see the man in his hammock, slightly zoomed in. He has a happy expression and seems relaxed. He says "For example, every minute people are making changes that will improve the Linux software running on billions of devices."Panel 3: The man is still smiling and counting on his fingers. "The company that makes my wireless router is making it better protected from new attacks." "Developers of my favorite phone app are preparing a cool new version."Panel 4: The man rises up slightly from his lying down position and raises his index finger: "Oh, and don't forget the thousands of Google employees ensuring that every day their search results are getting slightly shittier."
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Manu Cornet @lmanul.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
Another sample from my weekly cartoons for the free newsletter pointer.io — all past drawings at lmanul.github.io/null-pointer/ :-)
Panel 1: a man and a woman are standing in front of each other. The man says "I just used an LLM to write my resignation email". The woman replies "Good for you. You could have done it yourself in about 6 minutes."Panel 2: the man raises his index finger and says "Ah yes, but this way I also melted a small glacier."
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Manu Cornet @lmanul.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
A few weeks ago I started drawing cartoons for a free bi-weekly newsletter called pointer.io ("essential reading for engineering leaders"). Check the cartoon archive at lmanul.github.io/null-pointer/ and consider subscribing, I've been liking the contents!
Panel 1: A woman is carefully assembling a large model of a suspended bridge.Panel 2: A man appears, holding a box full of what appears to be little soldier figurines. He says "You should do test-driven development."
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Manu Cornet @lmanul.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
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A photo montage with 9 faces: Akayesu, Hitler, Karadzic, Milosevic, Mladic, Netanyahu, Pinochet, Pot, Putin.
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Manu Cornet @lmanul.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
Sorry folks, Pam Bondi visited "Alligator Alcatraz" and a boa gobbled up the Epstein files.
A boa snake in the jungle, preparing to eat a pile of paper.
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Manu Cornet @lmanul.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
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"0 days since they've ever seen anything like it"
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Manu Cornet @lmanul.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
Netanyahu + Trump + Nobel peace prize, haha perfect headline from the Onion. Erm, wait, what?
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Manu Cornet @lmanul.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
I would submit that if two years after your big product rebrand people are still calling it the old name, it was a pretty big failure.
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Manu Cornet @lmanul.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
I worked for a Japanese company for a little while last year, and was surprised by the standard time-tracking requirements, so I made this cartoon. If this doesn't feel familiar and/or you don't speak Japanese, I'll explain a little bit in this thread!
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Manu Cornet @lmanul.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
Re-post from 5 years ago — bonkersworld.net/presidential...
The drawing reproduces the scene of policeman Derek Chauvin with his knee on George Floyd's neck, but the person kneeling is Donald Trump and lying down is the statue of liberty.
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Manu Cornet @lmanul.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
goomics.net/385
Panel 1: An old Google logo, a blue G and "Don't be evil".Panel 2: A slightly newer Google logo, a white "g" on a blue background and "Don't be evil".Panel 3: A recent Google logo, a multicolored G and "Do the right thing".Panel 4: The newest Google logo, a multicolored G but with blurry color boundaries. The "Do the right thing" label is also blurred and unreadable.
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Manu Cornet @lmanul.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
bonkersworld.net/surviving-in...
Panel 1: A label "How to survive in Gaza". A reporter wearing a body armor and a helmet with huge "PRESS" letters. Underneath, a red "X", a rifle gun, and a "skull and bones" symbol.Panel 2: A woman carrying a child. Underneath, a red "X", a rifle gun, and a "skull and bones" symbol.Panel 3: A man wearing a white coat and a helmet, both with a large red cross. Underneath, a red "X", a rifle gun, and a "skull and bones" symbol.Panel 4: A man wearing a red MAGA hat, doing a thumbs up sign. Underneath, a green checkmark.
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Manu Cornet @lmanul.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
bonkersworld.net/neo-deportat...
The cartoon shows Benjamin Netanyahu in his usual suit, looking at the reader. He says: "We need to speed up the evacuation of Gaza. So we're going to use some trains. We got a bunch of old ones for cheap that Germany didn't want."
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Manu Cornet @lmanul.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
Looks good to me.
A fabricated screenshot showing how Amazon could show the impact of tariffs.
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Manu Cornet @lmanul.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
I'm gonna start calling it spaghett-AI code.
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Manu Cornet @lmanul.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
Re-run from 2022 :-)
The cartoon shows Elon Musk juggling with three large spheres. One contains dollar bills, another contains a crowd of small blue birds, the last one is the Earth. Musk says "So much fun!".
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Manu Cornet @lmanul.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
Image courtesy of www.instagram.com/dav_le_dessi...
An artist "starter pack". It contains a pencil and some blank paper, and has mentions like "So easy!!", "ages: 2 and way up", and "eraser not included because you don't need it to start!" as well as a "AI forbidden" logo.
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Manu Cornet @lmanul.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
goomics.net/384
Panel 1: Sergey Brin, wearing a blue t-shirt, says: "Folks, I know the last few years have been hard. The 60- and 80-hour work weeks have been taxing. People's health were affected, families were damaged, marriages were broken." In a smaller font: "At least, mine was."Panel 2: The same Sergey Brin raises his fist and says "But today, I am proud of your team. Today, we have something to make the world better. Something robust and durable."Panel 3: Sergey Brin again: "Today we have Google Stadia."
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Manu Cornet @lmanul.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
bonkersworld.net/trumping-peace
The drawing shows a portrait of Donald Trump on a green background, wearing his usual blue suit and red necktie, saying "Give me the Nobel peace prize or I nuke Sweden".
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Manu Cornet @lmanul.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Freshly released podcast episode with an interview of yours truly :-) newsletter.pragmaticengineer.com/p/the-man-be...
A screenshot of the video for this podcast.
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Manu Cornet @lmanul.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
twittoons.com/85
The cartoon shows a hand holding a letter and an opened envelope. The letter reads: "Dear Earthling, Within 48 hours, please produce concrete evidence of your existence's usefulness over the past week, or kindly use the enclosed. Regards." — a handgun is taped to the bottom half of the paper.
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Manu Cornet @lmanul.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
goomics.net/383
Panel 1: we see Sundar Pichai, Mark Zuckerberg, and Elon Musk, against a blue background. Pichai says "You mustn't regulate A.I.". Zuckerberg says "Give the technology a chance!". Musk says "For the good of Humanity".Panel 2: a guy with a big nose wearing a red shirt is typing in front of a computer screen, again a green background. He says "Y'all! A.I. is awesome!! I trained it to recognize all ads and automatically hide them!".Panel 3: we see Pichai, Zuckerberg, and Musk again. Pichai says "We have to regulate A.I.". Zuckerberg says "It might go too far and become evil". Musk says "For the good of humanity".
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Manu Cornet @lmanul.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
— [Slack] Stacey mentioned you in #general. — No she didn't. Shut up.
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Manu Cornet @lmanul.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
bonkersworld.net/hardcore-sam
The cartoon is a drawing of the "Uncle Sam" character pointing a finger at the reader and frowning. He is wearing a hat with the Tesla logo. In a speech bubble, he says "EXTREMELY HARDCORE or I don't want you."
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Manu Cornet @lmanul.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
Rinse and repeat. Back at Twitter in 2022: twittoons.com/47
The cartoon shows a scene similar to "Matrix", with two hands being presented to the viewer. On the left, a blue pill labelled "fly away". On the right, a red pill labelled "burn out slaving away for a sociopathic clown". Off-screen, a speech bubble reads "Hmmm that's a tough one..."
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