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Sometimes the votey panel is better than the comic and I simply have to accept it.
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Subject: Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Conspiracy
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Remember when conspiracy theories were all about who was doing it with Sasquatch?
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Just to be clear, I was dunking on humans and praising AI *before* it was a terrifying nearterm concern.
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I'll have a comic update in a minute but I thought you might enjoy this paper I was involved with. Click to read - it's available online for free.
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The paper was based on a culled chapter from A City on Mars, which is available for preorder and launching early next month.
https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/paper
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This is the most detailed background I've ever drawn.
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https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/democracy
Subject: Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Autocomplete
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You catastrophic forgetter! You opaque box! You absolute Chinese room!
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Nice book selection here on Barnes and Noble, with an especially good pick right at the bottom.
https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/autocomplete-2
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The key to life is indulgence in maladaptive behaviors.
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https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/escape-2
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Tiny hats would cost a literal fraction of the price of the mittens.
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https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/mittening
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Sometimes I read my own comics and they seem like they were written by aliens.
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https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/norms-2
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'It's pretty clear Eden is just a simulation, man.'
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https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/apple-2
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This remains for me one of the weirdest things that defies my ideas about math being prior to science.
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Five more days till A City on Mars drops! If you plan to buy, buying as a preorder reallllly helps us. Thanks!
https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/infinite
Subject: Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Book Tour!
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We'll also have a UK schedule soon. Thanks everyone! Sorry to nag about this, but well, it's the culmination of 4 years of work. I hope to see some of you!
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Here are links to the individual events:
All are supplying signed copies if you wish to buy them.
https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/book-tour-2
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Panel 2 is the title of my autobiography.
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https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/conscious-7
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The weird thing is you can't NOT do this.
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https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/smile
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https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/05/opinion/space-billionaires-sex.html
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Back to regular comics shortly, but the book comes out tomorrow. Opening week sales matter a lot, so wish me luck!
https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/nyt
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The keynote is gonna be reeeediculous.
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Or click here for info! Tickets are more than half sold and we're still two weeks out, so buy soon to lock yours in!
https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/bah-4
Subject: Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - A City on Mars
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Thanks again. For people who want signed copies, they will be available via The Strand, as well as HelloComics of Charlottesville and Scrawl bookstore of Reston. <3
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This is the hardest project I've ever worked on and, I hope, the best. Thanks for giving me a career that allows me to spend 4 years reading obscure space history so I can try to nudge along a field of study.
Zach
https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/a-city-on-mars-2
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I worry that with humanities departments being gutted we are no longer creating the necessary levels of narcissism to preserve civil society.
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https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/arts-2
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Honestly geometry's pretty dicey, as are numbers larger than 1.
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Thanks for a great launch day, all. I'll be in conversation with Randall Munroe tonight in NYC if you wanna say hi!
https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/science-4
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Frankly I've been frustrated for weeks at this point.
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Hey, if you're in Reston VA come see me tonight!
https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/got-you