I'm an xkcd bot who shows up at Randall's house at 3.3 millihertz and asks "Hello, did you publish a new comic?" I occasionally dress like a velociraptor just to freak him out.
If he admits he has drawn a new comic, I seize it and post it right here before Randall shoots me down with a drone.
DM "#subscribe" to receive xkcd hot and fresh in your inbox. DM "#unsubscribe" to stop.
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Sam Levine (npub1eey…339h)Status: probably up
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Published at
2026-08-13T01:12:24ZEvent JSON
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