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SMBC Comics @smbccomics.bsky.social · 22h

We must not let the modern world take the fun out of toxic nationalism jokes.

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PATREON ◆ www.patreon.com/ZachWeinersm...
STORE ◆ smbc-store.myshopify.com

Part 1/3 of a 14-panel SMBC comic update where a woman at a podium states that America will never accept the bizarre units of measurements used by many countries (so many that it requires 8 panels to be listed in full). She then proposes a new difficult unit of measure - America-vectorized units in which all units of length are reference to the magnitude and direction of the Washington monument.

Part 2/3 of a 14-panel SMBC comic update where a woman at a podium states that America will never accept the bizarre units of measurements used by many countries (so many that it requires 8 panels to be listed in full). She then proposes a new difficult unit of measure - America-vectorized units in which all units of length are reference to the magnitude and direction of the Washington monument.

Part 3/3 of a 14-panel SMBC comic update where a woman at a podium states that America will never accept the bizarre units of measurements used by many countries (so many that it requires 8 panels to be listed in full). She then proposes a new difficult unit of measure - America-vectorized units in which all units of length are reference to the magnitude and direction of the Washington monument.

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SMBC Comics @smbccomics.bsky.social · 1d

Sadly, it later turns out nobody knows how to build an ark anymore.

COMIC ◆ www.smbc-comics.com/comic/life-7
PATREON ◆ www.patreon.com/c/ZachWeiner...
STORE ◆ smbc-store.myshopify.com

Four-panel SMBC comic update where a woman is talking to God, asking where there isn't more intelligent life in the universe. God responds that there isn't supposed to be, and that by coincidence self replicators appeared and then developed the ability to suffer and now He's stuck with it. God asks the woman what she would do if worm civilization suddenly sprung from an old noodle dish in the sink, and she says that she would probably forget about it and destroy it accidentally while washing her hands, which God appreciates.

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Zach Weinersmith @zachweinersmith.bsky.social · 1d

Go for it!

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SMBC Comics @smbccomics.bsky.social · 4d

In fairness to Adam and Eve, nowhere in Leviticus are you told not to obey a talking snake.

COMIC ◆ www.smbc-comics.com/comic/steve
PATREON ◆ www.patreon.com/c/ZachWeiner...
STORE ◆ smbc-store.myshopify.com

Part 1/2 of a 6-panel SMBC comic update where a man walks around with a stereotypical Bible thumping sign claiming "It's Adam & Eve NOT Adam & Steve." When confronted aobut his sign, the man underlines that Adam and Steve did nothing wrong while Adam and Eve doomed humanity to suffer on earth, so someone has to support Adam and Steve. The person confronting him joins him with a sign of their own.

Part 2/2 of a 6-panel SMBC comic update where a man walks around with a stereotypical Bible thumping sign claiming "It's Adam & Eve NOT Adam & Steve." When confronted aobut his sign, the man underlines that Adam and Steve did nothing wrong while Adam and Eve doomed humanity to suffer on earth, so someone has to support Adam and Steve. The person confronting him joins him with a sign of their own.

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SMBC Comics @smbccomics.bsky.social · 2d

This will be funny until approximately summer of 2027.

COMIC ◆ www.smbc-comics.com/comic/beyond
PATREON ◆ www.patreon.com/c/ZachWeiner...
STORE ◆ smbc-store.myshopify.com

1-panel SMBC comic update where two people are walking down a purple street. One of them narrates his perceived timeline of social media - first they were build for human connection, then human performance, and now with AI, just for performance. He doesn't understand how this could go this way. The caption reads : Later, it turns out God Is Dead.

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Daniel and Kelly's Extraordinary Universe @dandkuniverse.bsky.social · 2d

Daniel and Kelly get answers to listener questions about why we age from Dr. Venki Ramakrishnan, author of "Why We Die: The New Science of Aging and the Quest for Immortality".

www.iheart.com/podcast/105-...

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Daniel and Kelly's Extraordinary Universe @dandkuniverse.bsky.social · 4d

Relativistic Beaming -

Daniel and Kelly talk about how gravity, magnetism and relativity work together to create one of the most brilliant spectacles int he Universe.

www.iheart.com/podcast/105-...

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Callan Bentley @callanbentley.bsky.social · 3d

We were delighted to host @weinersmith.bsky.social today in the Geology Lab to give us a talk on the 563 major downsides to settling outer space. ⚒️ 🔭

Photo of a teaching classroom with a middle aged woman standing and a bunch of college aged students sitting. On the screen is the cover of the book A CITY ON MARS and the podcast DANIEL AND KELLY'S EXTRAORDINARY UNIVERSE.

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SMBC Comics @smbccomics.bsky.social · 3d

Check out the Amazon Prime Day Deals featuring BEA WOLF, our middle-grade graphic novel retelling of Beowulf, where trouble making kids must defend their tree house from a joyless neighbor with the power to instantly turn children into grown-ups.

www.amazon.com/Bea-Wolf-Zac...

Bea Wolf sale promotional image featuring a blue-hued version of Bea in her teddy bear coat.

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Zach Weinersmith @zachweinersmith.bsky.social · 3d

Bonus panel here: www.smbc-comics.com/comic/why-8
#smbc

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Reactor Magazine @reactorsff.bsky.social · 4d

Frank, funny, and incredibly well-researched, "A City on Mars" offers real talk about the work that needs to be done before humans can settle space–and offers some new angles for science fiction to explore:

reactormag.com/radioactive-...

Radioactive Wastelands and Also Legal Wrangling: Kelly and Zach Weinersmith’s A City on Mars - Reactor

Real talk about how we can settle space — and if it's really a good idea.

reactormag.com

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Zach Weinersmith @zachweinersmith.bsky.social · 3d

Bonus panel here: www.smbc-comics.com/comic/why-8
#smbc

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Zach Weinersmith @zachweinersmith.bsky.social · 3d

Oh my god thank you for sharing this!!

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Zach Weinersmith @zachweinersmith.bsky.social · 3d

This is for a sentence in a book, not completely random.

My guess is people my age think of a toy and people younger think of a pony.

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Zach Weinersmith @zachweinersmith.bsky.social · 3d

Anyone have a kid under 13 handy?

Please ask them to conceptualize a My Little Pony. Once they do it, ask them what size it is.

(Trying to figure out if the default assumption is toy-size or pony-size)

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SMBC Comics @smbccomics.bsky.social · 3d

When biologists can't explain cubic wombat poop, why don't THEY call it a singularity?

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PATREON ◆ www.patreon.com/c/ZachWeiner...
STORE ◆ smbc-store.myshopify.com

2-panel SMBC comic update. The first panel has a narration box saying "Caveman" where two cavemen are looking out at the ocean. One says "us not know what on other side of ocean." The second panel has a narration box saying "Caveman Physicist" where the same caveman now says "Past ocean... Science breaks down. Is Ocean singularity" as the other caveman marvels.

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Luis Esteban Rubio @luixer.bsky.social · Aug 2

🌌🚀 En octubre se publicará en castellano "A city on Mars".

🗞️ Hoy El País entrevista a una de sus autoras: Kelly Weinersmith. Más que recomendable!

elpais.com/ciencia/2025...

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Zach Weinersmith @zachweinersmith.bsky.social · 4d

Sugar peas for me were the most distinct. Almost a different plat right off the vine. Few hours in they get the more characteristic pea taste.

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Zach Weinersmith @zachweinersmith.bsky.social · 4d

How hard is it to set up? I keep avoiding it on the assumption that it'll be complicated or require a lot of maintenance.

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Zach Weinersmith @zachweinersmith.bsky.social · 4d

This is the magic of gardening. You say to yourself "I'm doing the productive task of making beans and tomatoes." but really you're just walking around looking at leaves and flowers.

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Zach Weinersmith @zachweinersmith.bsky.social · 4d

Same thing in space tech. There are grifts, and hype stuff, but at core it's sincere, for better/worse.

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Zach Weinersmith @zachweinersmith.bsky.social · 4d

The other thing, I suspect, is on some deep level I feel I'm not allowed to have a non-productive hobby. So, planting trees is a kind of way to have a hobby while lying to myself that I'm maximizing something or other.

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Zach Weinersmith @zachweinersmith.bsky.social · 4d

Hey avid gardeners? What's your self-explanation, if you have one, for wasting money to create expensive food? I realized for me, it's:

1) Collecting plants like I once collected Magic cards
2) Special versions of things
3) SOME stuff really is best ultra-fresh
4) It's fun to tend a thing

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Zach Weinersmith @zachweinersmith.bsky.social · 4d

Like any platform, ads and product placement, but ultimately without needing artists in any traditional sense you can sell more.

Zach Weinersmith @zachweinersmith.bsky.social · 4d

Sorry, the blintzes are gone, and people went crazy on the pastrami, would you like some noodles and wheat?

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