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<feed xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xml:lang="en"><title>xkcd.com</title><link href="https://xkcd.com/" rel="alternate"/><id>https://xkcd.com/</id><updated>2026-11-04T00:00:00Z</updated><entry><title>House Majority</title><link href="https://xkcd.com/3320/" rel="alternate"/><updated>2026-11-04T00:00:00Z</updated><id>https://xkcd.com/3320/</id><summary type="html"><![CDATA[<img alt="For the first time in history, it will be possible for a Democratic Senator from Kansas to see a programmable automatic digital computer." src="https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/house_majority.png" title="For the first time in history, it will be possible for a Democratic Senator from Kansas to see a programmable automatic digital computer."/><p class="xkcd-hover-caption xkcd-spoiler" style="margin: 1.25rem auto 0.75rem auto; padding: 0.75rem 1rem; max-width: 650px; background: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.06); border: 1px solid rgba(100, 223, 129, 0.18); border-radius: 8px; font-size: 0.95rem; line-height: 1.5; color: #F5EFE3; filter: blur(6px); cursor: pointer; user-select: none; transition: filter 0.25s ease, background 0.25s ease;" tabindex="0">For the first time in history, it will be possible for a Democratic Senator from Kansas to see a programmable automatic digital computer.</p>]]></summary></entry><entry><title>Elevators</title><link href="https://xkcd.com/3319/" rel="alternate"/><updated>2026-11-02T00:00:00Z</updated><id>https://xkcd.com/3319/</id><summary type="html"><![CDATA[<img alt="&quot;A reusable elevator would also be great because we'd save so much on the bulky and expensive shields that people currently use to avoid bruises and rug burns when sliding down the stairs.&quot;" src="https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/elevators.png" title="&quot;A reusable elevator would also be great because we'd save so much on the bulky and expensive shields that people currently use to avoid bruises and rug burns when sliding down the stairs.&quot;"/><p class="xkcd-hover-caption xkcd-spoiler" style="margin: 1.25rem auto 0.75rem auto; padding: 0.75rem 1rem; max-width: 650px; background: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.06); border: 1px solid rgba(100, 223, 129, 0.18); border-radius: 8px; font-size: 0.95rem; line-height: 1.5; color: #F5EFE3; filter: blur(6px); cursor: pointer; user-select: none; transition: filter 0.25s ease, background 0.25s ease;" tabindex="0">"A reusable elevator would also be great because we'd save so much on the bulky and expensive shields that people currently use to avoid bruises and rug burns when sliding down the stairs."</p>]]></summary></entry><entry><title>Earth Sized Planets</title><link href="https://xkcd.com/3318/" rel="alternate"/><updated>2026-10-30T00:00:00Z</updated><id>https://xkcd.com/3318/</id><summary type="html"><![CDATA[<img alt="It probably has an icy mantle over the real silicate geology, but I'm hoping something weird happened to burn off most of the water like with Io." src="https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/earth_sized_planets.png" title="It probably has an icy mantle over the real silicate geology, but I'm hoping something weird happened to burn off most of the water like with Io."/><p class="xkcd-hover-caption xkcd-spoiler" style="margin: 1.25rem auto 0.75rem auto; padding: 0.75rem 1rem; max-width: 650px; background: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.06); border: 1px solid rgba(100, 223, 129, 0.18); border-radius: 8px; font-size: 0.95rem; line-height: 1.5; color: #F5EFE3; filter: blur(6px); cursor: pointer; user-select: none; transition: filter 0.25s ease, background 0.25s ease;" tabindex="0">It probably has an icy mantle over the real silicate geology, but I'm hoping something weird happened to burn off most of the water like with Io.</p>]]></summary></entry><entry><title>Gravitational Square Wave</title><link href="https://xkcd.com/3317/" rel="alternate"/><updated>2026-10-28T00:00:00Z</updated><id>https://xkcd.com/3317/</id><summary type="html"><![CDATA[<img alt="Depending on the energy deposition I can manage, it might also be a fun prank on the rest of the Earth." src="https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/gravitational_square_wave.png" title="Depending on the energy deposition I can manage, it might also be a fun prank on the rest of the Earth."/><p class="xkcd-hover-caption xkcd-spoiler" style="margin: 1.25rem auto 0.75rem auto; padding: 0.75rem 1rem; max-width: 650px; background: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.06); border: 1px solid rgba(100, 223, 129, 0.18); border-radius: 8px; font-size: 0.95rem; line-height: 1.5; color: #F5EFE3; filter: blur(6px); cursor: pointer; user-select: none; transition: filter 0.25s ease, background 0.25s ease;" tabindex="0">Depending on the energy deposition I can manage, it might also be a fun prank on the rest of the Earth.</p>]]></summary></entry></feed>