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A photo of a white guy in his 40s with a pair of Buddy Holly style glasses, a red fez, black denim jacket, and some enamel pins. The man is Doc Pop, he is smiling at the camera. An embroidered patch on the fez says "Cartoonist Conspiracy of San Francisco" and the enamel pins are of a flying yo-yo and the logo to Silver Sprocket Comics.

“I’m neither a doctor nor popular.”

— Doctor M. Popular, blogger
  • Posters From Tech Workers Criticize Google and OpenAI’s Work With the Military and ICE

    Posters From Tech Workers Criticize Google and OpenAI’s Work With the Military and ICE

    New posters have appeared on Mission Street calling out Google and OpenAI over their business with the Department of War and ICE. The group behind these posters, We Will Not Be Divided, claim to be current employees who are concerned their work will be used “for domestic mass surveillance and autonomously killing people without human…

  • Nerdy Events in San Francisco Next Week

    Nerdy Events in San Francisco Next Week

    I’m hosting two fun events in San Francisco next week. Both are free, in the Mission District, and open to everyone. The Cartoonist Conspiracy of San Francisco is our monthly comic jam. It’s an event for artists to come and collaborate on a jam comic together, so bring a pen and be ready to draw…

  • RIP Inkbox Tattoos

    RIP Inkbox Tattoos

    Inkbox Tattoos shut down today. They offered high-quality temporary tattoos that looked great and lasted for weeks. I was a huge fan of their service, but I had a feeling the end was near when they started pushing “NFT tattoos.” Aside from the NFT tattoos, *sigh*, Inkbox had three main product options (Wayback link here):…

  • “Elon empowers Pedos”

    “Elon empowers Pedos”

    Posters stating “Grok creates AI child porn” and “Elon empowers pedos” are appearing all around the Mission District in San Francisco. There’s no information on who is behind these posters, but there is a link to this recent Wired.com story about the huge amount of child sexual abuse material that Grok is making on a…

  • How an Obscure Winter Sport Inspired The Yo-Yo Emoji 🥌 🪀

    How an Obscure Winter Sport Inspired The Yo-Yo Emoji 🥌 🪀

    Here’s the story of how curling, an obscure Winter Olympics sport, inspired me to create the yo-yo emoji. 🪀 This video was fun to make and can be watched on Youtube, PeerTube, Loops, or Instagram. Currently, it’s getting the most attention on IG, which is cool because I hope that leads Aidan Oldenburg into watching…

  • San Francisco Yo-Yo Club Was A Success

    San Francisco Yo-Yo Club Was A Success

    This year I’m starting to run the SF Yo-Yo Club on a monthly basis at 826 Valencia in San Francisco. Our first meeting of the year was yesterday and we had a great turn. A mix of folks who had only been yo-yoing for a few weeks and folks who have been yo-yoing for over…

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