Grab the newest xkcd and display it using kitty

.bashrc

# assuming you use NetworkManager
if [ "$(nmcli networking connectivity check)" != "none" -a ! -z "${KITTY_PID+x}" ]; then
    XKCD_JSON="$(curl -s https://xkcd.com/info.0.json)"
    NUM="$(echo $XKCD_JSON | jq -r '.num')"
    # suppresses error when file does not exist
    if [ "$(cat ~/.last_xkcd 2>/dev/null)" != "$NUM" ]; then
        echo $NUM > ~/.last_xkcd
        echo $XKCD_JSON | jq -r '.safe_title'
        kitten icat --align left "$(echo $XKCD_JSON | jq -r '.img')"
        echo $XKCD_JSON | jq -r '.alt'
    else
        fortune
    fi
else
    fortune
fi

Tmux version:

if [ "$(nmcli networking connectivity check)" != "none" -a ! -z "${KITTY_PID+x}" ]; then
    XKCD_JSON="$(curl -s https://xkcd.com/info.0.json)"
    NUM="$(echo $XKCD_JSON | jq -r '.num')"
    if [ "$(cat ~/.last_xkcd 2>/dev/null)" != "$NUM" ]; then
        echo $NUM > ~/.last_xkcd
        echo $XKCD_JSON | jq -r '.safe_title'
        kitten icat --align left "$(echo $XKCD_JSON | jq -r '.img')"
        echo $XKCD_JSON | jq -r '.alt'
        TMUX="blocked"
    fi
fi

if [ "$TMUX" = "" ]; then
    if [ ! $(pidof kitty | grep " ") -a "$(pidof tmux)" != "" ]; then
        tmux attach-session
    else
        tmux
    fi
elif [ "$TMUX" != "blocked" ]; then
    fortune
fi