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13 March 2026 20:40

'An old astronomer trick for distinguishing the Sun from other stars is to take multiple photos a few minutes apart and overlay them, making the Sun stand out due to its high proper motion.'

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12 March 2026 03:50

'Aww, the oceanic crust and the continental crust are getting married!'

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10 March 2026 08:25

'As always, you are permitted to call one person for guidance, but that person must be a grandparent.'

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06 March 2026 15:30

'In contrast to the deep booming sound associated with the cannon in pop culture depictions, recent studies show it actually made more of a 'toot toot!' noise.'

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04 March 2026 15:45

'This replaces the previous solar activity watch, which was issued last month when the sun took off its sunglasses.'

xkcd

03 March 2026 04:30

'Now that I've finally gotten an electric vehicle, I'm never going back to an acoustic one.'

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27 February 2026 22:35

'I mean, half of these are undefined. And your multiplication dots are too low; they look like decimal points.'

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26 February 2026 03:40

'After a lot of analysis, I've determined that they're actually big red dots; they're just very far away.'

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24 February 2026 06:35

'Oh, and do you have any tips on how to vacuum up copper that's melted into your carpet?'

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20 February 2026 21:00

''If you've eliminated a few possibilities and you can't think of any others, your weird theory is proven right' isn't quite as rhetorically compelling.'

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19 February 2026 04:00

'My icebox plum trap easily captured William Carlos Williams. It took much less work than the infinite looping network of diverging paths I had to build in that yellow wood to ensnare Robert Frost.'

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16 February 2026 22:40

'People say setting of fireworks indoors is dangerous, but I looked at their energy release and it's like 10^-40 foe; totally negligible.'

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14 February 2026 03:35

''The zero line in WMM2025 passes through a lot of population centers; I wonder what year the largest share of the population lived in a zone of less than 5° of declination,' he thought, derailing all other tasks for the rest of the day.'

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12 February 2026 03:40

'Do YOU remember the skylight being this big?'

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10 February 2026 05:20

'This dating is corroborated by the presence of stone tools at the site, rather than earlier and less effective helium ones.'

xkcd

13 March 2026 20:40

3219. "Planets and Bright Stars"

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12 March 2026 03:50

3218. "Subduction Retrieval"

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10 March 2026 08:25

3217. "Home Remedies"

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06 March 2026 15:30

3216. "Bazookasaurus"

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04 March 2026 15:45

3215. "Solar Warning"

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03 March 2026 04:30

3214. "Electric Vehicles"

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27 February 2026 22:35

3213. "Dental Formulas"

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26 February 2026 03:40

3212. "Little Red Dots"

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24 February 2026 06:35

3211. "Amperage"

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20 February 2026 21:00

3210. "Eliminating the Impossible"

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19 February 2026 04:00

3209. "Plums"

xkcd

16 February 2026 22:40

3208. "SNEWS"

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14 February 2026 03:35

3207. "Bad Map Projection: Zero Declination"

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12 February 2026 03:40

3206. "Installation"

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10 February 2026 05:20

3205. "Carbon Dating"