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Received — 29 August 2024 ⏭ Comics

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Stranded 27 August 2024 at 19:00

Stranded

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27 August 2024 at 19:00

At least they're not alone down there.

Received — 27 August 2024 ⏭ Comics

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Three Kinds of Research 25 August 2024 at 19:00

Three Kinds of Research

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25 August 2024 at 19:00

The secret fourth kind is 'we applied a standard theory to their map of every tree and got some suspicious results.'

Received — 24 August 2024 ⏭ Comics

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Time Traveler Causes of Death 22 August 2024 at 19:00

Time Traveler Causes of Death

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22 August 2024 at 19:00

Many a hungry time traveler has Googled 'trilobites shellfish allergy' only to find their carrier had no coverage in the Ordovician.

Received — 21 August 2024 ⏭ Comics

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Classical Periodic Table 20 August 2024 at 19:00

Classical Periodic Table

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20 August 2024 at 19:00

Personally I think mercury is more of a 'wet earth' hybrid element.

Received — 20 August 2024 ⏭ Comics

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Storage Tanks 18 August 2024 at 19:00

Storage Tanks

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18 August 2024 at 19:00

We're considering installing a pressurization system to keep the tanks at constant pressure solely to deter them.

Received — 17 August 2024 ⏭ Comics

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Ferris Wheels 15 August 2024 at 19:00

Ferris Wheels

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15 August 2024 at 19:00

They left the belt drive in place but switched which wheel was powered, so people could choose between a regular ride, a long ride, and a REALLY long ride.

Received — 15 August 2024 ⏭ Comics

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Helium Synthesis 13 August 2024 at 19:00

Helium Synthesis

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13 August 2024 at 19:00

Our lawyers were worried because it turns out the company inherits its debt from the parent universe, but luckily cosmic inflation reduced it to nearly zero.

Received — 13 August 2024 ⏭ Comics

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Celestial Event 11 August 2024 at 19:00

Celestial Event

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11 August 2024 at 19:00

If we can get a brood of 13-year cicadas going, we might have a chance at making this happen before the oceans evaporate under the expanding sun.

Received — 10 August 2024 ⏭ Comics

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Meteor Shower PSA 8 August 2024 at 19:00

Meteor Shower PSA

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8 August 2024 at 19:00

If you hold the meteor too long, it may imprint on you and form a contact binary, making reintroduction to space difficult.

Received — 7 August 2024 ⏭ Comics

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Vice President First Names 6 August 2024 at 19:00

Vice President First Names

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6 August 2024 at 19:00

[Political pundit on the ScrabbleTV News channel] "After four years of defying orthographic pressure, Joe ceded the top of the ticket to Kamala, who--after considering Josh, Mark, Andy, Roy, and Pete--picked Tim."

Received — 6 August 2024 ⏭ Comics

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University Age 4 August 2024 at 19:00

University Age

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4 August 2024 at 19:00

This only makes it more urgent that we adopt my roadmap for the next 10 years, which should put us solidly in the lead.

Received — 3 August 2024 ⏭ Comics

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Matter 1 August 2024 at 19:00

Matter

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1 August 2024 at 19:00

He was the first person to land a 900, which is especially impressive because pulling off a half-integer spin requires obeying Fermi-Dirac statistics.

Received — 1 August 2024 ⏭ Comics

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Exam Numbers 30 July 2024 at 19:00

Exam Numbers

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30 July 2024 at 19:00

Calligraphy exam: Write down the number 37, spelled out, nicely.

Received — 30 July 2024 ⏭ Comics

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Chili Tornado Quake 28 July 2024 at 19:00

Chili Tornado Quake

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28 July 2024 at 19:00

Buildings constructed from softer materials were damaged by chili pepper impacts to the storm's high Richter-Fujita-Scoville-Mohs hardness rating.

Received — 27 July 2024 ⏭ Comics

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Olympic Sports 25 July 2024 at 19:00

Olympic Sports

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25 July 2024 at 19:00

Thankfully for everyone involved, the Winter Olympics officials spotted me and managed to stop me before I got to the ski jump.

Received — 25 July 2024 ⏭ Comics

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House Inputs and Outputs 23 July 2024 at 19:00

House Inputs and Outputs

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23 July 2024 at 19:00

People think power over ethernet is so great, and yet when I try to do water over ethernet everyone yells at me.

Received — 23 July 2024 ⏭ Comics

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President Venn Diagram 21 July 2024 at 19:00

President Venn Diagram

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21 July 2024 at 19:00

Hard to imagine political rhetoric more microtargeted at me than 'I love Venn diagrams. I really do, I love Venn diagrams. It's just something about those three circles.'

Received — 19 July 2024 ⏭ Comics

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CrowdStrike 18 July 2024 at 19:00

CrowdStrike

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18 July 2024 at 19:00

We were going to try swordfighting, but all my compiling is on hold.

Received — 18 July 2024 ⏭ Comics

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Organ Meanings 16 July 2024 at 19:00

Organ Meanings

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16 July 2024 at 19:00

IMO the thymus is one of the coolest organs and we should really use it in metaphors more.

Received — 16 July 2024 ⏭ Comics

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Beam of Light 14 July 2024 at 19:00

Beam of Light

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14 July 2024 at 19:00

Einstein's theories solved a longstanding mystery about Mercury: Why it gets so hot. "It's because," he pointed out, "the sun is right there."