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Received — 14 November 2025 ⏭ Comics

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Beam Dump 13 November 2025 at 19:00

Beam Dump

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13 November 2025 at 19:00

We're adding some industrial flypaper to minimize reflection or scattering of customers who might complain.

Received — 12 November 2025 ⏭ Comics

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Car Size 11 November 2025 at 19:00

Car Size

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11 November 2025 at 19:00

'They really shouldn't let those small cars drive in traffic. I worry I'm going to kill someone if I hit one! They should have to drive on the sidewalk, safely out of the way.'

Received — 10 November 2025 ⏭ Comics

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Big and Little Spoons 9 November 2025 at 19:00

Big and Little Spoons

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9 November 2025 at 19:00

Are you the annoying spoon or the sleepy spoon?

Received — 7 November 2025 ⏭ Comics

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Earthquake Prediction Flowchart 6 November 2025 at 19:00

Earthquake Prediction Flowchart

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6 November 2025 at 19:00

At least people who make religious predictions of the apocalypse have an answer to the question 'Why didn't you predict any of the other ones that happened recently?'

Received — 5 November 2025 ⏭ Comics

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Metric Tip 4 November 2025 at 19:00

Metric Tip

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4 November 2025 at 19:00

The package weighs 7 kg 9 oz.

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Repair Video 2 November 2025 at 19:00

Repair Video

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2 November 2025 at 19:00

The statue should be in the likeness of whatever sculptor posted the sculpting tool repair video that was most helpful during the installation of the statue.

Received — 31 October 2025 ⏭ Comics

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Heart Mountain 30 October 2025 at 19:00

Heart Mountain

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30 October 2025 at 19:00

Even geology papers about Heart Mountain are like, "Look, we all agree this 'volcanic gas earthquake hovercraft' thing seems like it can't possibly be right, but..."

Received — 29 October 2025 ⏭ Comics

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Airspeed 28 October 2025 at 19:00

Airspeed

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28 October 2025 at 19:00

Carefully maneuvering the balloon down a mineshaft in an effort to break the OTHER altitude record

Received — 27 October 2025 ⏭ Comics

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Document Forgery 26 October 2025 at 19:00

Document Forgery

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26 October 2025 at 19:00

It comes with a certificate of authenticity, which comes with a certificate of authenticity, which comes with a...

Received — 24 October 2025 ⏭ Comics

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Continents 23 October 2025 at 19:00

Continents

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23 October 2025 at 19:00

The inflection point was probably in late 1966 or 1967, so when Neil Armstrong flew to space on Gemini 8, plate tectonics was not widely accepted, but when he landed on the Moon three years later it was the mainstream consensus.

Received — 22 October 2025 ⏭ Comics

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Shielding Chart 21 October 2025 at 19:00

Shielding Chart

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21 October 2025 at 19:00

Sharks can occasionally travel short distances through air when pursuing prey, but their attenuation coefficient is pretty high.

Received — 20 October 2025 ⏭ Comics

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Emperor Palpatine 19 October 2025 at 19:00

Emperor Palpatine

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19 October 2025 at 19:00

Many things about Star Wars were not well planned out, but having a 37-year-old in old-age makeup play the Emperor in Return of the Jedi was such an incredible call.

Received — 17 October 2025 ⏭ Comics

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Planetary Rings 16 October 2025 at 19:00

Planetary Rings

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16 October 2025 at 19:00

If you don't know where you are on Earth, the angle of satellite dishes can help constrain your latitude. If some of them are pointing straight up, you're probably near the Equator, right under the ring.

Received — 15 October 2025 ⏭ Comics

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Physics Paths 14 October 2025 at 19:00

Physics Paths

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14 October 2025 at 19:00

If nothing else, that reasoning definitely overturns syllogisms.

Received — 13 October 2025 ⏭ Comics

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Physics Insight 12 October 2025 at 19:00

Physics Insight

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12 October 2025 at 19:00

When Galileo dropped two weights from the Leaning Tower of Pisa, they put him in the history books. But when I do it, I get 'detained by security' for 'injuring several tourists.'

Received — 10 October 2025 ⏭ Comics

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Hot Water Balloon 9 October 2025 at 19:00

Hot Water Balloon

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9 October 2025 at 19:00

Despite a reputation for safety, the temperatures and surprisingly high pressures make them even more dangerous than the air kind, but the NTSB refuses to investigate accidents because they insist there is no 'transportation' involved.

Received — 8 October 2025 ⏭ Comics

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Skateboard 7 October 2025 at 19:00

Skateboard

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7 October 2025 at 19:00

I understand it's hard to do more than 300 feet on these 90-second rush jobs, but with a smaller ramp I'm worried the gee forces will be too high for me to do any tricks.

Received — 6 October 2025 ⏭ Comics

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Window Screen 5 October 2025 at 19:00

Window Screen

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5 October 2025 at 19:00

The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine or Home Improvement or DIY

Received — 3 October 2025 ⏭ Comics

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Ping 2 October 2025 at 19:00

Ping

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2 October 2025 at 19:00

Progress on getting shipwrecked sailors to adopt ICMPv6 has been slow.

Received — 1 October 2025 ⏭ Comics

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Measure Twice, Cut Once 30 September 2025 at 19:00

Measure Twice, Cut Once

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30 September 2025 at 19:00

"Measure zero times, cut zero times." --carpenter who has achieved enlightenment and realized the wood is fine where it is