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Received — 3 August 2026 ⏭ xkcd.com

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Maze 2 August 2026 at 19:00

Maze

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2 August 2026 at 19:00

As a side effect of the research, mice are now the only known animals other than humans to have developed a Backrooms mythology.

Received — 31 July 2026 ⏭ xkcd.com

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Main Span 30 July 2026 at 19:00

Main Span

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30 July 2026 at 19:00

Wind stress? Don't be silly. When has wind stress ever been a problem for a suspension bridge?

Received — 29 July 2026 ⏭ xkcd.com

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Vera Rubin Observatory 28 July 2026 at 19:00

Vera Rubin Observatory

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28 July 2026 at 19:00

'Spurious signals from the kitchen' is harder for an optical telescope than a radio one, but with enough determination and creativity, I believe it's possible.

Received — 27 July 2026 ⏭ xkcd.com

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Forth 26 July 2026 at 19:00

Forth

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26 July 2026 at 19:00

I NOTATION POLISH REVERSE ❤️

Received — 24 July 2026 ⏭ xkcd.com

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Recursive Trucker's Hitch 23 July 2026 at 19:00

Recursive Trucker's Hitch

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23 July 2026 at 19:00

As if the americium smoke detector incident wasn't enough, now nuclear regulators have ANOTHER reason to worry about the Boy Scouts.

Received — 22 July 2026 ⏭ xkcd.com

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Calibration Nobel 21 July 2026 at 19:00

Calibration Nobel

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21 July 2026 at 19:00

We would like to once again apologize to Dr. Jones for last year's mistaken announcement. We should really have double-checked the envelope for this award in particular.

Received — 20 July 2026 ⏭ xkcd.com

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Arthurian Connector 19 July 2026 at 19:00

Arthurian Connector

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19 July 2026 at 19:00

Most coffee shops have a descendant of Sophia of Hanover on staff for this, but just as I was about to ask for help, a previously unknown heir of Uther Pendragon who was ordering a muffin tripped on my laptop cord.

Received — 17 July 2026 ⏭ xkcd.com

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Latitude and Longitude 16 July 2026 at 19:00

Latitude and Longitude

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16 July 2026 at 19:00

NGS and IERS are complaining that they left CLEAR instructions to set the washing machine to WGS84 (G2296) instead of WGS84 (G730).

Received — 15 July 2026 ⏭ xkcd.com

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Time Change 14 July 2026 at 19:00

Time Change

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14 July 2026 at 19:00

All discussions of daylight saving time policy are doomed by a mix of contradictory, inconsistent, and impossible preferences, which is why I think the only thing we can really hope to do is to make it worse.

Received — 13 July 2026 ⏭ xkcd.com

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The Princess and the Pea 12 July 2026 at 19:00

The Princess and the Pea

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12 July 2026 at 19:00

Once we've fully explored this space, we can start varying the number of princesses.

Received — 10 July 2026 ⏭ xkcd.com

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Toasting Marshmallows 9 July 2026 at 19:00

Toasting Marshmallows

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9 July 2026 at 19:00

We have two 'in case of fire, break glass' boxes, which you pick between based on how big of a problem the fire is. One has an extinguisher, and one has sticks, marshmallows, graham crackers, and chocolate.

Received — 8 July 2026 ⏭ xkcd.com

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Airport Meeting 7 July 2026 at 19:00

Airport Meeting

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7 July 2026 at 19:00

Although it was a setback for physics, I'm glad the particle naming rights issue led to the cancelation of Pizza Hut's Superconducting Super Collider in the early 90s, so the Double Stuffed Extra Cheese Topping Quark ended up just being named 'top quark.'

Received — 6 July 2026 ⏭ xkcd.com

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Offside 5 July 2026 at 19:00

Offside

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5 July 2026 at 19:00

The arbiter gave my knight a red card for capturing with cleats up :(

Received — 3 July 2026 ⏭ xkcd.com

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Types of Tornado Alert 2 July 2026 at 19:00

Types of Tornado Alert

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2 July 2026 at 19:00

I hate the unearthly sound my phone makes when the weather service issues a tornado harbinger.

Received — 1 July 2026 ⏭ xkcd.com

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Holes 30 June 2026 at 19:00

Holes

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30 June 2026 at 19:00

If you're thinking 'Wait, a giant crystal cave in Mexico? What's that?' then I'm SO excited for the image search you're about to do.

Received — 29 June 2026 ⏭ xkcd.com

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Asteroid Threat 28 June 2026 at 19:00

Asteroid Threat

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28 June 2026 at 19:00

Paleontologists have long worried that the dinosaurs blasted into space 66 million years ago will one day complete their orbits and fall back down.

Received — 26 June 2026 ⏭ xkcd.com

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720 Ollie 25 June 2026 at 19:00

720 Ollie

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25 June 2026 at 19:00

This discovery was key to his demonstration of regular/goofy symmetry violation, which won him gold in the theory portion of the X Games.

Received — 24 June 2026 ⏭ xkcd.com

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Baryon Asymmetry 23 June 2026 at 19:00

Baryon Asymmetry

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23 June 2026 at 19:00

Wait, what do you mean, 'dark matter'? It's not dark, it interacts with high-energy gamma rays ... right? Oh jeez, did I forget to make it interact?

Received — 22 June 2026 ⏭ xkcd.com

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Sports Commentary 21 June 2026 at 19:00

Sports Commentary

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21 June 2026 at 19:00

The plural of anecdote may not be data, but the singular of data is anecdote.

Received — 19 June 2026 ⏭ xkcd.com

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Side Effect 18 June 2026 at 19:00

Side Effect

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18 June 2026 at 19:00

Brace yourself--the chirp gets pretty weird.