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Received — 19 August 2026 ⏭ xkcd.com

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Perseids 18 August 2026 at 19:00

Perseids

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18 August 2026 at 19:00

Recently I've been watching the Daytime Perseids. I haven't seen a meteor from them yet, but the clouds are pretty and the snacks are good.

Received — 18 August 2026 ⏭ xkcd.com

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Particle Physics Equipment 16 August 2026 at 19:00

Particle Physics Equipment

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16 August 2026 at 19:00

The one that sounds like the oracle at the center of the galaxy where the hero travels to hear a prophecy is probably Brookhaven National Laboratory's now-dismantled COSMOTRON.

Received — 14 August 2026 ⏭ xkcd.com

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Accretionary Arc 13 August 2026 at 19:00

Accretionary Arc

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13 August 2026 at 19:00

The late Triassic rifting was caused by a dinosaur trying to use the control panel to escape a predator, but it was eaten before the continent could fully separate.

Received — 12 August 2026 ⏭ xkcd.com

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Geology Building 11 August 2026 at 19:00

Geology Building

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11 August 2026 at 19:00

The administration thinks it's weird, but the geologists say it looks normal.

Received — 10 August 2026 ⏭ xkcd.com

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Size and Lifespan 9 August 2026 at 19:00

Size and Lifespan

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9 August 2026 at 19:00

With their 13 years recording and performing together and two humans worth of mass, the White Stripes are sandwiched neatly between gray wolves and blue whales.

Received — 7 August 2026 ⏭ xkcd.com

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Trick Play 6 August 2026 at 19:00

Trick Play

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6 August 2026 at 19:00

I've been trying to find out whether the Laws of the Game take the axiom of choice or not, but FIFA officials keep blocking my number.

Received — 5 August 2026 ⏭ xkcd.com

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Antiques Roadshow 4 August 2026 at 19:00

Antiques Roadshow

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4 August 2026 at 19:00

The family lore was that we've had it ever since it was ejected from a star-forming gas cloud, but it seems more likely that my great-grandparents probably just bought it while on vacation in the galactic thin disk.

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 :(