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Launchpad

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27 August 2026 at 19:00

It does come at the cost of some launchpad expansions and increased fuel requirements, but that all comes out of the facility's budget.

Trade

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25 August 2026 at 19:00

"You legs may have a comparative advantage at running, but we arms have a competitive advantage at swinging hammers, so unless you accept that we're the dominant limbs and stop hogging the oxygen, that running advantage won't be around for long."

Highway Signs

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23 August 2026 at 19:00

Highway engineers like Planck units because, like the speed of light, the energy capacity of a typical car's gas tank is 1.

xkcd store reopening

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20 August 2026 at 19:00

The xkcd store is back, with shirts, stickers, and posters for sale.

Archery Feat

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20 August 2026 at 19:00

Update: I would not have embarked on this powerscaling venture if I'd known how thoroughly Mark Twain was going to roast me.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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?

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.

Forth

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26 July 2026 at 19:00

I NOTATION POLISH REVERSE ❤️

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.

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.

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.

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).