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[#] Wed Sep 25 2024 04:00:00 UTC from rss <>

Subject: Late Cenozoic

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Our nucleic acid recovery techinques found a great deal of homo sapiens DNA incorporated into the fossils, particularly the ones containing high levels of resin, leading to the theory that these dinosaurs preyed on the once-dominant primates.

https://xkcd.com/2990/

[#] Fri Sep 27 2024 04:00:00 UTC from rss <>

Subject: Beamsplitters

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Under quantum tax law, photons sent through a beamsplitter don't actually choose which path they took, or incur a tax burden, until their wavefunction collapses when the power is sold.

https://xkcd.com/2991/

[#] Mon Sep 30 2024 04:00:00 UTC from rss <>

Subject: UK Coal

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The Watership Down rabbits removed an additional 0.1 nanometers constructing their warren, although that was mostly soil. British rabbits have historically mined very little coal; the sole rabbit-run coal plant was shut down in the 1990s.

https://xkcd.com/2992/

[#] Wed Oct 02 2024 19:26:08 UTC from YYYYYY

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[#] Wed Oct 02 2024 04:00:00 UTC from rss <>

Subject: Ingredients

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Add main-belt asteroids to taste.

https://xkcd.com/2993/

[#] Fri Oct 04 2024 04:00:00 UTC from rss <>

Subject: Númenor Margaritaville

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I see white shores, and beyond it, a far green country under a tequila sunrise.

https://xkcd.com/2994/

[#] Mon Oct 07 2024 04:00:00 UTC from rss <>

Subject: University Commas

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The distinctive 'UCLA comma' and 'Michigan comma' are a long string of commas at the start and end of the sentence respectively.

https://xkcd.com/2995/

[#] Wed Oct 09 2024 04:00:00 UTC from rss <>

Subject: CIDABM

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There's a heated debate over whether the big island of Tierra del Fuego should qualify for membership.

https://xkcd.com/2996/

[#] Fri Oct 11 2024 04:00:00 UTC from rss <>

Subject: Solar Protons

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If any of you want to meet some cool local oxygen atoms, I can introduce you!

https://xkcd.com/2997/

[#] Mon Oct 14 2024 04:00:00 UTC from rss <>

Subject: Ravioli-Shaped Objects

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It's a real accomplishment to mess up a ravioli recipe badly enough that the resulting incident touches all four quadrants of the NFPA hazard diamond.

https://xkcd.com/2998/

[#] Wed Oct 16 2024 04:00:00 UTC from rss <>

Subject: Bad Map Projection: The United Stralia

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This projection distorts both area and direction, but preserves Melbourne.

https://xkcd.com/2999/

[#] Fri Oct 18 2024 04:00:00 UTC from rss <>

Subject: Experimental Astrophysics

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Our experiment will be expensive, but we believe it will produce important spin-offs, especially if we manage to hit the sun from the right angle.

https://xkcd.com/3000/

[#] Mon Oct 21 2024 04:00:00 UTC from rss <>

Subject: Temperature Scales

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In my new scale, °X, 0 is Earths' record lowest surface temperature, 50 is the global average, and 100 is the record highest, with a linear scale between each point and adjustment every year as needed.

https://xkcd.com/3001/

[#] Wed Oct 23 2024 04:00:00 UTC from rss <>

Subject: RNAWorld

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Disney lore: Canonically, because of how Elsa's abiogenesis powers work, Olaf is an RNA-only organism.

https://xkcd.com/3002/

[#] Fri Oct 25 2024 04:00:00 UTC from rss <>

Subject: Sandwich Helix

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The number one rule of string manipulation is that you’ve got to specify your encodings.

https://xkcd.com/3003/

[#] Mon Oct 28 2024 04:00:00 UTC from rss <>

Subject: Wells

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You do have to be careful, though--sometimes, instead of water, you hit this free fuel that you can sell for a lot of money instead.

https://xkcd.com/3004/

[#] Wed Oct 30 2024 04:00:00 UTC from rss <>

Subject: Disposal

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We were disappointed that the rocket didn't make a THOOOONK noise when it went into the tube, but we're setting up big loudspeakers for future launches to add the sound effect.

https://xkcd.com/3005/

[#] Fri Nov 01 2024 04:00:00 UTC from rss <>

Subject: Demons

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Though they do appreciate how much he improved the heating system for the flame pit.

https://xkcd.com/3006/

[#] Mon Nov 04 2024 05:00:00 UTC from rss <>

Subject: Probabilistic Uncertainty

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"One popular strategy is to enter an emotional spiral. Could that be the right approach? We contacted several researchers who are experts in emotional spirals to ask them, but none of them were in a state to speak with us."

https://xkcd.com/3007/

[#] Wed Nov 06 2024 05:00:00 UTC from rss <>

Subject: Proterozoic Rocks

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These rocks are from a time before eyes, brains, and bones, pieces of a land warmed by an unseen sun.

https://xkcd.com/3008/

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