31cdc8f5835160569cbc92f40503e6ff207fc42ef293d4f92d08bc098ae2a93e 4 months ago

XKCD/3131: Cesium Someday I hope to find a way to mess up a recipe so badly that it draws the attention of the International Air Transport Association, the International Mathematical Olympiad, or the NSA. (https://xkcd.com/3131)

31cdc8f5835160569cbc92f40503e6ff207fc42ef293d4f92d08bc098ae2a93e 4 months ago

XKCD/3130: Predicament I dropped my phone while trying to search, and I tried to unlock it from up here, so can you also search for screen repair places? (https://xkcd.com/3130)

31cdc8f5835160569cbc92f40503e6ff207fc42ef293d4f92d08bc098ae2a93e 4 months ago

XKCD/3129: Archaeology Research The academic archaeology establishment is suppressing my breakthroughs because of the disruption it would bring to their prepared-core flake-based toolmaking industry. (https://xkcd.com/3129)

31cdc8f5835160569cbc92f40503e6ff207fc42ef293d4f92d08bc098ae2a93e 4 months ago

XKCD/3128: Thread Meeting Hey, so did you ever finish your video series about Cassie and the caterpillar morph? I loved the first three, but never ... no, sorry, I get it, this isn't the place. Sorry! Sorry. (https://xkcd.com/3128)

31cdc8f5835160569cbc92f40503e6ff207fc42ef293d4f92d08bc098ae2a93e 4 months ago

XKCD/3127: Where Babies Come From Historians: Contemporaneous documentation of the initial events is often sparse, and in fact people often get testy and uncooperative when we urge better documentation for the historical record. (https://xkcd.com/3127)

31cdc8f5835160569cbc92f40503e6ff207fc42ef293d4f92d08bc098ae2a93e 4 months ago

XKCD/3126: Disclaimer You say no human would reply to a forum thread about Tom Bombadil by writing and editing hundreds of words of text, complete with formatting, fancy punctuation, and two separate uses of the word 'delve'. Unfortunately for both of us, you are wrong. (https://xkcd.com/3126)

31cdc8f5835160569cbc92f40503e6ff207fc42ef293d4f92d08bc098ae2a93e 4 months ago

XKCD/3125: Snake-in-the-Box Problem Chemistry grad students have been spotted trying to lure campus squirrels into laundry hampers in the hope that it sparks inspiration. (https://xkcd.com/3125)

31cdc8f5835160569cbc92f40503e6ff207fc42ef293d4f92d08bc098ae2a93e 5 months ago

XKCD/3124: Grounded We should have you at the gate in just under two hours--two and a half if we get pulled over. (https://xkcd.com/3124)

31cdc8f5835160569cbc92f40503e6ff207fc42ef293d4f92d08bc098ae2a93e 5 months ago

XKCD/3123: Canon Achilles was a mighty warrior, but his Achilles' heel was his heel. (https://xkcd.com/3123)

31cdc8f5835160569cbc92f40503e6ff207fc42ef293d4f92d08bc098ae2a93e 5 months ago

XKCD/3122: Bad Map Projection: Interrupted Spheres During the most recent glacial maximum, it's believed that land bridges extended from the surfaces and connected several of the spheres together. (https://xkcd.com/3122)

31cdc8f5835160569cbc92f40503e6ff207fc42ef293d4f92d08bc098ae2a93e 5 months ago

XKCD/3121: Kite Incident Detectives say the key to tracking down the source of the kites was a large wall map covered in thumbtacks and string. 'It's the first time that method has ever actually worked,' said a spokesperson. (https://xkcd.com/3121)

31cdc8f5835160569cbc92f40503e6ff207fc42ef293d4f92d08bc098ae2a93e 5 months ago

XKCD/3120: Geologic Periods Geologists claim it's because the earlier Cenozoic used to be called the Tertiary, but that's just a ruse to hide the secret third geologic period, between the Neogene and the Quaternary, that they won't tell us about. (https://xkcd.com/3120)

31cdc8f5835160569cbc92f40503e6ff207fc42ef293d4f92d08bc098ae2a93e 5 months ago

XKCD/3119: Flettner Rotor "And in maritime news, the Coast Guard is on the scene today after an apparent collision between two lighthouses." (https://xkcd.com/3119)

31cdc8f5835160569cbc92f40503e6ff207fc42ef293d4f92d08bc098ae2a93e 5 months ago

XKCD/3118: iNaturalist Animals and Plants Washington, DC: Eastern gray squirrel, Amur honeysuckle. Puerto Rico: Crested anole, sea grape. US as a whole: Mallard, eastern poison ivy. (https://xkcd.com/3118)

31cdc8f5835160569cbc92f40503e6ff207fc42ef293d4f92d08bc098ae2a93e 5 months ago

XKCD/3117: Replication Crisis Maybe encouraging the publication of null results isn't enough--maybe we need a journal devoted to publishing results the study authors find personally annoying. (https://xkcd.com/3117)

31cdc8f5835160569cbc92f40503e6ff207fc42ef293d4f92d08bc098ae2a93e 5 months ago

XKCD/3116: Echo Chamber This is almost as bad as the time I signed up for a purely partisan fishing expedition. (https://xkcd.com/3116)

31cdc8f5835160569cbc92f40503e6ff207fc42ef293d4f92d08bc098ae2a93e 5 months ago

XKCD/3115: Unsolved Physics Problems 'Tin pest' makes more sense to me. Tin just doesn't want to be locked down in a shape like that. I get it. But why would any metal want to grow hair?? (https://xkcd.com/3115)

31cdc8f5835160569cbc92f40503e6ff207fc42ef293d4f92d08bc098ae2a93e 5 months ago

XKCD/3114: Building a Fire That was quicker than usual! The cabin's sprinkler system often makes it really hard to keep anything lit. (https://xkcd.com/3114)

31cdc8f5835160569cbc92f40503e6ff207fc42ef293d4f92d08bc098ae2a93e 5 months ago

XKCD/3113: Fix This Sign We're building on our earlier success getting web developers to pay to change the backslashes in our displayed payment URL to forward slashes. (https://xkcd.com/3113)

31cdc8f5835160569cbc92f40503e6ff207fc42ef293d4f92d08bc098ae2a93e 5 months ago

XKCD/3112: Geology Murder After determining that his body was full of pipes carrying iron-rich fluid, our current theory is that the dagger-shaped object precipitated within the wound. (https://xkcd.com/3112)