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** 2026-07-08T04:00:00+00:00
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*** Airport Meeting

[[https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/airport_meeting.png][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.']]

[[https://xkcd.com/3269/]]

** 2026-07-10T04:00:00+00:00
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*** Toasting Marshmallows

[[https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/toasting_marshmallows.png][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.]]

[[https://xkcd.com/3270/]]

** 2026-07-13T04:00:00+00:00
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*** The Princess and the Pea

[[https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/the_princess_and_the_pea.png][Once we've fully explored this space, we can start varying the number of princesses.]]

[[https://xkcd.com/3271/]]

** 2026-07-15T04:00:00+00:00
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*** Time Change

[[https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/time_change.png][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.]]

[[https://xkcd.com/3272/]]

** 2026-07-17T04:00:00+00:00
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*** Latitude and Longitude

[[https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/latitude_and_longitude.png][NGS and IERS are complaining that they left CLEAR instructions to set the washing machine to WGS84 (G2296) instead of WGS84 (G730).]]

[[https://xkcd.com/3273/]]

** 2026-07-20T04:00:00+00:00
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*** Arthurian Connector

[[https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/arthurian_connector.png][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.]]

[[https://xkcd.com/3274/]]