#xkcd No. 3301
Date: 2026-9-21
Title: Stargazing 5
Alt text: The sun and the moon appear the same size in the sky, even though in real life the sun is more than twice as big. Some call this lucky alignment coincidence; others say it's proof that sometimes things can be the same size.
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The best summary of Trump's trade policies I've ever seen.
https://xkcd.com/3290/
#uspol #tarrifs #xkcd
#xkcd No. 3278
Date: 2026-7-29
Title: Vera Rubin Observatory
Alt text: '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.
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Obligatory #xkcd comic
"Estimation"
Well today's #xkcd certainly maxes out the legacy-geek-o-meter
#xkcd No. 3276
Date: 2026-7-24
Title: Recursive Trucker's Hitch
Alt text: As if the americium smoke detector incident wasn't enough, now nuclear regulators have ANOTHER reason to worry about the Boy Scouts.
#xkcd No. 3274
Date: 2026-7-20
Title: Arthurian Connector
Alt text: 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.
#xkcd No. 3273
Date: 2026-7-17
Title: Latitude and Longitude
Alt text: NGS and IERS are complaining that they left CLEAR instructions to set the washing machine to WGS84 (G2296) instead of WGS84 (G730).
Henceforth, #xkcd 3272 (today) will be my official position on time changes.
#xkcd No. 3270
Date: 2026-7-10
Title: Toasting Marshmallows
Alt text: 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.












