✒️Real Estate Analysis

Mars does get a good score on 'noise levels' and 'scenic views,' but the school district ranking isn't great; the only teacher--the Perseverance rover--is too busy with rock samples to teach more than the occasional weekend class.
https://xkcd.com/2796
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✒️Actual Progress

Slowly progressing from 'how do protons behave in relativistic collisions?' to 'what the heck are protons even doing when they're just sitting there?'
https://xkcd.com/2797
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✒️Room Temperature

They're also refusing to fund my device that demonstrates uncontrolled hot fusion.
https://xkcd.com/2798
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✒️Frankenstein Claim Permutations

When I began trying to form a new claim by stitching together these parts in such an unnatural way, some called me mad.
https://xkcd.com/2799
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✒️Down

It's just that I get nervous about heights.
https://xkcd.com/2800
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✒️Contact Merge

I actually kind of feel like John and Surf King wouldn't like each other, which is a lot to unpack.
https://xkcd.com/2801
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✒️Fireflies

I feel bad for Earth 2 and their shadowflies.
https://xkcd.com/2802
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✒️Geohydrotypography

The Atlantic is expanding at about 10 ppm (points per month).
https://xkcd.com/2803
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✒️Marshmallow

The increasing number of graham crackers and chocolate bars in orbit has created a growing risk of Kessler s'mores.
https://xkcd.com/2804
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✒️Global Atmospheric Circulation

Refs generally say that you can exercise enough altitude control to avoid the ground, but if you start strategically choosing air layers to steer yourself, that's traveling.
https://xkcd.com/2805
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✒️Anti-Vaxxers

The vaccine stuff seems pretty simple. But if you take a closer look at the data, it's still simple, but bigger. And slightly blurry. Might need reading glasses.
https://xkcd.com/2806
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✒️Bad Map Projection: ABS(Longitude)

Positive vibes/longitudes only
https://xkcd.com/2807
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✒️Daytime Firefly

Mr. Jones, watch out for Ms. Lenhart! She's from genus Photuris!
https://xkcd.com/2808
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✒️Moon

I mean, it's pretty, but it doesn't really affect us beyond that. Except that half the nights aren't really dark, and once or twice a day it makes the oceans flood the coasts.
https://xkcd.com/2809
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✒️How to Coil a Cable

The ideal mix for maximum competitive cable-coiling energy is one A/V tech, one rock climber, one sailor, and one topologist.
https://xkcd.com/2810
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✒️Free Fallin'

Their crash investigation team had some particularly harsh words for Dave Matthews.
https://xkcd.com/2811
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✒️Solar Panel Placement

Getting the utility people to run transmission lines to Earth is expensive, but it will pay for itself in no time.
https://xkcd.com/2812
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✒️What to Do

FYI: The 'drop, cover, and hold on' advice only applies to earthquakes. If you encounter a mountain lion, you should absolutely not drop to the ground, crawl under it, and hold on to one of its legs.
https://xkcd.com/2813
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✒️Perseids Pronunciation

When speaking out loud, you can can call it the 'Perseids meatier shower' and no one will ever know. (If you do get caught somehow, just tell them to Google the 'Kentucky meat shower' and that will distract them while you escape.)
https://xkcd.com/2814
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✒️Car Wash

I'm glad modern car washes use synthetic baleen, instead of harvesting it from whales like 1800s car washes did.
https://xkcd.com/2815
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