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21st-Jul-2025 04:36 pm - iNaturalist Animals and Plants

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Washington, DC: Eastern gray squirrel, Amur honeysuckle. Puerto Rico: Crested anole, sea grape. US as a whole: Mallard, eastern poison ivy.
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/

18th-Jul-2025 11:08 pm - Replication Crisis

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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.
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/

16th-Jul-2025 10:06 pm - Echo Chamber

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This is almost as bad as the time I signed up for a purely partisan fishing expedition.
This is almost as bad as the time I signed up for a purely partisan fishing expedition.

https://xkcd.com/3116/

15th-Jul-2025 04:17 am - Unsolved Physics Problems

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'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??
'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/

11th-Jul-2025 05:07 pm - Building a Fire

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That was quicker than usual! The cabin's sprinkler system often makes it really hard to keep anything lit.
That was quicker than usual! The cabin's sprinkler system often makes it really hard to keep anything lit.

https://xkcd.com/3114/

9th-Jul-2025 08:15 pm - Fix This Sign

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We're building on our earlier success getting web developers to pay to change the backslashes in our displayed payment URL to forward slashes.
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/

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