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Eliminating the Impossible

2026-02-20 07:00:00

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Eliminating the Impossible

'If you've eliminated a few possibilities and you can't think of any others, your weird theory is proven right' isn't quite as rhetorically compelling.

'If you've eliminated a few possibilities and you can't think of any others, your weird theory is proven right' isn't quite as rhetorically compelling.

Plums

2026-02-18 07:00:00

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Plums

My icebox plum trap easily captured William Carlos Williams. It took much less work than the infinite looping network of diverging paths I had to build in that yellow wood to ensnare Robert Frost.

SNEWS

2026-02-16 07:00:00

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SNEWS

People say setting of fireworks indoors is dangerous, but I looked at their energy release and it's like 10^-40 foe; totally negligible.

Bad Map Projection: Zero Declination

2026-02-13 07:00:00

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Bad Map Projection: Zero Declination

'The zero line in WMM2025 passes through a lot of population centers; I wonder what year the largest share of the population lived in a zone of less than 5° of declination,' he thought, derailing all other tasks for the rest of the day.

'The zero line in WMM2025 passes through a lot of population centers; I wonder what year the largest share of the population lived in a zone of less than 5° of declination,' he thought, derailing all other tasks for the rest of the day.

Installation

2026-02-11 07:00:00

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Installation

Do YOU remember the skylight being this big?

Carbon Dating

2026-02-09 07:00:00

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Carbon Dating

This dating is corroborated by the presence of stone tools at the site, rather than earlier and less effective helium ones.

Dinosaurs And Non-Dinosaurs

2026-02-06 07:00:00

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Dinosaurs And Non-Dinosaurs

Staplers are actually in Pseudosuchia, making them more closely related to crocodiles than to dinosaurs.

Binary Star

2026-02-04 07:00:00

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Binary Star

The discovery of a fully typographical star system comes with a big asterisk.

Groundhog Day Meaning

2026-02-02 07:00:00

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Groundhog Day Meaning

Originally, the ceremony used a variety of rodents and mustelids, but over time most people agreed it made sense to standardize on a specific individual ground squirrel in Pennsylvania.

Originally, the ceremony used a variety of rodents and mustelids, but over time most people agreed it made sense to standardize on a specific individual ground squirrel in Pennsylvania.

Proof Without Content

2026-01-30 07:00:00

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Proof Without Content

There's also a proof without content of a conjecture without content, but it's left as an exercise for the reader.