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![Comic. [Chart with track length on x axis: 10cm, 1m, 10m, 100m, 1km, 10km, 100km; collision energy on y axis: 1eV, 1keV, 1MeV, 1GeV, 1TeV, 1PeV, 10^18eV, 10^21eV, 10^24eV, 10^27eV. Scatterplot increases in a mostly linear shape with points for first cyclotrons, ADA, cosmotron, bevatron, BEPC-II, J-PARC, CEBAF, RHIC, tevatron, large Hadron Collider. An outlier near the top of the chart is Daytona Speedway.]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreigb7y4wjazav26yc36vymk7d5ixfbk3amnkpbdf6w6ntskaweftjy)
![Comic. [Person standing holding hammer above raised knee.] PERSON: Listen up, leg. I’ve been sending you rich, oxygenated blood for years, while you send me worthless used-up blood with no oxygen. Time to teach you a lesson about not ripping me off! [caption] Tariffs](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreicenlzjvvtlegllp5khszuneez6ygyiq3d5g37oaqz5hkwoqhteru)
![Comic: Particle Physics Equipment by how much it sounds like an offering at a high-end spa in a sci-fi/fantasy novel. Line graph increasing to the right. Geiger counter, Cherenkov detector, Photomultiplier tube, linear accelerator, scintillation counter. [small gap] Ion chamber [small gap] Cyclotron [extremely large gap] Bubble chamber, cloud chamber.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreieihg4jqbxqf5ffj6njvmtwqijkiw3a26ilbiuvxdytpejxaqz6zy)
![Comic. [Person with shoulder-length hair standing on ladder next to large machine with her hand on it. Another person watches from the ground.] [caption] This year’s physics Nobel will go to the scientists who figured out that you could make the large Hadron Collider more powerful by covering part of the beam pipe with your thumb.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreidsu7bfigjgndanbxflw2e6xx7jlfqpbbgaqjtd2bzyhegx6f5k3i)
![Comic. [Person in front of images of pogs, a Tamagotchi, and huge fungal tower over mossy ground.] PERSON: Who else remembers pogs? Tamagotchis? Vast forests of prototaxites towering over the mossy landscape as armored fish stir in the deep? [caption] Due to a database error, millennial nostalgia now includes a portion of the Early Devonian.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreiho5esmmquxyeqmhlp6c3qduj242ovxfdc7cwqpoqdnhwujt26kiy)
![Comic. [Flag with various designs on it and labels describing each. At the bottom of the flag are removable tabs with the heading, “Interested in citizenship? Take one!:] ] Rounded corners; Eurion anti-counterfeit mark; jaunty angle; tan and white stars on beige field; CIE 1931 chromaticity diagram, to ensure flag color fidelity; we can’t agree what this animal is, so we put it on our flag to spark national debate; national flag; island (not a specific island, just a tribute to islands in general); tap here to pay taxes; tribute to topology; GDPR consent. [caption] I think our flag design committee really knocked it out of the park.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreiaxbjitp55pixupk7ckxk6t4ynxaixry5f5pxpja5h6j3q4szhbq4)
![Comic. One... two... THREE! [text in red] X Deprecated [line break] One... two... three... GO! [text in red] Deprecated [red curly bracket around top two lines] Too easy to mix up [line break] Three... two... one... GO! [text in green] [check mark] ISO Standard [caption] If I were in charge of ISO, the first thing I’d do would be to standardize the way people count out loud before doing something in sync.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreigrejwbg64jtzv6hvauqkucxefcn7cn33kyuar44f6jz5degv6nma)
