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Plums 18 Feb 2026, 5:00 am

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 16 Feb 2026, 5:00 am

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 13 Feb 2026, 5:00 am

'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 11 Feb 2026, 5:00 am

Do YOU remember the skylight being this big?

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