Today's XKCD is sponsored by the NRA
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Invisible Wizard - 12th Level Errorer, Fri 13 Feb 2026, 13:14,
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I hear the guy at tumbler ridge was just trying to recreate this video and it got out of hand
I mean if you can't fire a Russian autocannon jet pack at a school where can you fire one?
(, Fri 13 Feb 2026, 13:35, Reply)
Deja vu all over again...
I saw this in my feed when it came out, even then I could have sworn I'd seen it before. Is it in his book maybe?
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brb Monkhouse Stampede, Fri 13 Feb 2026, 17:13,
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probably
-he's recycling material to make these videos.
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Invisible Wizard - 12th Level Errorer, Fri 13 Feb 2026, 17:51,
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Hmmm
Not sure the vibration wouldn't injure the pilot.
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FeralCatMan Long ads need comments sections, Fri 13 Feb 2026, 21:38,
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not
- good vibrations, then?
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Invisible Wizard - 12th Level Errorer, Fri 13 Feb 2026, 21:42,
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Hums Beach Boys
'She's giving me the excitations'.
(On reflection 'The Beach Boys' sounds like a Marc Almond/Jimmy Somerville spinoff)
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FeralCatMan Long ads need comments sections, Fri 13 Feb 2026, 21:51,
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sadly no A10 video featuring them
Brrrrrrrrrrt brrrrt brrrrt
Good Vibrations
brrrrt brrrrt
excitations
(, Fri 13 Feb 2026, 22:14, Reply)
It reminded me of Project Orion
Where nuclear bombs were going to be lobbed out of the back of a rocket to propel it. There are videos of non-nuclear prototypes being tested - how that didn't make them go "Yeah, this is nuts" beggars belief.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Orion_(nuclear_propulsion)
Only slightly more nuts than nuclear ramjets. Crazy times.
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tarka_dall Like normal dall, only a bit more spicy, Sat 14 Feb 2026, 7:27,
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At the end of his autobiography Teller laments how he couldn't get agreement to use reasonably small atomic bombs for civil engineering projects
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Some footage of the (non-nuclear) tests: www.youtube.com/watch?v=xYoLcJuBtOw&t=120s
The whole documentary is worth a watch.
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evil_andy Stick stick stick stick sticky sticky stick stick, Sat 14 Feb 2026, 16:13,
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