#2221 EmulationI laugh at the software as if I'm 100% confident that it's 2019.
#2222 Terminator: Dark FateI was sent here to stop the robot that was sent here to protect the human who was sent here to protect the human who was sent here to destroy the robot that was sent here to vacuum the floor.
#2223 Screen TimeThese new Bluetooth socks are great, but it's troubling to learn that I average almost 14 hours of Shoe Time a day.
#2224 Software UpdatesEverything is a cloud application; the ping times just vary a lot.
#2225 Voting ReferendumThe weirdest quirk of the Borda count is that Jean-Charles de Borda automatically gets one point; luckily this has no consequences except in cases of extremely low turnout.
#2226 Recombination And ReionizationThese signals seem to be pre-star-formation but post-Malone.
#2227 Transit of MercuryFor some reason the water in my pool is green and there's a weird film on the surface #nofilter
#2228 Machine Learning CaptchaMore likely: Click on all the pictures of people who appear disloyal to [name of company or government]
#2229 Rey and KyloWe're like 10+ movies in and the focus has been almost entirely on the WARS half.
#2230 Versus BracketSome works didn't make the cut; in "Ecks vs. Sever" vs. the passage of time, the latter seems to have won pretty decisively.
#2231 The Time Before and After LandAccording to Google, "the time for Beeland" is apparently whenever you're looking for delicious honey in Spillimacheen, British Columbia or a hexagonal chalet in the Savinja valley in Slovenia.
#2232 Hotel Room Party[proudly greeting the hotel manager at the door] "Did I do a good job?"
#2233 Aurora MeaningThe astro-ph.SR arXiv servers are simultaneously being overwhelmed by electronic requests and actual electricity.
#2234 How To Deliver Christmas PresentsBuilding codes in hurricane zones rely on studies of how easily flying debris can break residential windows. If you're looking for a science fair project idea and you hate your neighbors, I'm sure they could always use more data!
#2235 Group Chat RulesThere's no group chat member more enigmatic than the cool person who you all assume has the chat on mute, but who then instantly chimes in with no delay the moment something relevant to them is mentioned.
#2236 Is it Christmas?We've tested it on 30 different days and it hasn't gotten one wrong yet.
#2237 AI Hiring AlgorithmSo glad Kate over in R&D pushed for using the AlgoMaxAnalyzer to look into this. Hiring her was a great decisio- waaaait.
#2238 Flu Shot"Wait, how often are you getting bitten by snakes? And why are you boiling water?" "Dunno, the CDC people keep showing up with complicated questions about the 'history of the property' and 'possible curses' but I kinda tune them out. At least one of them offered me the flu shot."
#2239 Data ErrorCyanobacteria wiped out nearly all life on Earth once before, and they can do it again!
#2240 Timeline of the UniverseNot actual size, except technically at one spot near the left.
#2241 Brussels Sprouts Mandela EffectI love Brussels Sprouts Mandela Effect; I saw them open for Correct Horse Battery Staple.
#2242 Ground vs AirWater is thinner than both, and fire is *definitely* thicker.
#2243 Star Wars Spoiler GeneratorThe heroes seem to be gaining the upper hand until Darth Juul manages to flip the switch on the car wash control panel from 'REGULAR' to 'PREMIUM.'
#2244 Thumbtacks And StringA tattoo of a tattoo parlor receipt
#2245 Edible ArrangementsAny arrangement is an edible arrangement if you're hungry enough.
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