No, it’s not an inexplicable synchronicity — this Wednesday was Periodic Table Day, as the Dave cartoon points out. Still, a pleasing convergence on the same choice of elements!
Category / Similar idea published same day
Cubist cats pairing
Thanks to Dan Sachs for spotting these at the same time, and sending them in!
No-Politics Zone Thanksgivings


Both from 11/26/2020, and submitted by Andréa. Post originally assembled by Winter Wallaby.
Kilby adds: The climate has been changing in recent years, as this Crabgrass strip shows:

And a 2023 addition that seems to hew to the original alignment. (Added by ==mitch)

From Jeff Stahler on Monday:

Hamlet’s music lesson: “The Rest is Silence”
Thanks to Darren for sending these in. He says of the Loose Parts, “I’m wondering what made him give in. Has the mime just been standing in one spot for over a week or something?
Shared anatomy
This pair comes from Philip, who asks “But in the Strange Brew, why is the appendix in the middle of the book?”







