#kites

[todays-xkcd]

Detectives say the key to tracking down the source of the kites was a large wall map covered in thumbtacks and string. 'It's the first time that method has ever actually worked,' said a spokesperson.

Kite Incident [Explained]

Transcript Under the Cut

[Cueball approaches Megan from the left. Megan is flying a kite, with the line attached to a spool.] Cueball: Ooh, flying a kite? Megan: Yeah. I found this big spool of fishing line in a closet.

[In a silent panel, Cueball and Megan are seen from further away, indicating that the kite is flying higher.]

[Cueball and Megan are seen from yet further away, indicating that the kite is flying still higher.] Cueball: Are we allowed to fly a kite this high? Should we Google whether there are rules? Megan: Eh, it's probably fine.

Megan: The string is really starting to sag. Cueball: Maybe we could attach another kite? I'll go get one.

Cueball: It worked! Megan: Nice!

[Cueball walks in with a package while empty spools sit next to kite spool.] Cueball: I bought another package of string. Megan: Oh good, these spools are almost empty. Megan: I think we're in the jet stream.

Cueball: How many kites are on there now? Megan: I've lost count.

[Another silent panel panning out.]

[A much larger panel panning out further to reveal the long line of spooled kites, now double-backing above Megan and Cueball.] Cueball: Uhh...

[Megan pulls out her phone.] Cueball: ...Did it blow in a circle? Megan: I don't know. Lemme look at a map of where the jet stream goes. Cueball: Hey, do you hear sirens?

[A CNN logo is at the upper right of the panel. Megan stands at a lectern, with Cueball on one side and Ponytail, holding a briefcase, on the other. Illegible text appears at the lower left, lower right, and below them.] [A banner with white text on a black background:] Breaking: Kite Incident Duo Speaks Megan: On the advice of our lawyer, we would like to apologize for the events that shut down global air travel last week...

[simplified-birds]

Simplified bird #163 - swallow-tailed kite

( requested by @plasterhound )

[spinus-pinus]

White-tailed Kite Elanus leucurus

1/21/2024 Orange County, California

A progression of photos as another kite swooped in towards this perched kite. It was not happy about its personal space being invaded!

[reasonandfaithinharmony]

Crab rave found at beach (x)

[fromtraveldiaries]

Black-winged kite (also known as black-shouldered kite), Jhalana, Rajasthan, October, 2024

[itscolossal]

Ethereal Kites by Hai-Wen Lin Transform into Elegant Garments and Sculptures

[jareckiworld]

Sylvia Fein (1919-2024) — Kite Eye (or Eye Kite) [egg tempera on gesso board, 2006]