Photograph of a glass bottle of Nehi soda sitting on the hood of a car that's parked under the shade of some trees.

Me and my partner in our academic regalia.

Dick Grayson (Robin from the Batman comic) is wearing an alternative mask from what he usually wears. Black background. We see him head and shoulders and dripping wet as he says to someone off panel, "I don't want to spend the rest of the night SKINNY DIPPING! And from now on, the
"OLD LOOK" ROBIN is the "ONLY LOOK" ROBIN!

Mothra a monster from a Godzilla film. The artist rendered this in greens and yellows with the moth flying.

Remixed webcomic of stick figure dad walking into a room asking "Are ya winning, son?". The stick figure boy sitting at a compute replies "I'm making 11 people laugh on mltshp". The original comic used Mastodon in the punchline.

cropped phone pic: a tiny translucent plastic chicken, sitting on a window ledge, with daylight passing through it. behind it is a frosted glass window, and below, a dark wood panel

Cover art for a 1984 novel, 'Confessions of an Infomaniac' by Elizabeth M. Ferrarini. A woman sits at a computer, raising a wine glass to toast with a man appearing on her computer screen.

A woman with grey-brown hair pulled back in a brain and a green plaid flannel shirt stands behind a man who is seated. He is wearing a grey toque and black glasses and has a full white beard. He has one eye open for some reason. The woman has a hand on his shoulder and holds a piece of a cookie in her other hand. The woman is me and the man is the mister.

The first panel shows a crow with the title "How to live a good life". The second panel shows a crow cawing at itself in the mirror with the subheading "Make friends". The next panel says "Explore" and shows a crow looking into a commercial waste bin. The next says "Try new things" with a crow eating something vile. The next one says "Be curious" and shows the crow grabbing a hissing cat's tail". The final frame says "Get a hobby" and shows the crow looking closely at a book of matches.

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[Guardian headline title]

Inspiring Travel Ideas for 2026
Chosen By Our Readers Who Are Microplastics

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Stuck for somewhere to go on holiday this year? Microplastic Guardian readers offer their travel tips

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A Pristine highland river

This glorious unspoilt Scottish river feels a million miles from a sausage roll packet, but it’s actually just a short picnic away!

Paul and David, sausage roll packet bits

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Breathtaking Mountaintop

True travellers know it’s not about the destination, but the journey. We simply left our plastic bag with no plan, hopping a serendipitously from gust to gust all the way to the Haute-Pyrénées

Sue and Tom, bits of plastic bag

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Polar Bear’s balls

Since we left our Space Invaders packet in 1983, we've developed a taste for adventure. Most tourists are happy with package holidays in European genitals, but the Arctic Circle has some wonderful undiscovered testes.

Janet and Ian, crisp packet particles

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Human foetus

Human placentas are such tourist traps, with every single one on Earth now occupied by microplastic holidaymakers. We've gone ‘off the beaten track’ and entered the a delightful foetus’s lungs.

The Wilsons, ground Ford Ka indicator wand.

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Liz Truss

We’ve spent four glorious summers in the frontal cortex of former UK Government star, Elizabeth Truss. A truly vibrant spot to just sit back, relax, and watch the colourful thoughts roll by!

Diogo and Shawna, spork dust

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Your Child’s Eyeball

The wonder of travel is seeing the world with fresh eyes, and you can't get fresher than the eyes of your kid. Easily accessible via the bloodstream.

Dennis, polyurethane spray foam

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The Mariana Trench

Ever since we were dropped into the sea in 2022, we’ve strayed ever further from the ’tourist trail’. Last year we found this blissfully peaceful Pacific trench.

Louise and Di- fragment of Rebekah Vardy’s agent’s phone case

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mannequin hands in various articulations and skin tones

Brown and black insect with 'feathered ' legs

Photo post of metal tube labelled 'Catholic converter '

The red and white face of a battered black coke machine with six yellow rectangular buttons labeled "mystery" in jumbled letters, and the coin slot labeled "75¢"

Sign at an H Mart grocery store advertises King Weakfish for $5.99 a pound

An old lady and a ventriloquist dummy talking into a phone

The cover of the book "Infinite Jeffs," by Jeff Jeff Jeff.