A watercolour of a Piliated Woodpecker with a red crest against a brown tree trunk.

Woodpecker pal.

Cutting stream short due to post-storm power fluctuations. Hopefully tomorrow goes better!

A photograph of a table with coloring sheets, TCG cards, and. Northstar Guitar with a Minecraft mosaic on the body

Setting up my gaming and coloring table for this weekend’s Gamers Outreach Charity event!

The schedule is at live.hermitcraft.com

Gamers Outreach 2026 Hermitcraft Auction Guitar YouTube video by Northstar Guitars

The HermitCraft charity stream weekend benefitting Gamers Outreach starts on Saturday, and Nate Jones of Northstar Guitars has been creating a beautiful custom guitar for us to play, sign, and auction!

youtu.be/KQzgtvuH3Co?...

Happy Birthday, Tanya!

IRS announces tax relief for taxpayers impacted by Winter Storm Fern in Tennessee; various deadlines postponed to May 22, 2026 | Internal Revenue Service TN-2026-01, April 3, 2026 — The IRS announced today tax relief for individuals and businesses in Tennessee affected by Winter Storm Fern that began on Jan. 22, 2026.

I’m still scrambling a bit after the winter storm that hit us earlier this year, so this is some welcome and appreciated compassion from the federal government!

www.irs.gov/newsroom/irs...

The HermitCraft / @gamersoutreach.org Gamers For Giving charity weekend schedule we announced can be found at:
live.hermitcraft.com

VOD: HC11 World Tour and Gamers For Giving 2026 Schedule Announcement! YouTube video by JoeHillsTSD

Thanks so much to everyone who helped make today’s HermitCraft / @gamersoutreach.org Gamers For Giving schedule announcement and world tour special!

No stream from me tonight so I can recover, but this afternoon’s VOD can be found at:
youtu.be/5PUWryyHNEo

I understand why smaller electronics that require smaller packaging for shipping are more environmentally-friendly, but if Apple could put a little hovercraft motor and skirt into every AirBuds case so they didn’t fall and hit the floor and throw the Airbuds out two diff ways, that’d be a slam dunk.

Conversations with an arsonist (GoodTimesWithScar)! Nautilus Racing Week 5 ! — HermitCraft 11: ep 24 YouTube video by JoeHillsTSD

My latest episode is now live!

Conversations with an arsonist (GoodTimesWithScar)! Nautilus Racing Week 5! — HermitCraft 11: ep 24
youtu.be/GGQnbTveecY

👑 Announcing team Purple Pandas 👑

@cambam010.bsky.social @jamalmc.bsky.social @joehills.net @orionsound.bsky.social

Watch them in MCC: Hermit Takeover on Sunday 12th April at 5:30pm BST!

A digital flyer for the HermitCraft Season 11 World Tour & Gamers For Giving Weekend Schedule Announcement event. There is a screenshot of the HermitCraft season 11 shopping district. The event will be held Sunday, March 29th at noon PT, 3pm ET, and 8pm BST.

This Sunday, HermitCraft is hosting a world tour with guests!

We're welcoming some of the folks helping make the 2026 GFG weekend special!

Join us as we tour our Season 11 world, announce our guests, and hype up our schedule of events for the Apr 11-12th charity weekend!

CRAFD

BadgerSpanner - Twitch Clay craft stream! WHO MADE ALL THE PIIIIIEEEEESSSSS.

If you're looking for something live instead, my spectacular spouse @badgerspanner.bsky.social is crafting miniature pies from clay now at: www.twitch.tv/badgerspanner

Just saw a kid on campus wearing a “Class of 2029” tshirt and felt my bones crumble to dust

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No streams tonight or tomorrow because I'm off to Tennessee Game Days, but you can catch up on my latest season of HermitCraft with this playlist: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

If you enjoy my work and wanna chip in toward my expenses, tips are always welcome via paypal.me/joehills

This Sunday, HC is hosting a world tour with guests! We're welcoming some of the folks helping make the 2026 GFG weekend special!

Join us March 29th at 8pm BST (3pm ET/noon PT) as we tour Season 11 and announce our guests and schedule of events for the Apr 11-12th charity weekend!

Demolished building bone shop groundbreaking! Week 4 of Nautilus Racing! — HermitCraft 11: ep 23 YouTube video by JoeHillsTSD

Happy Saturday!

It's a big day for Minecraft... I'll be streaming a Patreon parade float build contest in just over three hours, and my latest HermitCraft episode is live now!
youtu.be/MGL7WHBcSRg

Storm Coverage for March 15, 2026 Thank you for joining our stream. We are donation supported, and if you'd like to leave something in the jar, we'd sure appreciate it! https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=WZP8FVD87QV5E

We are live on youtube discussing inbound severe weather. Join us! www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oi6F...

Just saw Project Hail Mary on IMAX. I wasn’t previously familiar with Ryan Gosling’s work, but had loved Sandra Hüller in Toni Erdmann. Both of them are both very fun in this!

I also felt like the writer, Drew Goddard, compressed the novel fairly well given the constraints.

Strongly recommend.

A Tornado Watch will likely be issued for us within the next hour. Forecast remains on track, with damaging straight-line winds being the main threat, an isolated tornado possible. ETA still ~10-11p. Stay connected and have a way to wake up/know where your safe place if a warning is issued for you.

Tonight's stream has been cancelled due to incoming inclement weather. Given the extant damage from the last ice storm, it would be folly to assume we won't lose power in the next couple hours.

Maybe go watch the new episode I published today instead?

Week 3 of the Nautilus Racing League (feat. many Hermit Pals!) — HermitCraft 11: ep 22 YouTube video by JoeHillsTSD

Week 3 of the Nautilus Racing League, plus my underseas-themed office decor improvements are live at:
youtu.be/6Wf9Gia-hhc

Nautilus Racing League! Races 1 & 2! — HermitCraft 11: ep 21 YouTube video by JoeHillsTSD

Enjoy nautilus racing? Cubfan135 has hosted a couple races so far, and I've got my POV in today's video:

youtu.be/TVrVW7Z0UKc

Please visit library.nashville.gov for more information.
We look forward to seeing you and serving you at the Main Library!

Nashville Library's main branch to reopen after fire damage - Nashville Banner The Nashville Public Library plans to reopen its main branch on March 30 after a fire in an adjacent garage caused a nine-month closure. Staff will return March 16.

Nashville Public Library main downtown branch finally has a tentative reopening date (March 30) after nine months closed. From the @nashvillebanner.bsky.social:

HermitCraft 9 ep 81: Blood on the Clock Tower, Undertaker's Perspective YouTube video by JoeHillsTSD

Watching this really brings me back to the time Cleo ran Blood on the Clocktower for the Hermits!

Feel free to watch this later if you like, it was a lot of fun to make!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jW1N...

Arif_A_ - Twitch EVERY SUNDAY, LIKE CLOCKTOPUS WORK

Happy Sunday morning!

I'm in the editing bay early on my upcoming Nautilus Race episode, so while I'm working on that I can listen to @zombiecleo.bsky.social's guest appearance on Arif_A's Blood On The Clocktower stream!

Check my pal Cleo out right now at: www.twitch.tv/arif_a_

Breezedasher! Prototyping my wind charge mini-game's redstone! — HermitCraft 11: ep 20 YouTube video by JoeHillsTSD

I've assembled a rough proof-of-concept for my wind-charge/climbing wall mini-game on HermitCraft 11!

Welcome to Breezedasher!

youtu.be/IbLjwnQ5PU4

Don't take my word for it!

James Madison did a decent job of addressing the constitutional justification for vesting the capacity to declare war in the legislature in his Pacificus/Helvidius letters, which @zachweinersmith.bsky.social helpfully linked and excerpted here:

bsky.app/profile/zach...