I no longer fear Death, for I have attempted to find the #NBAplayoffs on a hotel TV.

The fact that Swalwell is indignantly huffing about "being too busy running a campaign to respond" only means he's read the playbook. He'll still be out of the race by this time Monday.

This week: Mayor Huffman has an ambitious plan to make Hammertown the Spring Break Capital of the USA.
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Google’s Gemini AI can answer your questions with 3D models and simulations You can ask Gemini to “help me visualize” different concepts.

Cool, except my question is always "Why Daddy not love me"
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Google’s Gemini AI can answer your questions with 3D models and simulations You can ask Gemini to “help me visualize” different concepts.

Cool, except my questions are all variations on "Why Daddy not love me?"
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This week: Mayor Huffman's bold plan to make Hammertown the Spring Break Capital of the USA.
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This week on Imagination & Junk, the transatlantic conversation about creativity I co-host with @matricardo.bsky.social: The "A" word.
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It's fundraising week once again at Hammertown Community Radio. Please give generously!
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Go out and get a $10 wired keyboard from Best Buy and stick it in your closet. Someday you'll thank me.

This week in Hammertown: The mayor is a sterling example of physical fitness.
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This week in Hammertown: City council president Seth Roberson angrily denies that he's trying to distance himself from the mayor.
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This week in Hammertown: So much winning for Mayor Floyd and his team!
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I mean JUST CLIP IT TO YOUR SHIRT IT'S GOT A CLIP RIGHT ON IT

I don't understand why there's this sudden blooming of contempt for the "big visible boom mic" look in podcasts. It seems like such a petty thing to get steamed about, when everybody knows the real hate crime is vids where the subject holds a tiny lav in their fingertips.

I've been thinking about something I read about Saudi Arabia (sorry, I can't recall the author): It's a family business, like Ford. The name of the family that runs it is right in the name. That's rare in the world. And then: Oh, of course. That's what he wants us to be: Trumpmerica. #ouch

A description of some of the topics covered in Episode 27 of Imagination & Junk, including steel-toed boots and Sidney Falco.

In Episode 27 of Imagination & Junk, the transatlantic conversation about creativity I host with @matricardo.bsky.social: How to think about the work we did when we were younger. (Now with 40% more shame and regret!) #podcast
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This week in Hammertown: Mayor Huffman and Police Chief Tate are willing to take the heat for their massively unpopular campaign to eradicate delivery robots.
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"Many people say to me, 'Sir, couldn't you just design the new arts center yourself and save the taxpayers some money?' That's a thought, isn't it? Believe me, I understand drawing very, very well. " Bill Barol This Week in Hammertown #38

This week in Hammertown: Mayor Huffman assumes personal creative supervision of the multi-year renovation at the Light Opera.
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So I thought I had March Madness. It turned out to be Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy. Phew!

So I thought I had March Madness. It turned out to be Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy. Phew!

If you'd told 1990s me that Ted McGinley was going to get some miles on him and re-emerge as the most charming light comedian on TV I wouldn't have believed you, but here we are.

Siri, show me the most depressingly 2026 headline ever

So the guy who who wore a baseball cap to a dignified transfer didn't like how it looked when people wore sneakers to the Oval Office. Got it.

This Week in Hammertown #37 It's Thursday March 12, day 535 of Huff 2

This week in Hammertown: Mayor Huffman buys gifts for his guys.
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Imagination & Junk, the transatlantic conversation about creativity I host with @matricardo.bsky.social, is back for Season 4. This week we're talking about the myth of talent. Among other things. Listen, share, subscribe, okay?
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CHOKEVILLE a novel by Josh Fireland One crooked city. One chaotic week. Two sisters just trying to keep their head above water until payday.

@fireland.com is one of the original online smartalecks from the days when the Internet was something shiny and surprising and filled with promise and not yet a doom-blasted hellscape. He's just issued his fantastically gonzo novel "Chokeville" as an ebook/audiobook. Instantly ordered.
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The algorithm has started feeding me videos of those events where shelter dogs pick their humans so if anybody wants me today I'll be weeping in a corner.

Mayor Huffman has thoughts on the new Nieman Marcus in Taggart's Junction.
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There is no new installment of News and Notes from Hammertown Community Radio this week, but staff announcer Barry Jeffers has a perfectly logical explanation.
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Odds that Trump knows what Anthropic is, or does? I'm thinking a septillion to 1.