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Brett Hamil @bretthamil.bsky.social · 16h

FROM THE VAULT: Seattle Squirrel Magazine

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Brett Hamil @bretthamil.bsky.social · 18h

it's the same guy

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Brett Hamil @bretthamil.bsky.social · 20h

FROM THE VAULT: Concerned Neighbor Magazine

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Brett Hamil @bretthamil.bsky.social · 22h

What's this, a comedy show that's over by 9 on a Friday night and is ok for kids (as long as they're ok with themes of alienation and failure)??? And our next mayor is gonna be on it???

Town Hall Seattle @townhallseattle.bsky.social · 19d

10/17 at 7:30 PM | From the mind of @bretthamil.bsky.social comes Power Thru It!, a unique comedic talk show starring Burl Dirkman, his handyman alter ego. 🔨

Featuring special guests @mudede.bsky.social & Katie Wilson.

🎟️ Get tickets: buff.ly/tMQvMxP

Red/purple promotional graphic for event titled "Power Thru It! with Burl Dirkman: Special Guests Charles Mudede and Katie Wilson," scheduled for Oct 17 at 7:30 PM. Headshots of the presenters are included. Presented by Town Hall Seattle.

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Brett Hamil @bretthamil.bsky.social · 1d

Jackboots
#DOOMLOOP #seattle

GUY 1: Whats with the helicopters? Is Trump sending in the National Guard?
GUY 2: Nah, that's just the graffiti task force
GUY 1: And over there–is that an immigration raid?
GUY 2: Nah, they’re just doing a crackdown on street food vendors
GUY 1: When the jackboots come how will we even notice
GUY 2: Shhh, not in front of the surveillance camera

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Brett Hamil @bretthamil.bsky.social · 22h

Tickets are moving!

Brett Hamil @bretthamil.bsky.social · 2d

It's a good time to grab a ticket to Burl Dirkman's new talk show at @townhallseattle.bsky.social THIS FRIDAY at 7:30 pm! With mayoral frontrunner @wilsonforseattle.bsky.social and philosopher-scribe @mudede.bsky.social!
Tickets: townhallseattle.org/event/power-...

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Brett Hamil @bretthamil.bsky.social · 1d

try explaining MLB local broadcast licensing to your child

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Brett Hamil @bretthamil.bsky.social · 1d

For a guy who ran on dashboards, the dashboards certainly have not been kind to Bruce

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Brett Hamil @bretthamil.bsky.social · 1d

this guy has the entire machinery of a city government with a $9 billion annual budget at his command and the best he can come up with is "AI MLK on downtown video billboard." That's his attempt at being visionary.

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Brett Hamil @bretthamil.bsky.social · 1d

this is what passes for "innovation" in the Harrell administration: some AI slop on a video billboard downtown. this guy is cooked

Matt Baume 🏳️‍🌈 @mattbaume.bsky.social · 1d

This seems fake but it's completely real: Audio of Seattle's current Mayor dreaming of a giant computer-simulated Martin Luther King, something the King family has explicitly asked people not to do.
Big thanks to Erica Barnett for being the only reporter in town covering these events so closely!

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Brett Hamil @bretthamil.bsky.social · 2d

It's a good time to grab a ticket to Burl Dirkman's new talk show at @townhallseattle.bsky.social THIS FRIDAY at 7:30 pm! With mayoral frontrunner @wilsonforseattle.bsky.social and philosopher-scribe @mudede.bsky.social!
Tickets: townhallseattle.org/event/power-...

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Brett Hamil @bretthamil.bsky.social · 1d

Jackboots
#DOOMLOOP #seattle

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Brett Hamil @bretthamil.bsky.social · 2d

It's a good time to grab a ticket to Burl Dirkman's new talk show at @townhallseattle.bsky.social THIS FRIDAY at 7:30 pm! With mayoral frontrunner @wilsonforseattle.bsky.social and philosopher-scribe @mudede.bsky.social!
Tickets: townhallseattle.org/event/power-...

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Brett Hamil @bretthamil.bsky.social · 2d

Today's DOOM LOOP for @soseaemerald.bsky.social:
"Jackboots"
See the whole thing here: southseattleemerald.org/voices/2025/...

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Brett Hamil @bretthamil.bsky.social · 3d

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Brett Hamil @bretthamil.bsky.social · 3d

This cartoon is from Oct 2022. These two clowns are now begging the president to invade the city they've based their careers on slandering (neither of them actually live here). What a world.

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Brett Hamil @bretthamil.bsky.social · 4d

I didn't watch the game but I knew we won by all the cars honking outside. Real analog shit

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Brett Hamil @bretthamil.bsky.social · 6d

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Brett Hamil @bretthamil.bsky.social · 5d

This is my entry for Least Flattering View of the Space Needle. Can you top it? #UnflatteringSpaceNeedlePics

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Brett Hamil @bretthamil.bsky.social · 6d

wherever you are in life, take solace in the fact that the president of the nation had to listen to Brandi speak for 2 and a half minutes straight without benefit of pause or ffwd. go forth and be free

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Brett Hamil @bretthamil.bsky.social · 6d

every one of those grifters at that meeting trying to get their hometown raided by the feds so they can become a recurring character on the show

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Brett Hamil @bretthamil.bsky.social · 6d

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Brett Hamil @bretthamil.bsky.social · 6d

I've been clowning on Brandi Kruse for years and this clip makes her look far worse than anything i've ever said about her

Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 6d

Brandi Kruse at today's "antifa violence roundtable" at the White House: "This is one of the reasons I recovered from it. By the way, it’s much better to not have TDS. I’m happier, healthier, more successful. I even think I got a little more attractive after I got rid of my Trump Derangement System"

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Brett Hamil @bretthamil.bsky.social · Jul 31

NOTICE: You can now buy the complete run of BALD KNOB, of which the estimable @paulconstant.com said "At a time when comics feel a little too invested in maximalism and absurdity, I’ve been enjoying Hamil’s turn toward comic realism."
Get it here: bretthamil.bigcartel.com/product/bald...

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Brett Hamil @bretthamil.bsky.social · 6d

This is NEXT FRIDAY! Grab tickets, it's gonna be a very different type of show

Town Hall Seattle @townhallseattle.bsky.social · 19d

10/17 at 7:30 PM | From the mind of @bretthamil.bsky.social comes Power Thru It!, a unique comedic talk show starring Burl Dirkman, his handyman alter ego. 🔨

Featuring special guests @mudede.bsky.social & Katie Wilson.

🎟️ Get tickets: buff.ly/tMQvMxP

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