Max Hufnagel
@animatedmax.bsky.social
Technical Writer. Likes: Cake, cats, D&D, giant fictional robots. He/him/his
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Explaining the plot of Scooby-Doo to my daughter and realizing the central irony of the show is that the gang cruises around looking for magic and mysteries that never pan out, while the only truly supernatural element is the talking dog they all ignore.
February 14, 2026 at 7:19 PM
Explaining the plot of Scooby-Doo to my daughter and realizing the central irony of the show is that the gang cruises around looking for magic and mysteries that never pan out, while the only truly supernatural element is the talking dog they all ignore.
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Things that are bad luck, worldwide:
▪️Friday the 13th (France)
▪️Friday the 17th (Italy)
▪️Tuesday the 13th (Greece)
▪️Sharing a pear with your spouse (China)
▪️Whistling indoors (Lithuania)
▪️Yo-yos (Syria)
▪️Complimenting a baby (Serbia)
▪️Having ten thousand spoons when all you need is a knife (Canada)
▪️Friday the 13th (France)
▪️Friday the 17th (Italy)
▪️Tuesday the 13th (Greece)
▪️Sharing a pear with your spouse (China)
▪️Whistling indoors (Lithuania)
▪️Yo-yos (Syria)
▪️Complimenting a baby (Serbia)
▪️Having ten thousand spoons when all you need is a knife (Canada)
February 13, 2026 at 6:33 PM
Things that are bad luck, worldwide:
▪️Friday the 13th (France)
▪️Friday the 17th (Italy)
▪️Tuesday the 13th (Greece)
▪️Sharing a pear with your spouse (China)
▪️Whistling indoors (Lithuania)
▪️Yo-yos (Syria)
▪️Complimenting a baby (Serbia)
▪️Having ten thousand spoons when all you need is a knife (Canada)
▪️Friday the 13th (France)
▪️Friday the 17th (Italy)
▪️Tuesday the 13th (Greece)
▪️Sharing a pear with your spouse (China)
▪️Whistling indoors (Lithuania)
▪️Yo-yos (Syria)
▪️Complimenting a baby (Serbia)
▪️Having ten thousand spoons when all you need is a knife (Canada)
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THIS COLD DARK RECTANGLE OF SAD AND GLASS IS NOT GIVING ME THE SUPPORT AND COMFORT I REQUIRE.
February 12, 2026 at 7:11 PM
THIS COLD DARK RECTANGLE OF SAD AND GLASS IS NOT GIVING ME THE SUPPORT AND COMFORT I REQUIRE.
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This morning, I got distracted while eating cheese because I remembered that the laughing cow is named Elsie and is married to Elmer the cow on the glue labels. To doublecheck that I hadn’t hallucinated that, I looked it up and fell down a dark internet rabbit hole.
February 13, 2026 at 6:57 PM
This morning, I got distracted while eating cheese because I remembered that the laughing cow is named Elsie and is married to Elmer the cow on the glue labels. To doublecheck that I hadn’t hallucinated that, I looked it up and fell down a dark internet rabbit hole.
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you know what i really am
February 13, 2026 at 7:52 PM
you know what i really am
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Ciabatta not fuck with them, they don't knead to put up with naan of your shit. You butter believe they'll crumb right at you and you'll be toast, your loaf over. Do you want your mama putting flours on your grave? Crust me, that's just how they roll. Okay, challah at you later.
February 13, 2026 at 1:02 PM
Ciabatta not fuck with them, they don't knead to put up with naan of your shit. You butter believe they'll crumb right at you and you'll be toast, your loaf over. Do you want your mama putting flours on your grave? Crust me, that's just how they roll. Okay, challah at you later.
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It's Friday the 13th, but I'm not worried about bad luck; I've been microdosing black cats all week.
February 13, 2026 at 3:31 PM
It's Friday the 13th, but I'm not worried about bad luck; I've been microdosing black cats all week.
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Forgot to mention last week on the ranty writing blog I blathered on about working with bad directors, unnecessary camera moves, and giant robots.
And storytelling. Also that.
Go read it before I put up a new one tomorrow!
And storytelling. Also that.
Go read it before I put up a new one tomorrow!
Maximum Effort
There’s a little maxim you may have heard– work smarter, not harder. If you haven’t, what it means is some folks solution to every problem is to throw 100% of their effort at it. They’d throw 110% at ...
www.peterclines.com
February 12, 2026 at 9:44 PM
Forgot to mention last week on the ranty writing blog I blathered on about working with bad directors, unnecessary camera moves, and giant robots.
And storytelling. Also that.
Go read it before I put up a new one tomorrow!
And storytelling. Also that.
Go read it before I put up a new one tomorrow!
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Got hit with a $3000.00 vet bill yesterday. Still looking for work. So, uh, buy my books, maybe?
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/series/EC2/e...
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/series/EC2/e...
Eric Carter
Buy books online and find book series such as Eric Carter written by Stephen Blackmoore from PenguinRandomHouse.com
www.penguinrandomhouse.com
February 10, 2026 at 3:38 PM
Got hit with a $3000.00 vet bill yesterday. Still looking for work. So, uh, buy my books, maybe?
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/series/EC2/e...
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/series/EC2/e...
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February 9, 2026 at 11:11 PM
Seen in my neighborhood. Do not call this number.
![Paper sign stapled to a telephone pole. Words at the top: DO _NOT_ CALL THIS NUMBER
Two side-by-side images. Left, clip art image of a man smoking a pipe. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._R._%22Bob%22_Dobbs) with the caption "THE LIGHT" (He did not call this number). Right, might be darkness with burning flame(?), with the caption "THE DARKNESS" (He _did_ call this number!)"
Text: Please. No matter what you do. No matter who tries to convince you. For the love of humanity and the "illuminants" that hide deep under the earth's crust, crying and shrieking in a tone unheard by us. Please. We beg you. For all that is sacred. Do not even consider for a second to call this number below. With the truest of sincerity, please. Don't, do not, in any form or shape, so not. Please refrain or abstain from dialing that number below you.
[347] 470-1449](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:lijud6nxy6ibir5kwjlm7kwp/bafkreif6fs4xmuryieusyd3degntepwnc3tqgh7wlzhndpzkmlj244op7u@jpeg)
February 11, 2026 at 4:55 PM
Seen in my neighborhood. Do not call this number.
I thought we were watching the game but turns out we've been watching something called Madden 26 Live Simulation
February 9, 2026 at 3:07 AM
I thought we were watching the game but turns out we've been watching something called Madden 26 Live Simulation
Awooooooooooo 🚨
Bonus awoooooooooo 🚨
Awoooooooooo 🚨
February 5, 2026 at 2:10 AM
Awooooooooooo 🚨
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SILVER AND LEAD, the nineteenth book in the October Daye series, is currently $2.99 across eBook platforms, at least in the US! What a great deal!
January 26, 2026 at 4:47 PM
SILVER AND LEAD, the nineteenth book in the October Daye series, is currently $2.99 across eBook platforms, at least in the US! What a great deal!
I'm re-re-reading The Broken Room by @peterclines.com and man oh man does he put Hector through the ringer.
January 24, 2026 at 5:02 AM
I'm re-re-reading The Broken Room by @peterclines.com and man oh man does he put Hector through the ringer.
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Oh hey, tomorrow is NOW!
TOMORROW
TOMORROW
I LOVE YA
TOMORROW
YOU'RE ALWAYSorry, where's the music? Are we not doing the song again this time?
I just thought, y'know, it went over so well before and since this is the *audio* release, we'd want...
Really? An actual cease and desist letter?
Okay then.
It's out tomorrow.
TOMORROW
I LOVE YA
TOMORROW
YOU'RE ALWAYSorry, where's the music? Are we not doing the song again this time?
I just thought, y'know, it went over so well before and since this is the *audio* release, we'd want...
Really? An actual cease and desist letter?
Okay then.
It's out tomorrow.
January 20, 2026 at 4:15 PM
Oh hey, tomorrow is NOW!
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TOMORROW
TOMORROW
I LOVE YA
TOMORROW
YOU'RE ALWAYSorry, where's the music? Are we not doing the song again this time?
I just thought, y'know, it went over so well before and since this is the *audio* release, we'd want...
Really? An actual cease and desist letter?
Okay then.
It's out tomorrow.
TOMORROW
I LOVE YA
TOMORROW
YOU'RE ALWAYSorry, where's the music? Are we not doing the song again this time?
I just thought, y'know, it went over so well before and since this is the *audio* release, we'd want...
Really? An actual cease and desist letter?
Okay then.
It's out tomorrow.
January 19, 2026 at 5:08 PM
TOMORROW
TOMORROW
I LOVE YA
TOMORROW
YOU'RE ALWAYSorry, where's the music? Are we not doing the song again this time?
I just thought, y'know, it went over so well before and since this is the *audio* release, we'd want...
Really? An actual cease and desist letter?
Okay then.
It's out tomorrow.
TOMORROW
I LOVE YA
TOMORROW
YOU'RE ALWAYSorry, where's the music? Are we not doing the song again this time?
I just thought, y'know, it went over so well before and since this is the *audio* release, we'd want...
Really? An actual cease and desist letter?
Okay then.
It's out tomorrow.
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January 16, 2026 at 5:27 PM
I'm feeling very hssssssy today.
Hssssssss
Hssssssss
January 16, 2026 at 7:44 PM
I'm feeling very hssssssy today.
Hssssssss
Hssssssss
Now one and a half!
HEY! THAT'S TONIGHT!
LIKE, TWO AND A HALF HOURS FROM NOW!
LIKE, TWO AND A HALF HOURS FROM NOW!
HEY SAN DIEGO FOLKS
Tomorrow night I'm going to at @mystgalaxybooks.bsky.social chatting with Jeff Rake and @robwhart.bsky.social about their new sci-fi book DETOUR. It's cool, they're cool, I'll be there too, you should come by, ask questions, and maybe get a book or three scribbled in.
Tomorrow night I'm going to at @mystgalaxybooks.bsky.social chatting with Jeff Rake and @robwhart.bsky.social about their new sci-fi book DETOUR. It's cool, they're cool, I'll be there too, you should come by, ask questions, and maybe get a book or three scribbled in.
January 16, 2026 at 1:16 AM
Now one and a half!
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Grimdark Magazine has a beautifully narrated reading of my story "The Face of the King", read by the actor Al Barclay. www.youtube.com/watch?v=3UGS...
A Dark Fantasy Short Story by Adrian Tchaikovsky: The Face of the King
YouTube video by Grimdark Magazine
www.youtube.com
January 16, 2026 at 12:01 AM
Grimdark Magazine has a beautifully narrated reading of my story "The Face of the King", read by the actor Al Barclay. www.youtube.com/watch?v=3UGS...
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SAN FRANCISCO: SketchFest starts TONIGHT!
I’m doing 7 shows over the next 4 days. One is already sold out, a couple are almost sold out, and a couple more are up for grabs!
Simply all the tickets:
bit.ly/pftisalive
I’m doing 7 shows over the next 4 days. One is already sold out, a couple are almost sold out, and a couple more are up for grabs!
Simply all the tickets:
bit.ly/pftisalive
January 15, 2026 at 7:04 PM
SAN FRANCISCO: SketchFest starts TONIGHT!
I’m doing 7 shows over the next 4 days. One is already sold out, a couple are almost sold out, and a couple more are up for grabs!
Simply all the tickets:
bit.ly/pftisalive
I’m doing 7 shows over the next 4 days. One is already sold out, a couple are almost sold out, and a couple more are up for grabs!
Simply all the tickets:
bit.ly/pftisalive
Things I didn't know I needed:
www.bigbadtoystore.com/Product/Vari...
[ALT: Intimidating humanoid crocodile creature carrying a sword and wearing gold and black armor.]
www.bigbadtoystore.com/Product/Vari...
[ALT: Intimidating humanoid crocodile creature carrying a sword and wearing gold and black armor.]
Temple of Chaos Series Desert Colossus Crocodile Sobek 1/12 Scale Action Figure
www.bigbadtoystore.com
January 15, 2026 at 6:39 PM
Things I didn't know I needed:
www.bigbadtoystore.com/Product/Vari...
[ALT: Intimidating humanoid crocodile creature carrying a sword and wearing gold and black armor.]
www.bigbadtoystore.com/Product/Vari...
[ALT: Intimidating humanoid crocodile creature carrying a sword and wearing gold and black armor.]