SHORT ITEMS

Weather Review: New York City, May 1, 2022

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A green mist of new leaves rose along the abrupt slope of Morningside Avenue.

From Hmm Weekly
On June 27, 2022
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COMMERCE DEP’T.

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Once upon a time we were supposed to pity the Soviet Bloc for their empty store shelves, left barren by their refusal to participate in consumer capitalism. Now American consumer capitalism has produced something beyond empty shelves: shelves filled with manufactured nothingness.

From Hmm Weekly
On June 24, 2021
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COMMERCE DEP’T.

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We wanted to make sure to get a 1.6 gallon tank, because one issue on which I do basically agree with the previous president of the United States is the inadequacy of weak-flushing water-saving toilets.

From Hmm Weekly
On June 15, 2021
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Joe Crowley Will Lobby for RIAA Front Group

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Crowley's first client is a RIAA front group.

From Sludge
On June 3, 2021
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WILL YOU LOOK AT THIS SHIT DEP’T.

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WILL YOU SERIOUSLY

From Hmm Weekly
On May 26, 2021
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NATURAL HISTORY DEP’T.

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All over the county, for 17 and 34 and 51 years, people had been putting cul de sac developments and Panera Bread parking lots on top of them.

From Hmm Weekly
On May 25, 2021
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Ten Writing Issues a Computer Found in This Possibly Computer-Written Press Release

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Now nobody’s accusing anybody of plagiarism, that’s just Grammarly dot com being Grammarly dot com.

From Hmm Weekly
On May 22, 2021
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ANDY ROONEY 2.0 DEP’T.: The Sidewalk

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I'd looked at this pattern before, over and over, but not properly seen it: the pavement looked like a window screen—maybe it always had? Maybe I had been looking at it all my life without seeing it.

From Hmm Weekly
On May 20, 2021
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DEP’T. OF HEALTH: The Second Pfizer Shot

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I had been dreading the second-shot side effects yet also, honestly, kind of looking forward to them.

From Hmm Weekly
On May 13, 2021
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BRAIN ITCH DEP’T.

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Mortal Wombat!

From Hmm Weekly
On May 7, 2021
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THOUGHT DEP’T.: Back To The Movies

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Do you have a thought? Send it to hmmweekly@hmmweekly.com

From Hmm Weekly
On May 6, 2021
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ITEMS OF ANTICIPATED VALUE – Item No. 3: HMM WEEKLY 10K CapyBricknote™

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HMM WEEKLY proudly enters the realm of NFTs with a three-part artistic meditation on financial or technological hope

From Hmm Weekly
On April 30, 2021
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ITEMS OF ANTICIPATED VALUE – Item No. 2: Luke Cage, HERO FOR HIRE No. 13 diptych

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HMM WEEKLY proudly enters the realm of NFTs with a three-part artistic meditation on financial or technological hope

From Hmm Weekly
On April 28, 2021
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