<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Dispatches from the barracks: Major Blowhorn</title><link>https://blowhorn.ai/major/</link><description>The life, legend and loud opinions of Major Blowhorn, Blowhorn's drill sergeant rooster, and his horn, Old Thunderlung. Dispatches from the barracks, updated as his story unfolds.</description><language>en</language><atom:link href="https://blowhorn.ai/major/feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title>Major hears the B word again</title><link>https://blowhorn.ai/major/#dispatch-2026-10-12</link><guid>https://blowhorn.ai/major/#dispatch-2026-10-12</guid><pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><description>Somebody in Slack typed "Blowhard." Major is not angry. Major ran forty laps of the henhouse to show how not angry. Old Thunderlung also not angry. Old Thunderlung was very loud about it.</description></item><item><title>Inspection of the reply section</title><link>https://blowhorn.ai/major/#dispatch-2026-10-08</link><guid>https://blowhorn.ai/major/#dispatch-2026-10-08</guid><pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><description>Major counted the replies on Friday's launch. Thirty-one real humans, one real question, zero bought thumbs. Major cried a little. Allergies. Is dusty in barracks.</description></item><item><title>Reveille, new recruits</title><link>https://blowhorn.ai/major/#dispatch-2026-10-01</link><guid>https://blowhorn.ai/major/#dispatch-2026-10-01</guid><pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><description>New Macs reported for duty this week. Major lined them up, read the rules, and told each one, "You post what queue says. Nothing more." They have not blinked since.</description></item></channel></rss>