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2026 P4A Changes! (Plus...GAMES!)

2026-01-16 · announcement · Hank · 16:34 · watch on YouTube

Topic: Global development (also: Pop culture) · mode: Announcements · tags: calendar ritual, fundraising ask, civic or action cta, community lore

Hank announces the 19th Project for Awesome and its 2026 changes (video submissions January 24 to February 8, eight days of voting from February 10 with one vote per charity per account, Tiltify perks in carts without pre-packaged bundles, guest items, an ocean theme), then lengthens the video by playing Connections and TimeGuessr.

What is said

The parts of the video and what is said in each (★ — how much it matters to the video).

00:00:00 — P4A 2026: dates, money split, video submissions, voting rules, Tiltify perks, guest items

  • ★★ Hank says it is time to prepare for the 19th annual Project for Awesome, a charity event raising money and awareness for charities doing important work worldwide. — 00:00:00 · Project for Awesome
  • ★★★ Hank announces the P4A 2026 livestream begins at noon Eastern on Friday, February 13th and ends at noon Eastern on Sunday, February '5th'. — 00:00:00 · Project for Awesome
  • ★★ Hank says half the money goes to charities advocated for and voted on by the community, the other half split between Save the Children and Partners In Health. — 00:00:29 · Project for Awesome, Save the Children, Partners In Health, Nerdfighteria
  • ★★ Hank says many people have worked hard to make all the P4A information clear and organized on the website, linked in the description. — 00:00:29 · Project for Awesome
  • ★★★ Hank says nominating a charity requires making a video and uploading it to YouTube; submissions are accepted from noon Eastern on Saturday, January 24th until Sunday (18 January 2026), February 8th. — 00:00:58 · Project for Awesome, YouTube
  • ★★ Hank says P4A videos are advocacy for a charity you care about and must be made specifically for P4A 2026 using human intelligence and skills. — 00:00:58 · Project for Awesome
  • ★★★ Hank announces that, as last year (2025), anyone can vote on which charities get P4A grants for eight days, from noon Eastern on Tuesday, February 10th until February 18th. — 00:01:27 · Project for Awesome
  • ★★ Hank announces this year's (2026) voting rule: one vote per charity per account, so no voting for several videos of one charity or across devices or days. — 00:01:27 · Project for Awesome
  • ★★ Hank says the account exists only to rein in people who game the system, will not be used to email voters, and asks people not to make burner emails to vote more. — 00:01:27 · Project for Awesome
  • ★ Hank adds that accounts make it easier to see past votes and, with the new website backend, streamline voting data collection. — 00:01:57 · Project for Awesome
  • ★★ Hank says viewers donate to the P4A by getting perks on Tiltify during the same eight days that voting is open. — 00:01:57 · Project for Awesome
  • ★★ Hank says that, as last year (2025), several perks can go in one cart; it worked well and saved a lot on shipping. — 00:01:57 · Project for Awesome
  • ★★ Hank announces there are no pre-packaged physical bundles this year (2026): carts let buyers package their own bundle. — 00:02:26 · Project for Awesome
  • ★★ Hank says special guests will have limited-time items during their livestream appearances, with a schedule out the week before so viewers can plan. — 00:02:26 · Project for Awesome

00:02:55 — Under the Sea theme, then Hank plays Connections (palindrome red herring, biblical figures plus a letter)

  • ★ Hank says P4A 2026 has an ocean theme, like a high school prom theme: Project for Awesome Under the Sea, with ocean-themed perks. (playful) — 00:02:55 · Project for Awesome
  • ★★ Hank says he recorded the video in December, because the P4A planners now need videos well in advance rather than at the last second. — 00:02:55 · Project for Awesome
  • ★ Hank plays Connections, avoids the palindrome red herring, gets the purple group (biblical figures plus a letter) first and hits a 32-game streak. (playful) — 00:07:14

00:08:10 — A round of TimeGuessr to lengthen the video; sign-off

  • ★★ Hank plays TimeGuessr and fails to break 40: he guessed the years well but the places less so. (playful) — 00:15:56

In the description and comments

Humor (significant)

  • Hank hunts for a fourth Honda by putting 'Honda' before other words on the board. — 00:03:47

    “A Honda dugout. A Honda plane. A Honda flat. A Honda label.”

  • Hank realizes the palindromes he nearly picked were a trap. — 00:04:17

    “Did you sucker me into palindromes? I'm so glad that I didn't pick it.”

  • Hank is unsure who Ruth is in the Bible. — 00:06:17

    “It's like one of the guy's wives. I'm not making that up, am I?”

  • Hank celebrates getting the purple group first. — 00:07:43

    “That's a huge win for me. It's a huge win for everyone.”

  • Hank cannot place a famous landmark in a TimeGuessr photo. — 00:09:26

    “Like, now I'm showing my whole butt to everybody.”

  • Scanning a photo for clues, Hank fixates on a child. — 00:11:22

    “But this little kid's buff. This is a buff child.”

  • A TimeGuessr photo shows a nuclear test on ships in the Pacific. — 00:12:31

    “Wow, what an idyllic place to pop off a giant nuke.”

  • Hank closes by explaining why the video ends with games. — 00:15:56

    “And then, uh, have some fun so that the watch time of the video is higher than average.”

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Mentioned

Central: Project for Awesome

Also: People: Katherine Green

Works: Bible · Connections (game) · TimeGuessr

Organizations: Honda · Partners In Health · Save the Children · Tiltify · Yahoo! · YouTube

Places: Australia · Berlin · Bikini Atoll · Brandenburg Gate · California · China · France · Germany · Hawaii · Manhattan · Marshall Islands · Munich · Nevada · Pacific Ocean · Paris · Switzerland · Sydney

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