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David Brooks @grandpadavid.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

This McVitie's dark chocolate digestive biscuit won't eat itself.

David Brooks @grandpadavid.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Thank goodness that all the protest votes and non-votes against Harris meant the Palestinian genocide stopped completely on Jan 20, 2025.

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David Brooks @grandpadavid.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

You're not punishing the candidate by withholding your vote over even your most important issue. You are punishing yourself and, much less important, me. If the Republicans win, we are all fucked, and you are the most fucked.

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David Brooks @grandpadavid.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Absolute journalistic malpractice by NPR. "The Republicans had a midterm convention, so here's a report on the disastrous Democratic convention of 1978". Nothing about the $5,000 bribe or, worse in IMO, the pledge of allegiance to Trump and promise to cheat in the election.

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David Brooks @grandpadavid.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Just cross the fucking aisle already, Fetterman.

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David Brooks @grandpadavid.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

The program for the Republican convention has a glorious self-own: "All elections offer voters a path to the future. In November, we must decide whether to take the path of steady progress or ourselves obstruction." Whatever "ourselves obstruction" means... 1/ gopconvention.com/schedule/

gopconvention.com

2026 Republican Convention Schedule & Programming

Explore two days of programming, speakers and major moments from the Republican Convention in Dallas.

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David Brooks @grandpadavid.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

mydialect.us: As an Englishman living in the Boston area, and having picked up the vocabulary and a few bits of the local pronunciation, I got...Boston. I ran it again as if I had never left England, and got... Boston.

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David Brooks @grandpadavid.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

mydialect.us - I immigrated to Massachusetts, spent 20 years in the PNW before returning to Mass, still speak with a distinctly English accent but mostly local nouns: Nailed it. Most like Boston, least like New Orleans.

Dialect map showing a strong northeast bias focused on Boston

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David Brooks @grandpadavid.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

My piano growing up seemed to be tuned perfectly to A-flat. Every other triad didn't have the same resonance. I never learned the various temperaments, and I don't really want to now.

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David Brooks @grandpadavid.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Hey, both Roman Anthony and Trevor Story got 2 hits. So welcome back! To a 16-1 loss. #redsox

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David Brooks @grandpadavid.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

TFW your 10-year granddaughter, after her first day in school, casually describes how she has to choose books to read from five different genres. Her twin sister agreed. Using (and correctly pronouncing) a word I probably hadn't heard until my 30s. Again.

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David Brooks @grandpadavid.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Two female turkeys and 8 chicks just showed up out back.

A grassy mound with wikd turkeys and chicks

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David Brooks @grandpadavid.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

I saw The Odyssey with my son in Imax and couldn't make out half the words (my high frequency hearing is crap) so I had to read some reviews to make better sense of the allusions. I saw it again with my grandson in a standard cinema and pretty much heard it all. Why is that?

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David Brooks @grandpadavid.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

I've posted this in comments, but worth elevating. It's particularly hard for Americans, even those accustomed to Fox, to understand how relentless, self-regarding, racist, and vile the British press can be. That, plus every possible side will now use this tragedy as proof they were right.

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David Brooks @grandpadavid.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

The only downside of when It happens will be the golden mausoleum dominating DC.

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David Brooks @grandpadavid.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Let's go Legacy! 1-0 after 30 mins.

Boston Legacy soccer team at their temporary home.

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David Brooks @grandpadavid.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Another advantage of all the discussion of The Odyssey: I've learned a new (to me) word - "rhapsode". Even comments sections freely use the word to describe Christopher Nolan.

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David Brooks @grandpadavid.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

France v England had strong 2004 ALCS vibes. If you're from Boston, you know, although the progression wasn’t quite the same.

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David Brooks @grandpadavid.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

The game's afoot! (Cry God for Harry...)

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Rodger Sherman @rodger.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

the World Cup final will be between two teams that Cape Verde played even through 90 minutes

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David Brooks @grandpadavid.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

So on Saturday we will replay Agincourt after all. Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more... <lines omitted for character count> ...The game's afoot: Follow your spirit, and upon this charge Cry 'God for Harry, England, and Saint George!'

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David Brooks @grandpadavid.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Loser playoff - once more into the breach, dear friends!

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David Brooks @grandpadavid.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

At least we still have the Falklands.

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David Brooks @grandpadavid.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Only 11 minutes in, and we've already switched to Telemundo.

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David Brooks @grandpadavid.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

These ugly dark yellow skies, at 85 degrees in Massachusetts, is the new normal.

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David Brooks @grandpadavid.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Well, that's spoiled the Revolutionary War references.

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David Brooks @grandpadavid.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

I assume Balogun was playing, but TBH I didn't hear his name mentioned on Fox or (after switching over because the Fox team sucked) Telemundo. Intentional?

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David Brooks @grandpadavid.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Everyone to their friends after yesterday: 'Watch soccer! It's great!" Their friends this afternoon: "Really?"

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George Gantsoudes @pedsortho.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

I haven’t seen so many ineffective crosses in Mexico since Hernán Cortés couldn’t convert the Aztecs in 1519

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David Brooks @grandpadavid.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

I understand there's a busy pub or two in England right now.

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David Brooks @grandpadavid.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Man of the Match switches from Bellingham to Pickford.

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David Brooks @grandpadavid.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

The Housing Bill becomes law on July 10, per Article I. DON'T TELL TRUMP!

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David Brooks @grandpadavid.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

How many days-excluding-Sunday has Trump been sitting on the housing bill? Is Congress still in session? Shhh, don't tell him. He certainly hasn't read Article I.

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David Brooks @grandpadavid.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

The heat death of the universe can't come soon enough. Come on, dark energy, do your thing.

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David Brooks @grandpadavid.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Whose stupid idea was it to celebrate July 4th in July?

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David Brooks @grandpadavid.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Flashback 250: I placed 25 events correctly 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Play here: www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

nytimes.com

Flashback 250: The Great U.S. History Quiz

Can you sort 25 historical events — before getting three wrong answers?

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David Brooks @grandpadavid.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Point: If the extreme right Tea Party can clean up in 2010, social democrats can do it in 2026. Counterpoint: They had Limbaugh and Fox.

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David Brooks @grandpadavid.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Once again, the Telemundo commentary is way better than Fox, and I only know one word of Spanish: "Gooooooooooooooooooooal". Actually I think one of them said "Everton".

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David Brooks @grandpadavid.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Expecting Tuchel to be fired at half-time.

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David Brooks @grandpadavid.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Why the hell did NBC, or maybe Spectrum, think Red Sox and Yankee fans wanted to watch f***ing golf for the first four innings?

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David Brooks @grandpadavid.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Trump says his limited edition passport says "Welcome to our country". Which makes no sense unless he is talking about handing them out at naturalization ceremonies. Which doesn't happen. So he must mean the passports will be handed out to all those millions of non-citizens when they go to vote.

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David Brooks @grandpadavid.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Betting Roberts will dodge the chance to say the 14th says what it says, and decide the case on the narrow grounds of Trump's shitty EO. Like requiring that the putative father of every child in the class take a paternity test (hubby, he isn't your kid but at least his actual dad is a citizen). 1/

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David Brooks @grandpadavid.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Unfortunately, we'll never know if Kamala Harris would have used vulgar sexual terms about her political rivals and cabinet members, or gone out of her way to demean male reporters. I think it would have helped us decide.

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David Brooks @grandpadavid.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

And being Scots they didn't care about the score.

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