David H. Montgomery
@dhmontgomery.com
Words, data, code. Senior data journalist with @today.yougov.com. Host of the French history podcast The Siècle (@thesiecle.com).
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Ha librarian part always bugged me too! Life goals
If you want to spend way more time thinking about it than needed, I just saw a “think piece” relitigating that very plot point
www.thebulwark.com/p/there-is-n...
If you want to spend way more time thinking about it than needed, I just saw a “think piece” relitigating that very plot point
www.thebulwark.com/p/there-is-n...
There Is No Mary Problem in ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’
George’s vision of his wife without him is essential to the film, but critics continue to miss its true—and profound—meaning.
www.thebulwark.com
December 26, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Ha librarian part always bugged me too! Life goals
If you want to spend way more time thinking about it than needed, I just saw a “think piece” relitigating that very plot point
www.thebulwark.com/p/there-is-n...
If you want to spend way more time thinking about it than needed, I just saw a “think piece” relitigating that very plot point
www.thebulwark.com/p/there-is-n...
At the Hotel Emery’s “Down the Chimney” Christmas-themed popup scent, they have a wall where people can hag “postcards to Santa.” Many are hilariously risqué, but I saw this postcard from local author Emma Pathy asking Santa to “tell more people about my romance books” and must pass it on:
December 26, 2025 at 11:41 PM
At the Hotel Emery’s “Down the Chimney” Christmas-themed popup scent, they have a wall where people can hag “postcards to Santa.” Many are hilariously risqué, but I saw this postcard from local author Emma Pathy asking Santa to “tell more people about my romance books” and must pass it on:
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Ok, since this has come up four times in the last three days:
REPUTABLE LITERARY AGENTS WILL NOT CHARGE YOU MONEY.
IF A LITERARY AGENT WANTS TO CHARGE YOU FOR AN "EXPEDITED ACCESS PACKAGE" THIS IS A SCAM.
REPUTABLE LITERARY AGENTS WILL NOT CHARGE YOU MONEY.
IF A LITERARY AGENT WANTS TO CHARGE YOU FOR AN "EXPEDITED ACCESS PACKAGE" THIS IS A SCAM.
December 26, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Ok, since this has come up four times in the last three days:
REPUTABLE LITERARY AGENTS WILL NOT CHARGE YOU MONEY.
IF A LITERARY AGENT WANTS TO CHARGE YOU FOR AN "EXPEDITED ACCESS PACKAGE" THIS IS A SCAM.
REPUTABLE LITERARY AGENTS WILL NOT CHARGE YOU MONEY.
IF A LITERARY AGENT WANTS TO CHARGE YOU FOR AN "EXPEDITED ACCESS PACKAGE" THIS IS A SCAM.
Can relate from my current game of RimWorld. Its cassowaries have a 100% chance to retaliate if attacked. My starving new colony, desperate for any food, has not been nearly desperate enough to hunt cassowaries.
Cassowaries are the closet living relative of dinosaur and mean as f**k
this one I saw in AU was taking a bath
this one I saw in AU was taking a bath
December 26, 2025 at 5:50 AM
Can relate from my current game of RimWorld. Its cassowaries have a 100% chance to retaliate if attacked. My starving new colony, desperate for any food, has not been nearly desperate enough to hunt cassowaries.
As Tiny Tim awoke one morning from uneasy dreams, he FOUND himself transformed in his bed into a gigantic insect.
December 26, 2025 at 2:43 AM
As Tiny Tim awoke one morning from uneasy dreams, he FOUND himself transformed in his bed into a gigantic insect.
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Fun thread with great breakdown and context.
If ads reflect the values, norms and goals of society (while slinging product), the fashion and activity picks are amusing. And the gender roles…yikes.
If ads reflect the values, norms and goals of society (while slinging product), the fashion and activity picks are amusing. And the gender roles…yikes.
1/ It's Christmastime, and for a certain elite few that means our thoughts turn to only one thing: the greatest holiday special of all time, 1987's "A Muppet Family Christmas."
And in this THREAD I have a *treat* for all of you, courtesy my family's 1989 VHS recording.
And in this THREAD I have a *treat* for all of you, courtesy my family's 1989 VHS recording.
December 21, 2024 at 4:21 PM
Fun thread with great breakdown and context.
If ads reflect the values, norms and goals of society (while slinging product), the fashion and activity picks are amusing. And the gender roles…yikes.
If ads reflect the values, norms and goals of society (while slinging product), the fashion and activity picks are amusing. And the gender roles…yikes.
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One of the earliest-ever modern portrayals of Santa Claus features him gifting Union soldiers with a jumping-jack doll of Jefferson Davis dangling from a noose - as drawn by political cartoonist Thomas Nast.
www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti...
www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti...
![HARPERS WEEKLY.
JOURNAL OF CIVILIZATION
Vor. VII.-No. 314.]
NEW
YORK, SATURDAY, JANUARY
1863.
GELCOM
SANTA CLAUS
SANTA CLAUS IN CAMP.-[SEE PAGE 6]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:qiknc4t5rq7yngvz7g4aezq7/bafkreiez4d5lsrpbn3mrwkwrnbrhb3ra7dmvagbxjaz7hg5be7njnsbary@jpeg)
December 25, 2025 at 6:09 AM
One of the earliest-ever modern portrayals of Santa Claus features him gifting Union soldiers with a jumping-jack doll of Jefferson Davis dangling from a noose - as drawn by political cartoonist Thomas Nast.
www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti...
www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti...
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And Schrödinger’s Tiny Tim, who both DID and did NOT die,
December 25, 2025 at 8:44 AM
And Schrödinger’s Tiny Tim, who both DID and did NOT die,
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children got a lot spicier around Christmas break during the colonial era - from “Christmas: A Biography” by Judith Flanders.
December 25, 2025 at 6:00 AM
children got a lot spicier around Christmas break during the colonial era - from “Christmas: A Biography” by Judith Flanders.
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A++ thread of late 80s ads
1/ It's Christmastime, and for a certain elite few that means our thoughts turn to only one thing: the greatest holiday special of all time, 1987's "A Muppet Family Christmas."
And in this THREAD I have a *treat* for all of you, courtesy my family's 1989 VHS recording.
And in this THREAD I have a *treat* for all of you, courtesy my family's 1989 VHS recording.
December 21, 2024 at 2:37 AM
A++ thread of late 80s ads
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The Muppet Family Christmas is the superior Muppet Christmas movie and I won't hear anything to the contrary.
1/ It's Christmastime, and for a certain elite few that means our thoughts turn to only one thing: the greatest holiday special of all time, 1987's "A Muppet Family Christmas."
And in this THREAD I have a *treat* for all of you, courtesy my family's 1989 VHS recording.
And in this THREAD I have a *treat* for all of you, courtesy my family's 1989 VHS recording.
December 21, 2024 at 2:58 AM
The Muppet Family Christmas is the superior Muppet Christmas movie and I won't hear anything to the contrary.
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1/ It's Christmastime, and for a certain elite few that means our thoughts turn to only one thing: the greatest holiday special of all time, 1987's "A Muppet Family Christmas."
And in this THREAD I have a *treat* for all of you, courtesy my family's 1989 VHS recording.
And in this THREAD I have a *treat* for all of you, courtesy my family's 1989 VHS recording.
December 21, 2024 at 2:13 AM
1/ It's Christmastime, and for a certain elite few that means our thoughts turn to only one thing: the greatest holiday special of all time, 1987's "A Muppet Family Christmas."
And in this THREAD I have a *treat* for all of you, courtesy my family's 1989 VHS recording.
And in this THREAD I have a *treat* for all of you, courtesy my family's 1989 VHS recording.
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apparently in the US the "Christmas pickle" is believed to be a German tradition even though it was probably just invented in the 1890s by American department stores
December 24, 2025 at 3:32 PM
apparently in the US the "Christmas pickle" is believed to be a German tradition even though it was probably just invented in the 1890s by American department stores
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NPR is doing their best to appeal to younger listeners. The story I'm listening to about a Christmas tree farm has said "6 or 7" twice now.
December 24, 2025 at 2:49 PM
NPR is doing their best to appeal to younger listeners. The story I'm listening to about a Christmas tree farm has said "6 or 7" twice now.
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that the Whos celebrate Christmas suggests some knowledge of Christ, but whether this is our anthropic Christ or a distinctive Who-Christ remains obscure; some have argued Christianity was introduced to them during their refuge with Horton, which of course turns us to the matter of Elephant Religion
December 23, 2025 at 4:10 AM
that the Whos celebrate Christmas suggests some knowledge of Christ, but whether this is our anthropic Christ or a distinctive Who-Christ remains obscure; some have argued Christianity was introduced to them during their refuge with Horton, which of course turns us to the matter of Elephant Religion
A general reminder that polls consistently find only a small minority of Americans *ever* have political arguments at holiday celebrations.
NEW Economist/YouGov Dec 20-22
% who say there has ever been an argument about politics at a holiday celebration they've attended
U.S. adult citizens: 24%
Democrats: 28%
Independents: 22%
Republicans: 22%
18-29: 34%
30-44: 28%
45-64: 19%
65+: 16%
today.yougov.com/politics/art...
% who say there has ever been an argument about politics at a holiday celebration they've attended
U.S. adult citizens: 24%
Democrats: 28%
Independents: 22%
Republicans: 22%
18-29: 34%
30-44: 28%
45-64: 19%
65+: 16%
today.yougov.com/politics/art...
December 23, 2025 at 9:40 PM
A general reminder that polls consistently find only a small minority of Americans *ever* have political arguments at holiday celebrations.
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CHOTINER: and when you're in water you
PARTICLE MAN: don't get wet, that's right.
CHOTINER: And this is because
PARTICLE MAN: the water gets me instead. It becomes particle-manish
CHOTINER: There's been some debate on this point. Triangle Man, for example
PARTICLE MAN: I think we're done here
PARTICLE MAN: don't get wet, that's right.
CHOTINER: And this is because
PARTICLE MAN: the water gets me instead. It becomes particle-manish
CHOTINER: There's been some debate on this point. Triangle Man, for example
PARTICLE MAN: I think we're done here
December 23, 2025 at 3:24 AM
CHOTINER: and when you're in water you
PARTICLE MAN: don't get wet, that's right.
CHOTINER: And this is because
PARTICLE MAN: the water gets me instead. It becomes particle-manish
CHOTINER: There's been some debate on this point. Triangle Man, for example
PARTICLE MAN: I think we're done here
PARTICLE MAN: don't get wet, that's right.
CHOTINER: And this is because
PARTICLE MAN: the water gets me instead. It becomes particle-manish
CHOTINER: There's been some debate on this point. Triangle Man, for example
PARTICLE MAN: I think we're done here
Happy Solstice, everyone
December 22, 2025 at 4:15 AM
Happy Solstice, everyone
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Those new to Bsky need to be made aware of one of the greatest skeets ever, deleted long before its time.
September 1, 2024 at 12:14 PM
Those new to Bsky need to be made aware of one of the greatest skeets ever, deleted long before its time.
Stop the game, we have a winner.
A Lord of the Rings cover band called Boyz II Manwë
A Lord of the Rings cover band called Band of Mearas
December 21, 2025 at 4:13 AM
Stop the game, we have a winner.
A Lord of the Rings cover band called Band of Mearas
A Lord of the Rings cover band called Hüsker Dünedain
A Lord of the Rings cover band called Flock of Smeagols
December 21, 2025 at 3:17 AM
A Lord of the Rings cover band called Band of Mearas
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Actual shirt you can buy
December 19, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Actual shirt you can buy
We at @today.yougov.com showed Americans Donald Trump's post about Rob Reiner, as well as posts about Reiner from Ted Cruz, Barack Obama, and Gavin Newsom, and asked what people thought:
December 19, 2025 at 9:18 PM
We at @today.yougov.com showed Americans Donald Trump's post about Rob Reiner, as well as posts about Reiner from Ted Cruz, Barack Obama, and Gavin Newsom, and asked what people thought:
This post by @gruber.foo has helped me understand one reason why so many websites are pushing "magic links" on us to sign in, instead of letting us use a password: if you're paying for a subscription, expiring magic links are much harder to share with friends than a static password is.
A Request Regarding ‘Magic Link’ Sign-Ins and Apple’s Passwords App
I despise this design pattern, because it’s inherently slower than signing in using an email/password combination that was saved to my passwords app (which is Apple Passwords) and autofilled by my web...
daringfireball.net
December 19, 2025 at 7:44 PM
This post by @gruber.foo has helped me understand one reason why so many websites are pushing "magic links" on us to sign in, instead of letting us use a password: if you're paying for a subscription, expiring magic links are much harder to share with friends than a static password is.
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The Index of Consumer Sentiment definitely measures *something*. It's just not clear what.
I’m sorry but you just cannot explain this. You can’t. It can’t be done. It defies comprehension.
December 19, 2025 at 3:19 PM
The Index of Consumer Sentiment definitely measures *something*. It's just not clear what.