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).
This is the book where he makes acorn porridge or something, right?
Anyway:
Anyway:
November 11, 2025 at 3:16 AM
This is the book where he makes acorn porridge or something, right?
Anyway:
Anyway:
It's worth remembering, perhaps, how a young community organizer named Barack Obama won his first election, to the Illinois legislature — by ruthlessly challenging the nominating signatures of his primary opponents, knocking them off the ballot and giving him an unopposed nomination.
November 8, 2025 at 4:42 PM
It's worth remembering, perhaps, how a young community organizer named Barack Obama won his first election, to the Illinois legislature — by ruthlessly challenging the nominating signatures of his primary opponents, knocking them off the ballot and giving him an unopposed nomination.
Want cute holiday crafts? My wife has a table at Minnehaha United Methodist Church’s Holiday Bazaar today, 9 am - 2 pm, selling greeting cards, gift tags, prints, napkins, wax seals and more! Plus lots more tables and lunch being served! www.instagram.com/p/DQvJkrLE9E...
November 8, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Want cute holiday crafts? My wife has a table at Minnehaha United Methodist Church’s Holiday Bazaar today, 9 am - 2 pm, selling greeting cards, gift tags, prints, napkins, wax seals and more! Plus lots more tables and lunch being served! www.instagram.com/p/DQvJkrLE9E...
Here's what happened last time. Nezhad voters were pretty disciplined, all told. Supporters of more minor candidates weren't; many were exhausted or ranked Frey.
November 5, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Here's what happened last time. Nezhad voters were pretty disciplined, all told. Supporters of more minor candidates weren't; many were exhausted or ranked Frey.
Four years ago, here's the share of Minneapolis voters who ranked each candidate anywhere on their ballots.
November 5, 2025 at 3:58 AM
Four years ago, here's the share of Minneapolis voters who ranked each candidate anywhere on their ballots.
Why I'm getting less sleep lately: My small, impressively shriek-y kiddo had gone from drinking 11% of her daily milk at night in June to 23% in October, and nearly 30% the past few days.
November 4, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Why I'm getting less sleep lately: My small, impressively shriek-y kiddo had gone from drinking 11% of her daily milk at night in June to 23% in October, and nearly 30% the past few days.
Very fun — the audience gets to vote on whether the main characters stay together, split up, or swap partners.
November 2, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Very fun — the audience gets to vote on whether the main characters stay together, split up, or swap partners.
Nothing like opening night at the Minnesota Opera! My first live Mozart opera, “Cosi Fan Tutte.”
November 2, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Nothing like opening night at the Minnesota Opera! My first live Mozart opera, “Cosi Fan Tutte.”
How many remember who was president when Roe v. Wade was overturned, TARP was passed, or the COVID vaccines debuted? We asked Americans about these & 17 other events from the past 25 years.
See the full results in @today.yougov.com's free newsletter: yougovamerica.substack.com/p/how-many-a...
See the full results in @today.yougov.com's free newsletter: yougovamerica.substack.com/p/how-many-a...
October 31, 2025 at 7:41 PM
How many remember who was president when Roe v. Wade was overturned, TARP was passed, or the COVID vaccines debuted? We asked Americans about these & 17 other events from the past 25 years.
See the full results in @today.yougov.com's free newsletter: yougovamerica.substack.com/p/how-many-a...
See the full results in @today.yougov.com's free newsletter: yougovamerica.substack.com/p/how-many-a...
I'm a lot of fun in group chats.
October 31, 2025 at 7:17 PM
I'm a lot of fun in group chats.
Important context for the 2025 Minneapolis mayoral race: my 2021 analysis of the last mayoral election. Supporters of the left-wing candidate Sheila Nezhad largely followed the "Don't Rank Frey" campaign, but Frey picked up lots of RCV votes from minor candidates. www.mprnews.org/story/2021/1...
October 31, 2025 at 4:04 AM
Important context for the 2025 Minneapolis mayoral race: my 2021 analysis of the last mayoral election. Supporters of the left-wing candidate Sheila Nezhad largely followed the "Don't Rank Frey" campaign, but Frey picked up lots of RCV votes from minor candidates. www.mprnews.org/story/2021/1...
Today I learned that my copy of "Hand, Hand, Fingers, Thumb," my kiddo's favorite book — she'll giggle and clap at the sight of it — is actually ̶C̶E̶N̶S̶O̶R̶E̶D̶ abridged, with three pages in the middle introducing concepts like handkerchiefs and shaking hands cut out.
TBH these are good cuts.
TBH these are good cuts.
October 29, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Today I learned that my copy of "Hand, Hand, Fingers, Thumb," my kiddo's favorite book — she'll giggle and clap at the sight of it — is actually ̶C̶E̶N̶S̶O̶R̶E̶D̶ abridged, with three pages in the middle introducing concepts like handkerchiefs and shaking hands cut out.
TBH these are good cuts.
TBH these are good cuts.
For @today.yougov.com, I asked Americans where they thought Cuomo & Mamdani fell on a "far left" to "far right" scale.
~40% weren't sure for each. But among those with an opinion, a majority of say Mamdani is "far left" (and most others "left"); views of Cuomo are all over.
~40% weren't sure for each. But among those with an opinion, a majority of say Mamdani is "far left" (and most others "left"); views of Cuomo are all over.
October 28, 2025 at 1:28 AM
For @today.yougov.com, I asked Americans where they thought Cuomo & Mamdani fell on a "far left" to "far right" scale.
~40% weren't sure for each. But among those with an opinion, a majority of say Mamdani is "far left" (and most others "left"); views of Cuomo are all over.
~40% weren't sure for each. But among those with an opinion, a majority of say Mamdani is "far left" (and most others "left"); views of Cuomo are all over.
My fussy baby had no interest in being held or in any of the toys we brought to entertain her at Costco, but when I dropped her in an empty box she was over the moon for 15 whole minutes.
October 26, 2025 at 6:33 PM
My fussy baby had no interest in being held or in any of the toys we brought to entertain her at Costco, but when I dropped her in an empty box she was over the moon for 15 whole minutes.
This nimrod went hunting in the basement and brought up a live mouse, but then tried to play with his food and let it escape under a bookcase in our living room.
October 25, 2025 at 2:13 AM
This nimrod went hunting in the basement and brought up a live mouse, but then tried to play with his food and let it escape under a bookcase in our living room.
IYKYK: There’s no joy more sublime than day care telling me my baby took a dump at 4:40 pm.
October 23, 2025 at 9:50 PM
IYKYK: There’s no joy more sublime than day care telling me my baby took a dump at 4:40 pm.
I also ran a bunch more polling about the Roman Empire for @today.yougov.com! For example, conservatives *are* more likely than liberals to view the Roman Empire favorably — but only slightly more. Full poll: today.yougov.com/entertainmen...
October 22, 2025 at 5:41 PM
I also ran a bunch more polling about the Roman Empire for @today.yougov.com! For example, conservatives *are* more likely than liberals to view the Roman Empire favorably — but only slightly more. Full poll: today.yougov.com/entertainmen...
The Lange 1 mechanical watch includes a dial showing how much power remains in the watch's spring before it needs to be rewound again. But cleverly, its designers used a nonlinear scale, nudging wearers to wind their watch early and avoid letting it die overnight: world.hey.com/jason/when-d...
October 21, 2025 at 2:23 AM
The Lange 1 mechanical watch includes a dial showing how much power remains in the watch's spring before it needs to be rewound again. But cleverly, its designers used a nonlinear scale, nudging wearers to wind their watch early and avoid letting it die overnight: world.hey.com/jason/when-d...
Found it! It was a blog post by @glennmcdonald.bsky.social: furia.com/page.cgi?typ...
October 20, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Found it! It was a blog post by @glennmcdonald.bsky.social: furia.com/page.cgi?typ...
Asphalt going down on Hennepin — this project is soooo close to being done.
October 16, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Asphalt going down on Hennepin — this project is soooo close to being done.
Sleep regression says hi.
October 8, 2025 at 5:05 AM
Sleep regression says hi.
And if you really want to think about the Midwest, here's a map of the U.S. with the maximum extent of glaciation during the last ice age overlaid on it.
October 6, 2025 at 9:05 PM
And if you really want to think about the Midwest, here's a map of the U.S. with the maximum extent of glaciation during the last ice age overlaid on it.