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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The real danger isn't that your boss replaces you with Claude Code. The danger is that your company's customers replace your company with Claude Code. These tools aren't increasing supply of SaaS. They're reducing demand.
January 11, 2026 at 9:06 AM
The real danger isn't that your boss replaces you with Claude Code. The danger is that your company's customers replace your company with Claude Code. These tools aren't increasing supply of SaaS. They're reducing demand.
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Live look inside the vatican:
January 11, 2026 at 5:12 AM
Live look inside the vatican:
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Chicago has the mandate of heaven
January 11, 2026 at 4:38 AM
Chicago has the mandate of heaven
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Okay, I've been bullied into it.
The 1st Minnesota did indeed make a desperate, heroic charge on July 2nd that wiped out 3/4 or so of the men who made the charge. It's a wonderful story. I'll tell it in a bit.
They did indeed capture a Confederate flag that Minnesota refuses to return.
BUT.
The 1st Minnesota did indeed make a desperate, heroic charge on July 2nd that wiped out 3/4 or so of the men who made the charge. It's a wonderful story. I'll tell it in a bit.
They did indeed capture a Confederate flag that Minnesota refuses to return.
BUT.
January 11, 2026 at 2:27 AM
Okay, I've been bullied into it.
The 1st Minnesota did indeed make a desperate, heroic charge on July 2nd that wiped out 3/4 or so of the men who made the charge. It's a wonderful story. I'll tell it in a bit.
They did indeed capture a Confederate flag that Minnesota refuses to return.
BUT.
The 1st Minnesota did indeed make a desperate, heroic charge on July 2nd that wiped out 3/4 or so of the men who made the charge. It's a wonderful story. I'll tell it in a bit.
They did indeed capture a Confederate flag that Minnesota refuses to return.
BUT.
“a big boy deal for a big boy club”
January 11, 2026 at 3:59 AM
“a big boy deal for a big boy club”
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NEWS: A day after the Minneapolis shooting, Secretary Noem quietly signed a new policy barring congressional visits to ICE facilities without a week's advance notice. That policy change led to three MN Dems being blocked from accessing an ICE facility today. www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
January 11, 2026 at 2:39 AM
NEWS: A day after the Minneapolis shooting, Secretary Noem quietly signed a new policy barring congressional visits to ICE facilities without a week's advance notice. That policy change led to three MN Dems being blocked from accessing an ICE facility today. www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
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For you youngsters out there just finding out about him, Jesse Ventura is not "some kind of lake wizard" but was at one time the governor of Minnesota and before that a professional wrestler
January 10, 2026 at 11:34 PM
For you youngsters out there just finding out about him, Jesse Ventura is not "some kind of lake wizard" but was at one time the governor of Minnesota and before that a professional wrestler
Having studied a range of historical reform movements, revolutions, and failed revolts, it’s been fascinating to watch the interplay between liberals & leftists (or moderates & radicals), in their various shades, as both try to oppose the ICE presence in Minnesota.
January 10, 2026 at 11:51 PM
Having studied a range of historical reform movements, revolutions, and failed revolts, it’s been fascinating to watch the interplay between liberals & leftists (or moderates & radicals), in their various shades, as both try to oppose the ICE presence in Minnesota.
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FYI for folks:
FOP isn’t the union for Minneapolis PD. They aren’t even the primary org that lobbies on behalf of cops in MN. That’s the MPPOA, which Minneapolis also isn’t a part of (or wasn’t, back in the day)
The union that represents most cops in MN is LELS.
FOP isn’t the union for Minneapolis PD. They aren’t even the primary org that lobbies on behalf of cops in MN. That’s the MPPOA, which Minneapolis also isn’t a part of (or wasn’t, back in the day)
The union that represents most cops in MN is LELS.
The MPD union, at least, has made it clear which side they are on.
This is the cost of DECADES of (everyone, everywhere) refusing to deal with the rising right-wing and white-nationalist involvement in policing.
This is the cost of DECADES of (everyone, everywhere) refusing to deal with the rising right-wing and white-nationalist involvement in policing.
January 10, 2026 at 11:02 PM
FYI for folks:
FOP isn’t the union for Minneapolis PD. They aren’t even the primary org that lobbies on behalf of cops in MN. That’s the MPPOA, which Minneapolis also isn’t a part of (or wasn’t, back in the day)
The union that represents most cops in MN is LELS.
FOP isn’t the union for Minneapolis PD. They aren’t even the primary org that lobbies on behalf of cops in MN. That’s the MPPOA, which Minneapolis also isn’t a part of (or wasn’t, back in the day)
The union that represents most cops in MN is LELS.
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STRANGER THINGS (2016-2025)
Read what Indiana is doing in the portal and boy are we all in danger
January 10, 2026 at 8:19 PM
STRANGER THINGS (2016-2025)
Even the successful streaming services make less than half per hour watched than did old linear TV.
U.S. households complained about how much money the old cable bundles cost. They got what they wanted and are on average paying a lot less. Now we'll see if that's what people REALLY wanted.
U.S. households complained about how much money the old cable bundles cost. They got what they wanted and are on average paying a lot less. Now we'll see if that's what people REALLY wanted.
January 10, 2026 at 7:30 PM
Even the successful streaming services make less than half per hour watched than did old linear TV.
U.S. households complained about how much money the old cable bundles cost. They got what they wanted and are on average paying a lot less. Now we'll see if that's what people REALLY wanted.
U.S. households complained about how much money the old cable bundles cost. They got what they wanted and are on average paying a lot less. Now we'll see if that's what people REALLY wanted.
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Seen some people suggesting the new shooting video is AI because you can see a dinosaur in the background at one point. But, uh, there’s just a dinosaur on a car on that street. Here’s Google Street View.
maps.app.goo.gl/fmgYaLWrwxx3...
maps.app.goo.gl/fmgYaLWrwxx3...
January 9, 2026 at 9:27 PM
Seen some people suggesting the new shooting video is AI because you can see a dinosaur in the background at one point. But, uh, there’s just a dinosaur on a car on that street. Here’s Google Street View.
maps.app.goo.gl/fmgYaLWrwxx3...
maps.app.goo.gl/fmgYaLWrwxx3...
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Today in “Dudes Rock”:
A dude playing Dire Straits’s “Sultans of Swing” guitar solo on…a recorder.
A dude playing Dire Straits’s “Sultans of Swing” guitar solo on…a recorder.
December 12, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Today in “Dudes Rock”:
A dude playing Dire Straits’s “Sultans of Swing” guitar solo on…a recorder.
A dude playing Dire Straits’s “Sultans of Swing” guitar solo on…a recorder.
Why do we call it “Hand, Foot, and Mouth Disease” and not “nurserypox”??
January 9, 2026 at 8:50 PM
Why do we call it “Hand, Foot, and Mouth Disease” and not “nurserypox”??
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/12 If you think it is obvious that the videos prove murder and nobody can say otherwise, your view is based on how you want the system to be, not how it is. It will be brutally hard, fighting inch by inch against what America is, to convict Jonathan Ross. Your feelings don’t enter into it.
January 9, 2026 at 6:56 PM
/12 If you think it is obvious that the videos prove murder and nobody can say otherwise, your view is based on how you want the system to be, not how it is. It will be brutally hard, fighting inch by inch against what America is, to convict Jonathan Ross. Your feelings don’t enter into it.
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After weeks of staring at 1890s Survey maps and Victorian railway timetables, I think I've finally mapped how each set of characters moves in the Sherlock Holmes adventure 'The Red-Headed League'. 📊 #maps #booksky
Fancy new blogpost: aman.bh/blog/2026/ma...
Just the map: aman.bh/projects/red...
Fancy new blogpost: aman.bh/blog/2026/ma...
Just the map: aman.bh/projects/red...
January 9, 2026 at 7:26 PM
After weeks of staring at 1890s Survey maps and Victorian railway timetables, I think I've finally mapped how each set of characters moves in the Sherlock Holmes adventure 'The Red-Headed League'. 📊 #maps #booksky
Fancy new blogpost: aman.bh/blog/2026/ma...
Just the map: aman.bh/projects/red...
Fancy new blogpost: aman.bh/blog/2026/ma...
Just the map: aman.bh/projects/red...
The coincidence of using "Jack Norton" as the email address at first led me to think this was an unusual request from @jackhistorynorton.bsky.social...
January 9, 2026 at 3:36 AM
The coincidence of using "Jack Norton" as the email address at first led me to think this was an unusual request from @jackhistorynorton.bsky.social...
If you read history, it becomes very clear that a strong state can do just about anything it wants.
But it can’t do *everything* it wants. Capacity limits come into play sooner or later (and usually sooner). Ultimately manpower, hard currency, and other factors are unavoidable limits.
But it can’t do *everything* it wants. Capacity limits come into play sooner or later (and usually sooner). Ultimately manpower, hard currency, and other factors are unavoidable limits.
They don't have capacity to terrorize more than 2-3 cities at a time.
Which means they rotate teams to new cities without relief.
Which means consistent resistance by fresh activists in each new city will break them over time.
Which means if you're city's not occupied, rest up and get ready.
Which means they rotate teams to new cities without relief.
Which means consistent resistance by fresh activists in each new city will break them over time.
Which means if you're city's not occupied, rest up and get ready.
"The Department of Homeland Security plans to pause operations in Chicago — where Gregory Bovino, a Border Patrol official, has led controversial arrest efforts — to support the immigration enforcement operation in Minnesota."
January 9, 2026 at 1:26 AM
If you read history, it becomes very clear that a strong state can do just about anything it wants.
But it can’t do *everything* it wants. Capacity limits come into play sooner or later (and usually sooner). Ultimately manpower, hard currency, and other factors are unavoidable limits.
But it can’t do *everything* it wants. Capacity limits come into play sooner or later (and usually sooner). Ultimately manpower, hard currency, and other factors are unavoidable limits.
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The state Bureau of Criminal Apprehension says they've been informed by the FBI that US DOJ has said FBI will solely lead the investigation into Renee Nicole Good's killing by a federal officer. State investigators no longer have access to "case materials, scene evidence/investigative interviews"
January 8, 2026 at 4:03 PM
The state Bureau of Criminal Apprehension says they've been informed by the FBI that US DOJ has said FBI will solely lead the investigation into Renee Nicole Good's killing by a federal officer. State investigators no longer have access to "case materials, scene evidence/investigative interviews"
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No school in Minneapolis tomorrow and Friday. Just got this email.
January 8, 2026 at 3:00 AM
No school in Minneapolis tomorrow and Friday. Just got this email.
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Henri V of France, the sole legitimate heir to France’s Bourbon dynasty, will return in Avengers: Doomsday (but he’s got some stipulations about the logo).
January 7, 2026 at 5:01 AM
Henri V of France, the sole legitimate heir to France’s Bourbon dynasty, will return in Avengers: Doomsday (but he’s got some stipulations about the logo).
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NEW: Second video shows ICE shooting in Minneapolis. A woman, a U.S. citizen, was killed
January 7, 2026 at 6:19 PM
NEW: Second video shows ICE shooting in Minneapolis. A woman, a U.S. citizen, was killed
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It’s crazy to think they basically put in double the Feds than the combined police forces of Minneapolis (585) and St. Paul (561).
Everything is awful but it’s extremely funny that even aging Mpls rockers are getting in on ice patrols. (A.levy on IG had a run in today)
You can’t swing a dead cat without seeing the Feds in the city today. You are going to run into them if you leave your house.
You can’t swing a dead cat without seeing the Feds in the city today. You are going to run into them if you leave your house.
January 6, 2026 at 11:34 PM
It’s crazy to think they basically put in double the Feds than the combined police forces of Minneapolis (585) and St. Paul (561).