by David Brooks | Mar 20, 2026 | Newsletter
If you’ve been forwarded this newsletter and want to subscribe, add your email at the Granite Geek blog: granitegeek.concordmonitor.com Suggestions or comments? Drop me a line: dbrooks@cmonitor.com I’m on Bluesky and Mastodon (the newsie.social server) these...
by David Brooks | Mar 19, 2026 | Blog, Newsletter
I put the controversial bit of this story at the very end – even so, I’ve already been yelled at online about it. I learned long ago that people get mad at any pothole story which doesn’t bristle with outrage and tell people that this is the worst it...
by David Brooks | Mar 17, 2026 | Blog, Newsletter
I missed that March 16 was the 100th anniversary of Robert Goddard’s first flight of a liquid-fueled rocket from a farm owned by a cousin near Worcester, Mass., where Goddard was born. I wrote about the 80th and 90th anniversaries, so it’s annoying to miss...
by David Brooks | Mar 17, 2026 | Blog, Newsletter
A hacker infiltrating the local high school doesn’t sound like much of a threat in today’s threat-filled world, but Alyssa Rosenzweig begs to differ. She knows what the bad guys are after: students’ data. “It’s not an immediate threat but, in 10 years, when they go to...
by David Brooks | Mar 17, 2026 | Blog, Newsletter
The story of a young female fisher who walked from a UNH parking lot all the way to Franconia Notch looking to establish a new home is intriguing, despite its sad ending. But the really interesting part is what it says about the way technology is giving us incredible...
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