by David Brooks | Feb 27, 2026 | Blog, Newsletter
If you’re a gamer, the next Science on Tap in Manchester, from the SEE Science Center, is for you. On March 10th the topic will be: Behind the Game. Games occur on fields, screens and boards, with challenges for our bodies, hearts and minds. How are...
by David Brooks | Feb 27, 2026 | Blog, Newsletter
A bill allowing “balcony solar” – solar panels you can plug into a normal socket – is advancing in New Hampshire, with an “ought to pass” recommendation from a House committee. And we’re not alone: Canary Media reports (here),...
by David Brooks | Feb 27, 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 | Feb 25, 2026 | Blog, Newsletter
From New Hampshire Bulletin: The New Hampshire House of Representatives is considering a bill that would exempt some pets from booster shots intended to protect against rabies, but state veterinarians said the proposal was not founded on solid data. Rep. Keith Ammon,...
by David Brooks | Feb 25, 2026 | Blog, Newsletter
They’re building a big new legislative parking garage in downtown Concord. Driving past it today I noticed that, like all parking garages, the walls are full of enormous wide-open windows so that fumes don’t build up and kill our retirement-age lawmakers...
by David Brooks | Feb 23, 2026 | Blog, Newsletter
Molecules that get consumed at one level of the food chain have a habit of lingering in higher levels of the food chain, for better or worse. When it comes to rodenticides (rat poison), it’s worse. New Hampshire Bulletin has a story about a proposal to ban rat...
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