David Brooks
@grandpadavid.bsky.social
Microsoft alum, UK/US citizen, municipal volunteer.
Lt-Col (retd), Antifa Freedonia regiment.
Proud husband of @jeanniebrooks.bsky.social and dad of @johnbrooks.bsky.social.
"Use every man after his desert, and who should ’scape whipping?"
Lt-Col (retd), Antifa Freedonia regiment.
Proud husband of @jeanniebrooks.bsky.social and dad of @johnbrooks.bsky.social.
"Use every man after his desert, and who should ’scape whipping?"
December 13, 2025 at 7:03 PM
For those championing Calibri, its biggest mistake. And TNR has another ambiguity:
December 10, 2025 at 4:52 PM
For those championing Calibri, its biggest mistake. And TNR has another ambiguity:
I can't wait for Calibri to go away. The almost same-ness between lowercase L and uppercase i always drove me nuts.
December 10, 2025 at 4:47 PM
I can't wait for Calibri to go away. The almost same-ness between lowercase L and uppercase i always drove me nuts.
Quick, get one before the panels fall off!
December 4, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Quick, get one before the panels fall off!
I admit I haven't tried one of the four(?) Dunkins in London. I only noticed this one in Earls Court after looking at the picture of the Tardis.
December 1, 2025 at 5:02 PM
I admit I haven't tried one of the four(?) Dunkins in London. I only noticed this one in Earls Court after looking at the picture of the Tardis.
Oh, it can be *really* useful if you rent a car in Southampton and ask it to plot a route to Manchester.
(I asked the aptly named CoPilot to highlight Worcester on a map)
(I asked the aptly named CoPilot to highlight Worcester on a map)
November 24, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Oh, it can be *really* useful if you rent a car in Southampton and ask it to plot a route to Manchester.
(I asked the aptly named CoPilot to highlight Worcester on a map)
(I asked the aptly named CoPilot to highlight Worcester on a map)
I asked CoPilot to produce a map of England and Wales highlighting Worcester (for a PowerPoint presentation). The result gives me new insight into English cities. At least Southampton is even more accessible by boat.
Perhaps I'll just take the crude map from Wikipedia and stick labels on it.
Perhaps I'll just take the crude map from Wikipedia and stick labels on it.
November 14, 2025 at 8:10 PM
I asked CoPilot to produce a map of England and Wales highlighting Worcester (for a PowerPoint presentation). The result gives me new insight into English cities. At least Southampton is even more accessible by boat.
Perhaps I'll just take the crude map from Wikipedia and stick labels on it.
Perhaps I'll just take the crude map from Wikipedia and stick labels on it.
But Jupiter and the Twins in the East...
November 12, 2025 at 3:40 AM
But Jupiter and the Twins in the East...
Best I can do now. Definite unusual green and purple, occasional flickering.
November 12, 2025 at 3:36 AM
Best I can do now. Definite unusual green and purple, occasional flickering.
Thank goodness Sleepy Joe dropped out.
November 7, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Thank goodness Sleepy Joe dropped out.
The least surprising inscription on a longboat ever - Ashby Canal, Hinckley
October 28, 2025 at 9:50 AM
The least surprising inscription on a longboat ever - Ashby Canal, Hinckley
@jeanniebrooks.bsky.social and my daughter in Washington State (unfortunately we have to be in England).
October 18, 2025 at 7:24 PM
@jeanniebrooks.bsky.social and my daughter in Washington State (unfortunately we have to be in England).
The OG of the Three Choirs, and the Gerontius window. #Worcester NotMassachusetts #classicalmusic.
October 14, 2025 at 5:13 PM
The OG of the Three Choirs, and the Gerontius window. #Worcester NotMassachusetts #classicalmusic.
Apparently the Avon at Worcester has swans.
October 14, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Apparently the Avon at Worcester has swans.
Mr and Mrs Brooks are currently in a Costa in Stroud, Gloucestershire. But, honestly, things aren't looking so great in the old country either.
Except visually of course.
Except visually of course.
October 11, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Mr and Mrs Brooks are currently in a Costa in Stroud, Gloucestershire. But, honestly, things aren't looking so great in the old country either.
Except visually of course.
Except visually of course.
I just heard the Academic Festival Overture and wondered again how *that* horn riff (mm 181-187) would sound on natural horns. Suitably intoxicated, I hope. It even ends with a fact from horn IV.
September 3, 2025 at 1:56 PM
I just heard the Academic Festival Overture and wondered again how *that* horn riff (mm 181-187) would sound on natural horns. Suitably intoxicated, I hope. It even ends with a fact from horn IV.
And along Route 9, Worcester City Hall.
August 24, 2025 at 1:43 PM
And along Route 9, Worcester City Hall.
Modern photography.
August 23, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Modern photography.
No ICE No fascism. Worcester MA.
#worcester
#worcester
August 23, 2025 at 4:44 PM
No ICE No fascism. Worcester MA.
#worcester
#worcester
Three deer and the shadow of my house (this is the bank of a storage pond surrounded by conservation land, Massachusetts).
August 21, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Three deer and the shadow of my house (this is the bank of a storage pond surrounded by conservation land, Massachusetts).