David Seawright

@costcogrilldad to 3 kids, UC Berkeley & Georgetown Grad.

[David Seawright @DavidSeawright]

Behold, a beautiful view from an Atlantic Coast Conference campus

[Jack Plummer @DepressedCalFan]

the cal football team is 140 years old and california memorial stadium is 102 years old

[Antonio Morales @AntonioCMorales]

“I think it’s going to be the best (recruiting) class Cal has had in a very, very long time.”

On Cal’s recruiting, Tosh Lupoi and why we’ll likely hear more from the Golden Bears on the talent acquisition front than casual CFB followers might realize
https://t.co/1jaGMK3ztk

[Kevin Clark @bykevinclark]

I'm about as pro-player as a college football fan can get and I can safely say that Sorsby getting an injunction to play would be one of the worst developments in the history of college sports. There's basically one rule in sports that matters and he broke it repeatedly.

[Pete Thamel @PeteThamel]

NEWS: Cal received a commitment from quarterback Dane Weber today, one of the top West Coast quarterbacks. Cal has significant recruiting momentum in Tosh Lupoi’s first year, as they are on track for a Top 25 class.

[Isabel Brown @theisabelb]

I don't know who needs to hear this today but kids belong in public spaces.

[David Seawright @DavidSeawright]

I see my closest friends every Sunday morning. It rocks, I highly recommend!

[Conor Sen @conorsen]

Was talking about the discourse with a friend at a bar last night (a rare occasion these days), and my main take is that the most valuable asset you can have in your 20’s is a lot of good friends you see often IRL. Maybe people should reverse engineer that.

[Thomas Dunn @Thomasdunn24]

It becomes full circle for Haas graduate and former Cal QB Fernando Mendoza

The Raiders QB and No. 1 overall draft pick, who got his UC Berkeley undergrad degree at Haas, was finally able to walk at today's commencement at the Greek Theater

[Antonio Morales @AntonioCMorales]

“We’re not going to be a feeder school here. We’re going to be a developmental school and start changing things here.”

Whenever there’s doubt about Jaron-Keawe Sagapolutele’s future, it all comes back to Cal. On how the Golden Bears kept their star QB. https://t.co/y5GqfMlNHV

[Palmer Luckey @PalmerLuckey]

It is insane that America has given a monopoly on letter delivery to a quasi-governmental agency that then uses it to flood our homes with useless garbage against our will. America would never allow FedEx, UPS, DHL, or anyone else to force this on us.

[David Seawright @DavidSeawright]

@ComfortablySmug As you’ve said for years, parenthood is easy! You’ll be better rested than ever in no time at this rate.

[Clint Teeples @TeeplesCY]

"If I told you there was one free thing you could do every Sunday that would make your kids happier, healthier, smarter, and closer to you, you'd think I was selling something."

Take your kids to church regularly. I don't care if you believe. The data is so lopsided that skipping it is the parenting equivalent of refusing vegetables because you don't like the taste.

Grades. Religious teens get As at almost twice the rate of nonreligious teens. In a class of 100, that's 24 A-students instead of 14. Church gives a kid the same academic boost as being born rich instead of poor.

College. Working-class religious kids earn bachelor's degrees at double the rate of their nonreligious peers. Middle-class kids do it at 1.5x the rate. For families without a trust fund, this is one of the most powerful forms of upward mobility social scientists have measured.

Character. Religious teens are far less likely to lie, cheat, or do things they hope their parents never find out about. They're more likely to care about racial equality, the elderly, and the poor. They reject the idea that morality is whatever works for you in the moment. That kind of kid doesn't happen by accident. It's built.

Closeness. 60% of parents of religious teens say they feel "extremely close" to their kid, compared to 50% of nonreligious parents. The kids report the same thing back. They get along better with their parents, talk about hard stuff, and actually want to spend time with their family.

Despair. Religious teens are dramatically less likely to be depressed, anxious, lonely, or feel that life is meaningless. 90% of devoted religious teens never binge drink, compared to 41% of the disengaged. Economists named the modern epidemic "deaths of despair." Regular church attendance is one of the strongest known buffers against it. Parents are spending fortunes trying to solve teen mental health. The most evidence-backed intervention is free.

Purpose. Religious young adults report higher purpose, gratitude, life satisfaction, and resilience. These are the exact traits every parent says they want their kid to have.

Here's why it works. Affluent families already surround their kids with networks of stable, accomplished adults through neighborhoods, schools, and parents' colleagues. Working and middle-class families usually don't. A congregation is often the last institution in American life that puts your kid in weekly contact with dozens of stable, employed, sober adults who know their name. It used to be called "a village." Now it barely exists outside of churches.

"But I don't believe." Your kid doesn't need your theology. They need you to show up.

"But church is boring." So is sitting through a kindergarten music recital. Parenting is the deliberate choice to be bored on purpose for someone you love.

There's a church within 15 minutes of nearly every American home. You don't need money, connections, or credentials to walk in. Nothing else in this country will surround your kid with engaged adults, teach them moral seriousness, and give them a stable weekly rhythm at zero cost.

You already drive them to practices that produce far less. The free thing on Sunday produces more, on more dimensions, than almost anything else you do as a parent.

You don't have to believe anything. You just have to take them.

[60 Minutes @60Minutes]

"There are no maverick molecules in the universe," says Ben Sasse. https://t.co/Tem7ihHlik

[David Seawright @DavidSeawright]

@rob11hwang The Rancho Bernardo -> Cal pipeline is well established.

[Jeremy Carl @realJeremyCarl]

I'm going to keep posting this Alstair Begg clip "The Man on the Middle Cross" (less than four minutes in length) every Holy Week, because its message is true in 2026, it will be true in 2036 and it will be true in 3036.

"If i take my eyes off the cross, I can then give only lip service to its efficacy while at the same time living as if my salvation depends upon me.

And as soon as you go there it will lead you either to abject despair or a horrible kind of arrogance.

And it is only the cross of Christ that deals both with the dreadful depths of despair and the pretentious arrogance of the pride of man that says you know, I can figure this out."

[Jason Romano @JasonRomano]

“The man on the middle cross said I could come.”

Easter week. Watch it. And watch it again. And then chase after Jesus.

[Official Ohio State DG @DylanEveryday]

You gotta be SICK if youre a Cal fan. SICK.

Big 10 Legends.

[David Seawright @DavidSeawright]

@ChristianKimUSA @AdmiralBear01 Never heard of him