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Sophia Ciminello @sophiacim.bsky.social · 1d

One of my favorite underrated Keaton performances, MANHATTAN MURDER MYSTERY

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Katie Langford @katielang.bsky.social · 1d

Evacuations along Vallecito Creek in southern Colorado’s La Plata County are ongoing - heavy rain has surged water flow from 80 cubic feet per second on Thursday to 6,130 cfs now. www.denverpost.com/2025/10/11/v...

Flooding forces evacuations on Vallecito Creek in southern Colorado

Flooding and broken levees along a southern Colorado creek forced mandatory evacuations in La Plata County north of Vallecito Reservoir on Saturday morning.

www.denverpost.com

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Matt Sebastian @mattsebastian.com · 1d

New Wax Trax on the Northside now open. Always great to see record stores expanding.

Photo of new Wax Trax Northside record store in Denver, with the band White Rose Motor Oil performing on the sidewalk

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Bruce Levenstein @brucelevenstein.bsky.social · 1d

40 years for this absolute classic masterpiece, one of the best psychedelic albums ever made.
❤️🚀🍄🌀

loveandrockets.bandcamp.com/album/sevent...

Seventh Dream of Teenage Heaven, by Love and Rockets

13 track album

loveandrockets.bandcamp.com

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Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 1d

FULL STORY HERE: Emails began flooding CDC inboxes late Friday night announcing dozens of layoffs. HR people brought back from furlough to oversee the RIFs. Disease detectives, entire Washington office, global health, injury prevention, MMWR staff among those hit.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/u...

Trump Administration Lays Off Dozens of C.D.C. Officials

www.nytimes.com

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Cohen is a Ghost @skullmandible.bsky.social · 1d

"even if it's AI, it's at least true" hard to overstate the damage this stuff is doing to people's brains. we're gonna be cleaning the slop out of archives for decades

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David Zipper @davidzipper.bsky.social · 1d

Deep dive into the surge in US pedestrian deaths:

"It’s not that more pedestrians are getting hit by vehicles; it’s that the ones that are getting hit are more likely to die."

"[That] seems like fairly strong evidence for the theory that the rise in large SUVs is behind the uptick in ped deaths."

Why Are So Many Pedestrians Killed by Cars in the US?

It’s unfortunately not uncommon for pedestrians to be killed by cars in the US.

www.construction-physics.com

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Tiney Ricciardi @tineywristwatch.bsky.social · 1d

Gooooood morning beer drinkers & happy #GABF! The prestigious awards starts in approx. 10 minutes & I'll be live tweeting the so you know which Colorado breweries win medals this year. I can't be there in person, but I am poured & this morning. Stay tuned to this thread for the deets!

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Chuck Eddy @chuckeddytor.bsky.social · 1d

Plenty of good quaint context in this journalistically written college-daily feature: Bow Wow Wow, R.O.I.R., Walkmen, “ghetto blasters,” smaller cars… Plus I like how the old main headline (if not subhead) would never not be timely, at pretty much any moment since. Just doing my part to kill music!

Cassettes! The Wave of the Future!

What’s most surprising now is that eight-track tapes were even still available at all by New Year’s Day, 1982 — or that eight-tracks were ever considered “venerable” in the first place.

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Chris Halstead @c20d.us · 1d

It’s well past time for mainstream news outlets to start calling out this absolute nonsense BS. What he’s saying is easily debunked!

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Trump: "Portland, I mean -- every time I look at that place it's burning down. There are fires all over the place. When a store -- there are very few of them left -- but when a store owner rebuilds a store they build it out of plywood. They don't put up storefronts anymore. They just put wood up."

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Matt Sebastian @mattsebastian.com · 1d

Denver's Secret Garden Bar & Cafe closed abruptly during service this morning after workers began petitioning passers-by about their efforts to form a union. “They shut us down, no notice, no news,” a barista tells @denverpost.com

Secret Garden at Cheesman Park closes abruptly amid staff unionization effort

“I was crying and having to serve the people that already paid for their coffee,” one worker said. “They shut us down, no notice, no news.”

www.denverpost.com

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Chicago Tribune @chicagotribune.com · 2d

A WGN-TV video editor and producer was roughly detained by two Border Patrol agents on Friday morning during a highly visible rush hour enforcement action in Lincoln Square.

WGN-TV producer detained during ICE enforcement action in Lincoln Square

A WGN-TV video editor and producer was roughly detained by two Border Patrol agents on Friday morning during a highly visible rush hour enforcement action in Lincoln Square.

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Matt Sebastian @mattsebastian.com · 2d

The Front Range recorded its lowest ozone levels in 16 years this summer, but the region still needs to reduce air pollution to escape federal oversight that requires more stringent permitting for polluting industries and more expensive gasoline for drivers // Story by @thenoellephillips.bsky.social

Ozone pollution on Colorado’s Front Range hit lowest levels in 16 years this summer

The nine-county Front Range region recorded 23 days between late May and early September when ozone pollution levels exceeded federal air quality standards.

www.denverpost.com

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Michael Karlik @michaelkarlik.bsky.social · 4d

Colorado's Federalist Society chapter is hosting John Eastman next week, who was the legal achitect of the plan to reject the 2020 election results and, so far as I know, isn't allowed to practice in Colorado's federal court (www.coloradopolitics.com/2024/04/29/f...). The event is closed to media.

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Matt Sebastian @mattsebastian.com · 2d

Denver Public Schools' enrollment this year dropped by 1,200 students — mostly immigrant children whose arrival had offset the impact of falling birth rates. “If this is not evidence of how impactful ICE raids and threats are," Superintendent Alex Marrero tells @jessicaseaman.bsky.social

DPS warns of financial ‘catastrophe’ after unexpected enrollment drop, possible funding cuts

DPS is down 1,200 students — mostly immigrant children who had offset the impact of falling birth rates — and, in turn, will receive $18.5 million less annually in per-pupil funding.

www.denverpost.com

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Robert Ham @robertham.bsky.social · 2d

I see you, NYT Connections.

The first eight squares from today's NYT Connections that read Third Sister Lovers Magic Big Star Serious Wonder

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Peter Thal Larsen @petertl.bsky.social · 5d

This photo from Portland by @reuters.com's Carlos Barria 👌

A demonstrator dressed in an inflatable frog costume stands infront of law enforcement officers during a protest outside of the ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) headquarters in south Portland, Oregon, U.S., October 3, 2025. REUTERS/Carlos Barria

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Matt Sebastian @mattsebastian.com · 3d

ha, think I still have The Bens CD

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Matt Sebastian @mattsebastian.com · 3d

That one for sure, plus Gay Dad

Marie Phillips @mariephillips.bsky.social · 3d

What albums does everyone regret buying? Loads for me, but the one that really sticks in my mind is K by Kula Shaker, which I forced myself to listen to joylessly several times in the desperate attempt to convince myself I hadn’t wasted my money, and still get cringes of regret about 29 years later.

Joe Scaramangaaaaarrrrrggghhh!🎃 @joescaramanga.co.uk · 3d

It's one of the few albums I regret buying.
I'll Manage Somehow and Stardust are fine. The rest is mostly forgettable.

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Elizabeth Hernandez @lizzy-hernandez.bsky.social · 3d

The Trump administration has cut millions in grants to Colorado colleges serving a high percentage of diverse students

www.denverpost.com/2025/10/09/c... via @denverpost.com

Trump administration cuts grants to Colorado colleges serving high percentage of diverse students

The federal money being cut funded positions or initiatives such as career counseling centers, college recruitment efforts, internship coordinators and services for low-income and first-generation …

www.denverpost.com

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Charles Ornstein @charlesornstein.bsky.social · 3d

Oh. President Trump Wants to Overhaul Drug Sales. A Company Tied to His Son Stands to Benefit.

Trump Wants to Overhaul Drug Sales. A Company Tied to His Son Stands to Benefit.

The family members of President Trump and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick are poised to benefit from efforts to remake the pharmaceutical industry.

www.wsj.com

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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 3d

BREAKING: New York Attorney General Letitia James indicted on fraud charge in latest case against Trump foe, an AP source says.

New York Attorney General Letitia James indicted on fraud charge, AP source says

A grand jury has indicted New York Attorney General Letitia James on a fraud charge, a person familiar with the matter told The Associated Press on Thursday.

bit.ly

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Matt Sebastian @mattsebastian.com · 3d

"The first biography dedicated to a core Elephant 6 artist, 'The Apples in Stereo' is based on extensive interviews with Robert Schneider and also includes exclusive contributions by all the key band members from the group’s formative years." www.jcardpress.com/shop/p/apple...

Cover image of Josh Bloom's book about The Apples in Stereo

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Matt Sebastian @mattsebastian.com · 3d

Nearly 40% more relatives and other “kin” are receiving state support to help raise children in Colorado’s foster care system than were at this time last year, after legislators streamlined the process for families that want to take in a child

Colorado sees jump in ‘kinship’ foster families after state increases support, simplifies process

Once a kinship family gets certified, they receive the same daily rate as foster families that take in children they don’t know, which ranges from $43 to $66 per day.

www.denverpost.com

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@DesignOneThing @designonething.bsky.social · 3d

Happy birthday Peter Saville. The celebrated art director and graphic designer, famous for album covers and recontextualization at Factory Records and later myriad projects for international clients, was born today in 1955.

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