Matt Sebastian
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Managing Editor, @denverpost.com. "There's a bit of magic in everything, and then some loss to even things out" — Lou Reed
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Something odd happened at the Colorado Supreme Court this morning. In one announced decision, this footnote appeared indicating the majority opinion was handed off to Justice Rich Gabriel in mid-September. 🧵 (1/5)
January 26, 2026 at 8:14 PM
Something odd happened at the Colorado Supreme Court this morning. In one announced decision, this footnote appeared indicating the majority opinion was handed off to Justice Rich Gabriel in mid-September. 🧵 (1/5)
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Oh man. Writing the Marley piece I listened to a LOT of Sly Dunbar, the man who moved reggae past the one-drop and (with Robbie Shakespeare) formed one of the most incredible rhythm sections/production duos ever. RIP
RIP Sly Dunbar (1952-2026)
January 26, 2026 at 8:04 PM
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USA TODAY Co., owner of the Detroit Free Press, will acquire The Detroit News from MediaNews Group. The deal is expected to close by month's end; terms not disclosed. #Detroit #News
The Detroit News to be acquired by USA TODAY Co., owner of Detroit Free Press
USA TODAY Co., owner of the Detroit Free Press, will acquire The Detroit News from MediaNews Group. ...
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January 26, 2026 at 5:51 PM
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A bloodbath at The Washington Post. What a terrible day for journalism.
January 26, 2026 at 7:42 PM
A bloodbath at The Washington Post. What a terrible day for journalism.
ICE agents operating near Vail placed branded ace of spades playing cards — similar to “death cards” left on corpses by U.S. forces during the Vietnam War — in immigrants’ cars after their arrests, an advocacy group alleges // Story by @sethklamann.bsky.social
ICE investigates after Colorado group says agents left ‘death cards’ in arrested immigrants’ abandoned cars
Immigration agents operating near Vail left branded ace of spades playing cards in cars left behind after immigrants’ arrests this week, an advocacy group alleged. ICE is investigating.
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January 26, 2026 at 5:14 PM
ICE agents operating near Vail placed branded ace of spades playing cards — similar to “death cards” left on corpses by U.S. forces during the Vietnam War — in immigrants’ cars after their arrests, an advocacy group alleges // Story by @sethklamann.bsky.social
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Sly Dunbar, the pulse of so many great records. RIP. www.dancehallmag.com/2026/01/26/n...
January 26, 2026 at 4:45 PM
Sly Dunbar, the pulse of so many great records. RIP. www.dancehallmag.com/2026/01/26/n...
Photos by Rebecca Slezak for @denverpost.com of today's anti-ICE protest at the Colorado Capitol and march in Denver, a day after federal agents killed Alex Pretti in Minneapolis
More photos: denverpost.com/2026/01/25/ice-protest-alex-pretti-denver
More photos: denverpost.com/2026/01/25/ice-protest-alex-pretti-denver
January 25, 2026 at 9:50 PM
Photos by Rebecca Slezak for @denverpost.com of today's anti-ICE protest at the Colorado Capitol and march in Denver, a day after federal agents killed Alex Pretti in Minneapolis
More photos: denverpost.com/2026/01/25/ice-protest-alex-pretti-denver
More photos: denverpost.com/2026/01/25/ice-protest-alex-pretti-denver
Colorado is getting a break with this weekend’s arctic blast, but the broader dry-weather pattern that’s set to return in coming days is raising worries not only about the ski season but also about impacts this summer for the state's water supply and the farms and industries it sustains
In Colorado’s devastatingly dry winter, hope abounds for big snows to round out the season: ‘It’s not time for panic’
It will take more than this weekend’s arctic blast and snowstorm to make up for Colorado’s dearth of snow. “You need February and March to be nonstop snowstorms,” the state …
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January 25, 2026 at 6:17 PM
Colorado is getting a break with this weekend’s arctic blast, but the broader dry-weather pattern that’s set to return in coming days is raising worries not only about the ski season but also about impacts this summer for the state's water supply and the farms and industries it sustains
Saw this festival in LA the next day. Ian Astbury's two-date pre-Lollapalooza Lollapalooza. Got there early to make sure we saw The Charlatans. (Sadly, Public Enemy didn't perform at the second stop)
A lifetime ago. Back where it all started
A Gathering of the Tribes October 1990
We got to play alongside The Cramps, Ice, Iggy Pop, Michelle Shocked, Public Enemy, Soungarden and Queen Latifah
A Gathering of the Tribes October 1990
We got to play alongside The Cramps, Ice, Iggy Pop, Michelle Shocked, Public Enemy, Soungarden and Queen Latifah
January 25, 2026 at 5:10 PM
Saw this festival in LA the next day. Ian Astbury's two-date pre-Lollapalooza Lollapalooza. Got there early to make sure we saw The Charlatans. (Sadly, Public Enemy didn't perform at the second stop)
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Filming ICE is an act of journalism. Cell phone footage is vital source material for reporters who can’t be everywhere at once.
Shooting, killing and other targeting of those documenting news is an attack on press freedom and all else that's good in the world.
Shooting, killing and other targeting of those documenting news is an attack on press freedom and all else that's good in the world.
Videos show federal agents killing Minneapolis man
Some details of federal government’s account of the shooting aren’t supported by footage captured by bystanders.
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January 25, 2026 at 12:40 AM
Filming ICE is an act of journalism. Cell phone footage is vital source material for reporters who can’t be everywhere at once.
Shooting, killing and other targeting of those documenting news is an attack on press freedom and all else that's good in the world.
Shooting, killing and other targeting of those documenting news is an attack on press freedom and all else that's good in the world.
"As of Saturday evening, the family said they had still not heard from anyone at a federal law enforcement agency about their son’s death."
Man killed in Minneapolis shooting, Alex Pretti, had Colorado ties
The Colorado parents of Alex Pretti, who was fatally shot by a U.S. Border Patrol agent in Minneapolis on Saturday, said they told him to be careful during protests.
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January 25, 2026 at 4:48 AM
"As of Saturday evening, the family said they had still not heard from anyone at a federal law enforcement agency about their son’s death."
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Tomorrow's front page of the Minnesota Star Tribune: Jan. 25, 2026
January 24, 2026 at 8:49 PM
Tomorrow's front page of the Minnesota Star Tribune: Jan. 25, 2026
The National Science Foundation announced today that it will consider proposals for new private or public ownership to take over the National Center for Atmospheric Research’s Mesa Lab — the renowned climate research hub in Boulder that the Trump administration is trying to dismantle
National Science Foundation issues call for new ownership of Boulder’s NCAR Mesa Lab
The National Science Foundation announced on Friday that it will consider proposals for new private or public ownership to take over the National Center for Atmospheric Research Mesa Lab in Boulder…
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January 24, 2026 at 1:00 AM
The National Science Foundation announced today that it will consider proposals for new private or public ownership to take over the National Center for Atmospheric Research’s Mesa Lab — the renowned climate research hub in Boulder that the Trump administration is trying to dismantle
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Denver jam-band scene fixture and former Grateful Dead-themed bar owner #JayBianchi was sentenced to more than a decade in prison after his 2025 sex-assault convictions.
More details and comments from the DA, for @denverpost.com
More details and comments from the DA, for @denverpost.com
‘Serial sexual predator’ Jay Bianchi sentenced following 2025 convictions
The former Grateful Dead-themed bar owner was convicted on five counts in November.
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January 23, 2026 at 11:53 PM
Denver jam-band scene fixture and former Grateful Dead-themed bar owner #JayBianchi was sentenced to more than a decade in prison after his 2025 sex-assault convictions.
More details and comments from the DA, for @denverpost.com
More details and comments from the DA, for @denverpost.com
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Colorado school district drops appeal days before oral arguments in book-ban case www.denverpost.com/2026/01/23/e... via @denverpost.com
Colorado school district drops appeal days before oral arguments in book-ban case
Oral arguments before a three-judge panel had been scheduled for Friday, according to the American Civil Liberties Union of Colorado.
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January 23, 2026 at 11:43 PM
Colorado school district drops appeal days before oral arguments in book-ban case www.denverpost.com/2026/01/23/e... via @denverpost.com
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ICE is investigating - and issued a rare condemnation - after a Colorado nonprofit said agents left behind branded “death cards” in vehicles abandoned after their owners were arrested in the state’s high country: www.denverpost.com/2026/01/23/c...
ICE investigates after Colorado group says agents left ‘death cards’ in arrested immigrants’ abandoned cars
Immigration agents operating near Vail left branded playing cards — similar to those used by U.S. forces in Vietnam — in cars abandoned by arrested immigrants earlier this week, an advo…
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January 23, 2026 at 10:58 PM
ICE is investigating - and issued a rare condemnation - after a Colorado nonprofit said agents left behind branded “death cards” in vehicles abandoned after their owners were arrested in the state’s high country: www.denverpost.com/2026/01/23/c...
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this is weird and unexpected, but obviously I'm going to buy it because how often is there a new Cure cd single?
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Boys Don’t Cry (86 Mix) – CD Single
Boys Don’t Cry (86 Mix) – CD Single
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January 23, 2026 at 7:58 PM
this is weird and unexpected, but obviously I'm going to buy it because how often is there a new Cure cd single?
shop.thecure.com/products/boy...
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NEW: The Colorado Bureau of Investigation reasserts that Hunter S. Thompson's death was a suicide. The agency reinvetigated the 2005 death after his widow raised concerns last year // Story by @katielang.bsky.social
Hunter S. Thompson’s death confirmed as suicide, Colorado investigators say
Colorado Bureau of Investigation officials on Friday confirmed the 2005 death of renowned author and journalist Hunter S. Thompson was a result of suicide, almost six months after the state started…
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January 23, 2026 at 7:20 PM
NEW: The Colorado Bureau of Investigation reasserts that Hunter S. Thompson's death was a suicide. The agency reinvetigated the 2005 death after his widow raised concerns last year // Story by @katielang.bsky.social
Rumors of possible ICE action Wednesday night in Vail Village led to businesses shutting down early and at least 2 restaurants not opening for business Thursday. But town officials say they had no contact with federal immigration officials and know of no arrests. // Story via @vaildaily.bsky.social
Rumored ICE activity strikes fear in Vail
Rumors of possible U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement action Wednesday night in Vail Village led to businesses shutting down early and at least two restaurants not opening for business on Thursd...
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January 23, 2026 at 4:28 PM
Rumors of possible ICE action Wednesday night in Vail Village led to businesses shutting down early and at least 2 restaurants not opening for business Thursday. But town officials say they had no contact with federal immigration officials and know of no arrests. // Story via @vaildaily.bsky.social
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Israel killed three journalists, including a CBS News contributor, the latest attacks in Gaza despite a U.S.-backed ceasefire that began in October.
Israel has killed about 220 journalists in Gaza since October 2023, according to Reporters Without Borders. https://wapo.st/4r5ZmRr
Israel has killed about 220 journalists in Gaza since October 2023, according to Reporters Without Borders. https://wapo.st/4r5ZmRr
January 23, 2026 at 10:00 AM
Israel killed three journalists, including a CBS News contributor, the latest attacks in Gaza despite a U.S.-backed ceasefire that began in October.
Israel has killed about 220 journalists in Gaza since October 2023, according to Reporters Without Borders. https://wapo.st/4r5ZmRr
Israel has killed about 220 journalists in Gaza since October 2023, according to Reporters Without Borders. https://wapo.st/4r5ZmRr
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The ombudsman for Stars and Stripes, the deployed servicemember's paper of record, writes in its pages that the publication "is in peril of losing its editorial independence and becoming nothing more than a public relations arm of the Pentagon."
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Pentagon wants a ‘refocus,’ but Stripes hasn’t wavered from its true mission
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January 22, 2026 at 11:50 PM
The ombudsman for Stars and Stripes, the deployed servicemember's paper of record, writes in its pages that the publication "is in peril of losing its editorial independence and becoming nothing more than a public relations arm of the Pentagon."
www.stripes.com/opinion/2026...
www.stripes.com/opinion/2026...
Colorado transportation officials plan to ask voters in 13 Front Range counties to approve a ballot measure this November to fund passenger rail service linking cities between Fort Collins and Trinidad, with 10 round-trips a day
A train from Denver to Fort Collins? Front Range could vote on funds to launch intercity passenger rail in November
“We don’t want Colorado to be like California, where you have 16-lane highways and at rush hour you cannot get anywhere.”
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January 23, 2026 at 12:59 AM
Colorado transportation officials plan to ask voters in 13 Front Range counties to approve a ballot measure this November to fund passenger rail service linking cities between Fort Collins and Trinidad, with 10 round-trips a day
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up now at rolling stone: my report on the perilous state of the touring business for indie acts.
"It was definitely much, much, much more doable just a few years ago. It’s not even about making a profit. It’s about actually being able to do it at all."
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"It was definitely much, much, much more doable just a few years ago. It’s not even about making a profit. It’s about actually being able to do it at all."
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Is the Touring Business Broken for Indie Acts?
Artists, agents, and managers say that touring is more expensive than ever, and it's becoming harder for indie artists to make money on the road
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January 22, 2026 at 4:55 PM
up now at rolling stone: my report on the perilous state of the touring business for indie acts.
"It was definitely much, much, much more doable just a few years ago. It’s not even about making a profit. It’s about actually being able to do it at all."
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"It was definitely much, much, much more doable just a few years ago. It’s not even about making a profit. It’s about actually being able to do it at all."
www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
“They did not move to a concert venue; a concert venue moved to them," lawsuit against Ford Amphitheater in Colorado Springs says. // Story by @johnwenzel.bsky.social
Frustrated neighbors sue Colorado concert venue after years of noise complaints
Some neighbors of the 8,000-capacity luxury music venue say nearby concerts are ruining their lives.
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January 22, 2026 at 7:55 PM
“They did not move to a concert venue; a concert venue moved to them," lawsuit against Ford Amphitheater in Colorado Springs says. // Story by @johnwenzel.bsky.social
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After nearly 3 hours of emotional public comment from Coloradans across the state opposing a new ICE facility, Hudson Mayor Joe Hammock said “Let’s move on.”
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Protesters decry ICE’s new immigration detention facility planned for northern Colorado
The ACLU of Colorado sued ICE multiple times last year, forcing the agency to turn over documents that revealed plans for additional detention centers in the state.
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January 22, 2026 at 4:36 PM
After nearly 3 hours of emotional public comment from Coloradans across the state opposing a new ICE facility, Hudson Mayor Joe Hammock said “Let’s move on.”
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