Among other things, it remains extremely weird that the [checks notes] director of the FBI uses phrases like “ass clown factory” in public statements posted on his official account

This is a declaration they will use federal resources to deploy violence against judges, prosecutors, and attorneys general. There's no other coherent interpretation of the phrasing, including "only remedy," "legitimate state power," and connecting those people with "terror networks."

this is wild: while Stephen Miller's guy was in Minnesota for his uncle's funeral, somebody was able to see his entire phone and take pictures of his Signal group chats talking about military deployments to Portland, and brought them to the Strib (gift link: www.startribune.com/trump-offici...)

this is our cracker barrel moment

#CDfriday w/ the great Eugene Kelly

NEW: Colorado became the first state in the country today to set a maximum price that insurers and patients can pay for a prescription medication. The state’s Prescription Drug Affordability Board voted to set a maximum price of $600 for a weekly dose of arthritis drug Enbrel

Denver DA failed to share police records with defense attorneys in as many as 756 criminal cases since 2022, potentially violating discovery rules. DA's software for years diverted Denver PD files with a forward slash in the file name into an “error log that prosecutors were not aware of"

I love when student journalists break a crazy story, especially about their own school. This one is extraordinarily macabre. www.uscannenbergmedia.com/2025/10/01/u...

“No self-respecting university could ever accept something like this,” said Lee Bollinger, a First Amendment scholar and former Columbia University president. “Trying to protect conservative ideas against being ‘belittled’ — that’s about as violative of the First Amendment interests as you can get.”

The Trump administration is canceling $7.6 billion in grants that supported clean energy projects in 16 states — including Colorado, where $550 million in funding is set to be eliminated in what the state decried as “politically motivated targeting” // Story by @thenoellephillips.bsky.social

Amid conflict, Denver American Indian Commission co-chairs step away from Indigenous Peoples Day event www.denverpost.com/2025/10/02/d...

Pirating new albums is another skill lost to time.

Colorado's increased EV rebates begin Nov. 3, one month after the federal tax credit ended as part of Trump’s plan to push fossil fuels despite their contribution to climate change // Story by @thenoellephillips.bsky.social

"You know, old rockers never die—they just smell that way." For @nytimes.com, I profiled '90s survivor Evan Dando of the Lemonheads. Featuring amazing, hilarious visuals by Adali Schell. In print this Sunday. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/a...

The ADL this summer alerted the FBI to social media accounts that would later be tied to the Evergreen High School shooter, which suggested he was planning some kind of attack. The FBI says it investigated, but failed to identify him in time.

RIP Jane Goodall, who could take a joke: "In the aftermath, Goodall reached out to Larson, and the two became friends; Larson even licensed the cartoon to the Institute to produce a t-shirt that was then used to raise funds." screenrant.com/far-side-con...

"The Associated Press obtained U.S. Customs and Border Protection data by state and metropolitan area on self-reported destinations of nearly 2.5 million people who crossed the border illegally or came legally through an online appointment app called CBP One from May 12, 2023, to Jan. 18, 2025."

Facebook memories informs me it’s been 10 years since CLAMS

NEW: I interviewed Leonard Peltier at his new home in North Dakota. Now 81, he has a LOT to say about his ~50 years in prison, why he thinks Biden bucked the FBI to finally release him, how Indigenous people are "in danger" under Trump, and his next chapter. www.huffpost.com/entry/leonar...

The editor and most of the reporters at the Homer News, Peninsula Clarion, and the Juneau Empire resigned Monday after corporate management deleted content from a story about Charlie Kirk in response to a complaint from a Republican state lawmaker. www.juneauindependent.com/post/editor-...

In a 4:59 p.m. news dump, the Colorado Bureau of Investigation announces it will review the 2005 probe of Gonzo journalist Hunter S. Thompson's suicide at the request of his widow // Story by @katielang.bsky.social

NEW: Denver Pavilions to be purchased by a special city taxing district charged with helping revive downtown under a $37 million deal announced this afternoon. The shopping center, which opened in 1998 along the 16th Street pedestrian mall, was valued at $140 million a decade ago

seeing a distressing amount of writers, musicians, and other creatives using AI generated art to promote their work. some real artist-on-artist crime happening here

Please - stop doing the screenshot no link thing on Bluesky. This platform does not punish you for posting a URL. You picked up the habit from Meta apps? Stop doing Mark Z's bidding. Link ESPECIALLY to authors, reporters, bloggers, etc. where you quote the work.

U.S. will consider new applications for DACA for the first time in years

Let's not forget the car in Knight Rider had an evil twin, too. Named KARR.

"ICE goes masked for a single reason -- to terrorize Americans into quiescence... To us, masks are associated with cowardly desperados and the despised Ku Klux Klan. In all our history we have never tolerated an armed masked secret police."

Old Denver music heads: this one's for you (and me, since I moved to and started seeing shows here many moons ago). Via George Tanner and @denverpost.com #denvermusic

It really does not get more explicit than Trump telling top active-duty military generals that they will need to participate in occupations of large cities run by his political opponents as part of his "war from within"

NEW: Staff at Colorado’s juvenile detention centers violated policies meant to protect youth during strip searches more than 1,000 times during nine months between 2023 and 2025, according to a new review by the Child Protection Ombudsman of Colorado released today

In Colorado, Gov. Jared Polis and Denver Mayor Mike Johnston have said there are no indications that military deployments are planned here. Both officials said they would oppose it if it were to happen, with Johnston promising a legal fight on “day one.” // Story by @sethklamann.bsky.social

Attorneys for Denver immigrant-rights activist Jeanette Vizguerra filed a renewed motion seeking her release from detention Monday, arguing that her six-month imprisonment was so prolonged that it violated her constitutional rights // Story by @sethklamann.bsky.social

Exclusive: OpenAI is planning to release a new version of its Sora video generator, which creates videos featuring copyrighted material unless copyright holders opt out of having their work appear.

New Orleans has had the fewest murders this year since 1970. Carjackings are down 80% relative to 2022, vehicle burglaries are down 70%, shootings are down 63%. This is a wholly unnecessary stunt that will hurt local businesses.

As Denver voters consider Vibrant Denver bond, past approved projects show: “It’s not over until they’re built” www.denverpost.com/2025/09/28/v... #denver @denverpost.com

Grok told users the lead singer of The Cure was the Mormon church shooter.

“We’re getting to a place where school shooter-ism is actually developing momentum of its own," an extremism researcher says. "Previously, school shootings were a model for people who were lonely, isolated and suicidal. Now it’s almost its own ideology.” // Story by @jessicaseaman.bsky.social

People who have studied the downfall of democracy in other countries recognize exactly what is happening in the U.S. The parallels are unmistakeable; the only difference is the speed - we are going *faster*. apnews.com/article/trum...

Would love for @chrisfrantz.bsky.social to shed some light on these choices

Boulder Students for Justice in Palestine tried to show the film "The Time that Remains" on campus, but University of Colorado administrators sent police to shut down the screening and "attempt to identify anyone that was there," according to a police report // Story by @lizzy-hernandez.bsky.social

Weld County Sheriff Steve Reams and DA Michael Rourke drew national attention this month with viral claims that a dangerous man was set free from jail because of a 2024 change to Colorado’s mental competency laws — but reality is more complicated than the officials’ soundbites, experts say

LCD Soundsystem and Pulp covered Heaven 17’s “(We Don't Need This) Fascist Groove Thang” together at the Hollywood Bowl www.stereogum.com/2324402/watc...

As a resident of #Portland it is impossible to capture how unhinged this is. We are a low crime city and the ICE protest "siege" consists of one auxiliary ICE office that normally has at most a dozen weirdos debating what performance art they should use to block a single driveway

Very sad to hear about the passing of Kaleb Horton, a fantastic writer. I still think about this story. May he rest in peace. www.vox.com/the-highligh...

Just started our annual Halt & Catch Fire rewatch and needed to hear this first.

Daniel Ash 🎸

“I’m emotionally shellshocked right now,” said one professor in the Texas Tech system. “What does it say about academic freedom? It says we don’t have it.” The professor spoke by phone from the inside of a car to avoid being overheard by colleagues. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/26/u...

streaming platforms have robbed us of the randomness that used to be both an essential property of tv watching and a quality that mitigated its addictiveness somewhat. we were wholly beholden to whatever happened to be on! if we didn’t like any of it we were obligated to go do something else!

Marshall fire victims who joined the massive lawsuit against Xcel Energy are expected to receive their portion of the $640 million settlement before the end of the year, but the amount of money each plaintiff receives will not be publicly disclosed // Story by @thenoellephillips.bsky.social

ICE has arrested the superintendent of the Des Moines public-school system. He's a native of Guyana. DHS claims he said was issued a "final order of removal" in May 2024, around a year after he was named superintendent. www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/e...