BREAKING: Early-morning fire destroys main hub in small #Colorado mountain town west of #Boulder. Updates to come.

www.oceanstatemedia.org/news-culture... via Pamela Watts

“The Pentagon Doubles Down on Muzzling Reporters Members of the press corps covering the Department of Defense say guidelines, newly revised, remain unsignable.” www.cjr.org/news/pentago...

“the girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa”

Pascoag

The U.S. armed forces may soon face the choice of whether to refuse illegal and unconstitutional orders, @radiofreetom.bsky.social writes. What will they do? https://theatln.tc/MnJ75n1c

The scenes out of Chicago should outrage us all. These federal agents are out of control, committing senseless acts of violence & putting everyone at risk.   American citizens are being detained & brutalized.   This kind of immigration "enforcement" shouldn't be acceptable to anyone.

The Aurora Sentinel is a “citizen” entitled to recover attorney fees and court costs for prevailing in an open meetings lawsuit against the Aurora City Council, the Colorado Supreme Court ruled Tuesday.

Alaska vowed to resolve the murders of Indigenous people. But when one nonprofit asked state law enforcement officials for a fundamental piece of data — a list of Indigenous murders they’d investigated — the state said no. By @kylehopkinsak.bsky.social, w/ @adn.com

Archeologists find that people sent to Camp Amache during WWII sought respite in the Arkansas River coloradosun.com/2025/10/06/a...

If you plan to have kids, set of a 529 plan as soon as you get pregnant. Encourage your parents/in-laws to do the same for their grandchildren, if they can afford it. College is eye-wateringly expensive.

Rhode Island folks: my friend and colleague @billkole.bsky.social is having a launch day event for his excellent book, "In Guns We Trust: The Unholy Trinity of White Evangelicals, Politics, and Firearms" next Tuesday, 10/14 at Riffraff, in Providence. I'll be there. Will you?

"Here’s the thing about free speech: It isn’t just about what you say. The First Amendment guarantees the freedom to access information and read for all, including children."

FACT FOCUS: Democrats did not shut down the government to give health care to illegal immigrants.

In all of recorded history, has anyone ever used a a bit of caulk from a tube, sealed it, and was then able to use the rest at a later date? I’m going to say no.

In all of recorded history, has anyone ever used a a bit of caulk from a tube, sealed it, and was then able to use the rest at a later date? I’m going to say no.

Shoutout to Colorado Public Radio’s @caitlynkim.bsky.social for putting together what is probably the clearest explainer and #FactCheck against all the shutdown rhetoric on both sides of the aisle. If you were unsure about the value of public radio journalism, this will set you straight.

Kenosha Pass still looks fantastic! Photo today (10/2): Photo: Mark Stephen Levy

Lucky Fan Wins Open-Heart Surgery From Stars Of ‘The Pitt’ https://theonion.com/lucky-fan-wins-open-heart-surgery-from-stars-of-the-pitt/

Karen Attiah, the Washington Post’s only Black female opinion writer, says she was fired over social posts. Her exit has sparked outrage among journalists and advocates, who warn it threatens press diversity and could chill free expression across newsrooms.

Colorado is increasing the amount of money offered through the state’s electric vehicle rebate program in November as a response to President Donald Trump’s elimination of federal tax credits for the same purchases.

Seven years ago today, Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi was tortured, murdered and then dismembered. And any so-called comedian who can't stand up tonight in Riyadh and do ten minutes on that kind of hijinx and horseplay just isn't worth the Saudi blood money he's being paid.

@cybilw.bsky.social, gonna need your thoughts on this ASAP. It obviously opens up a whole new horizons of food/book mashups.

The Saudi government murdered Jamal Khashoggi seven years ago today. His editor @karenattiah.bsky.social wrote this two years ago.

"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."

AOL, formerly America Online, introduced many households to the World Wide Web for the first time when its dial-up service launched decades ago, rising to prominence particularly in the '90s and early 2000s. https://to.pbs.org/48HSOlZ

The @redsox.com have been trying to kill me since 1965. But my heartbeats still! Really, bases loaded, no outs, against the Yanks in October? You sonsabitches.

NEW: CBI to review investigation into death of Hunter S. Thompson trib.al/zAK6lyl

I’m a guy who’s watched septic systems fail. Sewage systems are sexy.

"A little surreal." An underwater glimpse of a great white shark was caught on camera near Block Island. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/09/30/m...

AAUP v. Rubio is out, and look at how it starts. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

"Both the DEA and FBI issued what’s known as a 'Glomar' denial — a response that allows agencies to neither confirm nor deny the records exist."

The Korean Ministry of National Defense announced it will commend soldiers who refused illegal orders during the December 3 Martial Law, recognizing them as "individuals who protected constitutional values." www.chosun.com/english/nati...

War-ravaged Portland

Troops. In an American city. Using full force. Your now-regular reminder that Republican members of Congress are letting this happen.

Worst 1 season run differential ever: 1899 Cleveland Spiders -723 1890 Pittsburgh Alleghenys -638 1897 St Louis Browns -491 1889 Louisville Colonels -459 1883 Philadelphia Quakers -424 2025 Rockies -419 Rockies can crack bottom 5 if outscored by 5+ runs in last 2 games vs Giants

I had no idea school a crossing guard's jobs is so intense. “They blow through that red light. She's blowing her whistle. They are flippin' her off. ” Distracted drivers, defiant parents: Denver’s crossing guards get de-escalation training www.cpr.org/2025/09/26/d... @cprnews.bsky.social #EDUSky

The U.S. military’s openness to the press was never a favor to journalists, but an obligation to a country that asks its sons and daughters to volunteer for service. The Defense Department's new policy puts that in jeopardy, Nancy A. Youssef writes.

An Air Force surveillance plane that some members of Congress hope to rescue from the chopping block stateside is about to get some new life across the Atlantic Ocean thanks to a recent deal with the United Kingdom.

Can I talk to the manager? I’m against these @redsox.com city connect abominations. Would you paint a mustache on the Mona Lisa? Would you move the Statue of Liberty to Wichita? Why are we messing with time-tested perfection?

My wife has a head cold and I told her she looked rheumy. Not Rumi, the 13th century mystic. Not roomy, like the back seat of a ‘72 Rivieria. Rheumy. It’s a solid word.

Happy Stanislav Yevgrafovich Petrov Saves the World Day, everybody. 42 years ago today, Lt. Col. Petrov prevented an accidental nuclear war. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanisl...

Not a huge deal compared to everything else wrong with the DOE Climate Working Group report, but I just noticed that the report claims to be "Copyright (C) 2025 United States." Works produced by the United States government are not protected by copyright and are in the public domain.

repeating the phrase "full books" as I slam my head against my desk until I pass out

Nation’s 56,000 Acres Of Spinach Crops Cooked Down To Single Half-Cup Serving

My employer New York Public Radio just announced that it is offering @onthemedia.bsky.social, @radiolab.bsky.social, and other programs to at-risk public radio stations for free! More info: current.org/2025/09/wnyc...

It's weird - but now in Oslo, there's so many EVs that you notice the noise and the smell from individual ICE cars, and you realise how much we've been normalising it for ever. You can smell them half a street away. And inside parking lots are just *quiet*.