“Once upon a time, the unwritten rules of American politics imposed a strict decorum on the way politicians talked. “Lately, you may have noticed, the rules have changed.” Paywall-free gift: www.nytimes.com/2026/04/09/u...

If it can’t be CC, this works! Denver wins another national championship!

California burgers, Colorado views.

Thousands of men are members of Telegram groups and channels that advertise and sell hacking and surveillance services that can be used to harass friends, wives and girlfriends, and former partners, new research has uncovered. wrd.cm/3NOJyEY

“Despite his continued emphasis on unity, Leo has not toned down his language, even as he’s drawn the ire of some on the Christian right.” Paywall-free gift article: www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

Alice in Chains recorded this MTV Unplugged session on April 10, 1996. To me, it's the absolutest best Alice in Chains performance and the absolutest best MTV Unplugged. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jprl...

This DU-Michigan game may never end.

National average for a gallon of gas: $4.166. Federal minimum wage: $7.25 per hour.

I'm glad there is a ceasefire of some sort but it's clear that Trump secured NOTHING from the Iranians and agreed to a ceasefire because he really had no other options.

I wrote about the new date center coming to town:

$2 million per ship — to cross a Strait that was free six weeks ago. @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2026/04/06/w...

Colorado College campus is one of my favorite places in the world.

For 1,000 points and control of the board, which cartoon villain said, “A whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again.”

The Dallas Stars have banned a fan who was involved with a group captured on video giving an apparent Nazi salute during a game last December. Paywall-free gift article: www.nytimes.com/athletic/717...

Working-class Kentucky residents are being forced to leave their mobile home park within 90 days because a Fortune 50 company wants to build a data center next door. They don't know where they'll go. Video: Lex18News

Alcott bringing new meaning to the word Sunday.

I get to live here, which almost feels unfair to everyone who doesn’t call Colorado home.

Colorado, I sure do love you.

“We are now watching the most sweeping, systematic consolidation of media power in American history … being actively enabled by a Federal Communications Commission (FCC) that was created specifically to prevent exactly this kind of takeover.”

This is wild. Glad it’ll still have local ownership. (Also, I’d assume this is a prank, but if so, the Gazette fell for it. I’m guessing the reporter repeatedly said, “No, you’re not serious.”) Poor Richard's sold to local couple effective immediately gazette.com/2026/04/01/p...

🙄 @goeldfinger.bsky.social, @natebrown.bsky.social, @bamesjurky.bsky.social

“In New Mexico, local newspapers, broadcasters, and online outlets will receive tax credits worth up to $15,000 per journalist, designed to help save newsroom jobs and support new hiring.”

Bluesky users: Can we edit posts? Bluesky: Look! A bullshit AI tool!

The photo by Etienne Laurent is a haunting metaphor.

No Kings III Colorado Springs

Colorado Springs #NoKings several miles of people. Thousands attended.

No Kings protest. Colorado Springs.

More No Kings in Colorado Springs.

Colorado Springs came out for #NoKings

NK3! Colorado Springs showed up again. This city is changing! Next…vote out Jeff Crank!

Colorado Springs No Kings...Great turn out and great signs! #FDT #nokings

No Kings III Colorado Springs 👍👍

#nokings3 Colorado Springs

Seen in Downtown Colorado Springs

Colorado Springs No Kings! Thousands and thousands, blocks and blocks.

Got this great sticker from @raygunsite.com. Not sure where I’ll put it yet. 🤔

No Kings Day Colorado Springs

Colorado Springs

#coloradospringsnokings @50501cos.bsky.social @indivisiblecs.bsky.social

NEW: Colorado GOP gubernatorial candidate Joe Oltmann is intensifying his antisemitic attacks on the "Synagogue of Satan Jews" who Oltmann claims control the world and run Colorado

“Sometimes your path is predetermined; sometimes you dig your own grave.” My new crime novel “Laytons Grove” is available now in paperback and on all ebook platforms! Deets here: rmlowery.com/laytonsgrove/ #booksky

"KUNC and The Colorado Sound and Rocky Mountain Public Media (RMPM), home to Rocky Mountain PBS, KUVO Jazz, and THE DROP 104.7 have entered into a non-binding Letter of Intent (LOI) to explore a potential merger."

Wonder if it’d be okay if I parked here… 🤔

Today seems like a fitting day to say: Fuck J.K. Rowling.

Since the war with Iran began, the Military Religious Freedom Foundation said they’ve received hundreds of complaints from service members alleging military commanders are linking the war to Christian beliefs.

“The same industry also sells that data, including bulk cell phone location data, to police departments and federal government agencies in ways that can reveal intimate details about Americans without a warrant.“

OpenAI is shutting down Sora, its A.I. video generator, just three months after signing a multiyear deal to bring Disney characters to the service.

“The U.S. government is insolvent. That’s not hyperbole — it’s the conclusion drawn directly from the Treasury Department’s own consolidated financial statements for fiscal year 2025, released last week to near-total media silence”

I freakin’ love Portillo’s, but this illustration is perfect for explaining the company’s failed expansion. Opening Texas stores never made a bit of sense. Texas has plenty of (amazing) BBQ, and most there don’t care about eating an Italian beef. Full article here: www.chicagomag.com/chicago-maga...