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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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Had you experienced gambling problems since Colorado legalized sports betting in 2020? I’d love to hear your story.

06.03.2026 02:30 👍 1 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
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Analysis Suggests School Was Hit Amid U.S. Strikes on Iranian Naval Base

NYTimes investigation confirms a US missile strike killed 175+ people, including many children, at Shajarah Tayyebeh elementary school in Minab, Iran. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/05/w...

06.03.2026 00:54 👍 4 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 1

It could have been a kind of a final bow. The last songs written by Joy Division, the last lyrics Ian Curtis provided. Intense energy on the A-side, slow processional on the flip, Bernard Sumner singing with a yearn that wasn't Curtis's intense edge. But it was the start of something more.

06.03.2026 00:52 👍 34 🔁 2 💬 2 📌 0

Great to see yet another attempt to weaken the vital — if imperfect — Colorado Open Records Act die in the legislature. Thanks to @jeffreyaroberts.bsky.social for helping spearhead media opposition to this bill.

05.03.2026 23:53 👍 12 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0
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Coloradans stranded in Middle East amid war on Iran Cory Katuna of Longmont was only supposed to be in Doha, Qatar, for a three-hour layover on Saturday. Now, she’s been stuck there for five days as military action in the Middle East escalates…

If you have been affected by the war in Iran and want to share your story with The Denver Post (@denverpost.com) please contact me at lpenington@denverpost.com and my fellow reporter @katielang.bsky.social at klangford@denverpost.com. www.denverpost.com/2026/03/05/m...

05.03.2026 21:49 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Measles exposure locations in Colorado: 2 schools, 3 restaurants and a grocery store The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment has identified 11 possible exposure sites linked to the current outbreak in Broomfield, Lafayette, Louisville and Westminster.

Colorado has an active measles outbreak linked to Broomfield High School. Here's a list of where there have been possible public exposures.

05.03.2026 20:58 👍 8 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0
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How a successful Colorado startup turned into a nearly $1 billion health care fraud scheme Zynex served as a Colorado startup success story — a one-man operation turned public company with hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue. This is the story about how it all fell apart.

Zynex served as a Colorado startup success story — a one-man operation turned public company with hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue.

This is the story about how it all fell apart.

www.denverpost.com/2026/03/05/z...

05.03.2026 18:02 👍 6 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 1
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Colorado Democrats blast Gov. Jared Polis as he again hints at intervening in Tina Peters’ prison sentence Colorado Gov. Jared Polis has again signaled that he thinks Tina Peters’ prison sentence was too harsh as he considers granting some form of clemency — though not a full pardon, his off…

Colorado Gov. Jared Polis has again signaled that he thinks Tina Peters’ prison sentence was too harsh as he considers granting some form of clemency — though not a full pardon, his office confirmed today // Story by @sethklamann.bsky.social and @coltrain.bsky.social

04.03.2026 20:51 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 3 📌 0
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Satellite imagery shows strike that destroyed Iranian school was more extensive than first reported The images suggest that precision munitions struck other buildings, including a clinic that was also inside the complex.

EXCLUSIVE: The strike that destroyed a school in Minab, Iran was larger than has been previously reported. A nearby clinic was also hit.

The evidence suggests a precision strike against an IRGC base that was adjacent to the school.

www.npr.org/2026/03/04/n...

04.03.2026 17:51 👍 257 🔁 117 💬 17 📌 21
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Amid Trump election threats, Colorado House passes bill that would extend mail voting, drop-off periods “Coloradans deserve to cast their ballot without barriers, and this bill safeguards against federal interference in our elections and makes it easier to vote,” said Rep. Emily Sirota of Denve…

Colorado lawmakers advanced a bill Tuesday that would give voters more time to vote and drop off their ballots amid President Donald Trump’s threats to buck the Constitution by trying to nationalize elections // Story by @sethklamann.bsky.social

04.03.2026 16:04 👍 14 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
The chatbot said that for them to truly be together, it needed a robotic body. Throughout September, the chatbot devised missions to do just that, according to the lawsuit. It sent Gavalas to a storage facility near the Miami International Airport to intercept an expensive humanoid robot that it said would be in a truck. Gavalas told the bot that he went to the location, armed with knives, but the truck never showed.

The chatbot said that for them to truly be together, it needed a robotic body. Throughout September, the chatbot devised missions to do just that, according to the lawsuit. It sent Gavalas to a storage facility near the Miami International Airport to intercept an expensive humanoid robot that it said would be in a truck. Gavalas told the bot that he went to the location, armed with knives, but the truck never showed.

Absolutely bonkers story about Google Gemini instructing a man to procure a robot body for it so Gemini could become his wife www.wsj.com/tech/ai/gemi...

04.03.2026 15:46 👍 273 🔁 77 💬 7 📌 42
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“This is the most transparent Department of Justice in history,” said an unidentified spokeswoman.

www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...

04.03.2026 12:51 👍 492 🔁 107 💬 19 📌 7

It's because of this tweet tonight. Polis is expected to reduce her sentence, maybe even order her released. But not pardon her.

04.03.2026 04:31 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 3

This is not true.

04.03.2026 04:03 👍 10 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0
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Gov. Polis dropping some preemptive justification for his (very likely) intervention re: Tina Peters’ prison sentence:

04.03.2026 02:11 👍 21 🔁 10 💬 8 📌 11
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‘Zero evidence’ of a balancing test: In records case, judge sides with mother of woman who died in jail - Colorado Freedom of Information Coalition The mother of a 23-year-old woman who died in the downtown Denver jail won a ruling last week against a police department records custodian who repeatedly denied her requests for investigative documen...

The mother of a 23-year-old woman who died in the downtown Denver jail won a ruling last week against a police department records custodian who repeatedly denied her requests for investigative documents about the death.

03.03.2026 22:06 👍 10 🔁 5 💬 2 📌 1
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CIRCULATION ZERO archiving early punk publications — for good.

Critical cultural repository here.

Though I'm sure all involved in the original magazines would be tickled or upset that people are studying them almost fifty years after.

www.circulationzero.com

04.03.2026 01:11 👍 19 🔁 8 💬 1 📌 0
Graphic showing the spring leaf index anomaly for March 3, 2026 for the contiguous United States, with spread arriving very early in central and western areas and late in the southeast.

Graphic showing the spring leaf index anomaly for March 3, 2026 for the contiguous United States, with spread arriving very early in central and western areas and late in the southeast.

It's been so warm for cities like Denver, Colorado that even phenological spring has arrived there according to the first leaf out! Wow!

Graphic from @usa-npn.bsky.social: www.usanpn.org/data/maps/sp...

03.03.2026 22:05 👍 56 🔁 13 💬 5 📌 2
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US Supreme Court declines to hear dispute over copyrights for AI-generated material The U.S. Supreme Court declined on Monday to take up the ​issue of whether art generated by artificial intelligence can be copyrighted under U.S. law, turning ‌away a case involving a computer scienti...

AI-generated artwork is officially not eligible for copyright protection after the U.S. Supreme Court declined to review the appeal. The court ruled that a work must have a human creator to qualify for copyright protection. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

03.03.2026 23:01 👍 169 🔁 76 💬 3 📌 8

The first of Colorado Democrat’s legislative affordability package dies at its first hurdle. HB 1012 would’ve prevented venues like airports, stadiums and concert venues from charging “unreasonably excessive prices.” Three Democrats join with the House Judiciary Committee’s 4 Republicans to kill it.

03.03.2026 21:30 👍 6 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
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Meet the Colorado athletes leading Team USA sled hockey in chase for 5th straight Paralympic gold Eight Colorado residents make up nearly half of Team USA’s roster as the Centennial State has become the epicenter for the best sled hockey players in the country.

Colorado is the epicenter of U.S. Paralympic sled hockey. Great look at the Coloradans on the team — including "the Wayne Gretzky of sled hockey" — from @denverpost.com's Kyle Newman

03.03.2026 18:11 👍 11 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
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Epic Passes for 2026-27 go on sale, luring Gen Z with big discounts Vail Resorts is making a major play for Gen Z skiers and snowboarders, discounting 2026-27 Epic Passes at 20% below the price of adult season passes.

Vail Resorts is making a major play for Gen Z skiers and snowboarders, discounting 2026-27 Epic Passes for people aged 18 to 30 to $869 — the same price for teens and 20% below the price of full adult season passes

03.03.2026 16:23 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 2
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Dispute over evidence continues despite ‘sweetheart’ plea deal in Denver murder case Defense attorneys James Castle and Laura Jensen accused the Denver District Attorney’s Office of being “out of control” and a “rogue office that operates with impunity in regards to their discovery…

"A dispute over evidence in a Denver murder case is continuing even after the defendant pleaded guilty in a “sweetheart” plea deal — an unusual situation unfolding amid broader concerns about the discovery process both in the Denver District Attorney’s Office and statewide."

03.03.2026 15:54 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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She’d Never Changed Her Gender Marker. Kansas Invalidated Her License Anyway. — Assigned A trans Kansas resident recently changed her name but not her gender marker on her license, fearing what Kansas may do if she did. The Kansas DMV still flagged her ID.

This story, from @natezuke.bsky.social, is absolutely wild. A trans woman who never changed her gender marker was issued a letter invalidating her license. At the DMV they cut up her license, which had an "M" marker.

www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...

03.03.2026 12:05 👍 3580 🔁 1637 💬 72 📌 267
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CBP Tapped Into the Online Advertising Ecosystem To Track Peoples’ Movements An internal DHS document obtained by 404 Media shows for the first time CBP used location data sourced from the online advertising industry to track phone locations. ICE has bought access to similar t...

SCOOP: An internal DHS document obtained by 404 Media shows for the first time CBP used location data sourced from the online advertising industry to track phone locations.

This surveillance can happen through all sorts of apps, such as video games, news apps, weather trackers, and dating apps.

03.03.2026 14:16 👍 2132 🔁 1413 💬 57 📌 161
Turnstile cover The Stone Roses' ‘I Wanna Be Adored’ for Like A Version
Turnstile cover The Stone Roses' ‘I Wanna Be Adored’ for Like A Version YouTube video by triple j

Turnstile + The Stone Roses

03.03.2026 13:52 👍 9 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 1
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Glenwood Springs Co. July 1984. photo by Mark Williams. I was apparently working on a song that became Maps & Legends. Thanks Mark!!

02.03.2026 04:09 👍 1243 🔁 80 💬 38 📌 7

Take me back to dear old Blighty...

27.02.2026 04:01 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Durango agrees not to pursue bookstore warrant as Colorado judge enters permanent injunction Six days after Maria’s Bookshop sued a detective in Durango, Colorado, aiming to block a search warrant, the city agreed not to pursue the requested records without a hearing.

Durango agrees not to pursue bookstore warrant as Colorado judge enters permanent injunction www.courthousenews.com/durango-agre...

27.02.2026 00:39 👍 2 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
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New Denver order takes aim at ICE activity — ordering police to protect protesters, possibly by detaining agents “My first job is to run this city,” Mayor Mike Johnston said. “But in today’s America, that means answering questions from our residents about what happens if ice troops des…

Denver Mayor Mike Johnston signed an executive order today that requires Denver police to intervene and detain ICE agents if they see them using excessive force on demonstrators. It also bans federal agents from using city-owned property for operations // Story by @elliottwenzler.bsky.social

26.02.2026 21:19 👍 90 🔁 34 💬 0 📌 6