Blaine Nickeson
@bnickeson.bsky.social
Dad. Editor @airlinereporter.com & world traveler. Higher ed leader, recovering former school board member, political geek, loves Rockies baseball.
This is really really bad. Massive hospital within this mandatory evacuation area. It's another day in the 60s with high winds and zero moisture.
NEW: Mandatory evacuation order for the South Pointe neighborhood in Boulder County. Wildfire at 287 and Dillion (SE of Louisville)
January 5, 2026 at 10:44 PM
This is really really bad. Massive hospital within this mandatory evacuation area. It's another day in the 60s with high winds and zero moisture.
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The Broncos had a kickoff temperature of 60° or above for every home game this regular season.
First time that’s ever happened in team history.
#COwx
First time that’s ever happened in team history.
#COwx
January 4, 2026 at 10:41 PM
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I'm taking my first-born itty bitty baby boy to take his driving test tomorrow morning. I just can't....
January 4, 2026 at 5:35 AM
I'm taking my first-born itty bitty baby boy to take his driving test tomorrow morning. I just can't....
Hell. Yeah.
The Seahawks have captured the NFC West crown AND the conference's No. 1 seed with a 13-3 win over the 49ers 👑
January 4, 2026 at 3:56 AM
Hell. Yeah.
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Magic Johnson was the grand marshal of the Rose Parade today, and as someone who remembers his November 1991 HIV announcement: if you had told anybody that day that he would be alive and healthy 34+ years later, I don't think they would have believed you. Medicine and research—they work.
January 1, 2026 at 6:17 PM
Magic Johnson was the grand marshal of the Rose Parade today, and as someone who remembers his November 1991 HIV announcement: if you had told anybody that day that he would be alive and healthy 34+ years later, I don't think they would have believed you. Medicine and research—they work.
Go home, Delta, you’re drunk. Already in paid Comfort cabin, and you want nearly $700 to upgrade to first class? For Detroit-Denver? 😭
December 31, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Go home, Delta, you’re drunk. Already in paid Comfort cabin, and you want nearly $700 to upgrade to first class? For Detroit-Denver? 😭
Would really like to know how this doesn’t count as a transatlantic flight, #skycard?
December 28, 2025 at 1:29 AM
This is really cool. Sent it to my baking-crazed wife.
This Boulder mill is on a mission to prove local flour means better flavor trib.al/6J9uMPd
This Boulder mill is on a mission to prove local flour means better flavor
Chefs and bakers say the proof is in the dough, so to speak.
trib.al
December 27, 2025 at 5:39 PM
This is really cool. Sent it to my baking-crazed wife.
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It’s officially Denver’s hottest Christmas on record: 70° for a high breaks the old daily record of 69° (2005).
#COwx
#COwx
December 26, 2025 at 1:53 AM
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Salmonella outbreak linked to raw oysters sickens Coloradans trib.al/2zvrAGd
Salmonella outbreak linked to raw oysters sickens Coloradans
At least three Coloradans have been infected by a national Salmonella outbreak linked to raw oysters, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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December 24, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Make it stop!
Denver (76°) was warmer today than:
🌴 New Orleans, LA (75°)
🌴 Jacksonville, FL (70°)
🌴 Las Vegas, NV (66°)
🌴 San Diego, CA (64°)
#COwx
🌴 New Orleans, LA (75°)
🌴 Jacksonville, FL (70°)
🌴 Las Vegas, NV (66°)
🌴 San Diego, CA (64°)
#COwx
December 23, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Make it stop!
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If you want to give us the Denmark vaccine schedule, you also need to give us the 6+ month parental leave the Danes get, so that new babies can avoid picking up germs at daycare, and you need to give us universal healthcare.
December 20, 2025 at 3:04 AM
If you want to give us the Denmark vaccine schedule, you also need to give us the 6+ month parental leave the Danes get, so that new babies can avoid picking up germs at daycare, and you need to give us universal healthcare.
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NWS in Boulder, CO has just issued a rare "Particularly Dangerous Situation" (PDS) Red Flag Warning for extreme fire weather risk on Friday. Historically, PDS RFW issuances (including in California) have pinpointed days on which the most dangerous wildfires have occurred. #COwx
December 19, 2025 at 12:23 AM
NWS in Boulder, CO has just issued a rare "Particularly Dangerous Situation" (PDS) Red Flag Warning for extreme fire weather risk on Friday. Historically, PDS RFW issuances (including in California) have pinpointed days on which the most dangerous wildfires have occurred. #COwx
This amazing bird lives in a garage hangar at a residential airfield about 4 miles from my house. It flies over all the time in the good weather months. It looks and SOUNDS stunning. #avgeek
Check out the latest cool DC-3 image from Stephen Yeates Photography on our post today wishing a Happy 90th birthday to the DC-3! You’ll also find a link to the DC-3 Society livestream I’m hosting Thursday 12/18 at 2 pm ET.
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Happy 90th Birthday, DC-3 - JulietBravoFox Media
The first flight of the Douglas DC-3 line, the first Douglas Sleeper Transport, took flight in the afternoon of December 17, 1935, in Santa Monica, California. This year marks the 90th anniversary of ...
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December 18, 2025 at 3:25 AM
This amazing bird lives in a garage hangar at a residential airfield about 4 miles from my house. It flies over all the time in the good weather months. It looks and SOUNDS stunning. #avgeek
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This pup managed to sneak her way into a joyride with an unsuspecting delivery driver. Popped up to ask where they're headed and if there's time to get a pup cup on the way. 12/10 (TT: copperdoesstuffs)
December 17, 2025 at 11:55 PM
This pup managed to sneak her way into a joyride with an unsuspecting delivery driver. Popped up to ask where they're headed and if there's time to get a pup cup on the way. 12/10 (TT: copperdoesstuffs)
My niece was flying home from (study abroad in) Rome to the U.S. today. Her AA flight was majorly jacked up because of a maintenance diversion of her inbound. I've been teaching a clinic tonight on EU261.
December 14, 2025 at 4:56 AM
My niece was flying home from (study abroad in) Rome to the U.S. today. Her AA flight was majorly jacked up because of a maintenance diversion of her inbound. I've been teaching a clinic tonight on EU261.
I think my most "you serious, Clark?" moment this holiday season is seeing all the baddies in my favorite Christmas movie (Die Hard) firing off their automatic weapons indoors without any earplugs. I mean, that seems like straight up having a bad time.
December 14, 2025 at 4:17 AM
I think my most "you serious, Clark?" moment this holiday season is seeing all the baddies in my favorite Christmas movie (Die Hard) firing off their automatic weapons indoors without any earplugs. I mean, that seems like straight up having a bad time.
#avgeek crowd - thoughts? I check a bag to avoid carrying on, and instead want to put my backpack in the overhead. I paid just as much as the guy next to me who is pushing the limits of carry-on allowances. Why can't I put my backpack in the bin, and let my 6'1" legs use the room under the seat?
It’s that time of year when millions fly for the holidays and overhead bins turn into hallway closets. Flight attendants remind passengers that carry-on bags go up and personal items stay down, but many people are not hearing their pleas.
Small bags don’t go in overhead bins. Why do passengers keep trying?
Flight attendants are cracking down on passengers who store coats and small bags in overhead bins.
wapo.st
December 12, 2025 at 1:55 AM
#avgeek crowd - thoughts? I check a bag to avoid carrying on, and instead want to put my backpack in the overhead. I paid just as much as the guy next to me who is pushing the limits of carry-on allowances. Why can't I put my backpack in the bin, and let my 6'1" legs use the room under the seat?
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Bryan Reisberg spends one day a week taking shelter dogs out of their kennels, slipping them in a “adopt me” backpack and carrying them around New York.
His goal is to help people see shelter dogs the way he does: curious, sweet and full of potential. https://wapo.st/4iPToS0
His goal is to help people see shelter dogs the way he does: curious, sweet and full of potential. https://wapo.st/4iPToS0
December 9, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Bryan Reisberg spends one day a week taking shelter dogs out of their kennels, slipping them in a “adopt me” backpack and carrying them around New York.
His goal is to help people see shelter dogs the way he does: curious, sweet and full of potential. https://wapo.st/4iPToS0
His goal is to help people see shelter dogs the way he does: curious, sweet and full of potential. https://wapo.st/4iPToS0
1/1 747-300 up south of Malta #skycards @jasonchampton.bsky.social
December 3, 2025 at 9:07 PM
1/1 747-300 up south of Malta #skycards @jasonchampton.bsky.social