Carlos Perez
@coloradocarlos.bsky.social
Proponent of better cities that work for everyone. Outdoors, bikes, and very slow runner. Unaffiliated moderate. Colorado Springs, Colorado, US
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It’s the “season of love and giving”…but this year, doesn’t it seem more like a “season of fear and taking”? Like many of you, I’ve been saddened by the human impact of draconian government budget cuts and how angry many housed Americans are at unhoused Americans.
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December 21, 2025 at 2:51 AM
It’s the “season of love and giving”…but this year, doesn’t it seem more like a “season of fear and taking”? Like many of you, I’ve been saddened by the human impact of draconian government budget cuts and how angry many housed Americans are at unhoused Americans.
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I canceled my subscription to the Colorado Springs Gazette. Because the Gazette Ruins Cities.
December 18, 2025 at 4:11 PM
I canceled my subscription to the Colorado Springs Gazette. Because the Gazette Ruins Cities.
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Every few months now I re-read this "Who Goes Nazi?" piece from 1941 and am blown away by how it captures the people we are dealing with 80 years later.
harpers.org/archive/1941...
harpers.org/archive/1941...
Who Goes Nazi?, by Dorothy Thompson
harpers.org
October 1, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Every few months now I re-read this "Who Goes Nazi?" piece from 1941 and am blown away by how it captures the people we are dealing with 80 years later.
harpers.org/archive/1941...
harpers.org/archive/1941...
I guess "regime change" in California was not enough.
June 23, 2025 at 1:27 AM
I guess "regime change" in California was not enough.
Hopefully, he will learn the reason why we support the rule of law in this country and not the rule of men.
June 5, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Hopefully, he will learn the reason why we support the rule of law in this country and not the rule of men.
All the apps I work with now have some sort of AI assistant that displays starburst icons. They remind me of the swirling stars from classic cartoons where the characters hit their head and get stunned and dazed.
May 5, 2025 at 2:29 PM
All the apps I work with now have some sort of AI assistant that displays starburst icons. They remind me of the swirling stars from classic cartoons where the characters hit their head and get stunned and dazed.
During this period of Lent, we learn from the Gospels about supposedly devout and godly people who had an anti-Christian bias.
“The Trump administration has ordered State Department employees to report on any instances of coworkers displaying ‘anti-Christian bias’ as part of its effort to implement a sweeping new order on supporting employees of Christian faith.”
State tells employees to report on one another for ‘anti-Christian bias’
“It’s very ‘Handmaid’s Tale’-esque,” one official said.
www.politico.com
April 12, 2025 at 4:56 PM
During this period of Lent, we learn from the Gospels about supposedly devout and godly people who had an anti-Christian bias.
The patient came back from the dead after being killed. His best day since he was born.
The S&P 500 surged 9.5% — its best day since October 2008 — after President Trump backed down on his “reciprocal” tariffs for 90 days. Economists warned that American importers were not out of danger.
Trump Tariff Live Updates: Markets Soar After 90-Day Tariff Pause
The S&P 500 rose 9.5 percent after President Trump announced he would pause his “reciprocal” tariffs for 90 days, but economists warned that American importers were not out of danger.
www.nytimes.com
April 9, 2025 at 9:45 PM
The patient came back from the dead after being killed. His best day since he was born.
The United States is really Enron.
April 9, 2025 at 2:40 PM
The United States is really Enron.
Last week, I noticed the check engine light turned on for the economy. This week, the air bags deployed. Should I be concerned?
April 5, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Last week, I noticed the check engine light turned on for the economy. This week, the air bags deployed. Should I be concerned?
Which DEI hire caused this?
“A sharp rise in trade-war intensity sent Wall Street spiraling Friday, pushing the Nasdaq into a bear market denoting a 20% decline from its peak. … The marketwide toll from the two-day tariff rout surged to a record $6.4 trillion.”
www.wsj.com/livecoverage...
www.wsj.com/livecoverage...
April 5, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Which DEI hire caused this?
Unlike this self-described "junkie" seeking their next hit, I am a voter who puts the timeless values of integrity, character, and virtue first.
“The Bureau employs some 2,000 people in the city of 29,000.”
The Red Rural Recession.
www.thedailybeast.com/maga-junkie-...
The Red Rural Recession.
www.thedailybeast.com/maga-junkie-...
‘MAGA Junkie’ Fired in DOGE Cuts Now Regrets Voting for Trump: ‘I Expected Better’
“I was a MAGA junkie, a MAGA junkie who thought her government job would be safe with Donald Trump in office,” says West Virginia woman fired from the Bureau of Fiscal Service.
www.thedailybeast.com
March 29, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Unlike this self-described "junkie" seeking their next hit, I am a voter who puts the timeless values of integrity, character, and virtue first.
Something is rotten, and it is not in Denmark
March 28, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Something is rotten, and it is not in Denmark
I've got to concentrate... concentrate... concentrate...
I haven't been able to follow the classified Signal chat debacle without thinking of Airplane.
March 27, 2025 at 4:25 PM
I've got to concentrate... concentrate... concentrate...
Which DEI hire caused this?
What happened when the editor of @theatlantic.com was included on Mike Walz's group chat
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans
U.S. national-security leaders included me in a group chat about upcoming military strikes in Yemen. I didn’t think it could be real. Then the bombs started falling.
www.theatlantic.com
March 24, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Which DEI hire caused this?
I picked the wrong week to stop sniffing glue
March 21, 2025 at 9:33 PM
I picked the wrong week to stop sniffing glue
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My fraternity, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, has a creed you have to memorize and try to live up to called “The True Gentleman.” Curious if you think our current president is a “true gentleman”?
March 18, 2025 at 10:53 PM
My fraternity, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, has a creed you have to memorize and try to live up to called “The True Gentleman.” Curious if you think our current president is a “true gentleman”?
I have worked in the technology industry for decades, and it is the liberal and open institutions, not singular "smart men" operating in a vacuum, that propel innovation.
www.techdirt.com/2025/03/04/w...
www.techdirt.com/2025/03/04/w...
Why Techdirt Is Now A Democracy Blog (Whether We Like It Or Not)
While political reporters are still doing their view-from-nowhere “Democrats say this, Republicans say that” dance, tech and legal journalists have been watching an unfortunately recogn…
www.techdirt.com
March 6, 2025 at 8:44 PM
I have worked in the technology industry for decades, and it is the liberal and open institutions, not singular "smart men" operating in a vacuum, that propel innovation.
www.techdirt.com/2025/03/04/w...
www.techdirt.com/2025/03/04/w...
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Tell me you have the best commute without telling me you have the best commute. We’ll go first... #IYKYK
#TernBicycles #TernBikes #LeaveTheCarAtHome #CargoBikes
#TernBicycles #TernBikes #LeaveTheCarAtHome #CargoBikes
March 4, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Tell me you have the best commute without telling me you have the best commute. We’ll go first... #IYKYK
#TernBicycles #TernBikes #LeaveTheCarAtHome #CargoBikes
#TernBicycles #TernBikes #LeaveTheCarAtHome #CargoBikes
Ukraine is now fighting a two front war. Just to be clear. I stand with the oppressed. I stand with Ukraine 🇺🇦.
February 28, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Ukraine is now fighting a two front war. Just to be clear. I stand with the oppressed. I stand with Ukraine 🇺🇦.
I graduated valedictorian of Alice High School in 1981. The people of South Texas, poor, majority Hispanic, are the most America loving and hardest working people you will ever meet. This memo from my alma mater breaks my heart. I pray for the protection from the wrath of an ungodly ruler.
February 27, 2025 at 7:55 PM
I graduated valedictorian of Alice High School in 1981. The people of South Texas, poor, majority Hispanic, are the most America loving and hardest working people you will ever meet. This memo from my alma mater breaks my heart. I pray for the protection from the wrath of an ungodly ruler.
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The best transportation plan is a great land-use plan. But too many cities still let flawed traffic modelling actually prevent smarter land-use decisions, resulting in what I call the “sweet spot of failure” — enough density to cause all those local traffic problems, but never enough to solve them.
February 8, 2025 at 6:40 PM
The best transportation plan is a great land-use plan. But too many cities still let flawed traffic modelling actually prevent smarter land-use decisions, resulting in what I call the “sweet spot of failure” — enough density to cause all those local traffic problems, but never enough to solve them.
Good luck running as an unaffiliated candidate. I say this, knocking on a lot of doors trying to get an independent elected to the Colorado legislature. The electorate is too polarized to elect someone unaligned with a party orthodoxy. And that is part of the problem.
It may not be cool or hip in some circles, but we legitimately do need a massive amount of people to run for office.
Flood the school boards, councils, county seats, state legislatures, Congress, etc.
Big changes at the top happen when the ground shifts at the bottom. And that can start now.
Flood the school boards, councils, county seats, state legislatures, Congress, etc.
Big changes at the top happen when the ground shifts at the bottom. And that can start now.
February 22, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Good luck running as an unaffiliated candidate. I say this, knocking on a lot of doors trying to get an independent elected to the Colorado legislature. The electorate is too polarized to elect someone unaligned with a party orthodoxy. And that is part of the problem.