Fletch
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I like the Avs, riding my bikes, fishing, traveling, economics, progressive politics, water, and my friends.
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Perfect fuel for the Avs light Binner on fire with tonight.
December 31, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Perfect fuel for the Avs light Binner on fire with tonight.
This was a real no-brainer winning project. coloradosun.com/2025/12/31/a...
Trump vetoes bipartisan bill to fund clean water pipeline in southeastern Colorado
The "Finish the Arkansas Valley Conduit" act was supposed to help rural communities on the Eastern Plains pay for their share of the pipeline
coloradosun.com
December 31, 2025 at 5:45 PM
This was a real no-brainer winning project. coloradosun.com/2025/12/31/a...
And this anger caused him to throw his own constituents under the bus when he vetoed a bipartisan Arkansas Valley water pipeline project funding bill today. Now his supporters get to pay more for radioactive water...
In a duo of posts, Trump misspells Tim Walz's name and Tina Peters's and says that Colorado officials (including the governor, who he calls a "scumbag") should "rot in hell"
December 31, 2025 at 5:44 PM
And this anger caused him to throw his own constituents under the bus when he vetoed a bipartisan Arkansas Valley water pipeline project funding bill today. Now his supporters get to pay more for radioactive water...
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Thirty years ago today, the last “Calvin and Hobbes” strip was published.
December 31, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Thirty years ago today, the last “Calvin and Hobbes” strip was published.
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Some good news. Colorado cut child poverty by 41%! It now has the lowest rate of childhood poverty in the country.
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New Colorado family tax credits cut child poverty by nearly 41%. Can the state afford to keep them going?
“It’s disappointing to know we’re in this situation, when these credits … did have such a tremendous impact on low-income Coloradans and lowering child poverty,” state…
enews.denverpost.com
December 31, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Some good news. Colorado cut child poverty by 41%! It now has the lowest rate of childhood poverty in the country.
enews.denverpost.com/q/Xty9o8yxQB...
enews.denverpost.com/q/Xty9o8yxQB...
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You Will Be Nostalgic For 2025 One Day
December 31, 2025 at 5:14 PM
You Will Be Nostalgic For 2025 One Day
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Seems weird to have the pizza roll technology and not be trying to exploit it
Stop doing AI and give me a chile colorado pizza roll god damn it
Stop doing AI and give me a chile colorado pizza roll god damn it
December 30, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Seems weird to have the pizza roll technology and not be trying to exploit it
Stop doing AI and give me a chile colorado pizza roll god damn it
Stop doing AI and give me a chile colorado pizza roll god damn it
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This story explains one of the primary reasons why most western public lands are in poor ecological condition -- chronic livestock grazing is allowed to continue irrespective of the damage being done and without any review. Private interests destroying public resources. 🌎
We found that the BLM skipped environmental review on 75% of its grazing land. Our new @propublica.org story explains the ”loophole” that allows BLM to bypass enviro reviews. www.propublica.org/article/graz...
December 1, 2025 at 6:10 PM
This story explains one of the primary reasons why most western public lands are in poor ecological condition -- chronic livestock grazing is allowed to continue irrespective of the damage being done and without any review. Private interests destroying public resources. 🌎
All of her stuff is fantastic, check it out!
December 29, 2025 at 10:26 PM
All of her stuff is fantastic, check it out!
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look at how little effort it takes for someone on the conservative grievance circuit to destroy a life
millions of college kids have half assed an assignment at the last minute, you eat the F and move on
but the effort to push trans people out of public life will use whatever it can get
millions of college kids have half assed an assignment at the last minute, you eat the F and move on
but the effort to push trans people out of public life will use whatever it can get
Worth noting that the student admits that she just threw the thing together in 30 minutes without reading the paper she was supposed to be responding to.
December 23, 2025 at 5:53 PM
look at how little effort it takes for someone on the conservative grievance circuit to destroy a life
millions of college kids have half assed an assignment at the last minute, you eat the F and move on
but the effort to push trans people out of public life will use whatever it can get
millions of college kids have half assed an assignment at the last minute, you eat the F and move on
but the effort to push trans people out of public life will use whatever it can get
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Din Tai Fung in Times Square is closed today, which seems like a MBA case study in an international company lacking local cultural competence
December 25, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Din Tai Fung in Times Square is closed today, which seems like a MBA case study in an international company lacking local cultural competence
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Buddy posting this sort of thing on Christmas Eve is how you get 3 ghosts to visit your ass
How much are you going to pay doctors?
Which current hospitals get shut down ?
What happens if doctors opt out of the system ? Who is going to invest in new curative therapies. You ?
How much in taxes pr year do you think it's possible to collect if you took every penny from billionaires?
Which current hospitals get shut down ?
What happens if doctors opt out of the system ? Who is going to invest in new curative therapies. You ?
How much in taxes pr year do you think it's possible to collect if you took every penny from billionaires?
Half the amount that everyone currently pays could provide universal healthcare. Private health companies don’t need to exist. Eliminate them. And use your collective buying power and economies of scale to get it done. Every cent of their profit is healthcare denied.
December 25, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Buddy posting this sort of thing on Christmas Eve is how you get 3 ghosts to visit your ass
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In theory, I want to give you more detail about my column, but I'm also struggling to find anything more concise than: We Live in Hell.
America’s Holiday in Epstein Purgatory
It’s beginning to look a lot like … extremely disturbing PDFs.
www.theatlantic.com
December 23, 2025 at 11:33 PM
In theory, I want to give you more detail about my column, but I'm also struggling to find anything more concise than: We Live in Hell.
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don’t forget to lube your chimney
December 24, 2025 at 5:02 AM
don’t forget to lube your chimney
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I worry that we have a PE valuation crisis where a bunch of their investments are nowhere near as valuable (all marked via internal models) on top of a liquidity crisis in both VC and PE, just as both have attached themselves to The Least Profitable Most Opex and Asset Heavy Thing Of All Time
December 24, 2025 at 4:14 AM
I worry that we have a PE valuation crisis where a bunch of their investments are nowhere near as valuable (all marked via internal models) on top of a liquidity crisis in both VC and PE, just as both have attached themselves to The Least Profitable Most Opex and Asset Heavy Thing Of All Time
Getting nervous here guys
3rd-lowest snowpack on record for Colorado since records started in 1987. Lowest since 2018.
And not much help on the horizon, either (a little this weekend, but not enough to really move the needle).
#COwx
And not much help on the horizon, either (a little this weekend, but not enough to really move the needle).
#COwx
December 24, 2025 at 3:12 AM
Getting nervous here guys
Annual Christmas fondue dinner!
December 24, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Annual Christmas fondue dinner!
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I'm clearly already in holiday mode, forgot to post a link to the new one. www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
Cartoon: Sparky gets ICED
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December 22, 2025 at 8:52 PM
I'm clearly already in holiday mode, forgot to post a link to the new one. www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
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Incredible video: an underwater photographer captures humpback whales breaching, including one that lands *very* close to him. You get to see the full cycle of the jumps: both the above-water and underwater views. [kottke.org]
Underneath a Breaching Humpback Whale
Underwater photographer Álvaro Herrero positioned himself in the midst of a humpback whale pod and captured on video several of the whales breaching high out of the water, including one that landed incredibly close to
kottke.org
December 22, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Incredible video: an underwater photographer captures humpback whales breaching, including one that lands *very* close to him. You get to see the full cycle of the jumps: both the above-water and underwater views. [kottke.org]
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Now seems like a swell time to point out that Frontline just released this excellent 11-minute mini-documentary about what happened inside CECOT.
Surviving CECOT (full documentary) | Deported to a Maximum-Security Prison | FRONTLINE + ProPublica
YouTube video by FRONTLINE PBS | Official
m.youtube.com
December 21, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Now seems like a swell time to point out that Frontline just released this excellent 11-minute mini-documentary about what happened inside CECOT.
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Here is the link to join me and a bunch of others in giving: denverhousing.networkforgood.com/projects/262...
Holiday Hope for DHA Families
This holiday season, many families in Denver Housing Authority (DHA) public housing communities are struggling to make ends meet. For parents balancing rising costs, food insecurity, and limited resou...
denverhousing.networkforgood.com
December 21, 2025 at 4:01 AM
Here is the link to join me and a bunch of others in giving: denverhousing.networkforgood.com/projects/262...
Can you show me where to buy white monster energy drinks?
December 19, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Can you show me where to buy white monster energy drinks?