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Salvation
December 16, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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Though the Justice Department's timing is suspicious, advocates call the investigation "an important step toward accountability."
Disability Advocates Back Federal Probe of Colorado Prisons, Allege Years of Violations
Though the Justice Department's timing is suspicious, advocates call the investigation "an important step toward accountability."
www.westword.com
December 15, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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We’re being destroyed mentally and meant to behave as if everything is okay. This leads to a sense of detachment and dissociation from our cultural realities, which makes everything feel dreamlike
December 15, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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Colorado’s unaffiliated voters say they’re intentionally not joining a political party. Here’s why.
Colorado’s unaffiliated voters say they’re intentionally not joining a political party. Here’s why.
The results of a new poll erode the assumption that the growing share of unaffiliated voters in the state in recent years — who as of Dec. 1 made up half of active, registered voters — has been caused...
coloradosun.com
December 15, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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When does it happen, the point in life that you switch over to seeing the world as a nightmare?
December 15, 2025 at 4:11 AM
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Increase and/or Decrease in Thought
December 15, 2025 at 3:32 AM
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🎬 Enter the 2026 Public Domain Film Remix Contest!

Remix & reimagine treasures from 1930—early sound films, cartoons, music, literature & art—and turn them into unique films.

📅 Deadline: Jan 7, 2026
💰 First prize: $1,500
ℹ️ Details: blog.archive.org/2025/12/01/2...

#contest #film #publicdomain
December 11, 2025 at 6:22 PM
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ICYMI: State Sen. Julie Gonzales launches primary challenge against Sen. Hickenlooper
State Sen. Julie Gonzales launches primary challenge against Sen. Hickenlooper | Colorado Newsline
Democratic state Sen. Julie Gonzales announced she is running to unseat U.S. Sen. John Hickenlooper in 2026.
coloradonewsline.com
December 9, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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An attorney for Tina Peters, the former Mesa County clerk who is serving a Colorado prison sentence, addressed President Trump directly in a letter to make the case that he should grant Peters a pardon, even though the pardon power applies only to federal cases.
coloradonewsline.com/2025/12/08/t...
Tina Peters' lawyer appeals directly to Trump to make long-shot case for pardon | Colorado Newsline
An attorney for Tina Peters addressed President Donald Trump directly in a letter to make the case that he should grant Peters a pardon.
coloradonewsline.com
December 8, 2025 at 10:16 PM
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In the poem I found not a flower,
but a vertical idea.
December 8, 2025 at 9:18 PM
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Swisspod proved the largest hyperloop test facility in the world  — in Pueblo —works
Swisspod proved the largest hyperloop test facility in the world  — in Pueblo —works
It will be a long time before tests of the tech being developed in Colorado Springs confirm humans can be shot through the tube at 300 mph
coloradosun.com
December 1, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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withered rose
in a concave glass—
frozen chance

#dailyhaikuprompt
November 29, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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The Housing Hub Colorado is a one-stop website offering developers information on housing tax credits and financing options and how to apply. It will be followed by a common application.
Colorado unveils effort to help affordable housing developers navigate mountain of paperwork for tax credits, financing
The Housing Hub Colorado is a one-stop website offering developers information on housing tax credits and financing options and how to apply. It will be followed by a common application.
coloradosun.com
November 28, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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Colorado state senator killed in multi-vehicle crash south of Denver
Colorado state senator killed in multi-vehicle crash south of Denver
Faith Winter, a Broomfield Democrat, was a fierce advocate for transit. She was entering her 12th and final year as a state lawmaker.
coloradosun.com
November 27, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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Colorado is “not currently seeking a transfer” of Tina Peters to federal custody
Colorado is “not currently seeking a transfer” of Tina Peters to federal custody
The Colorado Department of Corrections is indicating it has no plans to grant the Trump administration’s request that Peters be moved out of state prison to a federal facility
coloradosun.com
November 27, 2025 at 12:02 AM
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For current AI poetry, we should be asking:

What does this language do that other poetic methods cannot—or does it simply repackage familiar moves?

Is limitless generation the same as poetic vitality, or only the illusion of abundance?
November 26, 2025 at 3:17 PM
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Thus far, the governor has not said that he will or won’t grant the request. Boulder County Clerk Molly Fitzpatrick said Polis' silence is “offensive,” while others on the call asked that Polis publicly reject the request.

via Colorado Matters Western Slope Producer @tomhesse.bsky.social:
Clerks call out Polis for lack of support, silence on Peters’ requests
A bipartisan group of county clerks held a press conference to call for action from the Governor
www.cpr.org
November 25, 2025 at 9:20 PM
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A month after shutting down the regional office in Denver, the patent agency is seeking locations for a new one. The deadline is 3 p.m. Friday.
U.S. patent agency asks where to put new regional office after closing its Denver hub
A month after shutting down the regional office in Denver, the US Patent Office is looking for a new location. The deadline is 3 p.m. Friday
coloradosun.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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Quoin 73: comptroller (2000 D)
November 25, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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Hot take: “If you were meant to do this, someone would have discovered you by now” is one of the most destructive stories we tell.

Working definition of being “meant” to do it: You keep caring about it even when absolutely no one claps.
November 23, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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#words to #live by, attributed to Saint Augustine:
"I err, therefore I am”
November 19, 2025 at 7:22 PM