Matt Maday

Tomorrow's front page of the Minnesota Star Tribune: Jan. 24, 2026

1990s Digital Art & Encaustic
‘Fisherman and Wife’

Preservation Series

#ForensicPoetry

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Same surface different day

The Vast, Wealthy Empire of Phil Anschutz The Colorado billionaire has a big portfolio, from concert venues and pro sports to the Broadmoor hotel and Gazette newspapers.

The Colorado billionaire has a big portfolio, from concert venues and pro sports to the Broadmoor hotel and Gazette newspapers.
https://www.westword.com/news/the-vast-wealthy-empire-of-phil-anschutz-40827397/

It’s a conundrum. If I don’t write a political poem I feel irresponsible, but if I only write political poems then my creativity has been coopted by external events.

Former U.S. Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell dies Campbell died Tuesday surrounded by his family

Former U.S. Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell dies

The Fight for Press Freedom and Freedom of Information in Colorado in 2025 Coloradans fought for press freedom and freedom of information in 2025 in settings as small as the Eastern Plains town of Bennett and as big as the U.S. District Court...

ROBERTS (via the Colorado Freedom of Information Coalition): Coloradans fought for press freedom and freedom of information in 2025 in settings as small as the Eastern Plains town of Bennett and as big as the U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C. coloradotimesrecorder.com/2025/12/the-...

Untitled
Ink on Paper 18x18"
#p5 #NextDraw

The image is an abstract composition primarily in black and white, showcasing a diversity of geometric forms. The upper portion features a large solid black rectangle and a series of smaller rectangles and circles, with a predominance of white background revealing rough, textural details. The interplay of light and shadow emphasizes depth, while the arrangement of elements creates a dynamic balance across the vertical orientation of the canvas. Various textures suggest wear, contributing to the overall layered aesthetic of the artwork.

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#synthography #art #aiart #abstractart

that rolls on to the paper is
a word until
panic of letters!
#asemic #poetry

Denver Airport Again Rejects Congressman's Claim of Power Supply Shortage For the second time in a month, U.S. Rep. Gabe Evans (R-CO) has made a misleading claim about an alleged electricity malfunction at Denver International Airport (DEN), and once again...

For the second time in a month, Congressman Evans has made a misleading claim about an alleged electricity malfunction at Denver International Airport.
coloradotimesrecorder.com/2025/12/denv...

Conservative podcaster, author of Christian romances added to Mesa County library board after rowdy public meeting Appointments to the nonpartisan board had some in the public calling “foul!” and one man referring to the protesters as “white-haired demons”

The appointments to the nonpartisan 7-member board had some in the public calling “foul!” and one man referring to the protesters as “white-haired demons.”

#artsnob

emptiness of emptiness, cigarette burn hole in velum, 2024 Eric Lunde

emptiness of emptiness
#nothingness
vacant stare of vacancy....

Salvation

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."

Though the Justice Department's timing is suspicious, advocates call the investigation "an important step toward accountability."

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

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...

Colorado’s unaffiliated voters say they’re intentionally not joining a political party. Here’s why.

Increase and/or Decrease in Thought

Poster for the Internet Archive's 2026 Public Domain Film Remix Contest, featuring the "Lockette," a cartoon character with an open lock, seated in a director's chair, legs crossed, and holding a megaphone. Projected on a screen to her right is a frame from the 1930 film "King of Jazz". Illustrated by Freya Morgan.

🎬 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

Summit School District closed-door meeting posted publicly didn’t adhere to open meetings laws, experts say Freedom of information experts who reviewed Summit School District’s Nov. 19 executive session that was accidentally posted online say parts of it fell out of compliance with Colorado Open Meetings la...

www.summitdaily.com/news/summit-...

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.

ICYMI: State Sen. Julie Gonzales launches primary challenge against Sen. Hickenlooper

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.

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...

In the poem I found not a flower,
but a vertical idea.

#art
bsky.art
#experimental
#avant-garde
#creative
#experimentalart

The Library of Congress Digitizes Over 16,000 Pages of Letters & Speeches from the Women’s Suffrage Movement, and You Can Help Transcribe Them “Democracy may not exist,” Astra Taylor declares in the title of her new book, “but we’ll miss it when it’s gone.” This inherent paradox, she argues, is not fatal, but a tension with which each era’s ...

www.openculture.com/2019/08/the-...

The Cruelty of American Curatorial Silence Many of my fellow curators, especially at institutions, have failed to speak out against fascism. What is it about being a curator that offers a free pass for political silence?

hyperallergic.com/the-cruelty-...

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

Swisspod proved the largest hyperloop test facility in the world  — in Pueblo —works