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Making Sense #435 - The Last Invention An Investigation by Gregory Warner and Andy Mills

Making Sense #435 - The Last Invention • An Investigation by Gregory Warner and Andy Mills

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A barista & renter—who lost her job as a lawyer for defending pro-Palestine protests—Melat knows Denver's struggles because she's lived them.

#CO01 needs a leader powered by courage, not corporations.

Could Denver harness AI to renew trust in government? Mayor Mike Johnston thinks so, but others are skeptical. Mayor Mike Johnston and his chief AI and information officer, Suma Nallapati — whose role was just expanded to include an AI focus — are planning to make it a major part of how Denver o…

“Chris Callanan, a community engagement specialist with the Denver Department of Public Transportation and Infrastructure [sic], said integrating private companies’ AI services into government could have the exact opposite effect on resident trust from what Johnston hopes.”

Denver quietly signed contract with Flock for AI drones YouTube video by 9NEWS

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ICE illegally gains informal access to nationwide license plate camera network ICE accessed a vast license plate camera network, raising legal and privacy concerns over immigration-related surveillance practices.

“[ICE] gained indirect access to a vast network of AI-powered license plate reader cameras operated by Flock Safety…”

33 extremist groups currently operate in Colorado, SPLC reports The extremist groups in Colorado include anti-government organizations, anti-LGBTQ+ and anti-immigrant groups, white nationalists and sovereign citizens.

20 CO groups on the list are involved in anti-government or sovereign citizen movements. 6 — mostly based in CO Springs — want to suppress the LGBTQ community, 3 are white supremacist groups and the rest either promote anti-immigrant ideology, run a militia or generate general conspiracy theories.

Leader of Colorado’s Libertarian Party calls man anti-gay slurs in Facebook exchange The head of the Libertarian Party of Colorado repeatedly used anti-gay slurs last week in an exchange with a person who criticized the party’s social media presence, according to copies of th…

CO Libertarian party leader epitomizes the fact that the modern libertarian movement weaponizes the fundamental principles of 'freedom and liberty' exploit and slander without restraint. Thank you to @denverpost.com's @sethklamann.bsky.social for covering. Gift article (for access).

@denverpost.com Thank you for bringing this story to the public-- so important that independent voters know who the leader of the CO Libertarian Party is and that she uses anti-LGBTQ slurs.

Denver Pride Parade fundraising plummets by two-thirds as companies retreat from DEI The Center on Colfax is struggling under the Trump administration to raise money for the parade and other LGBTQ programming.

Pride officials, in the meantime, are being tight-lipped about which, if any, of its former funders are no longer supporting the events.

$3.2 million in NHTSA grants for highway safety improvements awarded to Colorado municipalities U.S. Senators John Hickenlooper and Michael Bennet announced a new $3.2 million grant from the Department of Transportation’s Safe Streets and Roads for All (SS4A) program, which adds to the $28.6 mil...

✅$3.2 million from DOT secured for highway safety thanks to the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. This investment in Colorado infrastructure will help make our state more safe, efficient, and connected.

Did hate crimes targeting LGBTQ people in Colorado nearly double between 2019 and 2023? Hate crimes include vandalism, threats and violent acts that were at least partially motivated by bias against a person’s race, ethnicity, religion, disability, sexual orientation, gender or gender...

Hate crimes include vandalism, threats and violence that were at least partially motivated by bias