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Queer. He/him. Once an award-winning journalist. Part time field biologist: focus Coccinellidae/Lepidoptera. Nature-inspired artist/graphic designer. Aurora CO-based. Roots in Minnesota. Married to @worstmillennial.bsky.social‬

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I cannot wait. "Hello? Can you hear me?" or a "Who?" every time a famous actor takes the stage.

11.03.2026 20:58 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Why Western states are pushing for plug-in solar - High Country News Plug-in solar offers an easy way to save on power bills and transition to clean energy, but whether the market in the U.S. takes off depends on state laws and product standards.

State laws and product standards could make or break the nascent portable solar market.

11.03.2026 20:01 👍 13 🔁 6 💬 0 📌 0

Re supposed end of the Target boycott: it’s 100% bullshit. See statement below from an *actual* leader of the initial DEI boycott.

Even if true (to repeat, it’s not!), it’s not up to any small group. Target has fixed nothing + compounded its DEI sins with ICE complicity. People are done with it!

11.03.2026 19:26 👍 986 🔁 347 💬 18 📌 15

This concentration camp is in MY neighborhood. This is the one time I'm going full NIMBY. GTFO of Aurora.

11.03.2026 18:43 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Colorado's historic winter warmth shatters previous temperature records | Colorado Newsline The record-shattering heat makes Colorado one of nine states in the West to have experienced their warmest winter on record in 2025-26.

Colorado’s warm winter broke the previous record for highest average temperature by nearly 2°F. Colorado is one of nine states in the West with the warmest winter on record. Rising levels of greenhouse gases are behind warming around the globe.
By @chasewoodruff.bsky.social

11.03.2026 14:02 👍 9 🔁 8 💬 0 📌 1
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Growing potential for a major and potentially historic March heat wave next week for Colorado.

80s in Denver possible mid-late next week, 90s southeast plains.

All-time March records in play for Denver and much of Colorado if this pans out the way it looks right now.

#COwx

10.03.2026 16:39 👍 56 🔁 12 💬 7 📌 15

How's that rugged individualism working out? I grew up rural, in an area not unlike this one. It was toxic 30 years ago with everyone talking about Rush Limbaugh and "gubmint bad!" and this is the natural progression of these places and that way of thinking.

09.03.2026 22:11 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

A reminder that humans in cars - notably omitted from this thanks to motonormativity - kill 1.2m people every year

09.03.2026 09:59 👍 813 🔁 275 💬 19 📌 1
musician Gary Numan, born March 8, 1958, aged 68

musician Gary Numan, born March 8, 1958, aged 68

actor Gary Oldman, born March 21, 1958, aged 67

actor Gary Oldman, born March 21, 1958, aged 67

Happy Gary Retrograde everyone!

The next two weeks are the only two weeks out of the year when Gary Numan is older than Gary Oldman

08.03.2026 15:37 👍 4746 🔁 1411 💬 30 📌 72

I hope you are getting all the attention you hoped for with this post.

08.03.2026 14:50 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Once again thinking about the greatest clip of all time: Britney Spears realizing Ryan Seacrest is straight

08.03.2026 03:03 👍 1082 🔁 129 💬 9 📌 8

Will it be billions of dollars to put toward directly supporting the various communities they hung out to dry?

06.03.2026 14:50 👍 5 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Aurora Is Now Home to the Largest Hispanic Food Hall in the Country Take a peek inside...

Awesome!

04.03.2026 20:03 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

According to the governor’s spokesperson, no action has been taken re: Peters. His office adds that Polis is not considering a pardon, but commutation remains on the table.

04.03.2026 04:18 👍 39 🔁 9 💬 4 📌 4

Jena Griswold coming out with a message directly aimed at Gov. Polis' flirtation with giving clemency to a traitor to the state of Colorado and the United States of America: Tina Peters.

04.03.2026 19:08 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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TABOR is a fiscal beast terrorizing Colorado’s townspeople — just ask Lakewood (Opinion)

TABOR is a fiscal beast terrorizing Colorado’s townspeople — just ask Lakewood (Opinion)

04.03.2026 13:04 👍 9 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 2
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COOMBS: GEO Group has been harming Aurora for decades. Your state rep helped run it - Sentinel Colorado Rep. Jamie Jackson was a GEO Group manager in Denver from 2014 through 2021

COOMBS: GEO Group has been harming Aurora for decades. Your state rep helped run it

'Rep. Jamie Jackson was a GEO Group manager in Denver from 2014 through 2021'

sentinelcolorado.com/opinion/coom...

#AuroraCO #COleg #COvote2026 #COprimary

04.03.2026 13:10 👍 4 🔁 5 💬 1 📌 1
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Trump is lying.

I serve on the Intel & Armed Services Committees.

There’s no intelligence that Iran posed an imminent threat to the U.S. or the American people.

03.03.2026 22:51 👍 2583 🔁 940 💬 92 📌 36

Heterosexuals are weird. lol.

03.03.2026 20:13 👍 9 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0

Literally had a guy flip me off for going just above the speed limit the other day. He really wanted to get around me on a residential street but I wasn't in any hurry to break the law for him. Dangerous loser behavior on his part. Glad I slowed him down.

03.03.2026 15:43 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0

These people. Colorado is going to a one-party state for a long time

03.03.2026 00:22 👍 6 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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The Voyageurs Wolf Project of Northern Minnesota tags & documents grey wolf ecology & behavior: www.voyageurswolfproject.org

The video you see here is confirmatory proof:
Wolves. Love. Blueberries.

As much as 83% of a wolf's calories in summer months comes from eating berries.

02.03.2026 13:58 👍 1858 🔁 711 💬 20 📌 90
6 bad doodles with text under each one.
horseshoe crab is literally the animal horseshoe crab.
shoehorse crab is a crab riding a shoe, cowboy style.
crabshoe horse is a horse wearing literal crabs as shoes.
shoecrab horse is a horse telling a crab to go away.
crabhorse shoe is a pair of shoes, left one crab shaped, right one horse shaped.
horsecrab shoe is literally the same pair of shoes, flipped.

6 bad doodles with text under each one. horseshoe crab is literally the animal horseshoe crab. shoehorse crab is a crab riding a shoe, cowboy style. crabshoe horse is a horse wearing literal crabs as shoes. shoecrab horse is a horse telling a crab to go away. crabhorse shoe is a pair of shoes, left one crab shaped, right one horse shaped. horsecrab shoe is literally the same pair of shoes, flipped.

#InvertebrateShitposting as per @joabaldwin.com's request

19.02.2026 07:20 👍 1517 🔁 508 💬 22 📌 17
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Crow: "Friday night, Trump filmed this tough video where he talked about the cost of war & how hard it's gonna be & how we're gonna lose troops, then he literally went behind the curtain & hosted a million dollar a plate dinner & dance party at Mar-a-Lago. That tells you everything you need to know"

02.03.2026 15:17 👍 7503 🔁 2656 💬 180 📌 125

Minnesota would like a word.

02.03.2026 13:18 👍 6703 🔁 1736 💬 135 📌 42

just became aware of this--the regime wants to clear-cut massive chunks of Oregon's old growth forests in the name of timber production.

you have until March 23rd to comment.

i know we have endless fucking things to scream at politicians about--this is an important one too.

28.02.2026 18:41 👍 2719 🔁 2708 💬 40 📌 50
Congressman Jason Crow (D-CO-06), a former paratrooper and Army Ranger who serves on the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence and House Armed Services Committee, released the following statement in response to the Trump Administration's “major military operations” and calls for regime change in Iran:

“Trump is plunging us into another war in the Middle East. He’s learned nothing from decades of failed conflicts. It’s a war of choice with no clear end game, no authorization from Congress, and little support from Americans.

“I went to war three times for this country and learned that when elites in Washington bang the war drums, working class folks pay the price. The tough talk of a five-time draft dodger falls flat for Americans tired of military adventurism. Americans want us out of the regime change business.

“Endless war has cost us thousands of lives and trillions of dollars. Meanwhile, Americans are struggling to pay for health care, groceries, and housing.

“This Administration owes Congress and Americans answers. Congress should return to Washington immediately to vote on the War Powers Resolution and ensure the safety of our servicemembers.”

Congressman Jason Crow (D-CO-06), a former paratrooper and Army Ranger who serves on the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence and House Armed Services Committee, released the following statement in response to the Trump Administration's “major military operations” and calls for regime change in Iran: “Trump is plunging us into another war in the Middle East. He’s learned nothing from decades of failed conflicts. It’s a war of choice with no clear end game, no authorization from Congress, and little support from Americans. “I went to war three times for this country and learned that when elites in Washington bang the war drums, working class folks pay the price. The tough talk of a five-time draft dodger falls flat for Americans tired of military adventurism. Americans want us out of the regime change business. “Endless war has cost us thousands of lives and trillions of dollars. Meanwhile, Americans are struggling to pay for health care, groceries, and housing. “This Administration owes Congress and Americans answers. Congress should return to Washington immediately to vote on the War Powers Resolution and ensure the safety of our servicemembers.”

And Dem Rep Jason Crow says Congress & American people deserve answers and says Congress should immediately. #copolitics

28.02.2026 15:10 👍 4 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 1

Thank you Field Museum for preserving this important resource!

28.02.2026 14:06 👍 6 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
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Radiohead is demanding that the Trump administration take down a pro-ICE promotional video featuring a version of its song “Let Down” without permission.

Full statement from the band:

27.02.2026 19:23 👍 6288 🔁 1565 💬 72 📌 139

ICE has not left Minneapolis. Our neighbors are still being taken by masked secret police.

27.02.2026 19:12 👍 62 🔁 39 💬 1 📌 2