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Ted Brassfield @tedbrassfield.bsky.social · 7h
Indivisible COS did a review of all judges on El Paso County ballots and found no cause to remove any of them. I can't speak to their process though. indivisiblecosvotes.my.canva.site
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I-COS Voting Recommendation Guide
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DC Council @councilofdc.bsky.social · 17h
This is clearly not acceptable
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Animal Photo Reference Repository @animalphotorefs.bsky.social · 18h
I just found out I’m losing my main source of income because AI search has nerfed the revenue of my main client. I am, also, 2000+ miles from home doing photography I expected to pay for with that income. If you can help, I’m hoping to raise $1000 to help cover trip costs & the drive back west.
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Pikes Peak Bulletin @pikespeakbulletin.bsky.social · 19h
Project Primestone – which would look and feel just like a data center to create real-world conditions to test parts used in data centers – has been appealed by co-appellants represented by Katherine Gayle. Gayle is an attorney with Integrity Matters. pikespeakbulletin.org/news/update-...
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Update: Project Primestone appealed -
Project Primestone – which would look and feel just like a data center to create real-world conditions to test parts used in data centers – has been appealed
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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 19h
I GOT TO VOTE FOR TRAINS! Fuck yeah Front Range Passenger Rail!
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Ted Brassfield @tedbrassfield.bsky.social · 20h
Yes. And as a member of Congress, what are you going to do?
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Corey O'Neill @coreyoneill.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
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hoptimus @hoptimusprime.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
one of the best devs of her generation: boss, i found this error scenario, but don't worry, i've created a fix fox it an- middest male manager: pssh no highly trained man would do that, we don't need your girl math best male astronaut: *immediately fucks up* middest manager: save us girl math
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
So what's happening with the warehouses now? Well, ICE is now trying to offload most of them "at a steep discount." In other words, ICE effectively set millions of dollars on fire for a complete boondoggle. Reporting courtesy @projectsaltbox.com. www.projectsaltbox.com/p/ice-puts-s...
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ICE puts seven warehouses purchased for detention on the market
The properties were among 11 warehouses ICE bought for $1.07 billion to expand detention capacity. Seven are now being marketed for sale at a steep discount.
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public health guy @publichealthguy1.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
oh my GOD
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Congressional candidate is raped while repairing her campaign signs
Embarrassed, she initially didn’t want to report attack. Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office's investigation is ongoing.
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 06/10/2026
It's besides the point but 29 states allow minors to have alcohol in private settings in the presence of their parents. So yes, we often do allow parents choose to let their kids have alcohol.
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Ted Brassfield @tedbrassfield.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Steph Vigil mentioned. (not by name, but she was the one who needed just 3 votes 2 years ago) make sure you vote, Colorado!
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Dan Thurot @danthurot.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
I'm relieved to report that the long-awaited second edition of An Infamous Traffic is even better than the original — in gameplay, in narrative, in clarity. My preview: spacebiff.com/2026/10/05/a...
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Again, Opium War, Again
When Cole Wehrle first unveiled An Infamous Traffic way back in 2016, it was a scrappy little devil. Not only was it Wehrle’s second design, it was also the earliest releases from Hollandspie…
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Kyle Clark @kylec.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Amendment 87 would tax Coloradans making $500k+ a year. Opponents including Gov Jared Polis (D) are misleadingly claiming it will raise taxes on low-income seniors and vets.
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DB Maggi @dbmaggi.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
The best argument I've ever heard for universal basic income (UBI). "The reason we don't call that work is because it doesn't make rich people money." 🎤Craig Fay
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Councilmember Sean Elo-Rivera @seanelorivera.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
San Diego is not expendable. Our lives are not bargaining chips. The President’s words were reckless, dangerous, and a betrayal of the people he swore to protect. I love this city, and I will never stay quiet when someone treats our families, neighbors, and communities like they are disposable.
Tonight, the President of the United States stood on a stage and told a cheering crowd, “Let them take out San Diego.” He went on to call the destruction of our city “a very small price to pay.”
 
San Diego is home to 1.4 million people. We are workers, families, children, veterans, immigrants, sailors, Marines, and people who love this city and call it home. We are not expendable. Los Angeles is not expendable. No American city is.
 
For a President to speak so casually about an attack on the people he is sworn to protect is reckless, dangerous, and treasonous. At a time when American servicemembers and their families are already bearing the consequences of his war with Iran, San Diegans deserve a President focused on keeping them safe, not talking about sacrificing them.
 
Every elected leader in San Diego, regardless of party, should condemn these comments without qualification. There should be nothing partisan about standing up for our city and the people who live here.
 
Our lives are not bargaining chips.
 
Donald, keep our name out of your mouth.
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Ted Brassfield @tedbrassfield.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Really appreciate your insight here, Deep. I'm not as confident that the courts would decide in our favor here, but I appreciate you gaming it out.
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The Vote Yes on Amendment 87 Podcast @getmoresmarter.com · 05/10/2026
Holy shit. Colorado voters stop what you're doing and watch and share this right now.
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Bat 🦇 Borus @matthewborus.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
It's really crucial to remember that a "gas tax holiday" means starving states of revenue. That means fewer resources for public needs. Who do you think wins in a fight between funding for preschools and highways?
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Seth Klamann @sethklamann.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
New less-than-forthright messaging here from Colorado Dawn. Say what you will about the fentanyl ballot measure, but it is certainly not chiefly concerned with providing treatment to people who use fentanyl.
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Ted Brassfield @tedbrassfield.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Surely this isn't happening right now? There's no Erin thread.
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Mineral Cup & Ore Cup @mineralcup.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Congratulations to our Mineral Cup 2026 Champion Quartz! For #MinCup26, we collectively chose a nostalgic beauty of resilience as persistence as our champion. Please celebrate #Quartz, a friend to humans since time immemorial! www.mineralcup.org/about/2026-q...
A single quartz point, deep violet in its core and entirely clear around the outside, with ghostly traces of the crystal's former shape inside, as well as a few tiny bubbles.
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Pikes Peak Bulletin @pikespeakbulletin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
BNLO: The OCC DDA is dead – or is it? COS City Council voted to dissolve the voter-created Old Colorado City Downtown Development Authority. But is it really dissolved? That depends on who you ask. Get the scoop from Badly Needed & Long Overdue (BNLO)’s Nick Raven.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Today's jobs report is a reminder that tax cuts for corporations and the rich don’t create jobs or grow the economy. What's required is investment in working people — and better wages. When workers have money to spend, the economy grows and businesses create more jobs. Remember this.
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Colorado Springs DSA 🌹 @cospringsdsa.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
‼️🗳️ Ballots are on their way and our Democratic Socialist Guide to November 2026 Ballot Measures is here! Visit the 🔗 in our bio, or visit the website in this post to see our breakdown of this year's statewide ballot measures. Election Day is 11/3 - Please share this post and VOTE! ‼️🌹
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Seth Klamann @sethklamann.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Pretty misleading text about the graduated income tax ballot measure (appears to be from conservative group Colorado Dawn, based on text in the image). No evidence the proposal would do this. Notable that this text uses the same language that Polis + Advance Colorado have used in opposing GIT.
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The Cola Corporation @cola.baby · 02/10/2026
When Newsom personally cleared a street encampment in 2024 and invited reporters, I wondered, "How is he going to follow up being this much of a piece of shit?" Man was I naive. *This week alone*👇
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Last year not a single refugee fleeing religious persecution was admitted to the US.
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Ted Brassfield @tedbrassfield.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I mean... It has always been a terribly conservative paper, so I understand why I don't read it. But. We do need some sort of local news!
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Joshua Mantell @jmantell.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
“The majority of taxpayers in Colorado would pay less in income tax.” www.9news.com/article/news... #copolitics #YesOn87 #NoOn136
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Phil Weiser @philweiser.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
October is #DomesticViolenceAwarenessMonth. A core message to survivors is domestic violence is not your fault. As Governor, I will always support survivors and take DV seriously. My opponent's views are different. 👇
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Sam @samd.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
should be instructive for democrats that Magyar is living up to his promise to prosecute Orban officials for corruption and is continuing to poll extremely highly
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The Vote Yes on Amendment 87 Podcast @getmoresmarter.com · 30/09/2026
Colorado Republicans want to pass Proposition 134 because they want to let pedophiles inspect the genitals of school athletes. That's it. It has nothing to do with sports. It's all about giving underage genital inspection passes to pedophiles like Donald Trump.
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Cheek Swabs? Genital Checks? Anti-Trans Sports Ban Proponents Don't Know How It Would Be Enforced
A ballot measure which purports to simply ban trans athletes from participating in sports could have further-reaching consequences for students regardless of gender, but you wouldn’t hear that from th...
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404 Media @404media.co · 30/09/2026
So Trump's new AI chatbot? Creepy. @jasonkoebler.bsky.social saw this on Bluesky and gave the prompt "play minecraft" a test. This is what happened:
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Aaron Fritschner @fritschner.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
[SENATOR ERIC SCHMITT]: So you’re telling me under oath that you’ve never spoken with an Attorney General nominee? [JACK SMITH]: No, I don’t think— [SCHMITT]: WELL THEN *unveils poster* please explain this picture of you with Matt Gaetz! [SMITH]: That is Media Matters senior fellow Matt Gertz
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Ted Brassfield @tedbrassfield.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Come on, people: it's salt. Do you like food? Do you like life? Vote for Halite in the semis #mincup26 www.mineralcup.org/2026/vote-re...
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Vote in Semifinals 1 — Mineral Cup & Ore Cup
Vote in Cuprite vs Halite Credit: Gianandrea Ghirri and John Kygier
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Michael E. Mann @michaelemann.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Did I say that the climate porn is getting out of hand?
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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
One of the Cornell students accused of gang rape, Scott Kretzschmar, denies it and says through his attorney that they are going to “confront” the survivor through the court system. I can already tell you that means victim-blaming, DARVO, and smears. She is going to need a lot more of our support.
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The Vote Yes on Amendment 87 Podcast @getmoresmarter.com · 28/09/2026
“The Advance Colorado network exists to convince voters to vote against their own best interests, and in the best interests of its billionaire donors,”
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Commentary: This secretive group warps democracy in Colorado | Colorado Newsline
In Colorado, "citizen" too often means a secretive group of rich conservatives out to reshape state law in their image.
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Duncan Hothersall @dhothersall.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
If attendance at a major women's conference was down 80% due to a boycott fighting against trans *inclusion*, it would be all over the Times, Telegraph, Mail etc. This last weekend, attendance at a major women's conference was down 80% due to a boycott fighting against trans *exclusion*. Crickets.
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✨️naomithinksit✨️ @naomithinksit.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Hot girls are praying for divine intervention and giving me 5$ to intercede on their behalf 🙏 @merelymatt.bsky.social has put together an insane crew for this including: -powerhouse @fkth.bsky.social -softest boy @rhyslawtonactor.bsky.social -audio drama royal @gejwatts.bsky.social
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Writing + casting I Need A Miracle season 2
I want to pay a pantheon of writers to pen a second season of the micro-fiction podcast I Need A Miracle.
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the abbot of unreason (an archaeologist) @merovingians.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I'm supposed to believe AOC isn't invested in the DSA project lmao
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 24/09/2026
Never been to the opera before? Now’s your chance. We’re giving away 70,000 free tickets to the @metopera at the iconic Lincoln Center. Go to on.nyc.gov/opera to enter the lottery. There’s not a bad seat in the house.
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spooky murwolf the wereduck 〓〓🏳️‍🌈𓅄✊🐺🪄🎡 @murduck.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Halite is small perfect cubes, That are used to flavour your food. You don't slip on the ice, And have chips that taste nice. So show it some kind gratitude! VOTE HALITE! #MinCup26
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Jena Griswold @jenagriswold.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Allen has criticized Colorado’s lawsuits to protect our state from the Trump administration, supported a gestational abortion ban even in cases of rape & incest, opposes commonsense gun safety laws, and opposes laws to protect Coloradans from ICE. No wonder he didn't want to discuss his stances.
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Nathan Goldwag @goldwagnathan.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The two main tendencies in national Israeli politics right now are "expulsion and annexation of the Palestinian territories" vs "civil separation under the authority of an Israeli police state", and virtually all mainstream US commentary simply refuses to engage with this.
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Matthew R Francis @bowlerhatscience.org · 26/09/2026
alt-text: headline reading "Battle of Hospital A.I. vs. Insurer A.I. Is Pushing Medical Costs Higher" subhead: "The use of artificial intelligence by hospitals and health insurers is escalating their longstanding feud over paying for medical care"
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Keira Havens @highcountryrose.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Ok what the hell is going on here. This is also Duckworth's argument with regards to helping Trump "save face." "Make Trump Look Good" cannot possibly be the Democrats' new messaging can it?
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Colorado Newsline @coloradonewsline.com · 25/09/2026
Voting rights groups unsuccessfully sued Colorado Springs in 2022, arguing the timing of the city’s municipal elections led to a racial disparity in voter turnout. They’re trying again now that a new Colorado law creates a local enforcement mechanism. By @lindseytoomer.bsky.social
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Racial disparities ground challenge to Colorado Springs off-cycle elections | Colorado Newsline
Plaintiffs want a court order that declares Colorado Springs’ off-cycle elections amount to unlawful voter suppression.
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