am conflicted about the whole redistricting thing but republicans staring at the sowing/reaping meme is kind of hilarious tbh

Do Not Go Gentle - Denver Philharmonic Burning Bright at the Edge of Night For the Denver Philharmonic Orchestra’s 78th season finale, we set our sights beyond...

Bach, Elgar, Navarro, and Rachmaninoff. Soundscapes that shimmer. Moments that surge. Passages that soar.

Music is for everyone. General admission $30 | 18 & under FREE | 100 Pay What You Can tickets available each performance

MAY 16 & 17: look upward, look inward

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Spring came early to Colorado and it’s changing how plants behave From lilacs blooming early to potential crop loss, experts warn early warm temperatures will change the way your garden grows this year.

"I think everybody in the entire state — or at least on the Front Range — has noticed that we are definitely anywhere from three to five weeks early."

Another chapter of Denver drama: Two 'book societies,' one lawsuit The city's new bookstore is involved in another literary fight.

The Book Society based in Berkeley, California, has been accusing the Denver Book Society of taking its name.

Gunman shoots several tourists at historic pyramids in Mexico A man standing atop one of the historic Teotihuacan pyramids opened fire on tourists Monday, killing one Canadian and leaving at least 13 people, authorities said.

Awful

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Denver Water draining, closing Antero Reservoir for drought savings Denver Water will drain and close Antero Reservoir amid historic drought.

Colorado summer looking dry.

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Remembering the lives lost at Columbine High School on April 20, 1999 Colorado was shaken and heartbroken by the Columbine High School shooting. We remember the lives lost on April 20, 1999.

Growing up in Douglas County, I remember well the shock & devastation our community felt 27 years ago today, when 13 Coloradans were murdered at Columbine High School.

Today, we remember and honor the innocent lives lost, and hold their families in our hearts — always.

Colorado GOP asks judge for emergency order blocking unaffiliated voters from casting ballots in the party’s 2026 primaries The request piggybacks off a ruling late last month that the requirement in Colorado law that 75% of the party’s central committee must support opting out of the primaries before it can happen “consti...

NEW: Colorado GOP asks judge for emergency order blocking unaffiliated voters from casting ballots in the party’s 2026 primaries coloradosun.com/2026/04/20/c... #copolitics #coleg

We’re defending Western Civilization by kicking Plato and Shakespeare out of university classes.

Musk scorned “shady” loopholes, yet offshore tax tricks likely saved Tesla hundreds of millions When Tesla released its annual report for U.S. regulators in January, the Texas-based automaker, led by the world’s richest man, reported a federal tax bill of zero dollars for 2025.

Tesla's annual report revealed an estimated federal tax bill of $0 for 2025. A Reuters analysis shows a common corporate tactic, known as profit shifting, likely saved the company more than $400 million in US taxes reut.rs/48wd21x

Really good headline

wat

CDOT plans to tap interstate express-lane tolls to help fund Bustang

Scrambling to rescue Colorado’s beloved Bustang intercity bus service, CDOT plans to tap revenues raised from vehicle drivers whizzing along tolled express lanes on interstates 25 and 70.

This man is the son and namesake of Rodney Mims Cook, Sr., who was a rare racial liberal in 1960s Atlanta. If you've read WHITE FLIGHT, he was one of the leading voices against the Peyton Wall and one of the few legislators to back seating Julian Bond.

Now his son is building a monument to a racist

Strange choice he made here.

*Palantir execs trying to explain their glorious vision so we’ll invite them inside*

9. We should show far more grace towards those who have subjected themselves to public life. The eradication of any space for forgiveness—a jettisoning of any tolerance for the complexities and contradictions of the human psyche—may leave us with a cast of characters at the helm we will grow to regret. 18. The ruthless exposure of the private lives of public figures drives far too much talent away from government service. The public arena—and the shallow and petty assaults against those who dare to do something other than enrich themselves—has become so unforgiving that the republic is left with a significant roster of ineffectual, empty vessels whose ambition one would forgive if there were any genuine belief structure lurking within. 19. The caution in public life that we unwittingly encourage is corrosive. Those who say nothing wrong often say nothing much at all.

Points 9, 18 and 19 go after accountability directly. Scrutiny of public figures gets reframed as a kind of cultural sickness driving talent away from public life. The problem becomes the people doing the scrutinising, not the people being scrutinised.

Parenting influencer says she accidentally ran over her son with her car Kelly Hopton-Jones described what happened on the “worst day of our lives” in a social media post detailing the incident.

Meanwhile, 50 kids each week!!

“Kids and Car Safety, a national nonprofit group, says 50 children are backed over by cars every week in the United States. In 70% of these incidents, a parent or close relative is behind the wheel.”

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A Lot of Shops Won't Fix Electric Bikes. Here's Why Bike shop mechanics have lost fingers and their shirts while repairing ebikes of dubious origins. Make sure yours is repairable and third-party certified.

Colorado bike shop featured in Wired.

E-bikes are great, be sure that what you’re buying can be safely serviced, that you’re getting the right “class” of ebike for your situation/laws, and isn’t an unregulated e-moto.

www.wired.com/story/why-is...

NEW YORK (AP) — Air Canada will suspend service to New York’s JFK International airport over the summer as the war in Iran creates jet fuel shortages that have sent prices soaring.

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Child: I know your name. Mamdani.

Obama: What’s his first name?

Child: Mayor.

little fella claimed to be "politically homeless" just last week

High profile 2026 Denver sporting events 🤝 the only time it ever snows in Denver

Texas cycling community grieving after Paralympian's death "Find some good roads to ride up there....hope the wind is always at your back."

Another senseless traffic death.

Paralympics champion Dory Selinger, who lost a leg in 1993 when a group he was riding with struck intentionally by a driver, was killed yesterday while riding his bike.

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Just a friendly reminder it was 77° yesterday and it’s gonna be 80° on Tuesday

Yesterday I was biking in short sleeves and 70 degree weather. Today I had to cover my lilacs and other plants in an attempt to save them from (much needed) snow.

Will it work? Unsure. The coverings are already weighted down by unusually wet snow.

Phony SoCal bear attacks on luxury cars end with jail sentences Three Los Angeles residents will serve jail time after being convicted of carrying out an absurd insurance fraud scheme that involved faking bear attacks on luxury vehicles, a case authorities dubb…

🐻🐻 incredible.

“After reviewing video submitted to support the claim, detectives determined the so-called bear seen damaging the vehicle was actually a person wearing a bear suit.”

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Fyrefest plate didn’t have any protein but it had fresh vegetables and looked way more edible than this

this is why you're not supposed to cross those databases, idiots

Denver police swarmed Montbello woman’s 70th birthday party with guns drawn after nearby ShotSpotter alert, lawsuit alleges The city’s ShotSpotter system is a network of sound-detection sensors that pinpoints the location of gunshots and sends alerts to police.

An alert from Denver’s ShotSpotter gunshot-detection system prompted police to swarm a Montbello woman’s 70th birthday party with guns drawn and detain Black partygoers for close to an hour — even though the alert was 20 minutes old, for a neighboring address and was likely triggered by fireworks