Matt Sebastian
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Managing Editor, @denverpost.com. "There's a bit of magic in everything, and then some loss to even things out" — Lou Reed
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So sorry to hear of the death of The Cure's Perry Bamonte, a former guitar tech who stepped up to become a full member for 15 years, an invaluable Swiss Army knife multi-instrumentalist. Every fan loved seeing him back on board for the Lost World tour. R.I.P. 'Teddy'. Love to his family & friends. x
December 26, 2025 at 7:13 PM
So sorry to hear of the death of The Cure's Perry Bamonte, a former guitar tech who stepped up to become a full member for 15 years, an invaluable Swiss Army knife multi-instrumentalist. Every fan loved seeing him back on board for the Lost World tour. R.I.P. 'Teddy'. Love to his family & friends. x
Dean Coombs still uses a rare, 105-year-old linotype machine to produce his weekly newspaper — circulation 380 — in south-central Colorado. “I’m not going to give up on this newspaper. I don’t know why. I’m not a person of change.”
Saguache Crescent newspaper survives doing things the old way
“We remember the past. We remember the good times. We want to keep that going.”
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December 26, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Dean Coombs still uses a rare, 105-year-old linotype machine to produce his weekly newspaper — circulation 380 — in south-central Colorado. “I’m not going to give up on this newspaper. I don’t know why. I’m not a person of change.”
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This one hits the hardest, though. Especially with Shane and Kirsty both gone now.
Her response to "I coulda been someone" with "Well so could anyone" is the most devastating line I've ever heard in a song. RIP, I'll always love you both.
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Her response to "I coulda been someone" with "Well so could anyone" is the most devastating line I've ever heard in a song. RIP, I'll always love you both.
youtu.be/j9jbdgZidu8?...
December 25, 2025 at 1:22 AM
This one hits the hardest, though. Especially with Shane and Kirsty both gone now.
Her response to "I coulda been someone" with "Well so could anyone" is the most devastating line I've ever heard in a song. RIP, I'll always love you both.
youtu.be/j9jbdgZidu8?...
Her response to "I coulda been someone" with "Well so could anyone" is the most devastating line I've ever heard in a song. RIP, I'll always love you both.
youtu.be/j9jbdgZidu8?...
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people should get kicked out for talking during concerts.
you didn't have to pay money to talk around loud music. you could have stayed home, or gone to a bar! shut upppp during a show.
you didn't have to pay money to talk around loud music. you could have stayed home, or gone to a bar! shut upppp during a show.
Let’s air those grievances. I want to hear your pettiest gripes on this the holiest of days.
December 24, 2025 at 4:16 AM
people should get kicked out for talking during concerts.
you didn't have to pay money to talk around loud music. you could have stayed home, or gone to a bar! shut upppp during a show.
you didn't have to pay money to talk around loud music. you could have stayed home, or gone to a bar! shut upppp during a show.
Released after 9 months in ICE detention, immigrant-rights activist Jeanette Vizguerra stood on the steps of Denver's federal courthouse today and pledged to keep fighting the crackdown that still threatens to remove her from the country: "The struggle goes on” // Story by @sethklamann.bsky.social
Freed from ICE facility, activist Jeanette Vizguerra urges detainees: ‘Don’t give up. Keep fighting.’
Jeanette Vizguerra’s attempts to regain her freedom had galvanized supporters since she was detained in March, becoming one of Colorado’s highest-profile arrestees in Trump’s mass…
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December 24, 2025 at 4:47 AM
Released after 9 months in ICE detention, immigrant-rights activist Jeanette Vizguerra stood on the steps of Denver's federal courthouse today and pledged to keep fighting the crackdown that still threatens to remove her from the country: "The struggle goes on” // Story by @sethklamann.bsky.social
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Have thoughts about Xcel's recent public safety power outages? Colorado's utility regulators want to hear from you.
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What did you think of Xcel’s planned power outages? Colorado utility regulators want to know.
Xcel turned off power to tens of thousands of homes on Wednesday and Friday to minimize its wildfire risks because of extreme weather.
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December 23, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Have thoughts about Xcel's recent public safety power outages? Colorado's utility regulators want to hear from you.
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Uh, wow www.latimes.com/california/s...
An amateur codebreaker may have just solved the Black Dahlia and Zodiac killings
Two retired LAPD homicide detectives say that both notorious cases are solved -- with a single culprit -- thanks to the work of a novice sleuth.
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December 23, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Uh, wow www.latimes.com/california/s...
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The period from Christmas through New Year's is one of the busiest in Telluride. This year, some business owners are nervous about how it will go.
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Telluride businesses on edge as negotiations between ski resort and patrollers continue into the holidays
Negotiations and a potential strike are causing uncertainty about Christmas and New Year’s Eve tourism in the resort town.
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December 23, 2025 at 4:46 PM
The period from Christmas through New Year's is one of the busiest in Telluride. This year, some business owners are nervous about how it will go.
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Not a song, but I learned what an eponymous album was from R.E.M.’s album ‘Eponymous.’
Here's a question I've enjoyed asking on various social media platforms. What are vocabulary words you have learned from songs? For example, I learned the word "raze" from REM's World Leader Pretend.
December 23, 2025 at 5:26 AM
Not a song, but I learned what an eponymous album was from R.E.M.’s album ‘Eponymous.’
The great @paranoiacs.bsky.social on Bash & Pop: "Friday Night Is Killing Me is the priceless artifact of the immediate Replacements after-years, the memory of things trashed, and the hint of the aftermath."
On Bash & Pop’s Friday Night Is Killing Me and Tommy Stinson’s Deep, Dark Truthful Mirror
"Your golden age/ I was born too late"
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December 23, 2025 at 4:17 AM
The great @paranoiacs.bsky.social on Bash & Pop: "Friday Night Is Killing Me is the priceless artifact of the immediate Replacements after-years, the memory of things trashed, and the hint of the aftermath."
Colorado’s youth detention centers are facing a staffing crisis — with nearly 1 in 3 jobs open — leading to serious safety concerns for employees and youth and low worker morale, current and former staffers told @samtabachnik.bsky.social
Violence, 16-hour days and no support: Why staff say they’re fleeing Colorado’s juvenile detention centers
The Division of Youth Services, which oversees the state’s 12 detention and commitment facilities, employs more than 1,000 employees. Nearly 500 additional jobs remain vacant.
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December 23, 2025 at 3:48 AM
Colorado’s youth detention centers are facing a staffing crisis — with nearly 1 in 3 jobs open — leading to serious safety concerns for employees and youth and low worker morale, current and former staffers told @samtabachnik.bsky.social
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Palantir gave $10 million to Trump's ballroom project, per NYT. Earlier this year, the defense contractor got a new $10 billion / 10-year package.
Palantir's lobbyists at the bipartisan firm Invariant also bundle money for the DSCC and DCCC.
Palantir's lobbyists at the bipartisan firm Invariant also bundle money for the DSCC and DCCC.
DSCC Took Lobbyist Bundles From Firms Reaping Rewards Under Trump
Senate Democrats’ campaign arm quietly received donations in the first half of this year from lobbyists for Palantir, Andreessen Horowitz, and SpaceX, according to a new disclosure.
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December 22, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Palantir gave $10 million to Trump's ballroom project, per NYT. Earlier this year, the defense contractor got a new $10 billion / 10-year package.
Palantir's lobbyists at the bipartisan firm Invariant also bundle money for the DSCC and DCCC.
Palantir's lobbyists at the bipartisan firm Invariant also bundle money for the DSCC and DCCC.
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D. Boon died this date in 1985... I saw Minutemen play a few shows in college and met him. I was so NOT a punk kid but was a budding lefty. He quizzed ME: What do you think of...? Have you read...? When I learned he'd died, I surprised myself and sobbed. Boy could we use him now... Rest in Power
December 22, 2025 at 4:48 PM
D. Boon died this date in 1985... I saw Minutemen play a few shows in college and met him. I was so NOT a punk kid but was a budding lefty. He quizzed ME: What do you think of...? Have you read...? When I learned he'd died, I surprised myself and sobbed. Boy could we use him now... Rest in Power
NEW: The Colorado Supreme Court on Monday ruled that cities cannot punish lawbreakers beyond what state courts would allow for the same offense in a ruling that could set precedent for hundreds of municipal courts around the state // Story by @samtabachnik.bsky.social
Municipal courts can’t issue harsher punishment than state court for same offenses, Colorado Supreme Court rules
The justices ruled that when a municipal ordinance and a state statute prohibit identical conduct, the municipal penalties for such conduct “may not exceed the corresponding state penalties f…
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December 22, 2025 at 5:41 PM
NEW: The Colorado Supreme Court on Monday ruled that cities cannot punish lawbreakers beyond what state courts would allow for the same offense in a ruling that could set precedent for hundreds of municipal courts around the state // Story by @samtabachnik.bsky.social
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Boulder-based BI Incorporated, a subsidiary of Geo Group, signed a contract with ICE this month to track down immigrants in immigration court proceedings (not detained cases). The contract is worth up to $121 million over the next 2 years. BI generally provides ankle monitoring services to ICE/Geo.
December 22, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Boulder-based BI Incorporated, a subsidiary of Geo Group, signed a contract with ICE this month to track down immigrants in immigration court proceedings (not detained cases). The contract is worth up to $121 million over the next 2 years. BI generally provides ankle monitoring services to ICE/Geo.
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Per NY Times’s Michael Grynbaum on X, this is Sharyn Alfonsi’s email to her “60 Minutes” colleagues in full:
December 22, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Per NY Times’s Michael Grynbaum on X, this is Sharyn Alfonsi’s email to her “60 Minutes” colleagues in full:
“If the administration’s refusal to participate becomes a valid reason to spike a story, we have effectively handed them a ‘kill switch’ for any reporting they find inconvenient,” Alfonsi wrote.
CBS News postponed a "60 Minutes" segment Sunday because it lacked a Trump admin interview, per an email we obtained from correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi, who said the decision by EIC Bari Weiss gave the White House a "kill switch." with @liamjscott.bsky.social
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‘60 Minutes’ correspondent says CBS’s Bari Weiss abruptly pulled segment on Trump deportations
CBS News pulled a ‘60 Minutes’ segment about a prison in El Salvador one day before it was set to air because the Trump administration declined to participate.
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December 22, 2025 at 2:58 AM
“If the administration’s refusal to participate becomes a valid reason to spike a story, we have effectively handed them a ‘kill switch’ for any reporting they find inconvenient,” Alfonsi wrote.
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Does anyone wanna see a really good Getty image of Rita Moreno and Sam The Eagle having dinner in 1979?
December 20, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Does anyone wanna see a really good Getty image of Rita Moreno and Sam The Eagle having dinner in 1979?
“I don’t have a mortgage, and I feel like health insurance is rapidly becoming my mortgage,” a Coloradan facing premiums that will double next month tells @denverpost.com
Coloradans weigh options as health insurance premiums double: ‘If something bad happens, are we going to go bankrupt?’
The Denver Post spoke to Coloradans facing large premium increases about the choices they face as their insurance costs increase.
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December 20, 2025 at 6:27 PM
“I don’t have a mortgage, and I feel like health insurance is rapidly becoming my mortgage,” a Coloradan facing premiums that will double next month tells @denverpost.com
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"[D]ebut albums from the likes of Xmal Deutschland and the Wolfgang Press did little to dispel the label’s reputation as a home for weirdo vampires."
4AD: The First Five Years | Qobuz MAGAZINE
Founded in 1980, 4AD had become the paradigm of an indie label by decade’s end: highly curated, creatively autonomous and successful enough to operate on its own terms. And while that success contin...
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December 19, 2025 at 8:40 PM
"[D]ebut albums from the likes of Xmal Deutschland and the Wolfgang Press did little to dispel the label’s reputation as a home for weirdo vampires."
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Also want to note that @sarawilson.bsky.social at @coloradonewsline.com was there and was kicked out for taking a photo in the lobby of the detention center. She took a photo for informational purposes, to understand the rules, and ICE threatened to call APD on her.
December 20, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Also want to note that @sarawilson.bsky.social at @coloradonewsline.com was there and was kicked out for taking a photo in the lobby of the detention center. She took a photo for informational purposes, to understand the rules, and ICE threatened to call APD on her.