Short thread I wrote on Holocaust Remembrance Day in 2021: (some of this is present tense, but should now be passed tense, as my grandma has since died)

Much of my family were murdered in Auschwitz. I don’t know much about them because the only surviving family member from that era, my grandmother…

Concert venues should have quiet rooms for when you want a little nap

They flew the servedrones into the motherslayship

I was the only one on my block someone did this too. Show yourself. I just want to talk*

*actually be friends. This was funny during an otherwise miserably cold morning.

“Say cheese”
Sox:

The Aurora Police Department released its 2023 “use of force” report. I took a look at the department’s deadly shootings (which are up from last year), racial disparities in its use of force incidents, and what the report doesn’t say.

for over a year, US media has helped the WH distance itself from the horrors of Gaza by employing 3, largely fictitious reporting genres.

I and my pseudonymous co-author detailed these 3 genres and how they helped successfully take pressure off the Biden admin www.thenation.com/article/soci...

Question for Denver folks: Does “Denverite” refer only to people who are from here or anyone who lives here?

What say you?

One of my favorite podcasts @killjamesbond.bsky.social is back! Check them out for hilarious and interesting takes on 007 and tons of other movies

"Donald Trump has selected Chris Wright, a campaign donor and fossil fuel executive who grew up in Colorado, to serve as energy secretary."

"CEO of Denver-based Liberty Energy, Wright is a vocal advocate of oil and gas development, including fracking."

www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-s...

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I put together a new starter pack on Bluesky for Colorado Media Organizations and Journalists

only about 35 on here right now but I expect it to grow

please let me know of anyone I should add!

bsky.app/starter-pack...

Hi y’all! I got some new followers in here so a short introduction:

I’m a digital producer, editor, occasional reporter, and even more occasional assignment editor at CBS News Colorado in Denver.

For news tips, DMs are open, you can email me at austen.erblat@cbs.com and I’m on @signal.bsky.social.

Fashionably late. As per usual