#SedonaHillsFire is about 20-30 acres in western Loveland, with localized mandatory evacuations and aircraft requested, as per WatchDuty: share.watchduty.org/i/97558 Local weather conditions: 86 degF with 12% relative humidity. Winds southeast, gusting to 13 mph. #COfire
Erin O’Toole
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KUNC Host + Producer 🎙️ | Proudly GenX 🎸 | 🎶 Creator of Sonic Things 🎹 | Colorado Dweller ⛰️ Possibly not the Erin O'Toole you're looking for
It was a year of pixels. A year of outer glow. A year of babies in catapults. Here's to the safety memes of 2025!
It all started in 1955 with a misprint in a Colorado newspaper and a call to Col. Harry Shoup's secret military hotline. Shoup played along with the tiny voice who called, and a tradition was born. From the NPR archives.
NORAD's Santa Tracker began with a typo and a good sport
It all started in 1955 with a misprint in a Colorado newspaper and a call to Col. Harry Shoup's secret military hotline. Shoup played along with the tiny voice who called, and a tradition was born.
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It is newsworthy that the president of the United States is increasingly verbally abusive of women reporters and he should be asked about it.
I'm not exaggerating when I say following @boltsmag.org rn will unlock money for our journalism. A generous reader, @russ41.bsky.social, has offered to donate $1 for every 1-person increase to our follower count. If you're not following @boltsmag.org yet, it'll directly help fund our reporting!
Happy There Is A Circulatory System Walking Through The Kitchen Day to all who celebrate.
I read "3 Days, 9 Months, 27years" by @scalzi.com last night. Loved it! ...but I woke up in the middle of the night with the song Time Warp stuck in my head Which is not a bad thing - I've just never had such a thematically pure earworm before 🤷♀️
BREAKING: Colorado voters approved a ballot measure that would raise state income taxes on higher-earning households to fund free meals for all public school students. Follow AP for live updates.
Live updates: US voters head to the polls in first general election since Trump's return to power
One year after Donald Trump retook the presidency, 2025 Election Day includes closely watched races for New York City mayor, New Jersey governor and California's Proposition 50.
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I'm sometimes amazed that people still remember that glorious time in 2020 when I became the second-most famous Erin O'Toole in Canada... But I had a fantastic time talking about it for this awesome story! And YES 🇺🇸♥️🇨🇦 forever.
1/2 NEW: I speak to Erin O'Toole (the radio host) and Jason Kenney (the digital strategist) about Bill de Blasio (the wine importer) and the perils of mistaken political identity in this week's most "extremely online" story ⬇️
Happy Thanksgiving, neighbors!! 🦃🥔🍁🇨🇦🧡
Explaining Canadian Thanksgiving to Americans
‘Many of us owe our safety to you’: Matthew Silverstone, Evergreen shooting victim, hailed a hero by students www.cpr.org/2025/09/17/m...
'Many of us owe our safety to you': Matthew Silverstone, Evergreen shooting victim, hailed a hero by students
Matthew turned 18 a day before the shooting. He remains in critical condition, but family shared more about him this week as he continues fighting for his life.
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To those of you who accomplished things today, I salute you. It can be hard to be productive in….such times. When you are, give yourself credit. It’s a form of resistance against the seeming hopelessness of the present. It means you haven’t given up. And we can’t.
Not the most awesome of photos, but we’ve had such a strange pink moon the past two nights… #CoWx #Wildfires
We are less than two hours into an allegedly “indestructible” dog toy 😭😭
Colorado was once home to a famous resort for Black Americans. buff.ly/hnqoITR
Inside Colorado’s famous resort for Black Americans - High Country News
Colorado was once a beacon for members of the Harlem Renaissance and Black families from all over the country.
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Hi folks- finally have an update on our page... Adding some shit and more shit to come. deadamps.com #powertothepeople
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When a network lays off one of America’s greatest satirists, it’s not because he failed. It’s because he succeeded too loudly.
I spoke with Colorado Sen. John Hickenlooper about this on Tuesday morning. We're obviously much closer to the loss of federal funding at this moment - but I think his view of public media as an essential service is so important. www.kunc.org/podcast/inth...
The U.S. Senate appears ready to vote on federal funding for public media. Sen. John Hickenlooper has some thoughts
Federal funding for public broadcasting is a focus this week for lawmakers in Washington D.C. A vote in the Senate to eliminate that funding could happen at any time. Colorado Sen. John Hickenlooper s...
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Fantastic... and quite the toe-tapper! 🎩
Let’s Talk About Epstein
Politicized "investigations" are a crucial mechanism of authoritarian attacks on dissent and administrative resistance
We’re approaching the show trial stage of authoritarian takeover
OPINION: The failure of Sen. Mike Lee's misguided amendment is no reason to think that threats to public land are finished, writes columnist Rod Miller.
Opinion | Wars on the West
Just because Sen. Lee’s misguided amendment went down in flames is no reason to think that threats to public land are no more, writes columnist Rod Miller.
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Joe Neguse now wants to know why Mike Johnson continues to leave votes open indefinitely for hours every time they don’t have enough votes.
I haven't posted many photos of Ole, the puppy we inherited.. but he's really getting so comfortable in our home and so affectionate. Look at this sweet boy!
I've read a lot of articles (and been interviewed for several) about Vance Boelter's ties to charismatic Christianity, but this piece by @melissagiragrant.com in @newrepublic.com is the best I've seen so far in sifting the evidence while capturing the nuances. newrepublic.com/article/1969...
Vance Boelter and the Rise of “Spiritual Warfare”
The accused assassin in Minnesota may have seen himself as an entrepreneurial missionary, influenced by a theology of “violent prayer” and spiritual war.
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