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Spencer Soicher
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Reporter at 9News in Denver. UT Austin Ex. 27-time runner-up for favorite Soicher son. Got a tip to look into? DM me!
NEW: Denver is once again considering a mass surveillance system contract just under the amount that would trigger City Council review. @spencersoicher.bsky.social reports:
The tiny town of Bow Mar is still trying to gate off access from outsiders. Now it’s hiring a $300/hour PR firm that deals in media relations and crisis communications. Bow Mar is also hiring outside lawyers to deal with neighboring Denver and Littleton. Both cities still say no to the gates.
Are democratic socialists coming for the Denver mayor's office next? Denver Mayor Mike Johnston thinks Melat Kiros' win Tuesday over 29-year incumbent Diana DeGette was about inaction in Washington, D.C., and Kiros' win does not concern him about his future in office.
14 hours after the AP called the race, 29-year incumbent Democrat Diana DeGette has conceded to Democratic Socialist Melat Kiros in CO-1. Noteworthy in the concession: "Frankly, this was not the way I would have wanted to end my career in politics" @nexton9news.bsky.social @kylec.bsky.social
Democratic Socialist Melat Kiros just upset 29-year incumbent Democrat Diana DeGette in the Colorado District 1 Democratic Primary. Kiros' critics say she is antisemitic. CO-1 includes Colorado's largest Jewish population. I asked Kiros for her message to fearful Jewish constituents:
Democratic Socialist Melat Kiros on the last-minute effort by Diana DeGette backers pouring millions into CO-1 ads: "It shows that that seat was taken for granted." "It shows that there was some complacency there." "We deserve to have someone who is paying attention." #Colorado #Denver #copolitics
Melat Kiros watch party just erupted with “We won!” chants after the 7 pm ballot drop in Denver. They are popping confetti cannons here now. @nexton9news.bsky.social @kylec.bsky.social 
It's hard to retain employees at a workplace that expects to get dismantled. Scientists are already leaving NCAR, the federal weather lab in Boulder. @spencersoicher.bsky.social reports for @nexton9news.bsky.social:
A #Colorado driver keeps getting pulled over because of #Flock camera alerts. Every time he passes a camera, police are told where he is and that he has a warrant. He doesn’t. And he can’t get it fixed. @nexton9news.bsky.social
A #Colorado driver keeps getting pulled over because of #Flock camera alerts. Every time he passes a camera, police are told where he is and that he has a warrant. He doesn’t. And he can’t get it fixed. @nexton9news.bsky.social
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Exciting news for infectious disease enthusiasts: measles is back in Colorado after years of vaccine hesitancy and misinformation. @spencersoicher.bsky.social reports for @nexton9news.bsky.social:
Grateful for the Glendale Cherry Creek’s thoughtful writeup of Next’s street safety coverage. But for the sake of accuracy, our viewers are Godless mercenary hordes, not “hords,” whatever that means.
NEW: Denver is preparing to replace its controversial vendor running video surveillance systems with a new company. But critics of the surveillance state are likely still Flocked. @spencersoicher.bsky.social reports for @nexton9news.bsky.social: www.youtube.com/watch?v=13iW...
Denver considers new license plate surveillance contract, but are there better options than Flock?
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NEW: Denver appears to be breaking ties with Flock, asking other companies to come run the city's network of surveillance cameras
Want to guess when Sean Payton announced Bo Nix's ankle injury? The get-in price for Sunday's Broncos-Patriots AFC championship game is down to $383, as @bianchiweather.bsky.social forecasts ridiculous cold. Ticket prices are down 36% over the last three days, according to TicketData.
67 people-tracking Flock cameras across the U.S. were live-streaming on the internet, easily accessible with no login needed, @404media.co & @bennjordan.bsky.social found. We know of five compromised Flock cams in Colorado. One belongs to Douglas County, and it's at an open space trailhead.
Bari Weiss’ two accomplishments so far are hosting an interview that she desperately wanted people to watch (but they didn’t) and trying to spike a news story that she desperately wanted nobody to watch (but they did)
Flock sees you when you're sleeping Flock knows when you're awake Flock knows if you've been bad or good So be good for goodness sake
Spencer Soicher@spencersoicher.bsky.social · 10mo ago67 people-tracking Flock cameras across the U.S. were live-streaming on the internet, easily accessible with no login needed, @404media.co & @bennjordan.bsky.social found. We know of five compromised Flock cams in Colorado. One belongs to Douglas County, and it's at an open space trailhead.
67 people-tracking Flock cameras across the U.S. were live-streaming on the internet, easily accessible with no login needed, @404media.co & @bennjordan.bsky.social found. We know of five compromised Flock cams in Colorado. One belongs to Douglas County, and it's at an open space trailhead.
President Trump’s “pardon” of Tina Peters has no more authority than the plastic Sheriff badge from a box of Cracker Jacks. Unless SCOTUS creates a sweeping new presidential power. Some of Colorado’s top criminal justice minds called it “bonkers,” “garbage,” and “a loser.”
Denver scaled back a street safety project after pushback from the family of Colorado's wealthiest man. While the city told the public that construction was the hold up, @spencersoicher.bsky.social obtained internal city emails showing the issue was "high level" community concerns.
Aurora Police are adding Flock surveillance drones to their Flock surveillance street cameras as researchers say Flock's system is incredibly easy to hack and manipulate. @spencersoicher.bsky.social reports: www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Vsc...
Researchers say Flock cameras are easy to hack
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Jim Avila rocked. I was lucky to work with Jim when he came to work in local news in San Diego. He loved being the smart guy in the room with younger reporters. We loved him back. He’d send the kindest messages after stories. Like this one on my last day. He made me feel like a million bucks
Josh Mankiewicz@joshmankiewicz.bsky.social · 11mo agoRIP to one of my best friends over thirty years and a towering presence in this business people.com/jim-avila-fo...
COMMENTARY: It appears Rep. Lauren Boebert did a brave thing today and deserves all our thanks. #copolitics