Very unpopular opinion but I think sports betting is going to have horrific long term effects on our communities

listing “mass deportation” as a housing proposal is literally fascistic

I understand this job pays like $200k to people and that losing it and dropping to a $15k UBI is better than falling to $0 (though still a huge drop) BUT these jobs don't exist to pay people. They exist to perform needed work. If humans are no longer needed for that work, then

In this recent interview segment, ILA boss Daggett makes a great case for the benefits of port automation

New: Denver gets $8.4 million from feds for La Alma-Lincoln Park, which the city fenced off last month over crime concerns. Arvada gets $7.3M for Gold Strike, which is pretty much just a field with some paths right now. denverite.com/2024/10/03/den…

seen a bunch of “trunk or treat” signs this year and it seems like a great way to suck all the fun and adventure out of being a kid on Halloween

The food self-sufficiency people think of themselves as these rugged individualists, when they're more like Marie Antoinette with her ornamental farm at Versailles. A pastoral fantasy only possible because modern economies shelter you from the brutality of subsistence farming

Absolutely stunning that OnlyFans is a porn site and HogsPlus is a a college sports video site

Direct democracy in Colorado is out of control.

A story that illuminates why abundance liberals are going to struggle with some progressive activists: In March, I gave a talk on climate tech at a senior center - they loved it! In Q&A, a woman asked “how do we get people to do their part + dry their clothes on the line?” 1/7

Rail in the Denver metro must start growing again at a rapid pace or it will die. Colfax BRT is not good enough or coming fast enough. While many of the complaints about rail make me roll my eyes, the 5 pts loop is a larp, not a transportation solution. westword.com/news/five-poin…

Tax the f*cking churches.

We need to double the fluoride in the water and add ozempic and adderall too

First Friday on Santa Fe Drive should be a car free street.

Y'all have lost your God damn minds if you think we're running Kamala again in 2028. We should have a competitive, open, and big primary that tests all the candidates and finds which one meets the moment.

Fuck it, another thread on unsheltered homelessness/tent encampments: The spread of encampments and associated disorder in big coastal cities over the past decade or so has absolutely been in large part the result of a progressive push away from enforcement and policing of

Noah Smith 🐇🇺🇸🇺🇦🇹🇼 Soybean yields have never been higher

I'm seriously starting to question the credibility of the FIFA Peace Prize.

Look at the replies to his post "Pussy" etc. Yeah, hurting and killing people makes you strong, eh? We have a nation of cosplayers. Out Sec Def is one of them. People have to be killed sometimes. Wars need to be fought. But this cheering over carnage doesn't make you strong.

Kristen Holmes that means six more weeks of war