It’s already Thursday? Depending on what’s left on your “Get This Done This Week” list, that’s either a relief or an excuse to panic. React accordingly. ? Every single driver on my morning commute did and they all decided to drive like they were carrying nitro glycerin in an old cartoon. As much as people want to , trust me: it’s always been this way. It’s just that people, in general, are terrible drivers no matter where you go. What is this, morning zoo radio? I’m sitting here talking about traffic and weather. Let’s get to the real stuff.
The Rundown
+ Today’s Weather: . (.)
+ Today’s Editorial Board Endorsement (note that this is a separate entity from the newsroom): ““
+ Today’s Poll: ““
+ Articles: Here’s .
Denver Police have a social media dragnet
“In the U.S. we’ve never had a secret police that circulates around civil society just looking for anybody saying anything suspicious. We shouldn’t have an online equivalent either.”
Jay Stanley, senior policy analyst at the ACLU,
Have you ever gone on Zillow and drawn a circle around the neighborhood you were interested in to see what homes were available there? Imagine if, instead of homes, you wanted to see all the Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and Snapchat posts made by anyone inside that circle, and instead of a neighborhood, it was a protest or the down Colfax. That’s in essence what Geofeedia — — does. The police say that it’s an invaluable tool to track criminals and find witnesses, but ACLU Colorado is concerned and records will be kept on non-criminal Denver residents. Noelle Phillips .
+ Sort of related: With camera-equipped small planes circulating overhead 24/7, a small group found out that they could backtrack and find out exactly who placed bombs in Iraq (as well as track other criminal and terrorist activity). But when they brought the technology back to the U.S., .
Man (& front-end loader) vs fire
Jim Frederick had inherited the alfalfa farm and ranch when his father died last year. So he was not going to sit back and let the Beulah Hill Fire take a lifetime’s worth of memories. Kirk Mitchell has .
By The Numbers
13,900,000
That’s how many times someone in the Denver metro area paid to attend a concert, gallery, performance, etc. last year. That may sound like a lot, but the number is actually 9 percent lower than the year before. John Wenzel and Aldo Svaldi .
Ridiculously good deal: . There is literally no better deal on the internet.
Quick Hits
+ after the man “was not following commands.”
+ Conor O’Neill’s, five days after it “closed forever,” says ““
+ Hurricane Matthew, just after devastating Cuba and Haiti, .
+ The , and their friends say they were lured to the area to visit a “haunted” bridge.
+ VERY IMPORTANT PSA: .
+ Last night we had a debate over Amendment 69, aka ColoradoCare, .
+ A man charged with sex assault on a child apparently .
+ ?
+ Try not to think about .
+ Are we already calling it a “creepy clown crisis?” .
+ Another Samsung Note 7 started smoking on an airplane. The real problem: .
+ It’s , but there’s .
+ I forgot to mention this yesterday, but Dallas Police determined . But will his “stupidity” as Mark Kiszla writes ?
What We’re Reading
+ If you were really hoping that you were going to live to 150 thanks to all this modern healthcare technology, I’ve got bad news for you: .
+ , and they think it could work to reduce DUIs by showing people who would never have thought they were too drunk to drive their real BAC.
+ It’s playoff baseball time, which means you’re going to see a lot of Joe Buck. Here’s an unexpected headline that you won’t be able to forget when you hear his sonorous tone this October: ““
+ The Intercept just launched . I haven’t had a chance to read the whole thing, but let’s all read it together and talk about it tomorrow, OK?
+ New York Times Magazine has , from feedlots to cranberry bogs to a carrot factory and so much more.
Song of the Day
Song: ““
Artist: Ghetto Brothers
Sounds like: Latin-tinged garage rock with one of the catchiest opening guitar riffs you’ll ever hear.
Head over to our (which now has more than 200 tracks to thrill your eardrums), or, if you don’t have a Spotify account, .
Hat Tips & Corrections
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