Good morning and happy (?) Monday, readers. How was your weekend? I spent mine stripping old paint off the walls of my bathroom and thinking about marshmallows. Specifically, the famous (though now mostly debunked) “marshmallow test,” where researchers placed a marshmallow in front of kids and told them if they could resist eating that one […]
Eric Lubbers
Eric Lubbers is the Chief Technology Officer and one of the co-founders of The Colorado Sun. A native of Yuma, Colorado, he writes The Sunriser newsletter in addition to handling most of the behind-the-scenes tech stuff.
Email: eric@coloradosun.com Twitter: @brofax
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The day skiing died / Flood of evictions / The Sun answers your COVID questions / A rapid telehealth revolution / Coronavirus misinformation / + more
Happy Tax Day April 15, folks. I’m still stuck on yesterday, April 14, which songwriter Gillian Welch dubbed “Ruination Day” once she realized the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, the sinking of the Titanic and the “Black Sunday” storm that kicked off the Dust Bowl all happened on the same date (this is a great interview […]
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Sunriser: Investigating nursing home coronavirus deaths / Planning for who gets care, who doesn’t / PPE holdup + much more
Hello and good morning, folks. In case you weren’t quite sure, it is, in fact, Monday morning. How was your weekend? Did you spend it in line outside a grocery store like it was a hot night club or making your own facemask (with or without sewing) or getting creative with your pantry? No matter […]
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Sunriser: “Prepper” time-share is booming / Urgent insurance window / Sports, church, prom & other rhythms / You’ll probably fight COVID at home
Good morning, folks, and welcome to a chilly, partly cloudy April Friday. I want to thank everyone who turned out for our first virtual Q&A with reporter Jesse Paul on Facebook last night (you can watch it, glitches and all, here). We’re going to iron out a few of the livestreaming bugs to do more […]
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Sunriser: Colorado prepped for the wrong pandemic / Coronavirus deaths spike / COVID reaches homeless population / Mental health via video chat / + more
Good morning, on what the calendar says is Monday (I’m grateful for this newsletter for giving me some structure to avoid a blur of work). Here are two things I did this weekend: MADE BREAKFAST TACOS: Here’s a very loose recipe to make ‘em cheap and tasty and a four-ingredient hot sauce that will make […]
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Sunriser: Colorado’s coronavirus data problem / Illegal(?) “locals only” closures / Stop calling 911 on your neighbors / Extra smelly, er, aromatic beer + more
Good morning! We’re entering Weekend No. 2 of large-scale isolation during this outbreak, and if it hadn’t already, this was the week things got very real for most people in the state. So as the initial shock of disrupted routines, rhythms, jobs and just life starts to fade, it’s time to settle in for the […]
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Sunriser: Entire Denver area nears stay-at-home order / Doctors plan for triage / How Colorado is caring for frontline worker’s kids / So much more
Compiled by Eric Lubbers, eric@coloradosun.comCTO/Newsletter Wrangler, @brofax Good morning, folks, and welcome to another Wednesday that seems increasingly distant from the world we knew last Wednesday. While there was some progress made on a stimulus bill last night in the Senate, the lack of a meaningful path forward at the national level has made the […]
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Sunriser: Inside a Colorado coronavirus ward / No stay-at-home order / Keeping sane / Scrutiny for oil & gas tax breaks / + much more
Good morning, Colorado! There was nothing normal about this weekend, just like there’s going to be nothing normal about this week and the many following it. And it’s OK to acknowledge just how abnormal things are. A few days ago I walked a couple of blocks from my self-isolation HQ to the Sun’s newsroom downtown […]
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Sunriser: Two more deaths / BE CAREFUL in the backcountry / 12 stories *not* about coronavirus / Race for COVID-19’s Tamiflu / How to ease kids’ anxiety / more
A pedicab driver in a Halloween hazmat suit waits for a passenger on the then-still-lively 6th Street in Austin, Texas, on March 14, 2020. (Eric Lubbers, The Colorado Sun) Good morning! It’s Friday, but it’s weird to say that considering that our usual markers of time (work, school, sports, happy hours, weekends, birthday […]
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Sunriser: Quest for a COVID-19 vaccine / Rural hospital shutters “unprofitable” delivery dept. / More electric vehicles? / + more
Good morning! Coronavirus is the topic of conversation right now, as any glance at the stock market, social media or TV will tell you. But such a complex topic can generate so much information that’s it hard to separate the hype from the facts you need to stay safe (while not succumbing to panic). We’re […]