Compiled by Eric Lubbers, eric@coloradosun.com CTO/Newsletter Wrangler, @brofax Good morning and happy 2019, all! There’s something particularly excruciating when the winter holidays land on Tuesdays, because for most people, Jan. 2 becomes an unavoidable hard right turn into reality with no buffer. So let me be one of the first to welcome you back! We […]
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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16 weeks and counting … on you
Be the change. The phrase has probably gotten more mileage lately than it has in a long time, scrawled in graffiti, plastered on bumpers, written on signs hoisted above throngs of (insert favorite affinity group here) marching for cause — enough mileage that their power has begun to diminish. And yet, we can’t stop thinking […]
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The Sunriser: The best Colorado journalism of the year (plus fresh stories from The Sun!)
Compiled by Eric Lubbers, eric@coloradosun.comCTO/Newsletter Wrangler, @brofax We did it, folks. Though we didn’t have much choice in the matter, all 364 days of 2018 so far lasted exactly 24 hours (give or take a tenth of a millisecond) each and then ended right on time. And the forecast is that day 365 is on track […]
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Sunriser: Seeding the clouds for snow, a community takes a risk to fight crushing health care costs, the “Holy Grail” of baseball cards in Denver and more
Compiled by Eric Lubbers, eric@coloradosun.comCTO/Newsletter Wrangler, @brofax Good morning and happy Weirdest Friday of the Year, readers! We are fully in the misty, ambiguous span between Christmas and New Year’s Eve, during which the state’s workforce (and traffic) ebbs and flows, leading to bizarre moments like a ghost town of Starbucks during prime coffee break […]
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A poem about climate change, why Colorado is so challenging for small aircraft, the future of the GOP, a nearly perfect family game and more Christmas Eve reading
Compiled by Eric Lubbers, eric@coloradosun.comCTO/Newsletter Wrangler, @brofax Good Christmas Eve morn, readers! Today’s Sunriser will be lean and mean so you can get on with your holiday, but I just want to take the time to thank you for reading, supporting and sharing the kind of local journalism we think can make a real difference […]
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Butt-dialing search and rescue, how so many lawmakers get seats without voters, Colorado Springs is a “transit desert” and much more
Compiled by Eric Lubbers, eric@coloradosun.com CTO/Newsletter Wrangler, @brofax Good morning, folks. Hopefully this email reaches you before the full extent of Christmas Madness kicks in. So take a breath, put down the tinsel and enjoy the stories we have for you this morning. But first: If you’ve been holding out on getting a membership to The […]
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A big idea about voting in Colorado, the battle at the heart of outdoor recreation, tacos vs. transit in Denver and more
Compiled by Eric Lubbers, eric@coloradosun.comCTO/Newsletter Wrangler, @brofax Good morning and happy Last Day to Feel Confident About Ordering Christmas Gifts Online! If you hurry, you can still grab a T-shirt or tote bag emblazoned with The Colorado Sun logo to stick under the tree for the independent-journalism fan in your life (coloradosun.com/store). If you want […]
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Avalanche deaths are down (but avoidable accidents are up), FDA-approved cannabis drug is hard to get, no Olympics for Colorado and more
Compiled by Eric Lubbers, eric@coloradosun.comCTO/Newsletter Wrangler, @brofax Good morning, Colorado! Forgive my exclamation-point enthusiasm, but I’m just back in our beautiful state after a week in sunny Akumal for my first out-of-state (let alone out of the country) vacation in more than two years. Sure, like most people back from vacation I’m wracking my brain […]
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The Sunriser: “Not guilty” ≠ “actual innocence,” homes with no energy bills, the brewery on pace for 130 beers this year, breaking cow news and more
Compiled by Eric Lubbers, eric@coloradosun.com CTO/Newsletter Wrangler, @brofax Good morning and happy Friday, folks! I came into this newsletter ready to remark on how weird it is to be in a long stretch of sunny 50-degree days in December here in Denver (though it’s damp and chilly this morning), but a quick trip to the […]
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The Sunriser: Why, exactly, did the Denver Zoo ship out its polar bears? Plus depression runs rampant in Denver, safe injection site moves forward and much more
Compiled by Eric Lubbers, eric@coloradosun.com CTO/Newsletter Wrangler, @brofax Happy Wednesday, readers! I have to start this email with a big, hearty thank you from the whole staff for everyone who joined in yesterday’s #GivingNewsDay push to support local news. Even though it’s happened thousands of times at this point, it is still a thrill every […]