Owners and local businesses blame Instagram for the influx of people who disregard leave no trace etiquette
Posted inCrime and Courts
Social media apps have made buying illegal drugs about as convenient as ordering pizza, Colorado AG says
Slang, emojis, disappearing messages help dealers move sales from shady, dark alleys to your phone while evading law enforcement
Posted inOutdoors
Wild ice draws skaters to the Colorado alpine. One woman is trying to make sure they survive.
Laura Kottlowski has become the unofficial ambassador of elusive and pristine wild ice skating
Posted inCartoons, Opinion
What’d I Miss?: When the rich control communication platforms, what could go wrong?
Myra has missed 30 years of her life, due to a coma, but has found a new friendship with her young neighbor, Ossie. Together, they both are searching for their place in this world. < Previous | Start from the beginning | Next >
Posted inBusiness, Coloradans, Culture, News
Western Slope vineyards bubble over with young wine drinkers raised on fizzy beverages
Four Front Range millennials are tasting wines at Sauvage Spectrum winery in Palisade following a morning of river rafting and hiking. As they work their way through plastic cups of unfiltered and sparkling wines nestled in muffin tins, the conversation around their outdoor table goes like this: “This reminds me of kombucha, which I love.” […]
Posted inOpinion, Opinion Columns
Opinion: The most unexpected weapon in the Israel-Gaza conflict? Instagram stories.
TEL AVIV, Israel — In the same predictable manner as just about every other 19-year-old, I have the tendency to instantly push back on every single opinion, task, and lecture that my parents issue. I intentionally devour spicy Takis in the face of my dad’s staunch Gwyneth Paltrow-style clean-living routine, and relish playing political devil’s […]
Posted inOpinion, Opinion Columns
Opinion: For Colorado’s small businesses, the COVID-19 pandemic is the wrong time to rein in Big Tech
State Rep. Mark Baisley’s Feb. 7 Colorado Sun op-ed, “It’s time to rein in Big Tech,” misses a fundamental fact — that large digital companies are extraordinarily important to small businesses. Facebook, Google, Twitter, Instagram, Amazon, YouTube and many other digital platforms offer free and low-cost small business tools that are critically important, particularly during […]
Posted inCulture, News, Technology
“Social Dilemma” movement wants to force change at tech companies. Lawmakers do too.
Boulder director Jeff Orlowski hopes viewers of “The Social Dilemma” will fuel a campaign to force Facebook, Google, Twitter and others toward a more humane business model, or enlist lawmakers to better regulate the social media giants. The hot new horror flick that simmered on Netflix’s Top 10 list for the past month features an […]
Posted inBusiness, Coloradans, Culture, News
Kindness Yoga called out: Weakened by coronavirus, 9 studios close after Instagram campaign exposes rift over race
Patrick Harrington is sitting on a rock high on a hilltop, using his bare feet to push his flip-flops around the sandy gravel, his head in his hands. The owner of Kindness Yoga, and one of the most well-known yogis in Denver, is struggling to piece together the words to explain what happened — in […]
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This mic is on: Black women in Colorado take over Instagram accounts of white allies
After seeing the impact of the #ShareTheMicNow Instagram campaign, where black women took over the accounts of white celebrities last week, Ida Pennymon’s brain began churning. This could happen in Colorado, she realized. She began tapping her network and reached out to Bozoma Saint John, an old family friend who was behind the national campaign. […]