The Internet Reacts With Memes As Major Events Are Cancelled Worldwide Due To Coronavirus
April 11, 2020
As the 2019-2020 coronavirus outbreak sweeps the globe, events of all types are being suspended or cancelled one by one. Major venues, sports leagues, schools, airlines and many other industries are now heeding the word of medical experts and public officials everywhere, in an attempt to curb public gatherings that would spread COVID-19 even more…
Denver installing dozens of portable hand-wash stations to combat coronavirus
April 11, 2020
Denver Mayor Michael Hancock has ordered city venues to close their doors and cancel events for the next month, effective immediately, as fears of the new coronavirus spread throughout the United States. “Our priority is to ensure the health and well being of our community,” Hancock said. The venues will remain closed until April 12,…
Colorado teacher union calls for all school districts to close amid coronavirus pandemic
April 11, 2020
East Otero School District in southeastern Colorado’s La Junta hasn’t announced a closure over the new coronavirus pandemic — yet. The approximately 1,350 East Otero students are currently on spring break and scheduled to come back to class Monday. “We’re going to decide tomorrow looking at everything where our next steps would be,” said Superintendent…
Broomfield business offers tech help to teachers as lessons go virtual because of coronavirus – Boulder Daily Camera
April 11, 2020
Code Blue Computing, a Broomfield IT consulting company, is offering teachers free services as they prepare for distance learning. With “bumps in the road” expected as teachers deliver their lessons from home after the state ordered schools be closed through April 17, the company wanted to remotely address a range of issues educators might see…
A Few Things
April 11, 2020
Hello, Friends. How are you? Was it a strange week for you? I assume so because it’s been a strange week everywhere. This is unlike anything that has happened in our life times and it’s hard to know what to expect and how to properly react. I’m going to jump right into links. Here are…
Jeanne Kaplan: What’s the Matter with the New Denver Board of Education?
April 11, 2020
Jeanne Kaplan served two terms on the elected board of education in Denver. She has been an outspoken critic of the Disruption policies of the Michael Bennet-Tom Boasberg era, and she worked with other parents and activists in Denver against the monied interests that promoted Disruption, high-stakes testing, and charters in that city. Miraculously, a…
Tampons, Pads And Politics Mesh In New Push For Access To Menstrual Supplies
April 11, 2020
DENVER — Geoff Davis’ gray Kia sedan is chock-full of tampons and maxi pads. Davis, 50, volunteers as executive director of Period Kits, a Colorado nonprofit that provides a three-month bag of tampons and pads to people in need. On lunch breaks from his full-time job in community relations or on weekends, he heads out…
GOP candidate promotes conspiracy-obsessed doctor who wants to prosecute Anthony Fauci for warning about COVID-19
April 11, 2020
A Colorado Republican held an online campaign event with a doctor who spreads coronavirus conspiracy theories. GOP congressional candidate Steve House held a virtual campaign event Tuesday afternoon on Facebook with Dr. Colleen “Kelly” Victory to discuss the coronavirus pandemic with about a dozen participants, reported the Denver Post. “I do not believe that the…
How the National Guard is stepping up its fight against the coronavirus
April 11, 2020
Coronavirus may spur medical supply shortage The coronavirus pandemic has affected all aspects of modern life. Businesses have shuttered their doors, schools have closed and governments are urging — in some cases ordering — weary citizens to stay home. In response, nearly every state in America, the District of Columbia and three territories have declared…
PHOTOS: Denver stays home — views of a shuttered city
April 11, 2020
Denver Post photojournalist Hyoung Chang captured these views of lonely Denver streets and landmarks using a tilt-shift lens that creates a miniature effect with a narrow field of focus. Denver Mayor Michael Hancock effectively closed down the city for at least two weeks with a stay-at-home order announced Monday, March 23, that grants some exceptions.…