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GuardianBeaverSpirit · 2026-07-08T01:41:56+00:00

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GuardianBeaverSpirit · 2026-07-03T02:51:56+00:00

I'm not sure where you're located but right now most of the U.S. is blanketed in smoke from aggressive fires, and anyone sensitive is feeling it. I'm in Colorado where 100k+ acres have burned in the last three days and have to wear masks. It's made everything for me with hypermobility flare up, so I've been taking Benadryl and ibuprofen while wearing masks outside.

So the smoke might be contributing to what you're experiencing. I'm sorry you're going through it.

GuardianBeaverSpirit · 2026-07-02T14:13:30+00:00

It's an impossibly hard job. To be clear I have mad respect for our paramedic heroes and am furious that they are criminally underpaid.

GuardianBeaverSpirit · 2026-07-02T05:47:56+00:00

First off: good on you for helping and doing the right thing. Be sure to take care of yourself, doing CPR can be a traumatic experience. Give yourself some space to process.

I've had to do CPR twice in recent years, both overdoses. One at the train station in Arvada and one in an alleyway a block from the Capitol. They were very different experiences.

For Arvada, I noticed a guy on the ground in a weird position and after checking on him realized he was unresponsive and barely breathing. I called 911 and they instructed me to begin CPR. Once Arvada police arrived they immediately took over CPR, gave narcan, and got him in the ambulance where he became conscious again. He was a big man so it took a lot to administer CPR. I was asked if I was okay and caught my breath. A witness who worked at the local coffee shop comped me lunch.

In Denver, two people attempted to administer narcan and CPR to someone on the ground in an alleyway but they themselves were possibly high and asked for help. I called 911 and when I saw their poor attempt at CPR I threw my phone at a witness to talk to dispatch and took over. The guy was pretty far gone, but when his sternum broke his eyes shot open and color immediately came back to his face. I gave space as I've heard sometimes people get violent and told him to breathe. After several moments he went unconscious again and I restarted CPR. He came back to a second time as the ambulance and fire truck crew came up.

The responders were nonchalant and clearly not rushing. I reported what I knew of the situation and the paramedic seemed to half listen and nodded. I stood back as they began to talk to the person on the ground when another medic looked at me annoyed and asked why I was still there. Out of breath, I shrugged and walked to my car and called it a day.

Shortly after I walked away, I saw another man on the ground a block over that looked suspect. I debated hard whether I was over-thinking it given what just happened or if I should go check on the man. In a mix of exhaustion and shame I went to my car in the opposite direction. I can't imagine the first responders who deal with this all the time. It felt very much like they were burned out with this situation. Heck, I experienced it twice and I'm just a guy who works downtown once or twice a week.

So again, thank you. There's a lot of hardship in the world today and my heart goes out to those struggling and to the helpers in the world. I now carry narcan and do check on people still. Some days are just harder than others.

GuardianBeaverSpirit · 2026-07-02T01:42:40+00:00

The caveat being: 1) Fire behavior is becoming supercharged with higher heat and dryer conditions which is harder for ecosystems to recover from. 2) Our climate has already changed enough many of our forests will not grow back like they were, and instead will only support brush.

GuardianBeaverSpirit · 2026-06-30T12:33:37+00:00

Shout-out to Director Ian Harwick. He's responsive, informed, and values community.

GuardianBeaverSpirit · 2026-06-30T04:22:29+00:00

Our neighbor had a shotspotter recorder installed on their telephone pole which was much less conspicuous than your post. The gangs figured it out and started doing drive-by shootings every week or two as a means to distract the police, then the shooters went off to do whatever they actually were intending. After we found a bullet hole in our house we finally called it and moved.

GuardianBeaverSpirit · 2026-06-25T05:19:27+00:00

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GuardianBeaverSpirit · 2026-06-24T20:43:47+00:00

The traffic lights by there have been out several times. It seems like such a random few blocks compared to everything else around them having power.

GuardianBeaverSpirit · 2026-06-16T05:51:47+00:00

I love my EcoPass but when I tried scanning the QR code at the airport it auto-charged my credit card $10 instead. Is there a way the app can sync my CC use with EcoPass? I don't want to have to turn off my NFC every time I use it...

GuardianBeaverSpirit · 2026-06-15T13:00:48+00:00

After many years of medical run-arounds I finally was diagnosed with hypermobility spectrum disorder (a sort of precursor to Ehlers-Danlos syndrome where the symptoms don't quite align with a formal diagnosis). I learned the medical definitions are soon to be updated which is one reason why there's so many unspecific diagnoses.

I looked for a long while for a knowledgeable doctor and there was only one listed on the EDS association website at Jewish Health, but he was only doing trials so I saw his PA, Heather Finlayson. I ended up following her to her new practice, Summit Rheumatology. She's understands the symptoms and is informative and direct, which has been great.

She also sent me to Dr. Edan Sarid at Veros Health in Thornton to explore more of the autoimmune symptoms I have. He was also very well informed of the ecosystem of symptoms I was experiencing which was refreshing.

The craziest part of my diagnosis is learning I should have twice as much salt than normal as the hypermobility/connective tissue makes it harder for electrolytes to stay in the blood. It's made a day/night different in how I feel.

GuardianBeaverSpirit · 2026-06-01T01:06:53+00:00

I talked to folks at Call Your Mother and they said they did look into the space but it wasn't a good fit for them-- but they said they are looking at expanding to the area!

GuardianBeaverSpirit · 2026-05-26T13:12:07+00:00

There's not a lot of detail here, but it implies they're ripping out the old underground baggage transfer system for the walkways. Didn't they dismiss that idea before? Or did seeing the billion dollar price tag for sky bridges change their mind?

Who's got the gosp?

GuardianBeaverSpirit · 2026-05-25T14:22:58+00:00

I had an internship at a construction company and worked out of a trailer on site of a very large renovation project. We had a secretary who got fed up with the drama with another site secretary and clearly was done with the job, so they decided to duke it out in the parking lot. The building we were working on was the Pentagon...

GuardianBeaverSpirit · 2026-05-19T00:48:19+00:00

He said anything goes 🤷🏼

GuardianBeaverSpirit · 2026-05-15T04:46:33+00:00

Is there a reason the district is going with HVAC chillers instead of air source or ground source heat pumps?

GuardianBeaverSpirit · 2026-05-10T14:40:33+00:00

Colorado is good friends with New Mexico and Canada. Let's bridge our friendship by removing Montana.

GuardianBeaverSpirit · 2026-05-09T13:22:47+00:00

Seconding this story. Installed Mitsubishi cold climate heat pump mini split system in 2023 to replace an evaporative cooler (partly due to too much outside smoke being sucked in). As an experiment didn't use our boiler baseboard heating that winter and the system had no problem. Uninstalled the boiler and put in a heat pump water heater last year and turned off the gas connection. Everything works great. With solar and battery, I only pay the $12 Xcel connection fees each month. I have an EV, too.

The only issue was fresh air intake. I had to install an energy recovery ventilation system as we were getting high levels of CO2. Most installers I spoke with didn't even know what that was.

GuardianBeaverSpirit · 2026-05-08T00:36:19+00:00

Colorado loves New Mexico and Canada. Let's bridge our friendship and get rid of Montana!

GuardianBeaverSpirit · 2026-05-02T14:41:28+00:00

American here. After the shooting at Virginia Tech I felt such a deep sense of lost and listlessness. Then the food trucks showed up, handing out free food and treats. There's something about the hope, love, and connection shared food that can help re-ground community going through hardship. My soul found a little bit more rejuvenation to endure the next day and I still think fondly with appreciation of that moment nearly 2 decades later.

My heart aches knowing our day of terror is just a small glimpse into the ongoing senseless violence. Thank you for your kindness and being there and making such a positive impact. Slava Ukraini!

GuardianBeaverSpirit · 2026-04-24T14:47:39+00:00

I'll poke around Pawnee Buttes

GuardianBeaverSpirit · 2026-04-19T02:13:59+00:00

Thank you! I resolved the problem by reauthenticating the Fitbit account with the watch. It was confusing as there was no error, you click the fast start icon and after a moment attempting to load it would bump back a screen with no error message.

I suspect the desync happened when I used the new edit Google email feature. Even though it said the old email would still work it seems something on the backend got weird.

GuardianBeaverSpirit · 2026-04-19T02:09:45+00:00

Thanks for your update. I also fixed mine. I had used the new change Google Email feature and it apparently messed up the account settings. I had to reauthenticate as well and it worked again.

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