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AI and the War on Memory Be very careful what you swallow; we are living in the age of AI. I’ve spent years preserving local history and working in IT and cybersecurity, and I never expected those two worlds to collide. But guess what—they have. I didn’t respond to this FAKE HISTORY topic as quickly…
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If you watch only one online-safety video this October, make it “A Message From Ella.” In the spot, an AI-generated future version of a child sits her parents down and asks a hard question: why did you share my childhood with the internet without asking me? It’s part of Deutsche Telekom’s #ShareWithCare campaign, and it…
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October 22, 2025 – Washington, D.C. After a week of growing anger from ranchers over President Trump’s beef import remarks, the administration rolled out a sweeping recovery package designed to reassure rural America that “America’s ranchers come first.” The new plan, announced jointly by Agriculture Secretary Brooke L. Rollins, Interior Secretary Doug Burgum, Health and…
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In January 1939, Pritchett, Colorado residents, Frank and Theresa Mauler had saved $500 and headed out of the Dust Bowl for the Sudetenland. Wire services made them famous; world events stopped the trip. Baca County’s Dust Bowl years were never as isolated as they felt. In January 1939, Frank and Theresa Mauler of Pritchett packed…
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After receiving proof #2, we pressed pause on the Baca County History reprint to correct layout hiccups, and run higher-quality proofs. It’s the right kind of delay—one that makes the finished book sharper and more durable. Where the reprint stands Meanwhile, the first Puzzle Companion we spoke a long while back is moving fast. The…
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In 1905, the Rocky Mountain News dismissed the “flat country” of Baca and Prowers as good for “nothing… but broomcorn”—a cash crop that, paired with cane for feed, kept families afloat even as storms and feed shortages killed herds. A generation later, that same “nothing but broomcorn” would be recast as a badge of identity…
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Baca County History Book Reprint Nears Final Proof — and Volume II Submissions Coming Soon The reprint of the original 1983 Baca County History Book is one step closer to completion. After sending off the first proof copy earlier this month, we’ve been carefully reviewing every page, making improvements to ensure the final product is…
