🐝 Blanche Li, an eighth-grader from Boulder's Summit Middle School, incorrectly spelled "taqueria" and was eliminated during the sixth round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee yesterday.
To be fair to Li, she lives in a state that made an entire meme out of the grammar nightmare "taco's." (Denver Post 🔑)
💰 A Boulder judge ruled that Elon Musk and Twitter broke the lease on their Boulder Junction building and were justly evicted in 2022 after the world's richest man refused to pay rent. Musk was ordered to pay more than $8 million in damages. (Westword)
🗳️ Jenny Robins, a Gunbarrel-area real-estate consultant, announced her intent to run for one of four open Boulder City Council seats in November. (Daily Camera 🔑)
💡 The National Academy of Inventors ranked the University of Colorado 18th on its list of top 100 U.S. universities that were granted utility patents, with the Boulder campus contributing 71 patents in 2024. (Daily Camera 🔑)