Mandy
@flyingcape.bsky.social
📍 Living in Co Springs | she/her | UT Austin alum + native Texan (Bee, Galveston, Tarrant, and Travis iykyk) | Interests: data, history, politics
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Used to stay until close at bars, now stay until close at the rat-themed kid casino 🙌
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Sarah Beckstrom's ex-boyfriend told NBC News she dreamed of becoming an FBI special agent.
She didn't want to deploy to D.C.
"She hated it. She cried about it."
But she started visiting monuments and museums and started enjoying it.
May she rest in peace.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
She didn't want to deploy to D.C.
"She hated it. She cried about it."
But she started visiting monuments and museums and started enjoying it.
May she rest in peace.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
National Guard member killed in D.C. shooting remembered for 'heart of gold'
The slain soldier’s former boyfriend recalled her empathy and generosity. “She doesn’t even have to know you and she’ll do anything for you,” he said.
www.nbcnews.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Sarah Beckstrom's ex-boyfriend told NBC News she dreamed of becoming an FBI special agent.
She didn't want to deploy to D.C.
"She hated it. She cried about it."
But she started visiting monuments and museums and started enjoying it.
May she rest in peace.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
She didn't want to deploy to D.C.
"She hated it. She cried about it."
But she started visiting monuments and museums and started enjoying it.
May she rest in peace.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
Nice weather today, y'all. It was a high of 45 deg F with LOTS of sun.
November 28, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Nice weather today, y'all. It was a high of 45 deg F with LOTS of sun.
My 2.5yo gave me a fright this morning. He was hollering. I walk into his room and he's in his crib with blood ALL OVER his face, shirt, hands/arms. 😱 Too much blood to clean with wipes, so to the bath we went..
He was OK! It was a nose bleed. But wow, man.
He was OK! It was a nose bleed. But wow, man.
November 28, 2025 at 1:25 AM
My 2.5yo gave me a fright this morning. He was hollering. I walk into his room and he's in his crib with blood ALL OVER his face, shirt, hands/arms. 😱 Too much blood to clean with wipes, so to the bath we went..
He was OK! It was a nose bleed. But wow, man.
He was OK! It was a nose bleed. But wow, man.
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There are no words to describe what a loss this is to us, to Colorado, and to the country. Faith was a giant among those of us lucky enough to know her and work with her. May her memory be a blessing.
Longtime Colorado State Sen. Faith Winter (D-Broomfield) was killed in a crash on I-25 in Centennial tonight. Three other people were injured.
November 27, 2025 at 4:01 PM
There are no words to describe what a loss this is to us, to Colorado, and to the country. Faith was a giant among those of us lucky enough to know her and work with her. May her memory be a blessing.
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There is beauty everywhere but especially in autumn in Philadelphia! 😻
November 24, 2025 at 5:32 PM
There is beauty everywhere but especially in autumn in Philadelphia! 😻
We're finally getting some rain in Colorado Springs! 💗
November 24, 2025 at 1:07 AM
We're finally getting some rain in Colorado Springs! 💗
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I went out for the Stupid Little Walk For My Stupid Mental Health, in the bright sunshine and cold wind, and it was most invigorating and pleasant and a good idea, yes. Well done me.
Also I bought snacks on the way home.
Also I bought snacks on the way home.
November 23, 2025 at 2:49 PM
I went out for the Stupid Little Walk For My Stupid Mental Health, in the bright sunshine and cold wind, and it was most invigorating and pleasant and a good idea, yes. Well done me.
Also I bought snacks on the way home.
Also I bought snacks on the way home.
1) it's surprising bc we didn't even ask anymore, and 2) I guess at some point a little human understands the concept of being on a team 💗
After 2 years of my child refusing to wear his soccer shots shirt to soccer.. today he walked out of his room wearing it proudly. 😊
November 22, 2025 at 4:21 PM
1) it's surprising bc we didn't even ask anymore, and 2) I guess at some point a little human understands the concept of being on a team 💗
After 2 years of my child refusing to wear his soccer shots shirt to soccer.. today he walked out of his room wearing it proudly. 😊
November 22, 2025 at 3:51 PM
After 2 years of my child refusing to wear his soccer shots shirt to soccer.. today he walked out of his room wearing it proudly. 😊
Feels good to be working again but man this week was a whirlwind
November 22, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Feels good to be working again but man this week was a whirlwind
Wow. WHAT?
Marjorie Taylor Greene announces she is resigning from Congress
"I will be resigning from office with my last day being January 5, 2026”
"I will be resigning from office with my last day being January 5, 2026”
November 22, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Wow. WHAT?
I went outside in shorts and my winter jacket and it feels amazing out there 🌌
November 20, 2025 at 5:11 AM
I went outside in shorts and my winter jacket and it feels amazing out there 🌌
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It wasn't enough that Trump, on his first day in office, pardoned violent insurrectionists who stormed the US Capitol on January 6. He's now at it again—pardoning one of those same insurrectionists for TWO federal gun offenses.
Trump re-pardons a Jan. 6 defendant to erase unrelated gun conviction
The new pardon ends a legal clash over the limits of Trump’s sweeping Day One clemency for those who stormed the Capitol.
www.politico.com
November 19, 2025 at 8:37 PM
It wasn't enough that Trump, on his first day in office, pardoned violent insurrectionists who stormed the US Capitol on January 6. He's now at it again—pardoning one of those same insurrectionists for TWO federal gun offenses.
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Durango father, two kids, ask to return to Colombia after being picked up by ICE on their way to school
Durango father, two kids, ask to return to Colombia after being picked up by ICE on their way to school
The family has an active asylum case and the legal right to remain in the U.S., but weeks in a Texas detention center have “left them unable to continue fighting”
coloradosun.com
November 20, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Durango father, two kids, ask to return to Colombia after being picked up by ICE on their way to school
Internet news is a little hard to keep up with when you go to work during the day, lol
November 20, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Internet news is a little hard to keep up with when you go to work during the day, lol
Used to stay until close at bars, now stay until close at the rat-themed kid casino 🙌
November 20, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Used to stay until close at bars, now stay until close at the rat-themed kid casino 🙌
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Colorado has made progress on gun laws to keep communities safe. But there’s still more work to do — including passing an assault weapons ban. When I’m elected Attorney General, I’ll work with our legislature to get it done.
coloradosun.com/2025/10/29/c...
coloradosun.com/2025/10/29/c...
Congress shielded gun companies from lawsuits. Some blue states like Colorado think they've found a loophole.
Since 2021, 10 states have passed laws intended to make it easier to sue gunmakers and sellers
coloradosun.com
November 17, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Colorado has made progress on gun laws to keep communities safe. But there’s still more work to do — including passing an assault weapons ban. When I’m elected Attorney General, I’ll work with our legislature to get it done.
coloradosun.com/2025/10/29/c...
coloradosun.com/2025/10/29/c...
Tried to get the pups to pose earlier, lol. Gave them both a bath yesterday. This is Malla and Chewy 🐕🐕✨
November 16, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Tried to get the pups to pose earlier, lol. Gave them both a bath yesterday. This is Malla and Chewy 🐕🐕✨
It's a gorgeous day. ✨
November 16, 2025 at 8:32 PM
It's a gorgeous day. ✨
I really like Pope Leo XIV
November 16, 2025 at 5:14 PM
I really like Pope Leo XIV
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Bless The American Bishops speaking out against ICE.
November 15, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Bless The American Bishops speaking out against ICE.
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Just seen a dog with his parents do a bouncy bound and then look up at the them adoringly and my heart just did a surge like a joy defibrillator.
November 16, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Just seen a dog with his parents do a bouncy bound and then look up at the them adoringly and my heart just did a surge like a joy defibrillator.
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We also have a political party actively banning books and gutting educational institutions at every level. So…
Every time Covid and learning loss hits the news, people act like the only factor is folk staying home and learning online, rather than… Living through a global mass death event.
November 15, 2025 at 3:46 PM
We also have a political party actively banning books and gutting educational institutions at every level. So…
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Colorado should aim to add 40,000 “attainable” owner-occupied homes and decrease costs for 100,000 renters by 2035, Attorney General Phil Weiser said Thursday as his campaign for governor rolled out a housing platform he said would cater to the needs of all Coloradans.
Colorado AG Weiser pitches streamlined permitting, renter protections in affordable housing plan | Colorado Newsline
Weiser's plan to increase housing affordability prioritizes speeding up construction permitting processes and streamlining government housing programs.
coloradonewsline.com
November 14, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Colorado should aim to add 40,000 “attainable” owner-occupied homes and decrease costs for 100,000 renters by 2035, Attorney General Phil Weiser said Thursday as his campaign for governor rolled out a housing platform he said would cater to the needs of all Coloradans.
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One thing I learned writing this piece: ~1 in 8 Americans are on SNAP. Way more than I thought (and I grew up lower middle class and we had WIC when I was a kid, so think I had an above-replacement-level prior). “We saved SNAP” is good angle for Dems open.substack.com/pub/gelliott...
One way the shutdown deal might actually help Democrats
A plurality of voters approve of the deal to end the government shutdown. Democrats have an opportunity to claim they saved SNAP & other government programs, which could help repair the party's image
open.substack.com
November 14, 2025 at 1:58 PM
One thing I learned writing this piece: ~1 in 8 Americans are on SNAP. Way more than I thought (and I grew up lower middle class and we had WIC when I was a kid, so think I had an above-replacement-level prior). “We saved SNAP” is good angle for Dems open.substack.com/pub/gelliott...