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Laura
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📍Aurora, CO - Crafty queer, dog lady, bike nerd.

She / Her 🏳️‍🌈♾️🩵🩷💛💜🤍 bi/pan/polyam

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Today, I successfully bullied my Dad to let me block, report, & delete dozens of spam texts. Most of them political.
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October 25, 2025 at 4:30 AM
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Miller moth working furiously to get at the nectar in our pink cosmos
October 13, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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Found some gilly guys 🍄‍🟫 during yesterday’s backyard clean up.

Agaricaceae are common, but not usually in our yard!
#mushroom #Agaricaceae #mycology #neat
Mushroom with white stem and a big brown gilled underside, held between two fingers Mushroom with white stem and a big brown gilled underside, this time on the ground where it came from A cluster of brown and white mushrooms peeking out from some weeds Mushroom with white stem and a small brown gilled underside
October 10, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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❤️‍🔥💯 she sure is! In fact, here is the lineup of candidates by Ward & At Large. If you live in Aurora, CO make sure you’re paying attention so we can vote out bullies and vote in folks who care more about the People than personal power.

#AuroraVotes #AuroraGetTheVoteOut
Flyer alt text below: DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES FOR AURORA CITY COUNCIL CANDIDATES VOTE BY NOVEMBER 4TH GIANINA HORTON WARD I Email | Gianinaforaurora @gmail.com Phone | 720-477-0917 SCAN BELOW FOR WEBSITE | gianinaforaurora .com AMY WILES WARD II Email | amyforaurora @gmail.com Phone || 720-432-5130 SCAN BELOW FOR WEBSITE amyforaurora.com RUBIN MEDINA WARD III Email | Sword3369 @gmail.com Phone | 303-906-4139 SCAN BELOW FOR WEBSITE rubenforaurora.com ROB ANDREWS AT-LARGE Email | Rob@andrews foraurora.com Phone | 720-980-4445 SCAN BELOW FOR WEBSITE | andrewsforaurora.com ALLI JACKSON AT-LARGE Email | Allijackson4 aurora@gmail.com Phone | 719- 602-6387 SCAN BELOW FOR WEBSITE allijacksonforaurora
October 5, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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So I was innocently perusing diy Halloween bathroom decor ideas and—
Screenshot of Pinterest search for Halloween decor ideas. Apparently Pinterest knows something about my personal life that even I didn’t know, as it serves up an ad (top left) for a male chastity device? Or does privates strangulation fall under cbt…?
September 9, 2025 at 2:20 AM
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Experienced the entire queer lifecycle. 🌈❤️‍🔥 #denverPride2025
June 29, 2025 at 11:32 PM
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It’s happening! Hearse Con at the Stampede in Aurora is always worth checking out— excellent oddities vendors, sick af hearses, and goth baddiessss ahh 🩶🖤

Check it out!

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May 31, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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Happy #bloomscrolling on this #rosewednesday 🌹 First blossom of the season and bunches of buds getting ready to pop.
A pink rose stands tall amid her sister bud-lings who are still cooking and will bloom soon Blue and pink cornflowers
May 28, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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Sweet baby Harold gets “Christmas” (yogurt container) every couple of weeks, and he’s always delighted 🥰

#dogs #dogsofbluesky #Anatolian
Large Anatolian shepherd licking the remnants from our 32 oz yogurt container. A smudge of yogurt on the top of his nose. Large Anatolian shepherd licking the remnants from our 32 oz yogurt container. His entire snoot is buried in the container as he makes sure not to waste even one dollop.
April 18, 2025 at 4:50 PM
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I love this vegetable paella recipe from ATK 🍽️

Feat. artichoke hearts, zucchini, onion, olives, garlic, tomatoes, rice, and peas
A bowl of veggie paella with artichoke hearts, zucchini, onion, olives, garlic, tomatoes, rice, and peas A pot of veggie paella with artichoke hearts, zucchini, onion, olives, garlic, tomatoes, rice, and peas. Got a lovely socarrat on the bottom, of the pan! A pot of veggie paella with artichoke hearts, zucchini, onion, olives, garlic, tomatoes, rice, and peas; view from the top
April 11, 2025 at 1:21 AM
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French lentil soup with potato and spinach 🍽️
Finished product, a pink fiesta ware bowl of lentil soup with carrots, tomatoes, potatoes and spinach. Step 3. Simmering pot of soup with a bay leaf floating on top. I had to switch from a smaller pot to this one as it started getting sketchy. Step 2 of lentil soup, a colorful mixture of vegetables and lentils in a cast iron pot. Step 1 soften carrots and onions in Dutch oven
March 31, 2025 at 1:38 AM
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🌱 #gardeningsky we are, I think, in the home stretch in our battle against the utter nightmare that is mature, abundant Nightshade.
Back corner of yard covered in nightshade before removal Root ball of nightshade as big as my palm, left of roots Same corner as my photo 1, with the nightshade piles to the front left of frame. Tools strewn in the planter boxes where we pulled it from Yours truly, a white woman in colorful overalls, kneeling atop the pile of weeds, weighted down with pallets, in the bed of a full size truck
March 17, 2025 at 8:33 PM
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Book Mail!!!! 📚 my preorder of Oathbound by Tracy Deonn arrived today from @paperbacksfrybread.bsky.social
I’m so stoked to delve into this finale!!!
A bespectacled woman with long hair grins broadly while holding up the book Oathbound by Tracy Deonn in front of her
March 7, 2025 at 6:25 PM
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POV your Anatolian heard it’s supposed to be warmer than single digits this weekend
An Anatolian shepherd looks over his shoulder as offending floofs fall out of his backside (displayed in a persons hand in the foreground)
February 21, 2025 at 8:45 PM
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New bike day!

@bradwrench.bsky.social and I assembled a new Rad City 5 this evening.
Top view of unopened bicycle box that reads WELCOME TO ADVENTURE with an illustrated scene of bikers on a path with the sunset. An aftermarket seat and mirror in box sit on top. Opened box view before removing packaging and a bazillion zip ties Bike assembly progress shot with frame assembled but missing seat, pedals, fender, etc Fully built e-bike is a red framed Rad City 5 by Rad Power Bikes. The frame is a dark cherry red with orange brand writing.
February 15, 2025 at 4:56 AM
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I love us & our crazy adventures. Happy Valentine’s Day ❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥

💌🎶 “I'm feeling devious/ You're looking glamorous/ Let's get mischievous/ And polyamorous” 🎶🌹
Three white people (our throuple) wearing sunnies and grinning in front of an empty carousel. Snow and grey skies behind us.
February 14, 2025 at 7:34 PM
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On Thankful Thursday I am grateful for the plethora of Enid expressions, which keep us endlessly entertained
Enid, a tawny colored dog with black and white markings sits in a wing back chair, a look of startled judgement on her face Enid, a tawny colored dog with black and white markings with a puzzled expression Enid, a tawny colored dog with black and white markings shows off a fresh scrape across her nose that makes her look like a pirate
February 6, 2025 at 6:20 PM
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#50501Protest photos
Protesters march west on Colfax, the signs are blurry but the one in the middle says IF YOU’RE OT ANGRY YOU’RE NOT PAYING ATTENTION Protesters march down Colfax, the sign facing us reads FAMILIES BELONG TOGETHER Protesters marching down Colfax, many signs and flags, the sign I can read here says FUCK DONALD TRUMP Someone’s dog with their head out the window stares at the camera, wondering what the heck we’re all doing here (probably)
February 5, 2025 at 9:51 PM
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#50501Protest #Denver around 12:30 today. Protesters flood the Capitol steps and spill out to march down a portion of Colfax. More photos below 👇

I’ll do my best with signs in the alt text
Intersection of Colfax and Broadway in Denver, a crowd of people gathering in front of the state Capitol Protesters marching west on Colfax, the sign in the left foreground reads NO KINGS, while a progressive pride flag is hoisted on the right side Protesters marching west on Colfax, a Mexican flag flies above those marching, a man with arms extended hypes up the vehicles and encourages non pedestrians to honk A protester with a sign that reads HUMAN RIGHTS SHOULD NOT BE THIS HARD
February 5, 2025 at 9:51 PM
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They’re still streaming the meeting, but no Public comment allowed. I called and asked about the discrepancy, & was told they would not hear Public Comment on agenda items 8-19… which is ALL of the meat and potatoes of the agenda, including 13.e (re: quoted skeet)

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Screen shot of Aurora, Co government site with paragraphs that read: “Public Comment on January 27, 2025 There will be no Public Invited to be Heard during the January 27, 2025 Council Meeting. Individuals wishing to comment on an agenda item during the Council Meeting on January 27, 2025 may call the live public comment line at 855-695-3475 and press *3 to reach the operator. The public call-in line opens at 6 p.m. on the day of the Council Meeting. Individuals calling to comment on agenda items must call in and be in the queue before the City Clerk reads the agenda item title. Once the agenda item title is read, no additional calls for the item will be accepted.” Screen shot of agenda item for 1/27/2025 Aurora City Council Meeting reads: “13.e Notice of Requirements and Available Shelter Options in the Abatement of Unauthorized Camps 2025-12 FOR AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AURORA, COLORADO, AMENDING SECTIONS 94-122, 114-107, 114-108, 114-109, AND 114-110 OF THE CITY CODE PERTAINING TO NOTICE REQUIREMENTS AND AVAILABLE SHELTER OPTIONS IN THE ABATEMENT OF UNAUTHORIZED CAMPS Sponsor: Steve Sundberg, Mayor Pro Tem / Angela Lawson, Council Member Jason Batchelor, City Manager / Tim Joyce, Assistant City Attorney” Screen shot of the beginning of Aurora City Council meeting agenda which reads: “AGENDA Regular Meeting of the Aurora City Council Monday, January 27, 2025 6:30 p.m. VIRTUAL MEETING 1. CALL TO ORDER 2. ROLL CALL 3. INVOCATION/MOMENT OF SILENCE 4. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE 5. EXECUTIVE SESSION UPDATE 6. APPROVAL OF MINUTES 6.a January 13, 2025 Meeting Minutes 7. PROCLAMATIONS OR CEREMONIES 8. PUBLIC INVITED TO BE HEARD There will be no public comment on non-agenda related issues during the January 27, 2025 Council Meeting. 9. ADOPTION OF THE AGENDA CONSENT CALENDAR - MOTIONS” See link in post for full text Screen shot of the end of Aurora City Council meeting agenda which reads: “…FOR AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AURORA, COLORADO, VACATING A PORTION OF A 16-FOOT WIDE ALLEY RIGHT-OF-WAY, DEDICATED BY BOOK 422, PAGE 366, IN BLOCK 103, THE PLAT OF BOSTON HEIGHTS 2ND FILING, SITUATED IN THE NORTHWEST 1/4 OF SECTION 35, TOWNSHIP 3 SOUTH, RANGE 67 WEST OF THE 6TH P.M., LOCATED NORTH OF EAST 25TH AVENUE, AND BETWEEN IRONTON STREET AND JAMAICA STREET Ariana Muca, Planner II, Planning and Business Development / Lena McClelland, Assistant City Attorney Stanley 98 Street Vacation 3.0 2025-15 FOR AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AURORA, COLORADO, VACATING THE NORTHERN PORTION OF THE PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY FOR JAMAICA STREET, LOCATED BETWEEN EAST 25TH AVENUE AND EAST 26TH PLACE, AND BETWEEN IRONTON STREET AND JOLIET STREET Ariana Muca, Planner II, Planning and Business Development / Lena McClelland, Assistant City Attorney 13.i Stanley 98 Street Vacation 4.0 2025-16 FOR AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AURORA, COLORADO, VACATING A PORTION OF THE PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY FOR EAST 26TH PLACE, LOCATED BETWEEN EAST 25TH AVENUE AND EAST 25TH DRIVE, AND BETWEEN JAMAICA STREET AND JOLIET STREET Ariana Muca, Planner II, Planning and Business Development / Lena McClelland, Assistant City Attorney 14. FINALIZING OF ORDINANCES Ordinances not approved unanimously at first reading. 15. ANNEXATIONS 16. RECONSIDERATIONS AND CALL UPS 17. GENERAL BUSINESS 17.a Determination of Final Candidates to be Interviewed for the Civil Service Commission Vacancies Kadee Rodriguez, City Clerk / Tim Joyce, Assistant City Attorney 17.6 Discussion and Possible Action Regarding Future In-Person or Virtual Council Meetings Peter Schulte, City Attorney 18. REPORTS 18.a Mayor 18.6 Council 19. PUBLIC INVITED TO BE HEARD There will be no public comment on non-agenda related issues during the January 27, 2025 Council Meeting. 20. ADJOURNMENT” See link in post for full text
January 27, 2025 at 8:02 PM
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I am definitely not the first caretaker of this 1960’s Schwinn, but she still rides like a dream. 🚲
A green 1960s Schwinn step through bicycle parked on the path on a bright, sunny day. The path curves up and to the left, flanked by green grass and blue skies.
January 26, 2025 at 5:17 PM
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Another amazing lunch at Mango House, Aurora, Colorado.

I had Shan Noodles from Urban Burma, while Brad & Stacy enjoyed a Jasmine Syrian spread.
Close up view of a white and blue bowl, filled with noodle soup. Chopsticks and spoon rest on the side of the bowl with anticipation. Beyond, through the window facing Colfax Avenue we watch the snowy street and those who brave it pass by. Tabletop view of our various dishes. Bottom (foreground) to top is noodles in a bowl, baklava rolls, fries, Syrian flat bread, a veggie plate with rice and falafel, and a hand holding a falafel wrap with a foil holster.
January 25, 2025 at 9:14 PM
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It’s ✅ DONE ✅ I quite enjoyed this project, but sincerely hope cowx doesn’t give me sub-zero opportunities to wear it until next year. 🧶

#craftsky #crochet #skimask #freehand
A flat crochet project in grey yarn spread out at the almost finished stage A crochet project in grey yarn with the sides stitched together. The eye hole is pictured in the “upside down” position. Crochet ski mask in grey yarn, test fitted atop a dorky head, the top is still open and a pup snoozed in a chair behind and to the left of said dork head Finished and fitted grey crochet ski mask. Pup continues to snooze in the background over right shoulder of dork face
January 24, 2025 at 10:26 PM
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Thank you, Sandra! And it’s done!
January 24, 2025 at 10:20 PM
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What a learning opportunity this has been. Almost done with this freehand crochet ski mask! I keep dreaming of stitching embellishments on once it’s done.
Work in progress crochet project in grey yarn laid out on a fluffy cream pillow.Multicolored stitch markers, purple hook, and yarn ball shown on the face of the WIP.
January 24, 2025 at 7:54 PM