MariBean

@maribean

Human being, maybe. Caretaker of demented dad, who has dementia. Owned by 2 dogs and an old house. If you only follow women and don't post, don't follow me, I will block you.

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MariBean@maribean· 28d

These are my two pups - blond one is a dachsie-yorkie mix, dark one is a purebred yorkie rehomed to me by a nieghbor. They are upset that I am in the chicken yard and they aren't.

Background of pavers and grass, foreground with wire gate. To the left sits a blond dachshound - yorkie mix, to the right is a purebred yorkie. Both are upset they aren't in the same yard as me.

MariBean@maribean· Jul 12

Good morning Amiyo! It's a pleasant day here, today, but the week coming will get quite hot. I'm hoping the heat will help my tomatoes grow bigger!

Photo of three tomato plants of different sizes, a few beets trying to grow in front of them, lots of bare soil all around and part of a fence in the background.

MariBean@maribean· Jul 11

1st photo - Mom and pop chickens in the big coop. 2nd photo - five of the chicks, with a 6th peeking in the left-hand corner.

A bantam rooster of uncertain type, older, on the left. There is a wiwre cage in the background and the shredded wood litter on the "floor". At the right near the cage is his mate, and in the foreground is a green dish we use for feeding them treats.

Five of the seven dwarves, so named because there are seven bantam chicks. Several are budding rooster. A sixth chick is just seen to the far left. There is a support for a perching toy, a blue pool filled with dirt for bathing and scratching in, a pea gravel fllor. The rear of the photo shows the run support and wire, and the blue is a tarp for shade. Pieces of 4x4s line the edges to keep the pea gravel inside the run.

MariBean@maribean· Jul 11

3 zucchini plants in a cage. (I cropped my toes out of the photo.) Cage will be removed in a few weeks, it's protecting the zucchini from the chickens.

A photo of three zucchini plants in a cage. They are in the northwest corner of the garden.

MariBean@maribean· Jul 11

This is an ancient photo of my old chaos garden, 1st year. A ton of wildflower seeds, a few daylilies. From 1996, I think...

A small corner of a yard, with chaotic plantings. In the background is large sycamore tree, a green house, the read end of a car. A few large shrubs abd a fence are to the right. In the foreground is a driveway, a sidewalk on the left completes the photo.

MariBean@maribean· Jul 11

Good morning Amiyo! I have new photos! This is a cucumelon, a tiny cucumber that looks like a tiny watermelon - but it tastes like a cucumber!

Green leaves and stems almost hide a tiny fruit that looks like a watermelon, but is really a cucumber.

MariBean@maribean· Jul 2

Although this gourd is not looking so pretty now, it is home to a pair of wrens and their hatchlings. In the early morning I've been watching the parents bring food, zipping in and out of the tiny hole.

Gourd I painted up in 2024. The paint has faded and peeled now, but it is home to a pair of wrens and their hatchlings at the moment - so I won't be repainting it anytime soon!

MariBean@maribean· Jul 2

One and only sketch of my big dog, who was in a sploot at my feet.

Photo of a drawing I made of my big dog mid-sploot (2022)

MariBean@maribean· Jul 1

Meta is also banned under these acts and is trying to fight via a lobby/bill in the US www.reuters.com/world/meta-l...

Bill aims to make online platforms use care in features that could harm children
Meta-supported provision would grant immunity from child-harm lawsuits
Meta, YouTube found liable for $6 million in one case this year
June 18 (Reuters) - Meta Platforms has lobbied the U.S. Congress for legal immunity from child-harm claims tied to ‌social media products such as Instagram, as it faces thousands of lawsuits from young users and their families, according to a source familiar with the matter and proposed legislative language reviewed by Reuters.
If adopted by lawmakers and passed into law as part of the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA) under consideration in the U.S. Senate, such a provision could undermine thousands of lawsuits against Meta and other online platforms over harms to children. Meta and Google's YouTube face a combined $6 million in damages after they lost the first case at trial early this year.

MariBean@maribean· Jun 8

Here's the dear dr's X account x.com/BasementLoner He's a nutjob, and now he's inciting violence. Typical maga

MariBean@maribean· Jun 2

Good morning Amiyo! I finally took my phone outside and took a few photos. It was very windy, so this in the only clear shot. It's my rambler rose on a trellis in front of my house.

A red rose slowly opens in the sunshine with buds nodding along beside it. Stems and leaves fill the background.

MariBean@maribean· Jun 1

From Wiki

The desert grassland whiptail lizard (Aspidoscelis uniparens) is an all-female species of reptiles in North America. It was formerly placed in the genus Cnemidophorus. A common predator of the whiptail lizard is the leopard lizard that preys on A. uniparens by using ambush and stalk hunting tactics.[2][3][4] These reptiles reproduce by parthenogenesis. In this process, eggs undergo a chromosome doubling after meiosis, developing into lizards without being fertilized. However, ovulation is enhanced by female-female courtship and mating (pseudo-copulation) rituals that resemble the behavior of closely related species that reproduce sexually.[5][6][7]

MariBean@maribean· May 31

Plus, with his diet, he must be on high doses of anti-cholesterol meds. Not a good thing. Vitamin D is low, considering all the golf playing (sunshine.) Cognitive test? It's a no-brainer, really. And anyone can download the test to "study" for it.

An image of the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA)

MariBean@maribean· May 23

This was a small pig, roasted in a cooker (to the left) being cut up. Usually there are 3 machetes going at it, a dozen people reaching in to grab a piece of hot pork. Most times a pit is dug, lined, filled with charcoal wood. Larger pig goes on a spit, is rotated for 10, 12 hours. mmmmm, good.

Several people stand around a table which holds a roasted pig being cut up.

MariBean@maribean· May 10

MariBean@maribean· May 3

A photo of some of the newly hatched peeps - only 4 of the 7, with the puffy butt of a 5th on the far right side.

Mama hen and 4 of her 7 peeps, plus an errant feather and peep butt (far right of photo.) They are inside a mini-coop, standing on wood shavings. The mini-coop is inside a large shed that acts as a coop for the chickens.

MariBean@maribean· May 3

Good morning Amiyo! I finally took my phone outside and took a few photos. Some of my blooms

A photo of white "bluebells" growing under a tree in a litter of leaves

MariBean@maribean· Apr 27

Funally dug out the coverlet I was working on - crochet - and put aside about 8 years ago. It's only lap-blanket sized right now... The center and edges are actually a deep but shiney purple.

A lap-blanket sized crochet work, super-plush acrylic yarn. It has a purple center and edges, deep green field surrounding center purple circle. A project in process, set aside 8 years ago. I may finish it this year!

MariBean@maribean· Apr 26

I used to have a small forsythia shrub, but my big dog got bored one summer and chewed it up. I should get a new one, the flowers are so lovely.

Forsythia. Photo of small yellow flowers on a branch against a dark background. Taken several years ago.

MariBean@maribean· Apr 13

Sir Liesalot claims this is a portrayal of himself as a doctor. I really do not think so. And I'm sorry I didn't blur out the face.

A certain person posted this, admitted to it. It shows a central figure, DJ Trump, dressed in a white gown and red vestment, putting his hand on the head of an ill man. There is a light coming from both of his hands, indicating divine powers. A background of angelic soldiers, the US flag, eagles, a bomber (airplane) and assorted figures completes the image. Trump claims he is presented as a Red Cross doctor. The image implies otherwise.

MariBean@maribean· Apr 13

Um, who says? If you don't vote, sure, your voice is gone. Voting matters. Don't give your vote away by not using it.

How has the process for selecting candidates for president changed?

Article two of the U.S. Constitution lists the legal requirements to run for president as well as the process to follow when electing the president. However, the Constitution says nothing about how to nominate a candidate to run for president.

Currently, candidates go through a series of state primary elections and caucuses where, based on the number of votes they receive from the electorate, they win a certain number of delegates. The delegates—people authorized to represent their state—will vote for their assigned candidate at their political party's convention.

Presidential primaries, as we experience them today, are a recent phenomenon in the country’s history. This resource examines consequential moments in time through primary sources to consider the question, “How has the process for selecting candidates for president changed?”

How the Parties Differ in their Nomination Processes
Iowa and New Hampshire Caucuses start the nomination process of the Republican and Democratic Party, and each party has its own set of rules guiding the nomination process.

To win a nomination from the Republican Party, for instance, a candidate has to secure at least 1,277 out of 2,552 delegates at the 2024 Republican National Convention that will take place in Milwaukee, Wisconsin from July 15th to July 18th, 2024.

For the Democratic Party nomination, a candidate needs at least 2,376 out of 4,750 delegates to be presented as a Party’s Nominee at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Illinois on August 19 - 22, 2024.

The U.S. Presidential Nomination Process is one of the most complex and longest in the world. Understanding this process as a U.S. voter is essential. The U.S. President is one of the most powerful positions in world politics, and you can decide who it will be this time.

MariBean@maribean· Apr 10

Daily Trix has it wrong. Fetterman may be an ass, but his wife is a citizen. Try to get the facts straight people.

@Divscotty says
Gisele Barreto Fetterman is not currently in the country illegally. She is a US citizen. Born in Brazil, she was an undocumented immigrant for roughly 15 years after moving to the US as a child, but received her green card in 2004 and became a US citizen in 2009.

MariBean@maribean· Apr 8

I'm slowly seeing what my next, first in many, many years, painting will be. I'll have some work to do before I start. Needed a few years after retiring to get my muse and mojo going. Did this guy as a warm up, he was a beat-up concrete beast my fiance brought home. Simple thing to do, but a start

Old concrete stature of a rooster getting ready to crow. Colors based on a rooster I owned.

MariBean@maribean· Apr 6

Cool day on the nearby shore, small plant creeping along mini-dunes.

Small plant growing in sand, sun is low in the sky and illuminates the photo softly

MariBean@maribean· Apr 4

A pale silhouette appears a moment of light illuminates briefly night's inky blackness prevails after all The spark of light only lasts a moment

A dead tree illuminated by camera flash. The background is inky black of a night sky.

MariBean@maribean· Apr 1

Tibetans in exile elect their leaders. This is their process. savetibet.org/cta-holds-fi...

The global Tibetan diaspora, encompassing Tibetans in over 30 countries, will participate in elections in February and April of 2026 to elect the leaders of the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA), which is recognized by Tibetans around the world as their legitimate government. Tibetans will choose the political head of the CTA, known as the Sikyong, and 45 members of the Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile (TPiE).

The CTA in Dharamsala, India, is composed of three pillars: the judiciary as represented by the Tibetan Supreme Justice Commission; the legislature as represented by the TPiE; and the executive as represented by the Sikyong and his cabinet. While the three Justice Commissioners are elected by the TPiE, the Sikyong and the 45 Members of the TPiE are freely, democratically and directly elected by Tibetans around the world outside of Tibet. Political authority has rested solely with the elected CTA leadership since 2011.

The autonomous Central Election Commission (CEC) conducts the elections, including deciding and publishing the schedule and guidelines.

MariBean@maribean· Mar 31

Cute. I'd get the doggo a small children's swimming pool to replace that tub.

A small plastic kiddie pool, blue pool on white background

MariBean@maribean· Mar 29

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #AdultsWithChicks Rosie the hen with peep

A red bantam hen sits on her nest with a white peep peeking out from under. The background is blue.

MariBean@maribean· Mar 29

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #AdultsWithChicks Screech owl, chick above, adult below.

River birch tree with a young screech owl chick near the top, the adult near the bottom.

MariBean@maribean· Mar 28

Good morning Amiyo! I took my gourds down for winter, but will be hanging them up this weekend for birds, or bees, to make homes in.