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MariBean

@maribean.bsky.social

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Human being, maybe. Caretaker of demented dad, who has dementia. Owned by 2 dogs and an old house. Likes coffee, drinks tea.

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MariBean @maribean.bsky.social · Jan 14

Life in Dad Land - tales of dementia from the inside

Dad is in his 80s, has a non-Alzheimer's dementia, and is otherwise healthy. He's been living with me since early 2020.

Various tales include whatever his current obsession is, such as A Door Into Summer, No Spiders!, and Why Can't I?

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Positive Noise @positivenoise.bsky.social · 6h

by Alva Lindström

#Art #Painting #Abstract #Expressionism

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Kat Hartness @kathartness.bsky.social · 1h

I'm going to predict that moses backs out...

Mike Johnson and Hakeem Jeffries agree to jointly appear on C-SPAN program www.rawstory.com/johnson-jeff...

Mike Johnson and Hakeem Jeffries agree to jointly appear on C-SPAN program

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) have agreed to a joint appearance on C-SPAN.The network announced on Wednesday that both leaders had said they would ...

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Lola Jovan @lolajovan.com · 19h

Want to help Portland protestors in their fight to make everything ridiculous and snarky? This organization is providing inflatable costumes to protestors - you can support them by donating! $35 buys one inflatable character. Yay!

#portland #nokings #protest #resist

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Operation Inflation - Inflatable Costumes for America

Provide inflatable costumes for protesters. Every costume purchased is delivered to those who need them.

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MariBean @maribean.bsky.social · 5m

I've always like Monet.

First Amendment Girl @firstamendmentgirl.bsky.social · 20h

Autumn on the Seine at Argenteuil by Claude Monet, 1873, High Museum of Art (Atlanta, GA)

#ArtHistory #ModernArt #Impressionism

Monet painted this view of the Seine near the town of Argenteuil, northwest of Paris, shortly after his arrival there in 1871—likely from the small boat he had converted into a floating studio. He included the Château Michelet and other recognizable architectural landmarks. The small, delicate brushstrokes identify this work as belonging to the “high” phase of Impressionism. The brilliant colors of Monet’s landscape are mirrored in the water below, resulting in a remarkable symmetry that makes it difficult to distinguish between the reflections and their sources.

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Shayne Calliss @shaynecalliss.bsky.social · 20h

It was a beautiful foggy spring morning

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MariBean @maribean.bsky.social · 6m

All these looks he gives, the smirking glances, the lifted brows - who is he flirting with?

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Just some words @imnotherenow.bsky.social · 10h

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Victor Kisob @victorkisob.bsky.social · 9h

Superior Sin

Your man deploys the vice,
But mine commands their trade,
With polished cold device.

Your man markets the graft,
But mine floats it as shares,
With sophisticated craft.

#poetry #poemoftheday #poems #poetrycommunity #blueskypoetry #sin #bluesky

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MariBean @maribean.bsky.social · 18m

Not ok with it.

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mknb @mknb.bsky.social · 4d

Japanese Pygmy Woodpecker
コゲラ

水場への道中、カラ混群に出会った。
#birds #photography

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MariBean @maribean.bsky.social · 21m

Expect problems from counter-protesters, DHS, even police.

There goes our trip to the Asian market (unless we can get there Friday) as I don't want any issues - fiance is Puerto Rican, has an accent.

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MariBean @maribean.bsky.social · 33m

The judge did her best to drag it out, slow it down, and now...

The evidence can be used in a new trial.

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MB @sugarcubedog.bsky.social · 2h

Here are the grown “kids”. That one guy looks late 40’s. These are the Hitler lovers.

Vermont state senator Sam Douglass. Bland white guy with glasses and beard. Brown hair.

Man in poorly fitting dark suit with glasses and dark hair. Yes he’s white. William Hendrix who is the communications assistant to vile Kris Kobach, Kansas AG.

Bobby Walker, dark hair and dressed exactly like trump. Not a kid at all. He’s vice chair of New York State young republicans. I guess young means under 50.

Peter Giunta looks like he’s in his 40’s. I don’t know his age. Also dressed like trump in an ill-fitting suit. He has one of the worst combovers I’ve ever seen. Beard and mustache. He’s the chair of the NY state young republicans. He looks like the type of guy that looks through your windows at night.

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MariBean @maribean.bsky.social · 36m

I have to go through the old purses scattered about the house, find some (legible) receipts and compare them to now.

I do know that I am spending more on groceries, mostly for the food that dad will eat, and his coffee.

MariBean @maribean.bsky.social · 41m

Yuck. At least the rat was dead.
My adult cats used to bring in mice to play with. I'd find dried out mouse bodies all over the laundry rooms - behind the HW tank, the furnace, between litter boxes...

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Andrew Couts @couts.bsky.social · 1d

NEW: US and UK authorities have disrupted one of the largest alleged scam operations in the world, with the US seizing a record-breaking $15 billion in Bitcoin—more money of any type in DOJ history. @mattburgess1.bsky.social and @agreenberg.bsky.social report: www.wired.com/story/feds-s...

Feds Seize Record-Breaking $15 Billion in Bitcoin From Alleged Scam Empire

Officials in the US and UK have taken sweeping action against “one of the largest investment fraud operations in history,” confiscating a historic amount of funds in the process.

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Journeydude @scottishinsider.org · 6h

🪬🧿 Cramond Beach: Windy Days, History, and a Giant Fish! #fyp #scotland #edinburgh #hiddengem #scotlandtravel #scotlandexplore #history #travel youtube.com/shorts/4rdsy...

Cramond Beach: Windy Days, History, and a Giant Fish!

Watch Me Transform My Life in Real Time (Day 12) Buy my wooden pens here: www.luxurywoodenpens.com Buy my novel here: www.epochofaodhan.com Buy my photos as prints: www.scottishwallart.com Follow me…

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MariBean @maribean.bsky.social · 1h

Hamas was killing opponents as the World Leaders congratulated each other. Israel was killing Palestinians as well.

It's a centuries old blood feud, fueled by modern borders and greed (oil, land, water) and hate so ingrained in the local leaders that a lasting peace is nigh impossible.

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mknb @mknb.bsky.social · 8h

Japanese Pygmy Woodpecker for #WoodpeckerWednesday
コゲラ

#birds #photography

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Jonathan: Food & Photo @jonathanfoodie.bsky.social · 6d

Looking out our windows, we spot a Red Breasted Sapsucker inspecting one of our fir trees. This bird looks a little rough on the edges... must be from living in war-torn, riot-filled streets of #Portland #oregon

#birding #birds #Woodpecker #pdx #birdwatching #oiseaux #ornithology #vögel #pájaro

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Journeydude @scottishinsider.org · 4h

🪬🧿 The Harbour That Outlived a King: Newhaven

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#lighthouse #stormy #clouds #weather #birds #seascape #sky #coastal #nature #edinburgh #scotland

The Lighthouse That Outlived a King: Newhaven

After a decade of crafting luxury wooden pens and fountain pens in Slovakia, Covid changed everything. Now I'm in Edinburgh, Scotland, ready to transform my life and return to my beloved craft. This…

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intoBirds @intobirds.bsky.social · 4d

Pileated Woodpecker in stealth mode. Blending in about as well as a celebrity in a small town 😂 #Birds #Birdwatching #NaturePhotography #WildlifePhotography #Nature #Wildlife #BirdPhotography #woodpecker

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MariBean @maribean.bsky.social · 1h

He picked one post from a Dem and claimed it was just as bad.

1 post doesn't beat 2900 pages of shit, JD. You couldn't even stand up for your wife.

MariBean @maribean.bsky.social · 1h

Love the painting. The words that go with it are also good, food for thought.

I do things that make me feel alive, peaceful, happy. That these things often bring life, serenity and joy to others means I'm on the right track.

Lola Jovan @lolajovan.com · 5h

The Night Will Give You a Horizon
mixed media on wood panel
18 x 24

When your eyes are tired
the world is tired also.

When your vision has gone
no part of the world can find you. - David Whyte

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#art #painting #landscapeart #abstract
Story-ALTtext⬇️

An abstracted landscape suggesting rocks, water, sky

The poem continues:

“Time to go into the dark
where the night has eyes
to recognize its own.

There you can be sure
you are not beyond love.

The dark will be your womb
tonight.

The night will give you a horizon
further than you can see.

You must learn one thing.
The world was made to be free in.

Give up all the other worlds
except the one to which you belong.

Sometimes it takes darkness and the sweet
confinement of your aloneness
to learn

anything or anyone
that does not bring you alive

is too small for you.”

That last line reaches in and grabs me by the guts - how many times have I built my days around people and things that do not bring me alive?

Too many times. But not any longer. Life is precious and short and especially now (in the last third) it cannot and will not be squandered.

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Journeydude @scottishinsider.org · 1d

🪬🧿 One from today
#lighthouse #stormy #clouds #weather #birds #seascape #decay #sky #coastal #nature #alttext #edinburgh #scotland

A low-angle shot depicts a white lighthouse against a backdrop of stormy, cloudy skies. The lighthouse, showing signs of age with rust and disrepair, is partially obscured by the dramatic clouds. In the distance, a flock of birds flies across the sky, adding a sense of movement and scale to the scene.

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