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Marian Goldeen
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💛💙 Software engineer, mountain biker, old woman, and supporter of the arts. Has an unrequited love of little owls
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Marian Goldeen @warriorchicken.me · Dec 5
Every time in my life I’ve had a major setback, something good has come out of it sooner or later or both. 🧵
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Revisiting my childhood and voting for #Quartz.

It’s time!
mineralcup.bsky.social Mineral Cup & Ore Cup @mineralcup.bsky.social · 1d
#MinCup26 FINALS!!!
We have a pair of geometric beauties as deep red #Cuprite is against versatile #Quartz.

VOTE: www.mineralcup.org/2026/vote-re...
RESULTS: www.mineralcup.org/2026/vote-re...
Split image of fine red needles of cuprite on one side and chunky clear quartz crystals on the other.
October 1, 2026 at 2:17 AM
Reposted by Marian Goldeen
brainmist.bsky.social
Quartz with a graphite inclusion would be an unstoppable powerhouse (and also would keep our hearts from breaking).
September 30, 2026 at 7:52 PM
warriorchicken.me
Nooooo! Well, I chose, but you can’t make me tell.

Vote your own conscience!
mineralcup.bsky.social Mineral Cup & Ore Cup @mineralcup.bsky.social · 2d
#MinCup26 Semifinal 2
It’s a match sure to break hearts between industrial powerhouses piezoelectric #quartz and lubricating #graphite!

(With the correct links this time!)

VOTE: www.mineralcup.org/2026/vote-re...
RESULTS: www.mineralcup.org/2026/vote-re...
Split photo between a pair of glassy-clear terminated quartz crystals and flaky blades of dark grey graphite at odd angles to each other, with green crystals around them.
September 30, 2026 at 1:53 AM
Reposted by Marian Goldeen
goldeenogawa.com
Artists, show us how you draw Black women
Graphite pencil portrait of a woman staring straight at the viewer, her brows slightly furrowed and her mouth set in a determined line. Her thick curly hair falls off to one side like clouds, smoke, or snakes. She is lit from behind on the opposite side by the light of a full moon, which is just emerging from behind her head so only a crescent is visible. She is tired, angry, and 100% not giving up yet. She is Selene Shields, a protagonist of the Driving Arcana books. Text at the bottom left reads: © goldeenogawa.com • 2017
September 29, 2026 at 2:20 PM
warriorchicken.me
Wow! I did not know about tubercles!
raptororg.bsky.social Alaska Raptor Center @raptororg.bsky.social · 3d
Our Wildlife Interpreter takeover continues! Have you ever heard of a falcon's tubercle? Our Wildlife Interpreter is breaking down this fascinating adaptation found in falcons! #Falcon #Tubercle #WildlifeEducation #BirdsOfPrey #RaptorFacts
September 29, 2026 at 2:01 AM
warriorchicken.me
I don’t have anything against cuprite, but somehow I’ve chosen its opponent in every round, and this one’s no different.

My vote goes to #halite.
mineralcup.bsky.social Mineral Cup & Ore Cup @mineralcup.bsky.social · 3d
#MinCup26 SEMI-FINALS!!!

It's showdown of the soft and cubical as coppery #Cuprite and salty #Halite compete for a spot in the finals! Both are worthy, but only one can have your vote.

VOTE: www.mineralcup.org/2026/vote-re...
RESULTS: www.mineralcup.org/2026/vote-re...
Split photo of a translucent deep red cube of cuprite within swooping matte blue-green crystal blades and a scattering of translucent white halite cubes in a nest of golden yellow spiky crystals.
September 29, 2026 at 1:59 AM
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I love you baby owl!
mcoupephotography.bsky.social Mark Coupe Photography @mcoupephotography.bsky.social · 3d
Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #BokehBirds - any bird captured with a soft, muted or blurry background. So here's a sleepy young great horned owl for your Monday morning.
#birds #wildlife #owls #mcoupephotography
Young great horned owl sleeping
September 28, 2026 at 6:57 PM
warriorchicken.me
This one was hard for me, and at the moment I voted, I tipped for lead remediation. So #pyromorphite got my vote, despite my debt of gratitude to graphite for so many things
mineralcup.bsky.social Mineral Cup & Ore Cup @mineralcup.bsky.social · 4d
#MinCup26 Quarterfinal 4
We're coming down the end! Are you supporting lead-locking #pyromorphite or ancient #graphite as we enter the semifinals.

VOTE: www.mineralcup.org/2026/vote-re...
RESULTS: www.mineralcup.org/2026/vote-re...
Split view of blobby peach-tinted pyromorphite shining as though wet, and dark grey graphite with its signature greasy sheen sitting on paper marked with pencil-like scribbles.
September 28, 2026 at 5:19 PM
warriorchicken.me
I did a thing this morning for Week Without Driving. Somehow I only just found out about it last week. (It starts Thursday.) Here's the content of the email I sent to my reps (tweaked slightly per rep)
The week without driving is October 1–8, 2026. Sadly, in the US, almost all residents must transport themselves by private automobile to participate fully in society. At the same time, a third of us can't drive ourselves and rely on underfunded public transit, expensive “ride-share” services, and the kindness of friends, family, and strangers to get to places we can’t reach by walking and biking. The inefficient overuse of private automobiles has killed and injured countless people over the years—and recently it's trending worse. The toll on our natural environment, which we are charged to preserve and protect for ourselves, for future generations, and for God, has been incalculable. For the sake of my health and the health of others, I have spent a lifetime minimizing my driving. I’m fortunate enough in my physical abilities that bicycling is still an option that I choose daily. But the situation could be so much better. When I compare public transit service in and between US cities to others around the world, I’m embarrassed and frustrated. When I read (and watch videos) about the safety and comfort of people walking and biking in many cities around the world and compare that to my experience getting myself around on a bike, I long for the same support here. Yes, it could be so much better. But only if our elected representatives take the problem seriously, and the best way to take a problem seriously is to experience it for yourself and then tackle it. As a third-generation Californian, I ask you and your staffers to participate in the week without driving starting on Thursday, October 1, and pay attention to this issue that affects the quality of all our lives, and especially the third of us who don’t drive. For ideas about how you can participate, see https://weekwithoutdriving.org I look forward to hearing from you afterward about how your participation gave you ideas for helping Californians reduce the need to drive—and what those ideas are.
September 27, 2026 at 11:31 PM
Reposted by Marian Goldeen
goldeenogawa.com
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Photo of a full moon blazing behind some trees, lighting the clouds with platinum fire Close up of the full moon resting in the branches of a pine tree. The clouds give it a faint rainbow aura
September 27, 2026 at 3:07 AM
warriorchicken.me
Feeling sentimental tonight, I almost voted for Julienite. Poor Henri, just 33.

All hail, #Halite
mineralcup.bsky.social Mineral Cup & Ore Cup @mineralcup.bsky.social · 5d
#MinCup26 Quarterfinals 3
It's a pair of dissolvable beauties as rare and complicated #Julienite is against ubiquitous and straightforward #Halite.

VOTE: www.mineralcup.org/2026/vote-re...
RESULTS: www.mineralcup.org/2026/vote-re...
Split photo of close-ups of minerals bright blue julienite in radiating fan shapes within a dark rock and clear perfect cubes of halite suspended in clear liquid, tiny bubbles hanging onto some of the crystals
September 27, 2026 at 2:11 AM
warriorchicken.me
I’ll vote for #Quartz every opportunity I get. No exception here. With my apologies to cobalt blue, a lovely color.
mineralcup.bsky.social Mineral Cup & Ore Cup @mineralcup.bsky.social · 6d
#MinCup26 Quarterfinal 2
Both of today's minerals can be found in hydrothermal vein deposits as cobalt arsenide #Skutterudite is against classic silicate #Quartz for a spot in the semi-finals.

Vote: www.mineralcup.org/2026/vote-re...
Results: www.mineralcup.org/2026/vote-re...
Vote in Quarterfinal 2 — Mineral Cup & Ore Cup
Vote in Skutterudite vs Quartz Credit: Joel Williams
www.mineralcup.org
September 26, 2026 at 10:01 AM
warriorchicken.me
I love you little round owl. Guess what, you’re still round even when you’re stretching yourself up tall.
mcoupephotography.bsky.social Mark Coupe Photography @mcoupephotography.bsky.social · 6d
Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Borbs, birds looking plump so here's a rather round Northern Pygmy Owl. The second photo shows just how skinny it can look when it sucks it all in. Same bird, same perch, a few seconds later. #birds #owls
Fluffed up Northern pygmy owl perched on a branch. Northern pygmy owl sucking it all in.
September 25, 2026 at 2:38 PM
Reposted by Marian Goldeen
gawenjenkin.bsky.social
I’m thinking about including a section at the end of my lectures ‘AI shite of the week’ and get students to critique the image.

Good idea?

⚒️ #geoscience
AI shite - not worth your time seeing.
September 25, 2026 at 9:28 AM
warriorchicken.me
Cuprite is only “rarely used as a copper ore,” so I voted #Sphalerite for the 🎺🎺🎺
mineralcup.bsky.social Mineral Cup & Ore Cup @mineralcup.bsky.social · 7d
#MinCup26 Quarterfinal 1
It’s a rich red start to the quarterfinals as two components of brass face off with zinc ore #Sphalerite is up against copper-rich #Cuprite.

VOTE: www.mineralcup.org/2026/vote-re...
RESULTS: www.mineralcup.org/2026/vote-re...
Split photo of a glossy ruby-red chunk of sphalerite, slightly rounded, amongst smaller clear crystals and a gleaming ruby-red cube of cuprite jutting from a yellow matrix.
September 25, 2026 at 2:02 AM
Reposted by Marian Goldeen
sdbikeist.bsky.social
Here it is, your Bluesky #Bike Content of the Day for Wednesday, 9/23/26. Of course, a kid was the one to pull it off -
lucagalletti.bsky.social Luca @lucagalletti.bsky.social · 8d
World Championship Pond Crossing at the Sugarloaf Bike Park in New Brunswick, Canada 🇨🇦

IG: @crankworxsummerseries
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September 24, 2026 at 5:59 AM
warriorchicken.me
Vote #Graphite. Don’t just pencil it in!
September 24, 2026 at 1:11 AM
warriorchicken.me
It’s not so great for my blood pressure, but I still voted for #Halite!
mineralcup.bsky.social Mineral Cup & Ore Cup @mineralcup.bsky.social · 9d
#MinCup26 Round 2 Match 7
It's blue skies ahead as multicoloured cubes of #Halite are up against the bubbly cool-toned #Chrysocolla.

VOTE: www.mineralcup.org/2026/vote-re...
RESULTS: www.mineralcup.org/2026/vote-re...
Split photo of seafoam green minerals. One one side, translucent sea foam-green cubes on a crust of milky-white crystals. On the other, bobby aqua-green milky-translucent crystals perched on a grainy grassy-green base rock
September 23, 2026 at 12:59 AM
warriorchicken.me
There are a number of ways to remove lead from soil, and doing so reduces blood lead levels in children. I expect we need all of them! So, #pyromorphite it is despite the fascination of spiraling 🌀 cylindrite!

pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
September 22, 2026 at 12:56 AM
warriorchicken.me
The linked photo of Henri Julien is so touching. And 33 years odd such a short life. I can’t help but wonder if it might have been tuberculosis.

Still, pleochroism. I voted for #Putnisite
mineralcup.bsky.social Mineral Cup & Ore Cup @mineralcup.bsky.social · 11d
#MinCup26 Round 2 Match 5
It's a pair or rare, vibrant minerals with unusual chemistry as purple #Putnisite is up against blue #Julienite.

VOTE: www.mineralcup.org/2026/vote-re...
RESULTS: www.mineralcup.org/2026/vote-re...
Split photo of tiny grape-jello purple cubical crystals with a rough surface. The crystals are poking out of a massive rough rock with areas of fuzzy green and broad purple, all with a grainy coating of white as though it were rubbed with flour. The other photo is saturated cobalt blue needle-line crystals in a narrow fan sparkly and rough on a smooth creamy background
September 21, 2026 at 12:39 AM
warriorchicken.me
#Quartz is the first mineral ever heard of, back in 1966. It got my vote in the first round, and I’m happy to repeat in round 2

Besides, who doesn’t love amethyst?
mineralcup.bsky.social Mineral Cup & Ore Cup @mineralcup.bsky.social · 12d
#MinCup26 Round 2 Match 4
Both colourful yet opposite in almost every other way, it’s abundant and hard #Quartz against rare and very soft #Stichtite.

VOTE: www.mineralcup.org/2026/vote-re...
RESULTS: www.mineralcup.org/2026/vote-re...
September 20, 2026 at 1:53 AM
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I had a chance to check on this sequoia near Squirrel Creek today. Looks like it’s doing well!

I last checked on it November 21, 2021. That was right after the fire that went through. It looked like it was going to be touch and go, so I’m super happy to see it doing well.
A majestic sequoia with a mountain bike leaning against its base, which shows burn marks from a wildfire
September 19, 2026 at 10:09 PM
warriorchicken.me
Pleochroism with bonus points as an index mineral. #Andalusite had my vote in round 1 and retains it in round 2
mineralcup.bsky.social Mineral Cup & Ore Cup @mineralcup.bsky.social · 13d
#MinCup26 Round 2 Match 3:
It's a shiny showdown as soft copper-rich #Cuprite is up against the multicoloured index mineral #Andalusite.

VOTE: www.mineralcup.org/2026/vote-re...
RESULTS: www.mineralcup.org/2026/vote-re...
Split image of a pair of candy-looking translucent minerals. On one side is the geometric pointed tip of cherry-red cuprite, on the other is a rough bar of peachy andalusite embedded in a white grainy matrix.
September 19, 2026 at 1:41 AM
Reposted by Marian Goldeen
minouette.bsky.social
The #SciArtSeptember 🧪prompt is almond-shaped. Did you know that amygdala literally means almond-shaped? I didn’t, but now we both do. I used a (open source) brain MRI to make a cyanotype print and embellished it with metallic gold to show the almond-shaped feature, the paired nuclear complex
As described I used a (open source) brain MRI to make a cyanotype print and embellished it with metallic gold to show the almond-shaped amygdala, the paired nuclear complex present. It’s labelled “Amygdala” in gold and signed Ele Willoughby, 2026.
September 18, 2026 at 1:12 PM
Reposted by Marian Goldeen
yesmissjane.bsky.social
this makes as much if not more sense to me than chemtrails.
lore.house Sarah M @lore.house · 14d
Lol
Tumblr post by tony-the-tigers-juicy- from Aug 31 reading: "Gen alpha is so brainrotted because there's too many satellites affecting their astrology. These babies got Starlink #637 in Pisces and BeiDou in Aries and ISS in Virgo and shit, its like spiritual microplastics" Reply by agrippina-siderea from 3s ago reading: "I hate this so much and I'm going to make a modern day wizard character who actually believes it.
September 17, 2026 at 11:19 PM