Marian Goldeen

@warriorchicken.me

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💛💙 Software engineer, mountain biker, old woman, and supporter of the arts. Has an unrequited love of little owls

Selfie of woman on a bridge wearing a light green t-shirt with the slogan “Biking for Peace” above an image of a purple bike with orange peace signs for wheels
A brown pelican in silhouette floating with diamonds on the water
An inverted-U style rack for locking up a bike or two at an I-5 rest area in California. Complete with a concrete block bearing a bicycle symbol nearby in case you’re doubting your eyes.
Canada goose followed by a gosling on a dirt path
A flock of pigeons roosting in a dead tree, backlit, with rolling hills in the background, under a cloudy sky
A letter to Donald Trump from an angry 90-year-old man. It reads: Mr. Trump, I owe it to YOU. I owe it to myself. I owe it to my family. I owe it to my friends, but most of all I owe it to my FELLOW COUNTRYMEN to tell you directly to your face EXACTLY what I think of you. You are RUDE! You are a LIAR! You are a VENGEFUL LITTLE MAN! You are a THIEF! You are a MURDERER! You are a RACIST SEXIST PIG who, were you halal, would be served up for Sunday dinner in Minneapolis, a RACIST SEXIST SUCKLING PIG! You are a SCHMUCK! You are a BULLY! You are a COWARD! But most of all you are plain and simple a garden variety LOSER.
A double-crested cormorant treading water upstream in a slowly moving river, with a boulder-strewn bank in the background
A young, dilute tortoiseshell cat peeking out from between the folds of an old blanket
A bright red newt trying to hide in some grass next to a rock. Its color gives it away
A small group of protesters at the side of CA 198 holding up a long sign made out of individual letters on panels, white on black. The sign reads “nation needs a soul ice out“. They are holding the sign where it will be seen by visitors to Sequoia National Park
Wide angle photo of a green hillside with scrub oaks on either side and puffy white clouds in the blue sky above. In the foreground a blue mountain bike is lying on its side
A disk of pie dough seen through a piece of parchment paper, diameter not yet great enough to fit the pie pan in the background
A kettlebell on top of a baking sheet on top of a ball of pie dough in the process of being flattened between two sheets of parchment paper
Four horses in the sun on a grassy hillside. Three are grazing, and one is lying down resting.
A blue mountain bike leaning against the hillside with the sun slanting in from the trees above
A selfie of a woman giving the thumbs up. She is wearing a fluorescent yellow cap, sunglasses, and a pink and purple flowered shirt unzipped at the neck. Behind her is a grassy hillside with oak trees and a blue sky above.
A blue mountain bike lying on its side on a grassy hillside. Straight down the hillside from the bike’s front wheel is a very faint trail.
A herd of horses on a grassy hillside under oak trees, with a mountain in the background under a blue sky
Horses gathered around a pond near a trail on a hillside
Horses gathered around a pond next to a trail on a hillside
Browsing goats on a hillside viewed through a cyclone fence. In the center of the photo a large dog, the same color as the goats, views the photographer with suspicion.
A blue mountain bike leaning against a reddish granite boulder with mountains in the background
A trail through some scrub oaks bordered by baby plants that started up after a recent rainstorm. A mountain bike pointed away from the camera is leaning against a rock to the right of the trail
A blue mountain bike locked to a white post with a white helmet hanging from the lock. Between the lock and the bike is a protest sign saying “long live the constitution“.
Screenshot of FaceTime chat with the subject holding an American flag in front of their face, with a sign attached to the flag pole saying impeach convict remove
Sign on a counter using a unicase font says “long live the constitution”
A hand putting a ballot addressed to the Tulare County Registrar of Voters into a mailbox
A mountain bike lying on a brown hillside in the foreground. In the middle ground are some oak trees, and in the background is a tall green ridge against a blue sky
Wide angle photo of a trail going downhill with more hills and blue sky in the distance. The trail is scattered with rust colored leaves and in the near four ground on the left is a mountain bike wheel
Two turkey buzzards perched at the ends of two limbs of the same dead tree. The one on the left has its wings outstretched to catch the sun. The one on the right is perching quietly. Behind them is a blue sky with clouds
View of Case Mtn with a cloud atop it
I’m a concerned citizen who has been following the results of the greenhouse effects and atmospheric pollution with CO2 from human-related activity for over forty years. Presuming that the “Overview of the CWG Report” accurately represents the contents, I’m appalled that the Department of Energy would use the report to guide any decision about anything. For example: From the overview: “Elevated concentrations of CO2 directly enhance plant growth, globally contributing to “greening” the planet and increasing agricultural productivity.” My response: Plants do not live by CO2 alone. They need water, fertile soil, sunlight and temperature timing according to their evolutionary development, protection from and resistance to insects. Soybeans (one of the most important agricultural crops) grown in elevated CO2 environments show decreased resistance to insects. Climate change is affecting seasonal temperatures so that proper temperatures for many plants are becoming less and less likely at latitudes with proper daylight hours. Increased CO2 increases soil nutrient and water needs causing obvious difficulties likely to increase food prices. More information and links to studies on this topic can be found here: https://skepticalscience.com/co2-plant-food.htm
A copy of the book, The Pooch Salute by Danielle Williams, lying on a table
Two paperback books by Alexander McCall Smith on a table. The Kalahari Typing School For Men is on the left, The Full Cupboard Of Lift on the right
Screenshot of email to Rep. Fong (R-CA) supporting the Endangered Species Act. Text: God has commanded us to care for the world of His creation. The Endangered Species Act upholds that command. And the people of the United States have consistently supported the ESA by more than 80% for thirty years at least. Please see details in the study here: https://conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/conl.13111. But the current federal government is chipping away at the ESA, including in the FY26 Appropriations Bill. I call upon you to work to correct this situation. If anything, the ESA should be expanded to fully follow God's will.
A trail extending from center frame toward the camera with manzanitas (or maybe ceanothus) and pines on either side and in the background. A stump is in the foreground. A woman is riding a mountain bike toward the camera from the distance, too far away to make out her features
3/4 right-rear view of a woman on a mountain bike framed by a tall, lumpy boulder on the right, a pine tree trunk on the left, and pines in the background. She's near the top of a perfectly executed ride over and through a thread-the-needle rock pile. Not pictured: the even lumpier downhill side of the pile. Photo from the trail named "Funner" in Deschutes National Forest.
Looking down on a trail winding through pines on a hillside. It's the Ash to Kings trail in Carson City for hiking, biking, and horseback riding
Side view photo of the rear half of a bike with black panniers on it. The panniers are full, and the one facing the camera has a square yellow sticker with "The War on Cars" printed in black.
View from the driver's side of an SUV stopped on the road engulfed in flames. The view of the open driver's door is partially blocked by the trunk of a tree growing in the median
Big Box Store parking lot with man on a bicycle towing a cart overflowing with a tool chest
A turquoise mountain bike leaning against a hillside with brown grass and light green manzanitas under a ray of sunshine
North Fork of the Kaweah River with a pine tree growing from the riverbed. In the background is a shaded hillside where you can see the road cut for North Fork Dr. And behind that, morning light in the sky
Conifer by the side of a dirt road with a mountain ridge in the background and backlit by the morning sun.
An older, well-loved mountain bike leaning against a picnic table with mountains on the skyline in the background
Screenshot of a male Western Tanager from the Merlin Bird ID app
No Kings protesters with US flags at the side of a road
Hand holding sign that says "No King of the USA". Asphalt road and sun in the background. Protesters cut off on left edge of photo