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🌸 Mariel

@mariel.bsky.social

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Latina. Texpat. Software Engineer. Lawyer. Alum: UMGC '25, University of Texas School of Law '12, Texas A&M '09. I love Houston, cookies, dogs, and making stuff.

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🌸 Mariel @mariel.bsky.social · Jan 18

I made maybe 4 TikTok videos total. All were of my dog. This is the first and best.

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🌸 Mariel @mariel.bsky.social · 5h

Baseball is wild at least with football they put us out of our misery. Idk how yall do it.

🌸 Mariel @mariel.bsky.social · 17h

okay i just filled out southwest's little "compliment" form so somebody somewhere knows how much i appreciated Gloria's cultural understanding, especially right now given [gestures broadly].

🌸 Mariel @mariel.bsky.social · 18h

she said "sometimes i hear myself and think oh i hope i don't have too much of that midwest accent yanno?" and i told her paul is from wisconsin and i went to A&M and "Aggies" comes out "Eggies" and she got a hearty chuckle from that. midwest solidarity, gloria.

🌸 Mariel @mariel.bsky.social · 18h

BECAUSE she's Texan, all i had to say was "I'm having an issue with how my name is spelled on my account"

and she pulled it up and said "Ah yup, the 'Delagarza'"? and i didn't have to explain it should be three words.

Gloria I appreciate that more than you'll ever know 😭

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🌸 Mariel @mariel.bsky.social · 18h

okay i chatted with a very nice lady in Texas named Gloria. her parents were from the valley but she was raised in Michigan and moved back when she got older, and her kids were raised in texas so they have a different accent than her. she got tired of the Michigan winters. and tbh, fair, Gloria.

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🌸 Mariel @mariel.bsky.social · 18h

the 2 spaces in my last name has been a problem since i was born and it will never not be annoying.

spaces in last names are normal! and it's 2025 we have ways to deal with this! WHY HAPPENING.

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🌸 Mariel @mariel.bsky.social · 18h

chase [correctly] has my last name as "de la Garza". southwest has it as "Delagarza".

because of this difference, chase won't transfer my rewards points to southwest.

AND IN HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH??

so now i'm listening to southwest's hold music. womp.

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🌸 Mariel @mariel.bsky.social · 23h

Paul saw it this AM and said it's not as bad as I said it was 🥹

Maybe it'll still turn out okay 😬

🌸 Mariel @mariel.bsky.social · 1d

Another TL cleanse (with sound for max impact)

Marcus Hutchins @malwaretech.com · 1d

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🌸 Mariel @mariel.bsky.social · 1d

Stop letting the internet make you be miserable about everything. Go hug a dog. Or a cat. Or watch bad movies. Do cringe stuff with your cringe friends. PUT KETCHUP ON STEAK. Whatever but please find things to be happy about.

🌸 Mariel @mariel.bsky.social · 1d

I'm muting the singing lady's name. Go listen to some music *you* like and let people enjoy things.

In 2025 of all years, if it brings you joy idk if it makes me want to poke my eyes out with pencils PLEASE steal joy for yourself wherever you can.

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🌸 Mariel @mariel.bsky.social · 1d

TL cleanse

👻 YSUBoOooOooOo 👻 @bassoonysu.bsky.social · 1d

As is always correct and in accordance with all the laws of the internet, I just watched Tom Holland's epic Lip Sync Battle performance, and now I am sharing it with all of you so you can do the same.

Lip Sync Battle - Tom Holland

YouTube video by Comedy Central Latinoamérica

youtu.be

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🌸 Mariel @mariel.bsky.social · 1d

Honestly "It sounds like he’s not someone who appeals to a broader audience." is one of the more offensive things Johnson has said.

We aren't people to these people. ~700 *million* Latinos/Caribeños aren't "a broader audience" than the 77 million red hat voters?

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🌸 Mariel @mariel.bsky.social · 1d

A company pushing for international $$ by marketing directly to Latinos and having games in Brazil and Europe this year is going to drop one of the most popular artists *in the world* to [checks notes] pick up a guy with one hit song that appeals to people who don't know Puerto Ricans are citizens.

Scott Lincicome @scottlincicome.bsky.social · 1d

🤣🤣🤣😢🤣 www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootb...

Lee Greenwood makes his case to replace Bad Bunny

The Outrage Machine has been on overdrive lately, as it relates to the NFL's decision to tap Bad Bunny for the Super Bowl LX halftime show.

www.nbcsports.com

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🌸 Mariel @mariel.bsky.social · 1d

It was my very first one and done with love and in a few years it'll look like this it's fine. 😩

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🌸 Mariel @mariel.bsky.social · 1d

I trimmed the brisket to dry brine for tomorrow and...it was certainly one of history's trims.

Paul asked if it looked like Waffles's first haircut and why was he right 😭

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🌸 Mariel @mariel.bsky.social · 1d

a group of pokemon standing next to each other with gotta catch 'em all written on the bottom

ALT: a group of pokemon standing next to each other with gotta catch 'em all written on the bottom

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🌸 Mariel @mariel.bsky.social · 1d

*EYE* want to get a master's in computer science because the program at UT is a steal BUT paul did not find "gotta catch 'em all" convincing.

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🌸 Mariel @mariel.bsky.social · 1d

Actually, if we're counting people we knew IRL first, I'm on year ~22 with @boschinit.bsky.social.

The internet can be good!

🌸 Mariel @mariel.bsky.social · 1d

lol a decade is quaint. I'm on year 16 with some of y'all.

which tbh is insane to see written out. @huma.bsky.social @telescopicpoems.bsky.social

✨🥀Persephone Evil🥀✨ @bipolarpisces35.blacksky.app · 2d

God damn, some of yall been following each other online for a decade?!!

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🌸 Mariel @mariel.bsky.social · 1d

i keep checking the academic requirements report to make sure i don't have anything left

i don't but my anxiety says WHAT IF I DO

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🌸 Mariel @mariel.bsky.social · 1d

i wish i could remember the name of the academic advisor who told 19yo me she shouldn't be in the engineering department so i could send him my transcript

a man is asking a woman how she likes apples

ALT: a man is asking a woman how she likes apples

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🌸 Mariel @mariel.bsky.social · 1d

a man is standing in front of a sign that says ' usted leadership for a stronger america '

ALT: a man is standing in front of a sign that says ' usted leadership for a stronger america '

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🌸 Mariel @mariel.bsky.social · 1d

y'all we did it. my last grade is in and i'm getting a B.S. in computer science with a *4.0* GPA.

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