🌸 Mariel
@mariel.bsky.social
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.
when i was a criminal lawyer i always had to give the "there's literally nothing you can tell me that i have not heard before. i can only help you if you tell me everything and tell me the truth." speech
and it's a struggle to remember this when i talk to doctors but it's true for them too
and it's a struggle to remember this when i talk to doctors but it's true for them too
If you don't feel comfortable telling your doctor the whole truth then you need to find another doctor.
Don't pay someone you don't trust.
They can't help you if you don't tell them everything.
Don't pay someone you don't trust.
They can't help you if you don't tell them everything.
You 🫵🏿 have to tell them the truth
January 28, 2026 at 2:22 PM
when i was a criminal lawyer i always had to give the "there's literally nothing you can tell me that i have not heard before. i can only help you if you tell me everything and tell me the truth." speech
and it's a struggle to remember this when i talk to doctors but it's true for them too
and it's a struggle to remember this when i talk to doctors but it's true for them too
LOL oh nooooooo 😂
joke’s on us, the internet is our permanent record
Why were we all so afraid of the PERMANENT RECORD 😭😂
January 28, 2026 at 3:15 AM
LOL oh nooooooo 😂
Why were we all so afraid of the PERMANENT RECORD 😭😂
Never!! I’ve mentioned this before but I was so afraid of detention and suspension because on tv shows they would say it would end up on your “permanent record” and I really thought as an adult someone would find out you got suspended in middle school or something.
Have you ever been suspended from school?
January 28, 2026 at 2:59 AM
Why were we all so afraid of the PERMANENT RECORD 😭😂
after seeing all the responses i bet the hof voters did it for the plot. gotta create that ✨content✨
January 28, 2026 at 2:05 AM
after seeing all the responses i bet the hof voters did it for the plot. gotta create that ✨content✨
I deleted my post because the original was deleted - because she's going to get what she needs 🥲
You all funded Penelope’s care in just 8 minutes ensuring she has everything she needs to recover! We removed her post due to how distressing her shelter intake image was. We’ll keep you pupdated on her progress here ❤️🩹
January 28, 2026 at 12:59 AM
I deleted my post because the original was deleted - because she's going to get what she needs 🥲
Lmfaoooo this is amazing. They should be grateful people aren't making vuvuzelas as a World Cup tribute...yet.
January 28, 2026 at 12:54 AM
Lmfaoooo this is amazing. They should be grateful people aren't making vuvuzelas as a World Cup tribute...yet.
i hope someone in the shooters' families snitch. i still can't believe they just ... got new jobs and kept working.
January 27, 2026 at 2:09 PM
i hope someone in the shooters' families snitch. i still can't believe they just ... got new jobs and kept working.
I really hope someone makes one for Maryland but uses a crab. With the little claws going up the shape is halfway there already.
January 27, 2026 at 1:20 PM
I really hope someone makes one for Maryland but uses a crab. With the little claws going up the shape is halfway there already.
Okay the idea of this man being followed by whistles for the rest of his life is very funny.
Bovino’s gonna be hearing whistles in shadows like Captain Hook hearing the ticking of a clock
"You know Bovino leaving won't st..." Yes I fucking know. I shipped 800 whistles across the country today. I'll ship another 500 tomorrow. I will not stop until they are stopped and also I will take the fucking W when one of their top fash fucks gets the boot.
January 27, 2026 at 4:52 AM
Okay the idea of this man being followed by whistles for the rest of his life is very funny.
a TL cleanse if there ever was one
brass solidarity band performing “stand by me” in the streets of whittier next to alex pretti’s memorial. the crowd started chanting “the people united will never be defeated” so they incorporated it into the song. i love minneapolis
January 27, 2026 at 1:09 AM
a TL cleanse if there ever was one
not fragile like a flower, fragile like a bomb.
The woman who survived five gunshots from a Border Patrol agent in Chicago, only to be criminally charged and then cleared, now wants a judge’s permission to share records showing how the feds respond when agents use deadly force.
@chicago.suntimes.com story: chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
@chicago.suntimes.com story: chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
Woman shot by Border Patrol in Chicago asks judge to let her release evidence
Marimar Martinez is blocked from releasing evidence in her case by what's known as a "protective order." Though standard, her attorney says it's “become an albatross” around her neck and “keeps the en...
chicago.suntimes.com
January 27, 2026 at 12:57 AM
not fragile like a flower, fragile like a bomb.
Also that they turned around and immediately gave those guys new jobs. Literally nothing to see here.
I’m still processing how quickly they got up to podiums to trash Alex Pretti. That really should scare all of us.
January 27, 2026 at 12:32 AM
Also that they turned around and immediately gave those guys new jobs. Literally nothing to see here.
the way you treat people shows up on your face eventually.
January 27, 2026 at 12:25 AM
the way you treat people shows up on your face eventually.
have any of you started the new GoT show? i want to but also i refuse because we still haven't gotten season 3 of the dragon show, and if i do watch it it'll be 5 years until season 2 of this one.
January 26, 2026 at 10:49 PM
have any of you started the new GoT show? i want to but also i refuse because we still haven't gotten season 3 of the dragon show, and if i do watch it it'll be 5 years until season 2 of this one.
What makes this even funnier - the arrow is pointing at South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands.
Antarctica already makes things creepy but someone thought NAY, you know what would be worse? VIRGINIA.
Antarctica already makes things creepy but someone thought NAY, you know what would be worse? VIRGINIA.
January 26, 2026 at 8:16 PM
What makes this even funnier - the arrow is pointing at South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands.
Antarctica already makes things creepy but someone thought NAY, you know what would be worse? VIRGINIA.
Antarctica already makes things creepy but someone thought NAY, you know what would be worse? VIRGINIA.
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January 26, 2026 at 4:11 PM
This bundle is also cool, if you too are trying to read more this year and not consume more of [gestures broadly]: www.humblebundle.com/books/fierce...
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January 26, 2026 at 4:08 PM
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"The Spanish Conquistador in me" 💀 *laughs in Mexican*
The VCs bros have convinced themselves they are on some moral crusade. They will be behind the scenes trying to cling to power in the midterms and beyond.
Side note, they are also the biggest bunch of dorks
Side note, they are also the biggest bunch of dorks
January 26, 2026 at 1:05 PM
"The Spanish Conquistador in me" 💀 *laughs in Mexican*
An electric snow shovel was worth every penny woof
January 25, 2026 at 9:52 PM
An electric snow shovel was worth every penny woof
Also: the mestizo Latinos they're targeting?
We're proof colonizers fail.
We're proof colonizers fail.
January 25, 2026 at 5:09 PM
Also: the mestizo Latinos they're targeting?
We're proof colonizers fail.
We're proof colonizers fail.
This is probably not the time to get in the mentions of a Black or brown person to police how they feel/post about things, or lecture them for not doing more. Peak Bsky is a meme not a goal.
January 25, 2026 at 5:01 PM
This is probably not the time to get in the mentions of a Black or brown person to police how they feel/post about things, or lecture them for not doing more. Peak Bsky is a meme not a goal.
I've also been up since 4 for no good reason after not going to asleep until almost 1 so today is already great.
January 25, 2026 at 12:29 PM
I've also been up since 4 for no good reason after not going to asleep until almost 1 so today is already great.
lolol after all that, in the last 5 hours the forecast went from 15" inches of snow to 4.8".
January 25, 2026 at 10:18 AM
lolol after all that, in the last 5 hours the forecast went from 15" inches of snow to 4.8".
I'm not saying this is why I've held onto my licenses but I'm not not saying it.
I will immediately resign from my corporate gig and take the attendant pay cut if a future D POTUS offers me a DOJ spot persecuting members of this Administration
Honestly a federal commission with prosecutorial authority paired with stripping immunity from ICE officers would be a huge wombo combo
January 25, 2026 at 4:44 AM
I'm not saying this is why I've held onto my licenses but I'm not not saying it.