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Mike G
@mbg133.bsky.social
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No DMs unless I know you. Zone 7, TN valley area. Old gray guy, retired mapmaker, engraver, botanical garden worker, designer builder.
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Mike G @mbg133.bsky.social · 10h
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Biochar’s secret power could change clean water forever
Scientists found that biochar doesn’t just capture pollutants, it actively destroys them using direct electron transfer. This newly recognized ability accounts for up to 40% of its cleaning power and ...
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Mike G @mbg133.bsky.social · 10h
🦠October 10 is International Coccolithophore Day
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Mike G @mbg133.bsky.social · 10h
🌱 #Viburnum x 'Cardinal Candy'
A spray of bright red berries on Viburnum 'Cardinal Candy'
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Mike G @mbg133.bsky.social · 11h
Typo - Cecile
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Mike G @mbg133.bsky.social · 11h
Hummingbirds and these overlap by a week here. Big red cannas and zinnias are the main attraction here.
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Rachel @sugarmaple.bsky.social · 13h
Dear #art community #foodie community #homecooking and #gardening community - If any of you use Pinterest and have been upset about the AI slop, there is a way to turn it off now! Settings-> Refine your recommendations-> Gen AI and toggle them all off! 🍽️ 🌱
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Mike G @mbg133.bsky.social · 11h
www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
Please Help Editorial Cartoonist Clay Jones Recover from a Stroke
I just got home and was sad to hear that DK Editorial Cartoonist Clay Jones suffered a stroke, which has partially paralyzed his right side and his drawing hand. He has been posting cartoons on DK sin...
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Mike G @mbg133.bsky.social · 12h
#Rosa 'Cecil Brunner' always has a sprinkle of flowers or buds.
A bud and flower of pink Cecil Brunner rose.
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Mike G @mbg133.bsky.social · 12h
#October glories.
Yellow daisies, deep purple violet petunias and a clump of deep red celosias. An orange red celosia variety with half crested, half plumed flowers.
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Mike G @mbg133.bsky.social · 13h
With all these and hickory nuts and acorns, it can be hazardous along the paths.
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Mike G @mbg133.bsky.social · 13h
#Persimmons are starting to fall but are still astringent to the taste.
Looking up at persimmons in a tree.
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 14h
“No, Speaker Johnson — the No Kings rally on October 18 is not a hate America rally. In fact, it’s quite the contrary: It’s a love America rally.” #NoKings
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Kate from Kharkiv @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · 1d
Autumn in Kharkiv 🍂☘️🍁 by citiesandsketches 📹
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WarTranslated (Dmitri) @wartranslated.bsky.social · 23h
A Ukrainian soldier shot down an incoming Russian drone on the Zaporizhzhia front on the first attempt.
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Mike G @mbg133.bsky.social · 18h
Several times a year. They were back last night.
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Mike G @mbg133.bsky.social · 1d
www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
15 New Cracks in the Axis of Dumb and Evil GNR
They want you to think they are invincible and unstoppable because it is the only way they can keep us from stopping them. Just this week, we saw more signs of cracks in their coalition of evil, ...
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Mike G @mbg133.bsky.social · 1d
We had owls here several nights last week.
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Mike G @mbg133.bsky.social · 1d
#Aster 'Bill's Big Blue' is just over five feet tall this year.
Aster 'Bill's Big Blue' in the front yard.
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Jon M. Sweeney @jonmsweeney.bsky.social · 2d
Sometimes it just feels like a poem was written exactly for you. I've read this one a hundred times, have even heard WB read it, but when I began to read it this morning the first line brought tears to my eyes.
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Mike G @mbg133.bsky.social · 2d
Pineapple #sage #Salvia elegans survives here in northern zone 7 in a sheltered south side corner.
Bright red flowers of pineapple sage.
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Mike G @mbg133.bsky.social · 2d
#Bouvardia ternifolia in a greenhouse.
Small bright red trumpet flowers of Bouvardia ternifolia in a greenhouse.
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Rep. Summer Lee @repsummerlee.bsky.social · 3d
We will not allow ICE to operate in the shadows while they surveil us and violate our rights.

Our responsibility is to protect civil liberties, not surrender them. @repshontelbrown.bsky.social, @repyassansari.bsky.social and I are demanding answers about their use of spyware against US citizens.
Lawmakers Demand Information About Potential Use of Paragon Spyware by ICE
The lawmakers warned that allowing ICE to use spyware “threatens Americans’ freedom of movement and freedom of speech.”…
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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 2d
My statement on Middle East peace
A white graphic with a blue border includes the following text: My Statement on Middle East Peace October 9, 2025 After two years of unimaginable loss and suffering for Israeli families and the people of Gaza, we should all be encouraged and relieved that an end to the conflict is within sight; that those hostages still being held will be reunited with their families; and that vital aid can start reaching those inside Gaza whose lives have been shattered. More than that, though, it now falls on Israelis and Palestinians, with the support of the U.S. and the entire world community, to begin the hard task of rebuilding Gaza – and to commit to a process that, by recognizing the common humanity and basic rights of both peoples, can achieve a lasting peace.
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Mike G @mbg133.bsky.social · 3d
#Hydrangeas
Foliage of native #Hydrangea arborescens radiata with silvery white under leaves. Newer kinds of Hydrangea paniculata fading to shades of rosy pink.
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Mike G @mbg133.bsky.social · 3d
They remind me of yuccas.
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