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Mike G
@mbg133.bsky.social
2.9K followers 3.9K following 3K posts
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 · 16h
#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 · 19h
They remind me of yuccas.
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Mike G @mbg133.bsky.social · 21h
#Gladiolus murielae from a past summer. Hardy here in zone 7 but edible for the rodents.
An Abysinian Gladiolus murielae with white petals and violet-purple inner markings.
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Lisa Reyna Loe @lisaloe.bsky.social · 1d
🚨Texas!! Abbott and Cornyn are up for reelection next year. Light up their phones! Not just theirs, but every TX voting member!

As it is, Texas is one of only a handful of states that refused to expand Medicaid. Now this??👇🏽

Find your Texas representatives here:
wrm.capitol.texas.gov/home

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Senator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · 1d
Here are the 10 states that will see the highest premium increases for families that lose tax credits if Republicans refuse to act.

West Virginia 387%
Wyoming 382%
Alaska 346%
Tennessee 320%
Mississippi 314%
Texas 289%
South Carolina 285%
Alabama 284%
South Dakota 235%
North Dakota 234%
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hookland.bsky.social @hookland.bsky.social · 1d
The wood is a constant promise to the witch. It whispers of magics, wild harvest and omens to be found on its paths. It never breaks it oaths to her. – #EmilyCBanting, 1982 #WitchSky
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BlueSky Blogger @smblogger.bsky.social · 1d
Hmmm... how's that working for you?
All MAGAts... today, losing Grandpas 40 acres and a mule...
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Mike G @mbg133.bsky.social · 1d
news.mit.edu/2025/printab...
Printable aluminum alloy sets strength records, may enable lighter aircraft parts
MIT engineers have developed a recipe for a printable aluminum alloy that can withstand high temperatures and is five times stronger than traditionally manufactured aluminum.
news.mit.edu
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Mike G @mbg133.bsky.social · 1d
www.erowid.org/experiences/...
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Jen Langston 🏴‍☠️ 🇨🇦 @jen-bookfreedom.bsky.social · 1d
I love this! 🤣
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Insta Science @instascience.bsky.social · 2d
Even wild cats can't resist the call of the box.

#cat #catday #bluesky
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Mike G @mbg133.bsky.social · 1d
Is it thorny? I read that thieves would put Leonitis in their hair. In case they had to flee they could not be grabbed by the hair.
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Mike G @mbg133.bsky.social · 1d
🌱 reblooming again #Iris 'Immortality'
White reblooming Iris 'Immortality'
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Mike G @mbg133.bsky.social · 1d
🌱🐕 sweet scented #Abeliophyllum distichum or White Forsythia flowering out of season. My dogs actually stop to smell these.
Out of season, sweet scented White Forsythia flowers on bare twigs today.
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Mike G @mbg133.bsky.social · 1d
#Nasturtium 'Milkmaid'
White flowered Nasturtium 'Milkmaid'
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LithiumChaser @lithiumchaser.bsky.social · 2d
Alfred Hitchcock by William Craemer in front of the Bates Motel house while promoting Psycho (1960)
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Mike G @mbg133.bsky.social · 2d
🌱 #October #calender personified
A drawing and poem of October.
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Mike G @mbg133.bsky.social · 2d
The green one is Sarracina oreophilla.
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Mike G @mbg133.bsky.social · 2d
🌱 Reblooming TB #Iris 'Black Magic' by Wayman, 1935. May be the same as 'Eleanor Roosevelt'
A deep purple Iris 'Black Magic'
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Mike G @mbg133.bsky.social · 3d
news.mit.edu/2025/ai-maps...
AI maps how a new antibiotic targets gut bacteria
Researchers used a generative AI model to reveal how a narrow-spectrum antibiotic attacks disease-causing bacteria, speeding up a process that normally takes years.
news.mit.edu
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Woody Raccoon Dog @woodyraccoon.bsky.social · 4d
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welcometoyourdoom.bsky.social @welcometoyourdoom.bsky.social · 4d
#filiphodas #bender #futurama
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welcometoyourdoom.bsky.social @welcometoyourdoom.bsky.social · 4d
I've always been kind of fascinated by the sheer variety of mustelids, especially with how many different environments evolving into a long, skinny tube was handy. This is a marbled polecat with a range that stretches from the Balkans to northern China.
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Joanne Freeman @jbf1755.bsky.social · 3d
Things to consider:

Document the violence & violations--on camera, w/photos, saving images--any way you can. Speaking as a historian- it will matter

Point out violations--w/images & text--even if you think it won't matter. It will. It needs to be called out & exposed

You are a witness.
Expose it.
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Mike G @mbg133.bsky.social · 3d
🌱 #Spiranthes orchids grow well with Pitcher plants or in drier soils.
Spiral orchids growing in a shallow bog planter with white and green Pitcher plants.
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Piyush Mittal @piyushmittal.bsky.social · 4d
It’s no easy task keeping millions of idiots in an alternate, false reality. But they try anyways 🤷‍♂️
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stormcat10.bsky.social @stormcat10.bsky.social · 4d
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