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Mike G

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 · 7h

#Chrysanthemum 'Maryl' from the Kings mum catalog.

Dark pink spoon flowered Chrysanthemum 'Maryl'

Mike G @mbg133.bsky.social · 7h

Is that Nevis peak in the distance?

Mike G @mbg133.bsky.social · 7h

🌱 #Chrysanthemum on the left labeled 'Maryl' but it looks more like 'Fantasy'

Mums with gold centers and white petals tipped with pink spoons.

Gold centered white with pink spoon tipped flowers of 'Fantasy' Spoon mum.

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butterflygirl24 @butterflygirl24.bsky.social · 1d

Lil towns in Virginia were out for No Kings. I do believe it’s not Red anymore. #virginia #nokings

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ACLU @aclu.org · 10h

The Defense Department banned nearly 600 books from schools on military bases — but in a win for free speech, a federal judge just ordered those books back to the shelves.

Federal judge orders Pentagon to restore LGBTQ+ books, gender & diversity lessons in military schools

Judge Patricia Tolliver Giles ordered Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and DoDEA Director Beth Schiavino-Narvaez to comply immediately.

www.advocate.com

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 12h

If you need a whistle, please drop by our office (7016 N Clark Street) to pick up one for free.

If you see ICE, blow three short bursts.

If they are detaining someone, blow three long bursts.

Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 14h

If you are on ICE watch in the Rogers Park vicinity please have a buddy and exercise extreme caution. ICE has assaulted verifiers today and arrested at least one of our people. If you are vulnerable to ICE in this area, I recommend staying inside if possible.

Mike G @mbg133.bsky.social · 17h

elements.visualcapitalist.com/the-50-miner...

The 50 Minerals Critical to U.S. Security

In this graphic, we list all of the minerals that the government has deemed critical to both the economic and national security of the United States.

elements.visualcapitalist.com

Mike G @mbg133.bsky.social · 18h

med.stanford.edu/news/all-new...

Eye prosthesis is the first to restore sight lost to macular degeneration

In a Stanford Medicine-led clinical trial of a wireless retinal prosthesis, people with advanced macular degeneration regained enough vision to read books and subway signs.

med.stanford.edu

Mike G @mbg133.bsky.social · 1d

Symbols used in the Deno seed germination handbook

Mike G @mbg133.bsky.social · 1d

Yes.

Mike G @mbg133.bsky.social · 1d

Deno seed germination

Mike G @mbg133.bsky.social · 1d

I see a couple of other sites with the volume one PDF. JLHudson is one.

Mike G @mbg133.bsky.social · 1d

I will see if the PDFs are on an old computer here. Booksellers sometimes offer the original paper versions.

Mike G @mbg133.bsky.social · 1d

www.nargs.org/link-pdfs-dr...

Link to pdfs of Dr. Denos seed germination books. | North American Rock Garden Society

Mike G @mbg133.bsky.social · 1d

🌱 #Chrysanthemum 'Moonbeam' resembles the old 'Gong' ju hua variety.

Double white Chrysanthemum 'Moonbeam'

Double white 'Huang shu' mum (Gong ju) from Medicinal Herbs, Williams, OR. A good variety for making tea.

Mike G @mbg133.bsky.social · 1d

euromaidanpress.com/2025/10/19/f...

Frontline report: Russia’s empire starts to crack as separatist fires quietly begin flickering from Siberia to the Caucasus - Euromaidan Press

From diamonds in Yakutia to oil in Dagestan, the empire’s wealth becomes its undoing. The insurgency Moscow fears most begins at in the Caucasus.

euromaidanpress.com

Mike G @mbg133.bsky.social · 2d

www.valeriesudol.com/blog/2016/10...

The last hurrah: Korean mums — Valerie's Garden Diary

As they say of baseball (and opera), "It ain't over 'til it's over." November creeps closer, but I'm reveling in fresh clouds of blossoms, thanks to my Korean mums. It's the last flower of the season ...

www.valeriesudol.com

Mike G @mbg133.bsky.social · 2d

I see it was from Gethsemane Gardens, Conover, NC

Mike G @mbg133.bsky.social · 2d

txmg.org/hendersonmg/...

Chrysanthemum 'Gethsemane Moonlight'

Chrysanthemum 'Gethsemane Moonlight' is a super vigorous and prolific bloomer. Plants will easily spread to 4 feet across and 2-1/2 feet tall

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 2d

Breathtaking incompetence www.nytimes.com/2025/10/19/u...

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Cindi @cdeby.bsky.social · 3d

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Princess Vimentin PhD | Cancer Biologist @princess-vimentin.bsky.social · 2d

A promising advancement in liquid biopsy technology.
The Galleri test detects DNA fragments shed by cancer cells in the blood. 70% of cancers detected were in stages 1-3.

This could be used to detect cancers that are diagnosed late.

🧪 www.independent.co.uk/news/health/...

New blood test can detect more than 50 cancers early

Galleri has been dubbed the holy grail of cancer tests

www.independent.co.uk

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KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 @kojamf.bsky.social · Jul 5

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Mike G @mbg133.bsky.social · 2d

This is the tallest one here. If unpinched it can form a woody vine to four feet six inches.

Mike G @mbg133.bsky.social · 2d

🌱 #Chrysanthemum 'Kathy's Rust'

Apricot colored flowers of Chrysanthemum 'Kathy's Rust'