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Mike G
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Zone 7, TN valley area.
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BIG WIN: If you or a loved one have asthma, you may see the price of your inhaler go down.

I’ve sounded the alarm about companies like Teva rigging the patent system to keep the price of inhalers high.

The FTC is fighting to bring your health care costs down, and winning.
December 26, 2024 at 3:45 PM
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Scientists discover the 'roadmap' that cancers exploit to spread. New research reveals how cancer cells are altered by their surroundings, enabling them to shape-shift & break out of tumors. Discovery paves the way for treatments that tackle cancer before it spreads medicalxpress.com/news/2025-02...
Scientists discover the 'roadmap' that aggressive cancer uses to spread
New research published in Nature Communications reveals how cancer cells are altered by their surroundings, enabling them to change their shape and break out of a tumor. The discovery, which is the cu...
medicalxpress.com
February 18, 2025 at 10:11 AM
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In the 1980s, tobacco companies began buying up the world's largest food manufacturers

Phillip Morris bought Kraft and General Foods; RJ Reynolds bought Nabisco

They began making food more addictive and unhealthy.

They marketed food like they did cigarettes.

Obesity rates rose as a result
March 1, 2025 at 11:58 AM
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"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little."

—FDR, 1937
March 4, 2025 at 10:15 PM
🌱 #Camellia japonica ''Mrs. Walter Allen' has white virus induced variegations in the pink flowers. #winter #garden #evergreen
February 8, 2026 at 1:00 PM
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They looked for “Don T” in the Epstein files and redacted all instances, which means they also redacted a lot of “don’t”
February 7, 2026 at 7:56 PM
🌱 #winter #garden #Snowdrop #Galanthus 'Cannon Ball' from a previous February.
February 7, 2026 at 11:40 PM
🌱 #winter #garden large and vigorous #Snowdrop #Galanthus 'Mrs. Thompson' often has extra petals.
February 7, 2026 at 11:19 PM
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Good afternoon. 🌱 Dwarf Iris www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/PlantFinder/... up!

Probably going to miss these blooming. If we get our act together, we'll be leaving on Westward Ho #LandYacht #Trip11 tomorrow, a month in New Mexico and Arizona.
February 7, 2026 at 6:09 PM
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The Utah Historical Society just produced a new, excellent map of "The Peoples of North America in 1776." Great resource for anyone teaching, writing, presenting about Native peoples as part of their 250th work. america250.utah.gov/power-of-pla...
February 3, 2026 at 1:49 PM
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AMA and other medical organizations need to come out roaring for this man & other medically fragile individuals or those who will die without the proper medical care including lifesaving medications to be released!

Where are you? @amermedicalassn (American Medical Assoc)
A man taken into custody in Rochester Thursday by federal immigration agents and now held at the Whipple Federal Building in the Twin Cities is a recent organ transplant recipient who is without his needed anti-rejection medication, state Rep. Kim Hicks tells MPR News.
Transplant recipient arrested by federal agents in Rochester needs medicine, state representative says
State Rep. Kim Hicks told MPR News she drove to the Whipple Federal Building near Ft. Snelling Thursday night to give the man his medication but authorities wouldn't take it without a doctor's note. S...
www.mprnews.org
February 6, 2026 at 9:08 PM
Putin’s Fixers: $300M Deal FAILED
YouTube video by Jason Jay Smart
youtube.com
February 7, 2026 at 11:50 AM
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JUST IN: A federal judge has barred ICE and DHS from using taxpayer information provided by the IRS.

Judge Talwani says that DHS' view that noncitizens lack 4th amendment rights — combined with ICE use of administrative warrants — is a recipe for abuse.

storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
February 5, 2026 at 9:55 PM
🌱 #winter #garden #Snowdrop #Galanthus - This came as 'Daphne's Scissors' but the green marks are fuzzy compared to others. It might the environment or even a seedling. It is one of the sweetest scented drops here.
February 5, 2026 at 8:21 PM
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Look out Faux News hosts, podcasters, etc. who keep paving the way for tfg.
Actually we set that precedent in the late 40’s
January 30, 2026 at 4:50 PM
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Stamens of some Cistaceae are sensitive & flex outward when touched. I’d love to see that! Does anyone have a video? This photo by Sarah Gregg CCBYNCSA2 shows the glorious stamens of Helianthemum apenninum. I don’t know if this sp. has sensitive stamens. #Cistaceae #Botany 🌾🧪🌱
February 5, 2026 at 11:35 AM
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*SUPREME COURT ALLOWS NEW CALIFORNIA VOTING MAP FOR MIDTERMS
February 4, 2026 at 6:52 PM
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February 4, 2026 at 2:02 PM
🌱 #winter #garden #Snowdrop #Galanthus elwesii 'George Elwes'
February 4, 2026 at 10:23 PM
February 4, 2026 at 9:23 PM