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the christopher gs @christophergs.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Hackberry emperor butterfly enjoying my copy of Mosswood Apothecary (by @jprindfleisch.bsky.social )

Hackberry emperor butterfly aka asterocampa Celtis resting on a book it's PRREEEETTTTTTTTYYYY

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the christopher gs @christophergs.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

Cute but evil (the reason I can't have hostas)

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the christopher gs @christophergs.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

It's spring forest ephemerals time! Golden ragwort, native to eastern North America aka St James wort aka Packera aurea #bloomscrolling

A Golden ragwort colony--golden yellow asters in bloom

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the christopher gs @christophergs.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

Finally seeing baptisia shoots (false indigo). The deer and rabbits always tear into them. I hope they live this year... #picturesofdirt

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the christopher gs @christophergs.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

(East) Lansing mentioned! Wilson Hall is one of the densest population census tracts in the US... ha neat. I used to live here. Thanks @nerd4cities.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=zFB5...

aerial view of Wilson Hall at MSU, East Lansing MI

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the christopher gs @christophergs.bsky.social · 29/12/2025

This is cool, and I'm not sure when this happened, but the default style on OpenStreetMap now shows urbanization starting at z level 7. It seems to be based on landuse=residential Here you can see the areas of urbanization around many midwestern cities in the US. 💜🌍 #OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap: a map of the midwest (USA), many cities have gray areas indicating the extent of urbanization

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the christopher gs @christophergs.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

Hell yesss we love the pawpaw (Asimina triloba), growing them in my backyard. Three cheers for the pawpaw, Michigan's wierd little tropical fruit

Title: Uncommon Ag, Pawpaw, image of a north american pawpaw (Asimina triloba) fruit

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the christopher gs @christophergs.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

Two million degrees in the Midwest but a bee's gotta eat (native bumblebee on crown vetch) #pollinators #bloomsky 🐝

A north American bumblebee feeding on a purple flower, crown vetch

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the christopher gs @christophergs.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

It's serviceberry season!!! This is not a drill #amelanchier so happy the city of Lansing has these planted in public parks

Several ripe serviceberries hanging on the tree. Blue, purple and red berries

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the christopher gs @christophergs.bsky.social · 31/05/2025

You are viewing a layer, imagine a printed paper map that you are sliding around--you can't turn on/off objects bc it's prerendered. You can pick a different layer style (cycling, humanitarian etc) or you could view the data in an app that lets you customize like Organic maps or Osmand

The default OpenStreetMap rendering with the layers button selected showing the standard, cyclosm, cycle, and transport map layers)

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the christopher gs @christophergs.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

I recently discovered #bloomscrolling. Here's my contribution: beautiful sweet crabapple/apple blossoms on the multiuse path near my house ♥️🌸

Several pink blossoms opening to white flowers on an apple tree!

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the christopher gs @christophergs.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

mason bees waking up a bit later this year! #nativebees

a native (to michigan) mason bee landed on a human-made bee hotel

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the christopher gs @christophergs.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

Which app are you using? Here's a screenshot from Organic Maps which uses Openstreetmap data and clearly labels the gulf as gulf of Mexico. I see your location is in the US, so your app might be geofencing you and serving the USGS name, per US law

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the christopher gs @christophergs.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

Life! Every year I mark the blooming of galanthus nivalis (snowdrop). Spring is coming! Phew

White petaled flowers poking through dead leaves: snowdrop aka galanthus nivalis

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the christopher gs @christophergs.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

Unfortunately it will not let me submit my answers

Interface with error message: field contains errors. The country of origin is set to united States as is country of residence

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the christopher gs @christophergs.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

In Lansing, 90% of the residential land is detached single family housing, Lansing would do well to allow gentle density like ADUs, duplexes, missing middle stuff to ease demand. Large lots with small capacity are inefficient land use www.lansingography.com/2023/03/sing...

Map of Lansing zoning, Lansing is dominated by detached single family only lots with some areas designated as "downtown" and multifamily sprinkled in

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the christopher gs @christophergs.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

If you know a family in need of bikes for kids this holiday season. Come out to the Allen Street Market starting at 11AM, Saturday December 14th. The Lansing Bike Co Op has 127 bikes to give away! 1611 E Kalamazoo St #lovelansing #bikes

127 bikes in the allen street market center, giving bikes away for free today

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the christopher gs @christophergs.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

Cat and I went for a walk in the snow this morning. I think he was trying to figure out where all his plants were

A cat in a pink harness walking in the snow

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the christopher gs @christophergs.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

Visiting a new cat today. He loves his bumblebee toy! 😻😻😻

Grey and white cat holding a bumblebee toy

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the christopher gs @christophergs.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

Last apples of the year! They are the size of golf balls. 🍎 Little heirloom apples that my mom calls "strawberry apples" because they are so smol

Some apples on a wooden charger with a snowman design

An apple tree with a few small apples left, it's winter and there's snow on the ground

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the christopher gs @christophergs.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

Making big penny ornaments (complete with googly eyes!) at the Lansing Makers Network 😜 facebook.com/events/s/how...

Wooden ornaments, one big pen, one Lansing balls, and one reindeer

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the christopher gs @christophergs.bsky.social · 07/11/2024

Some Michigan precincts had them as temporary tattoos!

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the christopher gs @christophergs.bsky.social · 03/06/2024

Amelachier Canadenses checking in! Growing a tiny orchard on my porch #teamServiceberry

Several saplings growing from containers on a porch, at the front are several serviceberry trees

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the christopher gs @christophergs.bsky.social · 15/04/2024

Chaenomeles (flowering quince) in bloom, feels like spring finally

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the christopher gs @christophergs.bsky.social · 09/04/2024

Jabłko on his office post, surveying all that is his

Brown and black striped cat on top of a tall cat tree

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the christopher gs @christophergs.bsky.social · 23/03/2024

Hilarious OpenStreetMap iceberg illo by www.openstreetmap.org/user/Xvtn/di... #gischat

the iceberg meme for OSM featuring things from "points, lines, and areas" to "swearing off Google maps on principle"

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the christopher gs @christophergs.bsky.social · 27/11/2023

i am here for the hazelnut memes, thank you the poor proles almanac #nativeplants

when you realize that if autumn olive and honeysuckle hadnt taken over so many disturbed sites that we would have hazelnuts everywhere instead (mario crying)

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the christopher gs @christophergs.bsky.social · 20/11/2023

#30daymapchallenge day 20: space. map of small cities and their greenspace (forests, trees, parks, golf courses, nature reserves shaded in green) #lansing #annarbor #maps

A map of several cities identifying their greenspaces, waterways and streets.

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the christopher gs @christophergs.bsky.social · 12/11/2023

giant balls are infrastructure! #lovelansing Making ornaments at Lansing Makers Network!

handmade ornaments: one metal and two wooden. one features lansing red ornaments with the capitol building behind it

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the christopher gs @christophergs.bsky.social · 04/11/2023

#30daymapchallenge day 2: lines! without labels or legend you can still probably guess a lot about this place

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the christopher gs @christophergs.bsky.social · 02/11/2023

makerspaces: local community centers that provide tools and training and space to neighborhoods. where's yours? #maps #30daymapchallenge #points

map of the continental us with dots indicating locations

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the christopher gs @christophergs.bsky.social · 20/10/2023

totally unscientific reddit poll but im always curious what michiganders keep their winter therms at

three charts graphing the temps people keep their thermostats at: all day and all night people tend towards 65-70, day only tends toward 68, night only tends towards 62-65

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the christopher gs @christophergs.bsky.social · 20/09/2023

Jabłko was transferred between three shelters and somehow his name was lost so he was in a pen labelled "cat" when I found him

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