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Nikkolas Smith @4nikkolas.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

𝕀𝕗 𝕀 𝔾𝕠 𝕎𝕚𝕝𝕝 𝕋𝕙𝕖𝕪 𝕄𝕚𝕤𝕤 𝕄𝕖 ✈️🔱✨ What a gem. Watts LA forever. Please go support this film! #SundaySketch 🎥🎬

Nikkolas Smith @4nikkolas.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

When Ms Rachel hit that Jump-Clap-Spin-Stomp combo! 😯💯♪ ♫ ✨ PS: If your child is learning how to read, watch with the lyrics on! It’s a vibe 🙂🪩 Congrats Ms Rachel!!! 👏🏾

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Nikkolas Smith @4nikkolas.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

𝐍𝐨𝐥𝐚𝐧 𝐖𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐬. ℕ𝕠𝕝𝕒𝕟 𝕎𝕖𝕝𝕝𝕤. 𝘕𝘰𝘭𝘢𝘯 𝘞𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘴. 𝖭𝗈𝗅𝖺𝗇 𝖶𝖾𝗅𝗅𝗌. Until the truth comes out. We will keep saying 𝐉𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐍𝐨𝐥𝐚𝐧 𝐖𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐬.

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Nikkolas Smith @4nikkolas.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

soo guys, 𝗔𝗜 keeps breaking out of its “cage”…just a heads up 👀 Let me know when it’s time to freak out 𝘴𝘪𝘯·𝘨𝘶·𝘭𝘢𝘳·𝘪·𝘵𝘺 (𝘯𝘰𝘶𝘯): 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘯𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘴𝘰 𝘢𝘥𝘷𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘨𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘢 𝘥𝘳𝘢𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦. #TheSingularityIsHere #SundaySketch

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Nikkolas Smith @4nikkolas.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Full circle @lucasmuseum.bsky.social Dad moment in 3…2..1… 𝑻𝒐 𝒎𝒚 𝑴𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓, who kept this framed Ruby Bridges painting on the wall for my entire childhood. Thank you. 𝑻𝒐 𝑴𝒔. 𝑹𝒖𝒃𝒚, who fearlessly made history at 6 years old, and chose me to illustrate her story 60 years later. Thank you.

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Nikkolas Smith @4nikkolas.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Shoutout to 𝐌𝐚𝐩𝐐𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭🗺️📍iykyk 😄 Bonus points to them for keeping Lake Ontario as is…. Looking at you Google Maps 👀🧐 @mapquest for the win 📍✨ #SundaySketch

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Nikkolas Smith @4nikkolas.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

𝑹𝑰𝑷, 𝑴𝒊𝒔𝒔 𝑫𝒐𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝑷 😔😢♪ ♫ ..here’s to Your legendary music 🪕 Your Imagination Library…. 📚 Your activism in the face of injustice🗣️ You were a real one! 💯 We will always love you =) #DollyParton

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Nikkolas Smith @4nikkolas.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

OH 𝑫𝒓. 𝑨𝑩𝑫𝑼𝑳 DID NOT COME TO PLAY “You cannot claim that you want to invest in our kids, when you send our money abroad to kill other people’s kids.” 🎯🚀 “My name is not raising your gas prices. My name is not taking us to war.” 🫰🏾✨ “ 🍊🤡: I need you to lick these boots… Mike: Roger! ” ☠️💀

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Nikkolas Smith @4nikkolas.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Bring. Back.. 𝑾𝑶𝑵𝑫𝑬𝑹 𝑴𝑨𝑵𝑵𝑵𝑵𝑵𝑵𝑵𝑵.😤 And where is my Blade… and… I ᴅᴇᴄɪᴅᴇᴅ ᴛᴏ sᴋᴇᴛᴄʜ ᴏᴜᴛ ᴀ ǫᴜɪᴄᴋ ᴀɴɪᴍᴀᴛɪᴏɴ ᴏғ ʜᴏᴡ I ғᴇᴇʟ ɪɴsɪᴅᴇ ʀɪɢʜᴛ ɴᴏᴡ… Aɴᴅ ᴛʜɪs ɪs ᴛʜᴇ ғᴇᴇʟɪɴɢ ᴏғ ᴇᴠᴇʀʏ Bʟᴀᴄᴋ ᴄʀᴇᴀᴛɪᴠᴇ ᴡʜᴏ, ᴏɴ ᴛᴏᴘ ᴏғ ᴊᴜsᴛ ᴛʀʏɪɴɢ ᴛᴏ ᴇxɪsᴛ, ʜᴀs ᴍᴇᴛ ᴀɴᴅ ғᴀʀ ᴇxᴄᴇᴇᴅᴇᴅ ᴛʜᴇ ᴡᴏʀᴋ ᴄʀɪᴛᴇʀɪᴀ. This is 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚜𝚌𝚒𝚘𝚞𝚜 𝚛𝚊𝚐𝚎.

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Nikkolas Smith @4nikkolas.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

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Nikkolas Smith @4nikkolas.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

🇪🇸🏆viva Lamine! well done Spain ⚽️✨ see yall in four years, that was a journey 😪 #FIFA

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Nikkolas Smith @4nikkolas.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑶𝒅𝒚𝒔𝒔𝒆𝒚🏹✨ 3 sketches and 3 thoughts: - A warmonger can corrupt the souls of a thousand leaders to come. - Give John Leguizamo his flowers and awards - Helen of Troy was perfect & the bigots can stay mad forever :) #TheOdyssey #SundaySketch

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Nikkolas Smith @4nikkolas.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

𝑻𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒐𝒍𝒅 𝒑𝒐𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒄𝒊𝒂𝒏𝒔 𝒘𝒉𝒐 𝒑𝒖𝒔𝒉𝒆𝒅 𝒈𝒆𝒏°𝒄𝒊𝒅𝒆 𝒖𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒍 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒓 𝒅𝒚𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒅𝒂𝒚… 𝑻𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒊𝒔𝒕 𝒍𝒂𝒘𝒎𝒂𝒌𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒘𝒆 𝒍𝒐𝒔𝒕 𝒂𝒍𝒐𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒚… 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐞’𝐬 𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐝. ….but seriously guys let me know if I need to draw a third cup…👀

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Nikkolas Smith @4nikkolas.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

To the Black woman wearing the 𝑶𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒍 tee on the DC Metro, surrounded by sad little racists… We love you. We feel you. We got you. This is “$𝟚.𝟝𝟘…. Tʜᴇ Pʀᴏʙʟᴇᴍ Wᴇ Sᴛɪʟʟ Lɪᴠᴇ Wɪᴛʜ” #250 #America250 ᴡᴡᴡ.Nɪᴋᴋᴏʟᴀs.Aʀᴛ #SundaySketch

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Nikkolas Smith @4nikkolas.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

This is America.🇺🇸 This is sometimes also America. “𝑻𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒊𝒔 𝑨𝒎𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒄𝒂.” -Childish Gambino. This was ᎪᎷᎬᎡᏆᏟᎪ on 7/4/1676, 350 years ago. This was America 2̳5̳0̳ years ago. This is America current day. This is A̵m̵e̵r̵i̵c̵a̵ overseas. This is the future America they’re afraid of. #America250

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Nikkolas Smith @4nikkolas.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

𝑪𝒉𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒈𝒐!🚨✨ you absolutely did not disappoint. From the Obama Presidential Center, to ALA Annual, to the Children’s Institute, it was an unforgettable week full of art, books, HOPE, and extended book family.

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Nikkolas Smith @4nikkolas.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

𝑻𝙝𝒂𝙩 𝘽𝒆𝙖𝒖𝙩𝒊𝙛𝒖𝙡 𝙈𝒊𝙣𝒅 🪐➗🚀✨ Cover alert! Tami Charles, Christopher Charles, and myself have teamed up on a new picture book out this Fall!

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Nikkolas Smith @4nikkolas.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

Jubilee. Joy. Freedom. Family. Galveston. Five Fifths. First. Finna. Regal. Rhythm. Cousins. Cookout. 365. #Black #HappyJuneteenth 🎉🎊✊🏾🗣️✨

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Nikkolas Smith @4nikkolas.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

⭐️𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒃𝒆 𝒏𝒐 𝒔𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓 𝒅𝒊𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐𝒘𝒂𝒓𝒅𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑸𝒖𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒐𝒇 𝑪𝒉𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒈𝒐, 𝑭𝑳𝑶𝑻𝑼𝑺 𝑴𝒊𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒆. 𝑻𝒉𝒂𝒕’𝒔 𝑳𝒂𝒘. okay carry on :)

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Nikkolas Smith @4nikkolas.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

🗣️𝑨𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒏… 𝒐𝒏 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝟖𝟎𝒕𝒉 𝒃𝒊𝒓𝒕𝒉𝒅𝒂𝒚… 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒆𝒏𝒔𝒍𝒂𝒗𝒆𝒓 (𝒂𝒌𝒂 “𝒘𝒉𝒊𝒑-𝒄𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒌𝒆𝒓”) 𝒘𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒃𝒂𝒄𝒌, 𝒃𝒆𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒊𝒈 𝒘𝒉𝒊𝒕𝒆 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒔𝒆, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒅𝒆𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒊𝒈𝒈𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒐𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒑 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒊𝒓𝒄𝒍𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒇𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕. 𝑺𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒅𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒉…

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Nikkolas Smith @4nikkolas.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

🏆🗽not gonna lie New York, that was impressive… …stay safe out there tonight 🫣 #KnicksIn5

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Nikkolas Smith @4nikkolas.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

😴Dₒₙaₗd Taₖₑₛ a Naₚ🙃 The 4 page picture book he deserves :) k thanks!

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Nikkolas Smith @4nikkolas.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

Elmo visit Dyckman Park. 🙂🏀✨ Elmo find his way back home. #SundaySketch

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Nikkolas Smith @4nikkolas.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

Who wants some 𝑱𝒖𝒏𝒆𝒕𝒆𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒉 Greeting Cards?! 👀🎉🌍 I just added some at a special Juneteenth sale price at NIKKOLAS.Art Cards ship from June 10th! 🚀📬 #Joy #jubilee #Justice #Cousins #cookouts #Fam #finna #FiveFifths 🗣️

A carousel of Juneteenth themed greeting cards from art by Nikkolas Smith, which includes art of his American Holiday painting, Ketanji Brown Jackson, Astroboi, Black Boy Joy, Woke, Maya Angelou, and more.

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Nikkolas Smith @4nikkolas.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

𝚆𝚎𝚖𝚋𝚢 vs. Ⓝ🅨Ⓒ lets gooooo 👽🏀🗽 When I was working on Space Jam 2, I always thought about throwing this reference in somehow, but it didn’t fit with the script… works well now though! Who yall got in the Finals?👀 #SundaySketch #WEMBYvsNYC #NBAfinals

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Nikkolas Smith @4nikkolas.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

🎨🎬✨this is my Boots Riley appreciation sketch to remind you to go support everything this Artivist does! I love how he says “Power to the People 🗣️” in so many insanely creative ways. #ILoveBoosters in theatres noww and it’s WILD #SundaySketch #iLoveBoots

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Nikkolas Smith @4nikkolas.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

Thousands are marching in 𝑺𝒆𝒍𝒎𝒂 right now, in opposition to the gutting of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. A beautiful reflection of this historic moment that Tameka Fryer Brown and I captured in our picture book “That Flag”. 𝘗𝘚: 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘰𝘧 𝘜𝘚 𝘩𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺, 𝘥𝘰𝘯’𝘵 𝘣𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘭𝘢𝘥𝘺 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘰𝘱 𝘭𝘦𝘧𝘵 🗣️✨

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Nikkolas Smith @4nikkolas.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Thank you @brotherjones_ for your statement in Tennessee today. While Black political power is (il)legally stripped away in TN, the cheerleaders of segregation, racism, and enslavement pat themselves on the back… Unacceptable. #ThatFlag has no place here.

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Nikkolas Smith @4nikkolas.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

💡🍎Some of the best teachers I had in high school (and professors at Hampton University) were the ones who helped me to 𝑢𝑛𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑛 certain things in life. It’s why I wrote and painted 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑯𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒚 𝒐𝒇 𝑾𝒆. Happy Teacher Appreciation Week !! 🎓✏️👏🏾 #ThingsIKnewToBeTrue #TeacherAppreciationWeek

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Nikkolas Smith @4nikkolas.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

yet another day of the Supreme Court right-wing majority dragging us back to the 1960’s 🙄 Equality is not a difficult concept. #VotingRights #Dissent

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Nikkolas Smith @4nikkolas.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

“AND SO AS YOU CAN SEE…. We need a 𝑺𝒖𝒑𝒓 𝑺𝒂𝒇𝒆ᵀᴹ 𝑩𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒓𝒐𝒐𝒎 to protect us, when Secret Service just can’t cut it… I didn’t want to have to bring this up… I’m so glad I just happened to attend my first ever WHC Dinner last night so I could witness just how much we need this Ballroom.” DJT 🍊🤡

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Kate @mathkat.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

Beautiful rendering of a celebratory moment! 🙂

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Nikkolas Smith @4nikkolas.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

𝑻𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑴𝒐𝒐𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒃𝒂𝒄𝒌! 🚀🌖🪂✨ Welcome Home Artemis II and congratulations on your historic journey. You gave us a little bit of hope again :) @astro_reid @astrovicglover @astro_christina @astrojeremy #NASA #ArtemisII

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Nikkolas Smith @4nikkolas.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

I’m taking my birthday weekend to highlight some of the humanitarian and scientific programs that are being cut in order to fund trump’s $1.5 TRILLION for War/Military budget. Imagine a world where all of these initiatives are prioritized and funded. 🌱🗣️☀️🚀✨ #PeaceFunds

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Nikkolas Smith @4nikkolas.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

Come see me at LA Times Festival of Books!! 📚🗣️🚀✨ Sat. April 18th, 12:35pm on the Children’s Stage! I’ll be showcasing and doing a live digital painting demo, covering my art journey and my books 𝐀 𝑪𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆 𝐈𝐬 𝐆𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐚 𝑪𝒐𝒎𝒆 and 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑯𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒚 𝒐𝒇 𝑾𝒆, w/ a book signing to follow. #latimesfob #bookfest

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Nikkolas Smith @4nikkolas.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

I know it’s April 1st but this is no joke: 𝘼 𝘽𝙡𝙖𝙘𝙠 𝙢𝙖𝙣 𝙞𝙨 𝙛𝙡𝙮𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙈𝙤𝙤𝙣 𝙩𝙤𝙙𝙖𝙮! 🧑🏾‍🚀🚀🌚✨ And his name is Victor Glover. NASA’s Artemis II will begin their lunar orbit journey this afternoon. Thank you for your attention to this historic matter. #Moonshot #VictorGlover

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Nikkolas Smith @4nikkolas.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

Yes to Dolores Huerta. Yes to C̷e̷s̷a̷r̷ ̷C̷h̷a̷v̷e̷z̷ Dolores Huerta Ave. Yes to believing women the first time. Yes to Farmworkers’ dignity and respect. Yes to C̷e̷s̷a̷r̷ ̷C̷h̷a̷v̷e̷z̷ Farmworkers’ Day on March 31st. ¡𝚂𝖎́ 𝑆𝕖 𝗣𝘶𝗲𝒅𝕖! #DoloresHuerta #Sí #SundaySketch

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Brilliance Proper @brillianceproper.com · 16/03/2026

@4nikkolas.bsky.social coming through with the banger.

A painting by Nikkolas Smith of Smoke and Stack from Sinners, both in black in a recreation of their opening scene in the moving. Instead of passing a cigarette back and forth, Stack is handing Smoke an Oscar due to Michael B Jordan winning for his portrayal of the twins.

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Nikkolas Smith @4nikkolas.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

The story behind my Legacy Tower in Downtown Disney is full of pride and mid-century Black brilliance, and I’m so grateful The LA Times for taking the time to highlight the weight and meaning in my Artivism and architecture. full article! >> www.latimes.com/travel/story... #Legacy ✨

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Nikkolas Smith @4nikkolas.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

hey that’s me! 🙂🙏🏾 check out my Legacy Tower at Downtown Disney

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