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Bullard Center for Environmental & Climate Justice @bullardcenter.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
After years of failed drainage fixes, #Shiloh residents deserve transparency. Why won't #ALDOT release the runoff calculations for its new drainage project? 📷 See 15 documented flood events in the Shiloh community between 2018-2026 here. Believe your eyes! canva.link/pmr2lcsu584gr5x
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Bob Ramsey @bramseyjr.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Happy birthday to JQA (and me) tomorrow
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colbertocrat.bsky.social @colbertocrat.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
💔🕯✈️🇺🇸💐 Wally Funk, Who Set an Age Record for Space Travel, Dies at 87 www.nytimes.com/2026/07/09/s...
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Wally Funk, Who Set an Age Record for Space Travel, Dies at 87
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colbertocrat.bsky.social @colbertocrat.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
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250th Anniversary of America Reading — narrated by Sarah Jessica Parker
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The Byzantine Legacy @thebyzantinelegacy.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
The cornices of the north church from the Pantokrator Monastery (now Zeyrek Mosque), which was built by John Komnenos and Eirene (Piroska of Hungary) between 1118-1136
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Budd @n7eoj.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
It has been criminally underreported but Kelsey Pfendler has just rowed solo across the Pacific Ocean from the US coast to Hawaii in record time. A 2,400-mile unsupported journey in 43 days, 17 hours, and 55 minutes. Notably beating the Men’s record by 9 whole days.
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Dr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Praising God from psalm 150 window at Chichester Cathedral, designed by Marc Chagall in the 1970s. All praise for him!
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Dr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Iroquois leader Thayendanegea, also known as Joseph Brant. Painted in 1797 by Charles Wilson Peale, whose day is today.
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 04/07/2026
The best way to rediscover your love for America: help make it into what you want it to be. That doesn't only mean politics—run for school board, volunteer, garden, build community. @hcrichardson.bsky.sociall joins @sarahlongwell25.bsky.social on The Focus Group:
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Happy 250th, everybody! Reupping this piece on the Trump-MAGA betrayal of the Declaration, Obama's vision of patriotism, and Lincoln's "electric cord" speech, which is worth rereading to commemorate this moment: newrepublic.com/article/2121...
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250 to 250 @250to250.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
What has made America great has always been the American people. Those who work, even against seemingly insurmountable odds, to do their part to create a more perfect Union. We are America—and America is ours to shape. Don't forget it. Happy Fourth, and happy 250th. #WeAreAmerica250
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Moira Donegan @moiradonegan.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Happy Fourth. On this day, I like to revisit Frederick Douglass’ “What to a Slave is the Fourth of July,” and in particular, this video NPR produced a few years back of portions of the speech being read by Douglass’ descendants. youtu.be/NBe5qbnkqoM?...
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‘What To The Slave Is The Fourth Of July?’: Descendants Read Frederick Douglass' Speech | NPR
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Alison Fisk @alisonfisk.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Something beautiful for the weekend! An extraordinary Acheulean handaxe knapped around a fossil shell c. 500,000-300,000 years ago! From West Tofts, Norfolk 📷 MAA Cambridge University collections.maa.cam.ac.uk/objects/4509... #Archaeology
The photo shows a Lower Paleolithic Acheulean biface handaxe knapped from dark grey flint with a creamy-white cortical layer, shown against a black background. The handaxe is roughly tear-drop shaped with a pointed tip and rounded bottom. There is a fossil shell centrally displayed on one face, identified as the Cretaceous bivalve mollusc Spondylus spinosus. Above the shell to the right is a small rectangular museum label. Likely made by an early neanderthal (Homo neanderthalensis) population or an alternative Middle Pleistocene hominin species (H. heidelbergensis s.l.). The toolmaker has knapped the flint in such a way as to seemingly retain the shell in a central position. The shell’s central display has often been described as an example of aesthetic intention by the toolmaker. A recent study (“The West Tofts handaxe: A remarkably average, structurally flawed, utilitarian biface” by Emily Flanders and Alastair Key) concluded it was likely ‘an average utilitarian tool’ in the eyes of its Acheulean maker, and that the aesthetic intent is assumed by the present-day beholder, and not supported by objective evidence.

Measurements 79mm x 35mm x 132mm. Weight 0.375kg. 

Collections of the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of Cambridge.
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David Rothschild @davmicrot.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
On July 2, 1863 (163 years ago today) Colonel Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain ordered his depleted 20th Maine regiment to execute a daring downhill bayonet charge against the 15th Alabama at Little Round Top, securing our left flank on way to victory at Gettysburg www.youtube.com/watch?v=KBow...
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Chamberlain's Charge on Little Round Top - "Gettysburg" (1993)
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brendanamartin.bsky.social @brendanamartin.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
On this day in 1863, the second day of Gettysburg, the 1st Minnesota regiment engaged in one of the two most significant infantry actions in our history (Chamberlain’s Mainers at Little Roundtop performing the other), a suicidal bayonet charge to hold Cemetery Ridge, with 82% casualties….\1
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Ann Telnaes @anntelnaes.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Spirit of 2026 anntelnaes.substack.com/p/spirit-of-...
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Kevin Wilbraham @kpw1453.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
The dragon head of Skidbladner - a replica of the famous 9th century Viking Gokstad ship which was found in a burial mound at Vestfold in Norway in 1880. Skidblander can be found at Haroldswick on Unst in Shetland. 📸 My own. #Woodensday #Unst #Shetland
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Bullard Center for Environmental & Climate Justice @bullardcenter.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
🚧 #ALDOT is preparing to construct a federally funded drainage project in #Shiloh, yet the residents most affected by 8 years of #flooding have not been given a public meeting to review the plans or ask questions. That needs to change. #JusticeforShiloh 🔗 Learn more: ow.ly/AmLp50YIfGU
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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 01/07/2026
Being American has little to do with how long your family has been in America. JD Vance disagrees, but, then, 1 in 6 immigrants have been here longer than him. www.ctinsider.com/columnist/ar...
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My family has been here since 1621. That is not what makes me American.
Let's look at ancestry, immigration, Revolutionary War service and July 4 as the United States marks its 250th birthday.
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Alison Fisk @alisonfisk.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Owl of Athena! 🦉❤️ A rare Athenian silver decadrachm, c. 467 BC. Münzkabinett der Staatlichen Museum, Berlin 📷 ArchaiOptix #Archaeology
The photo by ArchaiOptix shows the reverse of an Athenian silver decadrachm coin (a high value coin worth ten drachmas) with an image of an upright owl facing forward with outstretched wings, standing within a recessed square. The owl gazes directly at the viewer with large round eyes. At the top left corner is an olive sprig with two leaves. From the top right corner the letters A Θ E (“Athens”) run clockwise, with A in upper right corner and Θ and E above the owl’s feet. Weight 42.6g. Diameter 35mm. Dated circa 467 BC.  Only some 40 (authentic) examples of the Athenian decadrachm are known. This example is housed in the Numismatic Collection of the State Museum in Berlin.
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250 to 250 @250to250.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
A'Lelia Bundles is an award-winning journalist, Emmy-winning producer, and author of acclaimed biographies telling the stories of the civic-minded business women in her family, including her great-great-grandmother Madam C. J. Walker. #WeAreAmerica250 @aleliabundles.bsky.social
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Nina Willburger @drnwillburger.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
For #MosaicMonday this fantastic photo of a mosaic (and a lovely fish 🐟) that was discovered in the submerged ruins of #Roman Baiae. 📷 Parco Archeologico Campi Flegrei
The photo was taken underwater. It shows a partially uncovered mosaic on the ground of the sea and a fish swimming above it
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Bullard Center for Environmental & Climate Justice @bullardcenter.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
This is not a river. This is Pastor Timothy Williams' property on May 26, 2026, after stormwater from US 84 flowed into #Shiloh. #ALDOT has started drainage work, but residents still haven't received answers in a public meeting. #JusticeForShiloh 📺 ow.ly/AJei50ZgmHb
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Black and Missing Foundation @blackandmissingfdn.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
GREAT NEWS to start the day! According to family, Leah has been found safe. Thank you all for sharing her profile. 🧡
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explore.org @explore.org · 29/06/2026
Chunk has officially arrived for #bearcam season!
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250 to 250 @250to250.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
Cameron Katz is the Head of Content + Partnerships at Made By Us. Katz honors Frances Perkins, the labor secretary whose response to the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire led to Social Security, the minimum wage, and the forty-hour work week. #WeAreAmerica250
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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Representative Barbara Jordan. Still, after all these years, a mic drop.
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‘My faith in the Constitution is whole; it is complete; it is total.’ | Miller Center
My faith in the Constitution is whole; it is complete; it is total. And I am not going to sit here and be an idle spectator to the diminution, the subversion, the destruction, of the Constitution.
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Tits McGee @scientits.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
‘Say yes and never do it’ Mel Brooks knew how to deal with the studios
You have some wonderful stories of basically getting away with stuff at the studios.

I’d learned one very simple trick: say yes. Simply say yes. Like Joseph E. Levine, on “The Producers,” said, “The curly-haired guy—he’s funny looking. Fire him.” He wanted me to fire Gene Wilder. And I said, “Yes, he’s gone. I’m firing him.” I never did. But he forgot. After the screening of “Blazing Saddles,” the head of Warner Bros. threw me into the manager’s office, gave me a legal pad and a pencil, and gave me maybe twenty notes. He would have changed “Blazing Saddles” from a daring, funny, crazy picture to a stultified, dull, dusty old Western. He said, “No farting.” I said, “It’s out.”That’s probably the most famous scene in the movie, the campfire scene.

I know. He said, “You can’t punch a horse.” I said, “You’ll never see it again.” I kept saying, “You’re absolutely right. It’s out!” Then, when he left, I crumpled up all his notes, and I tossed it in the wastepaper basket. And John Calley, who was running [production at] Warner Bros. at the time, said, “Good filing.” That was the end of it. You say yes, and you never do it.

That’s great advice for life.

It is. Don’t fight them. Don’t waste your time struggling with them and trying to make sense to them. They’ll never understand.
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Nina Willburger @drnwillburger.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Fascinating world of ancient #glass: This magnificent #Roman #fish-shaped flask was found during the excavation of a storeroom in the ancient city of Begram/Afghanistan. It was probably made in a workshop at Alexandria/Egypt, dating 1st/2nd century AD. Begram was a major....🧵1/2 🏺 #archaeology
Fish-shaped glass vessel with translucent with somewhat yellowish body, wide open mouth, round eyes, and blue accents on fins, crest, and tail
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Climate News @climatenews.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
UN Secretary General: Cutting methane is the single fastest brake we can pull on a warming planet.
https://www.instagram.com/p/DZ-LSleM34O/

Cutting methane is the single fastest brake
we can pull on a warming planet.
United Nation

IMO/Florence Mondou
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250 to 250 @250to250.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Tracey Enerson Wood is a celebrated bestselling author known for bringing the forgotten history of women to light. In her novel The Engineer's Wife, she tells the true story of Emily Warren Roebling, who completed the Brooklyn Bridge despite tremendous obstacles. #WeAreAmerica250
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Dr Tom Horne @hornesupremacy.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
📚 📝 I'd love it if you were to review my book on Goodreads; reviews there get picked up globally, so it would really help spread the word! Thank you! www.goodreads.com/book/show/24...
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Treasures of the Vikings (Amazing Places [Portrait form…
Discover and share books you love on Goodreads.
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Schmidt Ocean Institute @schmidtocean.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
The #Doldrums science team recorded these smooth swimmers during ROV operations between 3,700 and 3,900 meters while exploring the Doldrums Megatransform and Fracture Zone along the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Read about how sea cucumbers are useful in evolutionary dev. bio: youtube.com/shorts/rPhdn...
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You’re not related, but… #doldrums #deepsea #echinoderm
YouTube video by Schmidt Ocean Institute
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Mark Gongloff @markgongloff.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Eye-opening chart from @propublica.org: Carbon capture is a consistent disappointment. We can't count on it to save us from overshooting 1.5C of heating projects.propublica.org/why-carbon-c...
a chart of projections for carbon storage vs actual carbon storage, from 2010 to 2040. Almost every projection has us storing at least some megatons of carbon by now. In fact, we continue to effectively capture zero tons of it.
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Reveal @revealnews.org · 26/06/2026
As the Trump administration tries to erase the legacy of slavery and lynching from the nation’s museums, Bryan Stevenson’s Legacy Sites are confronting America’s full past head-on. ⬇️
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Bryan Stevenson on Confronting America’s Legacy of Slavery
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Nina Willburger @drnwillburger.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Fascinating world of ancient #glass: an amazing #Roman glass jug with a smaller glass jug inside – a so-called joke-jar that shows the skill of the glassmaker. Presumably made in workshop in Cologne, found in a grave in Stein am Rhein, Switzerland, 4th c. AD. 🧵1/2
A translucent greenish glass jug with a long neck, a wide base, and a single handle, containing a smaller, almost identical jug sealed inside it. The outer jug shows signs of age with visible cracks and scratches.
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Kelly Guinan @kellyguinan.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
New, fun, one-minute learning, and celebration of American History #250to250 by @hcrichardson.bsky.social team Narrated by Harrison Ford Civilian Conservation Corps #WeAreAmerica250 #NewDeal #CCC #PublicWorks #Hiking youtu.be/LL-M1LwHaZg?...
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Civilian Conservation Corps, Narrated by Harrison Ford
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250 to 250 @250to250.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Senator Tina Smith is a leading advocate for the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness (BWCAW) in northern Minnesota. Last year, Senator Smith introduced the Boundary Waters Wilderness Protection Act to put permanent protections in place for the area. #WeAreAmerica250
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Costa Samaras @costasamaras.com · 25/06/2026
In the @wsj.com today, I talked about how we’re barreling into climate impacts with cities designed for last century’s weather. But read the more important part in the next paragraph: www.wsj.com/science/envi...

"A lot of infrastructure we're still using now was built for the weather of the 1950s and
'60s," says Costa Samaras, a professor of civil and environmental engineering at Carnegie Mellon University. "This is not the weather that we have now, and it's not the weather that we'll have in the future as it continues to be altered because of the emissions that lead to climate change."

A key metric to watch in the coming decades will be the wet-bulb temperature, a measure of combined heat and humidity. When the wet-bulb temperature exceeds 87 degrees Fahrenheit (abour 100 degrees with a relative humidity of 60%), the human body can no longer cool itself efficiently, leading to heat stroke and fever.
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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Please read and call. Flood the zone.
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Carramooch @carriekit.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
here is a link to an easy way to make a comment. thanks to the League of Women Voters www.lwv.org/take-action/...
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Oppose Proposed Mail-In and Absentee Ballot Regulations | League of Women Voters
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Amy Westervelt @amywestervelt.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Sorry not sorry for the next several months of relentless book promotion, I didn't create this system! But for real, though, if you've ever thought anything I do is any good at all, I hope you'll read this book I poured everything into: geni.us/broughttoyouby
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Amy Westervelt, investigative reporter and host of Drilled, shows how the tentacles of corporate propaganda infiltrated our media ecosystem, undermined democracy, and now threaten the very nature of t...
Order now:
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 23/06/2026
Larry, the chief mouser at 10 Downing Street, has now outlasted six U.K. prime ministers. In 2023, Alan Taylor captured scenes from Larry’s decade-plus in office:
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Larry the Cat’s Years as Chief Mouser
Images from Larry’s term as Chief Mouser to the Cabinet Office in London.
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KC @kcwinters.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
The legacy of U.S. Rep. Patsy Mink, who fought for gender equality in US education is the latest 250 minute from @hcrichardson.bsky.social & team. Sen. Mazie K. Hirono, 1st elected female senator from Hawaii & the 1st Asian-American woman elected to the Senate, narrates. youtu.be/lgQtyAOlxBs?...
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Patsy Mink, Narrated by Senator Mazie Hirono
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Alison Fisk @alisonfisk.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
A charming Egyptian figurine of a hippopotamus carved from calcite some 5,000 years ago! The oversized head with bulging eyes gives it a modern cartoon-like character! 🦛❤️ Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek 📷 by me #Archaeology
My photo shows an ancient Egyptian hippo figurine in 3/4 profile facing right. It is carved from calcite. It is sandy-brown in colour. The head is oversized with bulging eyes, the body is rounded on short stubby legs giving it a modern cartoon-like look. Approximate dimensions: Length 28 cm, Height 16 cm. Dated c. 3000 BC. On display at Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, an art museum in Copenhagen.
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Behrens Science Museum @bsmuseum.org · 21/06/2026
"In a review of key claims by the documentary, ABC News found that the majority of the scientific observations made in 'An Inconvenient Truth' have come to fruition or are on track to in the years to come."
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'Scientists were dead right': Al Gore says on 20th anniversary of 'An Inconvenient Truth'
The scientists have been right about climate change all along, says former Vice President Al Gore on the 20th anniversary of the release of "An Inconvenient Truth."
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 18/06/2026
One of my favorite moments of the day. If you missed it, take a moment… 🤎 John Legend and Common performing “Glory.”
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Mike Luckovich @mluckovich.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
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NPicts @northernpicts.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Bigger and better than ever - the Annual Day of the Picts at Burghead will be on the 22nd of August this year. Get it in your diaries!
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Black and Missing Foundation @blackandmissingfdn.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
#Washington, #DC: 14y/o Tyonna was last seen on June 10 in the 2800 block of Robinson Place SE wearing black pants, a black shirt, and black sneakers. Have you seen her? Please SHARE to #HelpUsFindTyonnaSanders #TyonnaSanders #HelpUsFindUs
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