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Maya Sarita @mayasarita.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Sama was abducted and now her life is in danger. The U.S. government must act now for her immediate and safe release. Make a call here: www.imeupolicyproject.org/release-sama...
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Message Your Senator: Bring American-Palestinian Student Sama Safi Home Now — IMEU Policy Project
Sama was abducted and now her life is in danger. The U.S. government must act now for her immediate and safe release.
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JAMA Network Open @jamanetworkopen.com · 02/08/2026
Higher drinking water trihalomethane exposure was associated with increased risk of #UterineCancer, especially endometrioid tumors, in a cohort of female California educators. ja.ma/4vVVjcp
Three forest plots: A) Uterine cancer, B) Endometrioid tumors, C) Nonendometrioid tumors. Each plot shows Hazard Ratios (HR) and 95% CI for various chemical exposures. Monobromoacetic acid consistently shows elevated HRs, e.g., 1.19 for uterine cancer & 1.21 for endometrioid tumors, indicating increased risk.
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Jenna Norton @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
Grant terminations had deep impacts on all early career scientists, running counter to Bhattacharya’s stated interest in supporting them. The terminations disproportionately harmed early career women. www.fiercebiotech.com/research/nih...
fiercebiotech.com
NIH grant cuts hit women, early-career scientists the hardest: analysis
Last year’s funding cuts at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) disproportionately impacted women and early-career researchers, according to a | Last year’s funding cuts at the National Institutes...
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Thomas [DARK MODE], DO @tom.medsky.social · 20/03/2026
Jay Bhattacharya currently hosting lab leak proponent Matt Ridley at an NIH conference. Ridley admits that he has performed no experiments and there is no direct epidemiological evidence for lab leak. Whoever asked that question is my hero.
Two men in suits talking to weach other with microphones while sitting in leather chairs. On the right is a woman doing sign language.
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Kaitlyn Hajdarovic, Ph.D @khajdarovic.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
This ridiculous union busting does nothing to help the early career researchers the NIH director claims to support. This is ridiculous.
Screenshot of an email “As a result of bargaining unit determinations, union dues will no longer be deducted from your monthly stipend beginning with the April 1, 2026, stipend payment.
Thanks for your partnership on this matter.
NIH Employee & Labor Relations Branch
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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 07/03/2026
NIH Fellows Union speaking at the Take Back Our Science Rally in Washington D.C.! They are putting out the call to ORGANIZE!!! #StandUpForScience #science #March7 #March7DC #savescience
NIH Fellows Union speaking at the SUFS National Day of Action Take Back Our Science Rally.
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Ian L Morgan @ianlmorgan.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
I respect the office of NIH Director, so I was politely asked him this issue and how he planned to help Fellows address it.
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Ian L Morgan @ianlmorgan.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
Great new piece by @melodyschreiber.com in The Guardian about NIH/CDC Director Bhattacharya . In it, I talk about asking Bhattacharya in January about a recent issue affecting the affordability of healthcare for thousands of early career researchers on the NIH campuses.
theguardian.com
‘How is he going to have the time?’ NIH staff voice concern as Bhattacharya takes on CDC role
Scientists fear NIH director will be even more absent and leave key issues unresolved as he takes interim CDC lead
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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 11/02/2026
Friends, media coverage of ICE in Minnesota has de-escalated. ICE hasn't. Residents are still being assaulted and detained every day. They need us now more than ever. Read their stories 👉 www.standwithminnesota.com/testimonies Donate if you can 👉 www.standwithminnesota.com/ Spread the word. 🚫 🧊
standwithminnesota.com
Stand With Minnesota
Stand With Minnesota is a hub for supporting, learning, and taking action to support Minnesotans impacted by ICE and federal enforcement.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
The Dilley family detention center is run by CoreCivic, a major Trump donor who has raked in millions from federal contracts already. Never forget who is profiting from this cruelty.
propublica.org
The Kids Trump Sent to ICE’s Dilley Detention Center
ProPublica went inside the immigrant detention center for families in Dilley, Texas. Children held there told us about t
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AFSCME @afscme.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
The Trump administration's decision to eliminate the Merit Systems Protection Board, an independent agency that reviews federal workers' appeals to mass firings, is blatantly rigging the system. The communities that rely on an impartial public service workforce will pay the price.
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Liz Shuler @lizshuler.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
Our @sbworkersunited.org baristas at corporate stores are asking customers to #DeleteTheApp to show you stand with workers, not billion-dollar corporations. Deleting the Starbucks app sends a message: there's no business as usual while union-busting.
action.fightforaunion.org
I DELETED THE STARBUCKS APP
#DeleteTheApp to show Starbucks that you stand with baristas, not billion-dollar companies.
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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 05/02/2026
1/3 It is terrifying that measles is spreading among children held in US concentration camps. This is not a policy debate — it is an immediate threat to children’s lives. Measles can cause encephalitis (brain swelling), brain damage, and respiratory failure in children.
theguardian.com
Calls to shut down Texas ICE facility for children grow amid measles outbreak
At least two cases confirmed at detention center for children and their parents in Texas
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ACLU @aclu.org · 05/02/2026
“My wife is American. My son is American. I live here. New York is my home. I studied here and I plan to fight my case in court. So if they have anything to present, let’s see them in court." Mahmoud Khalil should never have been detained for his speech. New York is his home, period.
ny1.com
Activist Mahmoud Khalil again faces uncertain future
Following his release from immigration detention back in June, Khalil reunited with his wife and newborn child in Manhattan.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
Oligarchy (noun): A government of and by a few at the top, who exercise power for their own benefit. Their power and wealth increase as they make laws that favor themselves, manipulate financial markets, and create monopolies that put more wealth into their pockets.
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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
She was put on indefinite leave from the NIH because she spoke out against the abuses there. The NIH “Director” says that science shouldn’t be political, then he purges dissent. Well done @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social. Her courage is inspiring and I believe that one day it will be rewarded.
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NIH Scientist Files Whistleblower Complaint Alleging Retaliation by HHS and NIH for Speaking Out Against Politicization of Science and Unlawful Grant Terminations - Katz Banks Kumin LLP
In Complaint Filed with the U.S. Office of Special Counsel, Career NIH Program Director Alleges Unlawful Retaliation for Protected Whistleblowing Activity (Washington, D.C.) – Dr. Jenna Norton, a care...
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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 02/02/2026
Good morning 🌞 We’ll start the day with some good news. US life expectancy is at an all-time high thanks to advances in cancer treatments and decreases in opioid overdoses and heart disease. We still lag behind dozens of countries. Would be a shame to lose those gains from recent policy changes
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US life expectancy hit an all-time high in 2024, CDC says
U.S. life expectancy has hit the highest mark in American history. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday reported that life expectancy rose to 79 years in 2024.
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ACLU @aclu.org · 02/02/2026
Bad Bunny said it right — we won't let ICE's depravity strip us of our humanity. Our communities, neighbors, and loved ones are worth fighting for.
A two panel graphic of photos of Bad Bunny accepting an award at the Grammys. Text on the graphic mirrors his quote: "ICE out. We're not savages, we're not animals, we're not aliens. We are humans and we are Americans."
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
Everyday Americans get nickel and dimed while the rich dodge taxes. They struggle to get by while the wealth of the 1% skyrockets. They see their voices drowned out while the well-connected avoid accountability. There are two sets of rules in America: One for the rich. Another for everyone else.
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ACLU @aclu.org · 09/11/2025
The Trump administration doesn't get to decide who we are. Trans people won't be erased.
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Jenna Norton @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social · 09/11/2025
Could not agree more: We the people have the power. Trump knows that. That is why he tries to silence and control us. To make us afraid and demoralized. But the moment we give up our voice out of fear or apathy or hopelessness is the moment he wins. Do not give him your voice in advance.
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Jenna Norton @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
Great article from @virginiagewin.bsky.social showing that across the Federal science ecosystem, research that benefits the American public is being delayed or completely halted, and remaining programs are being consolidated under close partisan political control. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
nature.com
Dismantling of US federal agencies will ‘destroy science’
From NASA to the National Institutes of Health, federal agencies conduct research that universities cannot. Agency scientists speak out about the irreplaceable facilities, institutional knowledge and ...
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 09/10/2025
All we are saying, is give peace a chance
Imagine mosaic in central park nyc
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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 20/08/2025
Hold RFK Jr accountable by signing the letter: savehhs.org #HHSUnited #SaveHHS
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 28/08/2025
CDC scientists receive a heroes welcome after walking out today.
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Megan Ranney MD MPH @meganranney.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
This is all true. We are in for some dark times, unless something dramatic changes, quickly. AND: those of us in the field of public health, are needed more now, than ever. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/28/o...
nytimes.com
Opinion | The Public Health Disaster Everyone Saw Coming
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RebelFema @rebelfema.altgov.info · 25/08/2025
Today we approach the 20th anniversary of Katrina, FEMA workers across the nation sound the alarm on unqualified leadership, interference w/ ability to execute, our mission,staff cuts & more. Join us in signing The Katrina Declaration. #katrinadeclaration www.standupforscience.net/fema-katrina...
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Support the FEMA Katrina Declaration Now! — STAND UP FOR SCIENCE
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ISEE Env Epi - Global @isee-global.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
The ISEE-NAC Policy Committee recently released a statement about the U.S. Trump Administration's policies to dismantle systems and agencies that protect public and environmental health. Read the full statement here: loom.ly/wvIraJg
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Jenna Norton @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social · 16/08/2025
Been hearing folks don’t realize NIH is more than its internal labs. That cutting NIH is ok because Dana Farber will still do cancer research. Joslin will cover diabetes, etc. But these centers get most of their funding from NIH. Stop NIH, and the whole system fails, across the entire US.
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 16/08/2025
Two things had a huge influence on the CDC shooting: 1️⃣ The head of HHS spreading antivax rhetoric 2️⃣ Social media companies failing to address rampant antivax misinformation on their platforms
Anti-vaccine myths surged on social media ahead of the CDC
shooting
Before the shooting, social media companies relaxed their protocols around misinformation.
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Alt NIH Bluesky 🧪 @altnih4science.bsky.social · 16/08/2025
100% true. What’s needed is courage and fight. Speak out against the politicization of science.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
Trump has entered into a new and wilder stage of authoritarian neofascism. No holds barred. Nothing out of bounds. But tyrants cannot succeed where people refuse to submit to them. And we must not submit.
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 15/08/2025
Science: Protecting Our Communities. Serving the Common Good. We designed these signs for the March for Science to convey that scientists are every day heroes for helping everyone live better lives. Shame on those spreading misinformation and making scientists targets of violence and harassment.
Protestors hold up signs at the front of the March for Science in 2017.
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ISEE Env Epi - Global @isee-global.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
See the ISEE-NAC Policy Committee's statement about the U.S. Trump Administration's policies to dismantle systems and agencies that protect public and environmental health: www.isee-northamerica.org/docs/Trum…
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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 14/08/2025
6/6 Malone must go. ❌ RFK Jr. must go. ❌ Read the full letter here: www.hsgac.senate.gov/wp-content/u...
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Alt NIH Bluesky 🧪 @altnih4science.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
Outstanding and depressing piece "Victor Ambros, a Nobel Prize-winning worm biologist, zooms in on mutant roundworms wriggling across a yellowish agar gel."
“We have this feeling of extreme uncertainty, in a context where, previously, we could depend upon a robust system, a merit-based system that was predictable for the right reasons — the best science will get funded,” said Ambros, who shared the Nobel in medicine last year.
Jesse Lehman, a graduate student who focuses on understanding the speed and dynamics of immune defenses against pathogens, became hooked on science when he first felt the rush of discovering things no one else knew.
There are no guarantees in this career — the contest for federal funding is exceptionally competitive. But what has fueled the system is its reliability. The federal government funds the best research, year after year, and scientists chase grants without worrying that the funder may lose interest in neuroscience or immunology and decide instead to buy a sports team.
But now, federal funding may be there one moment and gone the next.
“I have this fear that the career that I’ve worked 10 years on developing
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Alt NIH Bluesky 🧪 @altnih4science.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
Non-science post: This is the kind of thing the British King did that caused Americans to rise up, issue the Declaration of Independence, and launch the Revolutionary War.
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APHA @apha.org · 10/08/2025
APHA comments on shooting at CDC. Read full statement online: www.apha.org/news-and-med...
Reports of the shooter’s alleged motive are very concerning and highlight the inherent danger and human cost of disinformation surrounding life-saving vaccines and other evidence-based protections. As we wait to learn more, we must emphasize that disinformation negatively affects our health and makes us less safe. 

Let us ensure this attack on the CDC, a beacon for science and knowledge, is a rallying point for support for this critical institution and all those who dedicate their lives to improving our health. And let us make the death of the officer, who was rushing to protect people, a reminder of the terrible epidemic of gun violence that continues to threaten communities across the nation.
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 09/08/2025
Remember when we all used to clap every night to thank doctors, nurses, scientists, and public health workers for saving lives? Thanks to disinformation, people in these professions are now frequently threatened and attacked. There is no way society can keep functioning like this.
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Jenna Norton @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
Fully agree with my CDC colleagues: RFK should resign, or be removed. @alsobrooks.senate.gov moved to remove RFK, but it never made it out of committee. She needs more allies. Call your Congresspeople. Tell them you want RFK & his dangerous rhetoric out. www.decaturish.com/public_safet...
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Current, former CDC staff angered by shooting response
CDC employee's nightmare: active shooter at CDC campus. Officer killed. Shooter motivated by COVID-19 vaccine misinformation. Call for lies’ spreaders, like RFK Jr., to resign. CDC employees feel unsa...
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Rachana Pradhan @rachanadpradhan.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
The number of people receiving treatment at the National Institutes of Health Clinical Center — which cares for patients with rare or life-threatening diseases — has tumbled under the second Trump administration. My story based on interviews w/workers and gov’t docs kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
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Patient Numbers at NIH Hospital Have Plummeted Under Trump, Jeopardizing Care - KFF Health News
The renowned research hospital that cares for people with rare or life-threatening diseases has been pummeled by an employee exodus and the gutting of research, both driven by the Trump administration...
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Science and Freedom Alliance - SAFA @safa-science.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
The Supreme Court is reviewing a vitally important NIH case on its shadow docket. It is likely that the Court will back Trump, and say his (illegal) grant terminations are ok. We must speak up now. 1/
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Tell the Supreme Court: No Stay. Hands off NIH
The Supreme Court is poised to allow Trump to illegally terminate NIH grants. Let's speak out. There is not much time.
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Maya Sarita @mayasarita.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
kffhealthnews.org/news/article... Patient Numbers at NIH Hospital Have Plummeted Under Trump, Jeopardizing Care @altnih4science.bsky.social
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Patient Numbers at NIH Hospital Have Plummeted Under Trump, Jeopardizing Care - KFF Health News
The renowned research hospital that cares for people with rare or life-threatening diseases has been pummeled by an employee exodus and the gutting of research, both driven by the Trump administration...
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Maya Sarita @mayasarita.bsky.social · 02/08/2025
sign.moveon.org/petitions/no... #NoICE in Carroll County!
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No ICE in Carroll County!
More details:   Elsy Berrios, a mother and Westminster resident, was violently taken into ICE custody by two agents (one of them masked) on March 31, 2025 in Westminster, MD. The agents did not ...
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Maya Sarita @mayasarita.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
www.isee-northamerica.org/docs/Trump_A... Trump Administration Policies Threaten #publichealth #environmentalhealth
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American Thoracic Society (ATS) @atscommunity.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
As medical and scientific professional societies committed to clean air and healthy lungs, ATS and ISEE North America Chapter, are very concerned that a recent announcement to dismantle the scientific research arm of the EPA will make it harder for people to breathe. Read more:
site.thoracic.org
American Thoracic Society | EPA Scientists Have Saved Millions of…
The American Thoracic Society is the world's leading medical society dedicated to accelerating the advancement of global respiratory health through…
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Jenna Norton @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
If you signed the #BethesdaDeclaration, consider also joining the #EPAHeroes speaking out against similarly harmful policies. act.standupforscience.net/forms/epa-ad... If you haven’t yet, today is a great day to sign both! act.standupforscience.net/forms/add-na... @standupforscience.bsky.social
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ADD YOUR NAME: Sign the Open Letter in Support of EPA Staff
Join the courageous and committed EPA public servants by adding your name now.
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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 01/07/2025
Listen to your mom. Again. Harder. The global warmers are killing us, that's why we're seeking signer/supporters for the brave #EPA staff who dropped #DeclarationOfDissent yesterday calling out oligarch-friendly boss #Zeldin. Resist here act.standupforscience.net/forms/epa-ad... #EverybodyUP
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ADD YOUR NAME: Support the EPA Public Servants' Declaration of Dissent!
Join the courageous and committed EPA public servants who are standing up to protect our communities and our future.
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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 01/07/2025
+1 to ethical investor sharing details about the devastation we're due from this freshly past #DeathBill. Join us in supporting the heroes of the #EPA who charge their boss #Zeldin in their #DeclarationOfDissent Resist here act.standupforscience.net/forms/epa-ad... #EverybodyUP #StandUpForScience
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ADD YOUR NAME: Support the EPA Public Servants' Declaration of Dissent!
Join the courageous and committed EPA public servants who are standing up to protect our communities and our future.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
Juneteenth is a celebration of freedom, but also a reminder: freedom delayed is freedom denied. #Juneteenth #BlackHistory #FreedomDay #NeverForget
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