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@susanspath.bsky.social
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Former historian of science, science education advocate, and some other things. Love old time fiddle music, birds, and the arts. And democracy. Favorite books: “Caste” by Isabella Wilkerson, “The Origin of Species,” and “Moby Dick”

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Kate from Kharkiv @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · 11h
Just so you understand the depth of the cynicism: Trump’s failed war with Iran not only raised America's gas prices, but also global oil prices, which allowed Russia to make a gigantic amount of money and fund the killing of Ukrainians. ​And then they blame Ukraine for a disaster of
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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
“I want to thank President Putin.” —President Trump www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Trump Says Putin Agreed to Release Diesel Into Global Market
President Donald Trump is working with Vladimir Putin to release Russian diesel supplies into global markets, a move that upends years of sanctions as the White House seeks ways to tame soaring fuel p...
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Kate from Kharkiv @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
So let's get this straight: Russia just murdered over 65 people in Ukraine in less than 48 hours. Crushed a building on top of sleeping families to celebrate Putin's birthday. And today, the U.S. announces that they are lifting sanctions on Russian diesel and planning to buy some,
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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
July 31: Russia is sharing intelligence with Iran to launch assaults on US troops October 9: Trump is doing a diesel deal with Russia (which can now use that money to provide intelligence to Iran in launching assaults on US troops)
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EXCLUSIVE * FOR SUBSCRIBERS IRAN WAR Russia is sharing valuable electronic intel with Iran, officials say, as U.S. war drags on Russian satellite surveillance and signals intelligence are likely allowing Iran to better defend itself against U.S. airstrikes and refine its own aerial assaults, officials said.Donald J. Trump O @realDonaldTrump

a I have just concluded a highly successful discussion with President Vladimir Putin, of Russia, wherein it was agreed that Russia will immediately supply over 300,000 Tons of Diesel Fuel to the American and Global Marketplace, another 500,000 Tons during the month of November, and 1,000,000 Tons immediately thereafter. Additionally, based on the condition of their Diesel Refineries, Russia will then deliver, within a short period of time, 3,000,000 Tons of Diesel Fuel. Between our TOTAL CONTROL of the Strait of Hormuz, and this great announcement on Russian Energy, Diesel Prices for Americans and, indeed, the World, will be COMING DOWN, IN RECORD NUMBERS, AND FAST! Lower prices for Americans, especially our Great Farmers, Ranchers, and Truckers, is my Greatest Priority. This is a very big and important announcement. Additionally, it must be understood, that Iran will not have a Nuclear Weapon! Thank you for your attention to this matter. President DONALD J. TRUMP 117 ReTruths 323 Likes

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Nathan Newman @nathansnewman.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
This is a complete betrayal of Ukraine and of Europe to violate sanctions on Russia. And Congress has passed laws to block Russia oil sales So Trump is violating international sanctions and federal law This should be his second impeachment related to Ukraine
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 08/10/2026
The Trump administration wants to lift sanctions on a Russian company to benefit mostly Middle Eastern investors (who also happen to be Trump family business partners) www.nytimes.com/2026/10/08/w...
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Schmidt Ocean Institute @schmidtocean.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
In celebration of World Octopus Day, we wanted to revisit one of our favorite cephalopod sightings, the glass octopus — Vitreledonella richardi filmed during a month-long #PhoenixIslandsCoral expedition in 2021.
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🏃‍♂️The Runner🏃‍♂️ @therunnner.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Hegseth removed Colin Powell’s name from a list of notable Americans buried at Arlington Cemetery. Hegseth also removed the names of every person of color and every woman on the same list Only white men were left in place.
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Euan MacDonald @euanmacdonald.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
The Ukrainian government has warned that another massive Blitz air raid by fascist Russia is likely tonight, and Kyiv Metro stations and underpasses are already starting to fill up with people taking shelter. Perhaps uncoincidentally, tomorrow is Russian dictator Putin's birthday.
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Michael Mechanic @michaelmechanic.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
A president inviting the destruction of major American cities, including a city that hosts a large part of the Navy fleet, just seems like grounds for impeachment or the 25th Amendment. Even uttered in jest—and who really knows what's in this guy's head—it is, at best, profoundly unpatriotic.
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Michael Mechanic @michaelmechanic.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
This is KIDNAPPING. That's a FEDERAL FELONY punishable by up to life in prison. It's also a state felony. These agents need to be prosecuted.
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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
German FM Wadephul on the horrible consequences of Russian occupation: It’s not as if, the moment the Russians arrive, the Ukrainian flag simply comes down and the Russian one goes up and life just carries on as normal. Instead, the Russians abduct children to Russia, simply taking them away from
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Rev. Benjamin Cremer @brcremer.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Jesus said "Blessed are the peacemakers" not "blessed are the warmongers." Christian nationalism is unChristian and unAmerican. It is a Christ-like and patriotic act to oppose Christian nationalism.
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Melissa Jo Peltier @melissjpeltier.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Here @timothysnyder.bsky.social does it again with a perfect phrase: “Superpower suicide.” Except it was assisted suicide - 70+ million ignorant Americans helped put the needle in America’s arm.
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Joanne Freeman @jbf1755.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Truly. Never forget.
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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Yesterday, bikers came to say goodbye to 14-year-old Illia Honcharov, who was killed by a Russian missile strike on his home in Vyshhorod, Kyiv region, on September 30. Illia loved motorcycles. His family asked bikers to join the farewell ceremony. Many answered the call.
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Navin Pokala 🇺🇸🇺🇦🇨🇦🇬🇱 @navinpokala.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Leaders like MLK followed Gandhi’s observation that small & determined groups can make the world a better place. Unfortunately, the same strategy has been used successfully by Heritage (Project 2025) Fdn, Federalist Soc, Musk/DOGE, in their efforts to make the world worse.
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Kate from Kharkiv @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Every time Putin speaks, global news outlets breathlessly cover it as breaking news, ignoring that he hasn't uttered a word of truth in his lifetime. His speeches serve a single purpose: delivering propaganda. ​Imagine if the media actually exercised critical judgment.
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Michael McFaul @mcfaulmike.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I disagree with the idea that Trump is the symptom, not the cause of US foreign policy changes. Leaders also have agency. These mysterious structures did not compel the US to got to war with Iran, blow up our alliances, destroy our trade relations or threaten to invade Greenland. Trump did.
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Uché Blackstock, MD @ucheblackstockmd.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I stopped playing the violin nearly 30 years ago. This year, I picked it up again. I thought I was returning to an instrument. Instead, I found myself returning to a part of me I hadn’t realized I’d left behind. I wrote about it for Oprah Daily. ❤️🎻 www.oprahdaily.com/life/wholene...
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Megan Goodwin @mpgphd.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
look I don't even go here anymore but I hope folks are noticing that this shit is happening *exactly* at the same time this administration eliminated loans to study religion
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Republicans Against Trumpism @rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Former special counsel Jack Smith: “Our investigation developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt that President Trump engaged in serious crimes against our nation.”
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Dr. Dawn Wright @deepseadawn.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
If you'll be in New Haven, CT or at Yale, would love to see you on Oct. 5th. I'm also meeting informally with Yale students and faculty, part of a big "carbon friendlier" swing through Harvard and Clark U as well. yaleconnect.yale.edu/YSEDeansOffi... + harvard-cga.github.io/cga-conferen...
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The Dive of a Lifetime to the Deepest Place on Planet Earth - YSE Office of the Dean
In the summer of 2022, Dr. Dawn Wright became the first Black person of any gender to dive to the deepest spot on the entire planet - Challenger Deep - in the western Pacific Ocean, in collaboratio...
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 20/09/2026
If you’re near LA, the Bay Area, or New York City, join a rally to demand our leaders stand strong against a Paramount-Warner Brothers merger. Oakland: www.mobilize.us/notabovethel... NYC: www.mobilize.us/notabovethel... LA: www.mobilize.us/notabovethel...
No Concessions.
Block the Merger.

Twelve state AGs sued to block Paramount's takeover of Warner Bros. We raised our voices about how this mega merger would lead to job losses, fewer creative opportunities, more censorship, and reduced free expression. In a stunning blow to Paramount, the AGs filed suit and a judge issued a restraining order.

Now we need to take action to make sure the Attorneys General stand strong!

RALLY WITH US!
• Oakland: 9/20 5pm @ CAAG Office, 1515 Clay St
• NYC: 9/21 9am @ NY AG' Office, 28 Liberty St
• LA: 9/22 10am @ WGA West HQ, 7000 W 3rd
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
NSF has reduced the research budget for all atmospheric, ocean, and earth sciences by ~80%. 80%! A lot of us will not be conducting new research or training new students for the foreseeable future.
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Alisa Bokulich @alisabokulich.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Now also a paid part-time *graduate student* internship @ Harvard Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics working on American Women's History Museum project to make scientific work of 19th-& early 20th-century women more findable & accessible Deadline: October 5, 2026 #HPS www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=a...
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Graduate Student Research Intern | History of Women in Science - Cambridge, MA 02138 - Indeed.com
Apply for the Graduate Student Research Intern | History of Women in Science job in Cambridge, MA! Learn more about the job description, salary, and job details to see if you qualify on Indeed today.
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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Guys. This Ukrainian grandma picked up a Russian drone waiting for its target and took off the optic fiber spool from it, making the drone useless. I'm speechless. She's amazing. God bless her.
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 15/09/2026
One nuance: Kremlev was personally sanctioned by Ukraine for his links to Putin. An organization he is associated with, 'Healthy Fatherland', is also sanctiond for helping abduct children from occupied Ukrainian territory and relocate them in Russia
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Andrew Alden @geology.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
BTW I'm leading my last Geologist's Walk Around Lake Merritt this Saturday.
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Geologist's Walk Around Oakland's Lake Merritt - Saturday September 19
Take this popular 3.6-mile walk around Lake Merritt to see the Ice Age landscape that surrounds our lake and learn its million-year history.
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 14/09/2026
Exceptional journalism from @newyorker.com on Jared Kushner's catastrophic diplomacy, conflicts of interest, arrogance. He represents "a new kind of Washington figure, for whom public office serves as a means to extraordinary wealth" www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
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Jared Kushner’s Dollar Diplomacy
Jared Kushner represents the kind of Washington figure for whom public office serves as a means to extraordinary wealth.
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Michael McFaul @mcfaulmike.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
The Venezuelans I know want American investment in their country—they just want these deals to be made with a legitimate government that represents the will of the Venezuelan people, not an illegitimate regime trying to stay in power by striking billion-dollar deals with Trump.
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Jesse Eisinger @jeisinger.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
“This should be unthinkable for the son of the president. End of story.” A Russian oligarch close to Putin bankrolled Don Jr.’s wedding. www.propublica.org/article/dona...
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Donald Trump Jr.’s Wedding Bankrolled by Putin-Linked Russian Oligarch
The oligarch, Umar Kremlev, spent hundreds of thousands on expenses like renting out a private island. He appears to have met Trump Jr. only recently, but he attended the intimate wedding with a large...
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 14/09/2026
Your regular reminder: If the Russians stop fighting, the war ends. If the Ukrainians stop fighting, their land will be occupied, their leaders will be killed, their history and language will be erased, their children will be kidnapped to serve Russia.
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Joanne Freeman @jbf1755.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼
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Brandy Zadrozny @brandyzadrozny.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Get in, folks: a new Russian disinfo campaign is targeting the midterms, specifically Democrats, in what seems to be the first attempt by the Kremlin-backed op to meddle in this year’s U.S. elections. They're faking celebrity videos attacking Dems and are...very stupid. www.ms.now/news/russia-...
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A Russian disinformation campaign is doctoring celebrity videos to meddle in the midterms
The Kremlin-backed operation, known as Matryoshka, has Hollywood actors telling voters to disavow the Democratic Party and vote Republican.
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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Kateryna from Kyiv installed a special steel construction in her apartment to not be blocked should her apartment be hit in the Russian attack.Last night,it saved her family. As she brought her child out to safety,Kateryna had to leave her cats behind.
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Ken Martin @kenmartin.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Over the next 58 days, do something every day to help Democrats win. It does not have to be grand. It can be a conversation with your neighbor, a call to a family member, or a volunteer shift to knock on doors. Every action matters.
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Kate from Kharkiv @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
McFAUL: Our European allies announced €70 billion at the NATO summit for Ukraine. You know what our contribution is? Near zero. What about burden-sharing? Why aren’t we sharing that burden, Americans? We should be in this fight too, because it is in our mutual security interest.
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Matthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
If you think that the GOP's ties to right-wing extremists doesn't get enough attention, a thing you can actually do is talk about those ties a lot and try to make them into a bigger story.
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 01/09/2026
If you have friends in Seattle who are not yet aware that "We Heart Seattle" is basically a hate group, you can send them this:
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We Heart Seattle’s donors include a ‘race science’ patron and stolen relic traffickers
One of We Heart Seattle’s most generous benefactors helped launch a pseudoscientific racist research network.
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Euan MacDonald @euanmacdonald.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
The war is not only rising in intensity and spreading geographically - it has entered a new phase of economic attrition. The chance to end Russia's war quickly is long since gone, Ukraine's allies having failed to provide it with full military, economic and political support.
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MapQuest @mapquest.com · 27/08/2026
We're not changing the name of Lake Ontario. Name it whatever you want at your leisure: gulfof.mapquest.com/lakeontario (tag us so we can see your work 🙂)
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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
This morning in Danbury, ICE was arresting parents at school bus stops. But it’s more sinister. ICE waited until the kids were on the bus so when they are dropped off at the end of the day, they are alone, scared to death they can’t find their parents. I’m heading to Danbury.
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Bob Kopp @bobkopp.net · 19/08/2026
Yes. Science advocates should get behind @kamlager-dove.house.gov on this And House Dems should be preparing a series of impeachment hearings focused on different criminal senior officials in this administration. At least two crooks a month, using hearings to shine light on pervasive corruption
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Kamlager-Dove Introduces Articles of Impeachment Against OMB Director Russell Vought
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Congresswoman Sydney Kamlager-Dove (CA-37)introduced articles of impeachment against Office of Management and Budget (OMB)Director Russell Vought after the administration
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ACLU @aclu.org · 15/08/2026
The CIA reportedly bombed multiple civilian fishing boats off the Galápagos Islands earlier this year, and the public is only finding out now. Join us in demanding that Congress holds the Trump administration accountable NOW for carrying out these illegal, inhumane boat strikes.
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Tell Congress: Stop President Trump's illegal boat strikes
Since September, the Trump administration has murdered nearly 90 people in international waters, ordering over 20 lethal strikes on civilian boats near Venezuela. Congress must conduct oversight and c...
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The Author, Séamas O'Reilly @seamas.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Not to be some wild-eyed innocent, but I think it should be slightly bigger news that The Lancet have crunched the numbers and found that Musk's USAID cuts will kill 14 million people. And that's just by 2030. That's 9,600 people a day, every day, until the next world cup rolls around.
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Pine Tree Activism @pinetreeactivism.org · 10/08/2026
=================== MAINE DEMOCRATS VOLUNTEER KICKOFF CALL ==================== with Troy Jackson, Tues 6-7PM We’ll go over our plan to win, our upcoming events, and everything you can do to support Troy, Hannah Pingree, Matt Dunlap, and all our candidates up and down the ballot. #MEpolitics
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Statewide Volunteer Kickoff Call on Tuesday! w/ Troy Jackson · Maine Coordinated Campaign
The stakes for our state this November couldn't be higher! Join our Statewide Volunteer Kickoff Call with special guest Troy Jackson. We’ll go over our plan to win, our upcoming events, and everythi...
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 09/08/2026
Republicans only need to peel off a handful of Senate Democrats to pass a bill that would turbocharge Trump’s corruption. But thanks to your organizing, Democrats remain opposed to the CLARITY Act. Email your senators and urge them to keep holding the line. 👇
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Urge Your Senators to Oppose and Stop Trump's Crypto Corruption
Last year, the House passed the CLARITY Act (H.R. 3633), a bill disguised as “crypto regulation” that actually serves the billionaires and bad actors at the center of today’s crypto chaos. This bill d...
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Michael McFaul @mcfaulmike.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
It is outrageous that the United States is practicing straight-up imperialism. It is even more outrageous that our president is bragging about it. The fact that this wasn't page one news today underscores how numb we've become to Trump.
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Julia Angwin @juliaangwin.com · 03/08/2026
Portland peeps! @fieldsmeyer.com and I will be speaking about our book how to fight authoritarianism — ON COURAGE— with the incomparable @bulldogshadow.bsky.social at @powells.bsky.social tomorrow. Come join us! www.powells.com/events/julia...
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Julia Angwin & Ami Fields-Meyer Author Event
The Legendary Independent Bookstore
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