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Tim Baran

@timbaran.bsky.social
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Former law librarian. Supports mission-driven teams. Proud CUNY alum! Coach, mentor, lifelong learner. Shares about community and connection at timbaran.com

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Tim Baran @timbaran.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Instead of continually asking "What should I do with my life?" Ask a different question: "What has my life already been trying to tell me?" www.timbaran.com/blog/listen-...
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Listen to Your Life, and Take Notes — Connection
Instead of continually asking What should I do with my life? Ask a different question What has my life already been trying to tell me?
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Tim Baran @timbaran.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Mattering is feeling valued by people and communities around us, and having opportunities to add value in return. That last part struck me. Mattering isn't just about being appreciated. It's also about letting others know that they’re appreciated, that they matter. www.timbaran.com/blog/who-has...
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Who Has Helped You Feel Like You Matter? — Connection
Who is someone who has helped you feel like you matter? Have you told them lately?
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Tim Baran @timbaran.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
What a wonderful conversation with Murthy and Gawande, both of whom I deeply admire, about belonging, priorities, AI to help coordinate and reduce friction (love this framing), and joy! vivekmurthy.substack.com/p/what-does-...
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What Does Dying Teach Us About How to Truly Live?
A conversation with Dr. Atul Gawande
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Tim Baran @timbaran.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
I use AI but I'm not a power user so when Sinek's episode with Mollick dropped, I was eager to listen and learn. I was not disappointed. www.timbaran.com/blog/using-a...
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Using AI Thoughtfully: Bring Your Voice and Judgement — Connection
How do I bring my voice, judgment, taste, experience, context, and care to my engagement with AI?
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Tim Baran @timbaran.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
For much of our lives, it's easy to define ourselves by what we do. Our job title. Our profession. Our organization. The roles we play in our families and communities. Then something changes... www.timbaran.com/blog/values-...
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Values, Purpose, and the Next Chapter — Connection
Your personal GPS: Who am I when I'm no longer doing the thing that helped define me?
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Tim Baran @timbaran.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
This post was inspired by Dr. Vivek Murthy's Substack that dropped today and by my own experimentation this year. www.timbaran.com/blog/from-te...
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From Texting to Talking — Connection
Take a look at your communication habits. You may discover that a little more voice-time can go a long way toward strengthening relationships.
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David Colarusso @davidcolarusso.com · 25/05/2026
Check out the quoted post for the replies. Click through the link to see the encyclical—including all 224 footnotes and a pithy Latin title. www.vatican.va/content/leo-...
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Tim Baran @timbaran.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
“Try to define yourself not simply by what you do - roles or labels - but by why you do those things.” Maya Shankar www.timbaran.com/blog/what-is...
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What is Your Why? — Connection
When I stepped down from my leadership role at a civil justice nonprofit, I didn't expect to lose myself a little. But that's what happened.
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Tim Baran @timbaran.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
“You know things are never the same once you're not part of it, Tim.” #relationships www.timbaran.com/blog/its-not...
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It’s Not the Same — Connection
It’s not the same, and that’s the point. A reflection on how relationships shift when our roles change.
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Jeff (Hot Type) Jarvis @jeffjarvis.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
WTF, NYer. "If we agree that college primarily serves a credentialling process that stamps select young people as worthy of work..." We do not. So much for the bastion of erudite journalism. This is sensationalism, damaging our most vital institution: education. www.newyorker.com/news/fault-l...
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Tim Baran @timbaran.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
Get curious. Talk to people. Try stuff. Tell your story. When I think about connection and community through that lens, something clicks. Community isn’t something you find. It’s something you design. www.timbaran.com/blog/designi...
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A Life of Connection and Community — Connection & Community
What if community isn’t something you find, but something you design? With curiosity, action, and intention.
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Tim Baran @timbaran.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
“You cannot get through a single day without having an impact on the world around you. What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make." - Jane Goodall
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Ben Schorr @bschorr.bsky.social · 27/12/2025
Nice way to think about this. #endorse #leadership
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Tim Baran @timbaran.bsky.social · 21/12/2025
Looking for podcast recs as I weed/add for the new year. Less interested in entertainment or political pods and more into those that shape learning, practice, and exploration. Current faves include: Coaching for Leaders Pioneers and Pathfinders ReThinking LawNext HBR IdeaCast
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Tim Baran @timbaran.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
The opposite of poverty is not wealth. The opposite of poverty is justice. - Bryan Stevenson. My annual viewing of this talk, always with renewed inspiration and determination.
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We need to talk about an injustice
In an engaging and personal talk -- with cameo appearances from his grandmother and Rosa Parks -- human rights lawyer Bryan Stevenson shares some hard truths about America's justice system, starting w...
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Tim Baran @timbaran.bsky.social · 29/11/2025
In his book "Think Again," @adamgrant.bsky.social invites us to treat our ideas the way scientists treat their theories: as something to test, refine, and, when the evidence points elsewhere, courageously revise. It’s a mindset shift from protecting what we know to exploring what we might learn.
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Tim Baran @timbaran.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
"Legal tech skyrocketed this year as corporate clients pushed law firms to use tools that can lower costs and improve results." www.businessinsider.com/new-york-cit...
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New York is the San Francisco of legal tech
Legal tech is taking over New York City. Harvey and Legora are expanding their office footprints, as Clio hunts for new digs.
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Tim Baran @timbaran.bsky.social · 23/11/2025
Neighborhood stroll #HamiltonHeights
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Tim Baran @timbaran.bsky.social · 23/11/2025
Guided by New Yorker's most pressing problems and solutions, New York Lawyers for the Public Interest @nylpi.bsky.social offers recommendations for the incoming mayor, focused on affordability and accessibility. www.nylpi.org/resource/nyl...
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NYLPI Mayoral Transition Memo - November 2025 - New York Lawyers for the Public Interest
Dear Mayor-Elect Mamdani: Congratulations on your historic election. Founded almost 50 years ago, New York Lawyers for the Public Interest (NYLPI) fights to protect civil rights and achieve lived equa...
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Tim Baran @timbaran.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
This is how do reporting: followed the campaign for 5 months and interviewed him twice, along with around 40 Democratic officials, donors and political insider. “There’s something about him that makes people want to help him.” - We should all strive to be that kind of person.
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Tim Baran @timbaran.bsky.social · 12/10/2025
“I don’t want any defendant sitting in my courtroom without counsel. You get back out there in the hallway” --- "I’m a lawyer who has argued before the Supreme Court and I’m still required to laugh at my own humiliation to get justice for my client" - Bryan Stevenson www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/u...
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Civil Rights Lawyer Bryan Stevenson on How America’s Story Should Be Told
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Tim Baran @timbaran.bsky.social · 11/10/2025
"If the reading revolution represented the greatest transfer of knowledge to ordinary men and women in history, the screen revolution represents the greatest theft of knowledge from ordinary people in history." jmarriott.substack.com/p/the-dawn-o...
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The dawn of the post-literate society
And the end of civilisation
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Tim Baran @timbaran.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
"We need to restore our imagination...reclaim our vision, constantly ground ourselves in these visions. And we need to be loud and vocal about them all the time." #nonprofit
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Tim Baran @timbaran.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
Small actions can deliver great change Empathy builds resilience Unity does not require uniformity Compassion not as a passive idea but a practical strength Start with acknowledging what someone is feeling Humanity before dogma Timely words from Neil Ghosh coachingforleaders.com/podcast/lead...
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Leadership Through Common Humanity – Coaching for Leaders
Neil Ghosh says, “Never let age or ideology come between learning and growth.” He shares how to build great leadership through our common humanity.
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
NEW: November general elections are around the corner, so it’s time to launch my cheat sheet of what’s on the ballot this fall! I guide you thru the *185* elections I'm watching, & why: lawmakers, governors, judges, DAs, mayors, school boards, & dozens of ballot measures. Explore, share, save:
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Your Cheat Sheet to the 2025 General Elections - Bolts
Four contests have come to largely define the 2025 elections: the elections to lead New Jersey, Virginia, and New York City, plus California’s redistricting measure. But there’s so much else... Read M...
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Tim Baran @timbaran.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
"When you die there’s either nothing which is fine or there’s something which I happen to believe and if there’s something beyond our death then I cannot think of a greater adventure than finding out what that something is." Remarkable Jane Goodall on a recent podcast. Her grand adventure continues.
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Tim Baran @timbaran.bsky.social · 28/09/2025
We need community more than ever to share and to lift each other up. Meetups, conferences, forums are wonderful opportunities to do just that: reconnect with friends, make new ones, learn from each other. And the rich side conversations of shared experiences, genuine inquiry, and exchange of ideas.
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Tim Baran @timbaran.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
Such a wonderful display of respect for a mentor - listening, learning, honoring their legacy. And with such joy and enthusiasm and caring for the communities they serve. This should resonate with everyone across political affiliations.
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Tim Baran @timbaran.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
Evolution of the influencer: "I don't read a lot of journal articles anymore...I read a lot of Substacks and things like that." - Nate Silver
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a man is making a funny face with his mouth open in a dark room .
ALT: a man is making a funny face with his mouth open in a dark room .
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Tim Baran @timbaran.bsky.social · 14/09/2025
It’s not fighting that proves fatal to a relationship. It’s contempt. What America is living through is not just disagreement, division, polarization. It's swelling civic contempt. A culture losing its faith in the democratic method of changing things @anandwrites.bsky.social the.ink/p/who-killed...
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Tim Baran @timbaran.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
Book recommendation: Michael Bungay Stanier's "The Coaching Habit: Say Less, Ask More & Change the Way You Lead Forever," an accessible and actionable read that you can put into practice in your everyday life. We should all have a coaching mindset: as leader, mentor, colleague, friend.
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Tim Baran @timbaran.bsky.social · 17/08/2025
Amid the relentless chaos of the world around us this piece is a balm for us New Yorkers who still love our city, capturing "deadpan, modest love letters to messy little avatars of the urban compact...that illustrate the care a community shows for its residents." www.nytimes.com/2025/08/13/a...
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The Strange Beauty of New York’s Bodega Ramps
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Tim Baran @timbaran.bsky.social · 03/08/2025
Lovely essay from an 81-year old practitioner. ChatGPT offered an active extension of my thinking process. I became more precise with language, more curious about my own patterns. It didn’t replace my thinking...It gave me a way to re-encounter my own voice. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/01/o...
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Opinion | I’m a Therapist. ChatGPT Is Eerily Effective.
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Tim Baran @timbaran.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
The effort companies spent refining processes and building institutional knowledge might matter less than they think. If AI agents can train on outputs alone, any organization that can define quality might achieve similar results. @emollick.bsky.social www.oneusefulthing.org/p/the-bitter...
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The Bitter Lesson versus The Garbage Can
Does process matter? We are about to find out.
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Tim Baran @timbaran.bsky.social · 20/07/2025
Central Park with my crew. More than ever, we need to be intentional about spending time with our circles and lifting each other up.
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Jordan Furlong @jordanfurlong.com · 18/07/2025
Excellent overview and explanation of AI agents, both generally and within the legal context: www.legaltechnologyhub.com/contents/are... by @stephaniewilkins.bsky.social
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Are These the AI Agents Legal Was Looking For?
“Agent” is the hottest word in legal tech right now. So why can no one agree on what it means?
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Tim Baran @timbaran.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
"He understood that thriving does not mean standing alone but rather helping those around him flourish...I learned there is no more fulfilling job than enriching the lives of others as he did every day." ✨ hls.harvard.edu/today/rememb...
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Remembering Richard Fallon, ‘a pillar of Harvard Law School’ - Harvard Law School
Richard H. Fallon, Jr., an eminent scholar in constitutional law, constitutional interpretation, and the federal courts, and a revered member of the Harvard Law community, died July 13.
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Tim Baran @timbaran.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
Economic growth is downstream from something important yet intangible: the human desire for flourishing and to set one’s own path in life. Migration is an act of faith, fundamentally, kindled by the fire of human aspiration. @polgreen.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/01/31/o...
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Opinion | Something Extraordinary Is Happening All Over the World
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Tim Baran @timbaran.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
“Maybe the future is just participation, not belonging. Maybe we’re done putting down roots and we’ll just keep moving.” What does it mean when immigration, in some cases, ceases to be about belonging, but instead is this transactional participating? www.nytimes.com/2025/07/09/o...
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Opinion | The World’s Best and Brightest Are Moving, but Not to America
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Tim Baran @timbaran.bsky.social · 28/06/2025
Spotted at today’s Harlem Pride: two incredible legal aid organizations, @legalaidnyc.bsky.social and @legalservicesnyc.bsky.social, showing up IN and FOR the community. #HappyPride
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Ethan Mollick @emollick.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
The two most common questions I get asked about AI are “which AI should I use” and “how do I start using AI?” I wrote a short guide attempting to answer both questions. www.oneusefulthing.org/p/using-ai-r...
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Using AI Right Now: A Quick Guide
Which AIs to use, and how to use them
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Make the Road NY @maketheroadny.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
🏃🏻‍ #EarlyVoting is open NOW until the end of the day, so skip the long lines on #ElectionDay & cast your ballot today! Vote for the familia who can’t. Vote for respect & dignity. 📍Find your early voting poll site & hours of operation: voterlookup.elections.ny.gov
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Tim Baran @timbaran.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
Unfortunate title notwithstanding, I found this @ezrakleinbot.bsky.social sky.social episode incredibly instructive, moving, and profound. @mcbride.house.gov speaks about the transgender movement in politics with thoughtfulness, pragmatism, and grace. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/17/o...
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Opinion | Sarah McBride on Why the Left Lost on Trans Rights
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Tim Baran @timbaran.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
Want to build a strong team? Know their stories. Invite staff to present their work to the board. Valerie Jarrett shares so many great takeaways about nonprofit leadership and building strong teams in this #NonprofitNow podcast from chronphilanthropy.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=dl4J...
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Nonprofits Now Leading Today Podcast with Stacy Palmer and Guest Valerie Jarrett
YouTube video by The Chronicle of Philanthropy
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Tim Baran @timbaran.bsky.social · 25/05/2025
Friendship is a relationship. It requires watering. Among the watering techniques: TCS, which stands for text weekly, call monthly, see quarterly. Such an interesting article about male friendships and more more broadly about the importance of deep connections.
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Where Have All My Deep Male Friendships Gone?
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Tim Baran @timbaran.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
💯 On nonprofit work: Trend of fragility and entitlement has to go. We can love and have empathy but we have to bring back rigor and discipline and accountability into the work enveloped with grace. @vanessapriyadaniel.bsky.social dropping wisdom @chronphilanthropy.bsky.social youtu.be/ugOjpCJ3ChE
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Nonprofits Now Leading Today Podcast with Stacy Palmer and Vanessa Priya Daniel
YouTube video by The Chronicle of Philanthropy
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Tim Baran @timbaran.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
Such a profound and beautifully written essay on happiness that roots itself in connection, responsibility and care. The shared work of making a world spacious enough to sustain the many ways free individuals choose to live, and sturdy enough to hold us all together. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/03/m...
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Our Idea of Happiness Has Gotten Shallow. Here’s How to Deepen It. (Gift Article)
We used to have a very different understanding of what it means to live well.
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Tim Baran @timbaran.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
"The question is not whether ALPs (allied legal professionals) will become a permanent fixture in the legal landscape, but rather how quickly and effectively attorneys will learn to integrate them into their practices." www.law360.com/access-to-ju...
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The Benefits Of Aligning States On Legal Paraprofessionals - Law360
Texas' proposal to become the latest state to license paraprofessional providers of limited legal services could help firms expand their reach and improve access to justice, but consumers, attorneys a...
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Tim Baran @timbaran.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
National Law Day of Action May 1, 2025 A Nationwide Stand for the Rule of Law lawdayofaction.org
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National Law Day of Action
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Tim Baran @timbaran.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
Nature is healing #CentralPark
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