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@davidbeachcle.bsky.social
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Writer and activist promoting progressive thinking for the Cleveland we want.
Signed the petition to support the organizing campaign of primary care providers at MetroHealth. Your support sends a message that our community values patient-centered care, transparency, and respect for the professionals who serve us every day. Sign here:
actionnetwork.org/petitions/mh...
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Add Your Name: Support MetroHealth Primary Care Providers
By coming together, MetroHealth’s Primary Care Providers are advocating for conditions that allow them to stay in their jobs, build long-term relationships with patients, and deliver the high-quality ...
https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/mhpcppetition?source=bluesky&
22 days ago
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Cleveland is constrained by anti-worker state policies in Ohio, but there are still ways for local government to support worker rights and union organizing.
jacobin.com/2026/02/pro-...
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How to Build Pro-Worker Governance in Cleveland
Rust Belt cities like Cleveland face a much more hostile landscape for passing pro-worker policies than major cities like New York. But a range of policy options is available to legislators who want t...
https://jacobin.com/2026/02/pro-worker-governance-cleveland-labor
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J.C. Bradbury
about 1 month ago
These people have no shame.
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Cavs, Guardians eye same unclaimed state funds as Browns – which could help Gateway pay for stadium repairs
The Cleveland Cavaliers and Cleveland Guardians have applied for $105 million from the same account of unclaimed state funds that lawmakers tapped to help finance a new Cleveland Browns stadium.…
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Today we need to hear Toni Morrison's courageous voice more than ever. Ohio's statewide celebration of her life and work begins this week.
@literarycleveland.bsky.social
ohiocelebratestonimorrison.org
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Ohio Celebrates Toni Morrison – A Statewide, Yearlong Celebration
https://ohiocelebratestonimorrison.org/
about 1 month ago
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Power a Clean Future Ohio
about 2 months ago
"Solar panels on the roof allow the all-electric homes to produce more energy than they use, keeping utility bills low."
https://bit.ly/4tjmT3b
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New solar homes in Cleveland offer fresh starts for those transitioning from homelessness: Mission Possible
In Cleveland's St. Clair–Superior neighborhood, new energy-efficient homes mark a milestone for a ministry helping the homeless.
https://bit.ly/4tjmT3b
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Haunted by ghost streams... ‘Doomed to the sewers’: Finding traces of Cleveland history in ghosts of dead waterways
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Tracing Cleveland history in ghosts of dead waterways
Cleveland’s natural landscape made the city into an industrial hub, but as the 1800s became the 1900s, that relationship began to shift.
https://signalcleveland.org/cleveland-history-cuyahoga-river-ghost-ravines/
2 months ago
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Thanks to
@greaterohio.org
for hosting this. Lots of work needed to reclaim the streets of Ohio's cities for people.
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2026 Ohio Active Transportation Conference — Greater Ohio Policy Center
2026 Ohio Active Transportation Conference
https://www.greaterohio.org/ohioatconference
2 months ago
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Amy Hanauer
2 months ago
Ohio could raise a billion dollars by passing a modest Wealth Proceeds Tax.
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Let's finally get this done. Mayor Bibb: "If you look ahead, the cities that are going to win, not just in Cleveland but around the world, are the cities that prioritize public access, public space and their waterfronts."
www.cleveland.com/news/2026/01...
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Cleveland mayor wants Burke airport closed during his second term — if Congress and council agree
Mayor Justin Bibb wants Burke Lakefront Airport closed by 2029’s end
https://www.cleveland.com/news/2026/01/cleveland-mayor-wants-burke-airport-closed-during-his-second-term-if-congress-and-council-agree.html
3 months ago
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Message for NOACA transportation planners: The public should not pay for transportation projects that are built for the benefit one user, are needed just a few days of the year, and do not create regional economic development.
www.cleveland.com/news/2026/01...
3 months ago
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Literary Cleveland
3 months ago
We're kicking off a yearlong statewide celebration of Toni Morrison on February 18, 2026! Spread the word, sign up for our newsletter, and join in the celebration.
ohiocelebratestonimorrison.org
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Thanks for 100% green power!
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3 months ago
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Cleveland needs an inspiring plan to make expanded transit services the centerpiece of low-mileage, affordable lifestyles.
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GCRTA’s choices: victim or solution – NEOtrans
https://urls.grow.me/N4tg0w-VEa
3 months ago
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Cleveland Scene
3 months ago
Coalition urges Cleveland Public Power to reconsider solar project on abandoned Slavic Village site
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Coalition Urges Cleveland Public Power To Reconsider Solar Project on Abandoned Slavic Village Site - Cleveland Scene
Advocates and neighbors want CPP to be more transparent as to why it reneged on a plan to install solar panels on a former landfill site that's been an eyesore for the last decade in Slavic Village.
https://www.clevescene.com/news/cleveland-news/coalition-urges-cleveland-public-power-to-reconsider-solar-project-on-abandoned-slavic-village-site/
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Jonathan Welle
3 months ago
Imagine defending a lease this bad, or the people who negotiated it.
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J.C. Bradbury
3 months ago
Yet, Ohio leaders found $600 million to build a replacement NFL stadium for the Haslams, who have a net worth approaching $9 billion.
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Ohio’s libraries could face hard choices next year after 2025 budget cuts
2025 was a tumultuous year for Ohio’s libraries, between the dismantling of a decades-old state funding system and millions of dollars in financial cuts.
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Jacobin
3 months ago
Neoliberalism didn’t win an intellectual argument — it won power. In an interview with Jacobin, Vivek Chibber unpacks how employers and political elites in the 1970s and ’80s turned economic turmoil into an opportunity to reshape society on their terms.
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Power, Not Economic Theory, Created Neoliberalism
Neoliberalism didn’t win an intellectual argument — it won power. In an interview with Jacobin, Vivek Chibber unpacks how employers and political elites in the 1970s and ’80s turned economic turmoil into an opportunity to reshape society on their terms.
https://jacobin.com/2025/12/neoliberalism-keynes-friedman-hayek-class?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign&utm_content=ap_cfq0aajx6h
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Love these Cleveland prototypes of affordable, energy-efficient homes constructed of factory-made wall panels. Cleveland turns to solar power in push for more affordable housing
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Solar-powered affordable housing in St. Clair-Superior
The small houses on Luther Avenue, off East 55th Street, stand out for their high energy efficiency, including being solar powered.
https://signalcleveland.org/lmm-solar-powered-cleveland-apartments-provide-affordable-housing/
4 months ago
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An email about a subscription price increase from @cleveland.com today included the following note: "This is to inform you that your price was set by an algorithm using your personal data." 😱
4 months ago
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Need more of this in Cleveland. Tanmay Shah’s win for City Council shows how grassroots mobilization can elect progressives.
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4 months ago
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Nick Castele
4 months ago
Tanmay Shah wins in Cleveland City Council Ward 12, besting incumbent Danny Kelly by 9 votes. There will be a recount Dec. 1, but it would be unlikely that it changes the results.
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Tanmay Shah wins Cleveland Ward 12 race, pending a recount
A self-described democratic socialist, Shah unseated a retired union laborer backed by the mayor and council president.
https://signalcleveland.org/cleveland-city-council-ward-12-tanmay-shah-wins-danny-kelly-results/
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Sharply rising health care costs imperil Greater Cleveland transit service -- Another way that our lack of an affordable national health care system harms everyone.
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Cleveland RTA riders face big service cuts – NEOtrans
https://urls.grow.me/1cILJ2c0C_
4 months ago
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Jonathan Welle
5 months ago
Our statement on Cleveland Public Power's smart decision to freeze shutoffs for 30 days as the federal government fails to make SNAP payments. Via the grassroots group Our CPP
www.ourcpp.org/shutoff-mora...
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Really excellent speaker series from John Carroll University on what it means to be human in a world of catastrophic change:
visit.jcu.edu/livable-future
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Livable Future
Four Good Years. One Inspired Life.
https://visit.jcu.edu/livable-future
5 months ago
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J.C. Bradbury
5 months ago
Cleveland is pretty clearly better off without the Browns stadium. Good story in today's Plain Dealer.
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Is Cleveland better off without Browns stadium?
Breaking down Cleveland's football stadium costs, and what the city gets in return
https://buff.ly/U7v2Bt7
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isaac
5 months ago
Let's go! The City of Cleveland - home to a public power utility - is one of the first in the nation i've heard of so far banning shutoffs during this federal shutdown crisis. Public power can lead the nation in showing what democratic institutions can do to make our lives better.
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Thanks to
@justinmbibb.bsky.social
for insisting that, in a city with one of the highest poverty rates in the nation, billionaire sports team owners should pay for the facilities that primarily benefit their businesses.
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Cleveland’s sports billionaires refuse to pay their fair share while city battles poverty
Justin Bibb is the first Cleveland mayor in memory to challenge Guardians and Cavs owners' expectations for taxpayer-funded repairs in a city plagued by poverty.
https://www.cleveland.com/news/2025/11/clevelands-sports-billionaires-refuse-to-pay-their-fair-share-while-city-battles-poverty.html?gift=69481710-18f9-4cbf-a57f-bed1c0b6255f
5 months ago
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David DeWitt
6 months ago
This is one of the best, most comprehensive news articles about the Ohio earthworks I've ever seen. Please give it a read. There's so much great knowledge in here; stuff every Ohioan should take pride in about our home state and the astonishing history here we ought to revere.
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J.C. Bradbury
6 months ago
It is absolutely ridiculous to ask state taxpayers to fund this. Yet, the clowns in charge will probably approve it anyway.
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Brook Park, Browns make case for state help to upgrade roads around stadium site
Brook Park seeks $70 million from the state for road improvements near Browns stadium site
https://buff.ly/bdUXsfk
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Bike Cleveland
6 months ago
"About a quarter of Cleveland residents don't have access to a personal vehicle as their primary mode of transportation, according to Census data, leaving them to rely on other forms of transportation to navigate the city."
www.ideastream.org/environment-...
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Clevelanders join National Week Without Driving to push for more transit options
National Week Without Driving, Monday through Sunday, aims to reveal barriers to getting around without access to a personal vehicle.
https://www.ideastream.org/environment-energy/2025-09-30/clevelanders-join-national-week-without-driving-to-push-for-more-transit-options
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To meet important carbon-reduction goals, Cleveland and Cuyahoga County need the Cleveland-Cliffs plant to invest in modern, clean steel-making technologies.
www.canarymedia.com/articles/gre...
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A coal-burning steel plant may thwart Cleveland’s climate goals
The facility is the city's biggest source of greenhouse gas emissions. Advocates say its dirty blast furnaces need to be replaced with cleaner technology.
https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/green-steel/cliffs-cleveland-works-blast-furnace-relining-climate-goals
6 months ago
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Thanks to The George Gund Foundation of Cleveland for signing on to this "Unite in Advance" statement, which rejects attempts to exploit political violence to restrict fundamental freedoms, like freedom of speech and the freedom to give.
medium.com/@uniteinadva...
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Statement on the Fundamental Freedom of Speech
“Acts of political violence — from the recent murder of Charlie Kirk to the murder of Speaker Emeritus Melissa Hortman of Minnesota — have…
https://medium.com/@uniteinadvance/statement-on-the-fundamental-freedom-of-speech-b98c1c6db4e2
6 months ago
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Jonathan Welle
7 months ago
I support these workers who do vital reporting work in Cleveland!
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Greater Ohio Policy Center
7 months ago
Last year, we published our first active transportation (AT) guide, providing tips for implementing an AT project, funding sources & technical assistance programs. We are excited to share How to Build Safe, Vibrant Streets in Ohio: A Guide for Non-Engineers, Vol 2
www.greaterohio.org/publications...
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How to Build Safe, Vibrant Streets in Ohio: A Guide for Non-Engineers, Volume 2 — Greater Ohio Policy Center
Volume 2 builds on the case studies presented in the first edition by featuring additional examples of outstanding improvements local leaders and communities have undertaken.
https://www.greaterohio.org/publications/2025/9/5/how-to-build-safe-vibrant-streets-in-ohio-a-guide-for-non-engineers-volume-2
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It's scary how a few corporate agribusinesses control our food system. A Winning Food and Farm Policy for Rural America
barnraisingmedia.com/a-winning-fo...
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A Winning Food and Farm Policy for Rural America
To revive rural communities, we need to help farmers regain independence from multinational corporations to provide a more secure food system.
https://barnraisingmedia.com/a-winning-food-and-farm-policy-for-rural-america/
7 months ago
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Nice new resource to help Cleveland-area workers form unions and fight for better pay, safer working conditions, and healthier communities.
unionizecle.org
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Unionize Your Cleveland Workplace | Find Union Jobs & Apprenticeships | UnionizeCLE
Ready to organize your workplace and build power with your coworkers? UnionizeCLE is your guide to starting a union in Cleveland. We can also help you find union jobs and apprenticeships. Contact us t...
https://unionizecle.org/
7 months ago
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David Roberts
7 months ago
Important new report from
@cleanaircatf.bsky.social
seeks to distill best practices for engaging communities & building trust around renewable energy projects.
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Community Engagement in the U.S.
Community engagement is a cornerstone of clean energy deployment.
https://www.catf.us/us/community-engagement/
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Cleveland Scene
7 months ago
Cleveland Book Fest kicks off a month of literary activity around the region. Here's what's on tap in September for the newly expanded fest
www.clevescene.com/arts/clevela...
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Cleveland Book Fest Kicks Off a Month of Literary Activity Around the Region
Book talks, author events, workshops, conferences and more await in September in the newly expanded Book Fest. Here's what's on tap.
https://www.clevescene.com/arts/cleveland-book-fest-kicks-off-a-month-of-literary-activity-around-the-region-47280389
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Ward 5 City Council candidate Rebecca Maurer has great ideas for making Cleveland work for everyone.
7 months ago
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Cuyahoga County loan program supports transit-oriented development. Great cities have a healthy synergy between frequent transit and high-density development.
neo-trans.blog/2025/08/26/c...
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County offers loans to build near transit – NEOtrans
https://neo-trans.blog/2025/08/26/county-offers-loans-to-build-near-transit/
7 months ago
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Excited by plans for Ohio's Toni Morrison celebration organized by
@literarycleveland.bsky.social
and
@ohiohumanities.bsky.social
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ohiocelebratestonimorrison.org
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Ohio Celebrates Toni Morrison – A Statewide, Yearlong Celebration
https://ohiocelebratestonimorrison.org/
7 months ago
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Jonathan Welle
7 months ago
Now is the best time, maybe ever, to learn the history of racism. This article on a brilliant new new effort to surface the racist 'relay' school policy in Cleveland is outstanding.
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Ideas for a Cleveland that works for all:
www.clevelandpoweralliance.com
7 months ago
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As the Trump administration reverses climate policies, steelmakers are canceling "green steel" projects -- and thus jeopardizing the carbon reduction plans of cities like Cleveland.
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City of Cleveland’s climate goals require green steel, report finds
The Cleveland Works steel mill in the Steelyards is the largest single point emitter of carbon dioxide in Cuyahoga County.
https://signalcleveland.org/city-of-cleveland-cleveland-cliffs-climate-goals-require-green-steel-report/
7 months ago
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Cleveland Scene
7 months ago
Cleveland Power Alliance, new local coalition of 21 groups, aims to boost democratic participation and working class policies
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Cleveland Power Alliance, New Local Coalition, Aims to Boost Democratic Participation and Working Class Policies
“This is about ensuring that every single resident can feel as though they are finally a part of the Cleveland that we all aspire to have.”
https://www.clevescene.com/news/cleveland-power-alliance-new-local-coalition-aims-to-boost-democratic-participation-and-working-class-policies-47218165
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State support for brownfield remediation is a small reparation to heal communities harmed by decades of state-subsidized sprawl.
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8 months ago
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These candidates have an exciting vision about a Cleveland that works for all. Volunteer to help them get elected!
8 months ago
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Northeast Ohio Coalition for the Homeless denounces Trump's executive order that criminalizes people for being homeless. The order does nothing to lower housing costs, nor does it promote programs that work to house the homeless, such as Cleveland's Housing First.
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Trump’s Executive Order – we should not comply! — Northeast Ohio Coalition for the Homeless
Trump’s Executive Order – we should not comply!
https://www.neoch.org/cleveland-homeless-blog/2025/8/7/trumps-executive-order-we-should-not-comply
8 months ago
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Cleveland is fortunate to have one of the country's best writing conferences, thanks to
@literarycleveland.bsky.social
. See all the conference events and workshops at
inkubator.litcleveland.org
8 months ago
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Literary Cleveland
8 months ago
Free registration for our Inkubator Writing Conference is now open! Sign up for virtual and/or in-person events September 8-13!
#CleInk25
www.eventbrite.com/e/2025-inkub...
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