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James Coruscanti Diner III

@adillondev.bsky.social
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trans aroace essayist, librarian | too many thoughts about Dexter Jettster | "Thoughtful, sometimes baffling, but always worth a read" | he/him

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o_oooo_Ø_____o_ @notiapetus.bsky.social · 5h
I've said it before, I'll say it again: Prosecute the ones who pulled the trigger. Prosecute the ones who gave the orders. Prosecute those who cover for the above. ABOLISH ICE
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Zac Thompson @zacthompson.bsky.social · 6h
Skirting the razor thin line between pleasure and pain by making another Hellraiser shitpost.
a shitpost showing pinhead and the puzzle box from hell. It reads in bold text: DUDES BE LIKE "DON'T TORTURE ME" MY BROTHER IN LEVIATHAN YOU OPENED THE PUZZLE BOX
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Chuck Tingle @chucktingle.bsky.social · 9h
the whole 'i dont like AI but THIS i can get behind' when its a story about someone pounding a trex or a minotaur is such a bad take. camp is art. real legitimate art. honestly kind of astonished to see anti-AI folks just ignoring their stated values because someones AI erotica cover made them laugh
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Lee Cronin’s Pablo Hidalgo @infinata.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Florida figured it out?
Michael and Janet from The Good Place
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Alexis @alexispace.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
3 days until rent and bills are due and I'm still $1700 short of my goal! Please help if you can!
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Karen VH @designinginward.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
gentle reminder: the void is for screaming, the abyss is for staring, please don't mix that up and ruin the experience for the rest of us
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Guardian US @us.theguardian.com · 28/09/2026
ICE is now lying in wait outside convenience stores, or at busy intersections. Agents are arresting people at international airports. Local police and sheriffs, deputized by the federal government, are detaining immigrants during traffic stops. ICE is now detaining more immigrants than ever before.
A chart that shows a timeline of ICE immigration enforcement against different significant events (Los Angeles raids, Minneapolis and Chicago raids), with a line in late March 2026 that says "New enforcement strategy begins" before a peak of over 1,500 daily arrests in July 2026.
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Moira Donegan @moiradonegan.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
You know when public attention can reverse a prosecutorial decision like this you almost get the sense that the decision to shrug it off in the first place was not based on an assessment of the quality of the evidence so much as an assessment of the seriousness of the crime.
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James Coruscanti Diner III @adillondev.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
My current Transformers reading experience: A Plot: Optimus Prime drowns in guilt as he is forced to partake in horrific bloodsport and witness gory executions of the humans he swore to protect. B Plot: Starscream invades Vegas to pitch a transformers reality tv show. Official Hasbro novel. 10/10
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Alexis @alexispace.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
5 days until rent and bills are due and I'm still $1800 short of my goal! Please help!
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🚲 🥜scoops 🥜🚲 @scoopsstp.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Fund our schools, the kids deserve it, vote affirmatively yes
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elle is not ok [📌’d 👀] @scretladyspider.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
#MutualAidRequest Please don’t scroll, this is time sensitive. It’s Saturday, September 26th. I’m unable to work due to disability, denied benefits.❤️I need $320 TODAY for part 4/5 of rent.❤️ everything helps.💛thank u. ca/vm: secretladyspider pp: secretladyspider@gmail.com ko-fi.com/scretladyspi...
A person standing amongst barren trees, picking leaves from a high branch, facing away from the camera on what appears to be a day in late autumn. Not me, not my art.
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James Coruscanti Diner III @adillondev.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Rereading @kannclaire.bsky.social's LOOKING FOR LOVE IN ALL THE HAUNTED PLACES for book club. It's taking so much longer than my first read, because I keep having to pause and take notes about all the parallels between the protagonist's ESP and asexuality. The text is too rich and beautiful!!!
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Christin With Minneapolis @christin-with-mpls.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Response to the MPS September 25 press conference from @shannon-for-d3.bsky.social @beccaforschools.bsky.social and I:
CHRISTIN CRABTREE, SHANNON GIBNEY, AND BECCA DRYDEN RESPOND TO MPS' SEPTEMBER 25TH PRESS CONFERENCE
"The district has been abundantly clear: The "Transformation Plan' does not save meaningful money for our district. The district's best case scenario saves $2,358,565, which assumes only 200 students will leave the district from this instability. The district is arguing that this plan will somehow increase enrollment.
Our board needs to now be clear that shocking families across Minneapolis with a rushed plan to close 16 schools is not an enrollment plan. Our students and families have been through so much over the last year, and they need stability.
Increasing enrollment begins with increasing stability and transparency, and building a plan to communicate the story of our incredible educators, dedicated staff, and brilliant students to families across Minneapolis.
Senior Executive Officer Ryan Strack was correct when he asserted that 'the only way to address underfunding is more money and that has to happen for school districts in an increased amount of per-pupil funding.' As parents who have been part of the fight for school funding at the capitol, we're excited to work with district leadership on a stronger plan to advocate for that funding at the legislature.
Our community deserves better and we are ready to get to work."
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Daniel Suitor @danielsuitor.com · 24/09/2026
I don't have time to write more, but ICE is working to remove people to third countries in violation of D.V.D. v. DHS. I've been up since 5:20 A.M. working with two other attorneys to prevent our client from being shipped out. If you rep someone at risk of third country removal, check on them NOW
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it's charloh! (it/its) @charloh.online · 25/09/2026
"Why do you need cis people to be the ones to stand up for you?"
screenshot from Control Resonant. Dylan Faden stands in a fight ready stance, weapon in hand, in an open area with no apparent features. text above him reads "Cannot Transition During Combat"
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Reactor Magazine @reactorsff.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The great Tim Curry excelled at brash, over-the-top characters, but his quieter turn at the tragic, well-meaning Petrov in The Hunt for Red October allowed us to see a different side: a character blinded by devotion to duty
reactormag.com
Tim Curry's Most "Normal" Role Was Also His Oddest - Reactor
In a career full of over-the-top performances, his quieter turn in "The Hunt for Red October" stands out
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🌬Breeze @cool-summer-breeze.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
This is the Stolen Neighbors Quilt. Each of the 11,000 squares represents a person taken by ICE in Minnesota.
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James Coruscanti Diner III @adillondev.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
BESALISK BESALISK BESALISK BESALISK
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 24/09/2026
Thousands of detained immigrants with “Final Orders of Removal” have had their records hidden or deleted from ICE’s tracking system, leaving families and lawyers unable to locate them.
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ICE wiped thousands of people from its database. Families are paying the price.
Lawyers and loved ones are scrambling to find people suddenly culled from DHS rolls.
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Ducking Grey Duck @duckinggreyduck.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Biiiiiig stretch
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James Coruscanti Diner III @adillondev.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
oh no. i just physically felt myself become a better writer... ...specifically by surviving three transformers novels that were so bad, they changed my brain chemistry.
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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 23/09/2026
ICE are currently chasing and kidnapping immigrants in New Bedford, Massachusetts, a town that is at this point probably most famous for being the starting point for Ishmael’s journey in the great American novel Moby-Dick, which portrays a multiracial crew including many immigrants, working together
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James Coruscanti Diner III @adillondev.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
It brings me so much joy when I remember that an official Transformers novel has Optimus Prime telling Megatron, "Shut up about the lobster."
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James Coruscanti Diner III @adillondev.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
If you rate your reads, what is your metric to determine how many stars a book gets (scale 1-5)? This is the rating system I've used for the past few years, and I'm curious how others do it.
Rating System
One Star - Why did I finish this?
Two Stars - On the spectrum of unpleasantly readable to weakly enjoyable.
Three Stars - On the spectrum of “pleasant but not for me” to “trash but VERY for me”
Four Stars - Solid read. Few to no complaints, but not a mind-blowing experience.
Five Stars - I had a visceral reaction.
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Alex Brown 🇵🇸 (they/them) @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
FUCK THIS GUY. www.latimes.com/california/s...
latimes.com
Campus jobs for undocumented students blocked by Newsom veto
Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed AB 713, the Opportunity for All Act, blocking a measure that would have opened paid campus employment to undocumented students at UC, CSU and community colleges.
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
"The disappeared*" was a term for those the military dictatorship in Argentina imprisoned/tortured/murdered during the dirty war. *"detenidos-desaparecidos" (detained-disappeared)
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MPR News @mprnews.org · 22/09/2026
Schools across the state started offering free breakfasts and lunches to all students in the fall of 2023. The number of students eating school lunch went up 15 percent the first year. The number of kids eating breakfast at school went up 40 percent.
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Fewer skipped meals, less stigma: New data on the impact of Minnesota’s universal school meals
A trio of new studies shows Minnesota’s universal school meals program is providing a sense of relief to Minnesota families and students who are no longer skipping lunch and worrying less about family...
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Anne @annieoranne.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Glad to hear the fight continues 👇🏻
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Mara Abolish I.C.E. @mauratwit.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Almost as if the mayor and police leadership should be brought before cameras and asked directly about the 4 days in this report . And how they managed to use $20 million in overtime during Operation Metro Surge, when they sat on their asses and refused to respond to 911 calls.
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MarniOpe! 🤬🧊 @silentmachine.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
“The agent also said the federal agents left the area after protesters began to gather because they feared they would be attacked." I want to remind people that citizens gathering to observe/record ICE and protect other citizens are not protesting. They are performing their civic duties.
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Federal agents detained U.S. citizen Sunday morning - Evanston Now
Police chief says officers responded to a man with injuries to head, neck and teeth on Howard and made contact with agents involved.
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Andrew Thrasher @tituslegaldesign.com · 20/09/2026
ICE shot a man in the back in Austin this afternoon. But we're also learning this weekend about the death of Carlos Josué Marchena, a 37-year old man from Costa Rica who appears to have died at the Winn concentration camp in Louisiana after 9+ months in ICE detention.
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James Coruscanti Diner III @adillondev.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
If you've been starving for a complicated, absolute mess of an #aromantic protagonist, I need you to read Bitter Fruit. I wish this book was released in physical format so that I could bite it.
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grill la grill @wanderlustin.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
death is only the start. BITTER FRUIT is out now on itch, kobo, and (for pre-order on) amazon! if you want a self-indulgent book about death, mechs, and agonising intimacy, check it out! bitter-fruit.carrd.co
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Flan @flanknits.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
In Minnesota we know that ICE has lied about every ICE perpetrated shooting. Solidarity with our comrades in Austin. Abolish ICE
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Congressman Greg Casar @repcasar.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Over and over, ICE has shot people and then lied about what happened. We can see the lies with our own eyes. We will demand truth, transparency and accountability.
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Congressman Greg Casar @repcasar.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
The horror has come to our city: ICE has shot a person in Austin this morning. As the facts emerge, I am demanding a full, independent investigation, immediate release of the body camera footage, and accountability for any ICE officer who broke the law.
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Alexis @alexispace.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Cis people of election nerd sky if you want to assuage your guilt over red state democrats throwing trans people under the bus then at least help me stay housed please.
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Door @bananabreadmaker.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
The Ramirez Family currently needs about $1000/mo (USD) but anything (even $1!) helps! chuffed.org/project/2020...
Help the Ramirez Family Get Stable Post-Deportation

Alejandra and Cristian lived in St. Paul, Minnesota w/ their 2 kids until Operation Metro Surge (OMS). Now they're trying to find stability again in Colombia, but need help making ends meet. Anything helps! 

More info/donate:
https://chuffed.org/project/202069-ramirez-family-food-and-housing

Background photo is the Ramirez family
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Del @mkleck.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Waymo should be regulated to hell and back. All the cameras and self-driving mechanisms make them significantly heavier than a normal car of that size, adding disproportionate wear and tear to our roads (in a state with limited construction season!).
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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
truthout.org/articles/thi...
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This Back to School Season, Kids Face a New Fear: ICE Taking Their Parents
More than 200,000 children in the US are estimated to have had a parent detained by ICE.
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Peggy Flanagan @peggyflanagan.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Trump said they would target "the worst of the worst." Instead, ICE is attacking and detaining our children. All of our children deserve to grow up in a country where their safety is valued and they’re treated with respect, and dignity - not terror.
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Alexis @alexispace.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Hello, I am a trans woman struggling to stay afloat after getting laid off. I need $2500 to cover rent and bills for another month while I look for work—if you can afford to help, please send something my way. Venmo: @Alex-Anderson-10272 Paypal: paypal.me/alexiskablob
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Pay Alex Anderson using PayPal.Me
Go to paypal.me/alexiskablob and type in the amount. Since it’s PayPal, it's easy and secure. Don’t have a PayPal account? No worries.
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Shannon for School Board @shannon-for-d3.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
“Their plan sucks,” she said. “It’s going to be very obvious once it hits the street that it sucks, and they’re going to have to justify why they plan on closing 13 schools with zero cost savings whatsoever.”
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Minneapolis could close up to 16 schools
Minneapolis Public Schools officials rolled out a plan Tuesday night that could see up to 16 schools close as the district tries to address ongoing budget deficits.
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Swara A.S. ☀️🍉🌊🧿 @spiderswarz.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
The IOF detonated a robot whose tremors caused a building with over 100 Palestinians sleeping in there to collapse. At least 19 dead. www.chicagotribune.com/2026/09/16/b...
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Building collapse in Gaza kills 19 as perilous conditions persist for Palestinians during truce
A building housing about 100 people gave out in Gaza City early Wednesday morning, killing 19 people as they slept and injuring 25.
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Kat Rohn @rohnkat.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
“People are getting picked up at traffic stops, and those traffic stops are happening because of the color of their skin.”
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Trung Le Nguyen @trungles.com · 15/09/2026
I described Darcy as “Babadooking” in every corner in my imagination, but Firth is absolutely doing precisely that lmao
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Jerry Chen @jcsalterego.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
getting kicked out of the LOTR book club for pronouncing gollum with a soft g
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giulia 🍂🎃🔮☆⋆。𖦹°‧★ @giuliaisamirrorball.swifties.social · 14/09/2026
with ALT text because everyone should read this!!!
I'm not sure how to start this. So I'm going to speak from the heart and share the truth. Ed Sheeran and his team have made the decision to remove me from The Loop tour.
But before I get into it, I want to say something that should be obvious. In this moment I think it matters. I am not a victim. Ed Sheeran is not a victim. Pink is not a victim. We have careers, money, opportunities, safety and audiences around the world. Whatever consequences any of us face for what we say, we get to go home to our families.
The victims are the Palestinian people. The men, women and children who have been killed, starved, displaced and forced to live through unimaginable violence. More than 20,000 children have been killed in Gaza alone. People are being killed today, and people will be killed tomorrow. I want to make sure that as I tell this story, we don't lose sight of that.
Ed is my friend. I've known him for 13 years. We've shared late nights, studio sessions and stages. He has this infectious magic about him that I've grown to love. I consider him a brother. And because of that, we've had some difficult conversations this past week. The type of talks rooted in love and respect for one another that still end in a place of fundamental disagreement. Nothing I'm writing here is out of spite or because I want to tear down his character. But as I told Ed multiple times on the phone, our friendship can't change my responsibility to tell the truth about what happened.Last Monday, in the middle of all the media attention surrounding Pink and what I said at MetLife, Ed told me that Robert Kraft called him. We were scheduled to play Gillette Stadium later this month, which is owned by the Kraft Group. Ed told me that Kraft said I would not be allowed to perform in his stadium. Ed also told me that Kraft had rallied some of the other stadium owners and collectively they gave him an ultimatum: if Macklemore stays on the tour, you will not be allowed to play in our venues.
Ed was in a fucked up position. He knew it. His typical apolitical stance was being challenged in a way it never had been before. He told me that the words
"Free Palestine" and the image of the Palestinian flag were hurtful to a lot of people he spoke with. I told him that if those words were more offensive than tens of thousands of Palestinian children being killed by Israel, then there was a fundamental disconnect between where those people stood and where I stood. But he couldn't get past his public facing, "I don't take sides."
And I get why people don't. Taking a side can cost you. Money, brand deals, sponsorships, festivals, private shows, relationships and access. I've lost all of those things. But there is no neutral position between the oppressor and the oppressed. When one side has the bombs and bottomless financial and military support from America, refusing to take a side doesn't leave you in the middle.What I said at MetLife I have been saying on stages around the world for almost three years. So why is it an issue now? Because now I'm sharing a stage with one of the biggest artists in the world, in some of the biggest stadiums in America. At a certain level of exposure, "Free Palestine" becomes too much of a risk. If I kept doing the shows, saying Free Palestine, with Ed implicitly supporting it, the crowd getting loud and showing undeniable support for Palestinian liberation, what artist might speak out next? The stage becomes resistance. Maybe that's why this time it became so important to silence me.
And one of the most effective ways to enforce that silence has been to weaponize the accusation of antisemitism. Antisemitism is real. And that is exactly why the word matters too much to be used as a shield against criticism of the Israeli state. When criticizing Israel, opposing Zionism or saying "Free Palestine" gets conflated with hatred of Jewish people, it doesn't protect Jewish people. It protects Israel from accountability.
I hope this isn't the end of my relationship with Ed.
Thirteen years of friendship doesn't disappear because of one painful disagreement. I hope we both continue listening, studying what is happening in Palestine and wrestling with what neutrality means in a moment like this. My door will always be open to continuing that conversation.When my brother Omar was doing the subtitles for the video I posted from MetLife, I thanked him. He told me there's a phrase in Arabic:
لا شكر على واجب
"La shukra ala wajeb." There is no thanks for a duty.
That stayed with me. Because that's what this has become for me and millions of others around the world. A duty. Not something deserving of praise or gratitude. Not brave. Human.
Who is winning the internet, who is getting canceled, who gets to play the stadium and who doesn't, all of it becomes so small when held against what we are actually witnessing in Gaza and the West Bank. An entire people being displaced, starved and killed while the world debates which words we are allowed to use to describe it, how those words make us feel, and whether our discomfort matters more than the people living through a genocide.
I didn't need 10 shows from Ed. I needed 2. Two chances to stand in front of 90,000 people and say the words that somehow became too dangerous to say.
Free Palestine.
But if those words cost me the stage, while turning the conversation back to Palestine, then it was the most successful tour l've ever been on.
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