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alisonaher.bsky.social @alisonaher.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
@united.com I understand you can’t control the weather at Denver International Airport, but I don’t understand why I waited more than 9 hours for my luggage only to leave on another airline without it Please do better
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 01/02/2026
BREAKING: The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raymundo Gutierrez.
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Two CBP Agents Identified in Alex Pretti Shooting
The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raym...
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 02/02/2026
A ProPublica-@readfrontier.bsky.social investigation found that in the past five years, toxic oil field waste has spewed out of the ground more than 150 times. Oklahoma’s regulatory agency, however, previously said it prefers “to lead with a handshake instead of a hammer.”
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New Bills Seek to Rein In Oil Companies’ Pollution of Oklahoma Groundwater
The legislation comes after The Frontier and ProPublica found over 150 incidents where oilfield wastewater had gushed from the earth, releasing toxic chemicals — including some that cause cancer — nea...
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Rebecca Nagle @rebeccanagle.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
Even in deeply red Oklahoma, Republican leaders are saying no to ICE. ICE wanted to build a detention facility in Oklahoma City, but after a conversation with the Republican Mayor the landowners reconsider the sale to DHS.
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Freedom of the Press Foundation @freedom.press · 30/01/2026
The government’s arrests of journalists @donlemonofficial.bsky.social and @bygeorgiafort.bsky.social are attacks on freedom of the press. Two federal courts flatly rejected prosecuting Lemon, but instead of accepting that humiliating defeat, the government has now doubled down. Read our statement:
Statement from FPF Chief of Advocacy Seth Stern:

“The government’s arrests of journalists Don Lemon and Georgia Fort are naked attacks on freedom of the press. Two federal courts flatly rejected prosecuting Lemon because the evidence for these vindictive and unconstitutional charges was insufficient, and Lemon has every right to document news and inform the public. Instead of accepting that humiliating defeat, the government has now doubled down.

“These arrests, under bogus legal theories for obviously constitutionally protected reporting, are clear warning shots aimed at other journalists. The unmistakable message is that journalists must tread cautiously because the government is looking for any way to target them. Fort’s arrest is meant to instill the same fear in local independent journalists as big names like Lemon. 

“The answer to this outrageous attack is not fear or self-censorship. It’s an even stronger commitment to journalism, the truth, and the First Amendment. If the Trump administration thinks it can bully journalists into submission, it is wrong. We’ve recently seen that even in the Trump era, public pressure still can work. It’s time to do it again. News outlets across the political spectrum need to loudly defend Lemon’s and Fort’s rights. Journalists are not making themselves the story, Trump is.”
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Bellingcat @bellingcat.com · 24/01/2026
A DHS statement claimed “an individual approached US Border Patrol officers” with “a handgun” in the Alex Pretti shooting incident. A Bellingcat analysis of the footage appears to show that a gun was taken away from where Pretti was situated by an agent just before the first shot was fired.
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alisonaher.bsky.social @alisonaher.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
Some scenes from Turtle Mountain during my interview with Leonard Peltier
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alisonaher.bsky.social @alisonaher.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
My first story about Leonard Peltier’s journey home to the Turtle Mountain. Chippewa Reservation in N. D. @mprnews.org www.mprnews.org/story/2025/0...
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Leonard Peltier talks freedom, future after nearly 50 years in prison
After spending most of his life behind bars, Leonard Peltier now lives in a home on the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa reservation in North Dakota. He says he has no regrets but still harbors resent...
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KOSU @kosuradio.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
A recent budget request for Indigenous health care by tribal leaders from around the country looks ahead to fiscal year 2027, asking for $73 billion. The budget is ten times higher than the current funding level. www.kosu.org/health/2025-...
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More funds requested for tribal health care, as Oklahoma City Area ranks worst for IHS funding
A recent budget request for Indigenous health care by tribal leaders from around the country looks ahead to fiscal year 2027, proposing a budget of $73 billion to enhance Indigenous health care. The b...
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KOSU @kosuradio.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
Oklahoma’s controversial new social studies standards for public schools are at the center of a recently filed lawsuit. Former Oklahoma Attorney General Mike Hunter argues that the State Board of Education did not follow its own rules when it approved the standards.
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alisonaher.bsky.social @alisonaher.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
I’m excited and honored to announce that I’ll be a part of the @jskstanford.bsky.social next year. Thanks to all those who have lifted me up, supported me like my mom, my elders @indigenousja.bsky.social @kosuradio.bsky.social jsk.stanford.edu/news/jsk-nam...
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JSK names 16 journalism fellows for 2025-26
Journalism leaders and innovators will pursue individual projects as well as opportunities for collective action that responds to accelerating threats to independent media.
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alisonaher.bsky.social @alisonaher.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
Spoke with a single mother of two who worked for the Department of Interior today. She was summarily fired with no severance on Friday. She doesn’t know if she has health care for her two children. She told me she had to apply for public assistance. How is this saving money?
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alisonaher.bsky.social @alisonaher.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
How the criminal legal system considers who is and isn't Native, and what that means for the Black people who are members of tribal nations. This reporting is part of this week’s @npr.org Code Switch podcast I spoke with @geedee215.bsky.social
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Untangling the history of Black rights on Native land
Podcast Episode · Code Switch · 02/12/2025 · 33m
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alisonaher.bsky.social @alisonaher.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
Got to be on @nprcodeswitch.bsky.social with @geedee215.bsky.social talking about the history of enslavement within the Cherokee Nation and how it affects Freedmen in Oklahoma #McGirt
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Untangling the history of Black rights on Native land
Podcast Episode · Code Switch · 02/12/2025 · 33m
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KOSU @kosuradio.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
BREAKING: A federal freeze of grant funding is creating confusion in Oklahoma’s non-profit sector, tribal nations and state government agencies. KOSU reports on how organizations are responding to the memo. www.kosu.org/local-news/2...
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What we know about how the federal funding pause affects Oklahomans
A federal freeze of grant funding is creating confusion in Oklahoma’s non-profit sector, tribal nations and state government agencies.
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alisonaher.bsky.social @alisonaher.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
Today’s @nprfreshair.bsky.social with @tonyamosley.bsky.social was what I needed to hear: realism and hope. Thanks so much for the excellent show in honor of Dr. King and his legacy.
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Remembering Martin Luther King Jr. as an 'organizer of the people'
Scholars Tressie McMillan Cottom and Eddie Glaude reflect on the struggle for civil rights and what it means to celebrate King on the same day that President Donald Trump is sworn into office.
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alisonaher.bsky.social @alisonaher.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
“Leonard Peltier gets to go home.Every Indian person ever ever wanted to do was go home and back to their people. And now he’s going to have an opportunity to do that,” said Nick Tilson of @ndncollective.bsky.social
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alisonaher.bsky.social @alisonaher.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
Here’s @mprnews.org from Melissa Olson and I
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Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier granted clemency by President Biden
The outgoing administration has released Leonard Peltier from prison. Numerous activists and tribal officials have requested the release of Peltier, whom they believe to be innocent of killing two FBI...
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alisonaher.bsky.social @alisonaher.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
Here’s statement from White House:
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alisonaher.bsky.social @alisonaher.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
BREAKING: Leonard Peltier given commutation folllow @mprnews.org for more
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 17/01/2025
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. petitioned the FDA to revoke authorization of Covid vaccines in 2021, when estimates had begun to show that the rollout of the shots had already saved about 140,000 lives. nyti.ms/4hkaSnl
A close-up of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. A headline reads: “RFK Jr. Sought to Stop Covid Vaccinations 6 Months After Rollout.” Photo credit: Haiyun Jiang for The New York Times.
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NPR @npr.org · 17/01/2025
The Jan. 30 event will stream live and raise money for those impacted by the wildfires.
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Billie Eilish, Lady Gaga, Lil Baby and more will play FireAid benefit concert in L.A.
The Jan. 30 event will stream live and raise money for those impacted by the wildfires.
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alisonaher.bsky.social @alisonaher.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
David Lynch wanted us to clean up after ourselves! youtu.be/ZSWv90msTUc?...
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David Lynch's Public Service Announcement
YouTube video by bachelormachines
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Charles Ornstein @charlesornstein.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
IMPACT: Lawmakers in at Least Seven States Seek Expanded Abortion Access Some of the bills were filed in direct response to ProPublica’s reporting on the fatal consequences of abortion bans. @zivabranstetter.bsky.social @cassandrajaramillo.bsky.social
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Lawmakers in at Least Seven States Seek Expanded Abortion Access
Some of the bills were filed in direct response to ProPublica’s reporting on the fatal consequences of abortion bans.
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alisonaher.bsky.social @alisonaher.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
I grew up on what I to refer to as 80’s avant-garde and David Lynch and his films were on my playlist-going to art house theaters in my small hometown to see Blue Velvet and Eraserhead and watching Twin Peaks on network TV before the internet! David Lynch, your brilliance will be missed
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Rebecca Nagle @rebeccanagle.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
Navajo Nation and the Klamath tribes of Oregon sent fire crews to help fight the LA fires. ictnews.org/news/as-fire...
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More Native fire crews help in Los Angeles
UPDATED: Multiple wildfires are ravaging the Los Angeles area, displacing thousands of people who are fleeing devastating flames that have taken five lives
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NPR @npr.org · 14/01/2025
Anthony Mitchell Sr. and his son Justin were waiting for help to evacuate on the day they died in the Eaton fire, family members said. Anthony Sr. was remembered for his devotion to his children.
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A pitmaster and dedicated father died alongside his son waiting for help in LA fire
Anthony Mitchell Sr. and his son Justin were waiting for help to evacuate on the day they died in the Eaton fire, family members said. Anthony Sr. was remembered for his devotion to his children.
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NPR @npr.org · 12/01/2025
Palisades fire victims can get everything from clothes to toiletries to dog food, donated by their neighbors at a Santa Monica shop known for posh dress rentals. via @laist.com
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How a high-end Santa Monica boutique pivoted to help fire victims
Palisades fire victims can get everything from clothes to toiletries to dog food, donated by their neighbors at a Santa Monica shop known for posh dress rentals.
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alisonaher.bsky.social @alisonaher.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
Here’s one of the ways you can help people whose homes were lost in #TONGVALAND right now
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alisonaher.bsky.social @alisonaher.bsky.social · 11/01/2025
Minor breakdown after trying to complete the FAFSA form for my daughter. How’s your morning?
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Ben Abrams @benhabrams.com · 10/01/2025
From my colleague @mbryanok.bsky.social. www.publicradiotulsa.org/local-region...
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DOJ: Credible reports that law enforcement ‘participated in murder’ during Race Massacre
The U.S. Department of Justice released a new report Friday on the Tulsa Race Massacre more than 100 after publishing its first account.
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Ali Vitali @alivitali.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
Most succinct fact-check I've read of how LA Fire Dept's budget wasn't recently cut -- in fact, the opposite -- from @politico.com. But that misinformation spread anyway. www.politico.com/news/2025/01...
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alisonaher.bsky.social @alisonaher.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
My heart is breaking for my @laist.com colleagues who’ve lost their homes in Altadena and Pacific Palisades. Reporters there are working so hard to keep people safe and informed. Please consider donating to the station to support their work www.npr.org/donations/su...
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Donate : NPR
Power independent journalism in your community. Donate to your NPR station.
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Type Investigations @typeinvestigations.org · 07/01/2025
In Nevada, plans are moving ahead for transmission lines, solar farms, geothermal plants and more in the name of fighting climate change. Yet even among environmental groups and government officials, the projects are controversial. www.typeinvestigations.org/investigatio...
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How the Renewable Energy Boom Is Remaking the American West - Type Investigations
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Rebecca Nagle @rebeccanagle.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
(1/2) This wk is the 50 yr anniversary of the signing of the landmark Indian Self Determination and Education Assistance Act. Never heard of it? ISDEAA brought about the self-determination era in U.S. federal Indian law, when Congress finally recognized that tribes know...
Image of the sign for the Cherokee Indian Hospital. The sign is written in both Cherokee and English.
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Rebecca Nagle @rebeccanagle.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
(1/2) Working on an article 4 the @theatlantic.com abt trying to access medical care for long COVID in this stage of the pandemic. (My own experience was rough to put it mildly.) Looking to interview other long haulers who have tried to get med care in the last 2 years...
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The Frontier @readfrontier.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
The city pays a private company more than $696,000 a year for the cameras, which read license plates and can track cars. www.readfrontier.org/stories/tuls...
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Tulsa police won’t share the locations of more than 200 surveillance cameras
The city pays a private company more than $696,000 a year for the cameras, which read license plates and can track cars.
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alisonaher.bsky.social @alisonaher.bsky.social · 04/01/2025
The Osage Nation files for relief in the N. District of Okla. from the 2010 Irby decision which ruled the tribal nation’s reservation was disestablished. In 1872, Osages bought their reservation when they were removed from Kansas
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alisonaher.bsky.social @alisonaher.bsky.social · 31/12/2024
Hey! For of you who want to settle in and learn some Oklahoma history, I’m giving away a code to listen to my audiobook on Audible. It’s about Michael Hill, a Cherokee Freedmen who fought the DA in Okmulgee. It's lesson in Oklahoma history, tribal politics and race and identity.DM me here!
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alisonaher.bsky.social @alisonaher.bsky.social · 27/12/2024
Subscribed to @criterion.bsky.social and watched Paris, Texas one of my favorite movies.
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alisonaher.bsky.social @alisonaher.bsky.social · 26/12/2024
Thanks @typeinvestigations.org for highlighting my story about Plan B and it’s availability for Indigenous women
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alisonaher.bsky.social @alisonaher.bsky.social · 26/12/2024
Feds filed 2 fed. lawsuits in the NDOK against DA Carol Iski (for Okmulgee and McIntosh Counties) and against DA Matthew Ballard (for Rogers, Mayes, and Craig Counties) on the claim that State lacks criminal jurisdiction over Indians for crimes occurring in the Creek and Cherokee Reservations.
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alisonaher.bsky.social @alisonaher.bsky.social · 26/12/2024
Today marks the execution of Dakota 38 plus 2-the largest mass execution in U.S. history after the U.S. Dakota War in 1862. www.mprnews.org/story/2024/1...
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Pain, hope, history share the ride as Dakota Exiles commemorate Mankato hangings
A nearly 300-mile journey ends in Mankato this week to mark the 161st anniversary of one of the grimmest chapters in Dakota history, the hanging of 38 men after the U.S.- Dakota War. Riders hope their...
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alisonaher.bsky.social @alisonaher.bsky.social · 21/12/2024
Pretty cool to hear new Tulsa mayor Monroe Nichols welcome visitors at the airport to Indian Country saying that we’re on Muscogee, Cherokee and Osage lands
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alisonaher.bsky.social @alisonaher.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
Osage citizens have been battling Enel, Osage Wind and Enel Kansas for more than a decade osagenews.org/historic-win...
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Historic Win: Judge orders Enel to remove turbines by December 2025 - Osage News
Court orders removal of 84 turbines, awards $4M in damages, upholding tribal sovereignty
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Ziva Branstetter @zivabranstetter.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
Nrew from @propublica: State maternal mortality boards are supposed to find out why pregnant patients die and how to prevent their deaths. But they’re not asking whether state abortion bans are to blame, our survey of 15 states found. www.propublica.org/article/abor...
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Are Abortion Bans Across America Causing Deaths? The States That Passed Them Are Doing Little to Find Out.
The same political leaders who enacted abortion bans oversee the state committees that review maternal deaths. These committees haven’t tracked the laws’ impacts, and most haven’t finished examining c...
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alisonaher.bsky.social @alisonaher.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
Here’s the full press release
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alisonaher.bsky.social @alisonaher.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
Osage Nation just won a historic victory against Osage Wind, Enel Kansas and Enel Green Power North America for trespassing on the Osage Minerals Estate. The Northern District court ordered the removal of wind turbines by December of 2025
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Spencer Humphrey @spencerhumphrey.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
***BREAKING*** Canoo has furloughed its remaining Oklahoma employees and will be “idling” its two Oklahoma manufacturing facilities while it “works to finalize securing the capital necessary to move forward” More tonight on KFOR
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Truthout @truthout.org · 18/12/2024
States that have recently imposed strict bans on abortion have done little to uncover whether the laws are contributing to maternal deaths, including dismissing maternal mortality review committees or even legally prohibiting its committee from reviewing deaths that are considered abortion-related.
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Some States With Abortion Bans Stand in the Way of Measuring Their Consequences
Texas legally prohibits its maternal mortality review committee from reviewing deaths considered abortion-related.
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