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Andy Garrett

@andygarrett.bsky.social
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Past President Royal Statistical Society. Mostly Medical and Social Science with an interest in climate change and AI. Views my own.

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Andy Garrett @andygarrett.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
6th explainer from the RSS’s climate change task force.
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Andy Garrett @andygarrett.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Latest explainer from our @royalstatsoc.bsky.social climate change task force. This explainer led by @andrewcparnell.bsky.social and Hamish Steptoe. @adrianraftery.bsky.social @dariodomi.bsky.social
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Andy Garrett @andygarrett.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
rss.org.uk/news-publica... Our latest explainer from the @royalstatsoc.bsky.social climate change task force. A couple more coming out over the next few weeks. @dariodomi.bsky.social @adrianraftery.bsky.social
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Climate explainer: when and how should climate data be adjusted over time
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Andy Garrett @andygarrett.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
www.ametsoc.org/ams/about-am... Statement on Public Availability of Scientific Information and Scientific Evidence on Climate Change. Put simply, lose the data, lose the evidence. Also a nice accessible summary from reputable US scientific bodies on the current state of play.
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Statement on Public Availability of Scientific Information and Scientific Evidence on Climate Change
The AMS is a global community committed to advancing weather, water, and climate science and service.
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Our World in Data @ourworldindata.org · 06/03/2026
Teaching economics or social sciences? Concepts like the unemployment rate or labor force participation can be tricky to explain clearly. Our new Work & Employment page breaks these down with clear explanations and visualizations — all free to download and use in your classes and presentations.
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Royal Statistical Society @royalstatsoc.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
You only have until Friday to nominate for RSS Council, and help shape a data‑driven future! @andygarrett.bsky.social found that Council broadened his insight and influence, leading to roles like Climate Change Task Force Co‑chair and even RSS President. Nominate: rss.org.uk/news-publica...!
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Andy Garrett @andygarrett.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
Short days they may be, this time of year, but you get to see some lovely sun rises when walking the dog. Sun not quite up in Oxwich, Gower with the Bristol Channel in the distance.
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Andy Garrett @andygarrett.bsky.social · 31/12/2025
Frosty Richmond Park this morning.
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Andy Garrett @andygarrett.bsky.social · 28/12/2025
Back from Liverpool visiting Mum. Found this from the Kevin Keegan Fan Club. Must have been early 1972 based on the games referenced. Football very different then, although arguably Keegan was one of the first superstars. Fan club had just 200 members at this point. Signed by Kevin himself.
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Our World in Data @ourworldindata.org · 26/12/2025
Each Friday, we’re sharing highlights from our Top of the Charts, a look back at our most popular charts, articles, & more in 2025. Today we give you our top 5 most-read topic pages this year. 🧵 1. CO₂ and Greenhouse Gas Emissions → ourworldindata.org/co2-and-gree...
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Andy Garrett @andygarrett.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
Beautiful sunrise in Kew down by the river this morning - whilst walking the dog. Chiswick Bridge in the distance and the Boat Race finish line.
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Royal Statistical Society @royalstatsoc.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
💡 Thanks to @timandraharkness.bsky.social, Chair of @significancemag.bsky.social editorial board, for discussing this issue’s “Bad Stats” column on Times Radio! 📣 Hear her on Rod Liddle’s show (starts at 40min): www.thetimes.com/radio/show/2... 📖 Read & subscribe: significancemagazine.com
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Royal Statistical Society International Conference @rssannualconf.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
We are delighted to announce that the @royalstatsoc.bsky.social international conference in 2027 will take place at ICC Wales in Newport. Put the dates Monday 6 - Thursday 9 September 2027 in your diary! #RSS2027Conf rss.org.uk/news-publica...
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ICC Wales to host the RSS 2027 International Conference
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Royal Statistical Society International Conference @rssannualconf.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
The @royalstatsoc.bsky.social annual international conference is now on bluesky and looking forward to our conference in Bournemouth next September: rss.org.uk/training-eve... #RSS2026conf
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Frank Harrell @f2harrell.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
Some of the best data detective work I’ve seen, and embarrassing for @bmj.com
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Andy Garrett @andygarrett.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
Well worth a read. Accessible writing on, and analysis of, climate change targets and carbon intensity from @adrianraftery.bsky.social - a member of our @royalstatsoc.bsky.social Climate Change Task Force.
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Adrian Raftery @adrianraftery.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
I was interviewed on @obp.org ’s Think Out Loud by Dave Miller about our study on climate trends since the 2015 Paris Agreement: www.opb.org/article/2025.... The study is at www.nature.com/articles/s43...
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Emissions from economic growth undermine international progress on climate change, University of Washington study says
A study led by the University of Washington found that while the decade-old Paris Agreement has made some progress in fighting climate change, those gains have been outweighed by emissions associated ...
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Met Office - weather and climate @metoffice.gov.uk · 22/10/2025
Did you know turbulence is getting worse because of climate change? Jet streams, shifting weather and atmospheric changes are making flights bumpier. Where are the hotspots, and what's driving the change? 👉 Read our blog to find out: www.metoffice.gov.uk/blog/2025/tu...
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Turbulent flights and the climate connection
Did you know that there are different types of turbulence, and that it's becoming more frequent and severe due to climate change?
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Andy Garrett @andygarrett.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
The great digital retreat. Started with vinyl. Now pencil and paper business continuity plans. Mark my words, we will all be back shopping on the high street before we know it.
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Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
This is a vulnerability map for 8 key bodies: ONS, OBR, Food Standards Agency, MHRA, Met Office, UKRI, Natural England, & UKHSA. ONS has the most independence. All but ONS have ministerially appointed leadership. 3 could be abolished with no oversight as they have no statutory basis. 6/11
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Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
After a long pause, I've just done another England Covid & NHS update as we head into the autumn/winter season. TLDR: we're in a significant Covid wave now, the NHS is stretched, get boosted if you're eligible. christinapagel.substack.com/p/england-is...
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England is now experiencing a significant Covid wave, after 10 months of relative quiet
The latest Covid situation in England and a look at where NHS services are as we head into winter
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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
Nice chart from @ourworldindata.org showing the contrast between what Americans die of (heart disease and cancer) v what the US media reports on (homicide and terrorism). This naturally leads to it being trickier to build a fact based world view ourworldindata.org/does-the-new...
What Americans die from
and the causes of death the US media reports on
Causes of death in the US in 2023
Heart disease (29%)
Cancer (26%)
Accidents (9.5%)
Stroke (6.9%)
Lower respiratory diseases
(6.2%)
Alzheimer's disease (4.8%)
Diabetes (4.0%)
Kidney failure (2.4%)
Liver disease (2.2%)
Homicide (<1%)
Terrorism (<0.001%)|
COVID-19 (2.1%)
Influenza/Pneu
monia (19%6)

Media coverage of these causes of death in 2023 in...
The New York Times
The Washington Post
Fox News
Heart disease (2.8%)
Heart disease (2.9%)
Cancer (4.1%)
Cancer (4.7%)
Accidents (5.9%)
Cancer (3.8%)
Accidents (6.1%)
Accidents (9.7%)
Suicide (4.1%)
Suicide (3.3%)
COVID-19 (6.0%)
COVID-19 (7.9%)
Suicide (3.8%)
COVID-19 (5.3%)
Drug overdose (7.5%)
Drug overdose (9.8%)
Drug overdose (9.5%)
Cancer (26%)
Accidents (9.5%)
Stroke (6.9%)
Lower respiratory diseases
(6.2%)
Alzheimer's disease (4.8%)
Diabetes (4.0%)
Kidney failure (24%)
Suicide (2.1%0)
COVID-19 (2.1%0
Homicide (42%)
Homicide (52%)
Homicide (46%)
Terrorism (18%)
Terrorism (12%)
Terrorism (11%)
Homicide (<1%)
Terrorism (<0.001%)
Note: Based on the share of causes of death in the US and the share of mentions for each of the causes in the New York Times, the Washington Post and Fox News. All values are normalized to 100%, so the shares are relative to all deaths caused by the 12 most common causes + drug overdoses, homicides and terrorism. These causes account for more than 75% of deaths in the US.
A "media mention" is a published article in one of the outlets which mentions the cause (e,g. "influenza) or related keywords (e.g. "fu") least twice.
Data sources: Media mentions from Media Cloud (2025): deaths data from the US CDC (2025) and Global Terrorism Index.|
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Royal Statistical Society @royalstatsoc.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
We’ve joined @senseaboutsci.bsky.social @resmedia.bsky.social & @niesrorg.bsky.social in writing to PACAC to defend the independence of UK stats 📊 Free from political pressure = trustworthy data = better decisions for all. rss.org.uk/news-publica...
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Andy Garrett @andygarrett.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
rss.org.uk/policy-campa...). @royalstatsoc.bsky.social explainer here. Not a surprise.
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Explainer: Extreme weather
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Zeke Hausfather @zekehausfather.com · 23/09/2025
In a UN speech today, President Trump said that "all of these [climate] predictions were wrong". Back in 2019 I led a research effort to digitize old climate model projections and assess how well they did. Turns out they got future warming pretty spot on!
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Andy Garrett @andygarrett.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
www.forbes.com/sites/joshua... A useful reminder of what happens when due process is not followed. We have regulatory agencies with a breadth & depth of expertise for a reason (inc labelling). Look no further than the Kefauver-Harris Amendment (1962) & earlier Drug, Food and Cosmetic act (1938).
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Trump Promoted Hydroxychloroquine, A Drug Now Linked To 17,000 Deaths
Trump promoted the use of hydroxychloroquine as Covid-19 treatment in the spring of 2020. A new study shows that the drug has been linked to approximately 17,000 deaths.
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European Medicines Agency @ema.europa.eu · 23/09/2025
Paracetamol remains an important option to treat pain or fever in pregnant women. Following rigorous assessment of the available scientific data, we find no evidence that taking paracetamol during pregnancy causes autism in children. Read more 👉 www.ema.europa.eu/en/news/use-...
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Use of paracetamol during pregnancy unchanged in the EU | European Medicines Agency (EMA)
Paracetamol medicines can be used in pregnancy, in accordance with official recommendations
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Max Roser @maxroser.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
It is September 18. Today, @hannahritchie.bsky.social's book is out! www.penguin.co.uk/books/462676...
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Clearing the Air
'We urgently need Hannah Ritchie' GUARDIAN 'Essential reading' RUTGER BREGMAN 'Read this book -- now' MARK LYNAS We can’t afford to delay climate action, but with all the shouting and disagreement i...
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Robert Rohde @rarohde.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
The Northern Pacific Ocean is currently smashing temperature records. And it is reaching these levels far earlier than the current generation of climate models had expected. A short thread 🧵
Time series of monthly Northern Pacific Ocean sea surface temperature anomalies from 1850 to August 2025 alongside multi-model expectations of the warming in this area (scenario SSP2-4.5).
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Yale Climate Connections @climateconnections.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
Hurricane Katrina's storm surge was deadly in 2005, and the seas are even higher now, which means similar storms could cause even more damage. Some of the highest rates of local sea level rise in the world are occurring along the Gulf Coast.
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Sea level rise, explained » Yale Climate Connections
It’s already straining coastal communities. And it’s set to get worse. 
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Royal Statistical Society @royalstatsoc.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
Calling all students! Did you know we offer a free e-membership to those studying at A Level and above? Whether you’re already studying – or starting your A Levels or a degree next month - you can join online now: rss.org.uk/membership/j...
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Andy Garrett @andygarrett.bsky.social · 02/08/2025
rss.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... 2017 article from Significance, free to view. “In the USA, for example, various statistical agencies benefit from legal protections introduced in past decades, triggered by concerns that the White House could try to influence how data are presented.”
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Royal Statistical Society Publications
Andreas Georgiou arrived in Greece to help repair the poor reputation of the country's economic statistics. But he was soon defending his own reputation against charges of damaging the Greek state.
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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
We’ve got a nice new @britishacademy.bsky.social report which makes the case for a more place based and locally collaborative approach to achieving net zero www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/news/governm...
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Government must work with communities to achieve net zero, says new report
A new British Academy report says the government must work harder to understand the needs of people across the UK to hit its Net Zero targets, while also navigating strained public finances, rising in...
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Royal Statistical Society @royalstatsoc.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
Our Climate Change & Net Zero Task Force co-chair David Stephenson writes for the @geographicalassoc.bsky.social on how teaching climate change through statistics helps students critically interpret climate data 🌎📈
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Teaching students how to critically interpret statistical concepts in climate   - The GA Blog
David Stephenson discusses how teaching climate change through statistics empowers students to evaluate climate claims in the media.
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Andy Garrett @andygarrett.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
ga-blog.org/2025/07/11/t... Blog post from @royalstatsoc.bsky.social climate change task force co-chair David Stephenson, that introduces our explainers. GA supports high quality geography education by enabling teachers to share ideas and learn from each other.
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Teaching students how to critically interpret statistical concepts in climate   - The GA Blog
David Stephenson discusses how teaching climate change through statistics empowers students to evaluate climate claims in the media.
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Andy Garrett @andygarrett.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
Two more climate change explainers from the RSS task force including @dariodomi.bsky.social @adrianraftery.bsky.social @andrewcparnell.bsky.social amongst others.
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Robert Rohde @rarohde.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
Classification of weather stations by the current average population density in the 5 km circle around the station. 67% of stations are in rural or very rural areas vs. 8% in urban areas. Based on 52,000 stations in the Berkeley Earth archive. 1/ 🧪
Line chart showing the cumulative distribution of weather stations classified by the population density in the surrounding 5 km area of each station.  8% are urban, 25% suburban, 47% rural, and 19% very rural.
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Andy Garrett @andygarrett.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
Finally got to bring the vinyl collection down from the loft. Some classics, but….
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Andy Garrett @andygarrett.bsky.social · 31/05/2025
Bagehot on great form at the @economist.com “The Treasury gazes longingly at ISAs, the tax-free saving accounts that are a tremendous bung to middle-class people. Middle England feels about ISAs the same way rural America feels about guns.” economist.com/britain/2025...
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Doctors, teachers and junior bankers of the world, unite!
The rise of middle-class consciousness
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Andy Garrett @andygarrett.bsky.social · 17/05/2025
Fascinating insights. Reminds me to revisit my copy of the Bean Review from 2016. I wonder how much has changed.
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Andy Garrett @andygarrett.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
Wasn’t even born when we last won the league #liverpool
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Royal Statistical Society @royalstatsoc.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
Earlier this year, our climate change task force published a guide to official UK climate stats Here, task force member Paul Allin writes for @rmets.org ts.org on what to expect from the guide—and why reliable and relevant data is key to tackling climate change @andygarrett.bsky.social
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Navigating climate change statistics
Climate change is one of greatest challenges of our time and having the right data — accessible to all of us — is a must. Luckily the Royal Statistical Society has created a guide to key climate chang...
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Andy Garrett @andygarrett.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
An excellent read to set up a potentially relaxing weekend…
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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
OK folks - will you please help me spread this far and wide. A really exciting opportunity to be the new Director of Comms at @britishacademy.bsky.social - the national academy for humanities and social sciences. £100k. Lovely team. Reports directly to me micro.green-park.co.uk/thebritishac...
Logos for The British Academy and Green Park
Job title: Director of Communications
Location: 10-11 Carlton House Terrace, SW1Y 5AH
Reports to: Chief Executive
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Royal Statistical Society @royalstatsoc.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
We welcome the Office for Statistics Regulation’s review of economic statistics and its emphasis on the need for urgency in restoring confidence in the UK’s economic statistics 📑Read our full response ⤵️
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RSS responds to statistics regulator’s review of economic statistics
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John Hanger @jrfhanger.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
Global solar power is doubling every three years! Wow! "Solar power surged by a record 474 TWh in 2024, the largest annual growth ever recorded in absolute terms and the fastest increase in six years (+29%)." See p.13 of Ember's new study. #energysky #greensky ember-energy.org/app/uploads/...
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Andy Garrett @andygarrett.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
As if penguins don’t have enough to worry about with climate change. On top of that it’s now tariffs. Time to give penguins a break from extreme events. academic.oup.com/jrssig/artic...
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Extreme weather: A climate change explainer
Abstract. In the second of an occasional series of explainers on the statistics and data underpinning our understanding of climate change, David B. Stephen
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Andy Garrett @andygarrett.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
Interested in extreme events? Our new explainer is here around climate change. Behind paywall though. academic.oup.com/jrssig/artic...
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Extreme weather: A climate change explainer
Abstract. In the second of an occasional series of explainers on the statistics and data underpinning our understanding of climate change, David B. Stephen
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Royal Statistical Society @royalstatsoc.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
We're thrilled to announce our 2025 honours recipients #RSSFellows who have made exceptional contributions to the field & community @cambridgemaths.bsky.social @uofglasgow.bsky.social @lancasteruni.bsky.social @ethzurich.bsky.social Read more: rss.org.uk/news-publica...
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