iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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Jeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · 4h

They quoted me in this New Yorker piece about AI today. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...

“Let’s say there’s a world or time line I exist in where A.I. has been subject to regulation. It is ethical. It has no footprint environmentally,” the novelist Jeff VanderMeer, a prominent critic of A.I., told me over the phone. “With those guardrails in place, would I read an A.I. book? All I can say is no. And the reason is, in part, because I want to read something coming from a particular mind.” Using A.I., he said, “feels like a betrayal of the whole point of why you’re a writer.”

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ADHD Preacher @adhd-preacher.bsky.social · 2h

Aristippus gestures dolefully to Diogenes. “Ah, Diogenes. If you would but learn to flatter the king, you would not need to eat bread and lentils!” Diogenes, quick with the retort, replies “Ah, Aristippus. If you would but learn to eat bread and lentils, you would not need to flatter the king!”

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Per Axbom @axbom.com · 12h

When trying to understand why Palantir CEO Alex Karp just bought 188km² of land in the north of Sweden, about 80% the size of Stockholm municipality, this cartoon provides an educated guess. It's not AI that keeps these people occupied, though, it's finding a place to endure the climate crisis.

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Jeannette Eggers @jeannetteeggers.bsky.social · 13h

Att beskriva Alex Karp som kontroversiell men engagerad för demokratin, som SVT har gjort här, känns rätt så bisarrt. Jämför det med @karinp.bsky.social text om honom från ifjol. www.svt.se/nyheter/loka... www.aftonbladet.se/kultur/a/vrk...

Det handlar i huvudsak om konflikt, dominans och kontroll.

Kriget rasar redan, lyder budskapet, och bara de starka överlever. Det bultande hjärtat i kampen som Palantir för är USA, och uppgiften för Silicon Valley är att stärka imperiets makt – militärt och polisiärt – med övervakningskapacitet.

Problemet (eller snarare ett av dem) är att demokratin tenderar att vara ett hinder i allt detta. Den är mjuk – Karp använder det motbjudande uttrycket ”psykologisering” för att beskriva vad han tycker har gått fel. ”Den försiktighet i det offentliga livet som vi omedvetet främjar”, säger Karp, ”är frätande.”

Med andra ord: allt bjäbb och demokratins eviga diskussioner är uttryck för svaghet.

Företaget han är vd för, Palantir, har inte bara som mål att tjäna pengar utan är också ett politiskt projekt. Det de säljer är mjukvaruplattformar som analyserar enorma mängder data. Kunderna är framför allt militär, polismyndigheter och storföretag. I praktiken vill Palantir ta över statens roll i dess mest centrala funktioner: övervakning, våldsmonopol, försvar.

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Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

My latest cartoon for @newscientist.com

A figure stands in a barren landscape; reaches for the lever on a large, eccentric contraption covered in wires, pipes, dials and buttons; looks over towards two figures inside a bunker and says:

"'Trust me, it's safe' would sound a lot more reassuring if you weren't saying it from inside a concrete bunker."

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Per Axbom @axbom.com · 29/09/2026

Babs på Morgonpasset i P3: "Även de på Migrationsverket är väl förkylda ibland." Galet skarp kommentar. Du som hörde det hörde det.

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Per Axbom @axbom.com · 29/09/2026

If only more criminals apologised. They would get invites to parliament, explain what they did and then get carte blanche to keep breaking the law. I mean, why not in fact keep paying them money to do it… imagine how much prison space it would free up.

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‘New kind of cyber incident’: OpenAI apologises for Medicare hack and reveals extent of attack

Chief strategy officer to fly to Australia to front joint committee on AI after breaches of government websites

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Dagens ETC @etc.se · 28/09/2026

Sverige ska inte sätta ekonomin och den offentliga förvaltningen på spel för en industri som alltmer liknar ett luftslott, skriver Signe Krantz.

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Vänstern måste syna AI-bubblan

Därför måste vi hålla huvudet kallt. 

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Per Axbom @axbom.com · 28/09/2026

"Om bankbedrägerierna skulle öka med 100 miljoner på årsbasis, behöver bankerna bara stå för 10 miljoner kronor, vilket är mindre än vad ytterligare säkerhetsåtgärder kostar. Det är helt enkelt billigare för bankerna med mer bankbedrägerier än att lägga pengar på säkerhetsåtgärder."

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”Bedrägerier för en miljon – varje dag”

DEBATT. Det är först när bankerna och inte kunderna förlorar på bristande säkerhet som vi kan få ned de kriminella nätverkens inkomster. Det skriver flera debattörer som uppmanar nästa regering att ag...

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Per Axbom @axbom.com · 28/09/2026

> Muse … disables automation indicators and injects code that hides navigator.webdriver—the … property that tells a website a browser is being controlled by automation > Muse also creates fake values in Chrome for things like browser plugins. That’s designed to create a [human] browser fingerprint

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Rhinestone Browboy @rhinestonebrowboy.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Born '76. For most of my life, tech was fun. My dad renting a VHS player (yes, the player, plus tapes). ZX Spectrum. First email at university. A phone which was mobile. Dial-up internet. I used to photoblog from a SE W810i. All "cool, future is here" memories. This shite can fuck off though.

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‘Charming and disarming’ … how Meta’s technology-packed Muse harnesses the power of cuteness

The tech giant has launched a cute ‘little guy’ that can answer emails, book travel or do your weekly food shop

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Signe Krantz @signekrantz.swifties.social · 28/09/2026

"Hackande AI-agenter. Kraftfullt, fascinerande, farligt och extremt oansvarigt. Men inte ett bevis på medvetande eller intelligens av mänskligt slag. Sanningen om språkmodeller är både galnare och tråkigare än storslagna löften om Star Trek-lyx eller Terminator-dystopi." www.etc.se/ledarkolumn/...

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Vänstern måste syna AI-bubblan

Därför måste vi hålla huvudet kallt. 

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Per Axbom @axbom.com · 19/09/2026

Progress. You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means. Meet Bella & Boi.

A monochrome drawing of two figures (anthropomorphic animals), a deer and a fox, standing and looking at a TV and a rectangular device beneath it, like a VCR or DVD player. Above the TV hangs a star-shaped sign with the command "Buy!" On the TV screen, they see themselves in real time, standing there and watching the TV. The deer (named Boi) is wearing a neck warmer, and the fox (named Bella) is wearing a short-sleeved, fuzzy-textured top. Behind the deer, to the left, is a surveillance camera.

Boi: I’m stressed out by all this technological progress, Bella.

Bella: If technology is making you stressed, Boi, it’s not a kind technology.

Bella (cont’d): And there are less kind people behind it.

Bella (cont’d): And that’s not progress.

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Per Axbom @axbom.com · 25/09/2026

New post/newsletter: Harms of the AI ecosystem – infographic A visual aid for discussions and learnings about the impact of AI development on everything from individual to global to planetary wellbeing. #DigitalEthics #AIEthics axbom.com/aieco/

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Harms of the AI ecosystem – infographic

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James Allen @tljamesa.com · 25/09/2026

Great share from @axbom.com A great illustration about why converstaions about "ai" are so difficult sometimes. There's a lot going on... axbom.com/aieco/ #schoollibraries #schoollibrarian

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Harms of the AI ecosystem – infographic

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Per Axbom @axbom.com · 25/09/2026

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Harms of the AI ecosystem – infographic

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Timnit Gebru @timnitgebru.blacksky.app · 24/09/2026

🔇🔇🔇 I want to announce a @dairinstitute.bsky.social virtual event concerning the ***REAL**** impacts of "AI" on the most vulnerable of populations, refugees. Everything you see is first experimented on them.🧵 ⏰ October 1 at 6-8pm CET/9am PDT on Zoom. ✴️ Register at us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

flyer for DAIR virtual event on October 1, 2026 from 6-8PM CET. Join DAIR as we commemorate the 2013 Lampedusa tragedy and ask, "What would it take for technology to protect people on the move, rather than deepen the risks they already face?

Meron Estefanos, Dr. Selam Kidane, Dr. Omer Shatz, Dr. Hyab Yoahnnes

Register at https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/5517888860006/WN_u2VZxx2RSciVPe2wu039wA#/registration

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Per Axbom @axbom.com · 24/09/2026

'll be offline for some days so here's my shoutout for Petrov Day on September 26. Remembering Stanislav Petrov's act of defiance reminds us that surviving when machines are calling the shots means building the skills to resist artificial urgency… knowing better… And rewarding people who do.

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Three lessons from a man who averted nuclear war by not trusting a computer

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Rowenna. 2 ‘n’s. Ro-WEN-na. @missiggeek.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I have a story about automation bias… Many years ago, I took a trip to St Lucia, which has a very small airport with only 2 baggage carousels. The carousel marked “1” was cordoned off and in pieces - obviously out of service. The one marked “2” was happily trundling around and around….

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Martin Mazur @mazur.ai · 24/09/2026

Sjukt bra underlag för samtal. Kommer definitivt komma till nytt.

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Per Axbom @axbom.com · 24/09/2026

Nytt inlägg/nyhetsbrev: Skada inom AI:s ekosystem – infografik Ett visuellt stöd för att peka och prata om AI-utvecklingens påverkan på allt från individens till omvärldens välbefinnande. Kuriosa: Typsnittet i ”öarna” heter ’Alone On Earth’. Jag har donerat till skaparen, Amry från Indonesien.

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Skada inom AI:s ekosystem – infografik

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Per Axbom @axbom.com · 24/09/2026

Läsning är motstånd. Väldigt fin text.

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Per Axbom @axbom.com · 24/09/2026

”[…] some Pentagon personnel knew within hours that the United States had hit the school, and they described a cascade of preventable failures that included an overreliance on an AI tool built by Palantir.”

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Pentagon Investigators Say Overreliance on Palantir AI Tech Contributed to U.S. Strike That Killed 123 Iranian Children

An unreleased Pentagon probe investigated the kill chain that hit a school in Minab.

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Per Axbom @axbom.com · 23/09/2026

Company 1: Our autonomous car broke free and ran 3 red lights to get to its given destination. Company 2: We just saw our car also broke free, ran 5 red lights and killed 2 people. Company 3: Ha! Our car ran 15 red lights and killed 2 adults, 5 kids and some dogs. Media: So awesome! It's alive!

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Per Axbom @axbom.com · 22/09/2026

Svenska regeringen ger klartecken för polisen att generera "fiktiva" övergrepp mot barn Regeringens förslag gäller lagstiftning som låter svensk polis "ta fram och dela fiktiva barnpornografiska bilder". Något som skulle drabba verkliga offer. IMY:s yttrande ignoreras. axbom.se/regeringen-p...

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Svenska regeringen ger klartecken för polisen att generera "fiktiva" övergrepp mot barn

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Per Axbom @axbom.com · 21/09/2026

I went to @theatlantic.com to read the story about 'the end of reading' and the first thing they want is for them and their 1249(!!!) technology partners to set cookies and unique identifiers. If this is what it takes when I want to read something, I see clearly how this kills the joy of reading.

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Pavel @spavel.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Every chatbot prompt box says "check answers for accuracy." But increasingly, "humans in the loop" refuse to do that. Instead, they become complicit in the AI industry's project of destroying the provenance of information. But you are person, and it is an app. It can't take responsibility for you.

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Assigning agency to AI means surrendering your own

Claude is not a colleague, collaborator, or sentient being. It is a SaaS product.

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Sasha Costanza-Chock @schock.cc · 20/09/2026

Help i made malware and I used it to hack several enormous companies I guess there's nothing anyone can do until we pass new laws In the meantime I'll let you watch over my shoulder while i do it again and again Also give me more money or I'll hack you all

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Per Axbom @axbom.com · 20/09/2026

If you're going to have an online presence, I really, really recommend buying your own domain name. If you move between platforms over the years your address stays the same, you can build trustworthiness on your own merits and no one else owns your blog address or can hijack it if you leave.

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Per Axbom @axbom.com · 19/09/2026

Progress. You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means. Meet Bella & Boi.

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Jason Leopold @jasonleopold.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

HUGE EXCLUSIVE from @bloomberg.com Inside the US ‘Kill Chain’ That Destroyed an Iranian School Pentagon investigators discovered that flawed intel, outdated imagery & overreliance on AI contributed to a missile strike that killed 123 children in Minab 🎁 www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...

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Inside the US ‘Kill Chain’ That Destroyed an Iranian School

Pentagon investigators have discovered that flawed intelligence, outdated imagery and an overreliance on AI contributed to a missile strike that killed 123 children in Minab.

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Johanna Sjödin @johannasjodin.substack.com · 19/09/2026

En del kallar mig barnhatare bara för att jag är kritisk emot barn Men jag tycker inte alls illa om barn Det är att dom föds jag vänder mig emot www.youtube.com/watch?v=TkLa...

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Mina Barn

YouTube video by Doktor Kosmos - Topic

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Mathias Wåg @guldfiske.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Egentligen den enda eftervalsanalys vi behöver läsa. Som kryper in till själva kärnan i vad som står på spel. Vår existens som människor, kalla det vår humana själ om du vill. Den samvaro som krävs för ens arbete o välfärd ska finnas där. Och vinnarna som tappade sin själ. www.gd.se/kultur-noje/...

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KRÖNIKA: Valnatten riskerar att bli anpassningens slutgiltiga triumf

Valnatten 2026 riskerar att bli anpassningens triumf. Vid sin mammas dödsbädd på ett äldreboende fullt av omsorgsfulla…

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Julia Métraux @juliametraux.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

For @motherjones.com, I looked into how Meta could be using disabled people to promote its Meta glasses to the masses. As one expert told me, “companies have used accessibility...as a Trojan horse for a tool that poses significant privacy and security threats.” www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

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Is Meta using disabled people to promote its glasses?

AI glasses are a double-edged sword for disabled people, who face unique risks from surveillance.

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Peter Hellman @hrhellman.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Även under en potentiell socialdemokratisk regering är det viktigt att stå upp mot ökad repression och nedmontering av fri- och rättigheter. S gick tidigt i bräschen för t ex drönare med ansiktsigenkänning, barn med fotboja / i fängelse och avläsning av all digital kommunikation i EU.

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Per Axbom @axbom.com · 18/09/2026

"[…] det viktigaste argumentet mot att en miljardärsskatt skulle leda till miljardärsflykt är att det inte är så attraktivt att flytta. Framförallt för att Sverige – även med en miljardärsskatt – fortfarande skulle vara ett mycket attraktivt land att både leva i och driva företag i."

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Låt miljardärerna dra | Dagens Arena

Sverige skulle fortfarande vara mycket attraktivt att leva och driva företag i.

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Per Axbom @axbom.com · 17/09/2026

Good to know: The reason I say 'Bluesky app' is because this is not yet the case for example when I log in via mu.social. Hence this is not Atmosphere universal, but rather something that each app can implement at will, thus differentiating different ATProto apps from each other.

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La Résistance @johannalinder.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Just nu i P1: En moderat som inte knackat en enda dörr i Tensta anklagar V för valfusk. En vänsterpartist får svara på frågan om han kampanjat på somaliska.

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Staffan Gustafsson @staffangustafsson.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Jag tror att många har en helt orealistisk bild av hur stor räckvidd deras rörliga klipp har. Sannolikt på grund av att de litar på nätjättarnas ofta vilseledande statistikverktyg. www.aftonbladet.se/kultur/a/M7p...

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Per Axbom @axbom.com · 17/09/2026

Across two decades people have been manually numbering social media threads. Bluesky: oh wait this is a computer, we can add two lines of code and number these these threads automatically. 🤯

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Micah Lee @micahflee.com · 16/09/2026

HaJ3FgupAm8RrDJW3MHgT9X7Ft27eVaD What is that? That's a hard-coded API token that Flock cameras use to identify themselves and get OAuth credentials, which can then be used to talk to Flock's production servers. Like, anyone on the internet can probably do this right now.

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Timnit Gebru @timnitgebru.blacksky.app · 16/09/2026

Reading proofs from book & remembering what I wrote in 2015: "I am very concerned about the future of AI. Not because of the risk of rogue machines taking over. But because of the homogeneous, one-dimensional group of men who are currently involved in advancing the technology.”

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Per Axbom @axbom.com · 16/09/2026

När talmannen Andreas Norlén gästade SVT Nyheters sändning via länk så började Microsoft Teams uppdatera, eller konfigurera, mjukvaran.

Skärmdump från SVT Nyheters sändning. Texten i inramningen är ”SVT:s Valprognos - Hoppet är ut för Tidöpartierna VAL 2026 Nu ställs partiernas röda linjer på prov”. Mitt i sidan syns logotypen för Microsoft Teams och texten ”Vi utför konfigurationen åt dig…”

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Mentalt handikappat boskap @toebias.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Vad har Kärrholm, Jönsson & co att säga? "Män kan ha försökt styra hur kvinnor röstade i minst 14 fall i söndagens val. Det handlar bland annat om män som sagt åt sina fruar vad de ska rösta på eller tagit ifrån dem de valsedlar de har valt.Totalt har 4300 incidenter rapporteras" omni.se/a/K84Rvy

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Män kan ha försökt påverka kvinnors röstande vid 14 fall

Män kan ha försökt styra hur kvinnor röstade i minst 14 fall i söndagens val, rapporterar Aftonbladet, som gått igenom Valmyndighetens incidentrapporter. Det handlar bland annat om män som sagt åt sin...

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Brian Merchant @bcmerchant.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

This conversation with @naomiaklein.bsky.social and @astra.bsky.social couldn't be more timely. With the AI industry talking about *its own products' potential to cause human extinction* we drill into who might still want to build such technology, and why. Hint: it's in the title of their new book.

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The End Times Fascists of AI, ft. Naomi Klein + Astra Taylor

Listen now (64 mins) | A conversation with Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor about “end times fascism” in the tech industry.

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Olivia Guest · Ολίβια Γκεστ @olivia.science · 14/09/2026

Maybe it would help you to know that AlphaFold and LLMs share the same underlying formalisms and technology?

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