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Chad Loder @chadloder.dev · 20h
British banker who exposed Howard Lutnick's ties to Epstein has died, allegedly from suicide.
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How US commerce secretary's Epstein links were uncovered by British whistleblower
Simon Andriesz made the discovery about Howard Lutnick in publicly released Epstein files.
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Brap @brap.bsky.social · 15h
Transgender rights activists are spreading misinformation about guidance that protects single-sex spaces by claiming it erodes the rights of trans people, the equalities regulator has said. www.thetimes.com/article/5326...
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EHRC chair: Trans activists wrong to claim single-sex code limits rights
Guidance on single-sex spaces based on the Supreme Court judgment still protects transgender people, Mary-Ann Stephenson has said
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barbaralavelle.bsky.social @barbaralavelle.bsky.social · 23h
Such a shame to hear that a bunch of angry men tried to silence this talk because they felt Elaine Miller understanding that sex is real and sometimes matters upsets trans people, seemingly forgetting that many trans people are female and also benefit from this advice.
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@katie_pinns @katie-pinns.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The Green Party has banned the Green Women’s Declaration from The Green Party annual conference. Why? Because they say sex matters www.terftimes.com/p/greens-on-...
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Greens on the outside | TERF Times
Banned Green Women’s Declaration threaten conference delegates with facts
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callthistea.bsky.social @callthistea.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
@moderation.bsky.app hello, you’ve suspended user account @gudulemartens.bsky.app for posting the attached text. Please review this decision. It’ll also be helpful to explain why it is harassment to identify men’s crimes and known patterns of male behaviour.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 01/10/2026
Tennessee woman ‘snoring’ and still alive as execution halted, witnesses say
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Tennessee woman ‘snoring’ and still alive as execution halted, witnesses say
Christa Pike, sentenced to death over 1995 murder, was heard snoring 40 minutes after lethal doses administered, witnesses said Tennessee officials were unable to carry out the execution of Christa Pike, media witnesses said Wednesday, despite her being administered two doses of a lethal injection drug. In a press conference, media witnesses described hearing Pike snore 40 minutes after she was administered two doses of pentobarbital. An ambulance pulled up to Riverbend maximum security institution ahead of the press conference, but Pike’s condition is unclear. Continue reading...
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Time for this classic again.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 30/09/2026
🚨 EXCLUSIVE: Sen. Ron Wyden says the DOJ and FBI withheld a secret interview with a banker tied to Jeffrey Epstein from the files released to the public. And he says there may be more.
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EXCLUSIVE: Senator Accuses DOJ and FBI of Withholding Secret Epstein Banker Interview, Demands Release of All FBI 302s
Senator Ron Wyden is accusing the Justice Department and the FBI of withholding a key record from the Epstein files, demanding in a letter obtained exclusively
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Alexei @alexeigc.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
A balanced piece apart from this point "NHS trusts are continuing to treat trans women, biological males who identify as women, in the same way as biological females in circumstances she argues are no longer permitted under equality law." It never was permitted, the law was clarified, not changed.
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Doctor 'enraged' over NHS transgender ward policy
A consultant psychiatrist says a patient exposed themselves to female patients on the women-only ward.
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Reem Alsalem @unsrvaw.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Suggest that everyone has a listen! Sex, lies and statistics | Ft. Professor @ProfAliceS m.youtube.com/watch?v=zxmY... Why collecting data disaggregated by sex is important for all society, including transgender persons.
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Sex, lies and statistics | Ft. Professor Alice Sullivan
YouTube video by Sex Matters
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Labour Women's Declaration @labwomendec.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
We've got the fight of our lives on our hands, to get the Equality Act implemented & to alert colleagues how the draft Conversion Ban Bill undermines the EA and risks reversing the gains for women & young people since the Supreme Court Ruling & the Cass Review, says @sonia_sodha. #LWDLiverpool26
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sianushka.bsky.social @sianushka.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
“The rate of ectopic pregnancy deaths in states with abortion bans is nearly double that in states where abortion is legal.” That stat should shame every anti abortionist in the world.
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
@jkbjournalist.bsky.social reopened the Epstein case; Heidi Blake seems to have restarted the UK prosecuting Andrew Tate; Ronan Farrow, Megan Twohey and Jodi Kantor made the system finally go after Weinstein for real. Journalism has again and again made the justice system do its job.
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callthistea.bsky.social @callthistea.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Victoria Smith @glosswitch.bsky.social How do they expect the gender wars to end? glosswitch.substack.com/p/how-do-the... “At least it @labourunionsuk.bsky.social is no longer pretending there is no conflict between women having rights and men having women’s rights, too”
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How do they expect the gender wars to end?
On For Women Scotland and the pointless, endless backlash against women’s rights
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Brap @brap.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
👏 👏👏
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 27/09/2026
Their punishment was to write essays.
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K.Flynnx (St.) @kflynny369.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Jonathan Hinder MP (Labour Pendle & Clitheroe)gets it. Thank you 🙏
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Fiona Harvey @fionaharvey.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Climate and nature collapse threaten national security of govts across world, UK tells UN based on spy chiefs’ warnings www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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UK shares findings of damning climate crisis national security report suppressed under Starmer
El Niño poses critical threat to nations’ defences, says Ed Miliband in presentation to global foreign ministers
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Here's today's column on the astonishing, ongoing mistreatment of people with #ME/CFS. Please spread it far and wide: the only thing which can break the media's wall of indifference is seeing an article about the issue go viral. Thank you. 1/2 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Abandoned, dismissed and gaslighted: there is no excuse for the way ME sufferers have been betrayed | George Monbiot
Changes in guidance and science seem to have little impact on millions of devastated lives. It’s a social crisis playing out behind closed doors, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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barbaralavelle.bsky.social @barbaralavelle.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
History doesn’t repeat but rhymes. In 1628 Sweden launched the Vasa, one of the largest, most expensive warships of the time. Built by world leading maritime engineers to meet the aspirations of King Gustavos Adolphus, covered in guns and statues. It sank after sailing less than one nautical mile.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 23/09/2026
Ossoff: "What did they spend the most political capital trying to do over the last 18 months? Cover up the Epstein files. They worked harder to cover up the Epstein files than they ever did to lower grocery prices."
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Brap @brap.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Brave speech by @zoehollowood.bsky.social at the Liberal Democrat conference. 👏 Unfortunately it fell on deaf ears.
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LS @vatskills.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
x.com/treesey/stat... The Lib Dem leader completely incoherent on the Today programme. He doesn't support women's rights.
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teresa smith (@treesey) on X
Absolute incoherence from Ed Davey:
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 21/09/2026
‘People had naive expectations’: How MeToo has changed in China
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‘People had naive expectations’: How MeToo has changed in China
On Friday, MeToo journalist Sophia Huang Xueqin was released from prison. She returns to a landscape changed by censorship, and a new generation of feminists
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
So sad to hear of the death of Bonnie Greer, novelist, broadcaster and hugely inspiration woman. She was a great supporter of this Womensart project & WA books and our chats will be cherished always. A true intellectual & beautiful person. RIP xx
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
It was one of the great joys of my recent life to know Bonnie Greer. A truly remarkable person who radiated such wisdom and intellect. And when she spoke the audience was rapt. A kind, generous, passionate and very funny human. Thank you for giving us you Bonnie. www.theguardian.com/books/2026/s...
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Bonnie Greer, writer and cultural commentator, dies aged 77
The British-American novelist and playwright who regularly appeared on panel shows will be remembered for her ‘warmth, humour and generosity’, says her husband
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Dale Vince @dalevince.com · 17/09/2026
Prince William is redistributing public money here, nice as that is - it’s our money, the Prison is unfit to use, we should not be paying for it - surely? buff.ly/zVQPRyR
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https://www.thetimes.com/uk/royal-family/article/prince-williams-15m-gold-rush-to-revitalise-devon-town-q62gnlsn5?eafs_enabled=false
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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Reform UK tried to ‘cover up’ assault incident that led to its Welsh leader’s resignation nation.cymru/news/reform-...
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Reform UK tried to 'cover up' assault incident that led to its Welsh leader's resignation
Martin Shipton Reform UK tried to suppress coverage of its leader’s arrest on suspicion of assault and coercive control by warning news outlets they would break European privacy law by reporting it,…
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MargaretH @margaretj.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Sex still a major factor in how doctors treat patients. "studies showed doctors more often attributed women’s symptoms to anxiety and made more diagnostic errors with female patients, even when test results were positive." www.theguardian.com/science/2026...
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Women with same health conditions as men ‘less likely to be offered active treatment’
Men with heart, kidney or liver conditions more likely to be offered intervention compared with women, global analysis finds
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Shefali Luthra @shefali.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Big news: The family of Tierra Walker, who died after she couldn't get an abortion, is suing a slate of Texas actors in state court, including AG Ken Paxton. They say the state ban is unconstitutional. This is the first suit of its kind. 19thnews.org/2026/09/texa...
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Tierra Walker died after she couldn’t get an abortion. Her family is suing Ken Paxton
The case, filed Tuesday, argues that Texas’ near-total abortion ban violates the state and U.S. Constitutions, which “prohibit state actors from killing their citizens.”
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Trump Action Tracker @trumpactiontracker.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
A report from the office of the inspector general of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) found that practices at the now shuttered detention facility "Alligator Alcatraz" did "not align with standards for humane treatment... TAT: [Nationalism | Weakening civil rights | Undermining democracy]
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Alligator Alcatraz held detainees in cages the size of phone booths, DHS watchdog says
Office of inspector general’s report says practice at Florida immigration jail is not aligned with ‘humane treatment’
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callthistea.bsky.social @callthistea.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
TUC Motion 17 Erases Women From Their Own Rights “TUC Motion 17 commits 5.3m trade unionists to campaign for gender self-declaration. It never once uses the word “woman”. This is how a movement legislates over women’s rights while pretending not to see them.” 👍 heartlandstribune.com/tuc-motion-1...
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TUC Motion 17 Erases Women From Their Own Rights - The Heartlands Tribune
TUC Motion 17 would change the law on who counts as a woman. It never names women. From single-sex spaces to Darlington nurses: what the TUC voted for.
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Non-dairy Canary @nondairycanary.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Every time I think Jolyon Maugham has finally hit the bottom, it turns out to be just another ledge on his way further down into the the canyon of idiocy ... May you wipe the floor with him, Sarah. It's clear he isn't prepared to settle for anything less.
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Reem Alsalem @unsrvaw.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
United States must protect female prisoners from sex-based violence, privacy violations and retaliation, says Special Rapporteur www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
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United States must protect female prisoners from sex-based violence, privacy violations and retaliation, says Special Rapporteur
GENEVA – The UN Special Rapporteur on violence against women and girls, Reem Alsalem today expressed grave concern over the treatment and safety of female prisoners at the Central California Women’s F...
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 14/09/2026
Some details: Kremlev, the Russian who sponsored Don Jr's wedding, is a former member of the Night Wolves biker gang, went to China with Putin and is personally sanctioned by Ukraine for his role in abducting children www.propublica.org/article/dona...
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Donald Trump Jr.’s Wedding Bankrolled by Putin-Linked Russian Oligarch
The oligarch, Umar Kremlev, spent hundreds of thousands on expenses like renting out a private island. He appears to have met Trump Jr. only recently, but he attended the intimate wedding with a large...
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Brap @brap.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
www.dailymail.com/news/article... Latest in safeguarding fail. What is wrong with these people?
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Fury as NSPCC say male teachers can supervise girls in changing rooms
The child protection charity has removed a policy that adults supervising pupils while they change should be the same sex as the children from its latest safeguarding briefing.
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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
When disabled people oppose Assisted Dying, it’s almost never from a religious point of view. It’s not because we’re anti-choice or that we want to force people to suffer. We oppose it because society devalues disabled lives and uses these programs in an unethical manner. They become eugenics. 🧵
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Thames Water hit by £2bn bill for finance costs and advisers’ fees. Result of years of borrowing to pay dividends, cost passed to customers. TW has violated terms of its licence, has numerous criminal convictions. Must be brought into public ownership. archive.ph/FXmvV
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Thames Water hit by £2bn bill for finance costs and advisers’ fees
Embattled UK utility faces mounting costs as government debates moving ahead with temporary nationalisation
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Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Riddle me this. If somebody donates £36 million to a political party and £5 million to its leader, how is the £5 million not political? Asking for a parliamentary standards commissioner.
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Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
The Ben Delo who has just given Reform £36m is the same Ben Delo who US prosecutors said was the leader of a ‘criminal enterprise’ But hey ho, it’s fine for him- and any other crypto bro - to buy British democracy lock stock and barrel democracyforsale.substack.com/p/reforms-4m...
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Reform's £4m donor "thumbed his nose at the law", US prosecutors said
Ben Delo has called his US conviction a "non-crime". Prosecutors said the Farage-backing crypto billionaire was a “leader of a criminal enterprise”.
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barbaralavelle.bsky.social @barbaralavelle.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Strange choice given Alex Sobel doesn’t appear to believe that half the population (female people) should have human rights.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 10/09/2026
New battery-powered trains will ‘bring faster journeys to north’
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New battery-powered trains will ‘bring faster journeys to north’
No 10 says 29 new trains to be built in Derby will support 350 local jobs, as well as nearly 6,000 across the UK No 10 has announced the construction of a new fleet of battery-powered trains that will “bring faster, more reliable journeys to the north”. The 29 new trains, which will be run by TransPennine Express, are set to be built in Alstom’s Litchurch Lane works in Derby from 2028, which the government says will support 350 local jobs, as well as nearly 6,000 across the UK. Continue reading...
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Ingenious name @ingeniousname.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
This is massively disappointing. I’m so gutted for Australian women. It’s not over though. No amount of compulsion can make anyone believe a man is a woman. Never.
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Helen Lewis @helenlewis.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
For the last year, I’ve been talking to people involved in the surrogacy industry. There are many happy stories, but also a very concerning lack of regulation. I’ll drop a gift link below.
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Guy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
“Research analysing more than 26,000 wildfires in Spain found that native broadleaf woodland had the lowest ignition risk and was less prone to intense fires” Rewilding - the smart approach to preventing fires & floods: rewildingeurope.com/news/rewildi...
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Rewilding: the smart approach to preventing fires and floods | Rewilding Europe
Working with nature is one of our greatest opportunities to build a more resilient and prosperous Europe. As climate change fuels more frequent and intense wildfires, floods and droughts…
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 09/09/2026
Talarico says he would vote in favor of a national ban for transgender surgeries for minors
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barbaralavelle.bsky.social @barbaralavelle.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
The Democrats are learning that throwing the rights of women and girls away is not popular.
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UnHerd @unherd.com · 08/09/2026
‘It makes no sense to support the separation of men and women in public spaces and in the same breath describe yourself as a “proud feminist”’ | Joan Smith unherd.com/newsroom/ste...
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Stella Creasy is giving Muslim misogyny a free pass
Some ideas are just incompatible. For example, it makes no sense to support the separation of men and women in public spaces and in the same breath describe yourself as a “proud feminist”. Trying to…
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For Women Scotland @forwomen.scot · 08/09/2026
Frankly, we think her "feminism" was undermined when she refused to say that a double rapist was a man. But then we aren't all about superficial posing.
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Judy Webb @judyw.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
The Proclaimers: The trans lobby are truth-phobic www.telegraph.co.uk/gift/e2916f0...
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The Proclaimers: The trans lobby are truth-phobic
Ahead of a provocative new album, Craig and Charlie Reid on their anger at the SNP, Western warmongering and the imperilment of free speech
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