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Julie/a Stivers

@bespokelib.bsky.social
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Librarian. Let’s build inclusive school spaces that center joy and resistance. ‘23 SLJ SLOTY. Author of The Restorative School Library, Include, co-author of Manga Goes to School. #LibFive #TrueBookFAIRs she/her 🌈

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Julie/a Stivers @bespokelib.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Secondary librarians are out here fighting for our lives with Heated Rivalry requests. 🤣 [Amazing series, but not a good age fit for school!] I created this list of read-alikes to fill this void for my students. Inspired to Read a Queer Sports Romance? These are all amazing, Queer, sporty romances!
Read alike list: Inspired to Read Some Queer Sports Romance? Titles include Fence, Check Please!, She Drive Me Crazy, Cheer Up!, Home Field Advantage, and Icebreaker!
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Julie/a Stivers @bespokelib.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
New post up at #MangaintheMiddle where I help educators + librarians navigate manga for the middle grades. Which can be tricky! A micro-review for Kiss the Scars of the Girls at mangainthemiddle.weebly.com/reviews/kiss... #MangaGoesToSchool
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Kiss the Scars of the Girl
At Manga in the Middle we (my students and I) are BIG fans of this manga  referred to lovingly by my students as the Green Lesbians . Well, Kiss the Scars of the Girls  could be affectionately...
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Julie/a Stivers @bespokelib.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
So honored to be a part of the Equity and Social Justice in Education series from @paulgorski.bsky.social and @routledgebooks.bsky.social. School libraries are key stakeholders for equity in our schools and now we are represented in this excellent series! 💙💜 www.routledge.com/The-Restorat...
Purple and blue swirly watercolor cover of The Restorative School Library.
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Julie/a Stivers @bespokelib.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
HIGHLY recommend Spacewalking with You by Inuhiko Doronoda. Come for the neurodivergent representation, stay for the male friendship, communication, and adorable wholesomeness. 🩷 My micro-review at mangainthemiddle.weebly.com/reviews/spac... #MangaGoestoSchool @mangalibrarian.bsky.social
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Spacewalking with You by Inuhiko Doronoda
Spacewalking with You is wholesome, important, and engaging.  This is a high-school slice-of-life story centered on two very different--but equally endearing--neurodivergent teens.
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Coop @riderstrike.bsky.social · 31/12/2025
Next, I have to give a huge thanks to @mangalibrarian.bsky.social, @st741.bsky.social, @bespokelib.bsky.social, Hillary Chang, @jrlibrarian.bsky.social, and the other librarians I spoke with while covering the manga bans that've flared up across the country www.animenewsnetwork.com/feature/2025...
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Manga in The Crosshairs: The State of Manga Bans in 2025
Coop Bicknell interviewed librarians across the country about how the latest Executive Orders and lists targeting LGBTQ+ are affecting students' ability to read age-appropriate comics.
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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 19/06/2025
Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.
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Julie/a Stivers @bespokelib.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
Coming in 2026: The Restorative School Library! I don’t know how to talk about librarianship without situating it as restorative. Thrilled that libraries will now officially be a part of @paulgorski.bsky.social’s Equity and Social Justice in Education series. 💙💜
A book cover that says The Restorative School Library: Building Spaces and Programs where Students are both seen and celebrated.
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Matthew Noe @noethematt.bsky.social · 02/11/2025
The cruelty is the point
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Tom Bober @captainlibrary.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
Looking forward to sharing about librarians Building Libraries collaboration with Kids Discover on our trip to Kenya, the Nonfiction work we’re doing in the library, and the powerful pairings of primary sources and literature! Hope you can join!
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Alex Brown 🇵🇸 (they/them) @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
My new library slogan is "genAI hallucination rate: 30-80%; librarian hallucination rate: 0%"
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Sara Campbell @smwordsmith.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
I’m gonna be a busy lady this #AASL2025! Along with my co-presenters @mangalibrarian.bsky.social, @bespokelib.bsky.social and Emily Ratica, were presenting on 3 of the conference days! Come say hi and learn about some fabulous manga in your libraries. #MangaGTS
A graphic announcing sessions got AASL 2025: Carnegie: Great Immigrants - Great Americans; Manga Goes to School: Cultivating Engagement and inclusion in k-12 settings; Manga Goes to School authors recommend: grades 3-8; Manga Goes to School authors recommend: grades 9-12; myth-hating manga misconceptions
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Julie/a Stivers @bespokelib.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
Final stages of prep for #AASL25! Excited to talk SO MUCH manga with @mangalibrarian.bsky.social @smwordsmith.bsky.social Emily Ratica. Going to be there? Come to one of our sessions—or multiple. They are all different! @alaeditionsns.bsky.social @aaslala.bsky.social
Listing of manga related presentations at AASL on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday.
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Mychal Threets @mychal3ts.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
Reading Rainbow… is back! 🥹 This LeVar Burton/Reading Rainbow raised human is feeling all of the library joy. We hope your kids believe they belong in books, just like you ✨ Take a look, it’s in a book 📚🌈🦋🌌 youtu.be/gHAIjSkmnYI?...
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No Cats In The Library 🐱📚 | Reading Rainbow 📖 🌈 | Full Episode | @Kidzuko​
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Julie/a Stivers @bespokelib.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
Looking for more school-set manga? *Kusunoki’s Flunking Her High School Glow-Up* is a great option for MS and HS. Micro-review here: mangainthemiddle.weebly.com/reviews/kuso...
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Kusonoki's Flunking Her High School Glow-Up by Mitsuki Mii
This adorable manga has all the elements that will attract middle school readers: an engaging, colorful cover, relatable school events, and a high school protagonist (!). Main characters Kusoniki and....
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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 07/09/2025
More than 1.2 million immigrants disappeared from the labor force from January through the end of July, according to preliminary Census Bureau data analyzed by the Pew Research Center.
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1.2M immigrants are gone from the US labor force under Trump, preliminary data shows
As parades and other events celebrating the contributions of workers in the U.S. are being held for the Labor Day holiday, experts say President Donald Trump’s stepped-up immigration policies are impacting the nation’s labor force.
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kay slater @kslater.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
In “Against AI: Critical Refusal in the Library,” I examine LIS as in need of a values-realignment, asking readers to refuse the technosolutionism we are so often offered in place of human-centered possibilities, like taking racism, climate change, and labor rights seriously doi.org/10.1353/lib....
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Project MUSE - Against AI: Critical Refusal in the Library
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Julie/a Stivers @bespokelib.bsky.social · 19/07/2025
Queer (Representation in) Comics camp is a wrap! Queer (Representation in) Anime camp starts Monday. ❤️🧡💛💚🩵💙🩷🩷🩷🩷🩷🩷🩷🩷🩷🩷
Slide that says Welcome to Queer Comics! We’re so glad you’re here.
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Aiden Thomas 🇵🇸 @aidenschmaiden.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️HAPPY PRIDE! let's do a book giveaway! make a purchase from www.aiden-thomas.com/graveyard-goods during the month of June and you'll be entered to win 1 of 2 @barnesandnoble.com special editions of "Cemetery Boys"! and this quarter, we're supporting @lambdalegal.org with proceeds from the shop!
Make a purchase from the shop during Pride Month and automatically be entered to win 1 of 2 Barnes and Noble Special Edition copies of Cemetery Boys! All purchases from the shop will enter you into this drawing automatically. Two winners will be chosen at the end of the month and contacted in early July. You will receive a email from our business email address notifying you.Why are we choosing LamBda Legal?

Lambda Legal has won PRECEDENT-setting civil rights cases on everything from  marriage equALITy to expressions of gender identity and health care desrimination.
-Lambda legal.(2025).Lambdalegal.org
To find out more about Lambda Legal please visit lambdalegal.org
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Ashley Hawkins @mangalibrarian.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
We’re going to #AASL25, and we’ll be talking all things manga and how to utilize them in an engaging and inclusive school setting! @smwordsmith.bsky.social @bespokelib.bsky.social @st741.bsky.social #SchoolLibraries #TLSky #Edusky
Conference promo
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Julie/a Stivers @bespokelib.bsky.social · 01/06/2025
Removing a vital service for anime clubs at this time? In this economy? It’s inexcusable! Do better @crunchyroll.com!
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Steve "It's TAY-tro" Tetreault @drtlovesbooks.bsky.social · 01/06/2025
A youth services librarian has set up a petition asking Crunchyroll to reinstate their library outreach program - you can sign it here: chng.it/DS96MVfPQf #TLSky #EduSky #SchoolLibraries @mangalibrarian.bsky.social @bespokelib.bsky.social
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Bring Back Crunchyroll's Library Outreach Program - Save Library Anime Clubs
Can you spare a minute to help this campaign?
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Ashley Hawkins @mangalibrarian.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
As promised, @bespokelib.bsky.social and I have written about the @crunchyroll.com situation for @aaslala.bsky.social, why we feel they should reconsider, and what school and public librarians should do next. #tlsky #libraries #animeclub
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Anime Clubs are Essential: What to Do Now That Crunchyroll’s Outreach Program Is Gone | AASL Knowledge Quest
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Julie/a Stivers @bespokelib.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
So refreshing to see librarian views centered in a convo about book banning. Thank you Coop Bicknell and @animenewsnetwork.com! #mangagoestoschool #librarysky
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Ashley Hawkins @mangalibrarian.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
Coop did a very thorough job explaining the current challenges we’re facing in the field, and I’m glad I could provide some insight! There other amazing librarians quoted in this piece, and I encourage everyone to take a look! @bespokelib.bsky.social, @st741.bsky.social.
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School Library Journal @slj.com · 08/04/2025
📰 Breaking News: ALA Sues Trump Administration Over Dismantling of IMLS The American Library Association files suit against the administration's move to dismantle a crucial source of library funding. www.slj.com/story/ALA-Su... #libraries #advocacy #IMLS #libraryfunding
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ALA Sues Trump Administration Over Dismantling of IMLS
The American Library Association and the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees are taking the Trump administration to court to save the Institute of Museum and Library Services.
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Alt Library of Congress @altlofc.altgov.info · 16/03/2025
Dear <Rep>, I am writing to strongly oppose the executive order calling for the elimination of the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS).
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Julie/a Stivers @bespokelib.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
Hey School Librarians! www.thriftbooks.com has new books, too! At competitive prices to the big bad place. Filling in some lost titles w/ used books + I just pre-ordered these new beauties from Kacen Callender, @kwamembalia.bsky.social + @erinentrada.bsky.social. @thriftbooks.bsky.social #librarysky
gorgeous cover of We Are Villains by Kacen Callender.gorgeous cover of On Again, Awkward Again by Erin Entrada Kelly and Kwame Mbalia.
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Jennifer Gonzalez @cultofpedagogy.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
We can still prioritize diversity, equity, and inclusion if we look to the work of Zaretta Hammond, @teachbk.bsky.social, @gholdym.bsky.social, @jamiladugan.bsky.social, @nqcliteracy.bsky.social, @novakeducation.bsky.social, Shane Safir, & Common Sense Media. www.cultofpedagogy.com/dei-under-at...
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How to Keep Teaching Well When DEI is Under Attack | Cult of Pedagogy
You may be able to keep much more than you think.
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Julie/a Stivers @bespokelib.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
So excited to create and teach a Comic Lit 12th Grade English seminar next term! These will be our class texts ❤ and obvs, using @scottmccloud.bsky.social's seminal work to guide our learning. I. Cannot. Wait. #mangagoestoschool #comicsareliterature @planetx.bsky.social @victorlavalle.bsky.social
Covers of Goodbye Eri, Galaxy: The Prettiest Star, Victor LaValle's Destroyer, Persepolis, The Best We Could Do, and Tiger Girls.
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Soraya Nadia McDonald @soraya.press · 14/02/2025
Happy Valentine's Day! Love is an action and a practice and need not be romantic. Love fiercely, love humbly, love truthfully, love deeply. We all we got.
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Julie/a Stivers @bespokelib.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
@petebuttigieg.bsky.social yes!
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Encyclopaedia Britannica @britannica.com · 12/02/2025
Encyclopædia Britannica will continue to use ‘Gulf of Mexico’ for a few reasons: -We serve an international audience, a majority of which is outside the U.S. -The Gulf of Mexico is an international body of water, and the U.S.’s authority to rename it is ambiguous. 🧵⬇️
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Julie/a Stivers @bespokelib.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
We’ll be sharing elementary, middle, and high school manga recs! Join us! #librarysky @mangalibrarian.bsky.social @smwordsmith.bsky.social @st741.bsky.social
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Cynthia Leitich Smith (Native Books for Young Readers & More) @cynleitichsmith.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
Make room on your bookshelves for Louise Erdrich’s BIRCHBARK HOUSE series! It offers a critical counterpoint to Wilder’s books, which may find renewed interest with Netflix’s "Little House on the Prairie" reboot. #kidlit
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Jonathan W. Gray @elmcitytree.blacksky.app · 24/01/2025
To instrumentalize what my sister is saying below: every time someone says DEI say “you mean civil rights?” Every time someone says they are against woke reply “oh so you’re a segregationist!” Words have meaning! Don’t allow that nonsense to stand.
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Julie/a Stivers @bespokelib.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
Needed to create something fun this morning for self-care. I love these books so much! #librarysky #canva #kpop
Book finder display for 'Books Centering K-pop and K-dramas' with 8 beautiful, colorful titles by Kat Cho, Lyla Lee, Axie Oh, Maurene Goo, and Hybe.
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Scott Bayer @lyricalswordz.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
As a reminder: 1. You don't know any undocumented people. 2. You don't know ANY undocumented people. 3. YOU DON'T KNOW ANY UNDOCUMENTED PEOPLE.
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Julie/a Stivers @bespokelib.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
Oh my…this cast. Jaw-droppingly good. ♥️🥳♥️
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Julie/a Stivers @bespokelib.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
Our messaging and support for our students is important every day. And especially today. What does your library stand for? We have to stand with the freedoms, rights, and humanity of our students. Yes, these displays are side by side. #librarysky
Display: Books on Reproductive Health and FreedomDisplay: books celebrating nonbinary characters and authorsDisplay: books celebrating trans authors and main characters.Display: books about teens resisting oppressive governments.
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Sara Campbell @smwordsmith.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
We made the front page, y’all!! Proud author moment to see your book on the featured section of a national org’s website! 🥹🥹 #MangaGTS @mangalibrarian.bsky.social @bespokelib.bsky.social @st741.bsky.social & Emily Ratica!
Screenshot of the front page of ALAstore.org featuring Manga Goes to School
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Amy Hermon @slupodcast.bsky.social · 11/01/2025
My copy arrived!!! Don’t miss as 5 #Manga experts @mangalibrarian.bsky.social @bespokelib.bsky.social @smwordsmith.bsky.social @mounabat.bsky.social and Emily Ratica share their new book!!! @alaeditionsns.bsky.social @capstonepub.bsky.social apple.co/4gO7GAp
Librarian holding a book: Manga goes to school
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Amy Hermon @slupodcast.bsky.social · 28/12/2024
So proud of these #episodes. Showcasing authors who are and support #schoollibrarians in the work we do every day. bit.ly/BookAuthorEp...
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Amy Hermon @slupodcast.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
Tune in and learn from the #Manga experts as @mangalibrarian.bsky.social @bespokelib.bsky.social @smwordsmith.bsky.social @mounabat.bsky.social and Emily Ratica share their new book!!!@alaeditionsns.bsky.social @capstonepub.bsky.social apple.co/4gO7GAp
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Manga Goes to School
Podcast Episode · School Librarians United with Amy Hermon · 12/20/2024 · 1h 17m
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Julie/a Stivers @bespokelib.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
It's always fun to talk to @slupodcast.bsky.social and even better as part of our #MangaGoestoSchool team. ❤ @alaeditionsns.bsky.social @aaslala.bsky.social
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Amy Hermon @slupodcast.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
Don’t miss #episode 300 and my conversation with 5 #librarian authors! Tune in Dec 20🎧🎤💡📚😀 TY Emily Ratica, @bespokelib.bsky.social @smwordsmith.bsky.social @mangalibrarian.bsky.social @mounabat.bsky.social
6 librarians recording a podcast
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Julie/a Stivers @bespokelib.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
I ❤ Sasaki and Miyano. A LOT. They are adorable + must be protected at all costs. This is a boys' love series to buy for your MS + HS libraries! For BL fans, it almost breaks the fourth wall + for BL newbies, it's perfect! My review: mangainthemiddle.weebly.com/reviews/sasa... @yenpress.com
Nine covers of the manga Sasaki and Miyano with two adorable male characters, a taller one with orange hair and earrings and a younger man with dark hair and big eyes.
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Anna E. Clark @annaeclark.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
This is what's so baffling about so many suggestions for AI in the humanities classroom: they mistake the product for the point. Writing outlines and essays is important not because you need to make outlines and essays but because that's how you learn to think with/through complex ideas.
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Steve "It's TAY-tro" Tetreault @drtlovesbooks.bsky.social · 15/12/2024
When we buy into AI, even when it's "benign" like, "This AI doesn't use unlicensed art to generate new images," it's still adding to the climate damage and inequities, while propelling the tech further into Ed spaces. #TLSky #SchoolLibrarians
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Sara Campbell @smwordsmith.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
Our book is out and in the world! I’m so proud of this project from @mangalibrarian.bsky.social, @bespokelib.bsky.social, @st741.bsky.social, Emily Ratica, and myself! Get yours today! #TLSky #LibSky #SchoolLibraries #Manga #MangaGTS www.ala.org/news/2024/12...
Press release for Manga Goes to School from ALA Editions, AASL Standards-Based Learning Series.
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