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Brendan Jones

@brendanjones.eurosky.social
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A good life for all within planetary boundaries. Climate, energy, post-growth, ecology, biodiversity and co-ops. - Mastodon: @Brendanjones@fosstodon.org - Twitter: @brewenjon (inactive)

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Greenpeace International 🌍 @greenpeace.org · 14/10/2026
For years, investigative reports have linked JBS’s supply chain to massive deforestation in the Amazon rainforest, Indigenous rights violations, and brutal labour conditions. South East Asia is already choking on the haze from land clearances.
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Amazon rainforest wrecker and world’s biggest meat company JBS is now expanding into Southeast Asia - Greenpeace International
Behind closed doors, one of the biggest drivers of the climate crisis isn't an oil company - it’s a global meat dynasty.
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ChrisO_wiki @chriso-wiki.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
1/ Restoring Yandex's damaged data centres will take at least six months and cost billions. Disruption is already severe; Russian manufacturers and distributors face imminent disaster due to Ukraine's strikes causing the collapse of the state-operated goods tracking system. ⬇️
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Jan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Wind and solar supplied 33% of EU electricity in the 12 months to August 2026, against 29% from fossil. In 2016 it was 13% and 43%.
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Common Dreams @commondreams.org · 28/09/2026
'Not Just Another Tech Company': Unions, Rights Groups Across EU Demand Governments Scrap Palantir
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'Not Just Another Tech Company': Unions, Rights Groups Across EU Demand Governments Scrap Palantir
Labor unions and rights groups in Europe call for governments to cut ties with Palantir, citing threats to democracy and civil liberties.
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Paul Byrne @theplanetaryguy.com · 28/09/2026
This is a photo of our home planet taken only a few hours ago! So what? We have photos of Earth taken from space every day. Ah, but *this* photo was taken by a spacecraft ON ITS WAY TO JUPITER.
From the source: "Mostly black space, most of Earth visible at the top right of the image. Part of a spacecraft visible on the left."
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Yung En Chee @yungenchee.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Lil 🧵 of resources (in chron order) on the bastardry that is Australia's Sea Dumping Bill Collecting these in anticipation of uptick in initiatives for global trade in CO2 waste (mostly for dumping in Australia) Prof Samantha Hepburn on the glaring total-lack-of-effectiveness credibility problem👇
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Australia has introduced a new bill that will allow us to ship carbon emissions overseas. Here’s why that’s not a great idea
Australia wants to allow export of CO₂ for the purpose of “sequestration”, or storage under the sea. Fossil fuel companies, or research organisations, would need to first apply for an export permit.
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Brendan Jones @brendanjones.eurosky.social · 27/09/2026
A land value tax would fix this. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...
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Eviction of 87-year-old puts Spain’s deepening housing crisis in the spotlight
Images of Maricarmen Abascal being forcibly removed from her home sparked protests and a reckoning over the country’s soaring real estate market
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Tasmanian Inquirer @tasinquirer.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Since the start of 2016, the three #salmon companies operating in #Tasmanian marine areas - Huon Aquaculture, Tassal and Petuna - have deployed 150,488 underwater explosives against seals in their fish farms. #politas 💥 tasmanianinquirer.com.au/news/more-th...
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More than 150,000 underwater explosives used against seals at Tasmanian salmon farms since 2016, government data reveals | Tasmanian Inquirer
More than 150,000 underwater explosives have been used against seals at Tasmanian salmon farms since 2016, according to new government data.
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Smooth Dunk @smoothdunk2.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
when ai leaves u behind
7 panel comic.

Panel 1:
A Red Guy with AI across his chest looks like he’s about to run away. A Yellow Guy stands next to him. Red Guy says “I’m the future, buddy. You comin’?”
Yellow Guy replies “Nah”

Panel 2: 
Red Guy is almost out of the panel. He leans in and says “Enjoy getting left behind, pal”
Yellow Guy replies “ok”

Panel 3:
Yellow Guy stands alone.

Panel 4: 
Close up on Yellow Guy, there is a quiet “huff-huff-huff” noise coming from behind him

Panel 5:
Yellow Guy turns to look behind him

Panel 6: 
Close up on Yellow Guy’s face as if from the point of view of an attacker.
Yellow Guy yells “Jesus Christ”

Panel 7:
AI Red Guy is now chasing the Yellow Guy. 
Red Guy: “Use me”
Yellow Guy “No”
Red Guy “USE ME”
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Kees van der Leun @sustainable2050.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Lowering fuel taxes when supply is tight is stupid policy: it keeps demand and prices artificially high, most of it ends up with those who don't need support, and in the end, it's a money transfer from people who use little or no fuel to people who use a lot, e.g. SUV owners.
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Jaap Burger @jaapburger.eu · 21/09/2026
“stocks will be replaced by Nokia, the Finnish mobile phone giant that reinvented itself as a network provider for data centres [.], and French utility Engie.” Not just Nokia but also the company formerly known as Gaz de France, now a leader in electrification. Lesson: innovate or perish?
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David Pocock @davidpocock.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Yesterday the Senate agreed to my motion that calls on the government to fix our broken lobbying laws. It's time for politics to work for Australians, and that starts with lobbying reform. This is a great first step. Go to www.fixlobbying.com.au and join my call for lobbying reform.
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Jaap Burger @jaapburger.eu · 17/09/2026
OK, here’s the praise. Germany sets an example within Europe for its approach to public charging infrastructure for heavy-duty vehicles. Planned well in advance (with grid connections applied for) and featuring an exemplary tender design. Implementation of the first phase is now starting.
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Clean Creatives @cleancreatives.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Meet the parents! 👨‍👩‍👧🛢️ 303 of this year's fossil fuel contracts belong to agencies owned by just 7 hold co's. Omnicom leads with 118, and WPP brings 88. Publicis, Dentsu, Havas, Stagwell and DJE Holdings round out the guest list. Check out the rest of the family tree 🌳 f-list.cleancreatives.org
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Maggie Harrison Dupré @mharrisondupre.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
NEW: Brown Brothers Media is the most successful media company you've never heard of. For years, its success was fueled by AI, fake writers, and fake reporting. When we started asking questions, BBM started mass-deleting content. Somehow, what came next was even worse. futurism.com/artificial-i...
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How Three Brothers Built an AI Slop Empire by Buying Legitimate News Sites and Turning Them Into Zombie Content Farms That They Say Get 50 Million Page Views per Month
Brown Brothers Media is a media empire raking in millions of clicks with AI, fake writers, and plagiarism.
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Brendan Jones @brendanjones.eurosky.social · 17/09/2026
Those planes will make for some juicy targets for Iran …
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Dr. Jonathan Foley @globalecoguy.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
This important NYT op-ed shows how the accounting rules for tracking greenhouse gas emissions — the Greenhouse Gas Protocols, managed by the World Resources Institute — favor special interests over science. Two leading experts have already resigned over this. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/17/o...
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Opinion | The Latest Corporate Climate Ruse (Gift Article)
Making deforestation look climate-friendly will encourage a lot more deforestation.
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Yung En Chee @yungenchee.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Since the @albomp.bsky.social govt took power in 2022, it's approved 💥37💥 Coal & Gas new/extension projs A rate of ~0.7 projs/month in an accelerating climate & biodiversity crisis Yet pundits bang on abt "don't let perfect be the enemy of good" climate/enviro policies with appalling implications
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Tim Price @timprice.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
If you believe you work for a company that’s going to destroy the world I need you to do something besides tell me about it
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The Author, Séamas O'Reilly @seamas.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Have seen this Nature piece about the effects of X's algorithm mentioned again and it bears repeating; exposure to a right wing algorithm makes you - measurably and predictably - more right wing, even after you stop using it. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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The political effects of X’s feed algorithm - Nature
Among users initially on a chronological feed, 7 weeks of exposure to X’s algorithmic feed in 2023 shifted political attitudes and account-following behaviour in a more conservative direction compared...
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the Juice Media @thejuicemedia.com · 03/09/2026
The Australien Government made an ad about carbon offsets and koalas, and it’s surprisingly honest and informative 🌏🌳🐨 💛 produced by our Patrons 🙏 support us on Patreon: patreon.com/thejuicemedia ☕ buy us a coffee: ko-fi.com/thejuicemedia
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Even if we are able to capture all CO₂ emitted at point sources with CCS and scale atmospheric CO₂ removal (CDR) to billions of tonnes per year (we can't and never will), continuing to burn fossil fuels means that millions of people will continue to die from air pollution each year.
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Rislandr 🇪🇺 🔰 @rislandr.eurosky.social · 31/08/2026
Without the IP accounting distortions, I reckon Ireland would be on the other end of this chart. Europe suffers from massive misallocation of capital away from productive activities and into location values. Land Value Tax (substituting other taxes) is desperately needed to correct our course.
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Chris Bataille @chrisbataille.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Also, some positive news on the global methane front, with Turkmenistan now moving on its huge super emitter events. ‘Breakthrough’ as Turkmenistan starts fixing ‘mindboggling’ methane mega-leaks www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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‘Breakthrough’ as Turkmenistan starts fixing ‘mindboggling’ methane mega-leaks
Secretive state begins repairs on ageing facilities after being revealed as worst country for leaks of potent greenhouse gas
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 19/08/2026
Today on Volts: in 2008, physics professor Ramón Méndez Galain was made energy minister of Uruguay. Over the next 7 years, he led the country to a 98% carbon-free electricity system. With his nonprofit, Ivy, he's now attempting to export the model to other countries in the global South. We discuss.
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He helped Uruguay decarbonize. Can he help other countries do the same?
A conversation with Ramón Méndez Galain.
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Leana Hosea @leanahosea.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Meanwhile, in the UK & Europe, the clean-up costs for PFAS look set to be enormous, with serious questions about who will end up paying for it. Will it be the businesses who made enormous profits producing PFAS? Or will it be taxpayers? share.google/Hg7bg2RVmvHL...
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Cost to clean up toxic PFAS pollution could top £1.6tn in UK and Europe
Exclusive: Costs of UK cleanup will reach £9.9bn a year in UK if emissions of ‘forever chemicals’ remain uncontrolled
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Brendan Jones @brendanjones.eurosky.social · 15/08/2026
They'll "take any actions necessary to address unreasonable burdens on U.S. commerce". To quote that modern philosophical treatise, Love Actually, "a friend who bullies us is no longer a friend". www.politico.eu/article/us-t...
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US threatens EU over its green reporting rules
Washington says Brussels still hasn’t delivered on its commitments from last year’s transatlantic trade deal.
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Tim Hollo @timhollo.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
EJ Swift’s “When There Are Wolves Again” is as beautiful and brilliant a piece of climate literature as I’ve ever read. And I’ve read a lot. It’s also a real a telling of what it feels like to be an activist in a broken and breaking world as I’ve read. I felt very seen. Do read it.
Lovely cover, too. A wolf, sort of in a cage but they’re also maybe trees?
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Andy Scollick @andyscollick.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
If it takes "thousands of Spanish and Moroccan security officers" to reinforce Ceuta's borders for 70,000+ migrants, how many security officers do you think it will take to block tens, even hundreds of millions of very determined climate refugees from migrating into Europe? A million? More?
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Spain and Morocco reinforce border amid fears of fresh Ceuta migrant surge
Authorities in Madrid and Rabat are taking no chances, working together to prevent a repeat of last month’s mass crossings into the exclave.
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Dr. Jonathan Foley @globalecoguy.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
The simplest environmental solutions are often the best. They’re proven. They’re ready now. They can help us avert disaster. So why do many prefer complicated, high-tech, faraway gadgets instead? globalecoguy.medium.com/occams-razor...
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Occam’s Razor for the Planet
The simplest environmental solutions are often the best. They’re proven. They’re available now. And they can help us avert disaster. So…
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Mongabay @mongabay.com · 14/08/2026
Indonesia holds the world’s largest nickel reserves, with production jumping tenfold over 10 years. A new study warns that expanding mines and roads threatens vital wildlife habitats, creating a direct conflict between green energy goals and biodiversity conservation. Story by Hans Nicholas Jong.
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Nickel expansion puts Indonesia’s biodiversity goals under pressure, study finds
JAKARTA — Indonesia’s nickel boom is colliding with its efforts to protect biodiversity and reduce emissions from forests and other land uses. A new study warns that meeting growing global nickel…
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Kye @kyebarker.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Something that these people don’t understand is that reading is a joyful experience, even when it is frustratingly difficult. I don’t think I’m alone in seeing reading a synopsis by a bullshit machine as an abyss of joyfulness.
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Dr. Aaron Thierry @thierryaaron.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Another Canary faints. Are we ready to get out the mine and leave the coal behind yet? "Morocco's sardine landings dropped 46 per cent in 2024 to 525,000 metric tons, according to official data." Research suggests that climate change 😒
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World’s leading sardine exporter halts frozen supply to rest of world
The African nation will stop exports of frozen sardines due to supply concerns
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Giulio Mattioli @giuliomattioli.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
"EU & American institutions provided incumbent firms with policy access, enabling them to shape policymaking, leading to weaker policies and slower (clean-tech) transitions (while) Chinese institutions shielded policymakers from incumbent firm lobbying" doi.org/10.1016/j.er...
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Basti Hirsch @bastihirsch.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
“3°C is survivable only on paper. Give up that fantasy and adaptation has to mean transformation.”
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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 30/07/2026
“Every billion spent buying dodgy carbon offsets is a billion dollars that wasn’t spent on our low-carbon economy needs.” writes co-CEO Richard Denniss in the Financial Review. #auspol @richarddenniss.bsky.social
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Wolfgang Blau @wblau.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
The growing intermittency of…conventional nuclear energy. www.reuters.com/business/ene...
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Low Danube river levels force Romania to shut down both of its nuclear power reactors
Romania will shut down its ‌second nuclear reactor on the Danube river, the energy ministry said on Wednesday, three days after decades-low river levels forced it to shut down the first.
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Philip Oldfield @sustainabletall.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Want to keep people cool AND generate energy? Solar panel shading systems! This is a new timber-framed office and laboratory in Basel, by Herzog de Meuron
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Dr. Genevieve Guenther (she/they) @doctorvive.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
My most doomy take is that liberal governments were in fact serious about decarbonizing, but then realized that carbon capture doesn’t actually work and they would have to manage the devaluation of trillions of fossil capital, and they quietly decided that they would rather let the world burn. 1/2
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Jan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
1/ Irony number one: Many of the people now cheering me on spent years insisting heat pumps don't work. Air conditioners ARE heat pumps. Same refrigeration cycle, same physics, running in reverse. Most modern units do both. If AC works (it does), heat pumps work (they do).
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Marianne Gros @mariannegros.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Rome is going after the EU's number 1 environmental rule: That public funds shouldn't pay for dirty, polluting projects. That won't sit well with a bloc of EU countries — particularly the Nordics — pushing in the opposite direction. Read our exclusive: www.politico.eu/article/ital...
politico.eu
Italy leads push to weaken green rules in €2T EU budget
Rome has warned that Brussels’ environmental criteria will lock out entire sectors from the bloc’s funds.
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Petter Törnberg @pettertornberg.com · 07/07/2026
Then meeting them halfway is not a remedy. It can be complicity. Then treating both sides as equivalent is not neutrality. It can be normalization. Then conflict and resistance are not the disease. They can be part of the solution.
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Petter Törnberg @pettertornberg.com · 07/07/2026
‘Polarization’ has become the master concept for diagnosing our current democratic crisis. But this is not polarization. It is the radicalization of the political right. By misdiagnosing it, we risk becoming complicit in the crisis. 🧵 Just out in Perspectives on Politics doi.org/10.1017/S153...
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mu @mu.social · 07/07/2026
We launched 26 days ago — remember that? It still feels like it was barely yesterday 😘 Today we hit 100,000 monthly active users! ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND OF YOU. And we don't even have native apps yet. We love you! Thank you! This is just the beginning of something mu.
Pedro Pascal says: I should totally get a mu-let.
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Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
People who spiral out overusing LLM chatbots are really just experiencing the kind of brain-damaging stream of unconditional validation that’s always been the norm for the hyper-wealthy, which explains a lot.
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Nicholas D Carter @nicholasdcarter.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
In 1961, 2 chickens were killed per person globally/yr Now, 9 are killed per person/yr. More than 4x Yeah it's more efficient than beef but still wastes ~90% of feed calories, drives dead zones, pandemic risks & ethical issues It's wild to see some say it's a GHG win & don't mention huge tradeoff
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Dave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Two headlines about the same story reveal how the BBC relentlessly launders Farage's reputation, even as the corporate media steps up. In-your-face malfeasance by the national broadcaster.
A Sunday Times headline that reads "Nigel Farage secretly funded by convicted criminal"A BBC headline that reads "Farage denies rules broken after reports benefits from ally were not declared"
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Tobias Kuemmerle @tkuemmerle.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Nice blog summary by Lyla O'Brien on her paper on priority actions to better protect and restore old-growth forests in Europe - just published in @consletters.bsky.social 👉 doi.org/10.1111/con4... @biogeoberlin.bsky.social Blog here: wildcard-project.eu/priority-act...
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Priority actions for the conservation of primary and old-growth forests in Europe - Wildcard
Blogpost by Lyla O'Brien
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