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Melissa & Chris Bruntlett @modacitylife.com · 1h
Leuven might be the best cycling city you’ve never heard of. 37% of trips are by bike; not by accident, but by years of rethinking streets, reducing car dominance and recirculating traffic. While the large capitals attract most headlines, Leuven is another example of a small city making big moves.
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IrishCycle.com @irishcycle.com · 08/10/2026
Landmark Dublin project offering "significant" cycling connectivity expected to be submitted to planning board soon irishcycle.com/2026/10/06/l...
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Landmark Dublin project offering “significant” cycling connectivity expected to be submitted to planning board soon
Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council expects to submit a planning application for the  8km DLR Connector to An Coimisiún Pleanála, the national planning board, in Q3/Q4 this year, council official…
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Cycling In Kilkenny @cyclinginkilkenny.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
It's almost like parts of the USA were carpet bombed in a war that isn't mentioned in history books. Why would people destroy their own cities like this?
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IrishCycle.com @irishcycle.com · 03/10/2026
The type of Metro which Dublin is getting. (But more like Copenhagen+ pricing?)
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Pádraic Fogarty @whittledaway.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
This is such a bad policy and a waste of public money. We should not be paying farmers foe simply owning sheep guven the enormous damage they cause. www.farmersjournal.ie/news/news/if...
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IFA seek increase in sheep scheme payment to €23/ewe
It would bring total direct support to €35/ewe, when combined with the Sheep Improvement Scheme.
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Paul Murphy TD @paulmurphy.pbp.ie · 03/10/2026
Great to see a massive crowd assembled today at the Garvaghy Road in opposition to sectarianism. The British state should read the writing on the wall. There's no way the Orange Order is getting through. People power has stopped them and will continue to.
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Helen Day @lbflyawayhome.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
London’s thrilling underground network, 1961. “Visitors are always fascinated by the escalators, the brightly-lit stations, and the rush of the trains from the dark tunnels”. Artist: Robert Ayton (1961)
Passengers wait on a platform for a train that is approaching around an unlikely bend in the tracks. Some of the passengers are dressed formally with suits and bowler hats and some are looking very groovy. 
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Gavan Reilly @gavreilly.com · 25/09/2026
1️⃣7️⃣,8️⃣8️⃣5️⃣ Another new record for the number of people in emergency accommodation, as of the end of August. Includes 12,055 adults (+7% yoy) and 5,830 children (11% yoy). @virginmedianews.bsky.social
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dlrcycling.bsky.social @dlrcycling.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
A scenic part of dodder greenway under construction.
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TAHK0 @tahk0.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
pikachu redraw
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Joe Noonan @joenoonan.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Even the olives are bleeding.
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Israeli bulldozers smash Palestinian olive trees before annual harvest
‘They left us with nothing,’ says owner of olive grove in West Bank
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Helen Day @lbflyawayhome.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
To mark the Autumn Equinox, I offer you a biscuit tin. Designed in 1958 by CF Tunnicliffe
A large rectangular biscuit tin with a decorative lid showing red squirrel perched on a tree stump in front of a vivid blue ground 
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Ola Løkken Nordrum @olaln.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
I'll never understand Irish politics... In other countries, Seán Canney would have been fired long ago. Nevermind a comment like this...
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Road safety minister blames ‘everyone involved’, including road users, for rising death toll
Seán Canney’s remarks come after four deaths at the weekend and as EU ministers gather to discuss road safety
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Ed Moynihan @emcreative.ie · 21/09/2026
4 people dead on Irish roads in the last 24 hours, but the Irish Independent here covering the real menace on our roads.
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Mark Simmonds @markbirdingpinoso.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
My #birdoftheday #Redheads has to be this wild Red Junglefowl taken in Singapore earlier this year. The origin of all domestic chickens. Absolutely stunning birds. #birdphotography #birds
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Owen Jones @owenjones.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Saudi Arabia is a murderous dictatorship. It is guilty of heinous war crimes in Yemen. Years ago, I went to a Yemeni refugee camp. I met little kids who drew pictures of what Saudi bombs did to their loved ones. Shame on the British government.
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fluids_guru @fluidsguru.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
I don’t understand the hand-wringing reaction to claims that nueral networks have a 10% chance of destroying civilisation. Fossil fuel companies have a 100% chance of initiating a mass extinction event. Maybe we could address that?
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Lynn Boylan MEP @lnbdublin.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Gardaí open €60,000 fraud investigation at greyhound racing tracks www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/20...
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Gardaí open €60,000 fraud investigation at greyhound racing tracks
Comptroller and Auditor General Séamus McCarthy says case involves cash handling in stadiums
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Ciarán Cuffe @ciarancuffe.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
(Adopts David Attenborough voice) ‘And here we have the rarest of occurrences, the birth of an actual Zebra crossing in deepest Dublin City. What a spectacular event to witness…’
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Tina Claffey Photography @tinaclaffey.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
The Devil's Bit Scabious is loved by so many of our wondrous little creatures ❤️ this Knotgrass moth caterpillar exploring in the foggy dew @peatlandecr.bsky.social @irishwildlifetrust.bsky.social @claireissimo.bsky.social @wildflowerhour.bsky.social
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Pessimists Archive @pessimistsarc.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
King Charles jumping on AI doomer bandwagon, he can’t resist a good panic!
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IrishCycle.com @irishcycle.com · 17/09/2026
‘Stop the Fare Hikes’ protest outside Dáil today as NTA says further increases likely Commuter groups, opposition parties, and others are encouraging people to join a protest against public transport fare hikes this evening in Dublin outside Leinster House at 6pm....
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‘Stop the Fare Hikes’ protest outside Dáil today as NTA says further increases likely
Commuter groups, opposition parties, and others are encouraging people to join a protest against public transport fare hikes this evening in Dublin outside Leinster House at 6pm. The planned protest comes after the Government was criticised for 15-35% increases in public transport fares from 2027, and the National Transport Authority yesterday confirmed further hikes are likely if inflation continues to rise.
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Cycling In Kilkenny @cyclinginkilkenny.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
This is great to see in Ireland, so many cargobikes! "Build it and they will come. The Coastal Mobility Route and slower traffic is having a positive impact on mobility choices in Dún Laoghaire." Credit: www.instagram.com/reels/DdVzyR...
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Oliver Moran 🌻🇮🇪🇪🇺 @oliver.ie · 15/09/2026
Thank you to the Echo for publishing this piece by me on e-scooters and road safety — Asking why so much airtime and priority is deserved to crackdown on one group of transport users — responsible for 10 pedestrian deaths in Europe in 2024, ahead of another group that's responsible for 2,302?
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Cork Views: Why give e-scooter users such a rough ride?
They are cheap, easy, and climate-friendly, so why are e-scooters treated differently on our roads, asks OLIVER MORAN, Green Party Councillor for the ...
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Aislínn Kelly @aislinnkellyy.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Shannon bridge cycle lane investigation. The talent was hard to work with, but we got through it.
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RTÉ News @news.rte.ie · 15/09/2026
Dublin Airport is on course to use up its entire "fair share" carbon budget by 2034 as the Government moves to remove restrictions on further passenger growth, according to a new report on airport expansion across Europe
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Dublin Airport could use up carbon budget 16 years early
Dublin Airport is on course to use up its entire "fair share" carbon budget by 2034 as the Government moves to remove restrictions on further passenger growth, according to a new report on airport exp...
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Pessimists Archive @pessimistsarc.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
2019: “GPT2 is groundbreaking in two ways. One is its size, says Dario Amodei, OpenAI’s research director. The models “were 12 times bigger, and the dataset was 15 times bigger and much broader” than the previous state-of-the-art AI model”
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John Gibbons 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 @thinkorswim.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Funny how “getting tough” with immigrants while capitulating to fossil fuel and big tech lobbyists seem to be two sides of the same coin for politicians.
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Melissa & Chris Bruntlett @modacitylife.com · 09/09/2026
For centuries, Tallinn’s Town Hall Square has been the city’s grand civic stage. But like many European plazas, it has suffered several problems: dominated by hard paving, little shade, shelter, or reason to linger without spending money. A tactical urbanism intervention is starting to change that.🧵
People of all ages and abilities walk, sit, and talk in a pedestrianised public square in the historic centre of Tallinn. It is lined with trees, planter boxes, terraces, and benches.People of all ages and abilities walk, sit, and talk in a pedestrianised public square in the historic centre of Tallinn. It is lined with trees, planter boxes, terraces, and benches.People of all ages and abilities walk, sit, and talk in a pedestrianised public square in the historic centre of Tallinn. It is lined with trees, planter boxes, terraces, and benches.People of all ages and abilities walk, sit, and talk in a pedestrianised public square in the historic centre of Tallinn. It is lined with trees, planter boxes, terraces, and benches.
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Kristi Ellingsen @kristiellingsen.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
The male Peacock jumping spiders are just so outrageous! This one was in Perth WA, Maratus hortorum, named after my friends Fred and Jean Hort.
Tiny jumping spider looking up to the top of the photo whilst temporarily sitting on a green leaf.  It has very white fluffy palps, a dark head with orange/rust sparse hairs and a crazy blue with red/black and green "Tribal" type markings.  A focus on the abdomen of the jumping spider.  It is covered with bright scales and in the centre there is an oval of black with two blue dots.  The back shows an optical illusion where it looks like it has a second blob towards its rear end, but it is actually green and a trick generated by my flash has turned it black.  Radiating from the blobs are bright red lines and all is set on a metallic blue background.  The spider is probably only about 5mm.
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Cian @cianp.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
This is bitter funny, also just learned the name "Tugendhat" theguardian.com
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Commons breathes a sigh of relief as UK finally takes a moral stance of Israeli settlements | John Crace
Opposition to Miliband’s announcement of sanctions rings hollow – helped by fewer than 10 Tory backbenchers turning up to debate
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c0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 10/09/2024
The shovel-faced elephant, Platybelodon, looks like a really elaborate prank by paleontologists on a junior colleague. Really take a minute to gaze at that mouth. We think it used those specialized teeth as a scythe to cut vegetation and strip bark from trees. (🧑‍🎨: Tomasz Jedrzejowski)
Two shovel-tuskers in a swampy forested plain.  They have tusks that split upper and lower into what looks like a cartoon jaw with giant flat tombstone-like teeth at the end.  It looks like someone exploded the tip of an elephant's trunk, then stuck comedy buckteeth on the end.
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Andy Cycles @andycyclesdublin.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Jim O’Callaghan is just the most miserable fucker who has ever served as Minister for Justice and that’s really saying something. Think of all the ignorant thick fuckers who have done that job. He takes the cake. If all you have is hatred and division then you can fuck right off.
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ContempraInn 🌹 @contemprainn.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Studies show that watching a beaver eating cabbage lowers stress levels by 15% so enjoy 😊
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Cycling In Kilkenny @cyclinginkilkenny.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
With people like this still on the roads we don't stand a chance!
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Donegal man who killed eight in State’s worst crash lands lorry driving job - Donegal Daily
The Donegal driver responsible for the deaths of eight people in the State’s worst ever road crash has landed a lorry driving job in the North.Crime World repor...
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Vanna Bartlett @vannabartlett.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
It's Ivy Bee (Colletes hederae) mating ball time! My local aggregation has hundreds of male bees out and now the females are emerging too. Watched several mating balls form and then roll down the steep bank, spilling bees as they went.
A small cluster of bees in a ball on an earth bank amongst bits of dry vegetation. The bees have a tawny-haired thorax and a black and buff striped abdomen. The 'ball' is several male bees around a single female that they are all trying to mate with.A small cluster of bees in a ball on an earth bank amongst bits of dry vegetation. The bees have a tawny-haired thorax and a black and buff striped abdomen. The 'ball' is several male bees around a single female that they are all trying to mate with. The ball is slowly rolling down the steep bank.A small cluster of bees in a ball on an earth bank amongst bits of dry vegetation. The bees have a tawny-haired thorax and a black and buff striped abdomen. The 'ball' is several male bees around a single female that they are all trying to mate with. The ball has rolled down the steep bank and is now in the bottom left corner of the photo, with two bees falling off it.
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Ethan Mollick @emollick.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
It is less than a decade since the development of the transformer. Less than four years since the release of GPT-3.5 (ChatGPT). Less than two years since the release of o1-preview (the first Reasoner).
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Matthew Willis (Naval Air History) @navalairhistory.com · 06/09/2026
Contrast the police statements about the Dover blockade yesterday with the Just Stop Oil protests in 2022
No arrests made during Dover protest, Kent Police says
published at 13:34 5 September
13:34 5 September
Kent Police has issued a statement following the disruption in Dover earlier today.
It says officers "responded to a spontaneous protest" during Saturday morning, adding "no arrests were made".
"Traffic is flowing normally, and all involved had dispersed by midday," it addsThe Met Police said 35 people had been arrested in response to the disruption.
Assistant Commissioner Matt Twist said the action was "criminality", not protest, and pledged to bring those involved to justice as quickly as possible.
"This was a very significant and co-ordinated effort to cause massive disruption to the entirety of the M25," he added.
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Oliver Moran 🌻🇮🇪🇪🇺 @oliver.ie · 06/09/2026
The fine for riding an e-scooter without a hi-viz vest, so that a careless motorist *might* see you (€100), will be higher than the fine for the same motorists if a Garda stops them for driving carelessly (€80). 🤷‍♂️
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 06/09/2026
Pick which country is bigger, then watch it morph from Mercator to Equal Earth projection to see how close you were.
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Can you guess the real size of each country on the new world map?
Pick which country is bigger, then watch it morph from Mercator to Equal Earth projection to see how close you were.
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Ethan Mollick @emollick.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Another neat one: I had GPT-6 Astra build a model of a famous never-built buildings, Boullée’s 1784 Centograph. There were only a few black and white sketches to work with, along with a description. It built a full Blender model & directed a dramatic narrated walkthrough to emphasize its scale.
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Cycling In Kilkenny @cyclinginkilkenny.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Love seeing this tiny EV fire engine in Kilkenny, apparently it was a pet project of a previous fireman to get it for the city. It has 500ltr capacity and is used to get into areas where a normal fire engine cannot, given Kilkenny has lots of narrow lanes this makes sense.
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Dr Anke Marsh @ankemarsh.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Just so we are clear: The 83yo priest on the left is a terrorist. The balaclava-clad men on the right are protestors with legitimate concerns
A photo from the BBC of an older woman, with grey hair, being led away by police. A photograph of a line of men in black clothes and balaclavas blocking the port at Dover.
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MrTalida @mrtalida.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Digging through an old hard drive, I discovered this Animal Crossing desktop clock widget that had been released by Nintendo in 2005. It seems to have disappeared from the internet... until now! This puts a game-accurate clock on your desktop--complete with hourly chime! archive.org/details/Anim...
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Alison Fisk @alisonfisk.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
This ancient Egyptian bronze of a mother cat nursing her kittens is a scene which feels instantly familiar thousands of years later! 🐈‍⬛ 🐾😍 The cat represents the ancient Egyptian goddess Bastet in her role as protector of mothers and children. 📷 Brooklyn Museum #Caturday #Archaeology
This Brooklyn Musem image shows a small bronze group of a mother cat and four kittens set on bronze base, which is in turn set on a wooden base. The mother cat is reclining on her left side with legs outstretched and her head at right. Her left fore and hind legs lie forward while her right fore and hind legs are drawn back. Her tail is draped over her right hind leg. Her head is upright perhaps tilted back slightly as one of the kittens, set between her forelegs, playfully climbs toward her neck. The next three kittens are being nursed by the mother cat. Two are between her fore and hind legs, the last is between the cat's tail and left foreleg. Mother cat wears a necklace which is indicated by an incised line running around her neck. On the front of the bronze base toward the right side (below the cat's left paw) is an inscription ‘Bastet, given life’, showing that the cat represents the goddess fulfilling one of her roles as protector of women and children. Dated circa 664-30 BC, Dynasty 26 or later. Said to come from Saqqara. The museum gives the dimensions as 6.1 x 8.8 x 5 cm.
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Biodiversity Pics @biodiversitypix.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
🌊 Monograph of the British aphides ... London, Printed for the Ray Society, 1876-83. [Source]
Illustration titled "Monograph of the British aphides," Plate IX, showing four detailed, hand-colored drawings of two species of green aphids: Siphonophora menthae (two winged, two wingless) and Siphonophora chelidonii (two winged, two wingless). The winged aphids have translucent wings with subtle pink tinting and black veins, while the wingless ones display textured, segmented bodies with fine leg and antenna details. Each insect is numbered and positioned on a yellowed background typical of 19th-century scientific plates, emphasizing morphological differences important for entomological study. The illustration highlights anatomical accuracy characteristic of Victorian natural history.
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Jack Wallington @jackwallington.com · 05/09/2026
Vile and inhuman behaviour www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cm... if you believe you're doing the right thing, why cover your face like a criminal? Show us your face, tell us your name.
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Port of Dover delays: Disruption as masked 'stop the boats' protesters block roads
Hundreds of demonstrators, wearing black with their faces covered, caused delays to traffic reaching the port.
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Ian Denton @iand777.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
The autumn rains are slowly refilling the #weedypond. It's been dry for weeks now but the Wrens & Greenfinches are back visiting it again and I even saw a Water Shrew earlier. Hoping that normal service will be resumed for the arrival of the winter thrushes - they are keen bathers. #wrens
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 04/09/2026
Iowa Democratic Candidate for Congress Sarah Trone Garriott capitulated over transgender sports participation. The attack ads have come for her anyway. There is no amount of being anti-trans that will satisfy Republicans and hateful people. Subscribe to support our journalism.
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Iowa Democrat Sarah Trone Garriott Capitulated On Trans Rights. The Attack Ads Came Anyway.
True to form, the anti-trans craze proved once again that it comes for all women, eventually. Trone Garriott’s decision to align herself with hate did not save her.
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