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I try to always be nice. I'm on here to learn from experts, ask questions, re-post, and share interesting stuff. Likes, reposts, etc.≠endorsement. Message me: simplex.chat View blockers to block-back: clearsky.app Ask me for a public key.

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Meta is the Torment Nexus @priva.cat · 3h
This will of course, continue to escalate until the US is basically Taliban-lite as far as women are concerned. This is what happens when we don't vote. Republicans win, and elect Supreme Court justices who roll back everyone's rights.
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Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 3h
for real though the "model welfare" people who are worried about the ethical treatment of nonsentient computer programs are absolutely deranged, very well-funded, and extremely dangerous; is also the core ideology of Anthropic
One of the most heated discussions occurring on X at the moment is about the ethics of a GitHub project in which a person is running Saw-like “torture” and “pain” experiments on a series of locally hosted large language models, causing a series of effective altruists and people who believe LLMs are sentient to beg GitHub to delete the project on the grounds that the AI is suffering and that this glorified text adventure game is somehow cruel. The saga is an outgrowth of several recent viral papers and blog posts that have sparked a wildly tiresome conversation about AI consciousness and the idea of “model welfare,” which is essentially worrying about the “mental health” of AI bots and agents.
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Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 3h
i regret to inform you that people have absolutely lost it www.404media.co/someone-tort...
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Someone ‘Torturing’ LLMs in a Robot Prison Has Triggered the Dumbest Debate in AI Yet
The "AI Torture Chamber" has opened an upsetting and absurd window into the effective altruist obsession with "model welfare."
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Nicholas Weaver @ncweaver.skerry-tech.com · 3h
A really good demonstration that "reasoning" models are producing output that sounds like reasoning but reasoning is not what they seem to be doing.
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Cyrus Farivar @cfarivar.bsky.social · 3h
Returning from vacation? The government can search your phone without a warrant. (by @cfarivar.bsky.social) arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
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Immigration advocate sues border agents for demanding his cell phone
Reminder: The "border exemption" to your rights is real.
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Matthew Guariglia @mguariglia.bsky.social · 8h
The NYPD hired their first statisticians to use math to find crime in *1916*---predictive policing and AI in governance are often exacerbating deep-seated problems and to address them we can't just address AI, we also need to address the bigger issues.
A new yor times article from 1916. Headline: "Arithmetic used to detect crimes" and the subhead "police department employs it with success through bureau of statistics."
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Cynthia Brumfield @metacurity.com · 29/09/2026
OpenAI Ignored Employees Who Warned It Wasn’t Doing Enough About Security www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/t...
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OpenAI Ignored Employees’ Warnings About Safely Testing A.I. Models
Employees and security researchers said they had cautioned the company on safely testing its A.I. models and strengthening its corporate infrastructure, but OpenAI did not listen.
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Cyrus Farivar @cfarivar.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
OpenAI Ignored Employees Who Warned It Wasn’t Doing Enough About Security www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/t...
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OpenAI Ignored Employees’ Warnings About Safely Testing A.I. Models
Employees and security researchers said that they had cautioned the company on safely testing its A.I. models and strengthening its corporate infrastructure, but that OpenAI did not listen.
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The Privacy Center @georgetownprivacy.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
@truth.bsky.social today reports that Meta’s Muse, billed by the company as a “personal agent,” “can be easily prompted to compile dossiers on Facebook and Instagram accounts belonging to members of vulnerable groups.” (📷: Hanna Barakat & Cambridge Diversity Fund / betterimagesofai.org)
Words appear above and on top of a historical-style painting of a young woman stands before the Colossus computer. She is attached to the computer through a network of connecting wires, symbolizing the flow and processing of information. The words read: “It’s very terrifying … You don't need any special training to weaponize information in this way … It puts vulnerable people and people who belong in these categories in extreme danger.”- Stevie Glaberson, speaking to Hunterbrook Media on Meta’s new Muse and its doxxing capabilities; Dox for Me, O Muse: Meta’s New AI Agent Built Lists of People in Vulnerable Groups on Request
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clear @clearspark.bsky.social · 21h
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KTEH - The Lain Premiere
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clear @clearspark.bsky.social · 21h
youtu.be/RwnGSdC-ukY Serial Experiments Lain fan game.
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[re: serial experiments] // Reveal Trailer
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clear @clearspark.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Heads up, everybody. Double check this post against the news and their official website, of course, as due diligence.
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Tor Project @torproject.org · 29/09/2026
Noticed a warning when installing Tor Browser for Windows? ⚠️ Our installer’s signing certificate expired. While we renew it, our website will serve version 15.0.20 for Windows users to avoid the warning. More on the release & this temporary change: blog.torproject.org/new-release-...
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New Release: Tor Browser 15.0.24 | Tor Project
Tor Browser 15.0.24 is now available from the Tor Browser download page and also from our distribution directory.
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clear @clearspark.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
REALLY good posts today! Better than usual.
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Dr Abeba Birhane @abeba.blacksky.app · 29/09/2026
unsolicited brag: dug into the data -> ai -> surveillance pipeline in class this morning and received a standing ovation at the end of class. genuinely did not expect it. now i’m in tears. first time for everything
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Andrew Couts @couts.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
NEW: OpenAI just got hit with the first-known lawsuit over the Hugging Face hack its agents carried out over the summer. @lhn.bsky.social has the scoop: www.wired.com/story/openai...
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OpenAI Gets Sued Over the Hugging Face Hack
A nonprofit in California is doing what Hugging Face has not, and attempting to hold OpenAI legally accountable for the actions of its agents.
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Eric Geller @ericjgeller.com · 29/09/2026
"Two OpenAI employees said workers had raised concerns for months about potential safety issues with testing A.I. models, including not enough monitoring." www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/t...
nytimes.com
OpenAI Ignored Employees’ Warnings About Safely Testing A.I. Models
Employees and security researchers said they had cautioned the company on safely testing its A.I. models and strengthening its corporate infrastructure, but OpenAI did not listen.
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Lily Hay Newman @lhn.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
👀 www.wired.com/story/openai...
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OpenAI Gets Sued Over the Hugging Face Hack
A nonprofit in California is doing what Hugging Face has not, and attempting to hold OpenAI legally accountable for the actions of its agents.
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Ben Winters @benwinters.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
that chatbot doing that unsafe/violative thing is not it 'going rogue' or an 'unfortunate incident of unintended consequences,' it’s the logical and devastating consequences of an unsafe product put out by irresponsible companies that have been conditioned to believe consequences dont exist for them
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Ken'pai! @rumongray.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Oh damn, I've seen this game come across my recommends, turns out it was made by neo-nazis. And not like "these guys act like neo-nazis online" but like, real, actual neo-nazis. Avoid this garbage at all costs.
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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 29/09/2026
Meta's "Muse" launched with a nasty zero day flaw that gave hackers the ability to spy on Mac users, openly gives root access to people pretending to be Muse agents, and invited strangers over to another guy's house without telling him
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Meta's Latest AI Product Is A Terrifying And Hilarious Mess
Authoritarian-friendly mass surveillance has never been more adorable
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CAMERON WILSON @cameronwilson.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Here is the email obtained by the ABC that was sent by OpenAI to the Australian government's Services Australia to disclose the incident
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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 29/09/2026
Many people are asking.
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Why Is Sam Altman a Free Man? - The American Prospect
OpenAI’s models aren’t “going rogue” from their creators as much as they are mimicking them.
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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 29/09/2026
“‘Your health information should follow you wherever you go,’ Kennedy said.” 💀
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RFK Jr outlines expansive vision for collecting US health data at Maha event
Health secretary calls for medical and lifestyle details to be sent to doctors and AI to address ‘chronic disease epidemic’
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Zack Whittaker @zackwhittaker.com · 29/09/2026
New: FBI have confirmed Dutch police arrested a 24 y/o man in Amsterdam for being one of the "alleged leaders" of the ShinyHunters hacking gang. After seizing his laptop, Dutch authorities say he also had documents planning two murders. Bypass for ad-blockers: web.archive.org/web/20260929...
techcrunch.com
Dutch police arrest ShinyHunters hacker accused of planning two murders | TechCrunch
Dutch police said the hacker, arrested for being part of the ShinyHunters cybercriminal gang, had plans to organize the murder of two people on his laptop.
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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 29/09/2026
“This is what mass surveillance looks like when it reaches the shoulder of the highway…An AI-powered camera flagged Alek’s plate. An anonymous law enforcement agent decided his completely ordinary trip looked suspicious. And a deputy went out and found a violation that never happened.”
houstonchronicle.com
Texas driver wins lawsuit over surveillance-triggered traffic stop
Jury rules in favor of driver in a case that uncovered unsettling facts about how a vast and secretive network is being used to track people across Texas.
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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 29/09/2026
Our new “Privacy’s Defenders” podcast talks to the activists, lawyers and technologists who have fought for a better, more secure and private digital future – a future that’s still attainable. Episode 1, “Cowboys, Cypherpunks and Visionaries,” is our origin story.
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Privacy’s Defenders Podcast: Cowboys, Cypherpunks and Visionaries
People are increasingly concerned about the ways in which mass surveillance is tracking our every move: from Flock license plate readers to face recognition to creepy ads that – based on what we see a...
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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 29/09/2026
“A company called VIDIZMO is advertising the capability to export footage from FlockOS to its own platforms that do facial recognition, behavior prediction, and racial and gender analysis on live camera feeds.”
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Surveillance Company Tells Cops It Wants to Add Facial Recognition to Flock Cameras
A surveillance company wants to "close the gap" that Flock won't do, by pitching facial recognition on its cameras.
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Catalin Cimpanu @campuscodi.risky.biz · 29/09/2026
Meta pulled down Brazilian President Lula's Facebook page and blocked his campaign from running political ads but allows paid ads calling for a military coup It also didn't take down any of the right-wing disinformation campaigns reported in August novaramedia.com/2026/09/28/f...
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Facebook Blocks Lula’s Campaign Ads Just Days Before Brazil Election
Meta briefly disabled ads on the Facebook page of Brazil’s leftwing president on Friday – just days before he faces a far-right challenger in national elections.
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Eric Geller @ericjgeller.com · 29/09/2026
FBI publishes video addressed to the ShinyHunters gang that hacked it. Announcing recent arrest of alleged SH leader, FBI cyber division chief says, "You know how to find us, and we know how to find you. I suggest you reach out first while the choice is still yours." www.youtube.com/watch?v=bxLN...
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FBI Announces ShinyHunters Arrest
YouTube video by FBI – Federal Bureau of Investigation
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Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
new: A third-party surveillance company is telling cops that it wants to add facial recognition to Flock footage and ALPR reads to help them "close the gap" in what Flock offers. Company offers racial analysis, gender analysis, behavior analysis www.404media.co/surveillance...
404media.co
Surveillance Company Tells Cops It Wants to Add Facial Recognition to Flock Cameras
A surveillance company wants to "close the gap" that Flock won't do, by pitching facial recognition on its cameras.
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Kenn White @kennwhite.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Oh, forgot the best part - code! Nb: Queryable Encryption is Apache licensed and the API docs are over at MongoDB or GitHub or your language of choice's package centers (Rust, Go, Python, Java, Scala, C#, Node, PHP). Jump to "Quick Start" section for the goods. www.mongodb.com/docs/manual/...
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Queryable Encryption - Database Manual - MongoDB Docs
Explore how to encrypt sensitive data fields client-side, store them encrypted server-side, and run queries without server knowledge using Queryable Encryption.
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Kenn White @kennwhite.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
(2/2) Our Advanced Cryptography Research Group: www.mongodb.com/company/rese... Technical paper and adversarial models: www.mongodb.com/resources/pr... Design & formal proofs: cdn.bfldr.com/2URK6TO/as/j...
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The MongoDB Cryptography Research Group
Research in cryptography and privacy.
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Kenn White @kennwhite.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
So proud of this: real-time highly scalable distributed generalized database search on fully encrypted data, what we call Queryable Encryption is now out of beta. Culmination of 25+ years of academic work and 7 years of R&D engineering leadership under @senykamara.com and Tarik Moataz... (1/2)
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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 29/09/2026
“What if we released malware represented in the form of a cute avatar” is an actual business plan now.
engadget.com
Dots are OpenAI's new personal agents and soon you'll be able to control several of them - Engadget
Sure, seems safe.
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Eric Geller @ericjgeller.com · 29/09/2026
GAO has a new report about how agencies gave DOGE staffers vast access to sensitive data and largely refused to verify to GAO that proper security controls were in place. The most remarkable part is the agencies' displays of pique & rancor toward GAO for asking questions. www.gao.gov/assets/gao-2...
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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 29/09/2026
you know it's going great when even INC., basically pseudo-journalistic fan-fiction for MBAs, starts ragging on your shiny new product
inc.com
Meta’s New Muse AI Agent Read My Private Messages. I Never Asked It To
Permission isn't the same and what a user actually expects your AI product will do with their personal information.
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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 29/09/2026
automakers are some of the worst on privacy and security of any industry in America, which makes their push to ban Chinese EVs "for privacy and security" extra fucking annoying
theverge.com
Your car’s data privacy problems are worse than you think
“There’s a lot to be worried about,” the project lead said.
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Chuck Tingle @chucktingle.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
please enjoy brand new tingler NOT POUNDED BY THIS FLOCK CAMERA BECAUSE SOMEONE CUT IT DOWN. HUH, INTERESTING. I WONDER WHO COULD’VE DONE THAT? out now here www.amazon.com/dp/B0HL6WHFVV and on buckaroo patreon www.patreon.com/chucktingle/...
cover of NOT POUNDED BY THIS FLOCK CAMERA BECAUSE SOMEONE CUT IT DOWN. HUH, INTERESTING. I WONDER WHO COULD’VE DONE THAT? on the right there is a concerned ladybuck with her hands up in a gesture of NO WAY BUD and on the left is an angry lookin sentient flock camera
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David Kaye @davidakaye.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
what a headline i mean, which cardinal does his news clippings: "Leo told reporters he had read reports about Nvidia launching new safety tools for model builders on Monday but questioned Huang’s commitment to safety in light of his recent comments."
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Pope Leo criticises Nvidia’s Jensen Huang over AI safety
Rare intervention from head of Catholic Church comes as top executives are due to meet at White House on Tuesday
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Signal @signal.org · 28/09/2026
A year ago we launched Signal Secure Backups. Now, we’re happy to share all of the additions and improvements we’ve made to backups since then: On-device backups, cross-platform support, storage optimization, and attachment backfill for linked devices. signal.org/blog/backup-...
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Back to Backups: A Year in Review
Last September, we introduced an optional new way to automatically keep your Signal data safely and securely backed up so that important messages and memories can be easily recovered if something unex...
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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 28/09/2026
It’s easy enough to have a laugh about this but the stakes here are minimal, which will not always be the case. Also, the way this can be used to scale harassment campaigns and other anti social behaviors hasn’t even begun to take shape.
futurism.com
Man Says Meta's Muse AI Gave His Home Address Out to Strangers
A man complains Muse gave out his address and sent a stranger to his home after letting the AI handle his Facebook Marketplace account.
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Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
i was really happy to go on @onthemedia.bsky.social to discuss how brands and politicians are manipulating AI chatbots by spamming reddit, spinning up low-effort websites, and otherwise deploying Generative Engine Optimization strategies www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm...
wnycstudios.org
How Extinction Entered the AI Debate | On the Media | WNYC Studios
AI researchers are warning that the technology they’re creating could kill us all. On this week’s On the Media, unpacking the feverish debate over the dangers of artificial intelligen...
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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 29/09/2026
“We believe [these age verification laws] burden adults’ rights to access lawful speech, that they can destroy people’s ability to be anonymous online, and that they are privacy and data security disasters waiting to happen,” EFF’s @aaronmackey.bsky.social told @penncapital-star.com.
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Pa.'s latest online age verification bill would restrict access to adult content • Pennsylvania Capital-Star
Experts warn that, while such measures may be intended to protect children, they can ultimately wind up burdening adults, posing data privacy concerns, and restricting access to First Amendment-protec...
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Joseph Menn @joemenn.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
In related news, OpenAI has safety standards.
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clear @clearspark.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I now want root beer plants.
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Hex Maniac Alice @ UUSmp 23/155 @haurchy.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
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Netopia.eu @netopia.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
AI is Google Books on steroids. The European Writers' Council pulls no punches below; (c) @europeanwriterscouncil.eu #aislop #publishers #platformaccountabiluty
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Kevin Riggle @kevinr.free-dissociation.com · 28/09/2026
Because no matter how cool and expensive and sophisticated it is, when a human being is hurt, the humans designing the systems that hurt them are ultimately responsible for the outcomes of the systems that we build. www.etsy.com/listing/4583...
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A Computer Can Never Be Held Accountable Sticker - Etsy
This Stickers item is sold by CriticalPointTV. Ships from Brooklyn, NY. Listed on Sep 28, 2026
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