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David F.

@dfarb.eurosky.social
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"Incorrigibly woke" (mainly) retired technical writer, lives with metastatic prostate cancer and lymphoedema. Former Green Party GE 2024 candidate. Trans ally. Some posts are just nonsense. Wülferhamptonian. He/him. לפעמים גם בעברית

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David F. @dfarb.eurosky.social · 4h
I solved today’s #Gisnep in 09:09. 🎉 No. 786 | 2 October 2026 gisnep.com
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David F. @dfarb.eurosky.social · 22h
I am more and more coming round to the opinion that Britain should join the EEA alongside Norway and Iceland. No need to argue about joining the Euro.
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Alex Hall Hall @alexhh.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
This is the most ghastly story- a “will they, won’t they” debate about whether Tennessee will execute a woman today - leaving her in tortured limbo. The death penalty is abhorrent and should not be allowed in a civilized society.
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Kemi Badenoch condemned Reform's ban on critical journalists covering their conference as "authoritarian", saying her own party would never do the same as "we believe in free speech. We believe in a free press." Now the Conservatives have banned Byline Times from their conference
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Kemi Badenoch's Conservatives Ban Byline Times From Conference After Condemning Reform for Journalist Ban
The ban comes just weeks after the Conservative leader called Reform's barring of critical journalists from their conference an "authoritarian" attack on the free press
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THE NERVE @thenerve.news · 30/09/2026
“That, to me, was an implicit threat. It feels very Palantir. Very Big Brother”: MP @labourlewis.bsky.social reveals Tom Watson has warned him over criticising Palantir By @carolecadwalla.bsky.social www.thenerve.news/p/clive-lewi...
‘We’re watching you’: MP Clive Lewis reveals Tom Watson has warned him over criticising Palantir. (l-r): Clive Lewis, Tom Watson and the Palantir logo, against a pink background
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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
It’s pretty nuts. Tom Watson’s very first intervention in his new job at spytech firm Palantir is to write a letter to his former colleague @labourlewis.bsky.social detailing all the times the firm has monitored his anti-Palantir activities
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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
NEW: ‘It’s an implicit threat’. Lord Tom Watson of Palantir writes to one of its biggest critics -Labour MP @labourlewis.bsky.social - to tell him the surveillance firm is watching him. www.thenerve.news/p/clive-lewi...
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They’re saying: we’re watching you’: MP Clive Lewis reveals Tom Watson has warned him over criticising Palantir
In a letter to his former Labour colleague, the peer, who joined Peter Thiel’s AI company this month, writes: ‘You have made the case against the company more or less continuously’. By Carole Cadwalla...
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David F. @dfarb.eurosky.social · 29/09/2026
I solved today’s #Gisnep in 04:31. 🎉 No. 783 | 29 September 2026 gisnep.com
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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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David Henig @davidheniguk.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Since I'm not going to Liverpool this year to discuss, a short state of play on UK EU relations and the Labour Party. The very short version - they're terrified. And trying to find ways to avoid the question none of which will work.
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Ruthi Brandt @ruthibrandt.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
@anthonybarnett.bsky.social in the latest @bylinetimes.bsky.social "political parties are not dictionaries" #GPconf
Photo of a printed column about the motion Zionism is Racism, including the sentences "The answer is that political parties are not dictionaries." And "Beware of any politica that goes 'if you are /this/, you are /that/'. Behind it, all too often, is an agenda that is also dishonest in that it does not speak its name".
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Sustained economic growth can’t be achieved without a major boost to the purchasing power of the bottom 50% of the UK population. The govt can do so immediately by increasing income tax-free personal allowance by £3,000. All it needs to do is to end subsidies to commercial banks.
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This is how the Chancellor can increase the personal allowance and lift millions out of hardship
Sustained economic growth can’t be achieved without a major boost to the purchasing power of the bottom 50% of the population
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Liz Webster 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇬🇧🇪🇺 @lizwebster.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Should the U.K. rejoin the EU and reverse Brexit? Get voting! www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
DoorDash spent $1.4M trying to stop Zohran Mamdani from becoming mayor. This week's historic $131.5M enforcement action against DoorDash for underpaying NYC delivery workers shows why. Yet another reminder that the only thing that can beat organized money is organized people.
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DoorDash Spent $1.4 Million Trying to Stop Mamdani From Becoming Mayor. Now We Know Why.
In a wage-theft settlement, DoorDash now has to pay its workers around 100 times what it spent trying to beat Zohran Mam
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Emma Monk @monkemma.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
🧵 As front-page headlines go, this has to be one of the most misleading I've seen in a long time It's an out-and-out lie But notice the trick they use to get away with it...👀 *They're* not lying - they're just quoting someone else who is👍🏻 In this case, the leader of the opposition🙄 1/33
Daily Express headline:

"More Freedoms Handed to New Arrivals than British Citizens"

Above an image of Kemi Badenoch

All with a Monk Debunked stamp on top
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David F. @dfarb.eurosky.social · 25/09/2026
I solved today’s #Gisnep in 08:26. 🎉 No. 779 | 25 September 2026 gisnep.com
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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
25 September 1938 | A French Jewish boy, Abel Bac, was born in Paris. On his 4th birthday, he was deported from Drancy to #Auschwitz. On 27 September 1942, he was murdered in a gas chamber. --- The first two gas chambers created near Auschwitz II-Birkenau: youtu.be/Rr6lF75fDmU
A vintage black and white photo of a young child sitting  beside a vase of flowers.
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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 25/09/2026
You can’t always see pollution, but you can see its impact on our children’s health. This World Lung Day, we're reflecting on the progress London has made in cutting harmful pollution and protecting young lungs across our city.
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Dutchy Patrick @dutchiepatrick.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
True words: "And the truth does not become less true because someone with great power tells a louder lie".
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David F. @dfarb.eurosky.social · 25/09/2026
Water should never have been privatised. The government should legislate to nationalise all the water companies. That would be one good use of its parliamentary majority.
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Bob Hawkins @bobhawkins.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
It’s a bit tricky denying slashing a dingy with a French official on board when you’ve filmed yourself slashing a dingy with a French official on board. #wato
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Dermot Lynott @dermotlynott.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
One of my favourite typos was from the cover page of a student's coursework a few years back
Word cunt: 2050
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 24/09/2026
OMG -- under questioning from Hassan, Trump's FDA nominee Heidi Overton refuses to acknowledge that Trump can ever be wrong about anything even after she's confronted with a specific example of something Trump is clearly wrong about
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Status Coup News @statuscoupnews.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
🚨NYPD ARRESTS Susan Sarandon. "That's Susan Sarandon there." - @jordanchariton.bsky.social reacts to NYPD Arresting her at an anti-Netanyahu protest outside the United Nations in NYC
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David F. @dfarb.eurosky.social · 24/09/2026
Unintended consequences, part 942: www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...
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Israel facing water shortages caused by destruction of Gaza’s treatment plants
Five desalination plants shut down for days, while Gaza remains in grip of severe water and sanitation crisis
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Stephen Collins @stephencollins.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

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Wide shot of the BRITISH MUSEUM. There are suggestions of fascism around the streets - tanks, barricades, an Orwellian 'Big Brother'-style poster on a wall. A voice of a TOUR GUIDE emanates from the museum:

TOUR GUIDE:
So the Tapestry tells acrucial chapter of our nation's history...

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[Cut to interior of museum. A long Bayeaux-style TAPESTRY is on display, and the Tour Guide is speaking to a tour group]

TOUR GUIDE [smiling]:
How modern fascist Britain was created. 

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TOUR GUIDE:
The Tapestry begins here with the 2008 Crash, then austerity, then the AI Crash...

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TOUR GUIDE:
...and by the end of the room it's just full-on fash. 

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CHILD IN TOUR GROUP [gesturing to the tapestry]:
What's this middle bit?

TOUR GUIDE:
This is the 2026 Battle of Legitimate Concerns 

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TOUR GUIDE:
[show a reporter standing next to the Dover protests]
Here's the media saying the government have got to do something about the legitimate concerns...

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CHILD:
...About the failure of capitalism?

TOUR GUIDE:
No about brown people on boats

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CHILD:
[pointing at boats crossing the sea on the tapestry]
Are these boats the mega-dinghies?

TOUR GUIDE:
Not all of them

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[we see one of the boats  is a giant yacht]
TOUR GUIDE:
That one's a superyacht,
carrying money from the American fascists to the British ones.

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TOUR GUIDE:
You see really it's as much a story of convergence as it is of conflict.

[An alarm sounds in the museum]
DING DING DING DING 

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TOUR GUIDE:
Ok, tour over everyone 

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TOUR GUIDE:
It's time for the Two Minute Hate!

[They all leave the museum]

[ends]
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David F. @dfarb.eurosky.social · 23/09/2026
I solved today’s #Gisnep in 01:56. 🎉 No. 777 | 23 September 2026 gisnep.com
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Islamic Relief @islamicrelief.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
At the UN General Assembly #UNGA we've joined 20 faith-based groups to call on states to protect the rights of displaced people and uphold the Refugee Convention in its 75th year 👉🏽 islamic-relief.org/news/unga-interf…
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Molly Scott Cato @greenpartymolly.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Really shocking to hear Nick Robinson parroting far-right talking points about the government's worthy attempt to constrain Kremlin disinformation I can see why Robbie Gibb would like that but it isn't appropriate for a public service broadcaster #BBCR4Today
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Natalie Bennett @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
"The most severe impacts will be when climate shocks intersect with weak health systems, limited access to health care, food insecurity, displacement & humanitarian crisis" #ClimateEmergency = #PublicHealth emergency phys.org/news/2026-09...
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UN warns super El Niño a 'significant' threat to world health
El Niño represents a "significant" threat to global health, the United Nations warned Tuesday, as the world braces for a cycle of the climate phenomenon predicted to be the most intense on record.
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Prof Mark Priestley @markrpriestley.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
A beautifully put example of imbecility
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Torsten Bell @torstenbell.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
So much of the right these days have a massive patriotism problem. This guy: - is a tax exile (left long before this govt) - hates his own country while complaining he doesn’t get big enough subsidies from it - laments the manufacturing hit from a Brexit he supported www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Billionaire Manchester United owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe says he has lost confidence in UK
Ineos founder Sir Jim Ratcliffe tells the BBC he thinks the country is "on the slide" and calls for more investment in the North Sea.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
The powers-to-be are tinkering with minor reform of the UK House of Lords. That won't do. I urged the Govt to replace the House with an elected second chamber, subject to constitutional safeguards. Watch the video.
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Arthur Snell @snellarthur.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
When I see stories like this my only thought is “surely there were loads of jobs you could have taken?” www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
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Former Labour deputy leader Tom Watson takes senior job at Palantir
The former minister announced his new role as senior vice president on Friday
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
The Guardian joins the campaign to abolish the state pension triple-lock. Portrays it as a old v young, social security v defence spending issue. Silence on corporate welfare, tax perks of the rich, maldistribution of wealth, low govt spend on state pension, how future retirees will survive.
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Britain needs cash and everyone knows we should break the pensions triple lock. Where is the courage? | Gaby Hinsliff
The issue cannot be avoided any longer. Andy Burnham and his chancellor must face the fear of a pensioner backlash, and find a fair solution, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff
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South-East London for Europe (Selfe) @selfe.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Fantastic news Latest records show that #RNLI donations have increased by 5000% over the past couple of weeks after far-right backlash. The RNLI is on track to record its highest annual fundraising total in its almost 200-year history. Donate here rnli.org/support-us/g...
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Donate to the RNLI and help save lives at sea
Your donations really make a difference. We depend on your generosity to educate people to stay safe and prevent tragedies on and offshore. Donate here.
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LBC @lbc.co.uk · 19/09/2026
'Facism thrives when you let it.' Portsmouth RNLI temporarily suspended services after volunteers received abuse following an anti-migration protest. @mrjamesob.bsky.social says it's one of the most 'disgusting' stories he's heard throughout his career.
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David F. @dfarb.eurosky.social · 20/09/2026
To everyone observing Yom Kippur, " may you be inscribed and sealed in the Book of Life for a good year" שנה טובה וחתימה טובה and wishing you "well over the fast"
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David F. @dfarb.eurosky.social · 20/09/2026
I solved today’s #Gisnep in 06:52. 🎉 No. 774 | 20 September 2026 gisnep.com
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
It's very similar indeed to the situation with RT - but given its reach and influence and the active participation on it of UK politicians I'd suggest X is far more dangerous.
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+972 Magazine @972mag.com · 18/09/2026
+972 condemns escalating threats against ‘NAZA’ directors A campaign of incitement by government ministers and far-right activists only proves how much Israel fears the truth — whoever is speaking it. www.972mag.com/naza-yuval-a...
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+972 condemns escalating threats against ‘NAZA’ directors
A campaign of incitement by government ministers and far-right activists only proves how much Israel fears the truth — whoever is speaking it.
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Time to deport all these fighting age men terrorising our patriotic lifeboat volunteers www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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Lifeboat station in Portsmouth forced to temporarily shut after far-right action
RNLI facility had been targeted by activists trying to stop asylum seekers landing in boats from the Channel
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Absolutely unhinged response from the Israeli government, trying to revoke the citizenship of people who make critical films about the armed forces. Symptomatic of a national descent into far-right authoritarianism www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...
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Netanyahu seeks to strip citizenship from Israelis as threats to NAZA film directors intensify
Israeli prime minister to pursue new laws as directors of Guardian-produced film face threats from far-right officials and activists
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Fionna O’Leary @fascinatorfun.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
A personal story about that phrase “young men of fighting age” applied to asylum seekers. As many of you know I took in a young Ukrainian woman under the Homes for Ukraine scheme. As part of that process, soon after she arrived we were visited by the local authority rep and a Fire Brigade rep.
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Tom McEnroe @tommcenroe.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
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Bonnie Greer OBE & Nick Griffin, BNP on Question Time 22.10.09
YouTube video by I'mPOSSIBLE.
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David F. @dfarb.eurosky.social · 16/09/2026
I solved today’s #Gisnep in 05:04. 🎉 No. 770 | 16 September 2026 gisnep.com
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David F. @dfarb.eurosky.social · 15/09/2026
Beth wos robbed! #sewingbee
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Soviet Mole @edcarver.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Corrupt thugs, wife beaters, pedophiles, traitors & cocaine dealers all propped up by really, really, thick people. Ladies & gentlemoles, I present you the Russian funded private company masquerading as a political party, Reform UK. youtu.be/gRHlGTifzA8?...
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Reform’s Welsh Leader quits his post in Wales (after arrest)
YouTube video by Professor Tim Wilson
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David F. @dfarb.eurosky.social · 15/09/2026
Barnet residents may find this an interesting development! BBC News: Dan Thomas resigns as Reform Wales leader after arrest on suspicion of assault www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Reform's Dan Thomas resigns as Wales leader after arrest
Gwent Police said he was arrested on suspicion of assault and controlling or coercive behaviour.
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Josiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Canada has a total ban on company/corporate donations. Only individuals who are Canadian citizens or permanent residents can make contributions and it's capped at $1,750 a year. They still have functioning parties and the sky hasn't fallen in. Quite the opposite... www.elections.ca/content.aspx...
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