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Drew Adamick

@divergentfp.bsky.social
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Drew Adamick (They/Them) - Formerly Divergent Financial Planning. divergentfp.ca Reposts/Likes do not necessarily equal endorsement. Views expressed are my own. #actuallyautistic

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Drew Adamick @divergentfp.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
UPDATE: I am no longer accepting any new or updated business as I have made the difficult decision to phase out my practice this year. I thank all of my clients, supporters, mentors, and those who have supported me throughout my journey as a advice-only financial planner.
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Trevon Logan @trevondlogan.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
Most (but not all) Black economists come to economics with a worldview that is outside of the mainstream of the profession. This typically includes insights from sociology since inequality, identity, and networks are areas with a longer history there. For an introduction to this, see the 🧵 below 👇
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Dr Lindsay Tedds @lindsaytedds.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
““We colonized all those countries, and then we set up this structure with these tax rules to benefit us,” said Tedds, who specializes in tax policy. “That’s their industry.” Cc @wickdchiq.bsky.social ricochet.media/labour/class...
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The billionaire loophole: How Canada’s tax system fuels inequality
While ordinary Canadians struggle, the top one per cent hide billions in offshore tax havens — a colonial system engineered to protect wealth and starve public services
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Sandra Kelly @2020willbelit.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
Of course he did. Almost all of Alberta is Treaty land. There is no legal way to extricate AB from Canada without doing away with the Treaties. Thank the creator for First Nations!
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Avi Lewis @avilewis.ca · 28/10/2025
3/ There is a concerted attack on the right to strike in this country - we're seeing it in Alberta, we've seen it in Ontario, and we've seen it time and time again from the federal Liberal government.
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Avi Lewis @avilewis.ca · 28/10/2025
1/ The attack on Alberta teachers by Danielle Smith may be sadly predictable - it’s also (obviously) unconstitutional and unacceptable. It has nothing to do with students or improving the state of education in Alberta.
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Himbo Beefcake, PhD 🔞💪 @jendrawscomics.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
Hey you know what else is irritating, pay pros??? Adult content artists not being able to sell their work
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Sara Hastings-Simon 🇨🇦 @shastingssimon.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
This sucks in all ways possible other than its a perfect example for my policy class about unintended barriers/how things get made illegal without the intention to make them illegal (pretty clear, right or wrong, the goal was keeping kids from operating ebikes, or unsafely riding on a scooter)
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Crawford Kilian @crof.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
www.cbc.ca/news/world/h...
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'That was hell': Cubans, Jamaicans assessing Hurricane Melissa damage as storm churns in Caribbean | CBC News
Hurricane Melissa brought dangerous flooding and storm surge to Cuba on Wednesday after leaving Jamaica with widespread power outages and causing flooding that killed 25 people in Haiti, officials say...
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Piers Hollott 🇨🇦 @phollott.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
Look, if the wealthy — who have the means to address climate change — could be relied on to do so, we wouldn’t be facing the climate crisis… but we are, and we are instead investing heavily in technology that is making the wealthy wealthier, and also adding to global warming. This makes no sense.
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Canada's National Observer @nationalobserver.com · 29/10/2025
“If much of the rest of the world is in a state of prolonged recession or depression because of climate change, there is no way that Canada, on a GDP per capita basis, could really benefit," said researcher Timothy Neal.
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Climate change will hurt Canada's GDP more than previously thought
New economic research indicates Canada (and all countries) will see a larger hit to GDP thanks to climate change.
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Tanya Domi @tanyadomi.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
There are no words for Sudan-- the "blood bath" conclusion marks the complete failure of the international community. This is a horrific situation & like so many other wars, I doubt there will be justice for these survivors & their families.
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Sudan siege ends in bloodbath despite pleas for mercy
Evidence emerges of atrocities committed by the paramilitary RSF after it seized control of El Fasher
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Dr Lindsay Tedds @lindsaytedds.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
Hey folks please take a look at this and consider filing it out, because if you don't you can be sure the tax software lobby industry is! The CRAis starting to consult on automatic tax filing in Canada. Let's get this done! cra-arc-survey-sondage.ca/f/s.aspx?s=d...
Help shape the future of automatic tax filing in Canada
The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) is working to reduce tax filing barriers for individuals. Many individuals with a lower income are still missing out on valuable benefit and credit payments because they are not filing an annual tax return.
Automatic tax filing is one way the CRA can effectively support individuals with a lower income in filing their taxes. The CRA has significantly expanded the reach of its automatic tax filing services since 2023 by increasing access to its SimpleFile services, including almost tripling the number of individuals invited to use SimpleFile by Phone during the tax filing season.
Now, the CRA is seeking feedback to help shape the future of automatic tax filing in Canada.
How to participate
Individuals, community organizations, tax preparers, tax software professionals, and academics are invited to participate in the CRA’s automatic tax filing questionnaire by October 9th.
Participants can share their views on:
•	the CRA’s current efforts to reduce filing barriers for individuals with a lower income
•	opportunities to expand automatic tax filing tools and services, as well as what the CRA needs to consider when expanding tools and services
How the CRA will use your feedback
Your feedback will help the CRA better understand opportunities and considerations related to its SimpleFile services in Canada. It will also contribute to the creation, or expansion, of services to help individuals file their taxes and get the payments they’re entitled to.
For more information on the CRA’s consultation activities, please go to Automatic tax filing consultation or send an email to engagementg@cra-arc.gc.ca.
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Armine Yalnizyan @armineyalnizyan.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
In 2023, the top 1% of Canadian families controlled 24% of Canada's total net wealth. The richest 5% controlled 40%. The bottom 40% of Canadian households, combined, controlled 3.3% of net wealth in Canada. Many of those are in a net debt position.
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Drew Adamick @divergentfp.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
What is going on in Alberta is proof that our rights are not really "rights" but rather legal privileges that governments will happily trample on if it suits their agenda. First 2SLGBTQAI+ students, now their teachers.
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Drew Adamick @divergentfp.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
In case you missed this from a month ago. Thank you @skepticalleftist.bsky.social for having me on!
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Cory Johnston @skepticalleftist.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
People think planning is for the wealthy, but the wealthy already have lawyers and accountants. It’s working people who get crushed by hidden rules. Drew Adamick and I talked about navigating money in a rigged system.
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Survivng Capitalism One Paycheck At A Time
Financial planner and leftist Drew Adamick joins me to talk about what it takes to survive in a system stacked against working people. We cover the traps banks set, pensions and “guaranteed” investments, estate fights, credit scores, and the reality of living paycheck to paycheck in late-stage capit
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Cory Johnston @skepticalleftist.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
I'm almost convinced that we'll have an easier time convincing people of the harms of hierarchy and capitalism than we will convincing them that using AI is bad. Even if a lot of the use cases aren't great, people have fun with it, and people don't like it when you try to take away their fun
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Cory Johnston @skepticalleftist.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
If you’ve ever wondered why every major platform keeps getting worse, my conversation with Cory Doctorow breaks down the cycle behind it. He explains how monopoly power and weak regulation turned the web against its own users.
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Why the Internet Just Keeps Getting Worse with Cory Doctorow
Cory Doctorow on how Big Tech broke the internet and what it will take to fix it.
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Cory Johnston @skepticalleftist.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
Budgets reveal political priorities. Every cut, every subsidy, every tax break exposes who governments believe deserves support. Austerity disguises itself as discipline, but the real cost shows up in the lives it pushes to the margins.
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Sandi Martin @sandifp.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
This was a super fun interview, and not just because talking to Bruce is *always* fun. Getting to talk about what a real, actual financial plan is (and isn't) gets me going every time. moolala.ca/do-you-have-...
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Do You Have a Real Financial Plan? Advice-Only Planner Sandi Martin Explains - Moolala
A lot of people think they have a financial plan — but do they really? Bruce is joined by Sandi Martin, a certified advice-only financial planner, to break down what a real financial plan looks like a...
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Nic McConnell @mcconnell.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
World Central Kitchen is mobilizing to Jamaica, please consider donating
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World Central Kitchen | First Alert: WCK Mobilizes to Jamaica Ahead of Category 5 Hurricane
World Central Kitchen’s Relief Team is in Jamaica ahead of Category 5 Hurricane Melissa’s landfall. The storm is expected to bring destructive winds, torrential rain, and widespread flooding. We’re wo...
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Jay Gamble @drjaydrno.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
Amnesty International Canada is concerned about Alberta. JFC. Alberta sucks ass.
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The Breach @breachmedia.ca · 01/10/2025
Who stands to benefit from the gutting of Canada Post? The billionaire class. If Mark Carney were really serious about nation-building, Dru OJa Jay writes how the post office could become an engine for green energy, public banking, and better services. breachmedia.ca/canada-post-...
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Canada Post faces two futures—a revitalized public service or a billionaire cash machine ⋆ The Breach
The Liberal government is dismantling Canada Post for the billionaire class, while ignoring bold proposals from postal workers to reinvent the public service
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Greenpeace International 🌍 @greenpeace.org · 26/09/2025
Solar is now 41% cheaper than fossil fuels, wind 53% cheaper. 91% of new renewable power projects beat fossil costs. Fossil fuels win $7 trillion in subsidies worldwide. Fossil fuels are already more expensive than unsubsidised wind and solar.
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Jessica Valenti @jessicavalenti.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
On the one hand, I'm so proud and in awe of these young people who are taking care of their community. On the other, I can't believe in 2025 that women have been reduced to starting underground birth control networks apnews.com/article/abor...
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A student 'womb service' works covertly to deliver contraception at a Catholic college
At DePaul University, a Catholic school in Chicago, students have created a covert contraceptive delivery network called “the womb service.”
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Markham Hislop @markhamhislop.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
Imagine a future in which Canada builds a 1MM b/d pipeline to the West Coast and the Alberta oil sands expands to fill that pipe...but no new jobs are created. Imperial Oil layoffs may be the future of oil sands employment. www.youtube.com/@EnergiMedia
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Markham Hislop @markhamhislop.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
2025 EV Sales Soar to 22 Million Globally Colin McKerracher and his BloomberNEF team nailed the 2024 forecast (17M EVs). Preliminary data show they will get the 2025 forecast right. A sneak peek at BNEF's 2025 EV Outlook. #ElectricVehicle youtu.be/PV8_4wtqOOs
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2025 EV Sales Soar to 22 Million Globally
YouTube video by Energi Media
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Jay 🦋 @jay.bsky.team · 01/10/2025
Too real. We’re going to try to fix this. Social media doesn’t have to be this way.
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Drew Adamick @divergentfp.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
Typical of the UCP regime: they're willing to spend, just not on anything that makes everyday peoples' lives better.
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Pete Quily @pqpolitics.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
Trump attempts a major step toward dictatorship He's going for it. Who will stop him? Trump laid out a lawless, authoritarian vision for the armed forces, including fighting a “war from within” against the his domestic enemies Will generals break their oath? www.publicnotice.co/p/trump-mili...
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Trump attempts a major step toward dictatorship
He's going for it. Who will stop him?
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Andrew Sage (Andrewism) @andrewsage.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
NEW VIDEO: What's shaping our world and the way we think? Let's dig into how the system manipulates us and how awareness can change everything. youtu.be/707roJgBAAw
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How You're Being Manipulated
YouTube video by Andrewism
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
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Charlie Angus @charlieangus104.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
CDN media treat Preston Manning as grand old man of Canadian politics. This the guy who banged the drum for breaking up the country when the right realized MAGA Poilievre wasn't going to get elected. The far right work to a playbook. Manning is one of their gurus.
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Paris Marx @parismarx.com · 20/08/2025
love owning an appreciating asset 🤑
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Sandi Martin @sandifp.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
“None of us can single-handedly overthrown a society dedicated to limitless productivity, distraction, and speed. But right here, right now, you can stop buying into the delusion that any of that is going to bring satisfaction.”
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 19/08/2025
Good thing no one uses Microsoft Excel for anything related to legal, regulatory or compliance business functions www.theverge.com/news/761338/...
Microsoft Excel adds Copilot Al to help ...
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The Verget-4.1-mini Al model | 5
successor to the LABS.GENERATIVEAI function Microsoft started experimenting
with in 2023.
Microsoft notes that you can combine its new Al function with other Excel functions, including IF, SWITCH, LAMBDA, or WRAPROWS. The company adds that information sent through Excel's COPILOT function is "never" used for AI training, as "the input remains confidential and is used solely to generate your requested output."
The COPILOT function comes with a couple of limitations, as it can't access information outside your spreadsheet, and you can only use it to calculate 100 functions every 10 minutes. Microsoft also warns against using the AI function for numerical calculations or in “high-stakes scenarios” with legal, regulatory, and compliance implications, as COPILOT "can
give incorrect responses."
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Ray Delahanty | CityNerd @nerd4cities.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
Of all the very stupid things about living under the current administration, one of the dumbest is…you can’t even really make good-natured jokes about Canada anymore youtu.be/vlAVDMBGxKY?...
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Edmonton: Come for the Mall, Stay for the Urbanism
YouTube video by Ray Delahanty | CityNerd
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Rorzle @rorzle.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
Some of my artwork made it into a @nerd4cities.bsky.social video on #edmonton! 😄 youtu.be/vlAVDMBGxKY?...
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Edmonton: Come for the Mall, Stay for the Urbanism
YouTube video by Ray Delahanty | CityNerd
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Victoria News @victorianews.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
Island Health is warning of a sewage discharge at a popular Victoria swim dock. www.vicnews.com/local-news/i...
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Island Health warns of sewage discharge at popular Victoria swim dock
Banfield Park joins several beaches under health warnings this summer across Greater Victoria
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Lucky Earther @reedjam.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
I have had an increasing issue in my classroom with kids not being able to put their phone away and learn because their parent is having an emotion and making their child deal with it.
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Pete Quily @pqpolitics.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
The Brutal Free Market for the poor & working class renters. #VanRE billionaire Oligarch developers! We Need Big Govt to bail us out. Corporate Welfare for Billionaires! #VanRE billionaire Oligarch developers. Permanently ban Foreign buyers & Foreign capital in Cdn real estate #vanpoli #cdnpoli
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^ Hide 17 Replies Sam Sullivan I am not aware of any economist who thinks foreigners are the main reason or even the
second most important reason for high house prices.
Can you name even one credible economist who does? Obviously with an inelastic supply curve, any demand will have an impact. The solution is fixing the supply
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Like • Reply • 1d Josh Gordon Sam Sullivan Well let's see, Tom Davidoff said that if foreign money were to stop arriving "there is no way that prices don't fall 25 percent, even 50 percent". So that's one.Replying to @jhwfung
#vanre #vanpoli #vanelxn18 landbank
developers 600 luxury residences located in one of the hottest markets in the
world. Buy one or more of our pre-construction condos and collect a bonus roughly equal to the current anti-spec and anti-foreign purchase taxes. Also, all of our pre-construction condos are
pre-licensed with Air BB. artist rendering of our latest development
Banque de Terre on Thurlow
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S ∆ R E N ✦ 杰敏 ✦ KICKSTARTER!!! @sarenstone.com · 25/07/2025
I may not be a NSFW account, but this recent attack via payment processors should concern everyone, not just people who create/like adult content. I've RPed some ways to fight back, but also do yourself a favor and check out this thread. SO many incredible artists and they deserve love and support.
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Kevin J. Kircher @kevinjkircher.com · 25/07/2025
FWIW, this "methane from oil&gas wipes out 2/3 of US emission reductions" stat comes from fairly conservative assumptions: GWP100, modest methane emission rates. With more aggressive assumptions, eg GWP20, O&G methane makes US net emissions ~20% higher than the EPA's 2005 estimate.
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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
The first rule of homelessness policy is that it must be cruel. The second rule is that it must be expensive. The current GOP idea is to move from "spend a lot so cops, paramedics, and ERs can shuffle them around" to "spend a lot to put them in jail." God forbid we just provide basic shelter.
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Mr Peculiar 🔞 NEW ANIMATION OUT @mrpecu.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
Hey if you hate censorship and want to do more than just doompost online, you can actually do something: Being annoying! Hoards of people have been blowing up the phones of payment processing companies to pressure them not to bend to the whims of puritan groups. stop-paypros.neocities.org
Cartoon monster lady, Sue, in a "Don't Stop Calling T-shirt, pointing at a personification of "puritan activist groups" looming over a personification of "payment processor" 

Sue's Dialogue: YOOHOO! These motherfuckers think they can pick and choose what you do with your own money. You wouldn't let them do that, would you?
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Kendra, spooky version @kendrawcandraw.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
Fascists hate art because it allows people to experience the power of a fantasy: that things are not what they seem, that other people experience things the way you do, that a better world is possible. Imagination is a dangerous weapon when your main tactic is "because I said so"
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The Hill Times @hilltimes.com · 25/07/2025
Opinion: Bill C-5 revealing itself as a Trojan horse designed to appease Alberta’s fossil fuel interests www.hilltimes.com/story/2025/0...
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Bill C-5 revealing itself as a Trojan horse designed to appease Alberta's fossil fuel interests
If Bill C-5 is to have any credibility in a climate-constrained world, it must confront the deeper issue: Alberta’s entrenched dependence on oil royalties.
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