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Angela Scare-letta @periwinklejane.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Minnesota cat rescue Kitty Revolution is holding a silent auction. Ends Sunday 10/4 and we are not even halfway to our goal. Please take a look - maybe you'll find something you need? www.32auctions.com/kittyrevolut...

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Third Annual Silent Auction

Silent auction 'Third Annual Silent Auction' hosted online at 32auctions.

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Neal 🔜 BLFC-MFF-FC @verdantsculpts.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I have 3 days left to pull together $1029 rent. Please help 💜🙏

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Neal 🔜 BLFC-MFF-FC @verdantsculpts.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Psst! You like dragons? So do I! Come meet all the friendly fellows that I have to offer, from tree dragons to gingerbread. You can also commission a small piece of your own! 🛒 VerdantSculpts.com

A large reclining tree dragon sculpture. Its skin is made of brown tree back and it's back is covered in orange moss. There are leaves on the head and tail tip.

A black dragon waist up bust. It has gold scale accents, blood red horns, gold half rings along its back, and two sets of eyes. It is mounted on a round wood base.

A figure of a black koi colored eastern dragon prancing happily. It has bright orange spots and gold accents, with a mane along its back and fluffy tail tip.

Gingerbread themed figure of dragon loafed up like a cat. He is tan colored with white frosting details. He is accented with red, green, and gold candies.

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Neal 🔜 BLFC-MFF-FC @verdantsculpts.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

GID Patch Cats have returned to the shop for the season!

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Rachel @rachmarie.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

BobCat is still available!

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Neal 🔜 BLFC-MFF-FC @verdantsculpts.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Back in the shop for Halloween 🎃

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Scott Bagley @bagphos.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

#ChemSky from my colleague Justin in our Analytical group

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Char @char2025.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

This is terrible. Please share in case someone who sees this was there. www.wbtv.com/2026/08/29/r...

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Rabies outbreak at North Carolina mobile petting zoo triggers health warning

4 baby goats left dead after rabies outbreak, officials said

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Shecky @shecky.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Y'all. I know you're tired of my running on about this, and I *want* to give you a break over the weekend, but I CAN'T fail these cats. They need a HOME. They're affectionate, relaxed and in decent health, and their issues are MINOR and EASILY MANAGEABLE. All we need is to find That Person.

Gray cat with white flash on throat, sitting on bed, looking up.

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Spookiest Welsh Canadian (Glynn Stewart) @glynnstewart.com · 26/08/2026

Shecky is still looking for someone in the northeast to help these guys out. He's good people and this pair look like good cats. I mean, you can see their little faces now.

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Neal 🔜 BLFC-MFF-FC @verdantsculpts.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

My last credit card payment of the month is due on Sat and cell phone is due a few days after. I still need $482 to pay both. ALL help is appreciated including shares of this post and my art posts. Venmo tips are #1 as I can get the $ into my account quickly with less fees. Love y'all 💜

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@verdantsculpts Lnk.Bio · link in bio - Profile and social media links for verdantsculpts

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Uncanny Magazine @uncannymagazine.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

PLEASE SHARE! Writers! Uncanny Magazine will be open for short story submissions from August 24 to September 7! WE CAN'T WAIT TO SEE YOUR AMAZING, HUMAN-WRITTEN STORIES! www.uncannymagazine.com/submissions/

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Ramin Nasibov @nasibov.me · 12/08/2026

If you missed the solar eclipse, this is what it looked like:

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CK DexterHaven 🍂🍁🍂 @ckshowalter.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Fostering is one of the best things you will ever do. Give it a shot, you won’t regret it

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jessamyn @librarian.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

I work at a public library. People who want to use AI seem to have no trouble doing so. People who don't want to use AI have a harder time. I crowdsourced and then finalized this document "How to disable or avoid intrusive AI" and then gave it a short URL: notoai.org Please pass along if it's useful

An aircraft passenger oxygen mask: a drop down passenger mask with air bag and yellow plastic mouth and nose cover, oxygen tube has been cut; Demonstration model used by flight attendant crew for passenger instruction. Has text on the side indicating that it's non-functional.

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Cats of Yore @catsofyore.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Oh my goodness. There's a very Francie-looking kitty at the Springfield Humane Society here in Vermont, and he's FIV+ like her! Look at TicTak! Please share with Vermont friends. 🤍 www.spfldhumane.org/adoptable-pe...

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TicTak | Adoptable Pets

Meet Tictak! 🐾 Tictak is a 6-year-old sweetheart who was sadly returned through no fault of his own due to financial circumstances. This playful boy is full of personality—sweet, affectionate, and ju...

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carolinapyrrescue.bsky.social @carolinapyrrescue.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

It is #TwoforTuesday, friends of the Pyrs! No one has come to adopt Charlie and Katherine yet, and we can't figure out why?! How beautiful are they?! These bonded siblings are as sweet as can be.

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Damon Young @damonyoung.com.au · 25/07/2026

Nope. No, you haven’t.

r/WritingWithAl
u/Dazzling-Major-5620 • 13h
ChatGPT not letting you emulate specific authors anymore
Prompting
Join
I've been writing my book for several months now, paid for a more advanced model. Took a break. Came back.
Now Ms. GPT says she can't generate content in the style of specific authors. My prompts were soooo specific and I got exactly what I wanted out of them. For example,
'rewrite in the literary style of 'author here' with abundant dialogue and detail avoiding staccato prose. That was my go-to. Or 'please write and flesh out in the style of
'author' etc. they tightened the ropes. I have no idea how to get around this other than maybe feed it prose I already edited that's technically mine? Fuck.
& Locked post. New comments cannot be posted.

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Neal 🔜 BLFC-MFF-FC @verdantsculpts.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

$479/900 A little over halfway there! Can we meet this goal this weekend? It would be the best birthday gift!

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Dr. Katharine Dickson @metaomicsnerd.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Hi Bluesky. I’m officially asking my network for help. It’s been a tough 10 months on the job market, and I am actively seeking policy and policy-adjacent roles in agricultural emissions, greenhouse gas mitigation, air quality, and biotechnology regulation. 🧵

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Neal 🔜 BLFC-MFF-FC @verdantsculpts.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

I need about $685 to cover the next two weeks' worth of bills. Please check out my shop and share my work. Thank you so much for your support 🫂

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Crits For Cats, Inc. Cat Rescue @crits4cats.org · 07/07/2026

Here’s a thread of wonderful cats & kittens we have who need people!! Some are shy and sensitive and some are outgoing and extroverted! All of them are located in Elkton, MD and you can apply for them here: form.jotform.com/crits4cats/c... Starting with our longest resident of 21 months, Shoyu🧵⬇️

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Neal 🔜 BLFC-MFF-FC @verdantsculpts.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

It's my BIRTHDAY! ...in three weeks!! All I really want is to make sales and pay my bills. If you want to help me celebrate, please consider checking out my shop. You can also send a tip or donate to my GFM. Shares of my art are SO appreciated and cost nothing. Love you 💜 lnk.bio/verdantsculpts

A sculpture of a furry dragon rearing on his hind legs and pawing at the air. He is blue with a white underside and dark tipped feet. His mane and wings are silver. His mouth is open in a big toothy smile. He has cream colored horns and a small spike on his nose.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

A friend of mine found these three kittens behind a Bay Area gas station. They are tame, vaccinated, and incredibly affectionate. Unfortunately, she's unable to keep them and I'm trying to find them a home. They are at risk of going to a shelter. Bay Area people, are you open to adopting?

Three kittens in a cage. Two are orange and one is black.

Three kittens. Two are orange, one is black. They are laying on a stuffed teddy bear.

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Neal 🔜 BLFC-MFF-FC @verdantsculpts.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Did you know one of the best ways to support me is through Patreon? Even just $2/mo helps so so much. Currently, my monthly payout covers my health, dental and eye insurance as well as my gas bill. I would love if it could help with even more. You get all kinds of benefits for joining. Check it out!

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Rachel Hope Cleves @rachelcleves.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

An open letter, to readers, about Charity and Sylvia. I am very pained to feel the need to write this. #queerhistory #pride

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Dr Vanessa @hpsvanessa.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Reposting with alt text split over images b/c I think this is really important information for #skystorians There's plenty of productive conversation to have about the differences in citation/credit practices between popular/trade and academic publishing, but this is egregious, deliberate and wrong.

To all the readers out there:
My deep love for Charity Bryant and Sylvia Drake, the subjects of my 2014 biography Charity and Sylvia, has kept me silent, up to this point, about Tillie Walden's new graphic novel by the same title. Charity and Sylvia's story has been so deeply meaningful to so many people their story has, without exaggeration, saved lives that I've tried to be happy that Walden's book is making their story more widely known, even if she chose to take my title and my cover design as well as my narrative and my research with only a single sentence of acknowledgement at the end of her book in her notes section. Walden's illustrations and storytelling are wonderful, as I told her when she reached out to me during the writing process. It would take nothing away from her hard work to be honest about how it is built on my hard work. But in Walden's publicity tour, she has repeatedly made the claim to have based her book on her extensive research in the archive without acknowledging that her book is, in fact, based on my book. This false representation demands response not only for my sake, but for the sake of all the hard-working historians out there whose work has similarly been taken without credit. No, Walden has not "uncovered a chapter of queer history" in the archives, as her media interviews have claimed. She has adapted my book without credit or compensation, and claimed my research for her own.

I don't doubt that Walden spent time looking at letters at the Henry Sheldon Museum, but the story that Walden tells is not to be found there. It is a story that I pieced together from years of visits to at least twenty different archives and locations across the United States, not only in Vermont but in Massachusetts, New York, Illinois, and Washington State, as well. This is not just a question of facts but of story: the story of how Charity and Sylvia built a life together based in tailoring, struggled with their faith, and maintained relationships with their family is one that I constructed from the countless fragments that I gathered through painstaking research. Many of the details of that story which appeared in my book, and re-appear in Walden's, do not come from the Henry Sheldon Museum, where she claims to have done her research. They come from the countless additional archives I visited. For just a few examples: the story about Charity's siblings' deaths was built on my tracking down a forgotten graveyard enclosed in a chain link fence behind a Burger King in Brockton, Massachusetts. The story about Charity learning to sew from her spinster aunt Charity Howard comes from a textile fragment that I tracked down in the Henry Art Gallery in Seattle, Washington. The story about Charity buying a ring for Sylvia comes from a letter I found in an archive in Long Island, New York. And the story of how Charity and Sylvia rented their property in Vermont comes from town records that were at the village hall in Weybridge, Vermont. I could go on. It saddens me that Walden's media blitz will make my book harder for readers to find, not easier, and diminish its continuing power to have the enormously positive impact it has had to this point, which is why I feel the need to correct the record.
Sincerely, Rachel Hope Cleves

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Rudy Hellzapoppin' @rudyhellzapop.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Some help required. Daughter lost her very special to her Coraline Cat (pictured) at the Kneecap Crystal Palace gig on Saturday night last. Incredibly long shot but means a lot to her. Any and all help very welcome. Pictured at the gig and previously visiting Big Ben.

Cat enjoying the Mary Wallopers before the separation.

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Dr. Katharine Dickson @metaomicsnerd.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Stop looking for buzzwords. Start looking for people who know how to build the architecture. (And yes, I am on the market. If you need a microbial ecologist/ag emissions scientist and expert Big Data wrangler who knows how to translate science into what you need, my DMs are open.)

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Crash's Landing @crashslanding.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Meet Napoleon! This handsome guy gets along well with other cats, loves birdwatching, and is happiest hanging out with a few trusted pals. Quiet, sweet, and full of charm, he's just waiting for the right home to appreciate him.

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Henry @henryandfriends.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

a new day an new free cliks is owt now so plees clik wen yoo can an arsk frends to clik an reepowst aswel plees. fank yoo wun clik for th dry food wun for cannd food * wun for blankits * wun for pellits * * clik on th cog to choos wun wot ends soonist www.animalwebaction.com/en/

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Click for free and save animals on Animal Webaction. Thousands of dogs, cats and horses have already been rescued.

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Farming While Beige @sylvanaquafarms.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

Apparently my book is good enough that no fewer than FOUR freaking AI copies have been made and published to Amazon under various pseudonyms. It briefly broke the top 1,000 bestsellers on the whole platform. So maybe buy the real one? www.amazon.com/dp/B0GBR2ZBCF

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Zombies, Run! @zombiesrunofficial.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Attention, Runners! We have a new promo out! This is the first video we've released for Zombies, Run! in a really long time, and we're excited to share it. Raise the gates!

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Darryl Mott @gamerstavernshow.com · 06/06/2026

I hate this myth so fucking much because it started after a study specifically to see if brains developed after 18. So they limited the study to age 25. And people decided that meant brains develop only until 25 even though a later study with no age limit showed brains NEVER stop developing.

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Neal 🔜 BLFC-MFF-FC @verdantsculpts.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Hi, I'm Neal and I love dragons! I create fantasy creatures from clay and resin. Sculpting has been my passion for over 25 years. I sell my figures in my online shop and am available for custom work. I also have a collectors club w. exclusive quarterly figures. Find me at VerdantSculpts.com

A large reclining tree dragon sculpture. Its skin is made of brown tree bark and it's back is covered in green moss. There are leaves on the head and tail tip. It lays on a bed of grass with ferns in the background.

A photo of a pair skeleton dragon figures facing each other. One is tinted purple and the other bright green. Each is sitting with one wing folded and one balanced on the ground. The have bright yellow eyes and toothy grins. There are black and purple leaves in the background.

A photo of a figure of the white wolf Amaterasu. She is lying down and looking up, her flaming shield upon her back. She is detailed in hard black and red lines, mimicking the sumi-e ink brush style of the game.

A photo of a variety of seasonal tree dragon sculptures that are planted in small pots. They are covered with faux moss in various colors. There are 5 mid sized figures and 4 minis. They are set against a green forest background.

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Cats of Yore @catsofyore.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

In case you missed it, I am running a fundraiser this month for our local animal shelter! Our region has been hit hard by housing insecurity and other socioeconomic issues in the past few years so their services are more needed than ever. Please help if you can! ❤️ givebutter.com/mollys-birth...

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Molly's Birthday for Shelter Kitties!

Cats can't get jobs so they need our help.

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Glenn Fleishman @glennf.com · 04/06/2026

One motivation behind That One Matt Bors Comic, a book I’m editing and publishing, is for this exact reason! Matt’s name as weirdly been associated with the meme that spawned from his panel, but revenue has never accrued. You can help by backing the project! www.kickstarter.com/projects/gle...

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That One Matt Bors Comic

A book about how “we should improve society somewhat” conquered the discourse

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U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission @cpsc.gov · 01/06/2026

Deck Safety Month may be over, but Wet Arms is still under there needing you to take care of your deck.

An alien with a lot of eyes and tentacle arms poking their head out from under a deck. The deck is being repaired. The text reads: Somewhere in America. The alien says, "Excellent work, James! Keep it up!" and reaches its tentacle out to touch James. James replies, "Your arm is very wet. Please stop touching me." The text reads: May is Deck Safety Month! Check for: Loose hardware, rotting boards, and eroding foundations. Have your deck professionally inspected (by a human).

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SAFE Team Rescue @safeteamrescue.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

FOSTER NEEDED - PLEASE SHARE Look at me everyone! I am such a brave girl now, I am even an expurrt at headstand pets! And did you know that I am a polydactyl kitty? I have extra toes on my paws! I will also be having kittens in approximately 2 weeks and I am looking for my very own foster

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Show Your Soft Side @softside.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Please share! Li’l lion guy Simba needs a foster home! This sweet Baltimore street kitty is just like hakuna makata-era movie-Simba - super chill & non-combative. Back in January, he got help for a bad respiratory infection though our Street Kitty Fund. After weeks of vet visits, he was finally… 1/2

Big headed buff (light orange/tan) and white cat sitting on a wooden step looking up at you soulfully.

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Michael Jay McClure @mjmimages.bsky.social · 15/12/2024

In the old American West I’m the pale boy who sits in the back of the one room schoolhouse wearing velvet clothes that come off a crate from Paris twice a year. My name is Peregrine, which is unfortunate because I stutter.

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Neal 🔜 BLFC-MFF-FC @verdantsculpts.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

May bills are covered but June is coming up fast. I have had to charge a lot these past few weeks like our moving truck and getting my partner’s van back on the road. Additionally, I am still paying off medical debt as well as the loan we took to pay the security deposit here. All help appreciated 💜

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Donate to Trans Couple Needs Help with Bills in Colorado, organized by Neal Deschain

Updated May 25, 2026 Thank you for helping us get safely moved! T… Neal Deschain needs your support for Trans Couple Needs Help with Bills in Colorado

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Trish Greenhalgh @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

Every summer I repost this article on how to spot drowning. Please read it and pass on. In the last few years I’ve had SIX messages from people who saved a kid’s life after clicking on the link from my feed. slate.com/technology/2...

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Drowning Doesn’t Look Like Drowning

Drowning is not the violent, splashing call for help that most people expect.

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Broken Frontier @brokenfrontier.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

When someone blocks BF you know they're a wrong'un in comics. Slop-peddling AI comics entity @microdose1.bsky.social has deleted its first account and set up a second. Make sure to block that one too, folks. #NoAIArt #NoAISlop

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Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

Fuck fuck fuck fuck There’s still hope for them - if you know folks or organizations that do financial support for environmental journalism please get in touch with them. They’re not dead, they’re seeking additional financing. WE CANNOT LOSE ANOTHER SCIENCE PUBLICATION

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Ralphie Cat @ralphwaldoemmiecat.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

This is Tarin, one of our TNR cats. She's 9 months and already has 1 litter. She is so gentle but scared and bc we have no long term fosters will be released back into the streets. If you're in CT and can foster and socialize a very shy girl, please reach out! #fosterneeded #CT #cats #rescue

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Cats of Yore @catsofyore.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

Today is the last day to nominate! Please help get Merrymac in the running!

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Steve Lieber --> Bedrock City Comic Con @stevelieberart.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

I've learned that when an idea pops in my head, it's sometimes more efficient to just draw it than to let it keep needling at me.

Fan art by Steve Lieber. Harvey Comics character Little Dot singing with Quebecois math rock duo Angine de Poitrine.

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