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Ron Chan @rondanchan.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

Using the rules of linear perspective to combat ai slop can I get a hell yeah

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Vincent Chan (he/him) @mrchanchan.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

Coming to Vancouver for #AAS2026? If travelling light, I highly recommend taking the Skytrain directly from YVR airport to conference site (and nearby hotels). Only $10 CAD, clean, comfortable. Takes only 30 mins and way cheaper than taxi or Uber. 2 zone fare, get off at last stop, 5 min walk.

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Elke Papelitzky @elkelitzky.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

Two more weeks to apply for this job at my department!

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depths of wikipedia @depthsofwikipedia.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

wikipedia turns 25 today! the last unenshittified major website! backbone of online info! triumph of humanity! powered by urge of unpaid randos to correct each other! somehow mostly reliable! "good thing wikipedia works in practice, because it sure doesn't work in theory" - old wiki adage

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WOR$T GIRL IN ACADEMIA @medievaliste.bsky.social · 30/12/2025

I do not like your AI slop I do not like it, make it stop I do not want an AI house I do not want an AI mouse No AI box. No AI fox— That AI slop can go kick rocks I would not AI here or there I would not AI anywhere No AI car, no AI czar Your AI slop is killing trees I do not like it, let me be!

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Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 28/12/2025

Maybe, if you're not actually in university classrooms, teaching students in the age of gAI, perhaps you might want to stop and listen when people actually in those classrooms raise concerns about what they are seeing; and not just dismiss us as luddites, or boomers, or cruel profs playing cops

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Victor Seow @eastasiascitech.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

Pleased to share the Spring 2026 schedule for the SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY IN ASIA online seminar series @ Harvard! Talks are over Zoom on Tuesdays, 10:30–11:45 am EST. REGISTRATION: seow.scholars.harvard.edu/STinAsia #histstm #histsci #histtech #histmed #envhist #envhum #sts 🧪

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Jed Brown @jedbrown.org · 21/12/2025

Professional societies keep beclowning themselves buying into a lie about what an LLM "summary" is. They are inherently counterfeit: not an epistemic product of the ideas in the source, but summary-shaped text linguistically based on *other* works (in the training corpus) that use related language.

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Alisa Bokulich @alisabokulich.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

#PhilJobs #HPS TT Assistant Professor in Philosophy, Trinity College Dublin AOS: History, Philosophy & Ethics of Science philjobs.org/job/show/30601 Great this job ad explicitly mentions *geosciences* as one of areas of sciences of interest. (I have asked PhilJobs to include a box in this area)

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Assistant Professor in Philosophy, Trinity College Dublin - PhilJobs:JFP Assistant Professor in Philosophy, Trinity College Dublin

An international database of jobs for philosophers

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Devin Fitzgerald, bibliothot @devinfitz.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

This book is interesting. While it no doubt furthers the case that print had a major impact during the Song dynasty(960 to 1279), when it was adopted by the state and state actors, a couple of areas were completely unexplored. For ex, not a single surviving material text is discussed.

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Miriam Posner @miriamposner.com · 12/12/2025

Everyone always proposes this as the answer without understanding that an oral exam requires very different skills than a closely argued research-driven essay. If you want to argue those skills don’t matter, then fine, argue that, but don’t pretend that oral argumentation is identical.

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Elke Papelitzky @elkelitzky.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

Do you want to know about experts in Chinese history? How astronomers, artisans, interpreters, servants, sailors, diviners, and surveyors worked? Then check out this special issue edited by Sarah Schneewind and Yang Qiao! www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

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Latest issue | Journal of Chinese History 中國歷史學刊 | Cambridge Core

Journal of Chinese History 中國歷史學刊

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Philipp Heimberger @heimbergecon.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

"academic publishing is dominated by profit-oriented, multinational companies for whom scientific knowledge is a commodity to be sold back to the academic community who created it... The dominant four collectively generated... $12 billion in profits between 2019 and 2024."

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Christopher Nygren @cnygren.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

🚨🚨🚨 Major announcement!!! I am extremely pleased to announce that HAA is searching for a senior, endowed position in premodern art or architecture. The subfield is wide open. Please spread the word and encourage curious scholars to write to me with questions! 🚨🚨🚨 cfopitt.taleo.net/careersectio...

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William S. Dietrich II Professor of Premodern Arts and/or Architecture

Click the link provided to see the complete job description.

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Elke Papelitzky @elkelitzky.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

A bit more than a week left to apply for this TT job in contemporary Chinese society in Oslo!

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Professor Claire Jowitt @clairejowitt.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

Looking to publish a salty monograph or edited collection? 'Maritime Humanities, 1400-1800' - now published by @routledgehistory.bsky.social - welcomes proposals on globalization, post-colonialism, eco-criticism, environmentalism & histories of science & technology routledge.com/Maritime-Hum... ⚓️

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Katie Parker @kparkerhistorian.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

Issue 77.1 of @imagomundi.bsky.social is out! I co-edited this issue on Indigenous maps and mapping with Natchee Blu Barnd. Articles cover topics in North America, Africa, and Hawai’i. #newissue #histcart #maphistory #skystorians 🗃️

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Imago Mundi

Volume 77, Issue 1 of Imago Mundi

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Katie Parker @kparkerhistorian.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

Are you using #maps in research? Want to learn about their history and use as sources? In London in late January? Sign up for @ihr.bsky.social short course, Historic Maps: Interpreting Stories of Place! #maphistory #skystorians 🗃️

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Historic Maps: Interpreting Stories of Place

Discovery Course 1

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Wolfgang Behr / 畢鶚 (氒/厥/攸) @behrwolf.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

12 Phd/ 17 Postdoc positions (fully funded) in the new Cross-Cultural Philology Cluster at LMU Munich: www.lmu.de/crosscultura... (apply by Oct 21).

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Planned Research Projects

Here you can find an overview of all research projects and the corresponding job vacancies in the Cross-Cultural Philology Cluster of Excellence.

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REwadent Evil @ewacat.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

i am going to say something very mean if you cannot handle footnotes, it is not that there are too many footnotes, it is actually a you problem

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𝕋𝕙𝕖 ℍ𝕚𝕤𝕥🎃𝕣𝕪 𝕠𝕗 ℂ𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕒 ℙ💀𝕕𝕔𝕒𝕤𝕥 @thoc.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

Wikipedia is hands-down one of the most authoritative, accurate, transparent, & full-cited informational sites in the observable universe, and has been since like 2015. And no, you don’t “use it as a source,” just like you don’t use Google as a “source.” It’s a source of sources. You scroll down…

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Elke Papelitzky @elkelitzky.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

Such an excellent book, great to see it out as paperback!

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Danielle Terrazas Williams @drdanielletw.bsky.social · 25/08/2025

Postdoc Opportunity! Dr. Anna Grasskamp at Oslo seeks a postdoctoral fellow specializing in the early modern Philippines to investigate the artistic use and visual representation of geographical, geological, botanical, zoological, and climatic resources in Eurasia. www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...

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Postdoctoral Research Fellowship associated with the ERC-funded project "ECOART" (284675) | University of Oslo

Job title: Postdoctoral Research Fellowship associated with the ERC-funded project "ECOART" (284675), Employer: University of Oslo, Deadline: Wednesday, October 15, 2025

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Pleco Software @pleco.com · 19/08/2025

We just launched the new 7th edition of Wilkinson, this time as a digital-only version but available through Kindle and Apple Books as well as through Pleco. $59.99, or $29.99 if you buy it in Pleco as an upgrade from 5/e or 6/e.

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Chinese History: A New Manual, Seventh Edition

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Alexis Lycas @lxslcs.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

new OA book, Knowing an Empire. Early Modern Chinese and Spanish Worlds in Dialogue, edited by Mackenzie Cooley & Wu Huiyi (in which I wrote a medieval chapter: "Imperial Territorial Data Before the Age of Print"), available here: www.fulcrum.org/concern/mono...

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Knowing an Empire: Early Modern Chinese and Spanish Worlds in Dialogue

Revealing dynamic dialogues between early modern China and Latin America through a new methodology Knowing an Empire: Early Modern Chinese and Spanish Worlds in Dialogue unveils how these two vast emp...

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The Historical Journal @historicaljnl.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

📣We are delighted to announce that Sara Caputo (@saracaputo.bsky.social) has been appointed as an Editor of The Historical Journal! Caputo is a specialist in maritime history, imperial history and the history of medicine, and we are thrilled that she is lending her expertise to the journal📘

'Taking over this role is an extraordinary privilege and opportunity. I have big shoes to fill and I am conscious of the responsibility, but I greatly look forward to working alongside John Gallagher, Bruce Bruschi, and the rest of the editorial team and editorial board, scholars I deeply admire. I am excited to read all the new historical research that colleagues around the world may wish to send our way.'

Sara Caputo, incoming Editor at The Historical Journal

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Prof. Eliot Jacobson @climatecasino.net · 09/06/2025

Your 'moment of doom' for June 8, 2025 ~ Climate cliché alert! "The deeper in the ocean they looked, the worse the findings were, the scientists said. At 200 metres below the surface, 60% of global waters had breached the 'safe' limit for acidification." www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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‘Ticking timebomb’: sea acidity has reached critical levels, threatening entire ecosystems – study

Ocean acidification has already crossed a crucial threshold for planetary health, scientists say in unexpected finding

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Coraline Jortay 喬海霖 @qiaoj.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

Job 📣 3-year funded PhD position in modern Chinese history with a broad focus on crime/Qing legal history) Part of an ANR team led by colleagues at EFEO, Academia Sinica, and Université Nice Côte d'Azur, and based in Paris, France. Deadline: May 30, 2025

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École française d'Extrême-Orient
Topic of the PhD dissertation
The doctoral dissertation topic, to be determined in consultation with the supervisors, will fall within the field of the history of crime in Qing dynasty China (1644-1911).
It may focus on the study of a specific type of crime based on documentation available in one or more local archival collections, analyze the social context of criminality in one or several regions of the empire, or examine the institutional framework for combating crime from a diachronic perspective.
Dissertation Supervision, Enrollment Institution, and Host Institution
The PhD candidate will be jointly supervised by Frédéric Constant (Université Nice Côte d'Azur) and Luca Gabbiani (EFEO-EHESS). Enrollment may take place at either Doctoral School 286 (École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales - EHESS) or Doctoral School 472 (École Pratique des Hautes Études - EPHE, affiliated with Paris Sciences et Lettres - PSL University).
The École française d'Extrême-Orient (EFEO) will act as the host institution and will be responsible for the administrative management of the doctoral contract.
Terms of Reference
The primary focus of the PhD candidate's work will be on preparing the dissertation. In addition, they will be responsible for the following tasks within the CRISOLIC program:
• Participate in the revision and correction of criminological data extracted semi-automatically from documents
• Contribute to the development and implementation of the criminological database
• Create and maintain the general bibliography for the project (primary sources and secondary scholarly literature)
• Contribute to updating the project's Hypothèses Blog/Notebook
• Monitor events, projects, and publications related to the project themes, as well as any relevant information that may be of interest to project members
• Participate in the organization of project meetings and events, and take part in them Participate in some of the research trips and …

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École française d'Extrême-Orient
Skills
• A Master's degree (or equivalent) in Chinese language, literature, and/or history, or in the humanities and social sciences, provided the candidate has a strong command of the Chinese language.
• Languages: French (B2), English (B2), proficiency in modern Chinese, good knowledge of classical Chinese.
• Ability to write reports or articles for a blog.
• Software proficiency: Word, Excel, Zotero.
Familiarity with digital humanities tools (databases, visualization tools, Al) would be an asset.
Personal Attributes
• Intellectual curiosity and critical thinking.
• Ability to work effectively in a team.
• Organizational skills and autonomy in work.
• Capacity to support decision-making.
Responsiveness and availability.
Recruitment Conditions
As part of its commitment to professional equality and diversity, the EFEO stands against all forms of discrimination and encourages all eligible candidates to submit their applications.
Contract Start Date and Duration
The doctoral contract is available from September 2025, for a duration of 36 months.
Primary Workplace
Paris
A work computer will be provided by the CRISOLIC program.
Salary and Benefits
Monthly salary: €2,300 gross.
Application Submission and Contact
Applications (CV and cover letter) should be sent by email to the French coordinators of the
CRISOLIC program: luca.gabbiani@efeo.net, frederic.constant@univ-cotedazur.fr.
Application Deadline
May 30, 2025
Selected candidates will be invited for an interview during the month of June, which will be held at the EFEO headquarters in Paris (either the week of June 9 or the week of June 23).
The interview may be conducted online if necessary.
22, avenue du Président Wilson - 75116 Paris
www.efeo.fr - Tél. : 33 (0)1 53 70 18 60 - Fax : 33 (0)1 53 70 87 60
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Internet Archive @archive.org · 13/03/2025

🔗 Websites vanish. Links break. But knowledge can live on with your help. Use the Wayback Machine’s Save Page Now tool to archive webpages that are important to you. 🕰️ 💾 📌 Try it now: web.archive.org/save

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Elke Papelitzky @elkelitzky.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

Listen to Mario Cams and me talk about our edited volume "Remapping the World in East Asia" on the New Books Network! newbooksnetwork.com/remapping-th...

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Mario Cams and Elke Papelitzky, "Remapping the World in East Asia: Toward a Global History of the 'Ricci Maps'" (U Hawaii Press, 2024) - New Books Network

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Zev Handel @zevhandel.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

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A photo of the book Chinese Characters Across Asia by Zev Handel

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Zev Handel @zevhandel.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

Have you ever noticed that there is something strange about the Mandarin word wǎsī '(natural) gas'? Looking at the written form 瓦斯, it just doesn’t seem like a typical Chinese compound word. What's a roof tile got to do with gas? Let’s see if we can figure out what’s going on. 加油! 1/

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a yellow cat with its eyes closed and a fist in its mouth .

Alt: GIF of cartoon cat fiercely crying "加油"

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Elke Papelitzky @elkelitzky.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

Where is tianxia? In an article that was just published in Modern Asian Studies, I looked at the titles of maps from the fifteenth to eighteenth century to try to get closer to an answer to that question. It's open access thanks to the University of Oslo! doi.org/10.1017/S002...

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Mapping tianxia and mapping the world: Cosmopolitan ideas in geographic sources of fifteenth- to eighteenth-century China | Modern Asian Studies | Cambridge Core

Mapping tianxia and mapping the world: Cosmopolitan ideas in geographic sources of fifteenth- to eighteenth-century China

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Sara Caputo @saracaputo.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

My article on C18th/19th experiences of lightning at sea is out with Transactions. This is the most engrossing and disconcerting topic that I've ever fallen into researching. (Sad, too.) TRHS's editorial process was exceptionally nice and fast: highly recommended! #histmed #histSTM bit.ly/4jz7RSf

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‘One of the most alarming casualties to which the Sailor is exposed’: British Naval Medicine, Embodied Knowledge, and the Experience of Lightning at Sea, 1750–1840 | Transactions of the Royal Historic...

‘One of the most alarming casualties to which the Sailor is exposed’: British Naval Medicine, Embodied Knowledge, and the Experience of Lightning at Sea, 1750–1840

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Elke Papelitzky @elkelitzky.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

Check out an article I co-wrote with Mario Cams on a Ming period world map signed and stamped by the Jesuit Giulio Aleni held in Kobe, Japan. Similar map sheets have been discussed before, but all date to the Qing period. www.cambridge.org/core/product...

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Giulio Aleni's map sheet: exploring the contents and materiality of the only known Ming-era print | Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society | Cambridge Core

Giulio Aleni's map sheet: exploring the contents and materiality of the only known Ming-era print

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利大英 @gblee.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

#Chine The Tang without #Tibet ? Under pressure from the Chinese authorities, the Musée Guimet des arts asiatiques is said to be deleting the word “Tibet” from its labels. The museum has just inaugurated an exhibition on the Tang. www.courrierinternational.com/article/vu-d...

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Dr. Paula R. Curtis @paularcurtis.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

Eyyy Sengoku historian @tokusei.bsky.social is now here! I've been trying to keep up the starter pack on premodern/early modern Japan as I see folks, but it's been noisy as everyone migrates. Hit me up if I missed you and/or you just arrived. go.bsky.app/AzGURTW

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Zev Handel @zevhandel.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

If I can finish proofreading and make the index in time, my new book will come out in January. 📖 I've been working on it for five years so I'm pretty excited that it will soon be a reality. I'd like to tell you a bit about it. 1/16

Cover of forthcoming book Chinese Characters Across Asia: How the Chinese Script Came to Write Japanese, Korean, and Vietnamese (by Zev Handel, University of Washington Press, 2025)

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Li Chen多伦多大学陈利 @lchen2024.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

Repost (replacing the previous pack due to technical issue). You're welcome to join this more focused group of international scholars working on late imperial China. Please feel free to share and reply if you're interested, and add hashtag #lateimperialchina to future posts. go.bsky.app/EB214nL

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Coraline Jortay 喬海霖 @qiaoj.bsky.social · 12/11/2024

📣 Job klaxon Associate/Full professor of Chinese studies at the University of Geneva (premodern history, philology, classical literature, philosophy, history of religion) Transregional (Japan, Korea) focus appreciated, knowledge of French a must Deadline: Dec. 19 jobs.unige.ch/www/wd_porta...

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Professeur-e ordinaire, professeur-e associé-e en sinologie (Chine ancienne) (6021)

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Coraline Jortay 喬海霖 @qiaoj.bsky.social · 15/01/2024

Just launched: Taiwan Open Access Journals (TOAJ) 臺灣學術期刊開放取用平台, featuring features many well-known titles, including 台灣文學研究學報 Journal of Taiwan Literary Studies, 臺灣史研究 Taiwan Historical Research, 漢學研究 Chinese Studies... toaj.stpi.narl.org.tw/index

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Elke Papelitzky @elkelitzky.bsky.social · 12/01/2024

It’s out! I’m happy to announce that the book I edited together with Mario Cams has just been published. The chapters in this book trace how maps and other artifacts circulated in Eurasia and how individuals in East Asia and western Europe engaged with the knowledge from these artifacts.

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