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#LitHodgepodge This is Tal. Not a lot here, I know! She does need a hobby though (she likes to read three volume novels!)

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Oh its Tal. She hates to be told what to do. And that means she'll go off on her own if she thinks she knows what's right. But she'll be quiet about it.

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Dustin A. Chacón @lingdustin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I've heard people make claims that AI would lead to a new Renaissance, but I didn't imagine it'd happen like this:

Screenshot of a Tweet from Pope Leo XIV. It reads:

"In this era of artificial intelligence, it is becoming urgen to distinguish human art from what machines produce. There is an ontological difference, even before an aesthetic one, between art and what a machine can generate through statistical calculation based on millions of images created by others. Algorithms lack the spark of humanity. For this reason, the Church wishes to renew an alliance with artists and cultural institutions to safeguard our humanity."

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Els🖤🤍💜🩶 @elsjones.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I have a world! This is from The Dissolution of Tal Stephens #FridayFling

“I will keep every vow,” he murmured, nearly lost in the birdsong. A butterfly fluttered in through the open window, chased by the hint of orange blossoms. He turned toward her, face half buried in the shadows. “I know what the magic of the world is and it's here with you.”
He was a romantic fool and, worst yet, she believed him. New York was a distant nightmare but here they carved harmony together. She knew who she was with him. Tal might love him too, but she wasn’t ready for that secret to be revealed just yet. In the smile that reached his eyes, in the way he curled around her, Tal suspected he knew. She allowed herself to invite him into the dream of a new world that they would fashion.
Everything else could wait.

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Els🖤🤍💜🩶 @elsjones.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Tax pros, as a whole, are way too comfortable using AI for writing and for art work. Creative Commons still exists as a website. "too hard" oh yeah like writing a prompt isn't just as much work

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Laura Siadak @fallenlights.net · 01/10/2026

Holiday card vote is now up, before I forget that that's going to be here sooner rather than later! Post is set to public! May the odds ever be in my favor.

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HOLIDAY CARD - Vote 1. | Laura Siadak - Fallenlights Art

This is the general vote! I set this to public, if you vote, you don't have to join, but anyone who's a patron in BOTH November & December

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Els🖤🤍💜🩶 @elsjones.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I got to pet Highland cows today. Life is good.

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Karen K. Ho @karenho.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Women have to go out into the world and be around other people. There is no clear way for women to do all the right things and avoid harassment or assault. It doesn't matter if they wore different clothes or avoided alcohol. It happens with intimate partners, family members, teachers, and friends.

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Els🖤🤍💜🩶 @elsjones.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I used wound instead of injury From The Dissolution of Tal Stephens. Poor Daniel being cursed via mail. #WIPSnips #WriteSky

He reached for the letter—
And fell to the floor, screaming. His throat was torn raw. Every old wound was ripped open, blood weeping, spine cracking. The bones in his skull shifted. His scars sizzled into his flesh. He couldn’t…he couldn’t…pain overtook him, oblivion yawned—
It stopped.
He haltingly opened one eye, the other throbbing painfully. Tears coated his lips and his hand spasmed. He was in a blue dome, the air crackling around him. He could vaguely perceive Grant manipulating runes on the other side.
There was no blood. There were no broken bones. Yet every part of him ached as if he had been broken and bleeding. A harrowing spell, one deeply tied to flesh and bone.

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Christa Pike was tortured yesterday by the state of TN in every single USians name and the fact is that this is a country that is mostly OK with this. This says everything about all of us. We are all implicated in this barbaric practice. It's sickening.

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Els🖤🤍💜🩶 @elsjones.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

scotus cool with killing people, but not corporations. and i thought they were people too.

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Oliver B @oliverb108.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

With alt text:

How to avoid sexual assault! A QUICK AND EASY GUIDE*

sexual violence centre cork

1 DON'T PUT DRUGS IN PEOPLE'S DRINKS

4 WHEN YOU SEE A WOMAN WALKING BY HERSELF, LEAVE HER ALONE.

3 WHEN YOU COME ACROSS SOMEONE WHO IS DRUNK OR ASLEEP, THE BEST THING TO DO IS NOT RAPE THEM.

6 CARRY A WHISTLE. IF YOU THINK YOU MIGHT RAPE SOMEONE, BLOW THE WHISTLE UNTIL SOMEONE COMES TO STOP YOU.

2 USE THE BUDDY SYSTEM! IF YOU CAN'T STOP YOURSELF FROM SEXUALLY ASSAULTING SOMEONE, ASK A TRUSTED FRIEND TO ACCOMPANY YOU AT ALL TIMES TO STOP YOU.

5 IF YOU ARE IN A LIFT AND SOMEONE STEPS IN, REMEMBER NOT TO SEXUALLY ASSAULT THEM.

*for perpetrators.

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Els🖤🤍💜🩶 @elsjones.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

They are auto-enrolling children in Trump accounts. You had to sign up previously. I had clients who refused to do it because of the name and now they are going to be signed up. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

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Treasury Will Auto-Enroll 60 Million Children in Trump Accounts

The auto-enrollment change replaces the previous structure, which required parents or guardians to sign up.

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#DVpit - Diverse Voices Pitch @dvpit.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Welcome to #DVpit 2026! Now until 8:00PM Eastern unagented marginalized creators can pitch their unpublished project in 300 characters to participating literary agents & editors! Remember ❤️ are for agents & 🔁 are for editors! Good luck! Have fun & please be respectful! More info dvpit.carrd.co

#DVpit 2026
September 30, 2026
8:00AM - 8:00PM Eastern Time
A bluesky pitch event for creators from marginalized communities
Follow Up @dvpit.bsky.social
find rules & more info at dvpit.carrd.co

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Els🖤🤍💜🩶 @elsjones.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Giveaway time! 🪄🎊 Would you like a chance to win a free copy of The Dissolution of Tal Stephens? Enter here! We're giving away either a signed paperback or an ebook, your choice, to two lucky winners! #BookSky #Book #WriteSky forms.gle/fR1zosPmvqcJ...

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The Dissolution of Tal Stephens Giveaway

entry form for either paperback or ebook

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Els🖤🤍💜🩶 @elsjones.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Amber Glenn on DWTS last week literally did a promo for a lesbian Heated Rivalry with ice skating, before she danced. It was meant as a tie in to the dance. I want to see that story continued. I don't know if I want this. Just because its on the ice doesn't mean its like Heated Rivalry

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Els🖤🤍💜🩶 @elsjones.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Last day to add some amazing work to your collection! And we all need more punk in our life!

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Els🖤🤍💜🩶 @elsjones.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

She's also available through Libby and Hoopla - some libraries already have it, others you may need to request! :)

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Els🖤🤍💜🩶 @elsjones.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Tal is out today! 🪄A dangerous magic system ⚗️Science that threatens to destroy it 💋 Rivals to lovers 🔍 Murder mystery 🥸 People in disguise A romantic fantasy for fans of JD Robb and Edith Wharton books2read.com/u/b5depp #BookSky #Writing #WriteSky

a green background showing a book in 2 formats, ebook and paperback. Cover is of a woman with blurred face. Graphic says Dissolution of Tal Stephens Happy Release Day

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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

Since PTSD is being invoked to excuse any and all abuse and misconduct, let us acknowledge where it is most common. .... From my book Recollections of My Nonexistence.

The former Marine David J. Morris, author of a book on post-
traumatic stress disorder, notes that the disorder is far more com-
mon and far more rarely addressed among rape survivors than
combat veterans. He wrote me, “The science on the subject is pretty
clear: according to the New England Journal of Medicine, rape is about
four times more likely to result in diagnosable PTSD than combat.
Think about that for a moment— being raped is four times more psy-
chologically disturbing than going off to a war and being shot at and
blown up. And because there are currently no enduring cultural nar-
ratives that allow women to look upon their survival as somehow he-
roic or honorable, the potential for enduring damage is even greater.”

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Kristin 🇨🇦🤓 @faierius.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

As an author, all I *really* want is for people to love my characters and stories as much as I do.

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Els🖤🤍💜🩶 @elsjones.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Out tomorrow! The Dissolution of Tal Stephens is a romantic fantasy, with a strong romance storyline. Rivals to friends to lovers with devotion and desire. Not closed door. books2read.com/u/bzY19q

A black background with red and blue swirls of lights. The text: "She was being seduced, and she wanted it,
she wanted that story he was crafting along her skin.
And in that wanting, she turned her face to meet his mouth with her own.
He tasted like sun-drenched apples, rich and resinous cypress, and something bitter that she couldn’t name. " - The Dissolution of Tal Stephens

At the bottom, a woman arching into a man's touch on her lips.

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Els🖤🤍💜🩶 @elsjones.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Kit is deffo a creme brulee - once you crack her hard exterior, she's pretty sweet. Tyler is a shortbread cookie - reliable, solid, always filling. kind of dull, tho (i love shortbread, to be clear)

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Matthew Siadak @backwardsknight.com · 27/09/2026

Books. I have 'em, you read 'em. From a fantasy adventure with eldritch horror vibes, to a thriller/heist/super-powered bundle of shorts that'll blow your socks off. Seriously, glue your socks on. You'll thank me later. Check 'em out, ask your local library to order them in! #BookSky #BookTok

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Els🖤🤍💜🩶 @elsjones.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

literally tired of seeing men defending the Cornell 7 "they weren't tried;we're ruining them in the court of public opinion" bro what about HER life??!? what is it so hard to care about a woman who was brutally harmed? oh im flaming

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Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Tom Brady’s voice and face on my screen is terrorism.

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Els🖤🤍💜🩶 @elsjones.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

this is a good recap of why this article is bad. that being said, i've never heard this song (if i listen to radio its the local hip hop station) but i do listen to country like Orville Peck. i've had his new album on repeat.

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Els🖤🤍💜🩶 @elsjones.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

We've reached the end of the road to Tal! The end - a creeping dawn at the Mediterranean, both our heroes changed irrevocably, hurts healed but new ones revealed. But they have each other, a love, a tenderness, a partnership in a new world. This song is perfect. www.youtube.com/watch?v=x1bZ...

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Beyonce - All Night (Audio)

YouTube video by Cherie Life

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Gabino Iglesias @gabino.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Not even my French tour can stop #FridayReads! Let’s share some books and boost all signals. Repost this and let us know what to repost for you. No witty stuff today. I’m in France for two weeks because of this book, which is only $2.99 right now! www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0CP...

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Els🖤🤍💜🩶 @elsjones.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

i love it when i tell ppl im getting the flu shot and they try to convince me how awful it is and i dunno man, in this govt, you gotta take all the protection you can get. yes, flu and covid will knock me on my ass for the weekend but better that than the full blown of either.

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Els🖤🤍💜🩶 @elsjones.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Almost at the end here! We'll get the last song tomorrow! This song was included because of the climax where Tal..well, um...how much does one tell? She falls into the villain's clutches and is changed by a magic gone feral. www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwZM...

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BANKS - Contaminated (Visualizer)

YouTube video by BANKS

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H.S. Kallinger (he/him) @xakana.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Vampire Wolf is NOW AVAILABLE! Kindle: www.amazon.com/dp/B0HJFD2TG9 Kobo: www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/... Itch: hs-kallinger.itch.io/vampire-wolf Ko-Fi: ko-fi.com/s/aa192f1e58 Paperback: www.amazon.com/dp/B0HK6217PG

A book floats in space with a blue shadow and glow. The left, in pink, white, blue, white, pink text: What happens when you expose someone carrying an infection-based form of vampirism to a werewolf disease? It's something Gabriel and Lex never even imagined having to answer.

Coming home for the summer didn't exactly provide the vacation Gabby was hoping for. In the middle of a stressful fight, he freaks out and attempts to replicate the gift he used to meet Lex three years ago, despite repeated failures. It works.

Landing in a new world, that conundrum is carved into Gabby's skin. Will they cancel each other out? Gabby hopes so. If not, then he's going to have a whole new problem on his hands—or claws—if he can even find his way home!

The worst part is, that isn't even the last big question in store for his family. Everything he knows is about to change. Of course, no matter what his first feelings may be, change isn't always bad. Sometimes, it's the very thing you didn't know you needed.

To the right, the cover for Vampire Wolf by H.S. Kallinger: A nighttime forest under a pale, full moon barely visible behind heavy clouds, is blanketed with snow, all in tones of blue, except for the trail of blood following wolf footprints away into the darkness. Distantly, various sets of eyes glow from the shadows. The title is rendered in blue light in the sky. Author name is blood red in the snow in the lower left corner. In white lettering at the top is "Book Three of the Found Humanity series."

White text reads: The Found Humanity Series.

Gabriel "Gabby" Belmont has the same dreams and hopes as human kids. Graduate high school, go to college, med school, live the dream. He should have the same, ordinary life as his peers.

Most dhampir are just like humans, maybe a little faster, stronger, healthier, but overall, you can't tell them apart. Unfortunately for Gabby, he's not 'a little' enhanced. He's almost half as strong and fast as a vampire. What's more, he's gifted, both by human terms and vampire.

Other kids can't feel emotions from their peers. Other teenagers can't summon real demons in their bedrooms. Even among dhampir, Gabby is an outlier, and he's been lonely a very long time.

This story is about friendship, found family, love in all its forms, healing, self-discovery... and stories that transcend the multiverse.

Background is a dark club with people dancing under pink and purple laser lights.

Trope map featuring glitter and bloodstream-looking circles surrounding the cover for Vampire Wolf by H.S. Kallinger. Arrows read: Werewolves?! Low Stakes, Vampires, Found Family, Disaster Bi, Polyamory, Inhuman Nature, AuDHD, Urban Fantasy, Portals! Strange New World. Cover art: A nighttime forest under a pale, full moon barely visible behind heavy clouds, is blanketed with snow, all in tones of blue, except for the trail of blood following wolf footprints away into the darkness. Distantly, various sets of eyes glow from the shadows. The title is rendered in blue light in the sky. Author name is blood red in the snow in the lower left corner. In white lettering at the top is "Book Three of the Found Humanity series"

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H.S. Kallinger (he/him) @xakana.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I was setting up all my posts for the release of Vampire Wolf and realized it's only 23 hours away! Want a quick trope map?

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Els🖤🤍💜🩶 @elsjones.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Love this poll. Acton and Brown are up but we all expect the GOP to win. It'll all come down the suburban vote, which trended red in the last two elections, and the rural voter out reach. Oh and how badly the state has been oppressing predominantly Black areas. www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...

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Acton, Brown lead in Ohio poll, but GOP may have Senate, governor edge

Democrats hold slim leads in Ohio's top races, but voters still see Republicans as the favorites in a new Bowling Green poll of Ohio voters.

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Els🖤🤍💜🩶 @elsjones.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Almost at the end of the road to Tal! Of course one more Lord Huron, there was a Baudelaire reference here and of course Baudelaire is gothic and Tal is a bit too. Lord Huron is perfect for this weather, too (and so is Tal!) www.youtube.com/watch?v=8EYz...

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Lord Huron - La Belle Fleur Sauvage (Alive from Whispering Pines)

YouTube video by Lord Huron

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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app · 23/09/2026

federal immigration agents beat up a US citizen in Evanston on Sunday morning and left him lying in the street or as Kavanaugh would put it, he experienced as "brief investigative stop" ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics...

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Brett Kavanaugh’s Imaginary Immigration Stops Opinion Gets More Embarrassing Every Day

The fact that ICE officers do not allow wrongfully detained people to “promptly go free” is a surprise to only one man in America.

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Els🖤🤍💜🩶 @elsjones.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Out September 29th! books2read.com/u/bzY19q (click your preferred vendor for ebook or paperback)

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arr @arr.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

This makes me hopeful. This number is aspirational but nowhere near out of reach: a working professional could realistically cash out their 401k and buy off a public official. Owning a senator is more attainable for most Americans than home ownership.

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H.S. Kallinger (he/him) @xakana.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Oh, gosh, my next book is going to be here in ONLY THREE DAYS!! Kindle: www.amazon.com/dp/B0HJFD2TG9 Kobo: www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/... Itch: hs-kallinger.itch.io/vampire-wolf Ko-Fi: ko-fi.com/s/aa192f1e58

To the left, in pink on a black and space background, next to a pink nebula: What happens when you expose someone carrying an infection-based form of vampirism to a werewolf disease? It's something Gabriel and Lex never even imagined having to answer.

Coming home for the summer didn't exactly provide the vacation Gabby was hoping for. In the middle of a stressful fight, he freaks out and attempts to replicate the gift he used to meet Lex three years ago, despite repeated failures. It works.

Landing in a new world, that conundrum is carved into Gabby's skin. Will they cancel each other out? Gabby hopes so. If not, then he's going to have a whole new problem on his hands—or claws—if he can even find his way home!

The worst part is, that isn't even the last big question in store for his family. Everything he knows is about to change. Of course, no matter what his first feelings may be, change isn't always bad. Sometimes, it's the very thing you didn't know you needed.

To the right, the cover for Vampire Wolf by H.S. Kallinger: A nighttime forest under a pale, full moon barely visible behind heavy clouds, is blanketed with snow, all in tones of blue, except for the trail of blood following wolf footprints away into the darkness. Distantly, various sets of eyes glow from the shadows. The title is rendered in blue light in the sky. Author name is blood red in the snow in the lower left corner. In white lettering at the top is "Book Three of the Found Humanity series."

Middle: book spine reads Vampire Wolf, H.S. Kallinger, 3.

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Matthew Siadak @backwardsknight.com · 22/09/2026

We are 37 days away from the launch of #BookBazaar26. What does that mean? That means in a little over a month you'll be able to throw your love and support at #TheForgottenPrincess to help bring it to life. I would love YOUR HELP! I'd love to hit 50, or even 69, maybe even 100, by launch.

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The Forgotten Princess - Eldritch Remnants Book 2

Get notified when The Forgotten Princess - Eldritch Remnants Book 2 launches on BackerKit!

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Els🖤🤍💜🩶 @elsjones.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

They doing it so they can give ICE information. I don't care if IRS says they aren't sharing under that MOU anymore, they are absolutely gonna share this. I need a new job. www.taxgirl.com/2026/09/22/d...

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Draft 2026 Form 1040 Adds New Citizenship And Work Authorization Question | Taxgirl

Draft Form 1040 for 2026 adds a new citizenship and work-authorization question, plus Schedule 3-A changes affecting certain refundable credits.

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Els🖤🤍💜🩶 @elsjones.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Day 14 or 15 of road to Tal. Almost at the end! Choices. So much is down to choices. Is it the correct one? We don't know. But some characters have taken a choice that leaves them alone. Stranded. Cold. www.youtube.com/watch?v=D7pB...

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The Paper Kites - Paint

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