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Erick Fernandez @erickfernandez.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

At least three supporting acts quit Ed Sheeran's tour after Macklemore is dropped over pro-Palestinian comments onstage apnews.com/article/ed-s...

Image of Ed Sheeran performing on stage while playing a guitar

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Erick Fernandez @erickfernandez.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

It's been fascinating to see some of the sucker behavior from Pablo Torre's "peers" in journalism who clearly have not listened to a single episode of his show. At the end of each episode of Pablo Torre finds out, he shouts out the staff who helped put it together.

Tweet 1 from Paul McLeod: All kudos to Pablo Torre who deserves his victory lap but the one issue I have with him is he clearly has a staff of talented people working on these stories and he rarely seems to acknowledge them or push back against the perception he is doing this all himself.

Tweet 2: It took a few minutes to even find some names but anyway here is a list from the Peabody awards. Congrats to them too.

Tweet 3: I bet everybody is loving my nuanced take on sharing credit among researchers and reporters. Time to take a swig of coffee, log back into twitter and check my mentions

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Erick Fernandez @erickfernandez.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Obviously shout out @pablo.show and his entire team for their incredible investigative, Pulitzer Prize-winning work over the past year covering this Clippers story, but man what the hell was this ESPN report from 2 weeks ago?

Sources: NBA has no evidence
Ballmer funneled money to Leonard via sponsors
Don Van Natta Jr., Baxter Holmes, Ramona Shelburne
Aug 17, 2026, 11:23 AM ET

The NBA has found no evidence showing LA Clippers owner Steve Ballmer funneled money through team sponsors to pay Kawhi Leonard in order to circumvent the salary cap, according to three people with knowledge of discussions between the two sides in recent days.
Instead, the NBA is focused on whether the team's introduction of Leonard to team sponsors constitutes a violation of the league's rules prohibiting salary cap circumvention, two of the sources said. The league is examining whether the Clippers are guilty of "failure to supervise" employees, though it's unclear what specific rule the team would have violated or what the penalties would be, two of the sources said.

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Erick Fernandez @erickfernandez.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Donald Trump 'extremely close' aide Natalie Harp pictured sprinting after his golf cart in Scotland www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...

Close up of Natalie Harp running uphill chasing after Donald Trump in his golf cart

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Erick Fernandez @erickfernandez.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Alex Vindman raised nearly 17x more than Angie Nixon and got beat by more than 11 points lol

Florida U.S. Senate Democratic Primary

Fundraising:
🔵 Alexander Vindman – $16.3m
🔵 Angie Nixon – $975k

Current Results:
🔵 Angie Nixon – 456,118 (53.3%)
🔵 Alexander Vindman – 399,161 (46.7%)

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Erick Fernandez @erickfernandez.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Wow, Angie Nixon absolutely smoked Alex Vindman.

Florida U.S. Senate Special Primary Election Results
Jump to race: Dem. Special Primary Nixon Rep. Special Primary Moody
Democratic Special Primary
Alexander S. Vindman, a retired Army lieutenant colonel who was a top witness in President Trump’s first impeachment trial, is running against State Representative Angie Nixon, a progressive lawmaker, for Florida’s Democratic nomination for Senate.

Winner

Angie Nixon wins the Democratic primary.
Race called by The Associated Press.

Share this result
Latest results from just now
83% of votes in

AP
Democratic Special Primary race called
Democratic Special Primary
Candidate Votes PercentPct. Chart showing percent
Angie Nixon
617,188 +55.3%55.3%
Alex Vindman
499,769 +44.7%44.7
Total reported
1,116,957

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Erick Fernandez @erickfernandez.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Donavan McKinney has regained the lead in the MI-13 race. 44% reported. Donavan McKinney (D): 30,528 (52.7%) Shri Thanedar (D): 27,441 (47.3%)

P
2026 Michigan US House 13
CANDIDATE
PARTY
VOTES
PCT
Donavan McKinney
DEM
30,528
52.66%
Shri Thanedar*
DEM
27,441
47.34%
• Aug 4, 11:26 PM EDT

57,969
SOHQ

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Erick Fernandez @erickfernandez.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Senior FIFA adviser Carlos Cordeiro, who represented the soccer body on the White House Task Force for the World Cup, resigned Friday in protest at its private equity plan. apnews.com/article/cord...

Statement on behalf of Carlos Cordeiro
As a Senior Advisor to the FIFA President, a former banker, and a lifelong football fan, I cannot stand by while FIFA considers selling a stake in the World Cup.
Let me be clear: I had no involvement in this proposal, and I oppose it unequivocally. It is a bad deal for FIFA's Member Associations, a bad deal for football, and a bad deal for the long-term future of the game.
Football has been central to my life, and after more than 35 years in banking, I understand both the value of this asset and the consequences of giving part of it away. That is why this proposal should be rejected.
FIFA already has access to extraordinary financial resources. The organization sits on billions of dollars in reserves and no debt. The FIFA President himself has highlighted the $15 billion in revenue generated between 2022 and
2026. If Member Associations believe additional investment is needed to develop the game, FIFA already has the financial capacity to provide that

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Erick Fernandez @erickfernandez.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

New Emerson Poll out of Michigan: Abdul El-Sayed: 54% Haley Stevens: 39% emersoncollegepolling.com/michigan-202...

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Erick Fernandez @erickfernandez.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Oh big man, talking spicy to an 85-year-old, but hasn’t said a mumbling word about his GOP colleague in the House who reportedly did this to his own daughter.

$Representative Max Miller, a second-term Republican representing northeast Ohio whose political rise was fueled by his close relationship to President Trump, has been accused by his ex-wife, Emily Moreno, of domestic abuse against her and their 2-year-old daughter. Ms. Moreno, the daughter of Senator Bernie Moreno, also an Ohio Republican, has said that Mr. Miller scalded her chest and stomach by throwing hot water from a skillet at her body; held a gun to her head; pushed her against a wall and hit her head; and fractured their daughter's collarbone and bruised her shoulder. According to court documents, their daughter at one point told Ms. Moreno, "Daddy kill you." Mr. Miller has not only denied it all, he has gone on offense against Ms. Moreno, making damaging accusations of his own in a series of media interviews, court filings and countersuits that have kept the family's personal trauma in the headlines. He has called his ex-wife mentally ill, a liar, a stalker and a dangerous individual who has made him and their daughter unsafe.$

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Erick Fernandez @erickfernandez.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

In holy crap sports news, LeBron James will apparently be leaving the Lakers. There are reports that he wants to team up with Steph Curry in Golden State.

BREAKING: LeBron James will continue his NBA career for the 2026-27 season and has informed the Los Angeles Lakers that the franchise can move on without him because he will play elsewhere, Klutch Sports CEO Rich Paul tells ESPN.

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Erick Fernandez @erickfernandez.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

NY elections expert @michaellangenyc.bsky.social has already called NY-7 for Claire Valdez.

🚨I've seen enough🚨 Claire Valdez has defeated Antonio Reynoso in the Democratic Primary for New York's 7th Congressional District.

A commanding victory for Mayor Mamdani and NYC-DSA.

The Commie Corridor is cemented.

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Erick Fernandez @erickfernandez.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Huge get for @abdulelsayed.bsky.social He has been endorsed by the @uaw.org for the U.S. Senate race in Michigan.

UAW graphic saying

UAW MICHIGAN CAP
ENDORSES
DR. ABDUL EL-SAYED
FOR
U.S. SENATE

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Erick Fernandez @erickfernandez.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

Lmao holy crap: new Emerson poll out of NY-10 Brad Lander - 57% Dan Goldman - 23% emersoncollegepolling.com/new-york-cit...

NY-10: Lander 57%, Goldman 23%
In the Democratic primary for New York's 10th congressional district, Former Comptroller Brad Lander holds a significant 34-point lead over incumbent Rep. Dan Goldman, leading 57% to 23% with 20% of voters undecided.

NEW YORK 10th DISTRICT 2026 POLL
Democratic Primary for Congress
Brad Lander
57%
Dan Goldman
23%
Undecided
20%
=MOE
ECY
Likely NY10 Dem. Primary Voters, May. 16-17, 2026, n=450, +/- 4.6%
"While all age groups break for Lander, his most significant support comes from voters under 40, who break for Lander over Goldman, 73% to 15%," Kimball said
1. "Voters over 70 are more
split; 38% support Lander, while 31% support Goldman."

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Erick Fernandez @erickfernandez.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

Feels like it's a perfect summary of the corruption and lawlessness from Trump and his goons that they are telling a judge “no judicial analysis is appropriate” as they dole out nearly $2 billion of taxpayer money to insurrectionists and probably nothing will happen.

She had ordered the Justice Department, which has yet to make an appearance or filing in the case, and Mr. Trump’s lawyers to brief her by Wednesday to explain whether they were actually in opposition — or were colluding to achieve a mutually agreeable outcome.

In their filing on Monday, Mr. Trump’s lawyers said their dismissal meant that “no judicial analysis is appropriate” for the suit.

The substance of Mr. Trump’s suit stems from the leak of his tax returns to The New York Times in 2019. Mr. Trump, two of his sons and his family business argue that the I.R.S. should have done more to prevent a former contractor from leaking tax information to The Times and ProPublica.

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Erick Fernandez @erickfernandez.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

Dawg, @pablo.show and the Pablo Torre Finds Out team really did that shit and won a Pulitzer. Big congrats to them 🫡

Pablo Torre Finds Out 2026 Pulitzer Prize Winner Audio Reporting

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Erick Fernandez @erickfernandez.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

And here’s his post to do just that. Deranged as always, an obvious lie, so he and his billionaire donors juice the markets for at least the first couple of hours of the trading, maybe the entire day. Everything is so dumb.

Post from Trump:

“Iran's New Regime President, much less Radicalized and far more intelligent than his predecessors, has just asked the United States of America for a CEASEFIRE! We will consider when Hormuz Strait is open, free, and clear. Until then, we are blasting Iran into oblivion or, as they say, back to the Stone Ages!!! President DJT”

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Erick Fernandez @erickfernandez.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

This meme remains undefeated about the media’s coverage of Trump

Meme of Kool Aid man breaking through a brick wall with the caption

BECAUSE THEY LIKE TRUMP

AND WANT HIM TO RULE US LIKE A KING

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Erick Fernandez @erickfernandez.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

Phil posted this link on the other site and, as you might imagine, the URL to the actual Miami Herald article is getting throttled. Probably just a coincidence that a damning article that provides another example of the GOP’s Nazi problem is getting blocked!

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Erick Fernandez @erickfernandez.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

The Pro-Peace Ticket, baby! Also, this a fucking absurd thing to say.

Campaign photo of Trump and Vance with the caption “The Pro-Peace Ticket”

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Erick Fernandez @erickfernandez.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

We don’t hate the for-profit, beltway media enough tbh (H/t @michaellangenyc.bsky.social)

Is Zohran responsible for this snowball fight?

Subject Line from Politico

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Erick Fernandez @erickfernandez.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

Same day. It was also Jeff Bezos’ intention to choke out the Washington Post — with his wealth, he didn’t care whether it was profitable or not, he just wanted to make sure: 1. It didn’t report anything negatively about him 2. Had an editorial board that advocated for endless tax cuts for him

Melania, the Brett Rattner doc about the First Lady, will open on 1,400 movie screens, have opening events in two dozen cities, and be screened in 27 countries (per Puck), after @jeffbezos agreed to finance it following a dinner at Mar-a-Lago with Trump (per WSJ).

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Erick Fernandez @erickfernandez.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

Why does the media sane wash a deranged lunatic whose brain is leaking out of his ears as he speaks like a mafia boss, threatening allies? Cue the meme

Koolaid man breaking through wall meme with caption

BECAUSE THEY LIKE
TRUMP

AND WANT HIM TO RULE US LIKE A KING

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Erick Fernandez @erickfernandez.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

Right on cue, here are the push alerts from the 3 major newspapers lmao

The Wall Street Journal
Trump said the U.S. won't use force to take Greenland.
6m ago
Breaking News
6m ago
Trump asks for 'immediate negotiations' to acquire Greenland, says he does not intend to use force to gain territory
Trump Speech at Davos
President Trump called for immediate talks to acquire Greenland, but said he
"won't use force" to obtain it.

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Erick Fernandez @erickfernandez.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

Cmon bro, please just one more U.S. backed regime change in Latin America

Hopefully this time is different.
Guatemala (1954) - Jacobo Arbenz
• U.S.: CIA-backed coup following land reform and Cold War fears
• Aftermath: Military rule and decades-long civil war with mass atrocities
Dominican Republic (1965) - Juan Bosch
• U.S.: Direct military intervention to block Bosch's return
• Aftermath: Weakened democracy and entrenched authoritarian politics
Chile (1973) - Salvador Allende
• U.S.: Economic pressure and covert destabilization ahead of the coup
• Aftermath: Pinochet dictatorship, repression, and lasting political trauma
Nicaragua (1980s) - Daniel Ortega
• U.S.: Funded and armed Contra forces against the Sandinistas
• Aftermath: Prolonged civil war, economic collapse, and institutional decay
Panama (1989) - Manuel Noriega
• U.S.: Full-scale invasion to depose Noriega
• Aftermath: Civilian casualties and enduring resentment over regime change
Cuba (1961-present) - Fidel Castro
• U.S.: Failed invasion, covert actions, and long-running embargo
• Aftermath: Consolidation of one-party rule and prolonged economic hardship

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Erick Fernandez @erickfernandez.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

I know Mike Lee is shameless trash, but “He anticipates no further action in Venezuela now that Maduro is in U.S. custody” line after Trump and Rubio just abducted a head of state and his wife is truly psychotic stuff.

Mike Lee
@BasedMikeLee •2h
Just got off the phone with @SecRubio
He informed me that Nicolás Maduro has been arrested by U.S. personnel to stand trial on criminal charges in the United States, and that the kinetic action we saw tonight was deployed to protect and defend those executing the arrest warrant Show more
- Mike Lee
@BasedMikeLee • 4h
I look forward to learning what, if anything, might constitutionally justify this action in the absence of a declaration of war or authorization for the use of military force x.com/nicksortor/sta...

Mike Lee
@BasedMikeLee
He anticipates no further action in Venezuela now that Maduro is in U.S. custody

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Erick Fernandez @erickfernandez.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

Almost as lame is the NY Post reporter calling this corny shit a “clever troll” lol

Weiss's clever troll of Clooney came in response to a magazine interview in which he unloaded on CBS News, blasting the network for allegedly caving to President Trump and accusing its new editor in chief of wrecking its journalistic core.

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Erick Fernandez @erickfernandez.bsky.social · 30/12/2025

Good stuff from Katie Hobbs here. If you’re working to financially improve people’s lives, make sure they know about it by sending a letter indicating your administration fought to make it happen!

All totaled, according to the governor's office, the program has so far erased $642 million owed by more than 485,000 Arizonans.
And under a deal the state cut with Undue Medical, the beneficiaries all get letters crediting not just United Medical but also the governor.
What's behind all this is a program that United Medical has been offering across the nation.

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Erick Fernandez @erickfernandez.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

You didn’t have “to comply” you could demonstrated an ounce of dignity and integrity and resigned on the spot. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

'I ultimately had to comply: '60
Minutes' EP faces fallout after Bari Weiss shelves story
The segment on the deportation of Venezuelan migrants to El Salvador's CECOT prison was postponed after the Trump administration refused to grant the network an interview.

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Erick Fernandez @erickfernandez.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

Look at this pathetic, mealy-mouthed shit from Jake Tapper lmao. The beltway media is unable to objectively call Trump the garbage, POS person he is because… *cue the meme*

The president's TruthSocial post about the Reiners' horrific deaths is quite a contrast from how Rob Reiner reacted to the murder of Charlie
Kirk.
Donald J. Trump
@realDonaldTrump
+
A very sad thing happened last night in Hollywood. Rob Reiner, a tortured and struggling, but once very talented movie director and comedy star, has passed away, together with his wife, Michele, reportedly due to the anger he caused others through his massive, unyielding, and incurable affliction with a mind crippling disease known as TRUMP DERANGEMENT SYNDROME, sometimes referred to as TDS. He was known to have driven people CRAZY by his raging obsession of President Donald J. Trump, with his obvious paranoia reaching new heights as the Trump Administration

Picture of Kool-aid man breaking through a brick wall

BECAUSE THEY LIKE
TRUMP

AND WANT HIM TO RULE US LIKE A KING

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Erick Fernandez @erickfernandez.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

Back to back days. First Edwin Diaz and now Pete Alonso. Surprised at how the Mets can find new ways to break my heart. Horrendous stuff.

BREAKING: First baseman Pete Alonso and the Baltimore Orioles are finalizing a five-year, $155 million contract, sources tell ESPN. Alonso leaves the Mets to make a loaded AL East even better.

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Erick Fernandez @erickfernandez.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

Brad Lander getting the endorsements of Bernie, Warren, Mamdani, Jumaane and WFP immediately on the day the rollout. His campaign is already cooking it seems.

BRAD LANDER LAUNCHES BID FOR CONGRESS TO UNITE NY-10 AND TAKE
ON DONALD TRUMP
"At a moment of dark oppression, we can shine by fighting back together," Lander says in his launch video
Lander is endorsed by Senators Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren, Mayor-Elect Zohran Mamdani, Public Advocate Jumaane Williams, Local Elected Officials, and the Working Families Party

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Erick Fernandez @erickfernandez.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

Took essentially a few hours, but seems like progressives/lefties have quickly coalesced to throw their support for Brad Lander’s primary against Dan Goldman in NY-10.

X.com
BREAKING: DSA-backed City Council Member
Alexa Avilés announces she will not run for NY-10:
Statement on NY-10
"In recent weeks, I have received an outpouring of support from community members encouraging me to run for congress. My neighbors know that the era of dark money in politics, of letting AIPAC and the real estate lobby call the shots, must end. They know we need a real fighter to take on Donald Trump's violent mass deportation agenda. I am so grateful that many in my community called on me to run.
However, after conversations with family and movement, I have decided that there is far too much to be done at home in Brooklyn and at City Hall. As a Council Member, I have been leading the fight to protect immigrant New Yorkers, building a greener livable future and deeply affordable housing. We have an affordability agenda to win at home in Brooklyn.
What's clear from my years in public services is that Dan Goldman has fundamentally failed our communities. A split field runs too great a risk of allowing him another damaging term.I'm not done taking on the corporate powers that have destroyed our city and country, but have decided that my best use of energy is not running for Congress in NY-10.
Thank you to my comrades in NYC-DSA. The fight for a dignified city has only just begun.
P'alante!"
-Council Member Alexa Avilés.
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Erick Fernandez @erickfernandez.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

Mets allowing Edwin Diaz to walk, and to the Dodgers of all places, is an absolute disaster. A lot of Mets fans were giving David Stearns grace and patience or whatever, but this is garbage.

Edwin Díaz and the Dodgers are in agreement on a deal, a source tells ESPN. @WillSammon was on it.

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Erick Fernandez @erickfernandez.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

It really is incredible how much rightwing media just really hates their base considering how often they blatantly lie to them about damn near everything.

Pipe bomb suspect told FBI he believed 2020 election conspiracy theories

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Erick Fernandez @erickfernandez.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

He won by just 289 votes, this was after FBI raided his home. He was eventually indicted for bribery, corruption, and acting as an unregistered foreign agent. Dem leadership propped him up anyway!

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Erick Fernandez @erickfernandez.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

The broken political media won’t highlight that the current president is objectively a garbage, racist, piece of shit whose brain is leaking out of his ears…

Picture of kool aid man crashing through the wall with the caption

“BECAUSE THEY LIKE TRUMP

AND WANT HIM TO RULE US LIKE A KING”

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Erick Fernandez @erickfernandez.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

If you are not deeply disturbed by the reported incoming city council speaker forming a voting coalition with the GOP members, including this hobgoblin, again, you’re telling on yourself!

In reply to a Jewish Zohran supporter posting a picture of her baby in a “New York Jews for Zohran” shirt, council member Vickie Paladino posts an unhinged response saying “Remember that the terrorists Zohran supports and excuses put Jewish babies like this in an oven two years ago”

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