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Federico PF

@feperfer.bsky.social
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antropología/anthropology, estudios urbanos/urban studies, Bogotá/Portland. He/him/él. Book: www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9…

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Federico PF @feperfer.bsky.social · 3h
Something seems to be missing from this article. Here's some supplementary reading: theintercept.com/2026/05/05/p...
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Portland AI Company Ships Targeting Tech to Israeli Drone Maker
Sightline Intelligence specializes in drone video processing and claims its AI targeting can separate civilians from militants.
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Federico PF @feperfer.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
This one hit especially hard after returning from Colombia and seeing the shameless AI-slop presidential campaign of our new neofascist president, government hyping of all the facets of AI-extraction, and Teslas flooding upscale Bogotá for the first time thedigradio.com/podcast/musk...
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Muskism w/ Ben Tarnoff & Quinn Slobodian
Featuring Ben Tarnoff and Quinn Slobodian on their book Muskism: A Guide for the Perplexed. What the world’s bizarre richest man reveals about our financially fabulist, hard tech, far-right political-...
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Federico PF @feperfer.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
El clásico 'vamos a vigilarlos para protegerlos' www.elespectador.com/politica/min...
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Ministro Lara defiende sistema de información sobre guardias indígenas en medio de polémica
Lara defendió el borrador de decreto que crea un sistema de información sobre guardias indígenas. Señaló que protege a la comunidad.
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Heba Gowayed هبة جويد @hebagowayed.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Just $25 shy of 500!! A little over a week left! Please donate if you can, this is such an important fundraiser for UNRWA as it’s experiencing these awful political attacks
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Elizabeth Wrigley-Field @wrigleyfield.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Good and gutting. (No, really, it is very good—you should read it) David Perry, UMN student advisor, on what the university is for and how deeply the planned budget cuts will mess with that www.startribune.com/umn-cuts-sta...
And mostly, it’s worked out for the best. Even if we just assess for dollar value, a 2025 analysis found that for every $1 invested in the U, the state reaped $16.75. In other words, every Minnesotan benefits from our robust systems of public higher education.
It’s been striking to me that while conversation about the budget inside the U has been substantial, I haven’t yet seen Minnesotan politicians addressing these potential cuts as a crisis. Part of that is because public universities like the U have made a trade-off, growing increasingly corporate and independent (despite publicly appointed regents) as public funding has collapsed. As a share of the budget, state funding has plummeted over the decades, falling to about 15%, compared to 39% in 1997. If that’s what you want, then fine. But did we ever have a public debate about whether that’s what Minnesotans actually want?
If you don’t want to more significantly fund the university, which bits are you eager to cut away? If it’s instruction and student services, here’s what happens.
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Federico PF @feperfer.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
"Otros han tenido menos suerte. Algunos de los expulsados a Esuatini hace más de un año siguen recluidos en una prisión de máxima seguridad."
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Wesley Morgan @wesleymorgan.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
It’s important that Google Earth/Maps has done this, but worth noting that so far the updated 2026 imagery is only of southern Gaza—the imagery of northern Gaza is still from before the final destruction of spring-fall 2025, giving the impression that large areas of Gaza City and Jabaliya are…
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Ian Alan Paul @elbienmaspreciado.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
​As an eviction is blocked in Madrid: “To destitute power is to take away its legitimacy, compel it to recognize its arbitrariness ... to turn it into a temporary configuration of things which, like so many others, have to fight and scheme in order to survive.” IC, To Our Friends
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Sarah Osment @smosment.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
A great example of a postliteracy argument that seems rooted in pedagogical innovation (or Platonic retvrn, lol) but which will actually be used to justify further defunding and ed tech creep. It won't be the last www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/o...
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Opinion | I’m a College Professor. Writing Isn’t as Important as We Think. (Gift Article)
If I do not treat writing as essential for achieving thought, it is not clear why I should force my students to.
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Zohran’s Mommy Dommey @loridiletto.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The geniuses who destroyed global hegemonic soft power because they thought it was “suicidal empathy” are now attempting to eliminate the janitors of late capitalism, aka social workers, who they perceive as bleeding heart liberals
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Daniel Ahmad @zhugeex.com · 25/09/2026
At a certain point you just have to call it election interference from the US.
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Fidel Cano Correa @fidelcanoco.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
La cadena de esa tragedia llamada narcotráfico tiene, por supuesto, otros eslabones mucho más arriba. Frente a ellos, en su historia previa Abelardo de la Espriella no se mostró propiamente combativo o cruel: Laura Ardila www.elespectador.com/opinion/colu...
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Cuando el narco se sienta a la mesa
“[Abelardo de la Espriella] hizo negocios con un hombre que había sido condenado por narcotráfico”: Laura Ardila Arrieta.
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Gil Durán @gilduran.com · 25/09/2026
Peter Thiel says the "Antichrist" will preach "peace." Now his cronies in the Trump regime are pushing "Pax Silica" ("Silicon Peace"). It's a grandiose name for AI colonialism and imperialism. 1st target: The Philippines. More from @kieraevebutler.bsky.social www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Tech Bros and the Trump administration are building an AI empire—in the Philippines
Pax Silica aims to lock up rare earths, and hand Silicon Valley the keys.
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Federico PF @feperfer.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Ditching Canvas, doing everything on proton.
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Emily M. Bender @emilymbender.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
There seems to be a coordinated talking point among the EA folks that the "standard" approach to "AI" on "the Left" is "AI is just stochastic parrots so no need to worry about it". (Sorry for all the scare quotes, but y'know) >>
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Federico PF @feperfer.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
uhhh, our neofascist president has militarized the city Santa Marta and was armed and on patrol last night. www.lasillavacia.com/en-vivo/con-...
Abelardo de la Espriella, president of Colombia, dressed in green pants and light brown shirt, with a gun on his waist, walking alongside military official in camouflage and special police force agent carrying an assault rifle (image still from video posted to his X account).
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Nathan Tankus @nathantankus.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Proud of my friend @drmitchpdx.bsky.social for being under business lobby attack. Help him fight back. www.mobilize.us/mitch4portla...
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Mitch Green for Portland City Council · Mitch Green for Portland City Council (OR Working Families Party) on Mobilize
Donate, volunteer, and vote for Mitch Green to win a seat in District 4 for Portland City Council. Let's go.
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Kevin Gannon (now a Moo Deng fan account) @thetattooedprof.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
👀
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Britt Paris @hellobrittparis.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
This is happening today at 1pm ET—join us!
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Federico PF @feperfer.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
givebutter.com/HudaSkaik?gb...
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Support Huda Skaik's journey to University of London
$50,000 is needed to fund Huda’s remaining two years of study and living costs, together with her visa, evacuation and trave
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Max Granger @maxgranger.info · 18/09/2026
Honduran riot cops are evicting an afro-indigenous Garifuna community so that a foreign billionaire can use their ancestral islands to film the reality TV show "Survivor."
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Anna Kornbluh @annakornbluh.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
we're hosting a daylong workshop on how to track the financial interests of university trustees who offer such funding, how to work for legislative protections and workplace protections in the classroom and far beyond, join us! www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticket...
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Against the AI Campus: Building Power in Higher Ed
Welcome Reception / October 23 / 6-8 PM Central / Chicago, ILWorkshop / October 24 / 9AM-5 PM Central / University of Illinois-Chicago Email us to inquire…
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Kate Clancy @kateclancy.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - thanks to our affiliate organization AFT!!!
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Campus Faculty Association Supports Coalition Standing Up for International Students and Scholars
CFA thanks the coalition, including the American Federation of Teachers, that challenged new federal regulations affecting Duration of Status for international students and scholars.
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Federico PF @feperfer.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Please help if you can www.gofundme.com/f/diegos-urg...
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Donate to Diego's Urgent Legal Expense Fund, organized by Kewin L
I’m raising funds for my boyfriend, Diego, after he was arrested by ICE on September 9, 2026… Kewin L needs your support for Diego's Urgent Legal Expense Fund
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Daniel Suárez @selinkoso.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Abelardo les entregó todo en esa firma con Rubio; Restrepo se arrodilló a los sionistas. Y aun así, no les dan esa certificación. Podían volver a certificarlos con compromisos. Pero no. De hecho, Petro fue a Trumplandia a justificar su actuar, y Trump quedó satisfecho y aun así, nada.
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Estados Unidos mantiene la descertificación con condiciones a Colombia
Trump le achaca la calificación del país al gobierno Petro. Destacó la elección de De la Espriella y promete volver a certificar si el país mejora en la lucha antidrogas.
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Federico PF @feperfer.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Hmm...not enough bootlicking yet? www.reuters.com/world/americ...
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US drops Venezuela from drug list, may remove Colombia, Trump says
The United States has removed Venezuela from its list of countries which have failed to demonstrably combat illegal drug trafficking for the ​first time in more than 20 years, U.S. President Donald ‌T...
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Dominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
When Karin reached out to me about this piece, I knew it would be good and it is even better than I expected www.chronicle.com/article/high...
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Higher Ed’s Harvard Problem
An exclusive club of colleges commands the public narrative. Does that come at a cost?
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Federico PF @feperfer.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Colombian pres met with Rubio for agreement on accelerated mining/AI extractivism. www.lasillavacia.com/red-de-exper...
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El acuerdo con Estados Unidos puede convertir a Colombia en una mina para la IA
El acuerdo puede abrirle a Colombia un lugar en las cadenas globales de la IA, pero también repetir una vieja historia: exportar recursos mientras otros concentran las ganancias.
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Daniel Aldana Cohen @aldasky.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Shades of Beyond Petroleum www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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‘We must slow the pace’: CEO of Anthropic calls for an AI slowdown
In a social media post, Dario Amodei proposed a plan including third-party evaluations of AI systems
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Howard Eissenstat @heissenstat.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
This is neat! A new volume from Rashid Khalidi, based on The Hundred Years' War, and seemingly aimed at younger (High School) readers.
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Emily M. Bender @emilymbender.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
The Boosters say: AI is a thing, it's inevitable, it's imminent and it's going to solve all of our problems. The Doomers say: AI is a thing, it's inevitable, it's imminent and it's going to kill us all. >>
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Federico PF @feperfer.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Laugh or cry? Colombian gov. says "campesinos" are no longer "campesinos," they are rural small businesses. www.lasillavacia.com/en-vivo/no-s...
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No son campesinos, sino pequeños empresarios del campo: MinAgricultura
Ante el Congreso, Indalecio Dangond defendió la directriz interna de no llamar a los campesinos como tal. Dijo: “Campesino es despectivo”.
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the irreducible @anguilline.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Portland is paying more to Urban Alchemy for short term shelter with no clear path to housing AND helping that organization bury allegations of mistreatment of the homeless people it purports to serve than it costs to house people and provide them with job training, counseling, retention services
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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Brown University has a widget that tracks the cost of the Iran war to American consumers (as contrasted to whatever the Pentagon is spending). Per-household cost now exceeds $600. iranwarcost.watson.brown.edu
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Federico PF @feperfer.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
“I did not come to play nice with murderers, extortionists and child recruiters. I came to defeat them … Long live Christ the king!” ...as he celebrates among 23 corpes, 3 of them minors. This is a new level of necropolitical spectacle even for Colombia. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...
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Colombia president provokes disgust by posing with bodies of ‘terrorists’
Abelardo De La Espriella posts video of himself with rows of body bags as performative populism continues to sweep Americas
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Asheesh Kapur Siddique @asheeshks.org · 06/09/2026
We know how to teach books in the age of AI: small classes, close reading, research-engaged learning (which is how you ’let students see you struggle’). The issue is nobody will hire and pay the requisite # of faculty to offer this.
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Molly Crabapple @mollycrabapple.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
ICE got permission to cut open a Cuban hunger striker’s stomach and insert a gastric tube to make him easier to forcefeed Nuremberg trials are too merciful for these monsters www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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ICE given permission to force-feed Cuban hunger striker with gastric tube
Exclusive: court orders seen by Guardian show agency given approval to fit Texas detainee with tube without his consent
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 06/09/2026
ProPublica spoke to dozens of people who had lived in homeless encampments when cities cleared them out in “sweeps.” We distributed notecards so people could tell us about the toll in their own words. ➡️ This is what they wrote:
Handwritten notecard. Prompt at the top asks: What object was most devastating for you to lose, and how have you been coping? Answer below: Dentures. Were thrown away and coping isn't somthing I can do. It’s made me feel ugly, unworthy, can’t go get a job with no teeth. So how can get off the streets until another pair can be made?
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AAUP @aaup.org · 05/09/2026
"The AAUP is not going to stand by & watch President Trump once again attempt to destroy the greatest system of higher education in the world that gives opportunity to a diverse set of students for a diverse country. Yes, emphatically, yes. We are going to fight this." – Todd Wolfson, AAUP President
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IRS targets private schools that help racial minority students
The Trump administration has said it will end the tax-exempt status for universities with programs that help racial minority students.
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Federico PF @feperfer.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Getting ready for a year of this bullshit and "what about, what about almonds?!"
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Diego Millan @diegom.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
One of our students was detained by ICE on September 1 and we’re only just hearing about it because a neighbor shared this gofundme link. Please share widely. No one should be going through this. No one. gofund.me/49786ed2e
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Donate to Help Bring Luis Alejandro & His Father Home, organized by Anais Gosling
There is an empty bed in a college dorm room at one of this country’s top … Anais Gosling needs your support for Help Bring Luis Alejandro & His Father Home
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Sarah J. Jackson @sjjphd.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
The resolution, introduced by Togo, passed and is both important and cool. Here’s a good no paywall story
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The U.N. backs a new world map showing Africa in its true relative size
The U.N. has backed a new map showing Africa in its true relative size, with the U.S. standing alone in opposition.
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Federico PF @feperfer.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
How's christofascist nationalism going one month into the new Colombian presidency? The president announced military operations a few days ago with "long live Colombia, long live Christ the King."
ADLE tweets: "Long live Colombia, long live Christ the King. All criminals and narcoterrorists that defy the State will fall under the forms of its arms and the laws of the Republic. Will we have great news tomorrow."
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Paul Cohen @paulecohen.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
"too narrow"
screenshot from the article linked in the reposted tweet, which reads

"The List of courses on the chopping block includes Modern Art of Mexico; Slavery and its Legacies; Race, Law, and US Society; History of Money and Corruption; Rhetoric of Cuteness; Banned Books and Novel Ideas; Global Environmental History; American Jewish History and History of College Football"
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Federico PF @feperfer.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Colombia's new far right gov: 3 weeks in office 3 bombings (not letting the devastating earthquake or forest fires slow them down). elpais.com/america-colo...
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Tres bombardeos en tres semanas: la primera estrategia de seguridad del Gobierno de De la Espriella
Las autoridades han confirmado que al menos cuatro menores de edad han caído en medio de los operativos
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Federico PF @feperfer.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
"Lani Haywood, one of two Go Portland Go directors, said in a statement to the Mercury that the coalition 'didn’t realize advocating for a city that works would be controversial.'" A city that works for whom? www.portlandmercury.com/news/grassro...
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Grassroots or Astroturf? “Go Portland Go” Campaign Backed By Conservative Donors - Portland Mercury
“Portland doesn’t have a money problem. It has a leadership problem. The next election is our chance to change that.” That’s a statement on the homepage of a new coalition, Go Portland Go, which filed...
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Anna Kornbluh @annakornbluh.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
"A projected 111,000 fewer international students are expected in the U.S. this fall — a more than 9% drop in enrollment. A coalition of higher education organizations (AND UNIONS) sued the Department of Homeland Security to prevent the rule from taking effect." www.wuky.org/wuky-news/20...
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U.S. colleges, universities brace for loss of international students
The Trump administration is capping the length of time international students can legally remain in the U.S., and declines in their enrollment could spell disaster for colleges and universities.
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David M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Red State Universities: we believe in indoctrination and job training Students: we hate that is there another option? Blue State Universities: we promise to have no values except job training. It ain’t enough. My latest. Gift link.
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Perry: Republicans fought ‘indoctrination.’ Now they’re telling students what to study.
The conservative attack on higher education in states like Iowa is hard to watch. But it also provides an opportunity for blue states like Minnesota.
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