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Glenda Mendieta-Leiva

@gmendietal.bsky.social
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Research fellow Uni Marburg. Epiphyte ecologist, leading the Epiphyte Inventory Network: using epiphytes to understand Neotropical diversity, check us out at www.epigdatabase.org 🌿 Botanist 🪷| Latina 💜| Firstgen 🎓 | PhD | LAC 🌎

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Jonathan Tonkin @jdtonkin.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
New in @science.org from @hannoseebens.bsky.social and colleagues: invasive species impacts are actually more severe in the Global South, not the North — we'd been inferring severity from report counts, which was misleading. I wrote a short summary here: predirections.substack.com/p/invasive-s...
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Flor Yannelli *typo queen* 👽🌱🪁(she/her/ella) @floryannelli.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
The German BMZ plans to phase out DAAD university cooperation programmes with the Global South from 2030, affecting programmes across South America, including Argentina. A Bundestag petition calls for this decision to be reconsidered. 30,000 signatures are needed by August 18. Please sign & share!
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Anonymous Potato @anonymouspotato.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
EcoEvoJobs 2026-27 just opened for business and we've already got 79 faculty / permanent jobs listed. Please repost! ecoevojobs.net
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ecoevojobs.net 2026-27
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Martin A. Nuñez @martin-nunez.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
It is so nice to see that many people are buying my writing and publishing book for their incoming grad students. THANKS! My main goal was to have a book for early researches so they could learn faster what i learned in years mybook.to/ScienceGuide #Academia #PhDLife #ScienceWriting 🧪🌐
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A Pocket Guide to Scientific Writing and Publishing: Nuñez PhD, Martin A.: 9798999170507: Amazon.com: Books
A Pocket Guide to Scientific Writing and Publishing [Nuñez PhD, Martin A.] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. A Pocket Guide to Scientific Writing and Publishing
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Isa Donoso @isatxu.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
📝 New paper out in PRSB on plant-epiphyte network recovery after invasive plant removal in the endangered Scalesia forest, Galapagos! We show that: 🌿 Restoration increases epiphyte richness, 🌳 large mossy trees promote recovery, and 🌱 Scalesia is a keystone host. More info 👉 doi.org/10.1098/rspb...
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Gabriela Dezotti @gabrieladezotti.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Attending one of my favorites conferences of the year! IAVS (@iavs5.bsky.social) is always an awesome opportunity to meet new people, exchange ideas and have a lot of discussions! Hope to see everyone passing by my poster today 😉 (amazed with the opportunity to see Vellend speaking in person)
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IPBES @ipbes.net · 05/06/2026
Both climate change and biodiversity loss are intertwined crises with severe consequences for people and nature. seedling On this #EnvironmentDay and every day, we remember the essential role of biodiversity in effective climate action.
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Ecoinformatics IAVS @iavs-ecoinfo.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Don't make plans for Friday 29 at 1 PM CEST, because the second webinar on stability is coming! Join Charlotte Kunze and Viktoriia Radchuk for a session about "Calculating stability across levels of biological organization" by registering at us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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Nicolas Mouquet @nmouquet.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Global Ecology 🌐 starter pack Vol. 3 is full and curated !! ✨💚 Vol. 3 👉 go.bsky.app/MkLHiKU Let’s start a Vol. 4 🕺🏼 👉 go.bsky.app/Dsk4TQ3 simply reply or DM if you want to be in ! Please share so they will fly into the bluesky 🦋🌈 🌐🧪🌍🦤🍁🦑🪴🦉🐍🌾
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WSL-Eawag Biodiversity Center @wslbiodiversity.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
We're excited to announce our symposium on 9 June: Trait-Based Ecology, Climate Change Research, and Conservation: An Environmental Space Perspective The event will be held in a hybrid format and is open to everyone. More info+registration: biodiversitycenter.wsl.ch/en/events/de...
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Greta Bocedi @gretabocedi.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
1/🧵 📢New Release: #RangeShifter 3.0📢 — available for both the batch interface and #RangeShiftR. RangeShifter is a spatially explicit, individual-based simulation platform for #modelling species’ range dynamics, dispersal, and #eco-evolutionary processes across landscapes.
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Glenda Mendieta-Leiva @gmendietal.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Incredibly proud of Derio! His first PhD chapter on #bioregionalisation #Orchidaceae
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Young Modellers in Ecology @yomoseco.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
Also happy to share that three fantastic keynote speakers Juliano Cabral @jsarmentocabral.bsky.social , Ana Stritih @anastritih.bsky.social , and Remo Ryser @remoryser.bsky.social will join our 2026 YoMos workshop 🦊
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Milan Chytrý @milanchytry.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
New interactive global maps of 31 plant traits were prepared by Daniel Lusk, based on plant distribution data from GBIF and sPlot, plant trait data from TRY, and various satellite-based products. Map viewer: global-traits.projects.earthengine.app/view/global-... Article: doi.org/10.1038/s414...
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Fabricio Villalobos @fabrovillalobos.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
OpenAccess science sounds great! But what if authors have to pay (Gold OA)? Well, clear biases appear: less participation from low and middle-income countries. Find all about it in our new study led by Pablo Huais and Javi Nori 👇@oikosjournal.bsky.social shorturl.at/bheb6 @peeer.bsky.social
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Fabricio Villalobos @fabrovillalobos.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
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Fabricio Villalobos @fabrovillalobos.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
Are we thoroughly thinking/discussing about Open Access models? We invite you to think about OA not only as a chance to read science freely, but as an opportunity to make science more equitable, inclusive, with more voices from different places
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Nancy Knowlton @nancyknowlton.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
women leading the way - my news to me good news for Feb 1. #EarthOptimism news.mongabay.com/video/2026/0...
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Women secure a future with pumas in the Andes
AYACUCHO, Peru — High in the Peruvian Andes, fear of wildcats once meant survival. Pumas, pampas cats and the elusive Andean cat were seen only as threats to livestock — and were hunted without hesita...
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ForestPlots @forestplots.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
Tree diversity is changing in the Amazon and Andes. Belen Fadrique leads our analysis in @natecoevo.nature.com w/ 400 plots + 40 years of RAINFOR records. www.nature.com/articles/s41... Hot, drier, more fragmented forests are losing species. Many in the Andes + western Amazon are gaining them.
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The International Association for Vegetation Science @iavs5.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
🌍 Need support to attend IAVS 2026? Good news - the application deadline has been extended to 10 February 2026!
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
Please spread this far and wide, as stories don't get much bigger than this. When the government blocks even the intelligence services from telling us we're heading for environmental catastrophe, you know we have a problem. A very big problem. Thank you. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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The UK government didn't want you to see this report on ecosystem collapse. I'm not surprised | George Monbiot
It took an FOI request to bring this national security assessment to light. For ‘doomsayers’ like us, it is the ultimate vindication, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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The International Association for Vegetation Science @iavs5.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
🔥 Postdoctoral Opportunity | Fire, Seeds & the Cerrado 🌱 The Laboratory of Vegetation Ecology (UNESP, Brazil) is offering a postdoc position to study how fire regimes and climate warming shape seed traits and germination in Cerrado species. 👉 Learn more: tinyurl.com/hf9yd98f #Ecology #Traits
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Jules Segrestin @jsegrestin.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
🌿 New paper out in New Phytologist! 📊 Our global dataset shows that when considering species dominance & long‑term richness, higher diversity can actually destabilize populations. ✨ Excited to share these insights from plant communities across the world! 🌐🌍 👇👇👇
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Glenda Mendieta-Leiva @gmendietal.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
Honored to be one of the plenary speakers at the 68th IAVS Symposium #IAVS2026 in Gijón, Spain (22–26 June 2026)! Looking forward to sharing about forest canopies, vascular #epiphyte #conservation & #TropicaEcology 🌿🪻🌴 📣 Abstract submissions & registration are now open! Hope to see you there!
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Dave Klinges @thenaturedave.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
New paper in TREE: we propose a framework to think more clearly about the scale of climate exposure of organisms—and why mismatches between climate data and biology can mislead ecological inference. www.cell.com/trends/ecolo... @ilyamaclean.bsky.social @ecophys.bsky.social @marthamunoz.bsky.social
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Matching climate to biological scales
Recent advances in climate modeling and remote sensing have increased the expectation that finer-grained climate data will improve biological relevance. However, the appropriate scale for biology depe...
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The International Association for Vegetation Science @iavs5.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
Getting ready for the #IAVS2026 Symposium? Become an #IAVS member and make the most of it! Discounts on registration + field excursions Eligibility for awards & #travelgrants 👉Join the community shaping the future of #vegetationscience - www.iavs.org/page/JoinIAVS #ecology #vegetationecology
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Ecoinformática AEET @ecoinf-aeet.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
¿No te ha tocado la lotería? ¡Pues no te preocupes porque desde el grupo de Ecoinformática hemos estado preparando algo especial!🎄 🎁 Sabemos que os habéis portado genial este año, así que qué mejor que comenzar el 2026 apuntándote al taller de elaboración de paquetes de R 🚀 shorturl.at/N6J3V
https://shorturl.at/N6J3V
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Fernando T. Maestre @ftmaestre.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
Excited to give a plenary talk at the @iavs5.bsky.social Symposium 2026 in beautiful Gijón, Spain! Looking forward to share our latest research about #dryland plant diversity and to reconnecting with the global vegetation science community gijon2026.iavs-meetings.org Don´t miss it!
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The International Association for Vegetation Science @iavs5.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
📢 68th #IAVS Symposium: Understanding #Ecosystems through #Vegetation | 22-26 June 2026, Spain Join us to explore how vegetation shapes #biodiversity and ecosystems worldwide! 📅 Call for Special Session proposals is now open: 15 Oct – 15 Nov 2025 👉 Details: gijon2026.iavs-meetings.org #IAVS2026
IAVS Symposium 2026, Thematic 'Understanding Ecosystems Through Vegetation'.
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Dr. Mariana García Criado @nanitundra.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
Thrilled to be one of the plenary speakers for the @iavs5.bsky.social 68th #IAVS Symposium (Gijón, Spain, 22-26 June 2026) along legends like @jcsvenning.bsky.social @gmendietal.bsky.social @ftmaestre.bsky.social et al! Join us to discuss plants across taxonomic, spatial and temporal scales! 🌿
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Alicia Valdés @aliciavaldesr.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
El viernes 26 estaremos en #Gijón en la #EuropeanResearchersNight con el stand "Las plantas viajeras" @universidadoviedo.bsky.social @imibasturias.bsky.social #science4all #MSCANight #NIGHTSpain
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Reynaldo Linares-Palomino @rlinares.bsky.social · 28/06/2025
Attending #ATBC2025 in Oaxaca next week? Look us up to learn about \Smithsonian's Center for Conservation & Sustainability work in #Peru! Asistirás a #ATBC2025 en Oaxaca la próxima semana? Buscanos para conocer el trabajo del Centro para la Conservación & la Sostenibilidad del #Smithsonian en Peru
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Emilio M Bruna @brunalab.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
Looking forward to seeing the people on this starter pack at #ATBC2025 If you want to be added to this list, please let me know. 🧪 in 🇲🇽 go.bsky.app/FSQE1vP
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Helmut Hillebrand @hillebr1.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
Interested in biodiversity, macroecology, spatial ecology, conservation? @nmouquet.bsky.social put together a global ecology starter pack, two volumes are already full but you can DM @global-ecology.bsky.social to join the Vol_3. Let’s keep the community growing 🌐
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Juliano Sarmento Cabral @jsarmentocabral.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
Postdoc call in Mechanistic Biodiversity Modelling (up to 6 ya) at my lab @unibonn.bsky.social. We focus on modelling terrestrial plant communities, island biogeography, range dynamics, eco-evolutionary feedbacks, diversity gradients, tropical forests, vascular epiphytes. Pls rt! shorturl.at/CL1ny
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Postdoc in Mechanistic Biodiversity Modelling with temporary civil servant status (“Akademische*r Rätin*Rat)
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Glenda Mendieta-Leiva @gmendietal.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
Join us for a fun and interesting applied seminar with @dylancraven.bsky.social!
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Ecoinformatics IAVS @iavs-ecoinfo.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
Our webinar about TRY with Jens Kattge has just started. You can still join for free at us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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Glenda Mendieta-Leiva @gmendietal.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
Discovering the beauty of Asturias: an idyllic "Hayedo" and a terrestrial orchid (Orchid mascula)... 🌳🌲🪻 So many species and habitats yet to see and learn.
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Alicia Valdés @aliciavaldesr.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
Going back home after a few days in Halle, Germany, where we presented our work on habitat monitoring using remote sensing at the meeting of sPlot, the Global Vegetation database, followed by the annual meeting of our MOTIVATE project motivate-biodiversity.eu
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Milan Chytrý @milanchytry.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
Meeting of sPlot, the Global Vegetation Database, has started in Halle, Germany. Gabriella Damasceno is presenting a remarkable extension of the database between versions 3.0 and 4.0.
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Glenda Mendieta-Leiva @gmendietal.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
One of the fun things about living in Gijón! An incredible talk on arqueobotany by Leonor Peña-Chocarro. A trip to the past through the remains of plants and their fruits! (And much more...) 🌿🌳🍑🌽🫘 Organized by the Atlantic Botanical Garden of Gijón and the University of Oviedo.
Using taxonomy to identify remains of seeds/plants (in this case for cereal species)Bog bodies (conservation techniques of current remains in wet/humid conditions).The most unexpected to me, a sample of half a coke can (150 ml) contained more than 21 000 seeds!
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Club Eco-Evo Latinoamérica @ecoevolatam.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
¿Te interesa formar parte de un espacio de encuentro para ecólogos latinoamericanos? Únete a la conversación sobre los retos y desafíos de la ecología en la región. 📅 Regístrate aquí 👉 sites.google.com/view/elac202... #EcologíaLatinoamericana #ColoquioEcología #CienciaLatAm
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Te invitamos a ser parte de una experiencia única, un espacio dedicado a reflexionar sobre la historia, los retos actuales y los horizontes futuros de la Ecología en América Latina. El propósito de es...
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Glenda Mendieta-Leiva @gmendietal.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
#Invasives as #AccidentalEpiphytes I spotted young #palms🌴 on the knotholes of 2 Platanus trees 🌳. A few meters ahead... Trachycarpus fortunei: Introduced as ornamental across the 🌍. In northwestern Spain is #naturalized, & north Switzerland is replacing local #vegetation, an invasive #neophyte!
Young 🌱 individual of a palm tree (Trachycarpus fortunei) growing inside the knothole of the main branch from a Platanus sp. tree. It shows three leaves and it was growing at about 5.6 meters high (of the tree).Two adult individuals of the palm tree 🌴 Trachycarpus fortunei growing in a park, with fruits. In the background, the two individuals of Platanus trees where some individuals of this invasive palm were found growing on.A relatively large individual (approximately 1.3 meters) of Trachycarpus fortunei, growing in the middle crown of a Platanus sp. tree (also established within a knothole). In the base there was also an unidentified dicot and Hedera sp.
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Glenda Mendieta-Leiva @gmendietal.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
Joi us! To our practical seminars. @iavs5.bsky.social
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Víctor González-García @gonzalezgvictor.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
Yesterday I attended a really nice talk about functional ecology and ecosystem servicies, given by the outstanding scientific Sandra Díaz, who earned the Princess of Asturias Award for Technical and Scientific Research in 2019.
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Clara Espinosa del Alba @claraesdal.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
Today at @uniovi.bsky.social a very interesting meeting with Sandra Díaz, an internationlly recognized researcher focused on functional ecology and co-chair of the Global Biodiversity Assessment (IPBES).
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Yadvinder Malhi @ymalhi.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
Tropical forests are not all the same: they show many shades of geographical variation. Our new paper in Nature led by @jeaggu.bsky.social combines field and satellite data to make a first map the canopy functional traits of the world’s tropical forests: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Canopy functional trait variation across Earth’s tropical forests - Nature
Data from a variety of sources—including satellite, climate and soil data, as well as field-collected information on plant traits—are pooled and analysed to map the functional diversity of tropical fo...
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Dr. Elina Takola🦎🦌🪲🐦‍⬛🌿 @elinatakola.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
🌟 An amazing study led by Rachel Turba and César Marín is now online! 🗺️ Non-native English speakers from the Global South spend much more time dealing with language issues, have limited access to funding sources and their publications have less visibility. More here: zenodo.org/records/1490...
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Global North-South science inequalities due to language and funding barriers
Delving into the persistent impacts of colonialism within the sphere of modern science, here we explore some of the deep-seated disparities between the Global North and South with regards to the scien...
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Marten Winter @smartenwinter.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
▶️ 𝐐𝐔𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 𝐓𝐎 𝐑𝐄𝐒𝐄𝐀𝐑𝐂𝐇 𝐏𝐈𝐬◀️ ❓𝐃𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮 "𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡" 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐄𝐂𝐑 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐠𝐮𝐞𝐬 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐨 𝐰𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐫 𝐂𝐕𝐬 & 𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬❓ I see material from applicants from well known labs & wonder if those skills are not taught there? I do! The success of your ECR colleagues from your lab is also your success!!!!
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