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Georgiana Ifrim

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Michael Bennet @bennet.senate.gov · 17/06/2025
Overnight, Russia launched its deadliest attack on Kyiv in nearly a year. This is a reminder of Putin's cruelty and just another reason the United States must stand firm in our commitment to aiding Ukraine. Russia is the obstacle to peace, not Ukraine.
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Russian Drone and Missile Strikes on Kyiv Kill at Least 10
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Euromaidan Press @euromaidanpress.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
Laments about murderous drone swarms don't change a thing- clever air defenses do! UA defenders are synching heavy artillery with recon drones& FPV interceptors. And if we stand together, we can give boost them with a launch station! Still €2850 needed, pls join! euromaidanpress.com/lets-support...
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Igor Sushko @igorsushko.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
Due to Ukraine's preemptive destruction of Russian strategic bombers, Russia used just 7 planes, fully loaded, to launch 36 missiles (that reached Ukraine) on June 6th. Previously, Russia would load bombers with only 1-3 missiles each to minimize wear, firing up to 108 missiles in a single attack.
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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
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Willem van Schaik @wvschaik.bsky.social · 25/05/2025
'Scientific conferences are leaving the US amid border fears' www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Scientific conferences are leaving the US amid border fears
Some meetings have been put on hold in response to foreign researchers’ travel concerns.
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Dietmar Pichler @dietmarpichler.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
Thanks for having me- My interview (now in English) with Ukraine’s leading press agency about the impact and mechanisms of the Russian disinformation and influence campaign — and how it affects and reaches us far beyond social media. www.ukrinform.net/rubric-socie...
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Dietmar Pichler, Austrian expert on countering disinformation
Kremlin's strategy aims to demonize Ukraine and engage in victim blaming — Ukrinform.
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Silicon Republic @siliconrepublic.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
SEAI has announced that it will invest around €19m in a pipeline of energy projects over a number of years.
siliconrepublic.com
SEAI calls on researchers to help accelerate Irish clean energy
The Sustainable Energy Authority Ireland's latest funding call includes a themed and a general strand, inviting a wide array of proposals.
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Science Magazine @science.org · 19/05/2025
"No student should lose valuable time and mental energy over something as fundamental as health care." scim.ag/4kex04a #ScienceWorkingLife
An illustration of a woman crawling out of a red cross made out of money. Headline is: "I got sick during my Ph.D.—but couldn’t afford treatment. Grad students need better support."
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András Tóth-Czifra @minczifra.bsky.social · 18/05/2025
Orban making overtures to Simion made sense from one perspective only: to gain an illiberal ally in the EU Council. Orban chose to make this incredibly costly gamble, essentially betraying the Transylvanian voters his party spent decades cultivating. And he lost. This is likely consequential.
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 19/05/2025
update! Simion, the far-right candidate, lost so conclusively that he actually conceded
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RTÉ News @news.rte.ie · 19/05/2025
Few pollsters and analysts predicted even a week ago that Nicusor Dan, a quietly spoken mathematician and anti-corruption activist, had a serious chance of defeating far-right candidate George Simion in Romania's presidential election, writes Liam Nolan
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Romania's presidential election delivers surprise result
Few pollsters and analysts predicted even a week ago that Nicusor Dan, a quietly spoken mathematician and anti-corruption activist, had a serious chance of defeating far-right candidate George Simion ...
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Le Monde in English @english.lemonde.fr · 18/05/2025
Pro-EU centrist Nicusor Dan wins tense Romania presidential vote rerun ahead of nationalist George Simion
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Pro-EU centrist Nicusor Dan wins tense Romania presidential vote rerun ahead of nationalist George Simion
Dan gained more than 54% of the vote, while Trump admirer Simion secured close to 46%, according to nearly complete results.
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Gavril Ducu 🇷🇴 🇩🇪 🇺🇸 🇳🇱 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 @ducugavril.nafoforum.org · 18/05/2025
Bucharest 👇
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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 14/05/2025
⚡️ Poland detects foreign-funded election ads amid fears of Russian interference. The disclosure follows a warning from Digital Affairs Minister Krzysztof Gawkowski, who on May 6 said Moscow was carrying out an "unprecedented" interference campaign.
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Poland detects foreign-funded election ads amid fears of Russian interference
The disclosure follows a warning from Digital Affairs Minister Krzysztof Gawkowski, who on May 6 said Moscow was carrying out an "unprecedented" interference campaign.
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UCD Library @ucdlibrary.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
Are you a #LeavingCert student or do you know one?📝👩‍🎓 Gain access to the study facilities in the UCD Health Sciences Library from 21 May-24 June through our Leaving Cert study programme. Find full details & register at www.ucd.ie/library/use/... Good luck with your studies! @ucddublin.bsky.social
UCD Library Leaving Certificate Study Programme with red open book icon with blue hands on a dark blue background.
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Olena Halushka @halushka.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
While russian drones drop thermobaric munitions on civilians, a Ukrainian sea drone has successfully taken down a russian fighter jet! The operation, conducted near Novorossiysk port in the Black Sea, was carried out by HUR, SBU, & the AFU. Kudos to the Ukrainian defenders! Ukraine has great cards.
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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 04/05/2025
I spoke with NPR about the threatening letters that the Republican administration is sending to medical journals.
"It's an indication of the degree to which this administration will go to try to interfere with scientific research and the scientific community," says Carl Bergstrom, a professor of biology at the University of Washington. "They'll do just about anything and tamper with science in any way that they think will be helpful."
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Darth Putin @darthputinkgb.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
OTD in 1945, having just liberated Lithuania from Nazis, Soviet mass deportations resumed, liberating 1000 Lithuanians from Lithuania to provide slave labor for USSR. Within 2 years over half were dead. Imagine mass deportations taking place today...
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Szabolcs Panyi @szabolcspanyi.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
💥Hungary's economic crisis is deepening. Viktor Orbán promised a “flying start,” but the country is back in recession—before Trump’s tariff war fallout has even hit. Orbán, who has ruled the country since 2010, blames Ukraine, the EU—anyone but himself. His chances of reelection are slipping away.
bloomberg.com
Hungary’s Economy Unexpectedly Shrinks on Industry Output Slump
Hungary’s economy unexpectedly contracted in the first quarter due to an industry slump, highlighting the country’s trade exposure even before US President Donald Trump embarked on a global tariff war...
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Royal Irish Academy @ria.ie · 02/05/2025
Applications are open for the role of Senior Programme and Communications Manager as part of the @dri.ie‬ team based @ria.ie. This is a specific-purpose maternity leave cover contract. Find out more and apply by 21 May www.ria.ie/about/careers/vacancy-senior-programme-and-communications-manager
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Vacancy: Senior Programme and Communications Manager - Royal Irish Academy
The Royal Irish Academy is seeking applications for maternity leave cover for the Senior Programme and Communications Manager at the Digital Repository of Ireland (DRI).
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Matthew Sparkes @sparkes.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
A complex and contentious tale of AI benchmarks... AI is a trillion-dollar industry, and researchers say that tech giants are "distorting" the league table of chatbot performance. www.newscientist.com/article/2478...
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Meta, Amazon and Google accused of 'distorting' key AI rankings
A test of AI model performance across the industry is being gamed by technology giants, making objective scientific comparison impossible, researchers have claimed
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WarTranslated (Dmitri) @wartranslated.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
Russian forces once again struck civilian apartment buildings in Zaporizhzhia and Donetsk regions.
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Georgiana Ifrim @heerme.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
www.rte.ie/news/2025/05... I think this is a good analysis. "In short, it supports the argument that the court's decision was taken in the interest of protecting Romanian democracy."
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Was it fair to rerun Romania's presidential election?
On Sunday, Romanians will vote for a second time in six months to elect their country's new president. This second election takes place after an unprecedented decision by Romania's top court to annul ...
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 01/05/2025
"American officials have now been explicitly asked to make lists of their contacts with other Americans, for no practical, legal, or national-security reason" Read @theatlantic.com on a State Dept witch hunt www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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A Witch Hunt at the State Department
Trump’s commissars are looking for ideological enemies.
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Irish Universities Association @iua-official.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
You can now register for the IUA Future of Ireland hybrid event! Join Minister Lawless T.D. as he outlines his priorities and vision for the future of higher education and research in Ireland. 🗓️ Date: May 12th 🕜 Time: 1.30 - 2.30pm 📍 Register to watch online: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: IUA Future of Ireland with Minister James Lawless. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.
Join Minister James Lawless T.D., Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, as he outlines his priorities and plans for the future of Ireland’s higher education and ...
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 26/04/2025
Ukraine has exposed Trump’s true identity: as a vandal, an autocrat, a gangster and a fool | Jonathan Freedland
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Ukraine has exposed Trump’s true identity: as a vandal, an autocrat, a gangster and a fool | Jonathan Freedland
This presidency places authoritarian ambition above all – and now the people of Ukraine are paying the price, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
“A Financial Times analysis of more than 350,000 posts on X related to the election, gathered since the snap poll was announced in March, revealed a network of co-ordinated accounts pushing content to boost Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre and tarnish his counterpart, the Liberal’s Mark Carney.”
ft.com
Canadians bombarded with rightwing content on Musk’s X ahead of election
FT analysis finds network of social media accounts attacking Liberal leader Mark Carney
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Data projects by Texty.org.ua @texty.org · 26/04/2025
💔 Russians are taking more than just land in #Ukraine — they’re taking people’s homes. Houses, where once Ukrainian families lived peacefully, now are stolen by #Russia. Read more stories about #Mariupol residents in such situations in our article: texty.org.ua/articles/114917/
Mariupol residents with his child in their flatMariupol residents with his child in their flat
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 20/04/2025
From @timkmak.bsky.social, on conflicts of interest: Steve Witkoff's Russian-linked business partner open.substack.com/pub/countero...
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Scoop: Trump envoy’s conflict of interest: a Russia-linked business partner
Steve Witkoff, Trump's Special Envoy, has a serious and unreported conflict of interest in Russia-Ukraine negotiations: his relationship with Ukraine-sanctioned businessman Len Blavatnik.
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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 20/04/2025
Russian President Vladimir Putin announced an Easter ceasefire starting on April 19, claiming that it would "test Ukraine's sincerity in pursuing peace talks," but across the front line, Ukrainian soldiers tell the Kyiv Independent they have yet to see any sign of it.
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Moscow proposed an Easter ceasefire. According to Ukrainian soldiers, the shooting never stopped
Russian President Vladimir Putin announced an Easter ceasefire starting on April 19, claiming that it would "test Ukraine's sincerity in pursuing peace talks,"  but across the front line, Ukrainian so...
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Anders Åslund @andersaslund.bsky.social · 20/04/2025
Carl Bildt: "As long as the Europeans stand firm in their determination to continue assisting Ukraine financially and militarily, Putin and Trump can agree to whatever they want. It will have no material impact on the ground." www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/t...
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Trump’s 100 Days of Failure in Ukraine | by Carl Bildt - Project Syndicate
Carl Bildt thinks Russian President Vladimir Putin has been playing the US administration like a fiddle.
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Luke Harding @lukeharding1968.bsky.social · 20/04/2025
I messaged Ukrainian soldiers on the frontline about the Easter "ceasefire". Their answer: Russia is firing as usual and preparing new attacks. "For us, it’s just another day of war, with shelling and even an attempt to assault our positions," one brigade told me www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
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Zelenskyy dismisses Putin ceasefire as ‘PR’ and says Russian attacks continue
Ukraine reports drone and artillery strikes over Easter weekend, while Moscow also claims ceasefire breaches by Kyiv
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Andy Scollick @andyscollick.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
Many in the media are still struggling to grasp what is really going on. Which is: Trump naively vowed to bring peace to Ukraine. But Russia refuses to comply. Because he admires Putin, Trump must blame Zelenskyy. Therefore, Ukraine is being set up for a fall. The US is going to abandon Ukraine.
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SAINT JAVELIN @saintjavelin.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
More signs that Trump's team bends over for the Russians. Washington Post reports that Trump's pick for D.C.'s U.S. Attorney appeared on Russian state propaganda over 150 times. The US State Department has confirmed that these networks are arms of Russian intelligence.
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UNITED24 Media @united24media.com · 16/04/2025
⚡ A hacking group previously linked to Russian intelligence, has recently launched a coordinated cyber campaign targeting European diplomatic officials by distributing fake invitations to wine-tasting events.
united24media.com
Russian-Linked Hackers Use Fake Wine Tasting Invites to Breach Diplomatic Networks
Cozy Bear, linked to Russian intelligence, targets European diplomats with phishing emails disguised as wine event invitations, warns Check Point.
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Katie Langin @klangin.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
"I cannot [bring] myself morally to spend Canadian taxpayers’ money in attending U.S. conferences." My latest story for @science.org—about international scientists rethinking conferences on U.S. soil. www.science.org/content/arti...
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International scientists rethink U.S. conference attendance
Opposition to Trump administration and fears of customs run-ins are shifting travel plans
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WIRED @wired.com · 01/04/2025
NEW: Thousands of CDC employees who worked on things like preventing HIV and lead poisoning have been told they were subject to a reduction in force. Experts say people will die.
wired.com
The CDC Has Been Gutted
Thousands of CDC employees who worked on things like preventing HIV and lead poisoning have been told they were subject to a reduction in force. Experts say people will die.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 01/04/2025
You have to see this. PoliticsGirl and her husband teamed up with the brilliant Timothy Snyder (author of On Tyranny) and the legendary John Lithgow to create something truly powerful. It’s important, it’s urgent—and it needs to be shared far and wide.
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20 Lessons on Tyranny: by Timothy Snyder / read by John Lithgow
YouTube video by PoliticsGirl
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Serge Belongie @serge.belongie.com · 30/03/2025
Would you present your next NeurIPS paper in Europe instead of traveling to San Diego (US) if this was an option? Søren Hauberg (DTU) and I would love to hear the answer through this poll: (1/6)
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NeurIPS participation in Europe
We seek to understand if there is interest in being able to attend NeurIPS in Europe, i.e. without travelling to San Diego, US. In the following, assume that it is possible to present accepted papers ...
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
"Hegseth, Waltz, Gabbard: Private Data and Passwords of Senior U.S. Security Officials Found Online" www.spiegel.de/internationa...
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Hegseth, Waltz, Gabbard: Private Data and Passwords of Senior U.S. Security Officials Found Online
Donald Trump's most important security advisers used Signal to discuss an imminent military strike. Now, reporting by DER SPIEGEL has found that the contact data of some of those officials, including ...
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Ida Bae Wells @nhannahjones.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
When scholars of authoritarianism and fascism leave U.S. universities because of the deteriorating political situation here, we should really worry.
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
With the #Signalgate scandal, we see our government openly compromising our national security, the better to violate our rights. I explain here: snyder.substack.com/p/signalgate...
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Signalgate: violating national security
in order to violate rights
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 25/03/2025
this is Zelensky's home town
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Olena Halushka @halushka.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
I still struggle to grasp that russia bombing residential houses, schools, or hospitals is considered okay for this 'peace process.'
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David Carroll @davidcarroll.org · 26/03/2025
They used Signal unlawfully to hide various crimes, including war crimes. It’s all the same story, not different ones.
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
Good time to follow Prof Maria Popova
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Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
Trump’s dislike of Europe is actively aligned with Putin’s hatred of the EU. The Ukrainian Revolution of Dignity was inspired by the prospect of joining it. And Putin’s “active measures” pushing for Brexit was his punitive response
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
Witkoff was a fool for joining that chat from Moscow. But the entire charlatan national security team also chose to put him on that chat when they knew (or should have known) that he was in Moscow. A spy novel based on this level of cretinous behavior would be unbelievable.
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Darth Putin @darthputinkgb.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
OTD in 1949 Operation Priboi started. USSR forcibly deported *90,000* Baltic people to 'inhospitable parts' of Russia. 70% of those deported were women & children under 16. Imagine mass deporting children today....
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 25/03/2025
on the Romanian elections, if you want the real story www.youtube.com/watch?v=jBIp...
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Călin Georgescu: Musk and Putin's Man in Romania
YouTube video by G4 Media
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