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Gunnar Hillert

@hillert.bsky.social
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Spring Developer, Java Champion, 2019 Kona IRONMAN Finisher, formerly @oracle @pivotal @vmware @spring.io @atlantajug @devnexus. Plant collector. Board member at Hawaii Island Palm Society.

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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 16h
I am angry tonight. Because tonight ICE shot a New Yorker. They shot a New Yorker while his five year old child was in the car. ICE makes this city less safe. We want them out. Now.
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Gunnar Hillert @hillert.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Es ist traurig, dass die Überlebenden nun auch noch miterleben müssen, wie der Faschismus weltweit wieder erstarkt.
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Gunnar Hillert @hillert.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Best thing to watch on Friday at 5pm (Hawaii time). Hilarious!! #LGTM
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Christian Odendahl @codendahl.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
My mother -- otherwise very polite and cultured, a Green-voting Christian -- never called the man Schröder. She always said "Schröder that political whore". I was puzzled back then, he was the centre-left, modern, reformist hero of the late 1990s. I was 18. Mothers. Always right.
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Gunnar Hillert @hillert.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
So #German 🤡.
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Gunnar Hillert @hillert.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
We're not that far off from "Wollt ihr den totalen Krieg" 😥
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Gunnar Hillert @hillert.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
It is #Kona #IRONMAN week. Time to get the bike 🚴 out after a while for a 30km ride right around sunset. #Hawaii.
Picture of the sky shortly after sunset. Orange afterglow of sun is still visible. A few clouds above with blue sky.
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Michael Froomkin @mfroomkin.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Relative got a $500 check from US Treasury and a shocking letter full of lies signed by Trump and ending with "May God bless you". Basically a pre-electoral bribe. News reports say they're sending almost a million of these. Full text in alt below. (I told him to cash it quick before it bounces.)
Dear [name],

For years, the Biden Administration overcharged you to fund the operation of HealthCare.gov. That money belongs to hard-working Americans, not the Government, and now, I am returning it to you!

With this Historic Action, my Administration is taking the surplus funds that accumulated from the Obamacare ''Premium Tax" and issuing a one-time $500 REFUND to Americans who use the HealthCare.gov platform to purchase their health insurance, but who do not receive Taxpayer Subsidies to help pay for their Coverage. You have paid into this flawed System, and now you are finally getting something back.

Healthcare Dollars should benefit Patients, not Insurance Companies or Government Bureaucrats. Since returning to office, I have fought to lower Healthcare Costs, increase Accountability, and Put Patients First. Through TrumpRx, we are delivering massive discounts on Household Prescription Drugs, and my Most-Favored-Nation Pricing Agreements have already saved Americans more than 1 Billion Dollars on much-needed Medications. We also secured an unprecedented 50 Billion Dollar investment to transform Rural Healthcare, expanded access to Health Saving Accounts for millions of people on Obamacare, and restored Pnce Transparency, all while roofing out the Waste, Fraud, and abuse across our Healthcare System.

I am proud to return your money to you, and I will never stop fighting to put the American People FIRST, restore Affordability, protect your hard-earned money, and lower the Cost of Healthcare.

May God bless you, and may He continue to bless the United States of America!

Sincerely,

[signed] 

DONALD J. TRUMP
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 05/10/2026
Last week, I was invited into the homes of Jewish New Yorkers across the city to celebrate the holiday of Sukkot.
Mayor Mamdani stands in a sukkah with Brad Landwr under warm lights and strings of pomegranates. Mayor Mamdani and Asm Claire Valdez and Sen Jabari Brisport join New Yorkers for Sukkot.Mayor Mamdani visits New Yorkers for Sukkot.Mayor Mamdani sits in a sukkah with New Yorkers.
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Gunnar Hillert @hillert.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Already went through 2 resets this month 😳.
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 29/09/2026
The Talmud teaches that anyone who sustains one soul, has sustained an entire world. For generations, Jewish New Yorkers have sustained our city. Today, we are launching the first-ever municipal Strategy to Combat Antisemitism.
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Ember @ember-energy.org · 30/09/2026
The fossil fuel share of final energy has already peaked across most of China’s industrial sectors. In light manufacturing, electricity now supplies THREE-QUARTERs of the sector’s final energy consumption ⚡ ember-energy.org/lat...
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Scientific American @sciam.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Apple "detectives" wanted to identify a gnarly old tree growing on a remote plot of land in Maine. What they discovered was the key to a centuries-old apple mystery.
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How apple detectives solved the mystery of an ancient tree—and rewrote the history of fruit
And how they might have helped save the future of American apples
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DrDinD.bsky.social @drdind.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
🧵You cannot make this shit up. Michael Velchik, alum of Harvard and Harvard Law, lead DOJ lawyer arguing Harvard tolerated antisemitism, is exposed as a fan of Mein Kampf and Hitler. He was the sole lawyer arguing before Judge Allison D. Burroughs forward.com/fast-forward...
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Trump lawyer who praised ‘Mein Kampf’ is now accusing Harvard of antisemitism, report says
Michael Velchik reportedly praised 'Mein Kampf' after graduating from Harvard, where he also wrote an essay from Hitler's perspective.
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Gunnar Hillert @hillert.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Is this from University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa?
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
I hope 2025 & 2026 have adequately prepared everyone for the shitshow that will be 2027: Strongest El Niño and highest global temperature on record Energy and affordability crisis from the illegal war End of 3-year federal science grants awarded in 2024 AI bubble bursting Continued rise of fascism
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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
When the Cincinnati Post shut down, it oddly had an effect on local elections. Fewer people ran for office, voter turnout fell, and incumbents became more likely to win. That's useful context for Trump's choice to ban 3 news orgs from the White House newsletter.platypuseconomics.com/p/what-econo...
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What Economists Know About Kicking Out Reporters
Trump banned three news organizations from the White House last week — and there’s a research literature on exactly where that leads.
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Gunnar Hillert @hillert.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Of course tied to #Hawaii 😳. Some related reporting by @civilbeat.bsky.social from 2020. Martin Kao must have really "liked" #SusanCollins, as he made all his family + company/foundation board members donate $5,600 to her. www.civilbeat.org/2020/02/tang...
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Tangled Web Of Campaign Cash Connects Hawaii To Maine
Tens of thousands of dollars in contributions have flowed from a Hawaii defense contractor, his family and employees to a Maine Republican senator.
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Gunnar Hillert @hillert.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Doing some #SpringIntegration work this morning and stumbled upon a nostalgic Spring Integration / Oracle #Coherence presentation by John Davies (then at C24). I still wish C24-iO Studio’s graphical mapper had been open-sourced back in 2013, with its its channel adapters for the financial industry.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $8 trillion. The entire bottom 50% of American households is worth just $4.27 trillion. Read that back. Remember: Wealth can’t be separated from power. Power begets wealth and wealth begets power.
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Gunnar Hillert @hillert.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
One of the best technical talks I have ever seen—period. Cliff Stoll is killing it in “Stalking the Wily Hacker: 40 Years Later” at #DefCon34 @defcon.bsky.social. It totally made my day! www.youtube.com/watch?v=6560...
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DefCon 34 - Stalking the Wily Hacker: 40 years later - Cliff Stoll
YouTube video by DEFCONConference
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Donald Raab @thedonraab.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
I upgraded #EclipseCollections builds immediately to JDK 28 EA the same day JDK 27 was released because every version of #Java needs Eclipse Collections running with it. Next week is climate week. Are you using Eclipse Collections yet? More features, less waste. 👇 donraab.medium.com/save-memory-...
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Save Memory in Java by Making Memory Efficiency Your Top Priority
Leverage Java libraries and frameworks which focus on memory efficiency.
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
NSF has reduced the research budget for all atmospheric, ocean, and earth sciences by ~80%. 80%! A lot of us will not be conducting new research or training new students for the foreseeable future.
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Gunnar Hillert @hillert.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Excellent State of the Union speech by @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu. It would be quite a strategic move if Canada 🇨🇦 became the first associate member of the European Union 🇪🇺! Lots of brownie points for delivering the speech in three languages!! #French #German #English www.youtube.com/live/trxiYZ3...
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🔴LIVE: EU State of the Union: Von der Leyen Speaks as Mark Carney Attends in Strasbourg | AC1W
YouTube video by News Central
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Markus Eisele @myfear.com · 16/09/2026
Java 27 is only boring on the surface. - Mostly nerdless
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Java 27 is only boring on the surface. - Mostly nerdless
Java 27 seems to be boring; the JDK only got some new defaults, but the most consequential change is the removal of the JVM Compiler Interface.
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Gunnar Hillert @hillert.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
One cool thing about #AI-assisted software development is that I can use my software “in the field” and, when I encounter functional gaps, address them immediately—without having to endure much context switching. The speed at which you can round-trip between using the software and improving it is 🔥.
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Chris Osieck @chrisosieck.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
A piece worth reading, featuring photography of nineteenth-century Tehran’s gardens and showing how older Iranian horticultural traditions evolved alongside new technologies, plants and influences arriving from across the world.
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Gardening with the Times: Horticultural Innovation in Nineteenth-Century Tehran - Ajam Media Collective
Persian gardens have long been a potent symbol of Iranian cultural identity, imagined as a timeless, unchanging tradition. But photographs of the gardens of Tehran in the 19th century reveal a landsca...
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Gunnar Hillert @hillert.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
If you speak #German (via VPN) - www.ardmediathek.de/serie/babylo...
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Babylon Berlin - Staffel 5 der Serie - jetzt streamen!
Die fünfte und letzte Staffel der Erfolgsserie in der ARD Mediathek. Die Drehbücher beruhen auf dem Roman 'Märzgefallene' von Volker Kutscher . Die Autoren und Regisseure der Serie, Henk Handloegten,...
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Gunnar Hillert @hillert.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Wirklich informatives Interview mit Christian Bauckhage vom @fraunhoferiais.bsky.social / @unibonn.bsky.social über #KI, geführt von Daniel Jung. #MaschinellesLernen #AI www.youtube.com/watch?v=pb5c...
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Prof. Dr. Christian Bauckhage (Fraunhofer IAIS): KI - Wir haben noch gar nichts gesehen!
YouTube video by Mathe by Daniel Jung
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Gunnar Hillert @hillert.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
As someone who grew up in East-Germany: This @quietriotpod.bsky.social podcast episode with @annettedittert.bsky.social is the best English-language explanation I’ve seen yet of WTF 💩 happened in #SaxonyAnhalt #Germany. #fascism
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Gunnar Hillert @hillert.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Thanks 🙏 for pointing out this study. Very informative!
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Gunnar Hillert @hillert.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Als ich mir in den 90ern Unis in #Berlin anschaute, war mir nie bewusst, dass die Humboldt-Universität bis 1933 das #Harvard der Welt war. Ich glaube, vielen Deutschen ist nicht bewusst, wie fundamental unser Uni-System 33-45 zerstört wurde – und dass es diese Spitzenstellung nie wiedererlangt hat.
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Sky Marchini @sky.skymarchini.net · 11/09/2026
>the houthis were trying to use claude to build their rocket guidance system just get me off the fucking ride www.anthropic.com/threat-intel...
GTG-87001: Disrupting a Yemen-based guided weapons engineering cell using Claude to develop guidance software
Summary

We identified a cell of threat actors based in northern Yemen running three weapons development programs: a guided rocket that used a commodity phone-class flight computer with final-phase homing guidance; a multi-stage ballistic missile with a stated range goal above 2,000 km; and a multi-variant missile (referred to as the “R2000” set) that included a hypersonic glide vehicle variant.

The actors used Claude Code in place of human software engineers to develop the guidance, navigation, and control (GNC) software that steers and stabilizes a flying vehicle. For example, they used Claude to integrate an open-source autopilot onto a phone-class flight computer, writing the control and position estimation software, tuning the control settings, running a firmware build pipeline, and performing a flight simulation. The actors managed several Claude instances at once, assigning each one a role, much as a lead would delegate work on a small engineering team: the actors tasked one instance with writing the code, another with research, and a third with reviewing the code the first instance produced.

Our safeguards blocked many of their requests, but not all of them. The actors used a variety of tactics to evade our safeguards, including hiding their goals and the products the software was meant for, and they split their work across multiple sessions so no single session revealed their full intent.

These actors carried out a sustained effort to develop guided weapons, including using Claude to design guidance software. We do not have evidence the actors succeeded in fielding an operational device; but they did test-fire a guided rocket. This field test appears to have failed: within hours, the actors returned to Claude to work out why it failed.

We identified this activity as part of our internal investigations into suspected weapons development. We banne…
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Gunnar Hillert @hillert.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Remember the socialism with the prefix "national"? Look at the history of the early Volkswagen GmbH.
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Gunnar Hillert @hillert.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
We have tried to work with #Hawaii lawmakers to get #Hawaii join the #PSYPACT compact for several years. Services here are so limited but it never even came to a vote in the State Legislature. #frustrating - Maybe the folks at @civilbeat.bsky.social could do a story sometime. .
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Gunnar Hillert @hillert.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
For several years my wife and I tried to get #Hawaii to join #PSYPACT, the The Psychology Interjurisdictional Compact which is an interstate compact between US States. It is a total no-brainer but it never even got to a vote in HI congress just died in committee. If that is any indication 😱
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Gunnar Hillert @hillert.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
This #AI talk by #BruceSchneier at @defcon.bsky.social was superb! The usage of LLMs to find loopholes in the tax code, our political institutions etc. was quite eye-opening. Our institutions have to adapt fast. I am a little concerned about that… www.youtube.com/watch?v=eEBv...
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DEF CON 34 - Hacking AI - Bruce Schneier
YouTube video by DEFCONConference
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Gunnar Hillert @hillert.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
I just wonder how negatively the #Iran war will affect global food production in 2026/2027 as we also deal with #ElNino (climate) and #Ukraine (grain exports / fertilizer) Source: www.globalpetrolprices.com/diesel_prices/
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Diesel prices around the world, 07-Sep-2026 | GlobalPetrolPrices.com
Diesel prices by country using official data sources.
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Gunnar Hillert @hillert.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Since #diesel prices in the #USA 🇺🇸 are going through the roof it is interesting to note how cheap Diesel in the US still is compared to the rest of the world.
A chart showing the diesel prices per liter across various countries
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Gunnar Hillert @hillert.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Burning through almost $1/4B in one night ... 😬.
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Gunnar Hillert @hillert.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
How many palms 🌴 fit into a crew cab 🙂? My annual pilgrimage to Jeff Marcus of #Floribunda. Jeff is THE leading authority on cultivating palms on this planet. Bill Baker, John Dransfield & colleagues from @rbgkew.bsky.social even named a palm after Jeff: Chrysalidocarpus marcusorum. #plantcollector
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Gunnar Hillert @hillert.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
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Jan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
In country after country we start to see EV sales up and ICE down. The lines cross in an X typical for transitions. Norway in 2019. Sweden and Nepal in 2023. Denmark and Singapore in 2024. Belgium and the Netherlands in 2025. Finland is crossing now. janrosenow.substack.com/p/the-car-in...
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Gunnar Hillert @hillert.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
I wonder if in their minds they would rather have this version of the arch. #fascism
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Gunnar Hillert @hillert.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
In some unnamed company devs were not supposed to ever use Maven Central but were instead required to build every direct & 3rd (maybe even 4th) party dependency from source & add that to an internal repo. The wording around that sounded similar to #TrueSource ...weirdly OSGi just crossed my mind 🙃.
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Erik C. Thauvin @erik.thauvin.net · 02/09/2026
TornadoVM 6.0.0: JVMCI-Free, JDK 21–27 Compatible, Zero JNI, and a Leaner Core #ai #cuda #gpu #hpc #java #jdk #opensource #tornado www.tornadovm.org/blogs...
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Gunnar Hillert @hillert.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
I hope this is not what I think it might be. This definitely needs clarification, as the wording in the article is highly ambiguous!
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Jan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
The car industry didn’t see this coming. In 2015, 330k fully electric cars were sold globally, about 1% of the market. In 2025 it was 14m, close to 1/5 of all new cars. The fleet on the road tells you about the past. Sales figures tell you about the future. janrosenow.substack.com/p/the-car-in...
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The car industry didn’t see this coming
From Norway to Nepal, current sales reveal a transition far further along than the stock on the road suggests.
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Gunnar Hillert @hillert.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Great episode by @mercoglianos.bsky.social from #Hawaii 🤙 on the disruptive events in #shipping ⛵. The channel is on my weekly “must-watch” list for following current events and making sense of the crazy world we live in right now. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jf9K...
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Understanding Global Shipping Risks: Black Swans, Black Jellyfish & Black Elephants
YouTube video by What's Going on With Shipping?
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Gunnar Hillert @hillert.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Dit is halt Berlin, wa. Da jeht so einiges. 😥
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