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arr @arr.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
This makes me hopeful. This number is aspirational but nowhere near out of reach: a working professional could realistically cash out their 401k and buy off a public official. Owning a senator is more attainable for most Americans than home ownership.
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Nicolas Hénin @nicolashenin.net · 17/09/2026
Nice campaign by the Norwegian Consumer Council about the declining lifespan of products. Enjoy!
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Rob Delaney @robdelaney.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Always www.nytimes.com/2026/09/09/o...
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Opinion | Blame Ronald Reagan (Gift Article)
We are suffering the consequences of the conservative revolution that began in the 1980s.
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born miserable @bornmiserable.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
the way things are going, the only safe thing to eat will be the rich
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
A remarkable essay. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
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The Wrong Kind of American
The Trump White House needed me—until the fact that I am trans became public.
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Jerry Chen @jcsalterego.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
introducing the 10,000 year dishwasher. it is a modern art installation of a dishwasher that will take 10,000 years to unload and reload. it encourages humanity to consider the long time horizon of our civilization. haha just kidding i'm actually just very lazy
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Chris B-Eeeeek!-ler 👻 @cwbuecheler.com · 06/08/2026
I would like to see more companies admit this - being a public company no longer means running a successful, thriving business. It strictly means delivering growth to investors, every single quarter, who do not care at all about the product the company sells or the people who produce it.
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 12/07/2026
Lindsey Graham was one of the main subjects of a @theatlantic.com cover story I wrote in 2020, on why people collaborate with regimes they know are immoral. Here's a gift link: www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
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History Will Judge the Complicit
Why have Republican leaders abandoned their principles in support of an immoral and dangerous president?
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Ryan Estrada @ryanestrada.com · 29/05/2026
Paramount+ wanted to use the image on the left as a poster for the wrath of Khan, so they used everyone's least favorite technology to generate the rest of the image.
A close up of captain kirk getting his eyes scanned. It is cut off above the eyebrows and below his mouth.The same image in a thumbnail for Star Trek, the wrath of Khan. But AI has painted the rest of the image so that Kirk is a balding man in a business suit.
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Lilah Sturges @lilahsturges.com · 17/05/2026
Editor: You get those photos of Steven Spielberg and E.T.? Photographer: Sure did boss, real fuckin sexy just like you asked. Editor: what
A photo of a young Spielberg being cuddled by E.T.
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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 10/05/2026
Nirvana: You could never be one of those stereotypical soccer moms. (Your kids play lacrosse.)
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What Your Favorite ’90s Band Says About the Kind of Bored Suburban Mom You Are Today
Nirvana: You could never be one of those stereotypical soccer moms. (Your kids play lacrosse.) 5/8/25 5/6/26
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Quinta Jurecic @qjurecic.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
The problem—which both the GOP and the milquetoast institutionalists seem to not be grappling with here—is that the more you close off avenues of political change through the democratic process, the more you push people to see extra-institutional mechanisms as their only option
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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 08/05/2026
Emma raises a hand. “So if everyone believes in the stickers, they’re valuable.” “Yes.” “And if people stop believing?” Ms. Delgado pauses. “Then they might not be.” Oliver raises his hand. “My dad bought a sticker once.” The class gasps. “What kind?” asks Liam. “A monkey.”
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A Kindergarten Teacher Attempts to Explain Cryptocurrency, and Accidentally Creates a New Financial System
At 9:03 a.m., Ms. Delgado makes the mistake of asking the class what their parents do for work. “Dentist,” says Maya. “Firefighter,” says Liam. “Bus driver,”...
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Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
This is a must read.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
If undocumented migrants aren't in Jesse Watters' bedroom, why can't ICE agents be stationed there?
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Scott Tobias @scotttobias.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
"I'm doing my part!"
ICE kidz at the airport.A child soldier to replace the waves of dead infantrymen fighting the bugs in Starship Troopers.
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Cinephilia & Beyond @cinephiliabeyond.org · 13/03/2026
“But, as you see, it's a beautiful day, the Strait of Hormuz is open and people are having a wonderful time.”
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Gerry Doyle @mgerrydoyle.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
this means it is not open for transit
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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
Me in the Criterion Closet: wow Hollow Man, what a film Criterion employee: you aren’t allowed to bring movies in Me in the Criterion Closet shaking my sleeves in an odd way: wow Hollow Man 2, what a film
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Dan @danmorse.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
one of my strongest beliefs is that we're in our situation right now bc some of the most prominent talking heads (e.g. joe rogan, andrew schulz) are learning about politics in their 40s and 50s, instead of their teens and early 20s, and we have to go along for the ride as they learn basic things
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hitchosawa.bsky.social @hitchosawa.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
So, can we convince Amazon to re-release MELANIA to theaters like we did with MORBIUS after it bombs out this run? "It's Melan'ing time!"
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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 30/01/2026
Tomorrow's Premium: The 15k word Hater's Guide To Oracle, an evil company that needs $150bn in the next 2 years and for OpenAI to become the most successful company in history or it will run out of money by 2030. Here's $10 off annual. edzitronswheresyouredatghostio.outpost.pub/public/promo...
The TikTok Acquisition And Oracle’s Potential Collapse Sets Us Up For The Funniest Conclusion Possible
You probably are wondering why I didn’t talk about Oracle becoming a partial owner of the US version of TikTok, and that’s because I wanted to save the best for last.

Oracle has, for some time, been TikTok’s official US infrastructure partner. Per TechCrunch:

Oracle will serve as the trusted security partner, responsible for auditing and ensuring compliance with National Security Terms, according to a memo. The company already provides cloud services for TikTok and manages user data in the U.S. Notably, Oracle previously made a bid for TikTok back in 2020.

Here’s another great factoid about TikTok: it loses billions and billions of dollars:

TikTok’s parent, ByteDance, doesn’t disclose TikTok’s financial performance. But ByteDance investors estimate TikTok lost several billion dollars last year on revenue of roughly $20 billion.

Now that ByteDance isn’t principally responsible for the health of the app, and within a few days of the deal closing, its algorithm went to dogshit. While TikTok is attempting to claim that a power outage was to blame, anybody with even a basic knowledge of anything knows that algorithms do not live in different parts of a data center, and that the most likely reason behind the deterioration is Oracle diddling with the algorithm itself, as TechCrunch reported it would:

A White House official previously said Oracle would replicate and secure a new U.S. version of the algorithm, and the U.S.-based TikTok owners could lease the algorithm from ByteDance, which Oracle will then retrain.
So, let’s review:
Oracle has already fucked with the TikTok algorithm, the main reason people use the app, and people using the app is how the app makes money (by serving them ads).
TikTok was already losing billions of dollars.
Larry Ellison’s wealth is almost entirely tied to his shares of Oracle.
Oracle’s shares are tied to the health of the company, and said shares are already losing value because of Oracle’s egregious debt.
This situation will only improve if Oracle is able to build data centers that are behind schedule and it does not yet have the capital to build, requiring debt that bankers are hesitant to provide. 
Even if successful, if OpenAI cannot pay for the compute, Oracle’s shares will slide into oblivion.
All the while, Oracle just bought into one of its largest cloud customers, and is currently in the process of making its business less-valuable.

As it stands, Oracle is a company in decline that has attached itself to a low-to-negative margin business with extensive, debt-ridden setup costs, with a primary customer that required over $140 billion in funding just to stop itself falling over and dying by the end of 2026. 

Oracle continually misses analyst estimates, swindles customers into expensive contracts and then sues them to bleed them for more money, has employees that tell me that life there is utterly miserable, and is inarguably an enterprise in sharp decline, one accelerated by the desperate, egoistical predilections of Larry Ellison, a guy who allegedly stepped down a decade ago but fully intends to drive the entire company off a cliff.

If allowed to, Oracle will be swallowed whole by its debt, and won’t have much of a business to fall back upon. 

In writing this piece, I have tried to look for something resembling an Oracle fan - somebody that appreciates the software or will defend it on any level. 

All I can find are the most wretched AI boosters, desperate to kiss up to anybody who will incinerate billions of dollars to build dat…Perhaps I’m trashed off hopium, but I see no scenario that ends with anything other than the near-destruction of Oracle, and even if a government bailout exists, it will take decades - if it’s even possible - to recover from what I believe will be an historic destruction of shareholder capital, all borne of the hubris of one of the most nakedly anti-consumer companies in the history of capitalism.

I hate Oracle. I’ve spent hours and hours reading about Oracle, learning all about Oracle, thinking about Oracle, philosophizing about Oracle, and never before have I witnessed a company that’s so thoroughly debased its products, customers and shareholders.

This company has taken the piss for decades, and I think it’s finally its time for a reckoning.

Could Larry Ellison be rendered penniless? Doubtful. But the outcome of decades of fucking over customers and terrible financial decisions may finally tear down his rotten legacy.
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MinnMax @minnmax.com · 23/01/2026
In solidarity with today's ICE OUT OF MINNESOTA blackout, MinnMax is donating $1 to the Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota for every share of this Bluesky post for the next hour.
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Popehat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
To be fair the average five-year-old probably presents a threat to Greg Bovino
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public health guy @publichealthguy1.bsky.social · 25/12/2025
still my favorite christmas post
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Dec 25, 2020
Ebenezer Scrooge: Goes outside
500 Muppets: There goes Mr Asshole! There Goes Mr Bitch!
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James Vincent @jjvincent.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
can't stop watching this clip of a tesla Optimus teleoperator taking his headset off before properly logging out the robot
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Brian Hughes @bmhughes.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥
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Handsome Bigfoot Lawyer @lighterfandango.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
My, "I DO NOT PEPPER SPRAY CHILDREN" shirt has people, etc etc
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Better Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
I think any story about Trump's autocracy should be mostly about the people and institutions who failed to stop it. This guy isn't a political genius, everything else just happens to be rotten. 'Toddler Consolidates Power In Household' is a story about incompetent parents, not shrewd maneuvering
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don't hug me I'm porksweats @porksweats.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
CHOTINER: So you asked for a Birkin bag? KOKO: Yes. Possession Bag. CHOTINER: And you had the funds to acquire this? KOKO: No, Professor Purchase Koko Gorilla CHOTINER: That doesn't sound like the funds were justifiable. KOKO: Hostility Interviewer
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
🚨BIG changes happening -- ICE leadership is being purged tonight. The old guard, which prioritized targeted enforcement operations aimed at people with criminal records, is being replaced with Border Patrol and Gregory Bovino's "Midway Blitz" style. Think things are bad now? It'll get worse.
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BREAKING: Per four senior DHS & Trump admin sources, a mass removal of ICE leadership around the country is underway, with up to 12 ICE field office chiefs being removed & reassigned in an effort to increase deportation numbers. I'm told the move is spearheaded by Corey Lewandowski, and a handful of the ICE Chiefs will likely be replaced by Border Patrol & CBP officials, some of whom will be hand-picked by aggressive & controversial Border Patrol Commander Greg Bovino. I'm told some of the ICE leadership removed from their positions include the ICE Field Office Directors in:

- Los Angeles
- Phoenix
- Philadelphia
- Denver
- El Paso
- San Diego
- Seattle/Portland
- New Orleans

Border Patrol officials taking over ICE leadership positions would be extremely significant, as Border Patrol and ICE do different things, and I've done numerous ride-alongs/embeds with both.Generally speaking, ICE typically conducts very targeted operations, largely going after criminal illegal aliens or those with deportation orders, but almost always knowing who they are targeting for arrest, often conducting surveillance to learn their schedules before and waiting hours before arresting them if needed.

Border Patrol, under Trump 2.0, while sometimes doing their own targeted operations, has been extremely aggressive and has been at the forefront of some of the most controversial immigration enforcement operations we've seen so far, carrying out roving patrols in Los Angeles, Chicago, etc, often at Home Depot, car washes, flea markets etc, leading to a handful of federal judges around the country issuing injunctions against them. A majority of the viral videos you see online are Border Patrol agents, including the use of a Trojan horse style Penske moving truck at a Los Angeles Home Depot, an operation organized by Bovino. 

ICE often gets blamed for what Border Patrol does, as the media and activists often cannot tell the difference between federal agents, and everyone is called "ICE". I'm told there are growing concerns about the political and PR fallout associated with some of the roving patrols Border Patrol is conducting as lawsuits continue to stack up and mid-terms approach next year. I'm told there is significant friction within different wings of DHS and the administration, with Border Czar Tom Homan & ICE Director Todd Lyons preferring to prioritize targeting criminal aliens & the "worst of the worst" or those with deportation orders, while DHS Secretary Kristi Noem, Corey Lewandowski, and BP Commander Bovino prefer to use aggressive tactics to arrest anyone in the US illegally, including but not limited to criminals, to ramp up deportation numbers and achieve President Trump's promises of mass deportations. 

I am hearing from both sides of this friction.

One senior DHS official tells me:

"ICE started with the worst of the worst, knowing every target they are hitting, but since Border Patrol started in LA in June, we've (DHS) lost our focus, going too hard, too fast, with limited prioritization. It's getting numbers, but at what cost?".

Border Patrol agents I've talked to defend their tactics, with one telling me:

"What did everyone think mass deportations meant? Only the worst? Tom Homan has said it himself, anyone in the US illegally is on the table."It's quite a situation, as both sides of this are on the same team, with the same end goals, but different perspectives on how to get there. 

Another DHS official confirmed the personnel changes to me on deep background, adding that the moves are based on performance and doing what is needed to achieve the best results. 

Official statement to 
@FoxNews
 via 
@TriciaOhio
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"While we have no personnel changes to announce at this time, the Trump Administration remains laser focused on delivering results and removing violent criminal illegal aliens from this country."
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onion person @junlper.beer · 22/10/2025
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Brett "Solidarity 2026" Banditelli @banditelli.org · 17/10/2025
Feeling dehydrated? This quenched my thirst. www.wsj.com/us-news/zohr...
New York's Richest Ask 'how Dare He?' as Mamdani Closes In on City Hall
The city's 1% realize their influence is waning: It's hard to be chill and relaxed'
It was just after finishing a set of pelvic floor exercises that a Pilates instructor on the Upper East Side recently brought up one of the least popular men in the neighborhood: New York City
mayoral front-runner Zohran Mamdani,.

All of a sudden the class, which costs $50 a pop, became something of a political confab. In between sets, some women strategized about helping former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo,
who they see as more palatable, pull off an upset. Others gushed about a recent New York Post cover depicting Gov. Kathy Hochul, who had recently endorsed Mamdani, as a devotee of Mao Zedong.

New York's richest residents can't stop talking about Mamdani, the Democratic nominee. To many of the city's uber-wealthy, his sustained
popularity has been a shock. The 33-year-old, self. described Democratic Socialist is the overwhelming favorite to win City Hall next month, on a platform that includes free buses and free child care--programs that, the moneyed
are well aware, somebody needs to shell out for.

"I hope Mamdani is going to give out free Xanax," said Caroline Leventhal, a lifelong Upper East sider who co-founded 'Mic'd and Medicated," a podcast that dissects the lifestyle of cosmetic surgeries and private ski instructors. "It's hard to
be chill and relaxed."
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Popehat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 11/10/2025
Should the New York Times be sold to Pennysaver and its editors sent to work in Amazon warehouses? It depends on who you ask.
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Elizabeth Lopatto @lopatto.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
please read my memo www.theverge.com/business/793...
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Memo to Bari Weiss Re: CBS News: You’re doomed
Bari Weiss has sold her company, The Free Press, to manage the decline of broadcast news at CBS. How many ways can it go wrong?
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hitchosawa.bsky.social @hitchosawa.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
This is a great article, and this line in particular struck me: "We indeed have to live with one another, but terms and conditions apply." The whole thing is worth a read
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Erin Fogg says Free Link @criminalerin.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
Adidas marketing manager in 1993: You get that sneaker ad done? David Lynch: Sure did boss, real fucking surreal and kind of scary, just like you said Adidas marketing manager: First of all, and I am on a tremendous amount of cocaine, I love it
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Len @len.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
"The deal is a huge bet that artificial intelligence can significantly cut EA’s operating costs, allowing the equity consortium to manage a large debt load on a company that historically carried limited net debt." Oh okay so they're dead dead. We're not just talking about BioWare like EA is dead.
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Video games maker Electronic Arts strikes $55bn deal to go private
Saudi-backed transaction orchestrated by Jared Kushner and Silver Lake is biggest-ever leveraged buyout
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hitchosawa.bsky.social @hitchosawa.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
Tell me you never went to any of your kid's doctors appointments without telling me you never went to any of their appointments. Also, love the idea of a "blend" - can we request different aromas?
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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
the biden administration suspecting and proving that homan would take a bribe and then being unprepared to take the next step and just letting him walk away with $50k for doing nothing is so on the nose it just doesnt feel real
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Gareth Watkins @garethwatkins.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
Dam been writing a book about this and she just TikToked it in 90 seconds.
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hitchosawa.bsky.social @hitchosawa.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
This almost makes me want to buy and install a flag pole so I can fly my flag at full mast
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Charlie Warzel @cwarzel.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
it’s early but it seems like maybe this is relevant again (wrote it last week fml)
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The Mass Shooters Are Performing for One Another
The goal of these attacks is to join a lineage of infamous killers.
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Pookleblinky @pookleblinky.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
Every centrist hagiographer: he said some very important stuff Everyone: oh, like what? Every centrist hagiographer: very important things Everyone: Can you repeat some of those things he said? Every centrist hagiographer, looking at their legal department frantically shaking their heads: no
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alexis simpson is confused by display name changes @amutepiggy.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
(trying to explain "fuck, marry, kill" to a black widow spider) no it's *three different* guys
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hitchosawa.bsky.social @hitchosawa.bsky.social · 06/09/2025
Tell me you didn't understand Apocalypse Now without telling me you didn't understand Apocalypse Now
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