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Work at Rewilding Britain - Advocacy and Policy - Wales Vice-Chair of Tir Natur Views my own.

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Rewilding Britain @rewildingbritain.org.uk · 16/09/2026
Rewilding is about connecting land, seas, and communities to help nature recover. 🌿 This new video shows what’s possible when we work together, through an incredible Network of rewilding practitioners restoring ecosystems in Britain. 🎬 Watch the film: f.mtr.cool/tmow7h2urr
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Wales Environment Link @waleslink.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
In Feb, we were lucky enough to see peregrine falcons in person with their new Champion, Mark Drakeford! They were flying around City Hall, putting on a great show Thank you to @jameshitch.bsky.social & @robthomasbirds.bsky.social for your excellent hosting and telescope-providing #SpeciesChampions
A group of people talking, including Mark Drakeford MS, standing in front of the National Museum in CardiffA circular image through a telescope, showing a peregrine perched on top of a cherub statue on the edge of City HallJames Hitchcock from Rewilding Britain, with Mark, who is holding the Wales Rewilding Manifesto Rob Thomas looking through his telescope on the pavement, with a few people passing by
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Jon Moses @jon-moses.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
There is a viral video going around on X and Facebook which has been seized on by the far-right. It claims to show a young British Asian destroying a dry stone wall. But as so often with such ragebait, the video isn't what it seems. Here is my, probably forlorn, attempt to correct the record.
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The far-right and a dry stone wall
a viral video promoted by racists is not what it seems
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Jon Moses @jon-moses.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Very pleased to have played a role in the founding of @cynghrairailwylltio.cymru. Here's what I had to say: "Rewilding is repopulation. The answer to our social and ecological challenges is the same: we need a diversification of rural life, just as we need a diversification of habitat." /1
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Rewilding Britain @rewildingbritain.org.uk · 31/03/2026
It’s time for your monthly #RewildingWins! 🤩 March has been a truly wild month, showing us how rewilding is benefitting people and nature. Scroll down to read more👇 1/7
Young Eurasian lynx reclining on a mossy log beneath bold text that reads "Rewilding wins of the month. March 2026". Photo credit: Ondrej Prosicky/Getty images/Canva
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Jon Moses @jon-moses.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
Very happy to be representing @righttoroam.bsky.social as a member of this new rewilding alliance, and to have authored its launch report: The Welsh Way to Wild. 1) Read the report and sign up to the mailing list at: rewildingalliance.cymru 2) Give the alliance a follow: @cynghrairalwylltio.cymru
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
Nigel Farage lied multiple times at his press conference today - including saying no-one who voted Green in Gorton and Denton has a job and he's "certain" Reform won most British born voters in the by-election, based on zero evidence, and yet not a single journalist there pushed back on them
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James Hitchcock @jameshitch.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
Did you watch Dirty Business? And it is covering a very dirty business. Heartbreaking and infuriating. Putting profit before public health - it’s a scandal and the Government MUST take action! Sick of sewage? Add your name to the petition today: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/en...
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End the sewage pollution scandal
We're sick of it. Sick of the lies, sick of the greed, and sick of a system rigged against us. This is a scandal and this dirty business must end. For more than 30 years water companies have put corpo...
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Guy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
@luketryl.bsky.social Hi Luke, have you published the full MiC polling on Labour defectors and nature policies that was discussed in the Guardian this week? Thanks! - www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Wales Environment Link @waleslink.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
So pleased to announce Mark Drakeford - sponsored by @jameshitch.bsky.social with @rewildingbritain.org.uk - as the last MS to join our Species Champion project for 2021-2026 term! Just under the wire, we'll be trying to peregrine-spot at City Hall very soon cardiffjournalism.co.uk/intercardiff...
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James Hitchcock @jameshitch.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
Hey! I just called on the UK government to scrap anti-protest laws which attack our hard won democratic freedoms. Please can you defend the right to protest too by signing the petition? act.gp/3pIM9ns
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If you agree the govt should not strip away our right to protest, add your name
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James Hitchcock @jameshitch.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
Reasons to be cheerful. Part 1. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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‘It fully changed my life!’ How young rewilders transformed a farm – and began a movement
At Maple Farm, nature is returning in droves: nightingales, grass snakes, slowworms, bats and insects. All due to the vision of a group determined to accelerate its recovery
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Prof Bill McGuire @profbillmcguire.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
Talk about a metaphor 😀 You really couldn't make it up www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...
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COP30 fire: BBC at the scene of 'intense' blaze
Climate Editor Justin Rowlatt was at the UN climate talks in Brazil when a fire broke out.
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Jim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
this is brilliant satire: “Given what I took to be the anti-Trump nature of the Sketch, I of course assumed there would be a similar, balancing Sketch discussing the possibility that the Capitol building had attacked the rioters....."
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Guy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
"To ensure the BBC’s independence, impartiality and trust, Robbie Gibb should have no role in appointing the new director general" Good call by @eddavey.libdems.org.uk: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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The first step towards saving our precious BBC: remove Robbie Gibb from the board | Ed Davey
The BBC belongs to all of us, and it is under attack as never before. The government must defend it from its enemies, within and without, says Liberal Democrat leader Ed Davey
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James Hitchcock @jameshitch.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
Sanity. Thankfully. How far we've slipped that this appeal even came to be needed. I feel relief and joy for Marcus and his family. With a lack of leadership on climate in the face of widespread public support, what else are people supposed to do?
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James Hitchcock @jameshitch.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
The populist right can be beaten when people are offered hope and a vision of a fairer future. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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How did we beat Nigel Farage and Reform in Caerphilly? We stood by our convictions | Rhun ap Iorwerth
Welsh voters have rejected Labour and Starmerite managerialism. By offering hope and not division we showed the populist right can be beaten, says Rhun ap Iorwerth, leader of Plaid Cymru
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Election Maps UK @electionmaps.uk · 31/10/2025
Bromsgrove South (Worcestershire) Council By-Election Result: 🔶 LDM: 51.9% (+20.3) ➡️ RFM: 33.4% (-1.5) 🌳 CON: 11.3% (-5.8) 🌹 LAB: 3.4% (-4.1) No GRN (-5.5) or Ind (-3.4) as previous. Liberal Democrat GAIN from Reform. Changes w/ 2025.
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WWF EU @wwf.eu · 31/10/2025
⏰It's time: the EU’s credibility on human rights & climate is on the line. Ahead of the #Omnibus I vote, 140+ EU & non-EU CSOs urge MEPs to back a strong, fair deal that protects workers, communities & our planet, not corporate interests. corporatejustice.org/publications...
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James Ball @jamesrball.com · 05/10/2025
*gasp*
“Everyone thought we’d come in and there were going to be these huge costs we could cut away but there just aren’t,” said a third senior Reform cabinet member in Kent.
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Right to Roam @righttoroam.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
We don't just want 9 river walks, we want access to all rivers. 96% of rivers in England and Wales have no rights of access. Landowners have blocked public access to rivers for centuries. Labour's promise is just 9 new river walks. We say that's not enough.
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James Murray @james-bg.bsky.social · 19/10/2025
This is the third story in the past week detailing how natural carbon sinks are starting to falter. We don’t know nearly enough about how these tipping points could play out, but the potential for genuinely terrifying outcomes should be obvious by now. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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World’s oceans losing their greenness through global heating, study finds
Researchers say decline in phytoplankton suggests weakened planetary capacity to absorb carbon dioxide
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Nicola Chester @nicolawriting.bsky.social · 19/10/2025
Come on over …
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James Hitchcock @jameshitch.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
“Food is at the heart of both human well-being and planetary health,” said co-chair Shakuntala Thilsted. “Transformation must go beyond producing enough calories. It must guarantee the right to food, fair work and a healthy environment for all.” www.politico.eu/article/food...
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Food is wrecking the planet. And Europe has lost its appetite for change.
A landmark study says food systems are breaching Earth’s limits. Europe once promised to lead the way, but the revolution fizzled.
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James Hitchcock @jameshitch.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
Fur real good 🦫🦫🦫🦫🦫🦫🦫🌳🌳🌳🌳🌳
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James Hitchcock @jameshitch.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
A big step forward for Wales. Nice work Welsh Government. Strong wording around their vital role in helping nature recovery, water quality and flow. #beavers #nature BBC News - Beavers set to become a protected species in Wales www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Beavers set to become protected species in Wales under legislation
The changes bring Wales into line with England and Scotland in recognising beavers as requiring protection.
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Guy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
Kemi Badenoch's pledge to scrap the Climate Change Act has now been condemned by Theresa May, Lord Deben (John Gummer), Alok Sharma, the Confederation of British Industry, the Church of England, the Catholic Church - all previously mainstays of the Tory party: www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Senior Tories dismayed at Badenoch’s ‘catastrophic’ vow to repeal Climate Change Act
Theresa May, Alok Sharma, business and church leaders say plan would harm UK and not even Margaret Thatcher would have countenanced it
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James Hitchcock @jameshitch.bsky.social · 27/09/2025
“.as the climate crisis has accelerated, it is increasingly indefensible for 📰 of climate change not to make it clear that this crisis is driven by very specific human activities – primarily burning fossil fuels. And in 2nd place is food, agriculture, forestry.” www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Meat is a leading emissions source – but few outlets report on it, analysis finds
Sentient Media reveals less than 4% of climate news stories mention animal agriculture as source of carbon emissions
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James Hitchcock @jameshitch.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
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James Hitchcock @jameshitch.bsky.social · 13/09/2025
Lovely piece. "As he drives off, waving, I wonder why this kind of interaction feels so rare, so unexpected, in the British countryside." Well. Quite. A Right to Roam and a Responsible Access Code could be the change. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Country diary: Searching for sanctuary, we find something else entirely | Eben Muse
Drakes Broughton, Worcestershire: The scourge of rural litter is enough to bring anyone together, even a farmer and us, trying to camp for the night in his field
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James Hitchcock @jameshitch.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
Very well said. 👏👏👏 I'd also add: food is a commodity that we pay for at point of sale. Our taxes should be spent on public benefits, delivering multiple targets and helping save money across departments. amanwy.blogspot.com/2025/07/we-n...
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We need to re-set the debate on farming
Speech in the Senedd on 16th July 2025 Let me start with the obvious: Farming is hard. I am proud to come from a family of farmers, and I un...
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
All power to @chrisgpackham.bsky.social and @wildjustice.bsky.social in pursuing this crucial case. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Sheep are destroying precious British habitats – and we taxpayers are footing the bill | Chris Packham
Large parts of Dartmoor have been denuded of wildlife, harmed by farming and a mess of government schemes that are costly in every way, says naturalist and broadcaster Chris Packham
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Raptor Persecution UK @raptorpersuk.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
Oh! His support for driven grouse shooting during Monday's debate now makes a lot more sense! FYI, @oliviablakemp.bsky.social raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/07/03/p...
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Pro-grouse shooting Labour MP Sam Rushworth received £10,000 donation from local grouse moor gamekeeper group
Perhaps the most surprising pro-grouse shooting voice at Monday’s Westminster Hall debate on driven grouse shooting was Sam Rushworth MP, the Labour MP for Bishop Auckland. Wild Justice descr…
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Rewilding Britain @rewildingbritain.org.uk · 27/06/2025
We're at the Welsh Labour Party Conference this week, complete with exhibition stand and our Rewilding Manifesto, ready to talk about what rewilding could do for nature in Wales. If you’re attending, please make sure to stop by and say hello – we're at Stand 37 in the Atrium. Welwn ni chi yno! 👋
Photo of Rewilding Britain's James Hitchcock and Ollie Newham in front of a stand at the Welsh Labour Party conference.
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Rewilding Britain @rewildingbritain.org.uk · 05/06/2025
We’re thrilled to see the @commonseac.parliament.uk report featured today on The Guardian, calling for urgent action to protect UK seas. It contains many bold and vital steps that we champion in our Wilder Seas report, launched yesterday in collaboration with @mcsuk.bsky.social. 1/3
Screenshot of a Guardian news story overlayed on a background photo of the sea. The news story is titled: UK MPs call for ban on bottom trawling in protected marine areas'.
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Rewilding Britain @rewildingbritain.org.uk · 21/05/2025
Join @oceanauk.bsky.social in demanding a ban on bottom trawling in Marine Protected Areas👇 act.for-the-ocean.org/act/protect-...
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James Hitchcock @jameshitch.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
Great conversations and a very inspiring site,undertaking a great mix of work, underpinned by very thorough monitoring and recording.
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James Hitchcock @jameshitch.bsky.social · 11/05/2025
"The state of English water taps into something deep – something visceral. It has become a symbol of a rigged economy, a failed regulatory state, a political class that either can’t or won’t fix what it broke." #rivers #blue #blueconomy #freshwater #waterislife www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Fixing England’s water isn’t just the right thing to do – it can be the start of Labour’s fightback | Clive Lewis
There is an appetite in this country for policy that will change lives. What is more fundamental than the water we use and bills we pay, asks Labour MP Clive Lewis
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
1. This is a thread about Horticultural Extrapolation. Not something you're likely to have thought about, but it's time some people did. What is it? It's projecting the mechanics of fruit and veg growing onto the entire food system. It's surprisingly common, and frequently leads people astray. 🧵
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James Hitchcock @jameshitch.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
Please sign and then pass it on! We need this debate.
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Guy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
Eye-opening graph. The biggest wildfire incidents in the UK don't occur when it's hottest, in high summer: they take place in April - *when landowners set fire to their grouse moors & lose control of burns.* Time to ban moorland burning. Source: www.iucn-uk-peatlandprogramme.org/sites/defaul...
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Mark Avery @markavery.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
If you are a UK citzen living abroad you can still sign petitions like this one. Plz have a look at this one. #australia #spain #france #usa #canada #portugal #greece #newzealand #cyprus #india #ireland #netherlands #germany #belgium #italy #greece #poland petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
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Petition: Ban driven grouse shooting
Chris Packham, Ruth Tingay and Mark Avery (Wild Justice) believe that driven grouse shooting is bad for people, the environment and wildlife. People; we think grouse shooting is economically insignifi...
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Rewilding Britain @rewildingbritain.org.uk · 14/03/2025
Wales Rewilding lead James and Marine Rewilding Lead Jacques attended the One Ocean Symposium in Rhyl yesterday and left feeling energised and excited about the large-scale coastal protection already taking place to protect marine habitats 🌊   🧵1/4
Photo taken at the One Ocean Symposium of a room filled with people sat down listening to a speaker stood at the front of the room.
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James Hitchcock @jameshitch.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
Some wise words from Gerald Manley Hopkins. For a fine spring day. Bees, chiffchaffs and celandines abound
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James Kennedy @jameskennedy.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
"We are a society of altruists governed by psychopaths" The great @georgemonbiot.bsky.social dropping truth bombs on this weeks show. Check it out (and please subscribe) ✊️ youtu.be/l5_jS5SQfDQ?...
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#71 - George Monbiot - How we beat The Invisible Doctrine
YouTube video by The James Kennedy Podcast
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Good Food Institute Europe @gfieurope.org · 26/02/2025
📢UK’s Seventh Carbon Budget puts healthy sustainable diets in the spotlight, seeking to realise the huge co-benefits of protein diversification for both climate and public health, and support ways to give plants a larger role on people’s plates. Learn more: gfieurope.org/blog/uksseve...
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Alasdair Cameron @alasdaircameron.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
I see so many posts, here and elsewhere, about how we need to reframe or rethink rewilding to make it less divisive. I disagree. Firstly any new thing will create disagreement, that’s fine. Secondly, polling suggests people love the idea. The idea it’s super divisive is largely industry narrative.
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Tony Juniper @tonyjuniper.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
I published these 10 & 12 years ago, when it seemed that frames like ‘get rid of the green crap’ & environmental groups being lumped into an ‘anti-growth coalition’ were on their way out. Truth is though that there is no growth on a polluted & degraded planet. Perhaps I’ll write new editions.
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James Hitchcock @jameshitch.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
Quite! And that's assuming he'll drop his constant overseas trips and multiple other roles. As the article says @teamlabouruk.bsky.social in Wales must acknowledge this threat and work to see it off
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North Wales Wildlife Trust / Ymddiriedolaeth Natur Gogledd Cymru @northwaleswt.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
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Myth-busting bats, newts and the economy vs nature protections | The Wildlife Trusts
There has been widespread misinformation blaming nature as a blocker to growth in the run up to the Chancellor’s speech this week, writes Joe Keegan, public affairs officer at The Wildlife Trusts.
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