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James O'Brien

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Writer. Editor. Musician. Filmmaker.

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James O'Brien @jamesobriennyc.bsky.social · 12h
Watch the new episode of EUNS TV - “Film Studies” … Out now. Subscribe at any paid level for EUNS TV. And all subscribers, paid or free, get strange new EUNS fiction every Sunday: bit.ly/462mlo6
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James O'Brien @jamesobriennyc.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
A three-parter at Everything Is Useless And Nothing Is Solved reaches its reverse climax this week. It’s all a terrible error in an airport bathroom stall. It’s ‘Dog Soda’. Subscribe to EUNS for strange, sublime fiction. Weekly. uselessunsolved.substack.com/p/dog-soda?r...
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Dog Soda
‘If you do have the phrase, my dear fellow, I would suggest you employ it quickly.’
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James O'Brien @jamesobriennyc.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
A week of two approaches to politics.  Tuesday: “Patriot Blues,” a new video for the new single. ICE, Space Force, Trump’s ballroom, and RFK Jr.  Thursday: the midterms. Much in the way of positive news. And a darker tide, opposing the coming blue wave. Subscribe to All Your Days: bit.ly/4f5AbeU
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James O'Brien @jamesobriennyc.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
POLITICS: Twice-weekly essays at All Your Days: allyourdays.substack.com FICTION: Weekly installments at Everything Is Useless And Nothing Is Solved: uselessunsolved.substack.com MUSIC: Politically aware tunes, experiments … new singles at Wavelengths: www.jamesobrienhq.com/store/p/wave...
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James O'Brien @jamesobriennyc.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
There’s a blue wave, and it may well be coming America’s way. There’s also a red button that says “martial law,” and the president’s insane allies are telling him to press it. The topic is upsets. The newsletter is All Your Days. allyourdays.substack.com/p/upsets?r=3...
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Upsets
The November numbers are looking very positive for Democrats in both the House and Senate—Trump’s allies are calling for martial law
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James O'Brien @jamesobriennyc.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Friends of the internet. I give you the "Patriot Blues." May mine help to alleviate yer own.
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James O'Brien @jamesobriennyc.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
ICE arrests in America are blowing away monthly records; more than 70 people have died, and American outrage is evidently taking a late September fade. New article—and a new music video—today at All Your Days. allyourdays.substack.com/p/patriot-bl...
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Patriot Blues
Watch now (4 mins) | ICE arrests in America are blowing away monthly records; more than 70 people have died, and American outrage is evidently taking a late September fade
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James O'Brien @jamesobriennyc.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Everything Is Useless And Nothing Is Solved goes serial in a multi-parter from the burned-out, burned-down, permanently weird American Southwest. This week, it’s Trashland. Subscribe to EUNS. uselessunsolved.substack.com/p/white-merc...
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White Mercedes
‘My job is to keep em cool and dry em out! I just cool and dry em! I don’t defuse! I ain’t the defuser!’
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James O'Brien @jamesobriennyc.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
The Wavelengths music series continues this month with “Patriot Blues” The new single arrives for subscribers on September 28. Subscribe for new music at JAMESOBRIENHQ: bit.ly/4ctCUNO
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James O'Brien @jamesobriennyc.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
A U.S. senator at the center of bribery allegations should be an election-year showstopper, but the Supreme Court, Trump’s administration, and much of the mainstream media don’t seem to agree. The topic is bribery. The newsletter is All Your Days. allyourdays.substack.com/p/bribery?r=...
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Bribery
A U.S. senator at the center of bribery allegations should be an election-year showstopper, but the Supreme Court, Trump’s administration, and much of the mainstream media don’t seem to agree
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James O'Brien @jamesobriennyc.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
SEPTEMBER 28. WAVELENGTHS. "Patriot Blues"
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James O'Brien @jamesobriennyc.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Four Pennsylvanians are dead of measles; the CDC's dashboard says zero have died of the disease, and RFK Jr.'s agency won't count the dead until it finishes redefining death. The topic is Pennsylvania. The newsletter is All Your Days. allyourdays.substack.com/p/pennsylvan...
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Pennsylvania
The C.D.C. has become a nexus of disinformation as the once-eliminated measles virus spikes in the Keystone State and spreads across the U.S.
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James O'Brien @jamesobriennyc.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
The perfect jumping-on point: Everything Is Useless And Nothing Is Solved's first serial begins. A fraught day for one well-mannered fellow doing things not very legal among some very unreliable associates. Read ‘American Cash’ and subscribe: uselessunsolved.substack.com/p/american-c...
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American Cash
When a man says don’t mess around with the trunk of his car, a line of long-dead disobedients would advise a fellow to listen
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James O'Brien @jamesobriennyc.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
As the man in this week’s EUNS is trying to tell ya, don’t open the goddamn trunk. As another man in today’s scenario keeps hollering: “Put it in yer Twitterbox, you fucking liberal!” Read and subscribe to Everything Is Useless And Nothing Is Solved: uselessunsolved.substack.com/p/american-c...
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American Cash
When a man says don’t mess around with the trunk of his car, a line of long-dead disobedients would advise a fellow to listen
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James O'Brien @jamesobriennyc.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
A Supreme Court smackdown. A Congressional coward. Frameworks for the crumbling facade. This is All Your Days. Twice weekly.  Subscribe here: allyourdays.substack.com
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James O'Brien @jamesobriennyc.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Speaker Mike Johnson sent the House home until November 9, burying the Epstein files petition, the Hegseth impeachment, and A.I. safety votes until America is past the midterms. The topic is recess. The newsletter is All Your Days.  allyourdays.substack.com/p/recess?r=3...
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Recess
Speaker Mike Johnson has pulled the plug on the House until November 9, and he’s done it just in time to protect his orange master from a slew of messy votes
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James O'Brien @jamesobriennyc.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
From the new collection, available now at JAMESOBRIENHQ: “Jacob put the bag in the locker, locked it, and then put the key in an already filled-out envelope, which even had a stamp. He put the envelope into a mailbox. He went home. It seemed like an easy job …” Get yer copy:
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EVERYTHING IS USELESS AND NOTHING IS SOLVED | YEARBOOK 1-2025 - BOOK — JAMES OBRIEN
COLLECTING THE BEST STORIES, VIGNETTES, LIMERICKS, FRAGMENTS, AND ODDITIES FROM THE FIRST YEAR OF THE EUNS NEWSLETTER. CRIME FICTION, CRYPTOZOOLOGICAL FINDINGS, STRANGE FILM LORE, SCREENPLAYS, AND MOR...
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James O'Brien @jamesobriennyc.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Not opening for Ed Sheeran.
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James O'Brien @jamesobriennyc.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Trump took a Supreme Court licking yesterday, but the orange despot has more flying monkeys in the wings when it comes to election day and beyond. The topic is “shells”. The newsletter is All Your Days. allyourdays.substack.com/p/shells?r=3...
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Shells
Trump’s U.S. Supreme Court justices are not quite the compliant puppets he expected—but that doesn’t mean the midterms crisis is over
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James O'Brien @jamesobriennyc.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
What is Everything Is Useless And Nothing Is Solved? Whatever that is, it’s for certain that it shows up throughout the stories, shorts, surreal injections, strange inflections, and minor movies that make up what EUNS delivers every week. uselessunsolved.substack.com
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James O'Brien @jamesobriennyc.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Scenes of devastation in small northeastern cities. Surgeries, postures, discomforting parties, revenge as a nickname, the red wetness of dramatic exits. Read Everything Is Useless And Nothing Is Solved: uselessunsolved.substack.com/p/scenes-of-...
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Scenes of Devastation in Small Northeastern Cities
Surgeries, postures, discomforting parties, revenge as a nickname, the red wetness of dramatic exits
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James O'Brien @jamesobriennyc.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
From the approaching deadline to wrestle the Epstein files from the mendacious federal officers who won’t release them to the quarter-century mark of a moment that has transformed America in exactly the ways the terrorists hoped ... subscribe to All Your Days: allyourdays.substack.com
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James O'Brien @jamesobriennyc.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Lemme share some recent musical milestones with you, fair reader. Here's a way to catch up—and keep caught up—with what the songs side of my world looks like in 2026: Get the Vinyl Bundle at JAMESOBRIENHQ: www.jamesobrienhq.com/store/p/viny...
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JAMES O'BRIEN VINYL BUNDLE: Essentials | 00–26 + Should Not (Cure A Real Disease) + America — JAMES OBRIEN
Three albums on vinyl by James O'Brien, bundled for a special collector's price, signed by the artist.
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James O'Brien @jamesobriennyc.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Ultimately, American democracy will survive or die based on whether the nation can stop the terrorists from continuing to win the 9/11 victory. The topic is terrorists. The newsletter is All Your Days. allyourdays.substack.com/p/terrorists...
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Terrorists | 2026
In America, the planners and flyers of the 9/11 planes are still winning
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James O'Brien @jamesobriennyc.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
What if a decent wolf man’s best days were just a bit eclipsed? What if his life turned out a little less than lunar? Watch EUNS TV episode 2 - “Film Studies”. Subscribe at any paid level for EUNS TV every other month. All subscribers get strange new EUNS fiction every Sunday: bit.ly/462mlo6
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James O'Brien @jamesobriennyc.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Ten months after Trump signed a law ordering the DOJ to release the Epstein files, more than three million records remain unreleased. Rep. Massie wants the files. He needs 112 signatures. He’s got 4 months. The topic: EFTA. The newsletter: All Your Days. allyourdays.substack.com/p/efta?r=37r...
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EFTA
In four months, the deadline on Thomas Massie’s push to get the rest of the Epstein files released will be up—he needs 112 more signatures to get it done
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James O'Brien @jamesobriennyc.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
As a compilation, 'Essentials | 00–26' touches on many projects that mean the world to me, and not the least of those is 'Careful in the Future' — both an album and a video album/short film. Stream "White Leather": bit.ly/3OZFXUY Get 'Essentials | 00–26' on vinyl at JAMESOBRIENHQ: bit.ly/4tBqZDI
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James O'Brien @jamesobriennyc.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
“Love is when you’re fighting a guy, but then it changes.” A secret Cassavetes/Falk script surfaces. A snapshot of two spirits. A liminal zone. A space between what was and what ought to have happened. Read Everything Is Useless And Nothing Is Solved: uselessunsolved.substack.com/p/steak-dinn...
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‘Steak Dinner’
Lost Cassavetes in London; what almost came after ‘Mikey and Nicky’; love is a knife through which you can feel another man’s heart
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James O'Brien @jamesobriennyc.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
From the USPS becoming mail-in ballot blockers to the psychopaths and insurrectionists slipping through the barely existent gates of Trump’s ICE street army ... The newsletter is All Your Days. Twice weekly. Subscribe here: bit.ly/4f5AbeU
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James O'Brien @jamesobriennyc.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Watch the new episode of EUNS TV - “Film Studies” … Out now. Out every eight weeks. Out of this world. Subscribe at any paid level for EUNS TV every other month. All subscribers get strange new EUNS fiction every Sunday: bit.ly/462mlo6
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James O'Brien @jamesobriennyc.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
ICE has become a haven for killers and a training-and-equipment bank for criminals and insurrectionists. A new whistleblower reveals how these bad actors get a badge, a gun—and grotesque impunity. The topic is infiltration. The newsletter: All Your Days. allyourdays.substack.com/p/infiltrati...
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Infiltration
An ICE vetting chief says the agency handed badges and guns to recruits it never checked, then punished him for saying so. Gangs and insurrectionists have also noticed the open door.
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James O'Brien @jamesobriennyc.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Donald Trump ordered the Postal Service to build a gate for mail ballots. A whistleblower says it built a woodchipper. The topic is postal. The newsletter is All Your Days. allyourdays.substack.com/p/postal?r=3...
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Postal
As a whistleblower blows the lid off the U.S. Postal Service’s mail-in ballot woodchipper, the Trump administration has evidently ordered up a midterm elections killswitch
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James O'Brien @jamesobriennyc.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
This month’s EUNS TV subject—the star of this month’s episode—is an “other” wolf man. This is Episode 2 - “Film Studies.” Available to paid EUNS subscribers of any level, starting at $5 monthly. Subscribe today: uselessunsolved.substack.com/p/euns-tv-ep...
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EUNS TV - Episode 2 - "Film Studies"
An ‘other’ wolf man, a tale to tell, a sorry story, cycles of the (lupine) heart
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James O'Brien @jamesobriennyc.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Good morning from New York. #manhattan #sunrise
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James O'Brien @jamesobriennyc.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Tomorrow is the day. EUNS TV - Episode 2. “Film Studies” Paid subscribers - any level. 08.31.2026 Subscribe: bit.ly/4xQcX2O
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James O'Brien @jamesobriennyc.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Somewhere in the annals of a man who plays a wolf, a rumor persists. Everything Is Useless And Nothing Is Solved pursues the lost documents of a lost time, a lost soul, a story that one writer would not—or could not—permit to exist. Read EUNS today: uselessunsolved.substack.com/p/other-wolv...
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Other Wolves
The lost Curt Siodmak interview: On Lon Chaney Jr. and the protection of souls, the tolls of the father upon the son, rumors ventured, a sudden disconnect
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James O'Brien @jamesobriennyc.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
The wolf man you think you know. The wolf man you’ll get to know on August 31. EUNS TV is Everything Is Useless And Nothing Is Solved's bi-monthly web show. New episodes every eight weeks for paid newsletter subscribers of any level. Subscribe to EUNS today: bit.ly/4xQcX2O
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James O'Brien @jamesobriennyc.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Marsh cat is watching. #connemara #ireland
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James O'Brien @jamesobriennyc.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
As Trump empties America's missile magazine, refilling it runs through rare-earth magnets China controls. His answer? $1.6 billion for USA Rare Earth, whose private money raise ran through the very firm Howard Lutnick led, now headed by his sons. allyourdays.substack.com/p/elements?r...
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Elements
America needs rare earths to replenish missiles wasted in Iran—but even as troves sit unclaimed in waste piles, the regime is enriching its buddies via mining deals
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James O'Brien @jamesobriennyc.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Inish Ni by moonlight. #connemara #ireland
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James O'Brien @jamesobriennyc.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
This wolf man has a story to tell. Paid subscribers to Everything Is Useless And Nothing Is Solved are about to find out what it is. EUNS TV. It’s strange. It’s a bimonthly show. And it’s in full color. Subscribe to EUNS at any paid level to watch the new episode of EUNS TV on 8/31: bit.ly/4xQcX2O
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James O'Brien @jamesobriennyc.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
As the Supreme Court lets Trump's mail-in voting crackdown advance, the majority’s message to Americans has become: “Hey, let’s see if this loaded revolver does any harm to democracy.” The topic is injunctions. The newsletter is All Your Days. allyourdays.substack.com/p/injunction...
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Injunctions
While Donald J. Trump’s election-interference efforts remain mostly blocked, the Supreme Court has decided once again that Russian roulette is better than sensible harm prevention
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James O'Brien @jamesobriennyc.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
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James O'Brien @jamesobriennyc.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Exploring Inishlacken. And the captain who got us there. #connemara #ireland
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James O'Brien @jamesobriennyc.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
EUNS TV. Episode 2. “Film Studies.” Premieres 08/31. Subscribe to Everything Is Useless And Nothing Is Solved at any paid level today to get EUNS TV: bit.ly/4xQcX2O
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James O'Brien @jamesobriennyc.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Can no longer predict what will happen when stepping out the front door. Afternoon caller. #connemara #ireland
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James O'Brien @jamesobriennyc.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Can no longer predict what will happen when stepping out the front door. Afternoon caller. #connemara #ireland
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James O'Brien @jamesobriennyc.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
“It’s good to get old quickly; it makes it easier to be young.” A wide-ranging interview/manifesto via Colin Rohipnik. Unearthed tidbits from Orson Welles and Wilson Spatch. EUNS: it could change your whole mind. Or part of it. Whichever. Read: uselessunsolved.substack.com/p/a-bare-req...
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A Bare Requisite of Crows
Colin Rohipnik’s (infamous) unpublished Economist interview; fragments of Orson Welles; Wilson Spatch on aging
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James O'Brien @jamesobriennyc.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
The captain of our hearts, the sands of Inishlacken, self-portrait in shadow … and good night from Inish Ni. #connemara #ireland
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James O'Brien @jamesobriennyc.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Good morning from Inish Ni, where the visitors come large and small. #connemara #ireland
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