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Juan Acevedo

@juanacevedo.bsky.social
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Mostly trying to understand the #Timaeus. Warburgian at ❤️ #Begriffsgeschichte, #alphanumeric systems ( علم الحروف، ابجد), diagrams, armillary stuff, #Arabic #mss, Graeco-Arabica, #Islamic studies…to the tune of #BWV988—Now at fonsvitae.com

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Norbert Preining @npreining.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Great future ahead!!! Big thanks for all support! #arXiv @arxiv.bsky.social #openscience arXiv receives Multiyear Philanthropic Commitments to Support Its Launch as an Independent Nonprofit blog.arxiv.org/2026/09/23/a...
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arXiv receives Multiyear Philanthropic Commitments to Support Its Launch as an Independent Nonprofit
arXiv is pleased to announce that three leading philanthropic organizations have provided multimillion-dollar support for arXiv. These new multiyear…
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Joumana Medlej @majnouna.com · 27/09/2026
A dear friend of mine has bravely launched all on her own a project she’s been holding in her heart for many years: The Anamnesis Project, dedicated to engaging with learning and knowledge “as forms of inner remembrance and embodied recollection of what is already essential within us.”
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Heal how you learn
A £35 online webinar to heal from ego-based learning and return to deeper nature. Build heart-memory and muscle memory for a sacred way of learning.
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Viv Schwarz @vivschwarz.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
SCRIBUS is free open source desktop publishing software for creating your PDF files. You can lay out anything from a poster to a book in there. A sturdy old favourite for Linux/Windows/Mac/etc. scribus.us
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.:Scribus:. Open Source Desktop Publishing and More
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Yanis Varoufakis @yanisvaroufakis.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
We’ve got some big plans, and we need your help to make them happen. www.youtube.com/watch?v=UmGZ...
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Help us build a studio of resistance in Brussels
YouTube video by DiEM25
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Emily M. Bender @emilymbender.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
On misconceptions around "stochastic parrots": medium.com/@emilymenonb... >>
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Stochastic Parrots 🦜: Frequently Unasked Questions
It’s been a bit over five years since the Stochastic Parrots paper (Bender, Gebru et al 2021) was published (and somewhat longer since…
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Juan Acevedo @juanacevedo.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
#ARTS AND #CRAFTS IN THE LATE #OTTOMAN EMPIRE: Rethinking Practices and Concepts of Material Culture in Syria and Beyond (18th-early 20th c) International #Conference | Hybrid 25–26 September 2026 @lau.edu sard.lau.edu.lb/news-events/... #arthistory
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ARTS AND CRAFTS IN THE LATE OTTOMAN EMPIRE | The LAU School of Architecture & Design
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Markˣ @shjsat.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
In European languages other than English, do you never put a space between a person's initials (e.g. "L. M.")? Or is it optional? In English, I always put a space: L. M. Montgomery, not L.M. Montgomery G. K. Chesterton, not G.K. Chesterton It seems like the Dutch prefer G.K. Chesterton, etc.
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Juan Acevedo @juanacevedo.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
epa, have you guys switched to using "Ottoman Türkiye" instead of "Ottoman Turkey"?
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Thomas Lecaque @tlecaque.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
No undergrad should be using an LLM and it's absurdly irresponsible to suggest otherwise.
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Middle East Medievalists @mideastmedieval.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Assistant Professor in Islamic Studies Stanford University facultypositions.stanford.edu/jobs/assista...
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Assistant Professor in Islamic Studies - Stanford University, California, United States
The Department of Religious Studies at Stanford University seeks applicants for a tenure-track Assistant Professor in Islamic Studies. We seek candidates specializing in pre-modern Islam; regional foc...
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Institute for Palestine Studies @palestinestudies.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
The ceasefire exists only on paper. “Letters from Gaza” blog series contributor Dalia Abu Ramadan shares the struggles families continue to face in Gaza. Read her testimony and that of others on our blog, Palestine Square: palestine-studies.org/en/node/1659...
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Astral Sciences in Trans-Regional Asia (ASTRA) @astra-mpiwg.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Alumna Journalist in Residence at the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science Adrija Roychowdhury interviewed Jacob Schmidt-Madsen about Snakes and Ladders and his new book “The Game of Knowledge” (Primus Books) for Indian Express. 🔗 indianexpress.com/article/rese... @mpiwg.bsky.social
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Snakes and Ladders began as a spiritual game in India. How the British transformed it
From religious diagrams of the universe to a children's classic, cultural historian Jacob Schmidt-Madsen traces the journey of Gyan Chaupar and the making of modern Snakes and Ladders.
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Wikipedia @wikipedia.org · 17/08/2026
Shout-out Wikimedia Deutschland for spreading the Wikipedia word during Wikimania 2026. Would you like to take a ride on the Wiki Bus on the road to knowledge equity? 🚌
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Juan Acevedo @juanacevedo.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
@cienciasulisboa.bsky.social
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Dana El Kurd @danaelkurd.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Anyone have suggestions for online arabic classes for kids? The one my kid uses makes us both lose our will to live
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Markˣ @shjsat.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
As most universities lean into ai (LLMs, stochastic parrots, text extruders, genAI, whatever), I kinda figured we would see certain universities reject AI writing in its entirety. . . . . Has that happened anywhere?
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Sarah E. Bond @sarahebond.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Like Loebs? Every fall semester, I like to remind people that while Perseus has many free Loebs sectioned up into book and chapter, if you want to download and read the public domain Loebs (277 of them) as PDFs or txt files, Duke U's very own Ryan Baumann created _Loebolus 📗📕_. ryanfb.xyz/loebolus/
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Loebolus
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Mattia Corso @mcorso7.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
A long shot: is anyone currently doing research at the Biblioteca Nacional del Perú in Lima? I'm trying to track down two seventeenth-century single-sheet printed broadsides. I'd be very grateful to connect. Thanks! #earlymodern
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Jon of The North @krauza.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
hermit-tech.com/blog/ai-mani...
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AI Mania Is Eviscerating Global Decisionmaking
The reality of how much damage AI mania is doing to our ability to run institutions effectively.
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Glen O'Hara @gsoh31.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
So it's farewell to the History subject area at the University of Hertfordshire, not the first nor the last to go. One of the best departments in the country, just extinguished like a snap of the fingers. Think of the waste. (1/2)
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Eugene Vinitsky 🍒 @eugenevinitsky.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Fantastic paper demonstrating how LLM editing is gradually distorting our writing and the way we think to write: arxiv.org/abs/2603.18161
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How LLMs Distort Our Written Language
Large language models (LLMs) are used by over a billion people globally, most often to assist with writing. In this work, we demonstrate that LLMs not only alter the voice and tone of human writing, b...
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Olivier Bastien @bass42.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
D'utilité publique #AI #IA www.lesnumeriques.com/intelligence...
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Désactivez les réponses IA de Google en une minute sur Chrome, Firefox et Safari
En ajoutant les Aperçus IA, Google ajoute de l’intelligence artificielle comme première réponse à certaines interrogations depuis son moteur de recherche. Découvrez comment vous en débarrasser sur nav...
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Juan Acevedo @juanacevedo.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
“Some of the ultimately unsuccessful lawsuits delayed the adoption of vital public health policies for years, while also tying up government and public health officials in complex and expensive litigation… costing countries billions in legal and healthcare costs” www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
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‘If all else fails, sue’: how ultra-processed food firms are using the courts to obstruct health rules
Exclusive: Global investigation reveals 235 lawsuits have been brought against governments in five countries since 2010
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Nathan Melson @nsmelson.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
I did this years ago on Twitter, but, here's a list of tools/utilities that every medievalist show know about and have bookmarked: #medievalsky
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19thnews @19thnews.org · 11/07/2026
Trials found that Carevix — a portmanteau of “care” and “cervix" — reduced pain during IUD insertion by up to 73 percent and bleeding by 78 percent, compared to the tenaculum.
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Why is gynecology still using a Civil War-era tool?
A new medical device is part of a broader effort to make gynecological care less painful — and to take patients more seriously.
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Juan Acevedo @juanacevedo.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Made me remember this excellent quote by Donald Knuth, explaining why he would stop using email
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Peter Adamson @histphilosophy.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Coming up tomorrow on #HoPWaG, we look at Quietism, in an episode focusing on Madame Guyon and François Fénelon, who asked the controversial question: would you still love God even if you knew you were guaranteed to go to Hell? (Pictured.) As we'll see, Malebranche was not amused by this.
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Crossref @crossref.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Crossref and the Association of African Universities (AAU) are kicking off a three-part webinar series on rich metadata and African scholarly publishing. Session one: Our colleague Madhura Amdekar on how Crossref's open infrastructure strengthens research integrity. tinyurl.com/5xafsb2y
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Juan Cole @jricole.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
65 "laws limit the rights of Palestinian [-Israelis] in all areas of life, from citizenship rights to the right to political participation, land and housing rights, education rights, cultural and language rights, religious rights, and due process rights in detention." www.adalah.org/en/content/v...
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The Discriminatory Laws Database - Adalah
Adalah’s Discriminatory Laws Database (DLD) is an online resource comprising a list of over 65 Israeli laws that discriminate directly or indirectly against Palestinian citizens in Israel and/or Pales...
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Princeton University Press @princetonupress.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Ann Blair's In the Scholar’s Workshop introduces readers to the hidden hands behind history’s great scholarly works. Arriving later this month on July 21 (15 September UK/EU pub). Learn more: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco... #History
In the Scholar’s Workshop: Hidden Histories of Collaboration and Authorship by Ann Blair. The hidden hands behind history’s great scholarly works.
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Yale Classics Library @yaleclassicslib.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Hermes Vol. 154, No. 2 (2026) biblioscout.net/en/journal/h...
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Yale Classics Library @yaleclassicslib.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Centaurus Vol. 67, No. 4 (2025) www.brepolsonline.net/content/jour... @brepols.net @eshhs.bsky.social #openaccess Academic Workspaces as Sites of Production, Adaptation, and Circulation of Knowledge @thomabr.bsky.social
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Juan Acevedo @juanacevedo.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
“The way that most chat interfaces are designed, it makes it feel like you’re having a personal conversation,” he says. “I think most people don’t really realize the extent to which they are getting the same stuff as everybody else.” www.technologyreview.com/2026/07/01/1... #AI #LLM
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LLMs are stuck in a groupthink groove. This startup is trying to get them out.
Chatbots are far more predictable in their responses than you might expect. That's fine for research or coding, but it's a problem if you're looking for something new.
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Juan Acevedo @juanacevedo.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
See you in #Edinburgh for the #ESHS-HSS conference. Panel details in case you are interested in #navigation and #circulation of knowledge, #HistSci #IndianOcean #cosmology #Arabic #HistMed #HistSTM @hssgecc.bsky.social #HSS26 #ESHS26
details of presentations on history of science for the 2026 Edinburgh conference organised by HSS and ESHS.
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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
'Amid this noise, one party stands apart: the Greens. “Our philosophical position is that education is a public good,” Natalie Bennett, former leader of the party, told Times Higher Education.' 1/3
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Marketised model ‘clearly coming to an end’, says ex-Greens leader
Natalie Bennett insists resurgent environmental party remains committed to free tuition, and building a system where universities are no longer ‘places of fear’
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It's FOSS @itsfoss.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Your laptop's battery will be saved if you do this. 🔋👇 www.youtube.com/watch?v=yDHE...
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How to Limit Battery Charging to 80% in Ubuntu Linux
Keeping your laptop constantly charged at 100% may reduce its battery health over time. So, in this quick tutorial, I’ll show you how to set a battery charging limit in Ubuntu and stop your laptop…
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Adam Rutherford @adamrutherford.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
This is cultural suicide and intellectual vandalism. In an era where humanities-illiterate tech bros have unearned god-like powers, we need historians, philosophers, ethicists, classicists more than ever. Please sign. (Reposting without 404) www.change.org/p/stop-redun...
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Sign the Petition
Stop Redundancies at the University of Exeter
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Dr. Rachel Schine @rachelschine.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
I consider it my prerogative to use Bsky experts to nerdsnipe my family, so if any musicologists want to weigh in on the latest tiff between me and Spousal Unit, have at: Porgy and Bess—opera? Musical? Some secret third thing? And why/how do you figure that?
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Bibliothèque Diderot de Lyon (BDL) @bibdiderotlyon.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
#AtelierDoc Zotero Apprenez à organiser et citer vos références bibliographiques avec Zotero 📆Jeudi 25 juin (17h-19h) : Zotero initiation ➡ urlr.me/FPC4UJ 📆Lundi 29 juin (17h-19h) : Zotero avancé ➡ urlr.me/pmwW3z Sur inscription
grande pile d’ouvrages devant un ordinateur
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Juan Acevedo @juanacevedo.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Tuesday 5:30pm, Lisbon The Cosmological Poem of the Comares Hall in the #Alhambra: #Architecture, #Sufism, and Nasrid Sociopolitics ciencias.ulisboa.pt/en/events/th... #HistSci #Granada
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Lecture "The Cosmological Poem of the Comares Hall in the Alhambra: Architecture, Sufism, and Nasrid Sociopolitics"
CIUHCT welcomes Chemané Arias on 16 June at 5:30 pm, who will give the lecture "The Cosmological Poem of the Comares Hall in the Alhambra: Architecture, Sufism, and Nasrid Sociopolitics", in which he...
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Tuija Ainonen @tainonen.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
Looking for Medieval Latin philologists: Postdoc specializing in Digital Philology in München job-portal.lmu.de/jobposting/4...
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Postdoc specializing in Digital Philology (m/f/x)
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msabinus.bsky.social @msabinus.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
8000 fragments! Congratulations, @fragmentarium.bsky.social! Folks, PLEASE survey your early modern bindings and share what you find. #fragmentology
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Peter Adamson @histphilosophy.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
In this interview for the Max Planck Institute, I answer 10 questions on history of science: www.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/feature-stor... #histsci #philsky
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10 Questions for the Historian of Science: Peter Adamson | MPIWG
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CRASSH @crasshlive.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Do you have some time over the summer? Join us for a paid summer research placement to help research how and why CRASSH was founded 25 years ago!
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seachange12.bsky.social @seachange12.bsky.social · 24/08/2025
If it's not already - please add this to your agenda! New study shows why handwriting is so important for learning and memory, particularly in children. How handwriting benefits your brain | Neuropsychologist Dr. Audrey van der Meer www.youtube.com/watch?v=TAQB...
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How handwriting benefits your brain | Neuropsychologist Dr. Audrey van der Meer
YouTube video by reMarkable
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Sonja Drimmer @sonjadrimmer.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
We all have to read for research books that we find objectionable, are grounded in premises that we reject, or w which we disagree. What are your strategies for reading those books closely enough to absorb the essence & details that matter without getting bogged down in frustration w the minutiae?
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Juan Acevedo @juanacevedo.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Very grateful to announce the publication —after much consultation, an intervening conference, a museum exhibition, and months of editorial hurdles— of our paper on a fascinating Gulbenkian #Arabic #manuscript ecommons.aku.edu/uk_ismc_seri... @agakhanuniversity.bsky.social @cgf-uk.bsky.social
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A Gift for the Emperor Dawāʾir al-ʿUlūm wa-Jadāwil al-Ruqūm, a Mediaeval Graphic Encyclopaedia of the 19th Century
The recent discovery of a 19th-century Arabic manuscript in the Gulbenkian Museum, Lisbon, initiated a period of intense collaboration between the Museum and the Faculty of Sciences, University of Lis...
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Urban Truth Collective @urbantruth.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
Our WEBSITE is LIVE! “The Truth About Cities In An Age Of Disinformation.” Read about WHO we are, WHY we started this, our PLANS to grow, and most importantly, WHAT WE’RE GOING TO BE DOING. We hope you’ll support this work, and help us spread the word! #UrbanTruth www.urbantruthcollective.com
Screenshot of text from the “About Us” section of our website. “The Urban Truth Collective is a collaboration between leading practitioners with persuasive communication, marketing and branding expertise applied specifically to solving the difficult challenges of better cities. This collective was started by three people but is designed to grow with diverse perspectives and experience experiences that reflect who and what make our cities great.”
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Hispanic American Historical Review @hahr21.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
A digital humanities project featuring maps, datasets, and interactive tools for Spanish America in the eighteenth century. egc.yale.edu/bridging-atl...
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HGIS de las Indias
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