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Kate Schapira: "Well Put & Generalizable"

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I wrote a book, LESSONS FROM THE CLIMATE ANXIETY COUNSELING BOOTH: HOW TO LIVE WITH CARE AND PURPOSE IN AN ENDANGERED WORLD. Let me know if you think you could use it for something.

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Kate Schapira: "Well Put & Generalizable" @kateschapira.bsky.social · 7h
5th community science --> community action meeting today whipped ass, I'm pleased to report. Just great work from everyone involved, from the water chemists to the Auntie Table to the kids who transitioned their activity into a percussion band. To me, this is beautiful proof that things take time.
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Kate Schapira: "Well Put & Generalizable" @kateschapira.bsky.social · 7h
Good thread
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Kate Schapira: "Well Put & Generalizable" @kateschapira.bsky.social · 10h
Early-career RI doctors are fighting for a fair contract and you can join them on the picket line FRIDAY, 10/2, 12-2pm, intersection of Dudley & Culver Sts www.mobilize.us/cir/event/10...
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"JUST PRACTICING" FOR A JUST CONTRACT: Join RI Resident and Fellow Physicians on the picket line! · CIR/SEIU
FED UP WITH THE DELAYS AND THE DISRESPECT, IT’S TIME TO ESCALATE! Join us on the picket line! Meet us in front of Rhode Island Hospital, on the corner of Dudley and Culver. Lunch, hot chocolate, and...
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Climate Mobilization Project @mobilizeclimate.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Did you see the new video "Building a Movement For Climate Survival"? Visit this page to see scenes from the National Climate Survival Incubator's gathering earlier this year. Then, make a gift to support young climate leaders who are organizing for survival. secure.actblue.com/donate/natio...
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Help young people lead their communities through crises
Your gift supports costs like training, materials, mentoring, and travel for the National Climate Survival Incubator, which helps young leaders plant the Climate Survival movement in 16 more communiti...
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Le Cagle @lecagle.bsky.social · 21h
Horrific, barbaric, cruel and unusual. The state should not have license to kill.
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Kate Schapira: "Well Put & Generalizable" @kateschapira.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
There is always something going on (derogatory AND celebratory) & we will never run out of things to do with & for our neighbors (ditto). I truly hope that if you live in/around PVD, this list has connected you with something that you enjoyed, found purposeful, or used to bring about good results.
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Kate Schapira: "Well Put & Generalizable" @kateschapira.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
My friend @todedge.bsky.social has just launched a poetry journal and it's full of beauties, griefs and surprises. If you like poems at all, here they are and here it is whatmostvividly.com
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Issue 1 - What Most Vividly
Now LIVE || READ Now featuring poems by _____________________________________________________ Dara Barrois/Dixon Dan Beachy-Quick Megan Breiseth Julie Carr Cyrus Cassells Gillian Conoley Tiff Dressen ...
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Kate Schapira: "Well Put & Generalizable" @kateschapira.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
There is always something going on (derogatory AND celebratory) & we will never run out of things to do with & for our neighbors (ditto). I truly hope that if you live in/around PVD, this list has connected you with something that you enjoyed, found purposeful, or used to bring about good results.
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Kate Schapira: "Well Put & Generalizable" @kateschapira.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
It is cool to me that Neighborly Actions has a smooth 500 subscribers now neighborlyactions.substack.com/p/neighborly...
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Neighborly Actions Has 500 Subscribers!
Canvass for divestment from genocide, clean up the Southside’s only waterfront access, and donate for New Bedford families targeted by ICE.
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Kate Schapira: "Well Put & Generalizable" @kateschapira.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
My students supported a team of youth filmmakers & their mentor in making a documentary short about flooding & climate change in Warren, RI. It's screening at PROV/DOC this Friday, 10/2, and on Thursday, 10/15 (I'll share more info about that one closer to time). www.eventbrite.com/e/provdoc-ti...
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PROV/DOC
Providence Documentary Film Festival
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Kate Schapira: "Well Put & Generalizable" @kateschapira.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Really hoping the new AG also uses the means available to that office to keep pushing against the conditions that burden Rhode Islanders steveahlquist.substack.com/p/attorney-g...
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Attorney General Neronha again calls for health care reform following OHIC’s health insurance rates decision
“While these increases are slightly lower than those sought by the insurers, they remain unsustainable for Rhode Islanders struggling to afford basic goods like food, housing, and energy...”
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Bryce Covert @brycecovert.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
It is shockingly common for child welfare agencies to remove children from parents because they can't afford housing. Billing them for the foster care really is just beyond the pale. www.thenation.com/article/soci...
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“Nobody Blames the Landlord. They Just Take Away the Kids.”
All too often, when parents can’t afford safe housing, the solution child welfare services offer is putting their children in foster care.
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Kate Schapira: "Well Put & Generalizable" @kateschapira.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Reading this again today felt good, thanks @anthonymoser.com anthonymoser.github.io/writing/ai/h...
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I Am An AI Hater
I am an AI hater. This is considered rude, but I do not care, because I am a hater.
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Captain Awkward @captainawkward.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
One tangible reward of becoming an Unrepentant Vibe-Killer For Unsafe Men is that your social circle will rapidly contain fewer Unsafe Men.
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 29/09/2026
Talking recently to family members of people snatched up and expelled to third countries by ICE, I learned: 1) All of those captured were in 287(g) jurisdictions; 2) None of the family members had known what 287(g) was and had erroneously thought people with no arrests were safe.
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Kate Schapira: "Well Put & Generalizable" @kateschapira.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
HELP THE SKUNK-CABBAGE FAMILY SHRED
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Kate Schapira: "Well Put & Generalizable" @kateschapira.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Anybody here Cleveland people (or got Cleveland people)?
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Kate Schapira: "Well Put & Generalizable" @kateschapira.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Everyone please repost with EITHER what they think the rats are saying OR what you would like to ask the rats
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Kate Schapira: "Well Put & Generalizable" @kateschapira.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
They should invent a my neck that doesn't hurt
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Kate Schapira: "Well Put & Generalizable" @kateschapira.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Get them all out of wherever they are
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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 17/08/2026
“The report raised concerns about the enormous amounts of energy and water these facilities can consume, as well as their potential impacts on air quality, cultural resources, and noise and light pollution.”
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Cherokee Nation Bans Hyperscale Data Center Projects on Tribal-Owned Lands
The tribe cited concerns over energy, water use, and the relatively small number of permanent jobs these massive facilities create.
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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
“Analysis of BCBS claims data finds that as more hospitals implement AI coding tools, more patients are coded as medically complex, yet care delivered remains largely unchanged.”
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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I read this with great interest www.bcbs.com/about-us/ass...
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BCBSA Analysis How AI Coding Tools Affect Healthcare Costs
Analysis of BCBS claims data found growing use of AI coding tools contribute to higher hospital billing costs and increased healthcare spending.
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Kate Schapira: "Well Put & Generalizable" @kateschapira.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Bumping because there are canvassing shifts this Wednesday, Friday and Saturday
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Kate Schapira: "Well Put & Generalizable" @kateschapira.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Divestment from genocide is ON THE BALLOT in our beautiful city of Providence thanks to a lot of people's very hard work. If you want to canvass to introduce it to people who may not have thought about it yet, you can sign up here: www.reclaimri.org/canvass-for-...
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Canvass for Divestment with PVD 4 Palestine! - Reclaim RI
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Ordinary Notes @hystericalblkns.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
If you aren't familiar with their work. A few links: Torkwase Dyson: thegoldfarbgallery.ca/project/dyson/ www.pacegallery.com/exhibitions/... Audra Simpson: www.dukeupress.edu/mohawk-inter... Lorenzo Pezzani: liminal-lab.org Thandi Loewenson: www.e-flux.com/architecture...
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Off-Earth - Thandi Loewenson - Celestial Settler Frontiers
In the collection of National Archives in Harare, a curious series of documents detail accounts of historical astronomical discoveries, celestial phenomena, meteor showers, and alien encounters across...
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Ordinary Notes @hystericalblkns.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
ScALE. The Alchemy Lecture. Date: Thursday, Oct. 29 Time: 5 - 8 p.m.; Reception: 5 - 6 p.m. Venue: Sandra Faire and Ivan Fecan Theatre, CIBC Lobby Registration now open. In person: dashboard.eventcombo.com/ms/ev/80054/... Online: dashboard.eventcombo.com/ms/ev/80196/... JOIN US!
TORKWASE DYSON
(US) Interdisciplinary ArtistTHANDI LOEWENSON
(UK/Zimbabwe) Architectural Designer and ResearcherLORENZO PEZZANI
(Italy) Architect and ResearcherAUDRA SIMPSON
(Kahnawà:ke Mohawk/Canada/US) Anthropologist
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Kate Schapira: "Well Put & Generalizable" @kateschapira.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
If you really want people to be able to do more of something, you have to agree together that they'll do less of something else & create structures to make that possible.
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Kate Schapira: "Well Put & Generalizable" @kateschapira.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
This is why I made my donation to BeLoved Asheville monthly. Disasters have long tails. www.belovedasheville.com
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Welcome - BeLoved Asheville
Beloved Asheville is the best support system we have to help those in need Asheville, North Carolina and surrounding areas.
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Kate Schapira: "Well Put & Generalizable" @kateschapira.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Divestment from genocide is ON THE BALLOT in our beautiful city of Providence thanks to a lot of people's very hard work. If you want to canvass to introduce it to people who may not have thought about it yet, you can sign up here: www.reclaimri.org/canvass-for-...
reclaimri.org
Canvass for Divestment with PVD 4 Palestine! - Reclaim RI
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Kate Schapira: "Well Put & Generalizable" @kateschapira.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Interest in reading book intensifies
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Kate Schapira: "Well Put & Generalizable" @kateschapira.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Still would love some ideas for this
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Kate Schapira: "Well Put & Generalizable" @kateschapira.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
RI is once again looking at putting our own extreme heat worker protections in place. I would like to note that we did something similar w/reproductive health care access & we were glad we did ecori.org/as-climate-w...
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As Climate Warms, Rhode Island Weighs Heat-Stress Worker Protections - ecoRI News
Rhode Island has no enforceable standard protecting workers from extreme heat.
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Kate Schapira: "Well Put & Generalizable" @kateschapira.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Making a table of somatic/movement exercises that are of use in writing classes, for a workshop I'm giving in Rochester next weekend. Anybody got exercises like that they use & love? Here's what I have so far (I will be adding citations)
“Colombian Hypnosis”: mirrored movement in pairs, according to the abilities of both participants. Leads people to be more attentive and alert. Helps prepare people to collaborate. Use it as an icebreaker or when the class/group seems silent or stuck.  

Low Hum: feet on the floor, butt in the chair, close your eyes/stare into space, inhale, exhale on a low deep hum or groan. Activates the part of your nervous system that steadies and relaxes you and the people around you. Use it before &/or after writing &/or sharing aloud.

Manner of the Word: One person picks an adverb (defining it if necessary) & another person tells them an action to do in the manner of that word. (You can also do this as a guessing game &/or ask if there’s a verb that gives the same impression.) Adds to the dictionary; gets people feeling physically how different words might create different impressions. Also, helps people break down their fear of adverbs if they have that. Use this one before/as part of a revision process.

Auntie Shower/Car Wash:
Version 1: Smooth your hands down your arms with firm pressure, first one arm, then  the other. Then do a brushing/whooshing motion above your arms, torso, legs, and head, without touching, and with optional sound effects.
Version 2: Do the brushing/whooshing motion around another person, without touching.
Helps steady the nervous system and literally “brush off” or “shake off” feelings of tension. Use after a tough topic, prompt or discussion.
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Spoopy Rex @katyrex.meatjacker.social · 26/09/2026
Please help if you can! Dollars can go to supplydepotmpls.com, camping supplies can go to Boneshaker Books or b Resale, boosts are appreciated!
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sanctuarysupplydepot Official: Instagram, Facebook | Linktree
Mutual aid group in Mpls getting basic necessities to our houseless neighbors
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Kate Schapira: "Well Put & Generalizable" @kateschapira.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Making a table of somatic/movement exercises that are of use in writing classes, for a workshop I'm giving in Rochester next weekend. Anybody got exercises like that they use & love? Here's what I have so far (I will be adding citations)
“Colombian Hypnosis”: mirrored movement in pairs, according to the abilities of both participants. Leads people to be more attentive and alert. Helps prepare people to collaborate. Use it as an icebreaker or when the class/group seems silent or stuck.  

Low Hum: feet on the floor, butt in the chair, close your eyes/stare into space, inhale, exhale on a low deep hum or groan. Activates the part of your nervous system that steadies and relaxes you and the people around you. Use it before &/or after writing &/or sharing aloud.

Manner of the Word: One person picks an adverb (defining it if necessary) & another person tells them an action to do in the manner of that word. (You can also do this as a guessing game &/or ask if there’s a verb that gives the same impression.) Adds to the dictionary; gets people feeling physically how different words might create different impressions. Also, helps people break down their fear of adverbs if they have that. Use this one before/as part of a revision process.

Auntie Shower/Car Wash:
Version 1: Smooth your hands down your arms with firm pressure, first one arm, then  the other. Then do a brushing/whooshing motion above your arms, torso, legs, and head, without touching, and with optional sound effects.
Version 2: Do the brushing/whooshing motion around another person, without touching.
Helps steady the nervous system and literally “brush off” or “shake off” feelings of tension. Use after a tough topic, prompt or discussion.
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Kate Schapira: "Well Put & Generalizable" @kateschapira.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I haven't been at Climate Week but I'm really proud of the climate-justice-related stuff I've done & planned this week so in a way, I *am* at Climate Week Also proud of locating two replacement drawers for my parents' fridge & bringing my friend a post-hospital sandwich (Drawer Week, Sandwich Week)
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Lex McMenamin (they/them) @lexmcmenamin.com · 25/09/2026
thousands of people protested in New York City streets over Netanyahu’s UN visit today. over 100 were arrested. on the ground with @alicesperi.bsky.social @us.theguardian.com
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Netanyahu’s speech at UN spurs protests in New York City: ‘Let Gaza live’
Actor Susan Sarandon, whistleblower Chelsea Manning and comedian Caleb Hearon are detained by NYPD
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Kate Schapira: "Well Put & Generalizable" @kateschapira.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Hey I'm not around that much bc work is a lot of work & life continues to life but I would like to report that we've had a really superb series of cool mornings on earth here lately, just banger after banger
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Kate Schapira: "Well Put & Generalizable" @kateschapira.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
You can send them: money protecttheporkies.com/donate
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Protect the Porkies
Join the fight against Canadian mining next to Lake Superior and the Porcupine Mountains
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Kate Schapira: "Well Put & Generalizable" @kateschapira.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
We got a fundraiser and a picket and some gardening to do neighborlyactions.substack.com/p/neighborly...
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Neighborly Actions Get Right To It
Help a neighbor regain their footing, support a fair contract for early-career doctors, and plant up the Knight Memorial Library.
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Scarleteen @scarleteen.com · 18/09/2026
At Scarleteen, our learner-led sex education includes tough conversations about abuse and harm reduction alongside celebration of the diversity of human relationships and experiences. We’re raising $7k by 9/28: Contribute today, and challenge someone to match you! give.gofundme.com/7kfor7m
Checklist: What makes us special? We offer comprehensive and queer-inclusive sex ed based in facts, care, and research. Staffed by real queer and trans and disabled humans. We never, ever use AI for anything. We're sex nerds who love what we do! Scarleteen.
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Kate Schapira: "Well Put & Generalizable" @kateschapira.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Attended not one but two work functions tonight & <audibly saving it for the group text>
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Kate Schapira: "Well Put & Generalizable" @kateschapira.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
I was just at a super lovely event to share info & ideas for updating PVD's Climate Justice Plan. Another one's coming up, which you can sign up for here if you live in the city & are looking to do something besides oscillate between "I'm a monster" & "I'm innocent" docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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Reunión comunitaria del 22 de septiembre: actualización del Plan de Justicia Climática / Sept 22 Community Meeting - Climate Justice Plan Update
¡Es hora de actualizar el Plan de Justicia Climática! El plan original, publicado en 2019, prevé una actualización periódica del mismo en colaboración con la comunidad y la ciudad. Esta reunión comuni...
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Kate Schapira: "Well Put & Generalizable" @kateschapira.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Subject line of a slop email I saw today was, "What happens after the book? Schapira," which, as punctuated, is--unfortunately for all of us--true
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Kate Schapira: "Well Put & Generalizable" @kateschapira.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
If anyone else has examples of sick data-based art--visual or performing--please toss them my way. Participants will be making use of environmental data (flooding, air quality, soil contamination, heat) but we can look at art made from any kind!
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Aaron Bady @zunguzungu.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
"Guy who can do *computer* will surely be able to make mere potato!" is a load-bearing brick in the "baking the earth for AI is fine, we'll just terraform Mars using computer" delusion
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Kate Schapira: "Well Put & Generalizable" @kateschapira.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
MESSAGE ESPECIALLY TO FICTION WRITERS: HIRE NICO
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