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Kathleen Moran

@kittymo1.bsky.social
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National Coordinator JCSP Library Project jcsplibraries.com Chair LAI School Libraries group schoollibrariesireland.com LAI/CILIP Ireland Library Staff Champion 2023 Book lover-Educator-Dog walker. Living life & always learning

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School Libraries Group, LAI @slglai.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
We are delighted to announce this fabulous set of books as the finalists for the Great Reads Award 2026, an award for Irish debut children's books, selected by school librarians. Register by 16th Oct. (bit.ly/GRA26) to be entered into a draw for a set of the books, courtesy of our generous sponsors!
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JCSP Library Project @jcsplibraries.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Check out our Top 20 #eBook #Audiobook & #DigitalMagazine checkouts for September - & also our Top 20 borrowing Year Groups across our 235 member schools. A total of 9972 titles were checked out this month. #SchoolLibrariesMatter #LoveReading #JCSPdigital
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DCU Library @dculibrary.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
Join us for the 2026 National Drop Everything and Read Challenge at 12 today! Borrow one of the books from our DCU Book Club displays in our Cregan and O'Reilly Libraries and bury your head in a brilliant book at noon. More details at dropeverythingandread.ie #LetsGetIrelandReading #DEARIrl
Two people holding books, standing in front of books displayed on rows of shelvesJoin us for Ireland's National DEAR Drop Everything and Read. Picture of an owl beside a speech bubble with the text: Open to all. Photo of a woman beside the text: Patricia Ford DEAR Ambassador. 24/04/26 12 noon. Full details and registration at: dropeverythingandread.ie. Hands taking books off shelvesDisplay of books with a sign that reads: Drop everything and read with the DCU Book Club. Borrow one of these brilliant books at 12 noon on Friday 24 April for the National Drop Everything and Read Challenge.
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JCSP Library at St. Paul's Community College, Waterford @stpaulscclib.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
A lovely student visiting us from Spain presented me with an origami rose & told me about the tradition of - Sant Jordi Day April 23 people exchange books & roses - a celebration of stories, love & community looking forward to #DEARIreland @12 noon today. @jcsplibraries.bsky.social
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JCSP Library Project @jcsplibraries.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
Join thousands of others to celebrate our National DEAR Challenge at 12 noon today where we will all read together for 20 minutes at 12 noon. Let’s all do it! #LetsGetIrelandReading
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JCSP Library Project @jcsplibraries.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
The stats are in! There were a total of 25,041 checkouts from our Digital Library during March 2026. Check out our top #eBook #Audiobook & #DigitalMagazine checkouts for the month below. #JCSPdigital #LoveReading #SchoolLibraries
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JCSP Library Project @jcsplibraries.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
Have you registered for the 2026 National Drop Everything & Read Challenge on Friday April 24th-with DEAR Ambassador @pforde123.bsky.social? Full details & registration form: dropeverythingandread.ie Share widely & let's all take time out to read! @laureatenanog.bsky.social #LetsGetIrelandReading
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Jess Bates @jessicabates.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
Thanks so much to school librarian & researcher Dr Jean Henefer for sharing her knowledge & passion for school libraries this week as part of our Leadership in Libraries module @ulsteruni.bsky.social #OnlineLearning #LibraryLeadership #SchoolLibraries #Reading #Inclusion @jcsplibraries.bsky.social
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Jess Bates @jessicabates.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
*Funded Phd Opportunity* Ulster University - How can public libraries in NI support children with SEN & their families? Please share with anyone who might be interested in applying. #PhDResearch #PublicLibraries #SEN @ulsteruni.bsky.social @librariesni.bsky.social www.ulster.ac.uk/doctoralcoll...
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How can public libraries in Northern Ireland support children and young people with special educational needs (SEN) and their parents/carers?
How can public libraries in Northern Ireland support children and young people with special educational needs (SEN) and their parents/carers?
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An Post Irish Book Awards @irishbookawards.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
A brilliant night at the GPO for the 2025 An Post Irish Book Awards Shortlist launch! 💚📚 From powerful debuts to beloved favourites, we’re celebrating Irish writing at its best. Now it’s your turn to choose the winners! Vote here ➡️ scxo9qtv33a.typeform.com/apiba25-vote #APIBA #StoriesMakeUs
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JCSP Library TMS GMS @tmswineycclib.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
We are participating in the #GreatReadsAward again this year! Look at all these cool books, something for everyone 🥰 Thanks to @slglai.bsky.social Register your participation with them to be in with a chance of winning a set of the books. #justread @jcsplibraries.bsky.social
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School Libraries Group, LAI @slglai.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
Our 2025 #GreatReadsAward shortlist has just been launched. From #PictureBooks to #YA, there's something for all ages. Full details at bit.ly/Greatreadsaw... - where schools (Primary & PP) can register (& maybe win a set of the shortlisted books!)
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Rónán Hession @ronanhession.bsky.social · 06/09/2025
Ten years of DLR LexIcon in Dún Laoghaire: ‘People thought it was a vanity project and too much money’ "She says libraries are of the few non-religious buildings open to the community that people can just come into and sit down." www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...
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Ten years of DLR LexIcon in Dún Laoghaire: ‘People thought it was a vanity project and too much money’
Award-winning but initially controversial building has become Ireland’s busiest public library
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Kathleen Moran @kittymo1.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
There’s still time to apply to join this great team. Don’t miss out! #LISjobs #JobFairy #LibraryJobs #SchoolLibrarians #LibraryJobsIE
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JCSP Library Project @jcsplibraries.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
JCSP Libraries are hiring. Full and part-time positions available in Dublin, Dungarvan and Enniscorthy. Don't miss this opportunity to join a great team. Full details at: cityofdublinetb.ie/about-us/hr/... #LISjobs #LibraryJobs #JobFairy
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Ruth Ennis @rurooie.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
This is a thread for #Speirgorm and anyone Irish / Ireland-based who is interested in the arts
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Books Ireland @booksireland.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
Victoria Amelina who was killed in Ukraine has posthumously won The Orwell Prize for Political Writing. Donal Ryan spoke on RTÉ 1 about how moving the prize-giving was, & with humility about Heart, Be at Peace, which won the award for political fiction. booksirelandmagazine.com/unfinished-b...
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Unfinished book by Victoria Amelina, killed in Ukraine, wins Orwell Prize - Books Ireland
Victoria Amelina wins Orwell Prize for Political Writing & Donal Ryan wins Orwell Prize for Political Fiction.
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JCSP Library Project @jcsplibraries.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
Check out the winning entries in our SNAP Photography Challenge. Well done to the winners from Coláiste Chiaráin, Coláiste Chill Mhantáin & Coláiste na Ríochta & to the Runners-Up and Commended entries. @artscouncilireland.bsky.social Full details at jcsplibraries.com/2025/06/03/j...
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Irish Doctors for the Environment @irishdocsenv.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
Ireland is data centre capital of the world with 89 data centres storing your Instagram reels, TikTok dances and endless folders of photos. Why should you care? Because data centres have a major environmental cost. Brilliant journalism by the @investigates.thejournal.ie crew!
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The Journal Investigates: Where are all the data centres and why should you care?
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John Gibbons 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 @thinkorswim.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
What have we done? www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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‘Half the tree of life’: ecologists’ horror as nature reserves are emptied of insects
A new point in history has been reached, entomologists say, as climate-led species’ collapse moves up the food chain even in supposedly protected regions free of pesticides
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JCSP Library Project @jcsplibraries.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
JCSP Libraries SNAP Photography Challenge Winners 2025 With over 150 entries for our SNAP Photography Challenge this year, our judges had a hard job selecting winners. But they have managed to do so and below are the winning entries in all three competition categories. Junior Category:
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JCSP Libraries SNAP Photography Challenge Winners 2025
With over 150 entries for our SNAP Photography Challenge this year, our judges had a hard job selecting winners. But they have managed to do so and below are the winning entries in all three competition categories. Junior Category:
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LibraryJobs.ie @libraryjobs.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
Librarian // Poetry Ireland (Dublin 1) @poetryireland.bsky.social #LISjobsIE #libraryjobs #jobfairy libraryjobs.ie/item/librari...
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JCSP Library Project @jcsplibraries.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
Sora Sweet Reads is now live on Sora! Over 200 ebooks & audiobooks for students across all levels. These simultaneous-use titles are available for free now to 25 August. Check out the Sweet Reads collection on your Explore tab. Free membership for JCSP/DEIS schools. #SummerReading
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School Libraries Group, LAI @slglai.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
Don't miss our May 15th conference on the power of play. Speakers include psychotherapist Dr Joanna Fortune, Lego Serious Play facilitators How Might We, & inputs from practicing school librarians. Don't miss it! Check out Eventbrite for tickets. www.eventbrite.com/e/fun-dament...
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Kathleen Moran @kittymo1.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
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Scientists Reveal What Happens in Your Brain When You Read
There's nothing quite like getting lost in an excellent book (or an article from your favorite science news site).
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JCSP Library Project @jcsplibraries.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
JCSP Libraries Academy Film Awards 2025 Celebrating Student Film-Makers: Highlights from the JAFAs After a long hiatus, the JCSP Libraries Academy Film Awards (JAFAs) made a welcome return recently in the Light House Cinema. It was a much-anticipated event that allowed our talented young…
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JCSP Libraries Academy Film Awards 2025
Celebrating Student Film-Makers: Highlights from the JAFAs After a long hiatus, the JCSP Libraries Academy Film Awards (JAFAs) made a welcome return recently in the Light House Cinema. It was a much-anticipated event that allowed our talented young filmmakers to showcase their work on the big screen. Throughout the year our students have been busy creating short films as part of our JCSP film making initiative.
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JCSP Library Project @jcsplibraries.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
Our @CityofDublinETB @jcsplibraries & @cdetbscc ‘We Write What We Like’ Writer-in-Residence 2025 showcase about to kick off in the beautiful @NLIreland. Exciting! @nlireland.bsky.social @poetryireland.bsky.social
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JCSP Library at St. Paul's Community College, Waterford @stpaulscclib.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
Fabulous to see a replica of EIRSAT-1 (Ireland's First Satellite) here in the Explorium, with our Space Poem "All Ways Home" @jcsplibraries.bsky.social www.eirsat1.ie/space-poetry
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Rick O'Shea @rickoshea.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
Today sales for all events for the 2025 Dalkey Book Festival are open and I'll be a part of a few things this year... www.dalkeybookfestival.org 🧵
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HOME | DALKEY BOOK FESTIVAL
Dalkey Book Festival 12th - 15th June 2025. A festival that celebrates literary talent and hosts some of the world's leading writers and thinkers since 2010. Global names; Local Vibe.
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Alan Carbery @acarbery.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
Major Job Klaxon! A really important role in our @ucclibrary.bsky.social library opened for applications today. Come join our team as Head of Content Services to lead our teams on collections. More details and apply at: andersonquigley.com/ucc-library/ #lisjobsie
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University College Cork - Head of Content Services
University College Cork - Head of Content Services vacancy represented by Anderson Quigley executive search firm in London, UK.
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Librarian by Day 🏳️‍🌈 @librarianbyday.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
Great post from @diversityfellow.bsky.social. This was much my experience in the early days of Twitter. I found so much community there diversityfellow.wordpress.com/2025/04/25/l...
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Let’s Talk About It:#LibraryTwitter and the Power of Digital Community
Let’s Talk About It: #LibraryTwitter and the Power of Digital Community In this Let’s Talk About it blog post, I want to dive into the digital community that I found on #LibraryTwitter and reflect …
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Kathleen Moran @kittymo1.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
I haven’t heard a librarian say shush in 20 years t.co/VjrZUb6042
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https://www.rnz.co.nz/life/books/i-haven-t-heard-a-librarian-say-shush-in-20-years-how-libraries-are-about-more-than-just-books
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Kathleen Moran @kittymo1.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
I've just signed this petition protesting Meta's theft of Irish writing, which they've used to build their AI tool. Will you sign too? my.uplift.ie/petitions/pr... @uplift-ireland.bsky.social
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Protest Meta's Theft of Irish Writing
I've just signed this petition protesting Meta's theft of Irish writing, which they've used to build their AI tool. Will you sign too?
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Children's Books Ireland @childrensbooksireland.ie · 16/04/2025
Sign the petition and help protect Irish writers and artists against AI copyright infringement ‼️ my.uplift.ie/petitions/pr...
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Protest Meta's Theft of Irish Writing
I've just signed this petition protesting Meta's theft of Irish writing, which they've used to build their AI tool. Will you sign too?
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UCD Library @ucdlibrary.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
Mon 5th May is the deadline to apply for our Interim Head of UCD #SpecialCollections position! Lead this important repository of rare books, journals & archival materials through an exciting transformational period. Apply by 12 noon: universityvacancies.com/university-c... #LISjobsIE #JobFairy
White shelves with labelled cardboard archival boxes. Job opportunity for an Interim Head of UCD Special Collections.
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Kathleen Moran @kittymo1.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/a...
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Librarians in UK increasingly asked to remove books, as influence of US pressure groups spreads
Anecdotal evidence suggests a rise in requests to take books off shelves, particularly LGBTQ+ titles
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
"On Tyranny" is a #1 NYT bestseller again. I wish the moment were different. But I’m glad the book is useful. And grateful for all the kind words about putting the 20 lessons to work. snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...
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Twenty Lessons, read by John Lithgow
Key selections from On Tyranny, for viewing and sharing
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Kathleen Moran @kittymo1.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
Full details of our Drop Everything and Read Challenge at dropeverythingandread.ie
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Kathleen Moran @kittymo1.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
The countdown is on… in just 20 minutes Ireland will be dropping everything and reading. Exciting! What will you read? Share using the hashtag #LetsGetIrelandReading
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Lori Moriarty @lorimoriarty.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
Fab talk from Joseph Peelo about his work with the JCSP LIbrary project and School Completion Project in creating a Comic book club. I love hearing about programmes centring Reading for Enjoyment #LAICILIPIRE25 @jcsplibraries.bsky.social
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American Library Association @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
NEW: ALA is going to court to stop the President’s attempts to illegally dismantle the Institute of Museum & Library Services. The President does not have the authority to destroy a federal agency. That's why we're taking action with our co-plaintiff @afscme.bsky.social. #ForOurLibraries (1/3)
We're suing Trump to save library funding. Show up for our libraries, American Library Association.
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American Library Association @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
ICYMI this morning: Here are the Top 10 Most Challenged Books of 2024 with links to their book résumés to help people understand why they matter. www.ala.org/bbooks/frequ... 📚 #UniteAgainstBookBans #NationalLibraryWeek
Top Ten Most Challenged Books of 2024. Collage of book covers: All Boys Aren't Blue, Gender Queer, The Bluest Eye, by Toni Morrison, The Perks of Being a Wallflower,” by Stephen Chbosky, Tricks, Looking for Alaska, Me and Earl and the Dying Girl,” by Jesse Andrews,Crank,” by Ellen Hopkins, Sold, Flamer.
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JCSP Library Project @jcsplibraries.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
Check out our Digital Library circulation stats below. 930 checkouts so far today. Our library is open 24/7 - so no doubt there will be more checkouts - #eBooks, #Audiobooks & #DigitalMagazines - before midnight. Demand is ever increasing for this valuable service
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JCSP Library Project @jcsplibraries.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
Some great new #Readalong titles just added to our Digital Library on #Sora. Check them out. Membership is free for JCSP/DEIS schools. #LoveReading #SchoolLibrariesMatter #eBooks #Audiobooks
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JCSP Library Project @jcsplibraries.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
DEAR 2025 Ambassador Patricia Forde reminds everyone to Drop Everything and Read at 12 noon on Friday April 11th. Full details on dropeverythingandread.ie Register your support at t.co/KVTts9HPfH youtu.be/ett92v2XNnk
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KidLit Collective @kidlitcollective.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
Happy National School Librarian Day! We ❤️ school librarians! Sending heartfelt thanks today and every day for inspiring kiddos to be readers, thinkers, and dreamers! 📚 #NationalSchoolLibrarianDay #kidlit #EduSky #Skybrarian
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JCSP Library Project @jcsplibraries.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
🎺The Charts are in!🎺 Check out our most borrowed #eBooks, #Audiobooks & #DigitalMagazines in March. Library membership is free for JCSP/DEIS schools. Full details at jcsplibraries.com @singmecreation.bsky.social @slglai.bsky.social @inotenews.bsky.social #LoveReading #SchoolLibraries
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Children's Books Ireland @childrensbooksireland.ie · 27/03/2025
We're also looking for Expert Adult judges to help form next years panel. Have your say on the best of Irish children's books! Details below ⬇️
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Kathleen Moran @kittymo1.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
‪Kathleen Moran‬ ‪@kittymo1.bsky.social‬ Dublin Literary Award 2025 shortlist revealed: Irish Booker winner Paul Lynch makes the cut From irishtimes.com www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...
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Dr. Eva Hornung @evahornung.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
Shocking! I did not give permission.
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