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Lawyer. Nothing is legal advice, nothing is an opinion of mine. Nothing is nothing.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 14/10/2026
that’s right
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Gillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Gunther Anders on the bomb in 1956
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some guise @lomanbehold.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
I feared the city would cover it. This feels worse.
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Danielle Johnson @dwhren.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Noooo! Not the rats kissing!
 Spray painted picutirebkd 2 rats kissing. Someone has sprayed painted the words Toy Sory over it. It’s displayed in and Instagram post saying an act of high treason has been committed against our great nation
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 11/10/2026
Just a reminder that when Dems turn against trans people for power, it's also a reminder that they'll do other things for power that you might not like too, such as supporting billionaires.
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Greg Morosoff @gregmorosoff.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Cat-shaped vessel from Peru (c. 200–700 CE) #MenWithCats
Cat-shaped vessel from Peru 
(c. 200–700 CE)Cat-shaped vessel from Peru 
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ceej @ceej.online · 04/10/2026
“how do we win back trump voters in 2026” we don’t. we create an environment where admitting to voting for trump is so socially embarrassing as to render them completely inert. you don’t “win back” trump voters. you demoralize them into staying home. you make it a dunce cap
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Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Reupping this given recent news
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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 26/09/2026
"The central lesson of this cycle is not that Charlie Brown should stop trusting Lucy. It is that Charlie Brown must do a better job explaining why trusting Lucy remains the responsible choice." buff.ly/X2RjqP5
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“Charlie Brown Must Stay the Course”: A Football Kick Autopsy Report by the Democratic Party
“While Charlie Brown did once again accelerate toward the ball, miss the ball entirely as Lucy pulled it away, flip backward through the air, and land violen...
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 22/09/2026
like, the kind of corruption that not even john roberts could pretend isn’t real
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 22/09/2026
this is a genuinely crazy story
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Sen. Pumpkin Gogurt @ugarles.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
offering a coupon for free money and being shocked at the redemption rate
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Timnit Gebru @timnitgebru.blacksky.app · 14/09/2026
The only person in public service who has consistently made 100% sense on issues of "AI," which is why they hate her so much.
Law enforcers already have authority to charge companies and their CEOs for creating and releasing dangerous, unvetted, or defective products. We shouldn’t let discussions about new legal regimes distract from the fact that there’s no AI exemption from laws already on the books — a point 
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 emphasized repeatedly during my tenure.

1. There is an extensive set of laws that govern dangerous and defective products. For example, releasing unvetted AI models or agents can violate consumer protection laws. Shipping flawed AI tools without implementing adequate measures to detect and stop rogue or defective AI agents can be an “unfair or deceptive” act or practice under the FTC Act (and analogous state laws). And some state AGs are already exploring holding AI firms and their CEOs criminally liable when their models participate in criminal activity.

2. Existing laws also prohibit “unfair methods of competition.” This covers instances where AI firms appropriate the competitively sensitive information of their customers, including through tracking their use of various tools. It can also cover instances where firms pursue dangerous behavior, aware that doing so may compel rivals to do the same.As the Supreme Court has noted: “A method of competition which casts upon one's competitors the burden of the loss of business unless they will descend to a practice which they are under a powerful moral compulsion not to adopt, even though it is not criminal, was thought to involve the kind of unfairness at which the [unfair methods of competition] statute was aimed."

3. The highly concentrated and interconnected structure of these markets could be creating major risks and conflicts of interest. We had started investigating these partnerships and cross-investments across the stack (and released a preliminarily overview of some findings: https://ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2025/01/ftc-issues-staff-report-ai-partnerships-investments-study). 

Both federal and state enforcers should be scrutinizing these opaque relationships and inter-dependencies. We are already seeing how these relationships could undermine accountability. For example, OpenAI could face liability given the Hugging Face incident, but Hugging Face being bought up by Nvidia means that we’re unlikely to see it file a lawsuit over this — given Nvidia’s strong incentive to see OpenAI continue full speed ahead.4. As AI tools dramatically change the landscape of cybersecurity risks and hacks, all businesses should be doubling down on having core security protections in place. Firms that fail to invest in adequate data security measures or fix known vulnerabilities can also be breaking the law. A recent analysis showed that around 1/3 of Fortune 100 companies do not even have a way to notify them about security issues. During my 
@FTC
 tenure, we sued firms for poor data security practices and held CEOs liable when they were personally responsible.

https://this.weekinsecurity.com/dozens-of-americas-largest-companies-have-no-simple-way-to-report-security-flaws/

https://ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2022/10/ftc-takes-action-against-drizly-its-ceo-james-cory-rellas-security-failures-exposed-data-25-million

5. As policymakers consider new legal regimes, we should be looking to lessons from prior efforts to govern major sectors, such as banking and other networks, platforms, and utilities. Tools like structural separations, nondiscrimination, and supervision could be key, and there’s a rich history of what works and what doesn’t. But we can and must pursue any new efforts alongside enforcing existing laws.
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giulia 🍂🎃🔮☆⋆。𖦹°‧★ @giuliaisamirrorball.swifties.social · 14/09/2026
with ALT text because everyone should read this!!!
I'm not sure how to start this. So I'm going to speak from the heart and share the truth. Ed Sheeran and his team have made the decision to remove me from The Loop tour.
But before I get into it, I want to say something that should be obvious. In this moment I think it matters. I am not a victim. Ed Sheeran is not a victim. Pink is not a victim. We have careers, money, opportunities, safety and audiences around the world. Whatever consequences any of us face for what we say, we get to go home to our families.
The victims are the Palestinian people. The men, women and children who have been killed, starved, displaced and forced to live through unimaginable violence. More than 20,000 children have been killed in Gaza alone. People are being killed today, and people will be killed tomorrow. I want to make sure that as I tell this story, we don't lose sight of that.
Ed is my friend. I've known him for 13 years. We've shared late nights, studio sessions and stages. He has this infectious magic about him that I've grown to love. I consider him a brother. And because of that, we've had some difficult conversations this past week. The type of talks rooted in love and respect for one another that still end in a place of fundamental disagreement. Nothing I'm writing here is out of spite or because I want to tear down his character. But as I told Ed multiple times on the phone, our friendship can't change my responsibility to tell the truth about what happened.Last Monday, in the middle of all the media attention surrounding Pink and what I said at MetLife, Ed told me that Robert Kraft called him. We were scheduled to play Gillette Stadium later this month, which is owned by the Kraft Group. Ed told me that Kraft said I would not be allowed to perform in his stadium. Ed also told me that Kraft had rallied some of the other stadium owners and collectively they gave him an ultimatum: if Macklemore stays on the tour, you will not be allowed to play in our venues.
Ed was in a fucked up position. He knew it. His typical apolitical stance was being challenged in a way it never had been before. He told me that the words
"Free Palestine" and the image of the Palestinian flag were hurtful to a lot of people he spoke with. I told him that if those words were more offensive than tens of thousands of Palestinian children being killed by Israel, then there was a fundamental disconnect between where those people stood and where I stood. But he couldn't get past his public facing, "I don't take sides."
And I get why people don't. Taking a side can cost you. Money, brand deals, sponsorships, festivals, private shows, relationships and access. I've lost all of those things. But there is no neutral position between the oppressor and the oppressed. When one side has the bombs and bottomless financial and military support from America, refusing to take a side doesn't leave you in the middle.What I said at MetLife I have been saying on stages around the world for almost three years. So why is it an issue now? Because now I'm sharing a stage with one of the biggest artists in the world, in some of the biggest stadiums in America. At a certain level of exposure, "Free Palestine" becomes too much of a risk. If I kept doing the shows, saying Free Palestine, with Ed implicitly supporting it, the crowd getting loud and showing undeniable support for Palestinian liberation, what artist might speak out next? The stage becomes resistance. Maybe that's why this time it became so important to silence me.
And one of the most effective ways to enforce that silence has been to weaponize the accusation of antisemitism. Antisemitism is real. And that is exactly why the word matters too much to be used as a shield against criticism of the Israeli state. When criticizing Israel, opposing Zionism or saying "Free Palestine" gets conflated with hatred of Jewish people, it doesn't protect Jewish people. It protects Israel from accountability.
I hope this isn't the end of my relationship with Ed.
Thirteen years of friendship doesn't disappear because of one painful disagreement. I hope we both continue listening, studying what is happening in Palestine and wrestling with what neutrality means in a moment like this. My door will always be open to continuing that conversation.When my brother Omar was doing the subtitles for the video I posted from MetLife, I thanked him. He told me there's a phrase in Arabic:
لا شكر على واجب
"La shukra ala wajeb." There is no thanks for a duty.
That stayed with me. Because that's what this has become for me and millions of others around the world. A duty. Not something deserving of praise or gratitude. Not brave. Human.
Who is winning the internet, who is getting canceled, who gets to play the stadium and who doesn't, all of it becomes so small when held against what we are actually witnessing in Gaza and the West Bank. An entire people being displaced, starved and killed while the world debates which words we are allowed to use to describe it, how those words make us feel, and whether our discomfort matters more than the people living through a genocide.
I didn't need 10 shows from Ed. I needed 2. Two chances to stand in front of 90,000 people and say the words that somehow became too dangerous to say.
Free Palestine.
But if those words cost me the stage, while turning the conversation back to Palestine, then it was the most successful tour l've ever been on.
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Iron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
A thing worth remembering is that Zohran Mamdani is not only using direct social media communication with his constituency as an undeniably successful charm offensive, but also in recognition that legacy media is *fully* captured by billionaire interests, & attempting to go thru them is pointless.
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binp @binp.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
understandable
Bloody urine (haematurea) was recorded by Ancient Egyptians in papyri 5,000 years ago. They called it Aaa. The first scientific report
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Murshed Zaheed @murshedz.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
"The 2028 presidential race is still months away from getting started, but one thing is already clear for the Democratic Party: reforming, or even expanding, the Supreme Court will be a litmus test for candidates running for the White House." 🎯 @paulblumenthal.bsky.social
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Democrats Are Ready To Take On The Supreme Court In 2028
The rise of a conservative supermajority on the court helped launch the push. But it’s that supermajority’s actions that have since turbocharged it.
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Baltimore Banner @thebaltimorebanner.com · 03/09/2026
Maryland Supreme Court puts redistricting question back on ballot
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Maryland Supreme Court puts redistricting question back on ballot
The Supreme Court of Maryland issued its ruling just hours after hearing oral arguments for and against the proposed constitutional amendment.
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Doug Lindner @douglindner.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
House Republicans just called a vote on amending the US Constitution to ban SCOTUS expansion and lock in the Court's MAGA majority for the rest of our lives. 66 House Dems supported expanding the Court in 2023. 206 House Dems voted to keep the option on the table today.
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­­ ­ ­ the­ ­­ ­ ­ ghostes @rem.bsjky.team · 01/04/2025
ive locked mr beast in a room adn if he can stay there for 100 days he can stay there for 1000 days i dotn care
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Adolfo Neto @adolfoneto.elixiremfoco.com · 30/08/2026
Why young people hate AI even more?
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The industry is incapable of any self-reflection, but it should be obvious why this would be the case. Older gens saw Big Tech innovations that changed people's daily lives for the better and/or were at least mixed bags. Personal computers, internet, mp3 players, smart phones, etc. Someone who is 18 has seen.... what? NFT scams and crypto rug pulls. Web 3.0 hype that went nowhere. Gig economy apps that exploit workers and still charge too much for poor service. Zuckerberg's metaverse. A bunch of crap that massively enriched some billionaires without seeming to improve people's lives. Why should any young person look at big tech companies hyping GenAI—who were all pushing metaverse/crypto/etc. a few years ago—and think it would help them?
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dr. rich traditions, JD @helldude.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
i do agree with rfk on some things, including that it's good macro policy to "thin the herd" by letting natural processes play their course and in the end strengthening our population. this is why i think we should let our herds of the wealthy be freely preyed upon by various bandits and highwaymen
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Nicole Rifkin @nicolerifkin.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
thank you the new yorker and françoise for having me do this cover for the late, great dolly parton
dolly parton new yorker cover
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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Every day, a billion dollars of trade moves between Michigan and Ontario. Michigan has 16 confirmed measles cases and has joined over 60 lawsuits against the Trump admin to stop illegal actions taken against it. But what about this one Twitch streamer? That's what matters most in the Senate race.
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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
The media environment around Hasan Piker and getting Dems to condemn him over stuff he didn’t even say does not bode well for 2028. It’s clear that conservatives (and centrists) can just use smear campaigns to distract from real issues and get whatever they want. Backbones need to be developed
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Fiona @fionasmall.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Real French in Quebec
Delusional cosplayers in France
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Ben Can't @bencant.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Death of an icon
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Humble, the dog who greeted Charles Theatre moviegoers, dies at 10
Humble, the dog featured in Charles Theatre’s cute clip of a determined pup’s quest to reach the Station North cineplex, died earlier this month.
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
The NY Times writes that “Trump’s promises to restore fiscal order and reduce the amount of America’s debt burden have been hampered by spending on the Iran war, tax cuts and tariff refunds.” As if it’s just a run of bad luck instead of an ongoing con job against the American people.
U.S. Debt Hits $40 Trillion as America’s Borrowing Binge Continues
President Trump’s promises to restore fiscal order and reduce the amount of America’s debt burden have been hampered by spending on the Iran war, tax cuts and tariff refunds.
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Alex Burness @burness.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
5 years after a federal court ruling introduced unlimited spending in Alaska elections, voters there hit back on Tuesday, defying their Republican governor and approving—by a huge margin—new limits that restrict the ability of rich donors to bankroll candidates. I wrote about it in @boltsmag.org:
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After Years of Runaway Spending, Alaskans Vote to Reinstate Cap on Campaign Donations - Bolts
Five years after a federal court ruling introduced unlimited spending in Alaska elections, voters there hit back on Tuesday, defying their Republican governor and approving new limits that restrict th...
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
IF AIR WORKED YOU WOULDN'T NEED TO KEEP BREATHING
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Asher HELLbein @asherelbein.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
"Why do Master Race people always look like shabby little freaks" is one of those questions which answers itself if you think about it for even a moment
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missingjigsaw.bsky.social @missingjigsaw.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
The 'Sister Souljah Moment' all centrists long for will be fulfilled by their own singling out for rejection. We will Sister Souljah Neera Tanden, we will Sister Souljah Matt Yglesias, we will Sister Souljah Jonathan Chait, we will Sister Souljah John Fetterman.
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Noah Shachtman @noahshachtman.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
i've been covering national security for decades, on and off. i've never heard of anything like this. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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USS Abraham Lincoln sailors tried to jump overboard amid extended deployment – reports
Aircraft carrier’s crew in ninth month at sea and has spent record 250 days consecutively without making land
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Possible Cabbage 🟢 @possiblecabbage.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Like a good part of what made other countries tolerate American Hegemony was the understanding that we can keep the trade routes open and safe, so stumbling into clear evidence to the contrary was just about the worst mistake you could make. But we also can't fix this.
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 10/08/2026
If it looks like an Amazon delivery and drives like an Amazon delivery, then it's an Amazon delivery, right? Not according to Amazon. Big companies like Amazon have built a vast network of subcontractors who deliver their packages while shielding them from accountability.
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Amadi Lovelace @amaditalks.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
It's always good to remember that the first person who gave a platform to Jenny McCarthy and her bullshit was who? The same zero judgment, zero ethics, zero accountability person who platformed Phil McGraw and Mehmet Oz. Fuck you Oprah Winfrey. 
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Peter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
this takes them at their word that their primary concern is antisemitism. it is not. their primary concern is support for Israel, which is popular among both the GOP establishment and large percentages of its base.
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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
What keeps me awake at night is knowing how few Democrats fully grasp what must be done to restore the U.S. government, from basic law and order to civil rights to the military to the entire administrative state.
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Chris 𓅨 @bigjuncofan.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Ouughhgghh
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Gregk Foley @gregk.co.uk · 03/08/2026
"The idea of society may sound appealing, but it's old men who will take the hit, planting trees under whose shade they might never sit."
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Evil Scary Lucy Promise @julesprom.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
the problem with the “they use israel to mean jews…” line is that israel is a real country and the people who live there are israeli citizens what are we supposed to call them?
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Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
People potentially subject to the nyc pied-à-terre tax are being treated with 1% of the administrative hostility of SNAP and Medicaid applicants, and they’re throwing 100x the fit
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Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Update: Google just sent me a statement saying it is “rolling back” this AI feature that let anyone make completely bullshit satellite images. Comes after our demos of the tool and those from OSINT researchers. One of the worst AI tools I’ve ever seen bsky.app/profile/jose...
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If you know you know @privatechand.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
As a desi mom who thinks constantly about the fact that anti-Indian hate is as bad as I remember post 9/11: thank you for saying this and Usha is a monster for subjecting her children to constant hate from their DAD.
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Amanda Mull @amandamull.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
MLB players are the thoroughbred horses of the human world in that if you take your eye off them for a second they will get loose and find some completely novel Looney Tunes way to suffer a catastrophic injury
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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Ms. Rachel expresses support for Abdul El-Sayed, Cori Bush, Justin Pearson, Jarrett Keohokalole, Peggy Flanagan, Becca Balint, William Lawrence, Elijah Manley, Troy Jackson, Donavan McKinney, Oliver Larkin, and Angie Nixon. "These are some folks I believe care about all kids."
Ms. Rachel Instagram post expressing support for Abdul El-Sayed; Cori Bush; Justin Pearson; Jarrett Keohokalole; Peggy Flanagan; Becca Balint; William Lawrence; Elijah Manley; Troy Jackson; Donavan McKinney; Oliver Larkin; and Angie Nixon.
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Street Art Utopia @streetartutopia.com · 28/07/2026
The collective everyonehateselon_ made this in London, UK. 👾😆
Subverted bus shelter ad by everyonehateselon_ at Carnegie Street in London, showing an older man in dark glasses above the words, “Glasses for people who don’t do consent. AI glasses | Meta.”
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