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Manchester University Press @manchesterup.bsky.social · 10h

On this day in 1936, East Londoners stopped Oswald Mosley's Blackshirts at Cable Street. This legacy would inspire generations of anti-racist activists in East London. @tajali1.bsky.social manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526177582/

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Manchester University Press @manchesterup.bsky.social · 10h

Thursday 15 October, 7-8.30pm Warburg Institute, London Celebrate the launch of Elaine Tierney's 'Celebrating the city', which takes readers behind the scenes of urban festivities in early modern London and Paris. Free, reserve a space: manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/events/book-...

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Manchester University Press @manchesterup.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Join us at @hatchards.bsky.social as author Sophie Oliver discusses her new book ‘What the Dresses Know: A Women's History of Modernism Told Through Clothes,’ in conversation with fellow academic and broadcaster Shahidha Bari. Tickets: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/what-the-d... #London #booksky

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What the Dresses Know – Sophie Oliver at Hatchards, Piccadilly

Sophie Oliver discusses her book ‘What the Dresses Know,’ in conversation with Shahidha Bari.

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Manchester University Press @manchesterup.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

How were empires made? This week's selection of titles explores the economic, political and technological systems that underpinned imperial power, alongside the cultural, social and intellectual frameworks that helped legitimise and sustain it. manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/blog/2026/10...

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Manchester University Press @manchesterup.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

'Walking with the enemy' grew out of a 2020 symposium and a desire to rethink conversations about subversive mimicry, art and the so-called post-truth era. Read the full Q&A here: manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/blog/2026/08...

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Manchester University Press @manchesterup.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

We’re delighted to announce that Maluseu Doris Tulifau's Brown Girls Don’t Cry is the winner of the inaugural Manchester University Press Prize for Outstanding Contribution to the Public Understanding of Sociology, awarded in partnership with @thesociologicalreview.org

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Manchester University Press @manchesterup.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

How much of what we think we know about eighteenth-century women comes from the historical record, and how much comes from popular culture? Virtue reconsider'd offers a fresh perspective on married women's lives. Publishing 6 October: manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526187468/

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huseyinkishi.bsky.social @huseyinkishi.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

If you’re interested in how we address the issues that Sharon Graham of Unite has raised on #r4today. You should read @manchesterup.bsky.social’s When Nothing Works From cost of living to foundational liveability:

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When nothing works

"When nothing works" published on 27 Jun 2023 by Manchester University Press.

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James Baldwin Review @jbrjournal.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

James Baldwin Review is proud to announce the publication of Volume 12 (2026). This exciting issue features the 2025 James Baldwin Lecture by the esteemed Hortense Spillers. www.manchesterhive.com/view/journal... @manchesterup.bsky.social

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Manchester University Press @manchesterup.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Happy #NationalPoetryDay! We're celebrating by announcing the acquisition of What’s The Point of Poetry? by Katy Shaw. Publishing Spring 2028! Exploring everything from #Ovid to Covid, this ambitious new book asks: what is #poetry for in the C21st? Find out more here, bit.ly/4rH7F7U

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Manchester University Press @manchesterup.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

How does empire continue to shape the modern world? This autumn we're exploring race, empire and resistance through books on history, activism, education, memory and lived experience. Follow along for author Q&As, videos, events and more throughout October.

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Manchester University Press @manchesterup.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

A look at two original accounts of English eating and drinking habits, why we eat and drink the way we do now with three fantastic authors. Join us at @trackbrewingco.bsky.social taproom in #Manchester for this discussion, FREE tickets: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/pubs-for-t... @versobooks.bsky.social

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Pubs for the people: Sivamohan Valluvan and Amit Singh with Lewis Bassett

A look at two original accounts of English eating and drinking habits, why we eat and drink the way we do now with three fantastic authors.

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Manchester University Press @manchesterup.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

There's just 5 days left to access the introduction to 'Borderline bodies' for free and explore new perspectives on identity, representation and belonging in visual culture since 1800. www.manchesterhive.com/display/9781...

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Manchester University Press @manchesterup.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

After British South Asians endured the riots of summer 2024, @tajali1.bsky.social tells the inspirational story of how the community organised against racism in the past and how it continues to fight in the present. FREE tickets: fiveleavesbookshop.co.uk/events/come-... @fiveleavesbooks.bsky.social

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Manchester University Press @manchesterup.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

"I always experienced new materialism and decolonial theory as two parties digging a tunnel towards the same aim, but coming from very different directions." Angela Last speaks about Tainted tools on @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social: bit.ly/3To6KfW%F0%9...

Yellow background. A black phone with over-ear headphone plugged in sits in the centre of the image. On the screen, the book cover for Tained tools can be seen as an episode of the New Books Network podcast with Angela Last plays.

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Manchester University Press @manchesterup.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

@davehaslam.bsky.social's latest book features intimate and unguarded interviews with trailblazers and misfits from the worlds of music, literature, film and art. From politics and performance, to fame and addiction, interviewees speak with honesty about their creative journeys. Out in October.

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Manchester University Press @manchesterup.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

As debates around misinformation and "fake news" continue, artists are finding new ways to provoke critical thinking and expose systems of power. 'Walking with the enemy' is now available to purchase in hardback: manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526169488/

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Doc Sarah Lonsdale @sarahjlonsdale.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

What a lovely event that was! Thank you #wigtownbookfestival for organising such a wonderful show, @leerandall.bsky.social for including me and @charlenebusalli.bsky.social for being such a brilliant chair. I had such a lovely time talking about my wild, wild women. @manchesterup.bsky.social

Sarah and Charlene smiling and laughing after their Wildly Different event at Wigtown Book Festival

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Manchester University Press @manchesterup.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

We're delighted to announce the next book in our popular British Pop Archive series, 'A certain romance: Arctic Monkeys and the New Yorkshire Wave ' by Omar Soliman. Signed copies are available to pre-order from @roughtrade1976.bsky.social here: www.roughtrade.com/product/a-ce... #booksky

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Manchester University Press @manchesterup.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Journalist and historian @tajali1.bsky.social will be at @redhillsdurham.bsky.social to discuss his new book, 'Come What May, We’re Here to Stay', on the fight against racism, exploitation & injustice that helped shape modern Britain. 11th Oct FREE tickets: tickets.redhillsdurham.org/event/taj-al...

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Taj Ali: Come What May, We’re Here to Stay – Tickets – Redhills Durham

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Christine Slobogin @slobogin.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

A labor of love and laughter!! Our book _Sick Jokes_ is finally out with @manchesterup.bsky.social ! Working on this with @katiesnow.bsky.social and @lauracowley.bsky.social has been a blast, and our contributors are BRILLIANT! Have your libraries order it!!

Me (a white woman with shortish dark blonde hair in a black and white horizontal striped dress) smiling while standing in front of a green plant holding two copies of the book _Sick Jokes: Visual Histories of Humour, Health and the Body_

Close up of the cover of _Sick Jokes: Visual Histories of Humour, Health and the Body_. The cover includes the title in orange and "Edited by Christine Slobogin, Katie Snow and Laura Cowley" in yellow. The cover image is a black-and-white photograph of a white man with glasses and an oxygen tube and hospital gown pulled up to reveal both a Karposi's sarcoma and a happy face tattoo.

Photo of two pages at the beginning of the book.

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A note on the cover image
When deciding which image from this volume to put on the cover, we knew that we wanted something that captured one of the book's central themes: the use of humour as a means of reclaiming power from the medical systems or diagnoses that so often leave us feeling powerless. Marc Geller's photograph of Tom Shearer does exactly that, with Tom's personality - embodied in his smiley face tattoo and steady gaze - posing a pointed challenge to medical and cultural assumptions about what it means to be, or to joke about being, 'sick'. The context in which this portrait (one of many, discussed in Jo Michael Rees's Chapter 6, in this volume) was taken also suggests the importance of laughing in the faces of death and danger, of creating community and of sharing experience - other prominent themes throughout Sick Jokes.
We are very aware of the ethical quandaries of sharing patient photographs, especially on a book cover, publicly viewable on shelves and on screens. While we cannot get consent from Shearer for this specific use of his photograph, we have received permission from Geller. The portrait was taken by Geller on assignment for the American LGBT magazine The Advocate in 1991, to accompany an interview about Shearer and Beowulf Thorne's radically funny wine Diseased Pariah News. Geller stated in an email to us that he felt Tom's bravery in creating such a zine comes through in the way he faced the camera. While we cannot know how Shearer or Thorne imagined these portraits might circulate after their deaths, the photographs belong to a project and artistic friendship that was itself public-facing.
We hope that this photograph draws people into this volume while also showing Shearer as he wanted to be perceived. We hope that we have done him - and other patients, artists and jokers - justice.
Christine Slobogin, Katie Snow and Laura Cowley

Dedications
For Cindy Slobogin, who taught me to love art - Christine Slobogin
For Rory Ivor Snow, who can find the funny in anything - Katie Snow
licence, thanks to the supertial commercial us, dischindle
For Sue Cowley, who was a good patient but a far better teacher -
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Manchester University Press @manchesterup.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

This Friday, join Michelle Pace at the University of Catania as she launches her book, Un-welcome to Denmark: The paradigm shift and refugee integration. The launch will take place as part of the DIPLOWIDEMed Research-to-Policy Lab Crash Course Programme. Find out more: bit.ly/47ftFgF

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Manchester University Press @manchesterup.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

'New Labour, New Britain? How the Blair governments reshaped the country' is a bold and balanced re-appraisal of New Labour in power by Prof. @gsoh31.bsky.social (Oxford Brookes). Out now and just £20 in hardback, available from all good bookshops & online. #LabourConference #booksky

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Manchester University Press @manchesterup.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

'Pubs for the people' is a fascinating trip into the world of the English pub, tracing its past and exploring how it represents the hope of a more equal, sociable and comfortably multiracial England. Publishing this October, pre-order today from all good bookshops & online. #booksky

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Manchester University Press @manchesterup.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

What's next for China's economy? Join us at this FREE event as part of @oxrdmcr.bsky.social's Cultural Welcome, with eminent authors Vince Cable & Rebecca Fannin, in partnership with Manchester Confucius. 1st October Tickets: oxfordroadcorridor.com/events/whats... #Manchester #China #booksky

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What’s Next for China’s Economy? Presented by Manchester University Press and Confucius Institute

Ahead of the festival, Sir Vince Cable and Rebecca Fannin discuss the future of China’s economy, exploring implications for commerce, law and climate change.

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Manchester University Press @manchesterup.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Join author and academic Sophie Oliver at House of Books and Friends in #Manchester for a Lunchtime Lecture on 10th November. Sophie will be discussing her new book, 'What the Dresses Know: A women’s history of modernism told through clothes.' Tickets: houseofbooksandfriends.com/event/luncht...

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LUNCHTIME LECTURE - Sophie Oliver 'What the Dresses Know' | House of Books & Friends

House of Books and Friends is excited to introduce the next guest for their ‘Lunchtime Lecture’ series: Sophie Oliver, author of What the Dresses Know: A women’s history of modernism told through […]

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Shalimar Books @shalimarbooks.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

As racism rears its ugly head again, this book asks: are we doomed to repeat the past or will we learn from our mistakes and build a better world. 📚📚✊🏾 'Come What May, We're Here to Stay: The Story of South Asian Resistance in Britain' by Taj Ali. @tajali1.bsky.social @manchesterup.bsky.social

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Manchester University Press @manchesterup.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

'An inspirational guide in understanding the deep roots of South Asian activism in Britain.' Counterfire review @tajali1.bsky.social's 'Come what may, we're here to stay': www.counterfire.org/article/come... Out now and available from all good bookshops. #booksky

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Come What May, We’re Here to Stay – book review

Taj Ali’s inspiring history of South Asian struggles against racism across the twentieth century emphasises the importance of class and broad alliances, finds Zahid Rahman There are often two misju...

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Manchester University Press @manchesterup.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Join us at @hatchards.bsky.social as @davehaslam.bsky.social discusses his new book ‘Creative Journeys,’ in convo with @lukebainbridge.bsky.social. 'Creative Journeys' is a collection of interviews with fascinating figures in music, literature, film and art: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/creative-j...

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Manchester University Press @manchesterup.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

What if art isn't simply rebellious or conformist? 'Walking with the enemy' editor Tom Williams discusses the artistic practices that fall between these categories, and what they can tell us about the twentieth century. Read the full Q&A: manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/blog/2026/08...

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Amit Singh @amit-singh.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Pubs for the People book events @manchesterup.bsky.social 📍London, Glasgow, Nottingham, Manchester and Brighton (more to come in 2027) Come one, come all manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/events/

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Manchester University Press @manchesterup.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

'What the dresses know' is an exciting new history of modernism that re-examines the movement through some of its most brilliant female artists. Join writer and AHRC/BBC New Generation Thinker Sophie Oliver, coming to a bookshop or library near you: manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/events/ #booksky

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John Robb official @johnrobbofficial.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

sold out show tonight on our ‘life without punk’ and my memoirs tour of Germany. Next show is Hamburg on Friday with great guests…last few tickets and all details here… www.eventim.de/en/event/joh...

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Manchester University Press @manchesterup.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

We are deeply saddened by the death of Professor John M. MacKenzie, Founding Editor of our Studies in Imperialism series. Colleagues share memories of his influence, kindness and lasting impact on the field of imperial history: manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/blog/2026/09...

Man with glasses and white eyebrows looking thoughtfully to the right in a close-up portrait, wearing a light blue shirt and dark jacket, seated indoors against floral wallpaper and a patterned armchair.

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Manchester University Press @manchesterup.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

We spoke to the author of Beginning Literary Animal Studies about interdisciplinarity, environmental thinking, canonical texts, and what animals can teach us about reading differently. Read the interview and learn more about the book here, manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/blog/2026/09...

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Manchester University Press @manchesterup.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

In a new commission for Durham Book Festival, writer @jakecampbell88.bsky.social explores how a beguiling watercourse near Bishop Auckland – the River Gaunless – is being saved and enhanced for the community today. 11th October Tickets: newwritingnorth.com/event/voices... #Durham #booksky

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Voices from the River Gaunless with Jake Morris-Campbell - New Writing North

In a new commission, writer Jake Morris-Campbell explores how a beguiling watercourse near Bishop Auckland – the River Gaunless, a...

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Manchester University Press @manchesterup.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

For The Review of Democracy, Angéla Kóczé introduces civil rights icon Ágnes Daróczi and discusses her role in the movement towards Roma emancipation in Hungary. Listen🎧️: bit.ly/4ApUgF2 Angéla's new book, Romani women at the edge of neoliberal Europe, is out now.

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The Movement for Roma Emancipation in Hungary – Angéla Kóczé Discusses the Life and Times of Ágnes Daróczi | Review of Democracy

In this conversation at the Review of Democracy, Angéla Kóczé introduces civil rights icon Ágnes Daróczi, and sketches her paths and the development of her consciousness as a Roma woman; covers the…

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Manchester University Press @manchesterup.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Tom Williams, one of the editors of 'Walking with the enemy', introduces the concept of subversive mimicry: a tactic used by artists and activists who adopt the language, imagery and assumptions of the systems they seek to challenge. manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526169488/

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Manchester University Press @manchesterup.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Who gets to define the boundaries of the human body? Free to read until 5 November, the introduction to Borderline bodies in art and visual culture explores the bodies, images and objects that challenge fixed ideas of identity, place and belonging. www.manchesterhive.com/display/9781...

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Manchester University Press @manchesterup.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Have you checked out the @lthanwordsfest.bsky.social programme? It's packed with gems, including Irvine Welsh, John Foxx, Pauline Black, Nick Heyward, Clint Boon, Tim Pope, Mike Pickering, Neil Storey and Nigel Planer. Find out more here: louderthanwar.com/louder-than-... #Manchester #booksky

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Louder Than Words Festival

Louder Than Words Festival announces packed 2026 Manchester programme

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Manchester University Press @manchesterup.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Spotted in Waterstones Manchester Arndale, signed copies of Folklore in paperback on the BOGOF table! Perfect for your TBR as we move into Autumn and spooky season 🎃 pick up your copy today! @cerihoulbrook.bsky.social @odavies9.bsky.social #folklore #booksky

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Manchester University Press @manchesterup.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

This Thursday! Join Dr Barbora Cernusáková at The University of Manchester for the launch of her new book, Surplus lives under racial capitalism, organised by the Political Economy Centre. 4-6pm Humanities Bridgeford Street Building find out more & register: bit.ly/3SR6O7N

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Manchester University Press @manchesterup.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

A huge congratulations to Joel Morley, whose book Joining up in the Second World War has been shortlisted for the Society for Army Historical Research's SAHR Chapple Prize. manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526157232/

Joel Morley’s book "Joining Up in the Second World War" is announced as shortlisted for the Sahr Chapple Prize, shown as the book cover centered on a blue confetti background with the word SHORTLISTED across the top.

Endorsement from The Society for Army Historical Research: "An impressive study of how the cultural legacy of the Great War shaped the attitudes of wartime soldiers in the Second World War." Large white text set against a solid blue background.

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Manchester University Press @manchesterup.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Some of our politics titles at this year's EPOP conference in Liverpool earlier this week. Contemporary histories of Labour from Blair to Starmer, a case for a new written constitution and Richard Rose's brand new book on Britain's factured party system. Thanks to Uni of Liverpool/The PSA!

Photograph of a table and chairs. A small blue MUP-branded banner sits on the table, alongside some small stacks of books.

A close-up photograph of a stack of copies of The British party system, a book by Richard Rose.

A closer photograph of three of the titles on the table: New Labour, new Britain, The English Constitution and What went wrong with Britain?

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Manchester University Press @manchesterup.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

How does focusing on plants change the way we think about work, value, and extraction in the green economy? In this week's Questions with, James Palmer discusses his book Power plants, bioenergy debates, ecological Marxism and the tyranny of sustainability. Read the full Q&A: bit.ly/4xYhJLZ

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