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Marian Christie

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Dave Bonta @davebonta.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Moving at summer’s pace, an animal made of departure, and much more with @emmalee1.bsky.social @matthewepaul.bsky.social @jwikeley.bsky.social @dharmabam.bsky.social @collinkelley.bsky.social @marianchristie.bsky.social @adamcairnspoet.bsky.social 3/3 www.vianegativa.us/2026/06/poet...
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Poetry Blog Digest 2026, Week 25
A personal selection of posts from around the Anglophone blogosphere.
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Marian Christie @marianchristie.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
Solstice sunset
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David Meyer @dajmeyer.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
@marianchristie.bsky.social, "numbers – in all their glorious variations, as sequences or patterns or absolute values – provide the unobtrusive ostinato of our lives" Unobtrusive but obstinate!
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Phil Vernon @philvernon.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Very chuffed that The Amethyst Review published my poem "The Ninth Lesson", online today. amethystmagazine.org/2026/06/03/t...
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The Ninth Lesson – a poem by Phil Vernon
The Ninth Lesson(The Gospel of St. John 1:1-14)What is it in these words that brushes centuries of science aside, to reach the heart?How does St John’s ‘true Light’,sustained through distance, chan…
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Marian Christie @marianchristie.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
Musings... marianchristiepoetry.net/musings/
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Musings
Musings on numbers, exercise and daily life.
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Marian Christie @marianchristie.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
Map Reading by @philvernon.bsky.social philvernon.net/2026/02/02/m...
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Map reading, a poem
This poem was first published in the wonderful Irish magazine Abridged Map reading What, then, is time? If no-one asks me, I know; if I wish to explain it to he who asks, I do not know.- St. August…
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graywyvern @graywyvern.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
#rumramruf, #egilshattr
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Ice Floe Press (OPEN for Subs June - July 2026) @icefloepress.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
Watch "Aftermath (St. Jude's Dress) by Canadian #trans #artist/poet activist Shannon Quinn. A prayer #performance #video as part of our PROCESS /MARGINALIA /OTHERWOR(L)(D)S project now running at our website. Don't forget to subscribe for free on our home page. icefloepress.net/2026/01/16/a...
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Aftermath (St. Jude’s Dress). A Video Poem Performance – Shannon Quinn
AFTERMATH (St. Jude’s Dress) — Shannon Quinn Author Note: For this piece I collected 75 prayers from participants. Parameters I observed were that I would not read the prayers and …
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Ice Floe Press (OPEN for Subs June - July 2026) @icefloepress.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
New at PROCESS series a sound work & prose poem by #canadian #poet #artist Nathanael Jones! #montreal ambient sounds...documentation...meaning outside semantics...body...language...struggle. Subscribe to our press on line series at bottom of our homepage! Free! icefloepress.net/2026/01/14/f...
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“Field Notes +1” – A Sound Work & Prose Poem by Nathanael Jones
Field Notes: A Sound Work by Nathanael Jones +1 (A Prose Poem) You realize you are nostalgic for the way we used to market the present moment back to ourselves for profit. This statement is grafted…
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Phil Vernon @philvernon.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
Snowdrops are starting to emerge, so I thought I'd dust this poem off. 'Spring terror'. philvernon.net/2026/01/12/s...
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Spring terror
This poem was included in my first poetry collection, Poetry After Auschwitz. Snowdrops are starting to emerge again in our garden, so this seemed a suitable time to dust it off. Spring terrorSnowd…
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Anthony Etherin @anthonyetherin.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
New Podcast! FATE OF THE ARTS, Episode 1 I had a great time chatting with my friend janeespenson.bsky.social about the ways new media and streaming have changed TV writing — and the innovations set to shape the future of television. Listen here: anthonyetherin.substack.com/p/fate-of-th...
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Fate of the Arts, with Anthony Etherin. Episode 1: Jane Espenson
On the Present and Future of Television...
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Marian Christie @marianchristie.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
I loved collaborating on these hybrid pieces with my friend Samantha Vazhure and her musically gifted son Quinten. Thank you to @vikkicwrites.bsky.social and @rfredekenter.bsky.social for giving our work such a beautiful home in @icefloepress.bsky.social 🙏💙 icefloepress.net/2026/01/07/p...
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Palindrome, Houses of Stone, Mbira – Collaborations by Samantha Rumbidzai Vazhure, Marian Christie & Quinten Vazhure: Art, Poetry, Photography, Music.
PALINDROME – A Collaboration. Painting: Samantha Rumbidzai Vazhure, Ekphrastic Poem: Marian Christie Palindrome – the Process Samantha: This piece grew from a meditation on life’s cyclical na…
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Vikki C. @vikkicwrites.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
Today at Process, Ice Floe presents a stunning collaboration by @marianchristie.bsky.social, Samantha Vazhure and Quinten Vazhure — Art, poetry, photography and music segue to explore life cycles, cosmic resonance and ancestry. Palindrome, Houses of Stone, Mbira 🔥 icefloepress.net/2026/01/07/pal…
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Ice Floe Press (OPEN for Subs June - July 2026) @icefloepress.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
Our 2nd piece in PROCESS/MARGINALIA/ OTHERWOR(L)D(S) project now live at our website. We are honored to present this collaborative interweave of voices: Marian Christie @marianchristie.bsky.social & Samantha Rumbidzai & Quinten Vazuhre. UK/Zimbabwe poets/artists.🎹🎨📖 icefloepress.net/2026/01/07/p...
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Palindrome, Houses of Stone, Mbira – Collaborations by Samantha Rumbidzai Vazhure, Marian Christie & Quinten Vazhure: Art, Poetry, Photography, Music.
PALINDROME – A Collaboration. Painting: Samantha Rumbidzai Vazhure, Ekphrastic Poem: Marian Christie Palindrome – the Process Samantha: This piece grew from a meditation on life’s cyclical na…
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Ice Floe Press (OPEN for Subs June - July 2026) @icefloepress.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
Announcing New Series: PROCESS/MARGINALIA/OTHERWOR(L)(D)S. Curated by Robert Frede Kenter & Vikki C. Each piece available via our New Works Blog email and on-line through January & into February 2026. Subscribe to our site for free email features! An exciting line-up of international contributors:
Welcome to our new series. Throughout the month you will read explore experience work by 32 international contributors across a wide variety of forms.... "What we do and where do we go and how do we proceed in times of great uncertainty, inclusions, exclusions, the margins, hope and despair, marginalization, ephemera." - The Curators: Vikki C. and Robert Frede Kenter.

A collage of elements red background on left hand with a book (orange tints) on right a black flower against an orange-white-yellow background fence gate etc. -- a magic garden). a visual poem by Robert Frede Kenter (c) 2025List of contributors 1:
Cam Whelr, Marian Christie, Samantha Rumbidzai Vazhure, Quinten Tatenda Vazhure, Kerry Rawlinson, Susie Campbell, Nathanael Jones, Shannon Quinn, Stephen Sunderland, Seth Copeland, Jaclyn Piudik, Richard Storms, Sarah Raybould, Catherine Graham, Jenny Wong, Oormila Vikayakrishnan Prahlad, Sean G eggeson, Beatriz Hausner, Rik Lina, Ryan Hooper.
A yellow-brown poster with a vivid blue/purple/ red image of a foot walking on cobblestones.Contributors pg 2.
Su Zi, Christen Lee, Mark Bolsover, Karl Tierney, Moira J. Saucer, Jim Cory, Joshua Walker, Amantine Brodeur, AG Davis, Maxwell O'Toole, Vikki C. Robert Frede Kenter Info panel on how to subscribe to ICE FLOE blog to receive our projects in your email:
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Ice Floe Press (OPEN for Subs June - July 2026) @icefloepress.bsky.social · 01/01/2026
divine/ divination (2025/6) an eco poem for the new year (c) @rfredekenter.bsky.social #art #vispo #collage #ecologies #ecopoetry #numinous #artofbluesky #hybrid #poetsofbluesky
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Marian Christie @marianchristie.bsky.social · 31/12/2025
Farewell, 2025. May 2026 be a better year for all.
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Lowdown Cryptic @lowdowncryptic.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
It's my brand-new December #Scrabblegram 🦌🎅🛷 Happy Holidays and New Year to all! 🎊☮️💕 #Rudolph #Santa #Christmas #HappyHolidays #Scrabble (see board below)
Illustration of Rudolph and eight other reindeer pulling Santa's sleigh through the night sky. Text below:

A Comet, a Cupid
A Vixen, a Blitzen
A jingle everybody "nose"
How it makes Rudolph a unique reindeer?
Or a gift for Santa?
It glows!

Scrabblegram (100 tiles)
Blanks: A, N
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Marian Christie @marianchristie.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
Aswirl @aswirl.bsky.social is tiny and beautiful and always full of good things. I really enjoyed your poem in this latest edition, Mike. 🌀
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Marian Christie @marianchristie.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
Thank you Beaton, I really enjoyed reading this!
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Anthony Etherin @anthonyetherin.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
2025 has been a very busy year for me. With it nearly over, I'd like to share my most significant publications of the last 12 months.
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Marian Christie @marianchristie.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
Dave's daily poetry posts and weekly Poetry Blog Digests are always a pleasure to read. Thank you for including me this time round, Dave.
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Ice Floe Press (OPEN for Subs June - July 2026) @icefloepress.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
Our New Works Series is live again. Running all month: poems, visual poetics, video, sound pieces, prose, an interview.... lots on the horizon. Subscribe at our blog: bottom of the page and we send you all new work for free! Help support & keep eyes/mind/voice alive icefloepress.net/2025/12/07/n...
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NEW WORKS DECEMBER
Starting Tomorrow Dec. 8th 2025 A series of new works by international writers and artists curated by Robert Frede Kenter w/ Vikki C. and Moira J. Saucer to end 2025 Ice Floe projects. We conclude …
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Anthony Etherin @anthonyetherin.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
My main publications of new work in 2025: a poetry chapbook and six EPs. (All available here: www.anthonyetherin.com)
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Marian Christie @marianchristie.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
Very happy to have three experimental pieces included in the SpaceByi pavilion at The Wrong Biennale, curated by Radoslav Rochallyi. Do enter and explore – brilliant mathematical poetry and artwork on display, by @poitevin.bsky.social and many others. thewrong.org/SpaceByi
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SpaceByi — TheWrongBiennale
Before You Interact. Space BYI is an experimental digital platform at the intersection of mathematics, geometry, and artistic expression. It grows from two active...
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Marian Christie @marianchristie.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
Thank you! Enjoy!
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Marian Christie @marianchristie.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
Via @billymills.bsky.social
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Marian Christie @marianchristie.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
Some notes on Desolation Row and The Waste Land ellipticalmovements.wordpress.com/2025/06/10/s...
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Some notes on Desolation Row and The Waste Land
Not intended as a coherent essay, just some interconnected thoughts. For a more coherent discussion of Eliot and Dylan, you could do worse than read the ‘Dylan and the Literary Tradition’ chapter i…
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Marian Christie @marianchristie.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
Dave Bonta's weekly selections from the poetry blogs are always an interesting and enjoyable read. Thank you, Dave, for including my tribute to Penteract Press this time round.
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Marian Christie @marianchristie.bsky.social · 01/06/2025
Immensely proud of my HCU hero grandson Nico and his family. 💙 Read Nico's story here: hcunetworkamerica.org/wp-content/u...
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Anthony Etherin @anthonyetherin.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
Penteract Press is having a sale! Get 30% off everything, using the code SALE2025 at checkout. Buy these beautiful books of constrained, visual, and formal poetry... penteractpress.com/store
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Store — Penteract Press
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Anthony Etherin @anthonyetherin.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
MATHEMATICS OF A FROZEN LAKE (Palindrome-Haiku) Slam ice, dynamic. A bad loch: Cold abaci — Many decimals.
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Marian Christie @marianchristie.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
And the good news is, Penteract Press is currently having a sale! Get 30% off everything, using the code SALE2025 at checkout penteractpress.com/store
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Store — Penteract Press
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Marian Christie @marianchristie.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
New blog post: A celebration of Penteract Press! @anthonyetherin.bsky.social @claraetherin.bsky.social marianchristiepoetry.net/a-paean-to-p...
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A Paean to Penteract Press
In early spring a book arrived that I had been eagerly anticipating. Atomic Masquerade by Clara Etherin did not disappoint. Witty, exuberant, layered and innovative, this visual poetry co…
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Marian Christie @marianchristie.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
And the good news is, Penteract Press is currently having a sale! Get 30% off everything, using the code SALE2025 at checkout penteractpress.com/store
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Store — Penteract Press
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Marian Christie @marianchristie.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
New blog post: A celebration of Penteract Press! @anthonyetherin.bsky.social @claraetherin.bsky.social marianchristiepoetry.net/a-paean-to-p...
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A Paean to Penteract Press
In early spring a book arrived that I had been eagerly anticipating. Atomic Masquerade by Clara Etherin did not disappoint. Witty, exuberant, layered and innovative, this visual poetry co…
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Marian Christie @marianchristie.bsky.social · 17/05/2025
A Book of Sounds by @billymills.bsky.social reviewed by @keithjebb.bsky.social in Tears in The Fence: tearsinthefence.com/2025/05/17/a...
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A Book of Sounds by Billy Mills (Shearsman Books)
‘… the drag          of syntax          each wa…
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Marian Christie @marianchristie.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
I love this 🏏 antigonejournal.com/2022/09/cert...
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The First Cricket Match Report: Goldwin's In Certamen Pilae
WILLIAM GOLDWIN Cricket 1700-style.
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Marian Christie @marianchristie.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
Sunset rhythms
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Marian Christie @marianchristie.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
A full stop.
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MJ Saucer.bsky.social @mjseyesopened.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
Thanks to your generosity, we’ve raised $7,024—nearly 60% of the goal! I still urgently need $4,976 to cover expenses related to fittings, adjustments, and travel. ✅ $50 from 100 people would get me there. ✅ Even $25/$10/$5 makes a big difference. gofund.me/d602a52e
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Donate to Moira J. Saucer needs dental work to end pain & eat normally, organized by Robert Kenter
Our friend, Moira J. Saucer, a brilliant writer, editor, and … Robert Kenter needs your support for Moira J. Saucer needs dental work to end pain & eat normally
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Annest Gwilym @annestgwilym.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
My third poetry collection is still available from: carreg-gwalch.cymru/products/sea... 'Nature and seasonal changes are at the heart of this collection . . . in which personal narratives are woven into powerful evocations of place and landscape.' (Marian Christie)
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Seasons in the Sun
Seasons in the Sun ISBN: 978184527938 Annest Gwilym Publication: September 2023 Format: Paperback, 198x128 mm, 100 pages This is a poetry collection by the north Wales-based poet Annest Gwilym. The co...
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Anthony Etherin @anthonyetherin.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
FALL OF MAN (Anagram-Snowball) A., as sad, said ideas raised despair. Paradise, appraised, disappears.
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Billy Mills @billymills.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
Another gem form @davebonta.bsky.social www.vianegativa.us/2025/03/on-a...
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On a tear
rummaging and tearing sorting the night into moth or wisp a mad first visit
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Rémi Forte @rmfrt.com · 08/03/2025
Do you have any good theoretical books to recommend on the history of combinatory literature? I’m coming up empty! (I read English and French)
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Ice Floe Press (OPEN for Subs June - July 2026) @icefloepress.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
Happy International Women's Day @hanvanderhart.bsky.social @jakkybankong-obi.bsky.social @martin65.bsky.social @danadelibovi.bsky.social @gjgreenlea.bsky.social @ljensenlampe.bsky.social @the-ethelzine.bsky.social @chelsdingman.bsky.social @marianchristie.bsky.social &&& ❤️‍🔥💐
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Marian Christie @marianchristie.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
Ash Wednesday www.vianegativa.us/2025/03/ash-...
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Ash Wednesday
We like sausage and maple syrupso we had pancakes for supper yesterday, which was Shrove Tuesday. I didn’t have a miniature plaster figureof a baby to buryin a pan of king cake, but I said wh…
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Kazmier Maślanka @kazmaslanka.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
Here is a mathematical visual poem of mine titled "Delusions of Control" It uses a similar triangles poem structure - There is a interesting review of this piece on my substack feed.
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Marian Christie @marianchristie.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
Look at this beautiful book from Carnelian Heart Publishing carnelianheartpublishing.co.uk 🥰 Nominated for the #NAMA National Arts Merits Award for fiction n Zimbabwe, and deservedly so! Thank you, Samantha Vazhure, can't wait to read!
Cover image of "Weeping Tomato", a hybrid work of fiction by Zimbabwean author Samantha Rumbidzai Vazhure, published by CarnelianHeart Publishing.
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