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Maya Fields

@mayafields.bsky.social
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she/her • University of Michigan, Ann Arbor PhD Candidate • Glaciology • Ice Shelf Processes • Climate Action • Social Justice • Crafting and baking my way through the PhD 🥐🏺🪴

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Eos @eos.org · 09/09/2026
Despite a lack of federal support, the 2026 Arctic Report Card will be published thanks to a partnership between @agu.org, @cires.colorado.edu, and @uafairbanks.bsky.social. Get the details: eos.org/agu-news/the...
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The Arctic Report Card Matters More Than Ever; AGU Joins Partners to Publish in 2026 - Eos
The critical and highly anticipated yearly assessment will be carried forward through a partnership with CIRES/CU Boulder and the University of Alaska Fairbanks.
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Caroline Clason @carolineclason.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Excited to see this one out today! 🥳 It's been great working with @tomchudley.bsky.social during his time at @geogdurham.bsky.social - takes me right back to my roots researching englacial meltwater transfer. More to come on this in the future too!
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Randall Munroe @xkcd.com · 19/03/2026
Landscape Features xkcd.com/3221/
Comic. [Small panel overlaying large panel.] PERSON 1: What’s up with this weird landscape? PERSON 2 with ponytail: Oh, it was caused by… [Large panel is map of the United States with with red overlays denoting landscape phenomena. Mega-floods in the northwest, a plate tectonics speedrun on the west coast, volcanoes next to the west coast, water and time in the southwest, geology in the west, a supervolcano within the west, glaciers in the north, farming in the middle, rivers in the mideast, geology in between rivers and farming, ??? toward the northeast, farming on the east coast, continents colliding next to the east coast, ongoing disputes between limestone and water in the south of Florida, volcanoes in Hawaii, geology in Alaska with volcanoes and glaciers below.]
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Rick Thoman @alaskawx.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
Exciting news for #Climate analysis and monitoring. @climatologist49.bsky.social
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Maya Fields @mayafields.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
@agu.org The American Geophysical Union (AGU) is seeking community feedback on its draft position statements.This is your chance to help shape the science and policy priorities of AGU. The deadline to participate is March 30th! Click here: www.agu.org/Science-Poli...
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Maya Fields @mayafields.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
I am beyond grateful to be a part of such a supportive graduate student community. So excited to have my first paper mug! Watch out department seminars. I’m arriving in style ☕️
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Maya Fields @mayafields.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
Extremely excited to share that my first paper “Evaluating CMIP6 models for near-surface air temperature over Antarctic Ice Shelves” is published in the Journal of Glaciology! The first paper is always the hardest. Excited to continue investigating Antarctic ice shelf vulnerability!
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Evaluating CMIP6 models for near-surface air temperature projections over Antarctic ice shelves | Journal of Glaciology | Cambridge Core
Evaluating CMIP6 models for near-surface air temperature projections over Antarctic ice shelves - Volume 72
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Maya Fields @mayafields.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
Extra grateful for pottery as a way to decompress from PhD life. I’m designing a piece for my dissertation inspired by the changing polar environment—to bring a little calm to a stressful moment. An homage to an ice shelf that (hopefully) doesn’t collapse. #Pottery #ArtandScience #cryosphere
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Australian Centre for Excellence in Antarctic Science (ACEAS) @antarcticsciaus.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
🧊 A great new feature piece in @physicstoday.bsky.social by ACEAS CIs Dr Catherine Vreugdenhil and Dr Bishakhdatta Gayen from @unimelb.bsky.social that unravels the mysteries of Antarctic ice‑shelf melting. Read it now: physicstoday.aip.org/features/unr...
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Unraveling the mysteries of Antarctic ice-shelf melting
Beneath the ice shelves of the frozen continent, a hidden boundary layer of turbulent ocean is determining Antarctica’s fate.
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Matt King @deformedearth.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
Nice summary of the importance of Antarctica's ice shelves and how little we know about them. Major differences between models of present day ice shelf melt need to be resolved. Paper here tc.copernicus.org/articles/19/...
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Multi-model estimate of Antarctic ice-shelf basal mass budget and ocean drivers
Abstract. Societal adaptation to rising sea levels requires robust projections of the Antarctic Ice Sheet's retreat, particularly due to ocean-driven basal melting of its fringing ice shelves. Recent ...
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Christine Siddoway @iphigenesdream.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
Such a breathtaking photo, @diatomdiatribes.bsky.social !
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 01/01/2026
@zhonggg.bsky.social is currently on a South Korean icebreaker in Antarctica because the US is no longer a serious country. The Trump regime got rid of our Antarctic icebreaker, Nathaniel B. Palmer, so for the first time in six decades we are without a dedicated Antarctic research vessel.
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Is Thwaites Still the ‘Doomsday Glacier’?
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 30/12/2025
​​Antarctica’s melting ice is raising global sea levels, worsening damage from floods and storm surges. Our reporter explains why the Thwaites Glacier is crucial for scientists who are trying to pin down how much extra water to expect, and how soon. Learn more: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/30/c...
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Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 26/12/2025
I’m increasingly convinced that self care is climate action. After all, if we want a sustainable world, don’t we have to be sustainable too? For me, that means time with friends & fam, nature, knitting, chocolate, tea, and a stack of good books. What’s your favourite way to recharge?
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Climate content for purpose, courage, and hope
Books, podcasts, and newsletters that inspire and renew
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Sandra Passchier @passchier.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
Repeated major inland retreat of Thwaites and Pine Island glaciers (West Antarctica) during the Pliocene | PNAS www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans...
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
I wrote to my representatives @hirono.senate.gov @schatz.bsky.social, and Ed Case to tell them to stop the dismantlement of NCAR. You can do the same with your representatives at this link.
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Save NCAR from being dismantled today!
The Trump Administration has vowed to dissolve the center that provides critical extreme weather and climate data for our nation.
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Maya Fields @mayafields.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
Interested in one approach to ice-shelf vulnerability to melt-driven hydrofracture? Join me tomorrow in Session C31A as I explore whether Antarctic ice shelves may become vulnerable to this process in the 21st century. Would love to chat and hear your thoughts on the work! #AGU25 #cryosphere
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Dr. Peter Neff @icy-pete.bsky.social · 14/12/2025
Take a journey through time down a new NSF COLDEX ice core borehole just completed by the team in #Antarctica! If you’re at #AGU25 stop by the COLDEX booth in the Exhibit Hall to talk to COLDEX team members from across the 15-institution center funded by NSF! @agu.org Follow us on IG @ coldex_stc
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Maya Fields @mayafields.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
Join us for an honest conversation about epic fails, hard lessons, and redefining success in science 🌱 I’m one of the panelists sharing how a bumpy academic path has shaped my science career. Let’s change the way we talk about careers in science—together! #FailForward #ScienceAcrossBorders #AGU25
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AGU (American Geophysical Union) @agu.org · 23/10/2025
Connect with top Earth & space science talent at #AGU25! Join AGU Recruiter Connect—a FREE chance to interview exceptional candidates over 4 days. ✅ 5-hr custom schedule ✅ 1 free full exhibitor reg ✅ Interview space at AGU Central Apply now 👉 buff.ly/1LACUpH
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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 22/10/2025
We're marching to the Capitol on 11/5 to deliver thousands of petitions demanding Congress impeach and remove RFK Jr! Will you add your signature to the list? LINK in Bio! zurl.co/jl1oo 911 March for Health and Science! ⏰ 11/5, 4pm ET 📍Washington, DC 🔗 zurl.co/fapcS
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Maya Fields @mayafields.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
Made ice-themed mugs for my research group! Love how the glaze crackles like ice-shelf fractures. Question is: how would it calve? Working theory — accidentally (or intentionally) thrown thanks to buggy code. 🧊
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 19/10/2025
This is what democracy looks like. #NoKings
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Julius Garbe @juliusgarbe.github.io · 09/09/2025
Geoengineering is not going to save the poles from climate change — @newscientist.com
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Geoengineering is not going to save the poles from climate change
A review of the five main methods proposed for cooling down the poles or slowing the loss of ice concludes they are all wildly impractical, wouldn't work, or both
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Zack Labe @zacklabe.com · 08/07/2025
This is such important data to document… But not good news at all. I recognize *things* are happening, but we seriously have to do better. Support your trusted climate communicators!
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Maya Fields @mayafields.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
In our final PhD year, we (@gsundaram98.bsky.social @ericawhiting.bsky.social) built a dissertation quest system: track goals, earn rewards (donuts, craft nights, etc.), face punishments (yes, a princess hat). It’s silly, it’s motivating, and it might actually get us to the finish line.
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Zack Labe @zacklabe.com · 25/06/2025
Awful. More horrible science news "The NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center (NSIDC DAAC) learned yesterday that the Department of Defense (DoD) will stop processing & delivering the Special Sensor Microwave Imager/Sounder (SSMIS) data no later than 30 June 2025."
Screenshot from NSIDC that says: "Dear Colleague:

The NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center (NSIDC DAAC) learned yesterday that the Department of Defense (DoD) will stop processing and delivering the Special Sensor Microwave Imager/Sounder (SSMIS) data no later than 30 June 2025. The SSMIS data are used as input for the following NSIDC DAAC-produced data sets, which will therefore stop processing no later than 30 June 2025:"
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Zack Labe @zacklabe.com · 25/06/2025
So far this week: ❌ SSMIS data halted (think sea ice, snow, hurricane, ice sheet monitoring, etc) ❌ climate[dot]gov removed and redirected to... ❌ NOAA Climate homepage, which was modified (e.g., removed Climate Stripes and Climate Ready Nation references) ❌ false bills to ex-probationary employees
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Senator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 14/06/2025
Horrified by the sickening act of political violence in Minnesota. I pray for the family of Melissa Hortman and her husband, who were murdered in cold blood, and for the recovery of John Hoffman and his wife. The killer must be held accountable. This has no place in America.
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Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 29/05/2025
Thankfully, the village was evacuated already, but one person is missing and everyone else’s homes are destroyed. Make no mistake: this is a climate disaster.
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Swiss village almost entirely destroyed after collapse of glacier buries it in mud
One person missing and Blatten devastated after huge cloud of ice and rubble inundates evacuated town
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Colette Delawalla, PhD @cdelawalla.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
(you + me + all our science friends)yelling about science = flood the zone @standupforscience.bsky.social #SummerfightforScience
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AGU (American Geophysical Union) @agu.org · 29/04/2025
Read a message & watch a special video from AGU President Brandon Jones about Where Science Connects Us & how we’re shaping the future together: ➡️ buff.ly/PWv8WXF
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Who We Are, What We Fight For: AGU and the Administration's First 100 Days - From The Prow
Today is Day 100 of the U.S. Administration. Media pundits, policymakers, and legal scholars are all marking this with a..
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AGU (American Geophysical Union) @agu.org · 29/04/2025
🌎 Today marks 100 days of the U.S. Administration—& 100 days of AGU standing strong for science. From advocacy to action, our community is meeting the moment.
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Who We Are, What We Fight For: AGU and the Administration's First 100 Days - From The Prow
Today is Day 100 of the U.S. Administration. Media pundits, policymakers, and legal scholars are all marking this with a..
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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 09/04/2025
If you and your colleagues are wishing there was something you could DO to call on your university leadership to stand up against Trump's attacks on higher ed...look no further! 📣 REGISTER YOUR CAMPUS ACTION HERE: actionnetwork.org/event_campai... FILL THE MAP! #standupwithus #standupforscience
It's time for a summer send-off. Nationwide campus action. Stand up, fight back--together! STAND UP WITH US. Because science, higher ed, and democracy are for everyone. Where: you college campus. When: your last day of classes! Standupforscience2025.org
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Aslak Grinsted @glaciology.net · 26/03/2025
I wrote up a tiny 2d shallow ice approximation python notebook for my continuum mechanics course. gist.github.com/grinsted/d5d...
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shallow ice approximation
shallow ice approximation. GitHub Gist: instantly share code, notes, and snippets.
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 19/03/2025
You can now get REALLY location specific warming stripes thanks to @copernicusecmwf.bsky.social era-explorer.climate.copernicus.eu?lat=59.93&ln...
warming stripes showing rising temps
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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 19/03/2025
By attacking science: We are less safe because science informs national security and medical care. We are less prosperous because science drives innovation and economic benefit. We are less free because science and democracy depend on the liberty to ask questions, and seek and share knowledge.
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AGU (American Geophysical Union) @agu.org · 14/03/2025
Science needs stability, not stopgaps. A continuing resolution further weakens U.S. research, innovation, and public safety. AGU is taking action to defend science funding and protect federal scientists. Read more: fromtheprow.agu.org/a-continuing... #FundScience #SciencePolicy #AGU
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A Continuing Resolution Is a Blow to U.S. Science — and the Public
The American public deserves better. Science drives progress, but it can’t do that with stopgap funding and political gridlock. It’s..
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AGU (American Geophysical Union) @agu.org · 13/03/2025
AGU is relieved at the court’s ruling to extend the temporary restraining order in our case today, sending thousands more probationary federal employees back to work. #StandWithScience
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Ethan Carr @ecarr48.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
As an early career scientist and PhD student one thing I plan on making a staple in my career is climate communication and education. With the recent attacks on science, now seems as good a time to start. So if you have a few minutes please check out my first post: www.linkedin.com/pulse/10-ind...
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10 Indisputable Facts for Understanding Climate Change
Conversations about climate change can often be confusing, complex, and loaded with field-specific scientific jargon, making it nearly unreadable for larger audiences. While some of the target audienc...
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US Association of Polar Early Career Scientists (USAPECS) @usapecs.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
The US Association of Polar Early Career Scientists (USAPECS) stands in solidarity with the scientific community against recent funding cuts for climate change research and the unjust dismissal of federal agents. A statement of solidarity from the USAPECS board is enclosed with this post.
The US Association of Polar Early Career Scientists (USAPECS) stands in unwavering solidarity with the broader scientific and research communities in response to the recent federal funding cuts for climate change research and the unfortunate firing of NOAA federal agents. These actions threaten not only the integrity of polar research but also undermine the crucial work being done to understand and mitigate the effects of climate change, particularly in the polar regions which are among the most vulnerable to these changes.USAPECS calls upon policymakers to restore funding for climate change research and to prioritize efforts to improve the representation and inclusion of marginalized communities in polar science. We must strengthen, not weaken, the scientific institutions that work to protect the future of our planet and the integrity of our global research communities. Now more than ever, the pursuit of knowledge and the protection of our planet depend on the collective commitment of all scientists, policymakers, and citizens to act with urgency, equity, and solidarity.
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Alison Banwell @alibanwell.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
Congratulations to PhD student Emily Glen @lancasteruni.bsky.social for publishing her first First Author paper in The Cryosphere! Read to learn about high vs. low melt seasons in #Greenland 🧪 tc.copernicus.org/articles/19/... @lancasteruninews.bsky.social @cires.colorado.edu @nsidc.bsky.social
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A comparison of supraglacial meltwater features throughout contrasting melt seasons: southwest Greenland
Abstract. Over recent decades, the Greenland Ice Sheet (GrIS) has lost mass through increased melting and solid ice discharge into the ocean. Surface meltwater features such as supraglacial lakes (SGL...
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Alexandra Witze @alexwitze.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
#StandUpForScience Denver. Photo by Jeff Kanipe.
A sign reading We Need NOAA
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Michael E. Mann @michaelemann.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
Short snippet of my speech today at the #StandUpForScience rally in DC, with the Lincoln Memorial behind me (courtesy of @ianlivingston.bsky.social)
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Maya Fields @mayafields.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
We are Here! We are Standing Up for Science!! Thank you to everyone who has come out to support science. #StandingUpForScience #AGU #scienceisthefuture
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CryoCommunity @cryocommunity.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
We applaud our amazing science community (and supporters) for taking it to the streets to stand up for science! ✊
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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 07/03/2025
TODAY IS THE DAY! 🧪☀️⬇️ Join us at the Lincoln Memorial or your local site to Stand Up for Science!
Flyer for stand up for science--more information available at www.standupforscience2025.org
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Grace Lindsay @neurograce.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
The USDA is currently being sued for taking down websites related to climate change, which contained data farmers need and want. This inspired my sign for Friday's @standupforscience.bsky.social March
Cardboard sign "you can't just delete "climate change" "
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Helen Amanda Fricker @helen-amanda.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
Human impact of USAID reductions, per year
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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
Today, a broad coalition of scientific professional societies who represent over 92,000 scientists are speaking out against the politicization and demonization of Federally funded science and government scientist jobs. It was an honor to help the Union of Concerned Scientists with this! 🧪🌎
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48 Scientific Societies Representing Almost 100,000 Scientists Ask Congress to Protect the Future of Science
48 scientific societies representing almost 100,000 scientists signed on to a letter asking Congress to protect the future of science
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