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Mark Chediak

@mchediak.bsky.social
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Journalist for Bloomberg News writing about utilities, renewables and climate disasters. Opinions are my own.

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Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 05/07/2026
Guam and the Northern Marianas Islands are being threatened by a super typhoon for the second time this year.
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US Northern Marianas Threatened by Second Super Typhoon in 2026
Guam and the Northern Marianas Islands are being threatened by a super typhoon for the second time this year.
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Mark Chediak @mchediak.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
The largest #wind farm in US history started up this month in New Mexico. It'll be America’s last landmark wind project for years, as the industry grapples with a myriad of headwinds. My latest 👇 🎁Link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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America’s Biggest Wind Farm Arrives Just as Industry Heads for Declines
The pace of onshore turbine installations is set to slow until 2030 as the renewables sector faces a myriad of headwinds.
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Mark Chediak @mchediak.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
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Read the 14-Point Draft Memorandum Between the US and Iran
The US and Iran are expected to formally sign a memorandum of understanding on June 19 in Switzerland, paving the way for 60 days of talks aimed at ending their war for good and putting strict new lim...
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Emily Forgash @emilyforgash.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Artificial intelligence data centers are on the verge of reaching their limits. That’s forcing a reckoning among hyperscalers, data center operators, chip makers and power equipment producers. As they scale up, they are having to reimagine how data centers are designed, built and powered. 🎁 link:
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The Race to Rethink Data Centers for AI’s Power Surge
With energy demand already straining infrastructure, AI players are reimagining the data center from the ground up.
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Mark Chediak @mchediak.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Breaking news -> Nextpower agreed to acquire battery company Prevalon Energy for as much as $365 million, marking the solar-tracking provider’s move into energy storage and the fast-growing AI data-center market. #batteries #Greensky
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Solar Company Nextpower Eyes AI’s Power Needs With Battery Deal
Nextpower Inc. agreed to acquire battery company Prevalon Energy for as much as $365 million, marking the solar-tracking provider’s move into energy storage and the fast-growing AI data-center market.
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Mark Chediak @mchediak.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Friday afternoon scoop 👇 About $50 billion in wind investments and 150,000 jobs are imperiled by the Trump administration’s effective halt to approvals for new onshore projects, according to a trade group report reviewed by Bloomberg News. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Wind-Permit Stall Is Threatening $50 Billion in US Developments
About $50 billion in wind investments and 150,000 jobs are imperiled by the Trump administration’s effective halt to approvals for new onshore projects, a trade group said.
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Mark Chediak @mchediak.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
NEWS -> SpaceX is planning to build a massive, 10-gigawatt solar manufacturing facility near Austin as part of Elon Musk’s ambition to power artificial intelligence data centers in space. #solar www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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SpaceX Aims to Build 10-Gigawatt Solar Factory Near Austin
SpaceX is planning to build a massive, 10-gigawatt solar manufacturing facility near Austin as part of Elon Musk’s ambition to power artificial intelligence data centers in space.
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Mark Chediak @mchediak.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
Massive utility deal news. Hat tip to the Financial Times. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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NextEra Energy Is Said to Be in Talks to Acquire Dominion
NextEra Energy Inc. is in discussions to acquire utility rival Dominion Energy Inc. in a mostly stock deal aimed at helping address the growing demand for power from data centers, according to a perso...
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Mark Chediak @mchediak.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
👋 The US residential #solar industry knew this year would be tough after President Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill ended a lucrative homeowner tax break for buying panels. So far, it’s looking even worse than feared. My latest 👇 🎁 Link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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The Bust in US Home Solar Has Worsened After Trump Ends Subsidies
The US residential solar industry knew this year would be tough after President Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill ended a lucrative homeowner tax break for buying panels.
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Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 17/02/2026
President Donald Trump said that US government officials, including Secretary of State Marco Rubio, are in discussions with Cuba’s Communist regime as the island nation faces worsening economic conditions
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Trump Says Rubio in Talks With Cuba as It Faces Economic Crisis
President Donald Trump said that US government officials, including Secretary of State Marco Rubio, are in discussions with Cuba’s Communist regime as the island nation faces worsening economic conditions.
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Commercial Solar Guy @commercialsolarguy.com · 12/02/2026
Another finance challenge associated with tax credits that the IRS is slowing. When a developer completes a solar project, the tax credits must be shifted from the developer to the future asset owner. This transfer must be approved by the IRS. This process, I am told, has been locked up for months.
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Mark Chediak @mchediak.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
New from me: Big investment banks are hesitant to offer so-called tax-equity financing to wind, solar and battery projects because of uncertainty over new restrictions on ownership ties to China. It's obstacle for the US renewable industry. Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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US Clean Energy Deals Face Financing Risk as Big Banks Hold Back
JPMorgan Chase & Co. and Morgan Stanley are among leading investment banks hesitating to provide a critical source of financing for US renewables projects.
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Adam Rose @adamrose.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
Lawyers can't reach clients in ICE detention. I've heard it anecdotally, but scale of issue is horrifying. Bloomberg Law is a legal trade pub so many may miss this. Screenshot from their CA newsletter summarizes "bleak" situation for justice and rule of law. news.bloomberglaw.com/litigation/l...
What we found is bleak. Attorneys told us they’re struggling to get information in to or out of ICE and Customs and Border Protection facilities, which are holding nearly 69,000 people this month. And detainees often are forced to choose between remaining in crowded, squalid conditions or leaving the country immediately.

Judges in New York, Chicago, and Los Angeles have ordered the government to facilitate attorney-client communications at Homeland Security buildings. But attorneys say that doesn’t always happen. Even if detainees get the option, some worry they’ll be punished if they take it.
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Jeff Sharlet @jeffsharlet.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
I recommend Minnesota Public Radio live. I’m learning a lot I’m not getting elsewhere.
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Mark Chediak @mchediak.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
Please read my latest on the US offshore #wind industry. Lots of news last week! 👇🏼
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Michelle Ma @michellema.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
A year after the LA wildfires, the price tag for the costliest blazes in US history is still climbing. Who pays is uncertain. Our story on how risk and damage have spread beyond burned neighborhoods and the fight to limit losses and shift liability: www.bloomberg.com/features/202...
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One Year After LA Fires, Recovery Is a Battleground
The price tag for the costliest blazes in US history is still climbing and disputes over who will pay are escalating.
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Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
A side story is there’s a ton of insider trading on these prediction markets. New accounts making hundreds of thousands on their first and only trade, that maduro would be ousted. Seems like insider trading is legal if not encouraged on these platforms
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Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 03/01/2026
Delcy Rodríguez, vice president of Venezuela under Nicolás Maduro before his capture by US forces, will work with the US to transition to a democratically elected government, President Donald Trump said
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Venezuelan Vice President to Help US With Transition, Trump Says
Delcy Rodríguez, vice president of Venezuela under Nicolás Maduro before his capture by US forces Saturday, has been sworn in as president and will work with the US to transition to a democratically elected government, President Donald Trump said.
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Mark Chediak @mchediak.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
US energy policy 2026!
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Mark Chediak @mchediak.bsky.social · 01/01/2026
Happy New Year #energysky! What are the big themes you are tracking this year?
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Zach Everson @zacheverson.com · 09/09/2025
🚨 New: “Presidency Boosts Trump’s Net Worth By $3 Billion In A Year” “Vaulted him 118 spots on The Forbes 400, where he lands at No. 201 this year.” @danalexander21.bsky.social for @forbes.com
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Trump Jumps 118 Spots On The Forbes 400 List Thanks To Presidency
Donald Trump lost money during his first term. Out of office, he found a formula for profiting off politics—now he’s piling up billions.
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Celia Llopis-Jepsen @celialj.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
Parsons, Kansas, will be the site of the world's first 1-mile deep nuclear reactor, a California startup says. And it will hold a groundbreaking ceremony next week: www.kcur.org/environment-... #Kansas #ksleg #ArtificialIntelligence #datacenters #AI #advancednuclear #NuclearPower
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Kansas will get the world’s first mile-deep nuclear reactor and the groundbreaking is next week
Deep Fission says it plans to install a nuclear reactor underground at an industrial park in southeast Kansas. State and local government leaders are on board. It’s part of a national push for new nuc...
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Mark Chediak @mchediak.bsky.social · 22/11/2025
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Mark Chediak @mchediak.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
NEWS - Trump and Mamdani agree that NY utility ConEd needs to lower utility bills. 🎁 Link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Trump Calls on New York’s Con Ed to Cut Rates in Meeting With Mamdani
President Donald Trump said he talked about the need for New York utility Consolidated Edison Inc. to lower rates during a meeting with New York Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani at the White House.
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Akshat Rathi @akshatrathi.bsky.social · 01/11/2025
Do not miss this stunning investigation that reveals how a Koch-funded machine and Silicon Valley's new found interest is behind the dangerous advanced nuclear hype in the US. 🎁🔗 www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
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The Risky Movement to Make America Nuclear Again
A Silicon Valley startup called Oklo is leading the charge to bring nuclear power back to the US with small reactors. Its backers have wealth and political connections that could undermine nuclear saf...
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Dr. Jeff Masters @drjeffmasters.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
Nighttime polar orbiter satellite photos of Jamaica before and after #Melissa show how the power grid was affected. Melissa knocked out power to about 77% of Jamaica’s customers, said Minister of Local Government Desmond McKenzie. Photos from worldview.earthdata.nasa.gov
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
“.. a nagging worry is beginning to grow louder on Wall Street: What if these kinds of collapses, capable of taking bonds from par to cents on the dollar in a matter of days or weeks, are not an aberration after all?” 👀 @bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
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Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 26/09/2025
Solar panel installations in China slowed again in August to hit the lowest since late 2022, as producers turned to overseas markets amid sluggish domestic demand
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China’s Solar Installations Fall to Near Three-Year Low
Solar panel installations in China slowed again in August to hit the lowest in nearly three years, as producers turned to overseas markets amid sluggish domestic demand.
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Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 25/09/2025
President Donald Trump said his administration will use funds collected from tariffs to assist US farmers, who have thus far been hit hard by his trade policies
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Trump Says Tariff Revenue Will Fund Relief for US Farmers
President Donald Trump said his administration will use funds collected from tariffs to assist beleaguered US farmers, who have thus far been hit hard by his trade policies.
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Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 24/09/2025
Chinese carmaker BYD just broke the speed record for a production car, and it's all electric. 308 mph.
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Dana Hull @danahull.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
A good reminder to *have an earthquake kit*. Headlamp, gloves, water, protein, radio,🔋, chocolate If you made one ages ago that canned food is expired
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San Francisco QuakeBot @earthquakebotsf.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
M 4.6 - 2 km ESE of Berkeley, CA Link: earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eve…
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Mark Chediak @mchediak.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
Felt the shaking intensely in central Berkeley. Knocked a few things over but everyone is ok.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
“The top 10% of U.S. households now account for nearly half of all consumer spending, a record high since data collection on this metric began in 1989.” @weisenthal.bsky.social @mikezaccardi.bsky.social
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Mark Chediak @mchediak.bsky.social · 13/09/2025
ICYMI - News from late last night on the Trump administration seeking to void the permit of a Maryland offshore wind farm. 👇🏼
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Mark Chediak @mchediak.bsky.social · 13/09/2025
A thoughtful and important take on the online culture that pervades our lives 👇🏻
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Mark Chediak @mchediak.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
ICYMI👇🏼
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Brian Kahn @blkahn.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
NEW: An anti-offshore wind group is targeting a Brown researcher who studies climate obstruction. It's not the first time they've done it, but there's a new twist: They're threatening to go to the Trump administration unless the university retracts the work
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Offshore Wind Opponents Target Work of Brown University Researcher
The group asked for the retraction of work led by Timmons Roberts and said it is preparing to escalate the matter to the Trump administration.
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Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 22/08/2025
How can something like the Spanish blackout be prevented from happening again? Bloomberg Green’s Akshat Rathi and Laura Millan discuss on the Zero podcast
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The 100-Ton Rotating Mass That Can Stop Blackouts
How can something like the Spanish blackout be prevented from happening again? Bloomberg Green’s Laura Millan joins Zero to discuss.
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Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 21/08/2025
“This is a happy industry, and this is a pretty unhappy time to be in it.” Trump's tariffs add unexpected costs to Christmas decorations
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Christmas Decorations Come With Higher Price Tag This Holiday Season Thanks to Tariffs
Higher levies already added millions of dollars in unexpected expenses in a sector that orders artificial trees and ornaments months ahead of time
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Unusual Whales @unusualwhales.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
Vanguard suggests a 70% bond and 30% stock portfolio for the next decade, per BI
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Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 19/08/2025
President Trump’s tariff war is accelerating Beijing’s trade and investment push into developing nations known as the Global South, according to research by S&P Global
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Trump Tariffs Seen Fostering New China-Global South Trade Order
President Donald Trump’s tariff war is accelerating Beijing’s trade and investment push into developing nations known as the Global South, according to research by S&P Global, potentially creating a new trade order dominated by Chinese firms.
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Mark Chediak @mchediak.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
NEW -> Solar stocks rose Friday after the Trump Administration issued guidance on the phase out of solar and wind tax breaks that wasn't as bad as feared. Story w/ @arinatter.bsky.social 🎁 Link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Trump’s Latest Attack on Wind and Solar Squeezes Tax Breaks
Clean energy stocks soared after the Trump administration released new guidance on eligibility requirements for tax credits that weren’t as punitive as the industry had feared.
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Nicole Foy @nicolefoy.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
Citizens, crying kids, pregnant women, people who aren't the target...it doesn't seem to matter who's inside the car when immigration officers want to make an arrest. They smash the window anyway @mckenziefunk.com & I tracked these arrests all over the U.S. projects.propublica.org/trump-ice-sm...
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Bloodied Faces, Sobbing Children: Immigration Officers Smash Car Windows to Speed Up Arrests
We’ve documented nearly 50 incidents of immigration officers shattering car windows to make arrests — a tactic experts say was rarely used before Trump took office. ICE claims its officers use a “mini...
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Mark Chediak @mchediak.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
ICYMI 👇🏼
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Mark Chediak @mchediak.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
ICYMI - Story with @jendlouhy.bsky.social & @arinatter.bsky.social on the Trump Administration’s moves to stop #solar and #wind development and support other energy sources.
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Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 07/08/2025
Bloomberg News Now is a comprehensive audio report of today's top stories. Hear the latest news, updated throughout the day, covering global business stories in just a few minutes.
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WH: Trump to Nominate Stephen Miran as Fed Governor - Bloomberg
Bloomberg News Now is a comprehensive audio report of today's top stories. Hear the latest news, updated throughout the day, covering global business stories in just a few minutes.
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Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
I don’t think people are prepared for where this growing movement toward maximum partisan gerrymandering is headed
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Mark Chediak @mchediak.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
Scoop -> California Governor Gavin Newsom pushing for legislation to shore up a state wildfire insurance fund for utilities that's at risk of being depleted after the deadly LA #wildfires. Story with California reporter Eliyahu Kamisher. 🎁 www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Newsom Seeks $18 Billion for Utilities’ Wildfire Fund as California Faces Future Blazes
California Governor Gavin Newsom is circulating a legislative proposal to shore up a state fund for utilities that’s at risk of being depleted following the deadly wildfires that struck Los Angeles Co...
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Daniel Swain @weatherwest.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
I strongly advise media outlets and government officials who are confusing the meaning of these official statements issued by NOAA to refer to the official NOAA website that describes their intended meaning: www.tsunami.gov/?pag...
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