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Michael Hoffmann

@michaelhoffmann.northsky.social
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Music Composer, Sound Designer, VGM Arranger, Mastering Engineer, Black Belt, Videogame Nerd. Wrote music for An Eternity Gone By, The Shadow Government Simulator, and Brain + Brawn. Links to my work: mhoffmann.bio.link They/Them

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Ben Briggs @benbriggs.net · 27/09/2026
it's so weird how neither GameChops nor Materia asked me if I wanted my videos DMCA'd off of the internet as part of this embarrassing bullshit that's so weird! maybe something to do with a fundamental lack of thoughtfulness or respect for boundaries but idk it's just so weird right??
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Michael Hoffmann @michaelhoffmann.northsky.social · 23/09/2026
Turns out I already had most of this turned off, except for the gambling ads that were turned on by default. It's always good to go double check your settings, even if you are someone who is vigilant about turning this stuff off.
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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Thinking about how a girl at Christian summer camp asked me if my dad was in Al Qaeda and I got in trouble for asking if her dad was a Klansman bc “her question was understandable”
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Will Overgard 🔥#1 Wanted: Dead Fan @willovergard.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
PAX Takes, I want them! Hot, cold and new, we want the whole shebang! Come on by the stream. We're going to work out if PAX was worth it for devs and what the future of it looks like: www.twitch.tv/viking_blonde/
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GameGrooves @gamegrooves.com · 04/09/2026
It’s BandCamp Friday! That means that more of every purchase on our BandCamp goes to the incredible musicians that make these projects possible! All human made! Check out the posts below for links to each release, or our BandCamp Homepage! gamegroovesmusic.bandcamp.com
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Devour🌱 @devoureroftime.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Gamescom AI Slop Thread. Every game from the Gamescom Opening Ceremonies that was actually AI Slop so you don't have to care about it.
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Jam @thatjamontoast.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
In celebration of the two year anniversary of the PM Rockin’ Mother tribute album, a performance video for my arrangement of Twist and Battle from #mother3 is out now! youtu.be/j7x2_c_E_os?...
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Twist And Battle - Mother 3 Arrangement
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Toss @stevenspoints.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
I really cannot think of a greater honor than to have the Muppets say this about you upon your passing
Instagram post from the official Muppets account: Few humans have earned the title of honorary Muppet more than the legendary Tim Curry. As a performer he was unparalleled - witty, charming, unnerving, and deeply funny. We will always consider it one of our greatest treasures to have been part of Long John Silver’s crew. Thank you for everything, Tim.
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Michael Hoffmann @michaelhoffmann.northsky.social · 25/08/2026
My cover of "Winter: The Wind Can Be Still" from Stardew Valley is now up on my YouTube channel. I always enjoy working on more ambient tracks for piano and this piece was a lot of fun to arrange. www.youtube.com/watch?v=beU6...
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Stardew Valley - Winter: The Wind Can Be Still (Piano Cover)
YouTube video by Michael Hoffmann
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88bit 🎹 @88bit.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Double announcement day! The VGM Pianists released a piano tribute album to Stardew Valley. The whole album is really exceptional. I contributed "Spring (Wild Horseradish Jam) which I had fun arranging and recording. Give it a listen and let me know what you think! open.spotify.com/s/xCpMESK
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Flower Dance - Stardew Valley on Piano - Album by VGM Pianists | Spotify
VGM Pianists · album · 2026 · 25 songs
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Annalisa @animalisakeys.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
New release! I joined the VGM Pianists in collaborating on a Stardew Valley album :) I recorded my arrangement of In the Deep Woods, and I had the pleasure of recording Robert M. Bach's lovely and jazzy arrangement of Pelican Town. Artwork is by Shie 2playersforlife <3 Up on streaming platforms!
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Key 🔑🦦 @keyotter.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Did you know that otters love ice? I love to to slide around, and if you feed me an ice cube, I'll squeak! 🧊 I got a new piano arrangement out today - Winter (Nocturne of Ice) from Stardew Valley! It's a cool, calming piece that catpures the quiet melancholy of winter.
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Winter (Nocturne of Ice) from Starwdew Valley - Piano Arrangement
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Michael Hoffmann @michaelhoffmann.northsky.social · 21/08/2026
The VGM Pianists have a new album out today! Flower Dance is a piano tribute album to Stardew Valley. In addition to mastering the album, I arranged and performed "Winter (The Wind Can Be Still)". Feel free to check it out on your music streaming service of choice. open.spotify.com/album/54VmgM...
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Flower Dance - Stardew Valley on Piano - Album by VGM Pianists | Spotify
VGM Pianists · album · 2026 · 25 songs
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Spelkollektivet @handle.invalid · 20/08/2026
UPDATE: Open invitation for Sponsorships Unfortunately, even after hitting our goal, banks have not been in favor of issuing a loan to buy the building, and so we are looking for companies interested in sponsoring Spelkollektivet to help close the gap. Read More: lnkd.in/p/d4JmntfY
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Help save Spelkollektivet | Spelkollektivet
Open invitation for Sponsorships The community behind Spelkollektivet, fellow industry peers, and many kind internet strangers rallied together this past week to help us achieve what we initially feared was an unobtainable goal. We were faced with the news that we needed to purchase the building we call home, or potentially face eviction in the future. But just 70 hours after the campaign began on Friday, we reached our initial goal of 750,000 SEK. Unfortunately, this alone has not been enough to secure the 2,250,000 SEK bank loan we need to purchase the building. And so, we will continue fundraising, not only to help us secure better loan terms, but also to potentially avoid needing a loan altogether. This is where we are opening the door to companies and organizations that believe in what Spelkollektivet does and want to help us keep this community going. By becoming a sponsor, you can directly support a space that has, over the past nine years, been home to hundreds of game developers from all over the world, while also having your company represented as part of Spelkollektivet. Sponsors will have their logo featured on our website, as well as become part of a physical mural at Spelkollektivet, alongside other opportunities that we can arrange on a case-by-case basis. If you or your company would like to help us keep Spelkollektivet going, you can find more information about our sponsorship options here: https://lnkd.in/dv6PgC2G
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Will Overgard 🔥#1 Wanted: Dead Fan @willovergard.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
So I'm getting to do something rather cool today: A sponsored stream of Torment Hexus, an actually punk cyberpunk game about murdering CEO's I CANT IMAGINE WHY I MIGHT LIKE THAT: store.steampowered.com/app/3238420/...
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We Are Many Mouths And We Must Feed 😀 @lulz.network · 15/08/2026
There you have it.
so, (barely) reading between the lines of what Twitch's staff said:

1) they were forced by Amazon to add the AI training setting and to make it opt-out, because the overlords know perfectly well there's no reason anyone would ever opt-in

2) the actual Twitch staff who run Twitch do not like this and are of the same mind about it as all of you

3) Taking the time to opt-out, even if you don't really stream, gives them data to take to meetings with their overlords to prove that Twitch users dislike AI and pushing it too hard will drive people from the site. 

Settings > Security and Privacy > Training for Generative AI
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yukon 😈🏳️‍⚧️ @yukonmakes.games · 14/08/2026
spel NEEDS to be saved. i've only visited for 4 months total, and even i can tell you this place is a pillar of the indie game scene. i have seen nothing like spel, and i doubt anyone can replicate it. if you are an indie dev, seriously look into it and help if you can.
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jacob mills ✉️🦝🚲 @jacobwmills.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
spel feels illegal - an affordable communal co-working and living space for gamedevs visited for their midsummer game jam last year and it's.. exactly what you imagine. tens of devs supporting one another, learning from one another, nestled in this sleepy swedish town please donate if you're able!
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Will Overgard 🔥#1 Wanted: Dead Fan @willovergard.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Its under 'Secrity & Privacy" and needs to be turned off manually:
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GameGrooves @gamegrooves.com · 07/08/2026
This Bandcamp Friday, check out all of our releases on #Bandcamp! A thread! 🧵 #bandcampfriday #vgm
Blurred images of GameGrooves releases.  Bandcamp Friday at GameGrooves, a thread.
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Chayse | Auto Ball Arena - Coming Soon! @bigquailgames.com · 07/08/2026
HUGE INSANE NEWS WE'RE MAKING ANOTHER GAME RAAAHHH Introducing: Auto Ball Arena! 🪨⚔️🥚 A physics-y async multiplayer autobattler Steam page is now live, please consider wishlisting! store.steampowered.com/app/4114620/... #indiedev #godot #gamedev #balls
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Michael Hoffmann @michaelhoffmann.northsky.social · 04/08/2026
My piano cover of "Theory of Everything" from Mina the Hollower is now up on YouTube. There were a lot of great tunes on the soundtrack to choose from, but I ultimately landed on arranging one of Yuzo Koshiro's tracks. The dude still knows how to write a catchy tune. www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Nq-...
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Mina the Hollower - Theory of Everything (Mirror's End) - Piano Cover
YouTube video by Michael Hoffmann
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Key 🔑🦦 @keyotter.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
I made a piano arrangement of A Sinking Feeling/Loner's Landing from the game Mina the Hollower! 🐭🎹 This game is SO fun and the soundtrack is totally awesome! Also, I feel like by recording this in fursuit, I was really channeling the difficulty of the game :3
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Michael Hoffmann @michaelhoffmann.northsky.social · 31/07/2026
Happy Friday everyone! Today the VGM Pianists have released our latest album, covering the music of Mina the Hollower. This was a really fun one to arrange and master for. You can check it out now on your streaming platform of choice. music.apple.com/us/album/mou...
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Mouse on the Kears - Mina the Hollower on Piano by VGM Pianists on Apple Music
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Gabe @cwgabriel.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
They specifically want books before 2022 because they are uncorrupted by AI. They need books that have not been poisoned by the poison they are making. It's just like pre-war steel. They invented cultural radiation.
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Godot Engine @godotengine.org · 14/07/2026
Our second GodotCon in North America is right around the corner! The schedule has been announced so we thought it would be worth highlighting some of the official updates and talks that will take place during the event: godotengine.org/article/godo...
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Godot Team Updates @ GodotCon Boston 2026 – Godot Engine
Announcing the schedule and some official updates from the Godot Foundation expected at GodotCon Boston 2026.
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Andrea LaFlamme @andrealaflamme.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
This is unacceptable. We must keep speaking out and showing up for each other. There is a rally planned for noon today in Mechanics Park in Biddeford to show solidarity in opposition to ICE. I’m unable to attend, but will be there in spirit. Please attend if you can and be safe.
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ICE-involved shooting in Biddeford leaves one person dead, Maine House Speaker says
The incident happened Monday morning near Pool Street.
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Michael Hoffmann @michaelhoffmann.northsky.social · 12/07/2026
I think we have a winner here.
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Better Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Mainstream Respectable opinion is that people joking about a bad person's death represents a culture of cruelty, but really it represents a culture of impunity. It's a coping mechanism for watching someone do evil their whole life and never seeing consequences
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Mike Bithell @mikebithell.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Getting a lot of eyeballs at the moment, so, if you’ve also announced an indie game recently, reply here and show off your wares with a trailer. If you’re reading this later, go checkout these games and get them wishlisted (you know, just like you’ve already wishlisted Vampirium: 1997)
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Michael Hoffmann @michaelhoffmann.northsky.social · 06/07/2026
My condolences to all of my friends and peers being affected by layoffs today. You all deserve better and the industry deserves better. The executive class is just hellbent on destroying everything. www.gamesindustry.biz/xbox-to-redu...
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Xbox announces plans to lay off 3,200 staff and divest five studios
Compulsion Games and Double Fine will become independent studios, Ninja Theory and Undead Labs to join new ownership, Arkane begins consultation
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Andrea LaFlamme @andrealaflamme.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
I’m ready to answer the call.
Andrea LaFlamme for US Senate 2026

As a victim of sexual assault, myself, I'm still processing the news that came out yesterday about Graham Platner. I have a lot of feelings about the public reaction to it, but I want to focus my energy on the path forward and the needs of Maine.

Mainers showed up in a huge way in the primary. That's really exciting and it's necessary if we're going to beat Susan Collins. Maine voters made their voices heard. They made it clear that they want a candidate who isn't a part of the political realm--someone who supports Medicare for All, workers' rights, and reproductive rights, a person that fights with our communities against ICE, and, most importantly, someone who isn't afraid to speak truth to power. All of those things bring me so much hope. I'm proud of Maine for stepping up and I'm hopeful that we can use that energy to make some incredible policy changes, bring relief to struggling Mainers and beat Susan Collins in November.

If you've been following along on social media, you've seen that even after the primary, l've continued to show up for Maine in any way I can. As a young voice, a union leader, public health professor, and lifelong feminist, I've championed all of the things that Maine has said that they want in a candidate. I want to thank you all for your incredible messages of support since the primary.

I'm still here and I still believe that I'm the best person to take on Susan Collins.

We're going to see things start to move really quickly over the next week. We don't know what the future of the Senate race looks like, but one thing I can say with certainty is, whether l'm in an elected position or not, I'm always going to be here-standing up for Mainers and leading us forward.

Together, we lead.
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Michael Hoffmann @michaelhoffmann.northsky.social · 06/07/2026
My condolences to all of my friends and peers being affected by layoffs today. You all deserve better and the industry deserves better. The executive class is just hellbent on destroying everything. www.gamesindustry.biz/xbox-to-redu...
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Xbox announces plans to lay off 3,200 staff and divest five studios
Compulsion Games and Double Fine will become independent studios, Ninja Theory and Undead Labs to join new ownership, Arkane begins consultation
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Andrea LaFlamme @andrealaflamme.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Let’s do this, Maine! Andreaformaine.com
A photo that shows a simple ballot and how people can write in Andrea LaFlamme’s name.
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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
A consequence? In my United States? It’s more possible than you think!
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Rami Ismail (رامي) @ramiismail.com · 16/05/2026
Rasheed is literally risking his life for this game. Israelis could decide to capture, torture, or murder him at any point for daring to share the truth of the Nakba or Palestinian culture. He truly believes in games and their power to tell these stories. Please help his courage not be in vain.
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Rasheed Abueideh - Now crowdfunding Dreams on a Pillow 🍉 @rasheedabueideh.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
I’m NOT excited and I’m NOT thrilled. I’m honestly scared to share this, but I’m not a coward. I have to show you what you helped us create. None of this would have been possible without your help, and we can’t finish it without your support www.launchgood.com/1948 youtu.be/D4qh1FAPEUo
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Dreams on a Pillow - Official Gameplay First Look
YouTube video by Rasheed Abueideh
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Michael Hoffmann @michaelhoffmann.northsky.social · 13/05/2026
Peak controller design. No notes.
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Andrew Dunn @israfelcello.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
This turned out so well!! ❤️❤️❤️ Thanks so much for bringing me on!
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Northsky Social Cooperative @transrights.northsky.social · 06/05/2026
Northsky Social exists due to Bluesky Trust & Safety's unequal enforcement of their guidelines and their targeting of the trans community, palestinian community, and more. If you're at risk of having your account banned due to this unequal enforcement, you can apply for immediate migration
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Request for Immediate Migration
Made with Tally, the simplest way to create forms.
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Andrew Dunn @israfelcello.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
TWO DAYS FROM LAUNCH!! Everyone, recording for this album is complete, all we need is a crowdfunding push to support mixing, mastering and distribution! Check out and follow us at our prelaunch page!
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Maple ⭐ @ottertimez.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Happy May Day everyone ⚒️
Screencap of Miles O'Brien from Star Trek Deep Space Nine winking with the caption "He was more than a hero. He was a union man."
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Ben Prunty @benprunty.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
It's happening! I put a ton of work into this trailer and I'm really happy with how it came out. See you all there!
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Michael Hoffmann @michaelhoffmann.northsky.social · 30/04/2026
More AI slop being shoved into game development tools. Thanks, I hate it.
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Nazih Fares 🔜 Spawn! Angoulême @nazihfares.com · 24/04/2026
Palestinian stories face brutal erasure, and Bluesky silenced Rasheed's posts as spam yesterday. Help us fund Dreams on a Pillow, based on the true 1948 Nakba story that deserves to be told in a time where the genocide of the same people is still ongoing www.launchgood.com/v4/campaign/...
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Dreams on a Pillow - First Stage Achieved. Support The Full Release | LaunchGood | LaunchGood
The development of the pseudo stealth adventure game about the Nakba is moving into next stage
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saoirse @naceallabug.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
Incredible looking game about an incredibly important topic and being made in incredibly difficult circumstances. launchgood.com/1948 Even talking about it is suppressed on social media so any support you can give is vital. If games are art, if games matter, then none more so than this
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Dreams on a Pillow - First Stage Achieved. Support The Full Release | LaunchGood | LaunchGood
The development of the pseudo stealth adventure game about the Nakba is moving into next stage
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Rami Ismail (رامي) @ramiismail.com · 23/04/2026
Palestinian game dev @rasheedabueideh.bsky.com is announcing the promised second crowdfunding campaign for his beautiful Dreams on a Pillow - but @safety.bsky.app has decided you can't know about it and marked his entire account as spam. Another obstacle in him just telling his story via games.
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Fredrik Häthén @fredrikhathen.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
A new @pixelmixers.bsky.social album is out! And I got to contribute to it! Give it a listen and please do share the link, it helps all arrangers and musicians involved: fanlink.tv/10thBD #vgmusic #gamemusic #cover
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Pixel Mixers: the 10th Anniversary Album
by Pixel Mixers
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Megan Carnes @magmacranes.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Listen to the music of the cards in Divinuet, where deterministic music accompanies tarot readings 👁️🔮🎶 Wishlist on Steam now! store.steampowered.com/app/4565530/...
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Michael Hoffmann @michaelhoffmann.northsky.social · 13/04/2026
Fantastic news! Congratulations to the people of Hungary.
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