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Mierk Schwabe

@mierksch.bsky.social
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Physicist working in climate modelling, interested in dynamical effects, turbulence, gravity waves, AI, quantum computing - views are my own, this is my private account. she/her #academicsky www.mierk.de

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Prof Julia Steinberger 🌹🌱🌍 #ClimateAction #Fightfascism @jksteinberger.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
⚠️ 🌍 ⚠️ We stand with humanity: A scientist statement to confront climate destruction⚠️ 🌍 ⚠️ ✒️ 🙏 If you are an academic or healthcare professional, please consider signing. 🙏✒️ framaforms.org/we-stand-wit...
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We stand with humanity: A scientist statement to confront climate destruction | Framaforms.org
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Mierk Schwabe @mierksch.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
Check out our new paper on an ML-based convection parameterization that predicts its own confidence and mixes with the traditional parameterization accordingly, work by Helge Heuer, Tom Beucler et al. doi.org/10.1029/2025...
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Beyond the Training Data: Confidence‐Guided Mixing of Parameterizations in a Hybrid AI‐Climate Model
An machine learning convection parameterization trained on ClimSim and coupled to ICON achieves stable and accurate 20-year Atmospheric Model Intercomparison Project simulations Physics-informed ...
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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 01/04/2026
Many years ago, I wrote a blog post for @fqxi.org on my personal feelings about human spaceflight -- specifically, missions to the Moon. It's not accessible on their website now but as the author of it I feel I can share it here: web.archive.org/web/20130312...
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FQXi Community
FQXi catalyzes, supports, and disseminates research on questions at the foundations of physics and cosmology, particularly new frontiers and innovative ideas integral to a deep understanding of realit...
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Mierk Schwabe @mierksch.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Die Apollo-Missionen mit ihrem Earthrise-Foto haben ja anscheinend auch der Umweltschutz-Bewegung einen Boost gegeben. Vielleicht klappt es ja wieder.
Die Effeff vom Mond aus gesehen. Bild der NASA
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Dr Space Junk (Alice Gorman) @drspacejunk.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Astronaut Jeremy Hansen is taking Indigenous culture past the Moon: his mission patch was designed by Henry Guimond, an Anishinaabe artist, incorporating one Indigenous perspective about the seven sacred laws, which are represented by animals. 🧪 #ArtemisII
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Jeremy Hansen's patch for the Artemis II mission
CSA astronaut Jeremy Hansen's patch was created for his participation in the Artemis II mission by Anishinaabe artist Henry Guimond. It includes personal and Indigenous elements important to Jeremy.
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Mierk Schwabe @mierksch.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Watched the launch of Artemis to the Moon yesterday night. Space flight shows what we can accomplish working together, building upon our science, engineering, daring, and collaboration across borders. It gives us hope for a brighter future. Have a safe trip, Artemis II.
Night shot of the Moon behind some light clouds, dark trees in the foreground
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Mierk Schwabe @mierksch.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
On the way home from the CMIP2026 Community Workshop in Kyoto. It was a very interesting week with lots of nice people. I presented our work on quantum computing for climate modeling, which was met with lots of interest.
Me next to a sign saying „The CMIP Community Workshop 2026“
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Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 18/12/2025
If you are in the US and you would like to send a message to your elected representative about the proposed dissolution of the National Center for Atmospheric Research, @agu.org makes it easy with a template here: agu.quorum.us/campaign/151... #AGU25
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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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Bob Henson @bhensonweather.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
"A Democratic senator involved in the negotiations...said that Trump’s attempt to break up a premier weather and climate center based in Boulder, Colo., was like a “stick of dynamite” that exploded any chance of a bipartisan breakthrough on spending." thehill.com/homenews/sen...
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Trump move to dismantle climate agency blows up Senate funding deal
A potential deal to fund large swaths of the federal government, including the Departments of Defense and Health and Human Services, collapsed on Thursday night after Colorado senators demanded tha…
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Mierk Schwabe @mierksch.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
We are organizing the first ever session on Quantum computing for Earth observations and climate modeling at the EGU General Assembly 2026! Abstract submission is open until January 15th! Come join us! www.egu26.eu/session/56366
Stylized picture of the Earth with satellite tracks / electron orbits and images symbolizing a quantum computer and scientific graphs above it. The text says „Quantum computing for Earth Observations and Climate Modeling @EGU26 Submit your abstract until 15.01.“
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Alexandra Witze @alexwitze.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
Here's our reporting on the proposed dismantling of the jewel of US atmospheric science, @ncar-ucar.bsky.social. The plan is to break NCAR apart and disburse some parts to other locations (like the research aircraft fleet) and eliminate others. www.nature.com/articles/d41... 🧪 #AGU25 #climate
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Trump team plans to break up ‘global mothership’ of climate science
Much of the National Center for Atmospheric Research’s non-climate portfolio will be dispersed, the White House says.
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Andrew Dessler @andrewdessler.com · 17/12/2025
The administration dismantling NCAR is scientific vandalism, much like the Taliban demolishing cultural artifacts. www.theguardian.com/world/2001/m...
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Doug McNeall @dougmcneall.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
Closing this world-leading climate research centre would be a disaster for the science of climate and our understanding of climate change - which gets more important to everyone, every day. I spent a formative couple of weeks there in 2013, it was welcoming, open, classy, excellent and beautiful.
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Rosie Fisher @rosieafisher.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
The beautiful idea of NCAR, to improve understanding of our planet through a cooperative, shared and open intellectual team effort, is literally what has got me out of bed every morning for nearly two decades. This cannot, CANNOT be allowed to happen. eu.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
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Trump moves to dismantle major US climate research center in Colorado
The Trump administration is breaking up the National Center for Atmospheric Research, taking aim at one of the world's leading climate research labs.
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Colin Carlson @colincarlson.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
NSF is about to dismantle NCAR at Russell Vought's direction to protect the fossil fuel industry. It's hard to communicate just how much NCAR does, so let's take a look: I've never worked at NCAR, and I've worked with NCAR researchers once ever. What scientific discoveries has NCAR made possible? 👇
Russ Vought (piss man) tweet about doing piss man shit: The National Science Foundation will be breaking up the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) in Boulder, Colorado. This facility is one of the largest sources of climate alarmism in the country. A comprehensive review is underway & any vital activities such as weather research will be moved to another entity or location.
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Environmental Data Science @envdatascience.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
Recently published position paper by ‪@mierksch.bsky.social‬ et al.! Opportunities and challenges of quantum computing for climate modeling 👉 bit.ly/4591Cyb   #climatemoedling #quantumcomputing
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Ulm's Institute of Theoretical Physics @qubitulm.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
✨ Hello, Bluesky! ✨ We’re thrilled to join this amazing platform and connect with the scientific community in new and exciting ways. Follow us here at @qubitulm for cutting-edge physics research, inspiring collaborations, and all the latest from our institute! #Quantum
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NOAA Climate.gov @climate.noaa.gov · 28/01/2025
Welcome to Climate.gov & thanks for following us! Let us introduce ourselves. We provide timely & authoritative scientific data & information about climate science, adaptation, & mitigation. In short, our mission is to provide science & information for a climate-smart nation.
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Climate.gov Home
Science & information for a climate-smart nation
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Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft @dfg.de · 14/01/2025
Hallo Bluesky! Wir sind die Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft. #DFG Als Selbstverwaltungsorganisation der #Wissenschaft in Deutschland fördern wir erkenntnisgeleitete #Forschung. Hier erhaltet Ihr Infos u.a. zu Förderangeboten, Ausschreibungen und Anträgen. Wir freuen uns auf den Austausch!
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Taryn O’Neill @tarynoneill.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
Watching the fight to save Mt.Wilson Observatory. So much gratitude for the firefighting teams. This is considered the most important scientific observatory of the 20th century. #eatonfire #mountwilson
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Mierk Schwabe @mierksch.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
I read that the awful fires in the LA area have now reached #mountWilson. The observatory there is wonderful, it should be a world heritage site - it’s where Hubble discovered the expansion of the universe. I hope with all my heart that it survives, and that the firefighters there are safe. #
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Rebekah Jones @georebekah.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
ABC, NBC & CBS dedicated about 16 minutes of airtime last night to the California wildfires without once mentioning climate change. Since the news failed do it's job, here's a short summary of the role of climate change and wildfire risk: www.noaa.gov/noaa-wildfir...
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Wildfire climate connection
Climate change, including increased heat, extended drought, and a thirsty atmosphere, has been a key driver in increasing the risk and extent of wildfires in the western United States during the last ...
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Robbi Bishop-Taylor 🛰️🌏 @satellitesci.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
If you've ever been frustrated by trying to access data from satellites like #Landsat or #Sentinel2, tune into our very first #OpenDataCube community talk next week by Caitlin Adams: how to easily load satellite data for anywhere on the planet using the #OpenSource #odcstac Python package! 🛰️🚀
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Mierk Schwabe @mierksch.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
If you’re at #AGU24 this week, check out this poster on Thursday by PhD student Janis Klamt in my group on Improving the boundary layer height with machine learning! agu.confex.com/agu/agu24/me...
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Improving the Planetary Boundary Layer Height in ICON with Deep Learning from Vertically Highly-resolved Simulations
Earth system models (ESMs) are crucial for understanding and predicting climate...
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Shah Selbe @shahselbe.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
It is always mind boggling at how massive @agu.org is every year. This is just one session of the poster room, which changes over twice daily for the duration of the conference. #AGU24
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Andrew Dessler @andrewdessler.com · 22/11/2024
one of my Twitter bangers from 2021, reproduced here, with minor editing: I've been collecting "lessons I've learned communicating climate on Twitter" over the last 8 years and finally thought I'd write a 🧵. This is mainly aimed at younger scientists, but others might find it useful.
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Mierk Schwabe @mierksch.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
On the way home from attending meetings of the DLR quantum computing initiative. Thanks to the organizers, it is exciting to see how hardware and software projects on quantum computing are progressing.
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Jay Turner @jayturner.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
This is very cool. I’ve never seen this visualization. The magic of migrating birds - at a global scale.
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Dr Duncan Robertson @duncanrobertson.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
It's great to see science migrating over here - @scottehensley.bsky.social posting the results on BlueSky and promoting the BlueSky post (but not the results) on X. This is the way to do it. (BlueSky thread: bsky.app/profile/scot...)
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Jan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
NEED SOME GOOD NEWS? The EU now generates more electricity from wind and solar than from fossil fuels. Graph from @natbullard.bsky.social using @emberenergy.bsky.social data.
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Mierk Schwabe @mierksch.bsky.social · 02/02/2024
Would you like to work on cutting-edge science in an extremely relevant field? We’re looking for a postdoc to explore how to accelerate #climate models with #quantumComputing. The position is located at the German Aerospace Center‘s Institute of Atmospheric Physics in Oberpfaffenhofen near Munich.
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Physicist, Meteorologist, Mathematician or similar (f/m/x) - Accelerating climate models with quantu...
For our Institute of Atmospheric Physics in Oberpfaffenhofen we are looking for a Physicist, Meteorologist, Mathematician or similar (f/m/x) Accelerating climate models with quantum computing
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 20/11/2023
this is a bloody great name for a climate report www.unep.org/resources/em...
Broken Record
Temperatures hit new highs, yet world fails to cut emissions (again)
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environment programme
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Neelima Vallangi @neelima.bsky.social · 20/11/2023
There's a deep sense of sadness and loneliness seeing this record shattering graph. November 17, 2023 was the first day in recorded history when the earth's surface was a whole 2°C hotter than pre-industrial times. Yet, there's barely any chatter about this staggering breach.
Graph showing daily temperature anomaly hitting peak of 2.06°C  on November 17th, 2023 for the time period starting from 1940 to 2023.
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Pause @ Real Scientists DE @realscientists.de · 19/11/2023
[Admin] Hier geht es ab Januar 2024 wieder mit den Real Scientists DE weiter! Folgt dem Account schon mal, damit ihr Anfang des Jahres nichts verpasst!
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Simon Evans @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org · 13/11/2023
NEW China's CO2 is to fall in 2024 – & could be facing structural decline – after record clean energy growth reached the level needed to meet rising demand Latest analysis by @laurimyllyvirta.bsky.social for @carbonbrief.org www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-chi... 1/2
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Mierk Schwabe @mierksch.bsky.social · 13/11/2023
We announced a new postdoc position on improving climate models with quantum computers, located at the DLR Quantum Computing Innovation Center in Hamburg, Germany! Come join our team!
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Physicist, Meteorologist, Mathematician, Computer Scientist or similar, Postdoc (f/m/x) - Accelerati...
For our Institute of Atmospheric Physics in Oberpfaffenhofen near Munich we are looking for a Physicist, Meteorologist, Mathematician, Computer Scientist or similar, Postdoc (f/m/x) Accelerating clima...
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Dr. Melanie Bergmann @melaniebergma18.bsky.social · 02/11/2023
Welche Aufgaben hat der Deutsche Wetterdienst ? Bei #WissenschaftfürsWohnzimmer wird heute Annika Brieber, Meteorologin am Klimahaus Bremerhaven , die Ausstellung zum 70-jährigen Jubiläum unserer zentralen Wetterbehörde vorstellen. Live ab 20:30 Uhr www.youtube.com/watch?v=QxUR...
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Mehr als Wetter – Einblicke in die DWD-Sonderausstellung im Klimahaus Bremerhaven
Alle reden übers Wetter - und in Zeiten der Klimakrise ist das wichtiger denn je. Eine zum 70-jährigen Jubiläum entwickelte Sonderausstellung zeigt an sieben...
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Eric Steig @ericsteig.bsky.social · 29/10/2023
This will be my first actual post on this platform. I want to highlight the recent paper by Naughten and others, here: www.nature.com/articles/s41... This is a really important paper, but I want to mention a couple of minor caveats.
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Mierk Schwabe @mierksch.bsky.social · 30/10/2023
@danirabaiotti.bsky.social, could I please be added to the What's Science feed?
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Nick Hedley @nickhedley.bsky.social · 19/10/2023
September 2023 was not only the warmest September on record by a staggering 0.5°C margin, but at 1.82°C (3.28°F) above the 1850-1900 preindustrial average, it also set the record for the largest monthly temperature anomaly ever recorded. This chart shows the biggest drivers. - Berkeley Earth
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Mierk Schwabe @mierksch.bsky.social · 18/10/2023
Ich, eine blonde Frau mit schwarzer Brille, mit FFP3-Maske im Zug.
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Mierk Schwabe @mierksch.bsky.social · 18/10/2023
Very proud of my PhD student Eshita who defended her thesis on the Emergence of collective effects yesterday at the University Gießen. 🎉
Me (a dark-blond tall woman) and Eshita (black-haired woman) in front of a black board at the university, happy after her successful defense. She is wearing her PhD hat with pictures, particle string made of wooden pearls and pipe-cleaner vortices to represent turbulence.
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Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 14/10/2023
Here’s a second shot of the eclipse where you can see “Baily’s beads”… the sun shining through the mountains and valleys on the moon.
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Ed Hawkins @edhawkins.org · 11/10/2023
Would you like to help climate scientists? If so, today we launch our latest #WeatherRescue project. Join other volunteers to transcribe lost weather observations. The mission is to recover pressure measurements taken in Oxford between 1828-1860. Visit: weatherrescue.org
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Mierk Schwabe @mierksch.bsky.social · 11/10/2023
Herzlichen Glückwunsch. So kannst Du dann zwei Mal feiern!
Geburtstagskarte mit Super Mario und dem Text "Level geschafft"
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Mierk Schwabe @mierksch.bsky.social · 03/10/2023
Hallo, ich bin Mierk und arbeite daran, Klimamodelle mit maschinellem Lernen und eventuell/perspektivisch mit Quantencomputern zu verbessern.
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Prof Lisa Schipper 🌍🍉💪 @lisaschipper.bsky.social · 03/10/2023
Anyone sitting on invite codes? I have got a huge list of climate people wanting to come over.
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John Kennedy @micefearboggis.bsky.social · 03/10/2023
We're starting to get September updates to global temperature data sets. First up is ERA5. The plot shows Septembers from 1850-2023. Not only does ERA5 break the record, it breaks it by a record amount and a huge margin. 🧵
Graph of global mean temperature for Septembers from September 1850 to September 2023.  September 2023 is by far and away the warmest September on record globally. Six datasets are shown with good agreement between them, but only ERA5 is updated to 2023 so far.
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Sam Burgess @oceanterra.org · 02/10/2023
Hi, I’m a climate scientist working at the Copernicus Climate Change Service @ECMWF leading the climate monitoring team using ERA5 and satellite based datasets. Big fan of open science, #climate #dataviz, rights for nature and ambitious climate action. #greensky #climatesky #geosky
Woman wearing climate stripes cape in front of the SDG symbols at COP26Summer 2023 the hottest on record - global mean temperatures for the 30 warmest boreal summers (JJA) in the ERA5 data set
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Mierk Schwabe @mierksch.bsky.social · 03/10/2023
My colleague Birgit Hassler is featured in this video (German language) about climate model evaluation by the Office for Climate Education! Check it out!
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CLIM - Climate projections
🇬🇧In this video clip, a scientific expert tells us about climate projections.Birgit Hassler is a research scientist at the DLR Oberpfaffenhofen (Weßling, G...
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