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Moms United Against Violence & Incarceration @momsunitedchicago.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

Join us to demand dismissed charges for Keshia Golden and all those who are punished for outcomes of acts of self-defense, or outcomes that must be understood in the context of their victimization. #FreeKeshiaGolden #FreeThemAll bit.ly/FreeKeshisRally

Join us to hold vigil for the 120 women and girls killed each day by an intimate partner or family member, and to demand freedom for those who survive and are punished. Monday, April 6, 11am
50 W Washington
bit.ly/FreeKeshia

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Moms United Against Violence & Incarceration @momsunitedchicago.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

Please join us to demonstrate to Cook County State Attorney Burke that we will not accept prison or felony convictions for women who act in defense of themselves and their pregnancies. #FreeThemAll #FreeKeshiaGolden #SurvivedAndPunished Even Page: www.facebook.com/share/1BGuTB...

Globally, 50,000 women and girls are killed by intimate partners or family members each year. We honor their lives while fighting for those who survived--and are punished. April 6, 11am, Daley Plaza

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Moms United Against Violence & Incarceration @momsunitedchicago.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

Please join us for the second week of call-in to State's Attorney Burke, asking her to drop the charges against Keshia Golden, a mother charged with murder after acting in defense of her life and her pregnancy. bit.ly/FreeKeshia Call: 312-603-1880

Thank you to all who made calls last Thursday! Let’s do this every Thursday until charges are dismissed! Sample language:“Use your prosecutorial discretion to “DISMISS CHARGES AGAINST KESHIA GOLDEN. Do this for all the survivors you swore to protect.” Thurs, 3/19, Noon-1pm
312-603-1880
bit.ly/FreeKeshia

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Moms United Against Violence & Incarceration @momsunitedchicago.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

All out for Erika Ray! Court support request: Tomorrow, 3/18, 10am, 2650 S California, Rm 402. More info: bit.ly/FreeErikaRay

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Moms United Against Violence & Incarceration @momsunitedchicago.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

Join Erika Ray & her Freedom Team in court tomorrow, 2/17, 10am, Rm 402, 26th & California. Erika has been locked up over 18 years, and we hope tomorrow is the first day of her return home. bit.ly/FreeErikaRay

In 2010 Erika Ray was convicted of armed robbery
and 1st degree murder.

Erika did not plan or perpetrate a robbery or a murder, nor did the state need to claim that she did in order to charge her under a theory of accountability.

Accountability laws overwhelmingly impact women and youth of color, often for proximity to events, not direct actions. People are found culpable by their relationship to the "doer" or the allegation that they should have foreseen and prevented events. In short, girls and women
“should know better”.

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Truthout @truthout.org · 13/02/2026

"The Kalaallit Nunaat population was planning on literally turning its back against the vice-presidential couple to show them and the world that they were not welcome. The Vances had to deviate from the original plan and only visit the American military base."

truthout.org

Greenland Is Not for Sale: An Indigenous Activist Speaks Out Against the US

The people of Greenland have stated: “We don’t want to be American, we don’t want to be Danish, we are Greenlandic.”…

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Stephanie Kollmann @slkollmann.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

As the article says, Chicago PD has 11,564 sworn officers and this report will claim 121 more are needed. Updating my chart: 11,564/2.72 million x 100k CPD has **425** officers per 100k residents and they want to increase to 429 (+ hundreds of civilians). This is not a serious way to run a city.

Chicago has significantly fewer non-sworn members of its police department than some other large cities, including New York and Los Angeles. Both Mayor Brandon Johnson and Supt. Larry Snelling have endorsed that shift, but made little progress since they took office in 2023.

In all, CPD needs 405 new civilian positions and an additional 121 sworn positions, according to the study. The boundaries of the city's 22 police districts, last revised in 2012, should not be changed, according to the study.

Stephanie Kollmann

@SLKollmann

The US spends a great deal on policing, but Chicago has many more police per capita than other large US cities.

If Chicago had the US average number of police, CPD headcount would be under 6,600.

If Supt. Brown aligned CPD headcount with Dallas PD, it would be 6,316.

Police Officers per 100k Residents, 2020 10 Largest Cities and IL State/National Averages

San Diego, San Antonio, Austin, Phoenix about 125-175

Houston, Dallas, US AVERAGE, Los Angeles about 225-250

IL AVERAGE about 300

Philadelphia, New York about 400

Chicago about 470

FBI UCR (Sept 2021) 2020 data

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Moms United Against Violence & Incarceration @momsunitedchicago.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

Keshia Golden is a Chicago mother who would not be alive and raising her young child today had she not acted in defense of herself and her pregnancy. Charging her with murder suggests that she did not have the right to self-defense. bit.ly/FreeKeshia

Free Keshia Golden, charged with murder for the outcome of an act of self-defense. bit.ly/FreeKeshia

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Truthout @truthout.org · 14/01/2026

Renee Nicole Good’s killing by an ICE agent underscores how policing, borders and cages are “death‑making institutions,” and her legacy calls on people who see themselves in her to deepen solidarity with all communities targeted by state violence.

truthout.org

We Can Honor Renee Nicole Good’s Life by Abolishing Death-Making Institutions

Those of us who see ourselves in Renee Good can take this moment to deepen our solidarities with all who are policed.

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Moms United Against Violence & Incarceration @momsunitedchicago.bsky.social · 21/12/2025

Thank you to all who donated to the 12th Annual Holiday Solidarity Toy Drive in support of incarcerated parents & their kids! If you have a few bucks to share, consider a commissary/phone fund donation to survivors inside Logan & CCJ. Thank you!! MomsUnitedChicago@gmail.com or $MomsUnitedChi

Let’s send funds to people inside for calls & video visits with loved ones; for soap, toothpaste, socks--essentials that are not guaranteed to people in prison or jail

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Moms United Against Violence & Incarceration @momsunitedchicago.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

THANK YOU!! We made our goal for moms & dads inside Cook County Jail, and for moms are transitioning home. If you missed the drive, but would still like to donate, we're sending phone funds to folks inside Logan to call home. Zelle: MomsUnitedChicago@gmail.com attn: Callidarity

The Holiday Solidarity Drive has been powered by community since 2014. Thank you for all you do to support families impacted by incarceration. The chance for parents inside to give presents to their children-- from them, through you--is priceless solidarity. <names of donors listed on image> bit.ly/HolidaySolidarity2025

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Moms United Against Violence & Incarceration @momsunitedchicago.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

Hundreds of wonderful toys are arriving at Cook County Jail. Thanks to many of you, parents inside have gifts for their kids. Today is the last day to ensure shipments arrive on time. We're also sending funds to moms transitioning home to make holidays for their kids. docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Razor wire walls cannot stop Holiday Solidarity. Thank you for ensuring parents have gifts for their kids during holiday visits. We will do this until all are free. bit.ly/HolidaySolidarity2025

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Moms United Against Violence & Incarceration @momsunitedchicago.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

Free to use and modify training slide deck. bit.ly/Survivors2025

Criminalized survivors are the inevitable outcome of a system whose history is bound with white supremacy, ableism, and hetero-patriarchy.

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Moms United Against Violence & Incarceration @momsunitedchicago.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

Thank you for wonderful, generous donations of toys and teens gifts and funds!! The toys go directly to moms & dads in Cook County Jail. Funds are being used to send gifts to kids of moms at Logan & for moms who are home, but on EM. bit.ly/HolidaySolidarity2025

The Holiday Solidarity Drive has been powered by community since 2014. Thank you for all you do to support families impacted by incarceration.

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🎃 It’s the Mid Pumpkin, Emily 🎃 @lefttheprairie.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

Just a quick update that the whistle fund is now focused on supporting a loose coalition of 3D print enthusiasts who are shipping whistles to any community in the US. If you’re interested in receiving 100-1000+ free 3D printed whistles, email whistlerequests @ proton [dot] me gofund.me/14eb7ac4f

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Donate to Support Whistle Distribution in Chicago and Beyond!, organized by Emily Hilleren

Since late September, I’ve been organizing whistle kit assembly par… Emily Hilleren needs your support for Support Whistle Distribution in Chicago and Beyond!

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Moms United Against Violence & Incarceration @momsunitedchicago.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

Thank you for your generous donations of toys, teen gifts and funds to the 12th Annual Holiday Solidarity Drive. We're about 25 gifts from our goal. Funds will fill in the gaps & meet additional needs of families impacted by incarceration. bit.ly/HolidaySolidarity2025

The Annual Holiday Solidarity drive ensures parents inside have gifts for their kids during holiday visits. It's a reminder to families that they are not alone or forgotten. It's an opportunity for us to grow community across walls.Thank you for being part of it.

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Moms United Against Violence & Incarceration @momsunitedchicago.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

In the US, 1 in 14 children will experience the incarceration of a parent. If you are a teacher or someone who works with kids, you probably know someone for whom this is true. It's important for families to know they are not alone. youth.gov/youth-topics... youtu.be/hm9d_O3aoDU?...

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In their Words: 4 Young People Share Experiences with Having an Incarcerated Parent

YouTube video by youth.gov

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Haymarket Books @haymarketbooks.org · 11/12/2025

Black-led vigilance committees not only protected and aided fugitives but also learned from the formerly enslaved as they built a movement pedagogy together.

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The Black People Who Fled Slavery Had a Lot to Teach Their Northern Allies

Black-led vigilance committees not only protected and aided fugitives but also learned from the formerly enslaved as they built a movement pedagogy together.

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She Votes Illinois @shevotesil.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

DHS statements about immigration raids, protests, & arrests are increasingly contradicted by video evidence & court rulings. Axios has compiled 12 of the biggest disputed claims. Read the full breakdown here:https://www.axios.com/local/chicago/2025/12/08/dhs-claims-contradicted-video-court

axios.com

12 disputed DHS claims overturned by video or federal courts

DHS officials' statements about Operation Midway Blitz often fell apart under scrutiny.

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Moms United Against Violence & Incarceration @momsunitedchicago.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

We're close to our goal for parents in CCJ! It means so much to parents to be able to give gifts to their kids. These gifts may be the only that some kids receive. More than this, they are tangible connections to mom or dad, until they are reunited. Thank you! docs.google.com/document/d/1...

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Moms United Against Violence & Incarceration @momsunitedchicago.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

Thank you to all who supported the Fall drive to ensure parents at CCJ could give school supplies to their kids. Now we are asking for toy & teen gift donations so parents have gifts to give their kids during holiday visits. bit.ly/HolidaySolidarity2025

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Alex @araphael.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

Looking for a way to help this holiday season? I just purchased a few items off this list!

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Moms United Against Violence & Incarceration @momsunitedchicago.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

We're about 75 toys & teen gifts to our goal for parents at Cook County Jail. Thank you! Info & ways to donate: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Over half of all people entering the Cook County Jail system
are caregivers to
children under 18,
and over 60% of caregivers provide support to children under the age of 5

Incarceration of a parent is a recognized as a significant trauma, causing anxiety, depression, PTSD, academic struggles, physical health problems, poverty, and social stigma.

The median annual income for people in prison, before conviction, was 41% less than non-incarcerated peers. The disparity is even greater for Black and women prisoners.

Your donation is more than a toy or a gift for a teen.
It’s a tangible connection kids take home as we work to reunite families.

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Moms United Against Violence & Incarceration @momsunitedchicago.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

Thank you for your support of families impacted by detention & incarceration over the holidays: bit.ly/HolidaySolidarity2025 Learn more about parents inside Cook County Jail: www.erikson.edu/wp-content/u...

Over half of individuals entering the Cook County Jail system provide caregiving support to children under 18, and over 60% of caregivers provide support to children under the age of 5. Your donation to the 12th Annual Holiday Solidarity Drive sends an incarcerated parent a present to give their child. Thank you for your support: bit.ly/HolidaySolidarity2025

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Moms United Against Violence & Incarceration @momsunitedchicago.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

Toys to matter! Presents do matter--to kids and to parents. Please help us send about 120 more gifts to moms & dads in Cook County Jail so they can ensure their kids receive something this holiday season. bit.ly/HolidaySolidarity2025

Since 1991, the number of incarcerated parents increased 96% for moms and 48% for dads. Each donation to the Holiday Solidarity Drive means a parent inside can a gift to their child during their holiday visit. This is more than a gift. It’s a tangible connection that kids can hold onto, as we work to reunite families. bit.ly/HolidaySolidarity2025

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Moms United Against Violence & Incarceration @momsunitedchicago.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

We're about 1/2way to the goal for moms and dads at Cook County Jail! Once we finish there, we'll send gifts to parents in IDOC & local transition houses. Thank you for making it happen. Let's work to get the greatest present of all home too! docs.google.com/document/d/1...

“None of us is free until all of us are free”--Governor Pritzker quoting Emma Lazarus and Fannie Lou Hammer at the “No Kings March”, 2025
200,000 children in Illinois have a currently incarcerated parent, between prisons and jails, that’s roughly 1 in 20 children, disproportionately impacting Black, Native, and Latinx children.
IL Commission on Children of Incarcerated Parents, 2020
bit.ly/HolidaySolidarity2025

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Moms United Against Violence & Incarceration @momsunitedchicago.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

Watch out for those malls. There are reports of a man in a red suit promising candy and presents if you sit on his lap. Support families impacted by incarceration from the warmth of your own home or workplace instead! docs.google.com/document/d/1...

The Holiday Solidarity Drive has been powered by community since 2014. Thank you for all you do to support families impacted by incarceration. bit.ly/HolidaySolidarity2025

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Moms United Against Violence & Incarceration @momsunitedchicago.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

It's #GivingTuesday, though most you don't need a designated day to give! We are about 1/3 of the way to our goal for moms & dads in Cook County Jail, many of whom know that this may be the only gifts their kids receive. Thank you for your support! docs.google.com/document/d/1...

We won't all be home for the holidays. Nearly 2 million people are locked up in prisons, jails & migrant detention. I in 28 children has a parent in prison or jail. But, we can support families to have visits & share gifts, as we work to free our loved ones inside. bit.ly/HolidaySolidarity2025

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Moms United Against Violence & Incarceration @momsunitedchicago.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

It's Cyber Monday! Get some deals and send some toys and teen gifts to moms and dads in Cook County Jail, so they can ensure their kids receive presents this year too. Donation Options: bit.ly/HolidaySolidarity2025

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Moms United Against Violence & Incarceration @momsunitedchicago.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

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Progressive News Service @prognews.bsky.social · 30/11/2025

Amazon workers go on strike world-wide. “From Germany to Bangladesh, thousands of workers walked off the job on Friday and marched against Amazon’s labor practices to push for better wages, working conditions, and union protections." www.commondreams.org/news/make-am...

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Global Black Friday Strikes Against Amazon Target 'Techno-Authoritarian' Assault on Workers | Common Dreams

"We are joining Make Amazon Pay to demand the most basic rights: safety, dignity, and the chance to go home alive," said one Amazon worker from India.

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dharmalee3❌👑 @dharmalee3.bsky.social · 30/11/2025

BASIC HUMAN RIGHTS: The right to a decent job that pays a living wage The right to quality health care The right to a complete education The right to affordable housing The right to a clean environment The right to a secure retirement -Bernie Sanders

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Moms United Against Violence & Incarceration @momsunitedchicago.bsky.social · 30/11/2025

It's a little slower going so far, but that's ok! We're about 20% to our goal for moms and dads at Cook County Jail--thank you-- and no doubt it will pick up soon. Find info, and donation options here: bit.ly/HolidaySolidarity2025

The Annual Holiday Solidarity drive ensures parents inside Cook County Jail & other IL facilities can give gifts to their kids. Thank you for making it possible. That is the true spirit of Holiday Solidarity.
bit.ly/HolidaySolidarity2025

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Moms United Against Violence & Incarceration @momsunitedchicago.bsky.social · 29/11/2025

We are off to slightly slower start this season, which is understandable, given national boycotts, multiple mutual support drives, not to mention higher prices on everything. For those who are able to support the drive, we have made an alternative registry: bit.ly/HolidaySolidarityKohls

The Annual Holiday Solidarity Drive ensures parents incarcerated inside Cook County Jail & other IL facilities can give gifts to their kids during holiday visits. For some kids, this is the only gift they may receive. Thank you for making it possible.
bit.ly/holidaysolidarity2025
Contact; MomsUnitedChicago@gmail.com

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Moms United Against Violence & Incarceration @momsunitedchicago.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

Since 2014, incarcerated parents have been able to choose gifts for their kids and surprise them during holiday visits. The best gift of all will be to bring their parents home. Until then, we can do this: bit.ly/HolidaySolidarity2025

Forget doorbusters. Make new traditions.
bit.ly/HolidaySolidarity2025

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Moms United Against Violence & Incarceration @momsunitedchicago.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

Let's show parents and kids separated by incarceration that they are not forgotten this holiday season. Learn more: bit.ly/HolidaySolidarity2025

The average annual income of an incarcerated person prior to arrest was 41% less than their non-incarcerated peers. The majority are parents of minor kids. Your donation means a child receives a great gift, & possibly their only gift, this Christmas.

1.25 Million U.S. kids (under age 18)
has an incarcerated parent. In in 5 are under the age of 4. What kind of support would you want for your child if you were incarcerated? What do you think that child wants most?

You are giving an incarcerated parent, with no other opportunity to do so, the ability to choose and give gifts directly to their children, just as any parent wants to do during the holidays.

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Moms United Against Violence & Incarceration @momsunitedchicago.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

Thank you for anything you do in support of families impacted by incarceration, including the annual Holiday Solidarity Drive. If you are boycotting Target & Amazon, we have a few options, including a Kohl's registry: www.kohls.com/babyregistry... Find more options here: forms.gle/57aMxGGNPg6c...

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Moms United Against Violence & Incarceration @momsunitedchicago.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

The annual holiday solidarity let's incarcerated parents and their kids know that they are not forgotten, but ensuring moms & dads inside can give gifts to their kids during holiday visits. Join us! www.target.com/gift-registr...

Your donation means moms in prison or jail can surprise their children with a present during their holiday visit--presents they would otherwise have no opportunity to provide. Mom’s gift to their child is your gift to mom. That is the spirit of holiday solidarity. Join us! Invite your friends!
target.com/gift-registry/gift/holidaysolidarity12
MomsUnitedChicago@gmail.com

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Moms United Against Violence & Incarceration @momsunitedchicago.bsky.social · 23/11/2025

Please join us for the 12th Annual Holiday Solidarity Drive in support of incarcerated parents & their kids. Donate if you can. Whether or not you can donate at this time, sharing the drive with you networks helps a lot too! Merry Solidarity! target.com/gift-registry/gift/holidaysolidarity12

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Moms United Against Violence & Incarceration @momsunitedchicago.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

Join advocates, caregivers and kids to march in solidarity with one another, and against the terror of the Trump administration. We'll meet 11:30 at the SW corner of Maggie Daley Park (NE corner of Columbus & Monroe). Contact: MomsUnitedChicago@gmail.com

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Moms United Against Violence & Incarceration @momsunitedchicago.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

A community of care sent 1,152 donations to parents incarcerated in Cook County Jail. Today parents inside will give school supplies to their kids during visits. Let's keep showing love as we work to abolish all forms of incarceration & fund communities! Thank you!!

1052 donations raised by a loving community so parents incarcerated in Cook County Jail can give much needed school supplies to their kids during visits!
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Helen H
Steven S
Lisa B
Megan S
Megan K
Kathleen N
Megan B
Beth O
Carla K
Mary C
Megan S
Chris C
Dana B
Francesca S
Missy C
Sarah S
Samuel H
Lisa
Dana
Sharda
Karla F
L-S Family
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