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Marnie

@mstoras.bsky.social
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Canadian, former lawyer, journo, historian. Current news junkie very worried about the future of democracy.

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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 29/09/2026
Oh no! Weak men are upset about my article demanding men do more to stop abuse of women, and they’re unfollowing me and telling me they’re unfollowing me. What ever will I do??? Oh right, carry on and double down. Men: Here is my article upsetting weak men: www.qasimrashid.com/p/women-are-...
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Mushroomhead @cruising333.bsky.social · 2h
"A Strategy of Dispersal and "Digital Twins" Instead of burrowing underground, European defense giants are focusing on decentralization. Rather than relying on a single, massive factory that can be crippled by one strike, production is increasingly split across small, modular 1/
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Jolenska @jolenska.eurosky.social · 1h
One example. If you wait for missiles, you're cooked. russia is doing more and more attacks we hide behind the "hybrid" word. Our answer is weak, so russia will escalate, but not in a conventional way. Declared wars are obsolete when you have rotten pons to destroy your enemy from within.
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NATO and EU allies support Estonia after 'sabotage' blamed on Russia
Estonia accused Russia of 'sabotage' in an August arson attack on a drone manufacturer.
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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 4h
⚡️Russia threatens European arms factories supplying Ukraine, says they are 'not safe'. "Weapons factories in European countries that produce arms for Ukraine are potential military targets for Russia," Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova said.
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Russia threatens European arms factories supplying Ukraine, says they are 'not safe'
"Weapons factories in European countries that produce arms for Ukraine are potential military targets for Russia," Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova said.
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Briar Darby Sinéad Madarch (fae/it/he) @sineadthefae.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
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Kara @karawrite

“On behalf of, I dunno, EVERY FAT KID IN the USA, l'ma go ahead and call BS on the whole bullying creates mass shooters narrative. LGBTQ kids, kids of color, disabled kids, poor kids, girl kids are bullied. Who's doing the shooting?
White boys whose parents don't secure their guns”
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Zephyrus ✨🌻☀️ 🐺🏳️‍🌈 🐻🧸 @noblewolf8x.bsky.social · 3h
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Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 4h
Just a reminder that the last time DOJ filed a misconduct complaint against a district judge, it was dismissed in a ruling by Chief Judge Sutton that was all but dripping with contempt (for the government): www.opn.ca6.uscourts.gov/internet/jud...
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White House Watchdog @whitehousewatchdog.bsky.social · 3h
As Trump's approval sinks, Canadian PM Mark Carney's popularity soars, bolstered by his defiance of Trump, boosting his ability to implement policies with ease.
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Trump started a fight that's giving his rival 'unthinkable' popularity: WSJ
As Trump's approval sinks, Canadian PM Mark Carney's popularity soars, bolstered by his defiance of Trump, boosting his ability to implement policies with ease.
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Jacqs @fooyoo2.bsky.social · 20h
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
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ebisback.bsky.social @ebisback.bsky.social · 4h
Maybe it's the Repukes?🙄
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Ernesto Castañeda @drernestocast.bsky.social · 3h
New Blog Post: The Mental Health Crisis in ICE Detention Read more: theimmigrationlab.org/blog/f/the-me…
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The New Arab @thenewarab.bsky.social · 23h
Palestinians gathered for a mass funeral at the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza on 29 Sep, to mourn over 41 Palestinians killed in Israeli strikes. The bodies, buried after almost three years, were recovered from the rubble of a residential building hit in an Israeli strike in October 2023
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kristofarian @kristofarian.bsky.social · 5h
END Stockholm Syndrome? Women HAVE The Power but Only Ladies? if/when they Exercise it
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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 3h
Wrote about how Trump’s tantrums over the Supreme Court reveal the not so hidden subtext of what Republicans expect from the justices. Also a mention of how Supreme Court politics resemble the Calciopoli scandal. (gift link) www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
As is nearly always the case with the president’s accusations, this was an illuminating projection. Trump fears that public pressure on the Supreme Court can sway the justices and how they rule. So when they don’t side with him, he assumes that’s what happened, and he trashes the Court in the hope that it will side with him the next time. He views criticism of the Supreme Court much as he views laws in general: When Trump or one of his allies wants to do something, such as use taxpayer dollars for cultish campaign ads, it’s legal. When his opponents want to do something, it’s illegal
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JeffTrnka @jefftrnka.bsky.social · 3h
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Bob Burgess @bobburgess.bsky.social · 3h
 “At no point during our evaluation did we find reasonable grounds to believe that a violation of federal criminal law had occurred requiring a referral to the US Attorney General in accordance with the Inspector General Act.”  www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Fed’s Watchdog Finds No Evidence of Criminality in Renovations
The Federal Reserve’s internal watchdog found no evidence of criminal wrongdoing in the central bank’s renovation of its Washington headquarters, a $2.4 billion project that became a flashpoint betwee...
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Sandy B 🇨🇦 🇺🇸 🇨🇦 @samm1955.bsky.social · 3h
Honoring our indigenous brothers and sisters 🇨🇦
National Truth and Reconciliation
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CNBC @cnbc.com · 3h
Fed watchdog finds renovation failures, but no grounds for criminal referral
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Fed watchdog finds renovation failures, but no grounds for criminal referral
The long-awaited report by the Fed's inspector general said it found no reasonable grounds to believe federal criminal law had been violated.
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Medias 🇨🇦 @mediasca.skyfleet.blue · 3h
Commémorations du 30 septembre | Pourquoi porte-t-on de l’orange pour souligner la vérité et la réconciliation ?
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Commémorations du 30 septembre | Pourquoi porte-t-on de l’orange pour souligner la vérité et la réconciliation ?
Vérité, réconciliation, couleur orange… Pourquoi ces concepts soulignés le 30 septembre sont-ils importants ? La Presse fait le point à l’occasion de cette cinquième Journée nationale de la vérité et de la réconciliation.
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whattheactualf.bsky.social @whattheactualf.bsky.social · 9h
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Scripps News @scrippsnews.bsky.social · 3h
A massive study reviewing screen use and child development has found links between higher screen exposure and poorer outcomes for children.
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Study of 2.8 million children links screen time to poorer development outcomes
A massive study reviewing screen use and child development has found links between higher screen exposure and poorer outcomes for children.
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Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 3h
😳 On 9/29/26, Argentina’s Supreme cleared the way for President Javier Milei’s administration to scrap historical restrictions on foreign land ownership, opening the door to the likes of Peter Thiel & Sam Altman who have shown great interest in the region … 1/ share.google/t7nTsPAkbpC8...
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Supreme Ct clears way for Milei to scrap limits on foreign land purchases
Opposition parties condemn the ruling, question its scope and warn that it leaves the door open to unrestricted foreign ownership of rural land.
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Cheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🍁 @minibubbly.bsky.social · 21h
PM Carney calls out Canadian based Stelco steel company (owned by US company Cleveland Cliffs) for the layoffs due to Trumps tariffs, betraying Canadian workers. They were offered $$ by the Fed govt in Canada to keep it open and refused. Credit to soocanadian /1 thread
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Kyle Ruggles 🇨🇦 @kyleruggles.bsky.social · 5h
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Rogers finalizes $7-billion infrastructure sale to Blackstone, pension funds
Rogers is selling a 49.9% equity interest in its wireless unit in an innovative financing that’s expected to pave the way for similar deals among debt-heavy domestic telecoms
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Laura Lee on Lake ONTARIO 🇨🇦🍁🦫 @laura-leez.bsky.social · 21h
It is a clear violation of the Canada Investment Act and the commitments made in regards to employee levels until 2029. My hubby is a retiree of Stelco. He left when they were sold to US Steel. Then they were sold again to Cleveland Cliffs. U.S. companies can never be trusted.
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🇨🇦 Bonnie 🇨🇦 @bonnie50.bsky.social · 17h
Cleveland Cliffs is a saboteur & we’ll end up finding out that this shutdown was an intentional act coordinated with the Trump administration to cause economic harm to Canada. We need to lower the financial boom on this company & send the message that you don’t fuck with Canada.
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Courtney Bublé @courtneybuble.bsky.social · 4h
New: DOJ has filed a misconduct complaint against federal judges in Minnesota who spoke to the NYT about the administration's immigration crackdown in their state at the beginning of the year Blanche said this was "a clear violation of their ethical duties"
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L. J. @leojos.bsky.social · 11h
"World’s oceans absorbed record heat equal to 40 times annual global energy use The injection of thermal energy comes amid an increasing rise in sea levels and continuing acidification" www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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World’s oceans absorbed record heat equal to 40 times annual global energy use
The injection of thermal energy comes amid an increasing rise in sea levels and continuing acidification
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T Ferguson @tferguson2018.bsky.social · 4h
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Global Justice Now @globaljusticenow.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
People vs Palantir – International Day of Action 🌎✊ Thursday 1 October 2026. We are saying NO to Palantir! Find a UK action near you 👇🏽 www.amnesty.org.uk/issues/inter...
Activists at Parliament Square, London holding up a banner that reads NO PALANTIR in our public services
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The Sick Times @thesicktimes.org · 3h
While there are no data sources on Long COVID in prison, experts suspect rates of the disease may be higher there than in the general population. They face high reinfection risks and poor access to medical care. Read more from @octoberk.bsky.social: thesicktimes.org/2026/09/29/i...
A graphic shows two images side by side. One are mobility devices, including many walkers, outside of prison cells. Another shows a red SARS-CoV-2 virus contrasted with a black background. The text reads, “The Sick Times. I interviewed five people with Long COVID in prison. They are invisible in the system. By October Krausch. Meanwhile, her cellmate, Wayland Scott, says he has frequently had problems breathing after COVID-19, and gets winded going up the stairs he must take to get to his cell. Even so, he has not been able to receive an inhaler, despite having one before Long COVID when he first came to prison. “There was a year that they had a big shortage of the albuterol. And when that happened, I got taken off of my inhaler and I’ve never been able to get it back,” he said.
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willis-2.bsky.social @willis-2.bsky.social · 6h
Yep. America needs a 500 member team of Jack Smith’s- just to start the clean up and simultaneously rebuild of this Country. Trump brought in criminals to destroy our democracy at a very rapid rate. Reversing that effort will take a much larger team of dedicated principled people. Justice for ALL.
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Dannagal Goldthwaite Young @dannagal.bsky.social · 7h
Why do perpetrators of sexual assault get to stay on campus? 25-30% of women on campus are victims of SA, but less than 10% of men are responsible for these violent acts. We know that the men who do this tend to be repeat offenders. Why are we allowing predators to stay?
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Oden @oden-gjallarhornet.bsky.social · 7h
Russian troops using civilians as 'human shields' to flee via Kupiansk pipeline, Khartiia Corps claims #StandWithUkraine #RussiaAggression #RussianCrimes #Dictatorship #Surveillance #Censorship #RussianWarCrimes #PutinsWar #Muscovy #Russia kyivindependent.com/russian-troo...
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Russian troops using civilians as 'human shields' to flee via Kupiansk pipeline, Khartiia Corps claims
Children, elderly people, and a person on crutches walked alongside draft-age men who were likely Russian soldiers wearing civilian clothes, according to Khartiia Corps' drone footage.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 20h
NEW: The Wisconsin Supreme Court agreed to hear a challenge brought by the Democratic National Committee that could determine if state judges can extend polling hours after election-day disruptions threaten voting access. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Wisconsin Supreme Court agrees to hear case on expanded voting hours during Election Day disruptions
The DNC is asking the justices to clarify whether Wisconsin courts can extend voting hours when election-day problems threaten voters’ constitutional right to vote.
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Oden @oden-gjallarhornet.bsky.social · 7h
#Russia has lost 1,532,500 troops in #Ukraine since Feb. 24, 2022 #StandWithUkraine #RussiaAggression #RussianCrimes #Dictatorship #Surveillance #Censorship #RussianWarCrimes #PutinsWar #Muscovy kyivindependent.com/general-staf...
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General Staff: Russia has lost 1,532,500 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24, 2022
The number includes 1,440 casualties that Russian forces suffered over the past day.
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 10h
NO 👇 LIES DETECTED, AMY
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Dare Obasanjo @carnage4life.bsky.social · 13h
I love that the U.S. government now has ideas so dumb that the fact checks are simply “yeah this isn’t a parody, it’s real”
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EUvsDisinfo @euvsdisinfo.eu · 8h
Kremlin-affiliated outlets continue framing EU member states as warmongers unwilling to end the war. In reality, Russia rejected seven peace proposals last year alone, while Europe’s increased defence spending is a response to the growing Russian threat.
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Cheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🍁 @minibubbly.bsky.social · 7h
‘Created in #Canada’: How a leading cosmetics brand leans into its roots—Groupe Marcelle is Canada’s largest cosmetics manufacturer www.ctvnews.ca/world/trumps...
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‘Created in Canada’: How a leading cosmetics brand leans into its roots
U.S. tariffs have reshaped Canadian consumer habits, including a dose of patriotism at the cosmetics counter, according to Groupe Marcelle.
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Alaska Public Media @alaskapublic.org · 19h
Meet Backpack, your 2026 Fat Bear Week champion. Backpack is 20 years old, weighs about 1,000 pounds and got his nickname because, as a cub, he loved riding on his mom's back across the Brooks River.
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Meet Backpack, Fat Bear Week’s chunky champ
Backpack went from hitching a ride on his mom’s back to cross the Brooks River to winning the hearts of fat bear fans around the world.
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Social Media Lab @socialmedialab.ca · 7h
👀 MI5 issues spy alert to UK universities over Chinese front company stealing research. "Britain's domestic intelligence agency, MI5, issued a public espionage alert accusing a Chinese state-linked organization of funding academic research in the UK to benefit China’s intelligence services."
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MI5 issues spy alert to UK universities over Chinese front company stealing research
Security service says academics should stop taking grants from and working with firm backed by China’s intelligence service
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 12h
The US has withdrawn from GRECO, the Council of Europe’s anti-corruption watchdog, which it has been a member of since 2000, ABC reports. Russia and Belarus are the only other countries to have left the group.
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Oden @oden-gjallarhornet.bsky.social · 7h
#Norway to allocate $2.6 million for humanitarian programs in #Ukraine #StandWithUkraine #RussiaAggression #RussianCrimes #Dictatorship #Surveillance #Censorship #RussianWarCrimes #PutinsWar #Muscovy #Russia kyivindependent.com/norway-to-al...
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Norway to allocate $2.6 million for humanitarian programs in Ukraine
The Norwegian government said it had set aside 15 million Norwegian kroner ($1.5 million) to assist UNICEF's work in reintegrating previously deported Ukrainian children and tracing those who are stil...
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🪖MilitaryNewsUA🇺🇦 @militarynewsua.bsky.social · 7h
❗️A bipartisan Ukraine support group in the U.S. Congress opposed easing sanctions on Russia in exchange for the release of political prisoners, saying this would embolden Russia and prolong the war. The lawmakers called on the administration to impose the first round
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Géopolitique @geopolitique.bsky.social · 8h
Moyen-Orient / Un pilote aurait poignardé l’autre pour crasher l’avion Un avion de FlyDubai en route pour Tel-Aviv a dû atterrir en Arabie saoudite après une attaque au couteau qualifiée d’acte «terroriste» par un ministre israélien
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Avion détourné au Moyen-Orient: Le copilote aurait poignardé le pilote
Un avion de FlyDubai en route pour Tel-Aviv a dû atterrir en Arabie saoudite après une attaque au couteau qualifiée d’acte «terroriste» par un ministre israélien.
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Ukraine Advocate 🇺🇦 @eugenemcparland.eurosky.social · 7h
Inside the Ukrainian military unit training fighters from #China 🖊️ Amy Hawkins in Kharkiv, 📷 by Julia Kochetova Despite the risks, a number of soldiers from the country seen as russia’s biggest backer have found their way to #Ukraine www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...
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Inside the Ukrainian military unit training fighters from China
Despite the risks, a number of soldiers from the country seen as Russia’s biggest backer have found their way to Ukraine
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Cheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🍁 @minibubbly.bsky.social · 8h
‘Trust us’: Stelco union says Cleveland-Cliffs broke its word on jobs Keeping workers employed was a legal condition of the 2024 sale /1 thread www.thespec.com/news/hamilto...
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Unions accuse Stelco owner of breaking 'no layoffs' promise
Ottawa’s 2024 approval required the U.S. owner to keep unionized staffing steady for five years. Up to 500 layoffs now test that promise.
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NOELREPORTS @noelreports.com · 7h
Ukrainian tanks are again moving to frontline firing positions and engaging Russian positions with direct fire. The 475th Code 9.2 Regiment says reconnaissance and aerial cover coordinated with UAV operators allow the armored vehicles to operate despite the drone threat. #Ukraine
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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 7h
MI5 warns universities to cut ties with Chinese institute ft.trib.al/9iVgWCF
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MI5 warns universities to cut ties with Chinese institute
China General Technology Research Institute has ‘very strong ties’ to Chinese intelligence, says UK agency in unusual espionage alert
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