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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 02/10/2026
Calling all NYC artists — painters, filmmakers, poets, musicians and more! Did you know our city provides grants to support your work every year? And this year, we're DOUBLING the amount — from $5,000 up to $10,000 per artist! Deadlines are approaching fast — apply today at nyc.gov/artistgrants.
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marque lawyers @marquelawyers.com.au · 28/09/2026
Google is updating its satellite images of Gaza. The comprehensiveness of effort required to reduce an urban landscape to this is beyond imagining. Literal carpet bombing.
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AFP News Agency @en.afp.com · 30/09/2026
🇮🇩 Women fight fires and sexism in Indonesian Borneo More than 100 women in Indonesian Borneo have joined a volunteer initiative dubbed "Power of Mama" -- patrolling daily for smoke and flames and jumping in to put out fires when needed.
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Ayana Elizabeth Johnson @ayanaeliza.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
New podcast episode out now 🎧: “Connecting the Dots on Climate and Democracy” - wherever you get your podcasts. Now co-hosted with climate legend Bill McKibben! Getitright.earth/podcast Also: Check your voter registration (vote.gov) and volunteer with me and Environmental Voter
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Leia🇨🇴🇺🇸 @theswprincess.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
This is an excellent guide on what you can and should do to help if someone you know is taken by ICE. The most important thing - 𝗱𝗼𝗻'𝘁 𝗮𝘀𝘀𝘂𝗺𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗽𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗮𝗻'𝘁 𝗱𝗼 𝗮𝗻𝘆𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗶𝘁. There's PLENTY we can do help ensure a fair outcome.
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4fuxake @blueheartedly1.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 14/09/2026
www.propublica.org/article/ecto...
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Ectopic Pregnancy Deaths Have Nearly Doubled. It’s Worse in States With Abortion Bans.
With prompt and appropriate medical care, experts say, people shouldn’t die from an ectopic pregnancy. Women in Texas and Oklahoma have sued over delays in care, which, coupled with our new analysis, ...
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 14/09/2026
The royal crown branded on enslaved Africans: Britain’s monarchy and the slave trade
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The royal crown branded on enslaved Africans: Britain’s monarchy and the slave trade
From Elizabeth I’s backing of early voyages to royal investment in trafficking companies, generations of monarchs were central to Britain’s slave trade Enslaved African people were seared with hot metal brands bearing the royal crown, according to research by historians who have documented the monarchy’s centuries-long involvement in Britain’s slave trade. The Register of British Slave Traders identifies thousands of people who invested in Britain’s trafficking of enslaved Africans, including kings and queens. Continue reading...
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Dr Paul Dorfman @drpauldorfman.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Renewable energy utility ScottishPower recently revealed that 99.9 % of the materials from Scotland’s first commercial wind farm have been successfully recycled and reused following decommissioning. reneweconomy.com.au/a-great-resu...
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"A great result:" 26 turbines from first commercial wind farm almost completely recycled and reused
99.9 per cent of the materials from Scotland’s first commercial wind farm have been successfully recycled and reused following decommissioning.
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ninam0 @ninam0.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Hilarious.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 04/09/2026
We identified the top 100 sprayers of the controversial weedkiller Roundup in California—a state that produces more than three-quarters of the nation’s fruits and nuts and nearly half of its vegetables. Check out our new searchable database to find out who’s at the top of the list. bit.ly/3SqKXDZ
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Reuters @reuters.com · 28/08/2026
US judge blocks Pentagon's Anthropic blacklisting reut.rs/4qEJKp0
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US judge blocks Pentagon's Anthropic blacklisting
A U.S. judge on Thursday blocked the Pentagon’s blacklisting of Anthropic, ​the latest turn in the Claude maker’s high-stakes fight with the military over AI safety ‌on the battlefield.
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WIRED @wired.com · 28/08/2026
A federal judge has called the Department of Defense’s designation of Anthropic as a national security supply-chain risk “illegal and baseless.” www.wired.com/story/a-judg...
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A Judge Has Blocked the Pentagon’s Attempt to Blacklist Anthropic
A federal judge has called the Department of Defense’s designation of Anthropic as a national security supply-chain risk “illegal and baseless.”
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Tammy Duckworth @duckworth.senate.gov · 26/08/2026
Women waited too long and fought too damn hard to let anyone in the White House take away our rights. Happy Women’s Equality Day.
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AFP News Agency @en.afp.com · 27/08/2026
Japan's 'polka dot queen' artist Yayoi Kusama dies aged 97. One of the world's most celebrated contemporary artists, Kusama channelled hallucinations and trauma into vibrant art featuring her trademark dots, nets and infinity motifs over a career spanning decades u.afp.com/SVY4
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Food & Water Watch @foodandwater.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Did you know that over 70 countries have banned paraquat, a weed-killing chemical that is linked to Parkinson's disease? No one should have to face these threats to their health, especially when safer alternatives exist!
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This Iowa senator living with Parkinson’s wants to ban paraquat weed killer, linked to the disease
Lawmakers in 13 states have proposed banning or restricting paraquat, a toxic herbicide that researchers have tied to an
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MTH @megt.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Resources: Here are some of the best places to find understandable dashboards, maps, and analysis for what can seem like overly complicated information. 🌎🧪 yaleclimateconnections.org/2026/08/a-re...
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A review of rescued climate data » Yale Climate Connections
The Trump administration has shut down websites like climate.gov and other climate data projects. Academics, journalists, and nonprofit organizations are working to rebuild what has been lost.
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Dr Paul Dorfman @drpauldorfman.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Nuclear Security Is A Hidden Public Cost Of Nuclear Power open.substack.com/pub/michaelb...
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Nuclear Security Is A Hidden Public Cost Of Nuclear Power
Security costs stretch across regulators, weapons-adjacent agencies, intelligence, policing, international safeguards and plant sites, but only part appears on utility books.
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Emily Atkin @emorwee.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Here's a fun little coincidence I noticed: Every Republican Congressmember loudly blaming Canada's forest management policies for this year's unprecedented wildfires (and ignoring climate change) is a massive recipient of fossil fuel funding. Receipts👇
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Sierra Magazine @sierramagazine.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Federal land managers are spraying a cocktail of chemicals onto public lands in an effort to treat invasive species. But these treatments lead to other problems. The cycle is a no-win situation where land never fully recovers, and millions are spent constantly treating issues as they emerge. 🌎
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Why is the Federal Government Dumping Toxic Chemicals onto Public Lands?
These spraying programs are creating “virtual dead zones” in wild places
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ninam0 @ninam0.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Beautiful and meaningful youth art.
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Nature Portfolio @natureportfolio.nature.com · 15/07/2026
Climate change may reduce the native plant species used by Indigenous cultures in the Amazon basin by one-third, according to research in Nature. The reduction could result in the loss of a quarter of the knowledge associated with the uses of Amazonian plant species by the end of the century. 🌎🧪
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The forest of knowledge under global change - Nature
The biocultural heritage of the Amazon, its plant species, plant services and cultures are at risk from climate change.
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Food & Water Watch @foodandwater.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Want to learn more about why nuclear power is a climate scam, but couldn't make last month's Livable Future Live event with Tim Judson of @nirsnet.bsky.social, our Research Director Amanda Starbuck and our NY State Director Laura Shindell? You're in luck - we've got a recording right here!
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VIDEO — Nuclear Power: Why It’s Still a Bad Idea
Hear from experts about the past, present, and future risks and failures of nuclear energy, and how we’re fighting for a
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MTH @megt.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Maybe this will get their attention? Endocrine disruptors and temperature increase plays a role. 🌎🧪 www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
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Men’s average testosterone levels have halved in last 50 years, say scientists
Exclusive: Researchers warn of ‘major crisis in male reproductive health’ partly driven by obesity and diabetes
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Food & Water Watch @foodandwater.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
This sobering story from Investigative Journalist Nathan Halverson – who took a flight to observe how extensive application of Roundup in California forests is affecting the landscape – is a powerful reminder of what we have to lose if we don’t rein in pesticide corporations.
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I'd seen it from the ground, but wait until you see it from the sky
A birds-eye view of California’s Roundup-sprayed timberland.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 01/07/2026
Leonard Leo is a lawyer, but he's never argued a case in court. He's never held elected office. But for years he rebuilt the American legal system, resulting in the Supreme Court's right-wing supermajority. (Published Oct. 2023)
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We Don’t Talk About Leonard: The Man Behind the Right’s Supreme Court Supermajority
The inside story of how Leonard Leo built a machine that remade the American legal system — and what he plans to do next.
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Dr Paul Dorfman @drpauldorfman.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
The shape of things to come Nuclear reactors taken offline in France, as extreme heat pushes river temperatures into danger zone. reneweconomy.com.au/nuclear-reac...
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Nuclear reactors taken offline in France, as extreme heat pushes river temperatures into danger zone
EDF has taken nearly 10% of its nuclear power capacity offline this week, to avoid overheating the rivers it uses to cool its reactors. Someone tell Pauline Hanson.
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Climate.us @climate.us · 23/06/2026
Climate.us is live. Built by members of the team behind Climate.gov, this new independent nonprofit website keeps trusted climate information easy to find, easy to use, and harder to erase. #ClimateForUs #ClimateUS
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Food & Water Watch @foodandwater.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
TONIGHT: Tune in at 7PM ET for a live discussion on the science and politics around nuclear energy, and why we’re so strongly opposed to this dangerous climate scam. Don’t forget to RSVP: fwwat.ch/4uZnze8
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Peter Corkeron @petercorkeron.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Good news Papua New Guinea announces a big no-take #MPA in the Bismark Sea, the Western Manus Marine Protected Area. >200,000 square km, 9% of PNG's EEZ. Almost the size of the UK 🐳🌍🦑
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Papua New Guinea announces largest MPA in its history - Oceanographic
Papua New Guinea has announced the Western Manus Marine Protected Area - a no-take zone covering 200,000 km² of the Pacific Ocean.
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Internet Archive @archive.org · 04/06/2026
❤️ Love the Wayback Machine? Some publishers and news organizations are blocking it from archiving journalism—cutting off the public record & future accountability. Want them to stop? ✍️ Sign the open letter to support preserving journalism in the Wayback Machine ⤵️ www.savethearchive.com/NewsLeaders
Logo for the Internet Archive Wayback Machine in black and red letters.
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Ceryl @politicdormouse.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Eleanor Coade C18th #BusinessWoman #inventor set up & ran business manufacturing Lithodipyra "stone fired twice" aka Coade stone working for Georgian architects. Her recipe for high-quality, durable moulded weather-resistant ceramic stoneware kept secret for years b. #OTD 3 June 1733 bit.ly/3Hp4nyu
Eleanor Coade's memorial to Frances Brown in St Peters & St Paul's church Fenstanton Cambridgeshire. Brown was daughter in law of Capability Brown, the landscape designer who saw "great capabilities" in remodelling the estates of rich people for some reason...
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 23/05/2026
Scientists are wary of glyphosate. MAHA loathes it. And our yearlong investigation shows California is spraying it everywhere.
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We are bombarding America’s forests with Roundup
Scientists are wary of glyphosate. MAHA loathes it. And our investigation shows California is spraying it everywhere.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 22/05/2026
“Spraying glyphosate in such an environmentally sensitive and pristine place is ludicrous.”
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Locals didn't think Roundup was being sprayed near Lake Tahoe. So I went to find out.
And lo and behold.
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Truthdig @truthdig.com · 24/05/2026
Cuba's minister of energy confirmed reserves are gone — with just enough diesel left to keep hospitals online. The UN has classified Washington's blockade a humanitarian crisis.
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Cuba Announces That Its Fuel Reserves Have Been Depleted - Truthdig
The situation created by the U.S. blockade has been classified by the United Nations as a “humanitarian crisis” that affects the most vulnerable groups the hardest.
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Fanfi 🥛💦 thinking about men with tits @fanfi.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
So it was about blocking any Venezuelan oil from getting to Cuba too huh. Fucking blight on the earth, the US should disappear in a lake of tar
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Katie Porter @katieporterca.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
In Congress, I was a proud cosponsor of the Black Maternal Health Momnibus Act. I've been sounding the alarm for years on the disparities in care that Black mothers face, and I will fight for the healthcare every Californian needs as Governor. x.com/TeamKatiePor...
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Team Katie on X: "Pregnancy and motherhood are hard enough, and Black women face additional obstacles to getting the care they need. I’ve spearheaded the Maternal Mental Health Hotline to support new moms, and I'll keep working as a member of @BMHCaucus to improve maternal health care. #BMHW23" / X
Pregnancy and motherhood are hard enough, and Black women face additional obstacles to getting the care they need. I’ve spearheaded the Maternal Mental Health Hotline to support new moms, and I'll keep working as a member of @BMHCaucus to improve maternal health care. #BMHW23
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pharaoh house crash @phchq.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
An alternaitve list of (female only) writers: youtu.be/qgiSfpaebRY?...
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Hoyden To Harridan
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End Citizens United @endcitizensunited.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
BREAKING: SB 2471 has been signed into law! It’s the first of its kind in the nation and renders the Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision irrelevant in Hawaii. This is a win for the movement to get big money, especially dark money, out of politics.
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New Hawaii law targets corporate influence in politics after Citizens United ruling
Hawaii's Democratic governor has signed a bill to curb corporate and "dark money" influence in politics. This move comes after the 2010 U.S.
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ACLU @aclu.org · 15/05/2026
Kids have a lot of questions, and when it comes to constitutional rights, we have the answers. Our new series, Know Your Rights University, helps explain topics like free speech in a fun and age-appropriate way.
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What To Know About ‘Know Your Rights University,’ The ACLU’s New Kids’ Series
The ACLU just launched 'Know Your Rights University,' a stop-motion series on YouTube Kids that teaches civics, free speech, and how kids can self-advocate.
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 12/05/2026
When we took office, NYC had a $12B deficit. Today it’s zero. And we didn’t close that gap on the backs of working people. We closed it while funding parks, libraries, safer streets, & public housing. Call it Pothole Politics or Democratic Socialism: We are government that delivers for the people.
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National Organization for Women @nationalnow.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Tomorrow, the Supreme Court will decide whether you can access Mifepristone via telehealth or whether it will be banned.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
This is what “multiple use management” looks like when timber wins every time. Ecological health, wildlife habitat, native plant communities all of it gets written off as competition. Link: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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ninam0 @ninam0.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
Happy Mothers’ Day! “women must take control of politics from the men who had permitted such carnage.“
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Sarah Z @sarahz.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Also an area that is historically Black, where a huge company built a fossil-fuel power plant on-site to dodge the grid bottleneck, then ran it without permits, then ran 35 turbines when permitted for 15. There's an NAACP suit ongoing right now: www.commercialappeal.com/story/money/...
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NAACP files lawsuit to stop turbine usage at xAI in Southaven
On May 6, NAACP and the Mississippi State Conference filed a preliminary injunction to stop unpermitted air pollution at xAI's Southaven power plant.
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ninam0 @ninam0.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
mood
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One More Thing
YouTube video by L7 - Topic
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
This is the bizarro world the Supreme Court has created with its latest voting rights decision. Thank you Jon Stewart and & @thedailyshow.com You can watch my entire conversation with Jon here: youtu.be/SCse1FFEKLM
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ninam0 @ninam0.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Renewables outpaced natural gas in electricity generation last month www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
the US is overwhelmingly green this year, too, with 93% of all electricity capacity added in 2026 set to come from solar, wind and batteries. Just 7% will come from the fossil fuels that are dangerously overheating our world.
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ninam0 @ninam0.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
Beautifully said.
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Lyn Heideman @heidelyn.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
BirdCast is forecasting a busy night tonight on the Pacific and Central Flyways. To protect #birds, turn off non-essential indoor and outdoor lights from dusk to dawn during the full spring migration period: March 1–June 15. More information: birdcast.org/lights-out/.
BirdCast's Bird Migration Forecast shows predicted nocturnal migration approximately 3 hours after local sunset and is updated every 6 hours.

(Map courtesy of University of Illinois, Purdue University, and Cornell Lab of Ornithology.)
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