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Nancy J. Smyth, PhD, LCSW

@njsmyth.bsky.social
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Social scientist/professor recovering from deanship. Foresight/futures, tech 4 social good, equity/BLM, negotiating a pandemic-altered world, Covid Aware, Polycrisis Leadership. Views mine. She/hers

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Jonathan Howard @joho.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
It's impossible to keep track of their grift.
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Doctor The Frog @skipbidder.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
This MF
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Nancy J. Smyth, PhD, LCSW @njsmyth.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
When it's not affectionate, it looks a lot like dominence and control to me (watching my cat when she is doing it to me...and watching mama cats with kittens who are getting annoying). #cats www.nytimes.com/2026/07/10/s...
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Your Cat Is Being Nice? Think Again. (Gift Article)
A new study finds that sometimes cats groom each other specifically to be annoying.
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PsyPost @psypost.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
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Ancient bones reveal a 10,000-year history of dietary inequality in Europe
A comprehensive analysis of over 12,000 ancient European skeletons reveals that men consistently enjoyed greater access to meat and high-status foods than women. The findings trace the uneven distribution of food resources across 10,000 years of human history. The post Ancient bones reveal a 10,000-year history of dietary inequality in Europe appeared first on Past Explored.
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Ian G. Williams @igraywill.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
Enjoying a day of discussion & reflection at @howard.edu's Blackburn Center. Many familiar faces & good questions about science & social impact scholarship in the first panel, what constitutes "progress" towards ambitious goals & how to measure it. @jbsinger.bsky.social @njsmyth.bsky.social
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Alyson Smith @pedsaly.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
Infectious Diseases Society of America ⤵️
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Mediaite @mediaite.com · 19/09/2025
Trump Claims Excessive Criticism of Him on TV Is ‘Illegal’ and ‘No Longer Free Speech’
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Trump Claims Excessive Criticism of Him on TV Is ‘Illegal’ and ‘No Longer Free Speech’
President Donald Trump claimed that beyond a certain point, criticism of him on television networks is "illegal" and "no longer free speech." The post Trump Claims Excessive Criticism of Him on TV Is ‘Illegal’ and ‘No Longer Free Speech’ first appeared on Mediaite.
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Charly Salonius-Pasternak @charlyjsp.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
"People considering connecting LLM agents to their inboxes, documents, and other private resources should think long and hard about doing so, since these sorts of vulnerabilities aren’t likely to be contained anytime soon." arstechnica.com/information-...
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New attack on ChatGPT research agent pilfers secrets from Gmail inboxes
Unlike most prompt injections, ShadowLeak executes on OpenAI’s cloud-based infrastructure.
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Nancy J. Smyth, PhD, LCSW @njsmyth.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
I'm in a session at the NSWM Forward Thinking Summit -- sessions on AI and Social Work. Marina Badillo-Diaz has developed her own Generative AI prompt library for social workers at www.theaisocialworker.com It looks really rich...check it out! #SWTech
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The AI Social Worker
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Christian Petersen @iwantyoustudio.bsky.social · 13/09/2025
A Mystery on #CATURDAY
IAN ANGRY CAT FACE
WITH THE WORDS:
’M STILL WAITING FOR 
THE MASSIVE LIST OF 
POLITICAL VIOLENCE 
COMMITTED BY THE LEFT. 
MAYBE IT’S WITH THE 
EPSTEIN FILES?
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Nancy J. Smyth, PhD, LCSW @njsmyth.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
We're kicking off the Welcome Session of the Social Work Grand Challenges Futures project today -- training Grand Challenges for Social Work scholars in foresight methods/practice and they will im plement a foresight project as part of this learning
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Jonathan B. Singer, PhD, LCSW @jbsinger.bsky.social · 13/07/2025
I appreciate these AI guidelines from UB's SSW: socialwork.buffalo.edu/information-... HT @njsmyth.bsky.social #SWTech
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Guiding Principles for the Use of Generative Artificial Intelligence
At the University at Buffalo School of Social Work (UBSSW), we believe that social workers and educators have a responsibility to attend to the technologies that inform the societies in which we opera...
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raylohanphoto @raylohanphoto.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
#photographer #photo
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SARS‑CoV‑2 (COVID-19) @covid19disease.bsky.social · 05/07/2025
⚠️ BREAKING: RFK Jr’s Proposal to Let Bird Flu Spread in Poultry Could Trigger Global Pandemic, Experts Warn Top U.S. officials have suggested letting bird flu spread through poultry farms without control but experts warn this risky move could lead to a new pandemic.
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Harriet Carroll: Long Covid Scientific Consultancy @angryhacademic.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
Want help navigating the #longCOVID #postvac and related #chronicillness space? Want evidence, rather than be sold another protocol? If so, I aim to help bring some clarity to things! Book an appointment: lc-sc.co.uk/book-an-appo... ✉️ harriet@lc-sc.co.uk (🚫please no DMs)
Long Covid scientific consultancy poster reading:
Helping bring clarity to long covid, covid vaccine injury and similar illnesses. Have you or a loved one had a COVID infection or vaccination, & things haven't been right since?
Maybe symptoms like… (symptoms pointing to an outline of a body)
Thirst, dry mouth or dry eyes
Problems thinking clearly
Tinnitus
Palpitations
Chest pain
Difficulties exercising
Exhaustion
Insomnia
Rashes
Legs change colour or swell when you stand up
Muscle/joint pain
Fingers, arms, or legs tingling
Food intolerances
Nausea
Breathlessness
...among many other things

If so, Long Covid Scientific Consultancy aims to help! 

Harriet A. Carroll, PhD
www.LC-SC.co.uk
Harriet@lc-sc.co.ukPoster reading:
Do you:
Feel unsure about what is going on,& you’re struggling to find answers or make sense of things?
Want help interpreting test results, or deciding what tests to ask for?
Want help navigating evidence, not be sold another protocol?
Read so much that you are now overwhelmed & dont know where to start?
Feel abandoned or dismissed by your healthcare provider, or been told there is nothing that can be done to help?
In my own journey, I remember frantically trying to find answers & getting constantly dismissed by doctors. Looking back, I wish I had some guidance from someone. This guidance is what Long Covid Scientific Consultancy aims to provide. I hope to support you in making evidence-based decisions on your journey...

5 star reviews:
“None of [my medical team] have had the depth of knowledge & understanding that Harriet demonstrated”~Anita
“It’s wonderful to have access to someone who is so knowledgeable & whom I feel I can can really trust” ~Jill
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
🔥 @delauro.house.gov lights up Trump’s budget guy Russell Vought
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
KAISER: “American Doctors Are Moving to Canada To Escape the Trump Administration…” apple.news/AX-1YrmTKRyS...
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Nancy J. Smyth, PhD, LCSW @njsmyth.bsky.social · 25/05/2025
"The FDA typically uses a 'notice and comment rule-making' process for publishing new guidance and policies that are developed by the agency, with input from FDA scientists." not the "op-ed proclamations occurred in the absence of public comment" that occurred. www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/vie...
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Viewpoint: Making key COVID vaccine decisions without input, transparency is a public disservice
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Betty C. Jung @bettycjung.bsky.social · 24/05/2025
U.S. reports cases of new COVID variant NB.1.8.1 behind surge in China www.cbsnews.com/news/us-repo...
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U.S. reports cases of new COVID variant NB.1.8.1 behind surge in China
Authorities in Hong Kong say COVID-19 levels are the worst in at least a year.
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Gregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 25/05/2025
So at #yale today, alumni profess their love for…wait for it: #Harvard. Why? Despite our rivalry, Harvard has stood up to Trump, while Yale has remained reticent to speak out about the attacks on higher education.
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Nancy J. Smyth, PhD, LCSW @njsmyth.bsky.social · 25/05/2025
Interesting article. I agree that there is a wealth of amazing writing on substack. It can be a bit overwhelming and I think the app is still a bit clunky. bigthink.com/the-future/w...
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Why Substack will be the intellectual engine of the 21st century
The platform is a digital Royal Society for today's greatest minds — and it could play an essential role in shaping the next civilization.
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Charles Gaba ✡️ @charlesgaba.com · 22/05/2025
Looks like they’re indeed moving Medicaid work reporting requirements up by 2 years:
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Costa Samaras @costasamaras.com · 21/05/2025
Building for the future for everyone instead of disinvesting for an imagined past. rooseveltinstitute.org/blog/buildin...
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Building a World Without Carbon Requires Megaproject Thinking - Roosevelt Institute
One of the biggest mistakes we can make in the current moment is to assume climate change is only an environmental problem—one that we will address at some time in the future. Climate change is an eve...
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RootsAction @rootsaction.org · 20/05/2025
A live streamed holocaust: The U.N. is warning 14,000 babies could die in Gaza in the next 48 hours without immediate aid. www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
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UN warns 14,000 babies could die in Gaza in next 48 hours without aid – Israel-Gaza war live
UN’s humanitarian chief says aid lorries, which contain baby food and nutrition, are technically in Gaza but have not reached civilians
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MassDisillusioned @massdisillusion.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
consequences of, "pay-as-you-go" (PAYGO) rule democrats-budget.house.gov/news/press-r...
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CBO Confirms GOP Budget Bill Triggers Medicare Cuts
Republican Plan Adds to the Deficit, Will Trigger Automatic Cuts Under Federal Law
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Chise @sailorrooscout.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
THIS IS HUGE! TWO Phase I HIV vaccine clinical trials have demonstrated that a stepwise mRNA-based vaccination strategy can SUCCESSFULLY activate AND advance immune responses toward producing broadly neutralizing antibodies (bnAbs), a CRITICAL milestone in HIV prevention. Let’s talk about that! 🧪🧵⬇️
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Nancy J. Smyth, PhD, LCSW @njsmyth.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
I just submitted my commentary to the FDA advocating for access to #COVID19 updated vaccines for all. There are 7 more days to submit comments to the FDA: www.regulations.gov/document/FDA... For the background on advocacy for COVID vaccine access: bit.ly/43i41W5 Thank you @examined.bsky.social
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Regulations.gov
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
National Institute for Occupational Safety & Health researchers work to protect miners from black lung disease, firefighters from cancer, and workers everywhere from dangerous workplace hazards. Trump is planning to fire 85% of them. Make no mistake: this will cost workers their lives.
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Shematologist, MD @shematologist.medsky.social · 02/05/2025
HUGE NEWS. A study presented at #AACR25 found that one dose of the HPV vaccine (which prevents CANCER) is as effective as two, with efficacy rates >97%.
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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
Almost all pediatric influenza deaths occur in unvaccinated children. In 2020-2021 only 1 child died from flu in this country because of pandemic mitigation measures, like masking and remote schooling. You don’t hear people complain about hundreds of dead kids as much as they do about those things.
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Nancy J. Smyth, PhD, LCSW @njsmyth.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
And even IF COVID-19 was from a lab leak, it's here now and it's not going away and people are still dying and becoming disabled due to SARS-CoV-2 (especially due to having multiple infections see Yale's post bit.ly/4jTx0X8) --we still need biomedical research and public health work to deal with it
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Redirecting...
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Jonathan Howard @joho.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
Our Medical Establishment went to bat to for the right of antivaxxers to die in droves from covid. Now, they reject your bodily autonomy and medical freedom by threatening to take away all covid vaccines. My latest. sciencebasedmedicine.org/medfreedom-2/
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How Our Medical Establishment Went From”Don’t Make Anyone Get a Vaccine” to “Don’t Let Anyone Get a Vaccine”
Our Medical Establishment stood up for the right of anti-vaxxers to die in droves. They reject your bodily autonomy and medical freedom.
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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
‘Kennedy told reporters that there were "many, many good ways to treat measles and doctors need to know that and to know those methods.’ One problem; there is no treatment for measles. Signed, a doctor who’s been forced to deal with measles because of this stupid fraud.
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RFK Jr. asks CDC for new measles treatment guidance amid his unfounded claims
Kennedy claimed that drugs like budesonide and clarithromycin "have been shown very effective" for measles, but doctors say they don't fight the infection itself.
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Dr. Ellen Fink-Samnick DBH, LCSW, CCM, CCTP, FCM @drel-dbh.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
This blog article is dedicated to my MSW students. Here are 15 lessons to empower your job searches as you venture forth @newsocialworker.bsky.social @jbsinger.bsky.social @profcleave.bsky.social @njsmyth.bsky.social @melaniesage.bsky.social @laurelhitchcock.bsky.social
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15 Job Search Lessons for Graduating MSWs
It time for my annual blog post to empower the job search efforts of MSW grads. These folks are near and dear to me with lots of thoughts to ensure a successful career trajectory.
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Nancy J. Smyth, PhD, LCSW @njsmyth.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
Excited to receive this fabulous book edited by @melaniesage.bsky.social and @laurelhitchcock.bsky.social 101 Things to Do with a Social Work Degree. It’s a great resource for any #socialwork student or social worker — This degree opens up so many paths for making a difference in people’s lives
Woman sitting in an office with books in background. She's  smiling and holding up the book 101 Things to Do with a Social Work Degree
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Mark Cuban @mcuban.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
There are 33m companies in the USA. Only 21k employe 500 or more. And they only make up 23% of workers. Trump and Elon are ignoring the more than 32m entrepreneurs that can't afford to build a new factory or pay tariffs or absorb cancelled contracts.
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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 03/04/2025
We tried mass tariffs in 1828, and it crashed the economy. We tried again in 1930, and it crashed the economy. Third time’s the charm, I guess.
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Dr. Ellen Fink-Samnick DBH, LCSW, CCM, CCTP, FCM @drel-dbh.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
How true this is! #AccessToCare and specialty clinics and programs for those with #LongCovid has only gotten more limited as attention to the virus has faded. #MedicalInvalidation #MedicalGaslighting @njsmyth.bsky.social
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Long COVID Showed Me the Bottom of American Health Care
Access to clinics has only gotten patchier as attention to the disease has faded.
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Nancy J. Smyth, PhD, LCSW @njsmyth.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
My most recent article w/Dr. Svetlana Blitzshteyn Language Matters: What Not to Say to Patients with Long COVID, Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, and Other Complex Chronic Disorders #LongCovid #MECFS www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/22...
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Data Against Fascism @dataagainstfascism.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
This is the home of the USA Disappeared Tracker Dashboard. DM to let us know of a person to add to the tracker or to volunteer to help!
A screencap of the Tableau Dashboard "USA Disappeared Tracker" which monitors persons "disappeared" in the USA by ICE.
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CIDRAP @cidrap.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
FDA approves at-home test for sexually transmitted infections The at-home test can detect chlamydia, gonorrhea, and trichomoniasis and deliver results within 30 minutes. www.cidrap.umn.edu/c...
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FDA approves at-home test for sexually transmitted infections
The at-home test can detect chlamydia, gonorrhea, and trichomoniasis and deliver results within 30 minutes.
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Angie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · 30/03/2025
Jay Bhattacharya said in his confirmation hearing that he plans to restore NIH to its former glory & repair public distrust of science. Would love to hear how rescinding the NIH policy on scientific integrity accomplishes that goal. grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
First lines of NOT-OD-25-080, available at https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-25-080.html
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Caroleeena @caroleeena.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
🧵Masked ICE thugs attempted to abduct the school nurse at Cooke Elementary School, located in the densely populated Adams Morgan section of DC. Workers at the school intervened, demanding a warrant and holding up their phones and ICE scurried off without making their arrest.
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Healthcare-Global @healthcare-global.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
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CDC Clone Site, Rife with False Vaccine Claims, Hosted by Group Previously Led by HHS Secretary
A CDC clone site with false vaccine claims is hosted by an NGO once led by the current HHS Secretary. With CDC logos, real social media links, and a near-identical design, it may violate federal laws.
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Biobot Analytics @biobotanalytics.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
Updated respiratory report 📣: National influenza A, SARS-CoV-2, and RSV concentrations continue decreasing while influenza B slightly increases. Details here: biobot.io/risk-reports...
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Respiratory Risk Report: Week of March 15, 2025
We test wastewater nationwide for influenza A and B, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), and SARS-CoV-2. In this series, we’ll guide you through the wealth of data we’ve gathered to shed light on emerg...
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Ellen Belluomini @ebelluomini.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
We need to learn from history and become the next abolitionists. We need a DEI Underground Railroad. #Resist #DEI #JEDI #DEIUndergroundRailroad #HigherEd #HigherEducation #Academia socialworksdigitaldivide.blogspot.com/2025/03/buil...
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Building a DEI Underground Railroad in Higher Education and Beyond
DEI initiatives
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
We expected 2,000 people out in GOP-held Greeley, Colorado. 11,000 people showed up. Something special is happening, folks. Now is the time to organize in every dimension possible and get to work.
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