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Robert Jackson

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Family History, Art History, Politics(Centre Left)

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Ancestral Enquiries - Tony Smith 🌳 @ancestralenq.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
A copy of the Bayeux Tapestry known as the "Geordie Tapestry" from the 1850's, drawn by schoolboys from Percy Street Academy in Newcastle has gone on display at the Great North Museum in Newcastle. 👇 BBC News -Newcastle schoolboys' 1850s copy of Bayeux Tapestry restored www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Newcastle schoolboys' 1850s copy of Bayeux Tapestry restored
The drawing is slightly bigger than the original and has gone on display at the Great North Museum.
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Fiona Chartres @chartresfi.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Opinions vary as to whether these corbels at Tewkesbury Abbey depict either Adam and Eve or the founders of the Abbey Robert Fitzhamon and his wife. Whichever is correct, I particularly like the positioning of their arms and hands, it looks so natural. #SundayStonework
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Robert Jackson @robertjackson5858.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Am having to hide reposts from some of the politico folk I follow ... they be getting a tad overenthusiastic.
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Archives & Collections, Library of Birmingham @theironroom.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
#PhotoFriday today is the Kyrle Hall, Sheep Street. Built in the late 19th century by Mr. J. Bowen to designs by Arts and Crafts architect, William Bidlake. Ref – WK/B11/3450 #LibraryofBham #Brumpic
A photo of a row of properties. A shop in the near foreground on the bottom right with people stood out outside. The largest property in the row is next - an impressive Arts and Crafts three storey building with a turret. A row of balcony windows below this and two bay windows beneath this. Two terraced houses at the end of the row.
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Andy Marshall @fotofacade.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
At Deerhurst, a kitchen in the nave and a bedroom in the chancel concealed an Anglo-Saxon chapel built in 1056 by a kinsman of Edward the Confessor. Rediscovered in 1865, it had survived hidden in plain sight - a thousand-year thread absorbed into an ordinary home.
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Sean Briscoe @clsbpolitics.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
The GOP must be asking themselves if they are in Kansas anymore. In this video I talk about a state I never in a million years thought I would be doing a show on, while addressing the fact that this state could flip blue. What a strange trip this cycle has been.
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U.S. Senate 2026 Kansas
YouTube video by CLSB Politics
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Weird Guitar of the Day @weirdguita.rs · 05/10/2026
Serracini custom
I found a modern guitar that's a nice counterpart to the one I posted yesterday. Hold on tight, because this thing is weird.

Here's Italian guitarist Luca Stricagnoli holding a triple-neck acoustic guitar that was made for him by fellow Italian Davide Serracini. 

The top neck has 6 strings and can be tuned like a normal guitar, but Luca has it tuned to an open tuning that I haven't been able to find out. 
The middle (soprano) neck has 7 treble strings that are tuned to a major scale, but without the 7th note. 

The third (bass) neck has a fretboard that extends all the way down to where the bridge is on the middle neck. It has three strings that are tuned high to low, and it's only fretted on 2/3rds of the length. The best way I can describe it is to imagine taking a right-handed Steinberger bass and attaching it to a right-handed acoustic guitar so the fretboard of the bass is under the bridge of the acoustic and the body hangs off the end. 

I dunno how anybody comes up with this stuff, but this account wouldn't exist if they didn't.
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Robert Jackson @robertjackson5858.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
youtu.be/RXvqWruOio4?... Sean Briscoe on Kansas :))
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U.S. Senate 2026 Kansas
YouTube video by CLSB Politics
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Robert Jackson @robertjackson5858.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
youtu.be/yawPwCVXekA?... #BrumIsBeautiful
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I Rode England's Quirky...Um, Metro?
YouTube video by Classy Whale
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Sean Briscoe @clsbpolitics.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
In this video I talk about voter registration and what kind of impact it could have on the 2026 general election. What states are up and what states are down. Some real surprises in this video.
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A Revolution in Voter Registration
YouTube video by CLSB Politics
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Adam Chapman @adamchapman.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Seems an appropriate time to bring this up again (and you could go the @themerl.bsky.social while you were there, too: win win).
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Sean Briscoe @clsbpolitics.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
In this video I talk about the U.S. Senate seat in Minnesota. This seat is going to come down to how much impact the economic argument will have on the statewide elections. The Canadian tariffs are also having an impact on the northern region of the state.
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U.S. Senate Race 2026 Minnesota
YouTube video by CLSB Politics
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Sean Briscoe @clsbpolitics.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
In this video I take a look at where the U.S. Senate seat is headed for the midterms in Arkansas. This is not a seat that was anyone’s radar a few months ago. What we are seeing is a perfect storm of rural issues, and the weight of a very unpopular President.
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U.S. Senate 2026 Arkansas
YouTube video by CLSB Politics
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Robert Jackson @robertjackson5858.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
youtu.be/ll0st8ubDpQ?... Sean Briscoe ... Really interesting summary of where we are in Texas. @clsbpolitics.bsky.social
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Texas 2026 Top of the Ticket Update
YouTube video by CLSB Politics
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Sarah Fackrell @design-law.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
This book jacket copy is a JOURNEY:
Shirley Bury' s
account not only sheds light on the
seething industrial life of Victorian
England and on the tastes and fashions
of the time, but also includes much
unfamiliar material on the Great Exhibition
of 1851, on electrotyping and
Prince Albert's interest in it, on the
nightmarish electrotyping expedition
to Russia, and on the macabre practice
of putting a layer of silver on natural
objects such as a real roses or dead mice
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Miren Gurutxe 🌹🌹🌹 🇵🇸 @mirentxu255.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
During the early 20thc, artist Rowena Cade (1893–1983) started to create the open air Minack Theatre, Porthcurno, on the Cornish cliffs, UK, with the help of her gardener Billy and only hand tools. She continued to build into her last years #WomensArt
Monochrome photograph featuring an older white woman sitting in a wheelbarrow readinibg Photo of a theatre built into a cliff with seating in rows at different levels going down to a stone stage and with turquoise sea in the background
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Dreadnought Holiday @dreadships.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Ah, yes - that famous American 'precision' bombing they like to boast about, with one of their unexploded weapons forcing the evacuation of the key German port of [checks notes] Falmouth www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cv...
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Falmouth WW2 unexploded bomb: Plans to evacuate 300 homes as experts deal with ordnance
More than 300 Falmouth homes could be evacuated if a cordon is expanded at the site of an unexploded World War Two bomb, found in the water at the docks on Monday.
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Robert Jackson @robertjackson5858.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
I attended The funeral of #Tewkesbury Town Crier Michael Kean-Price today in the Abbey. Wonderful send off by the Town for a larger-than-life character who filled the role admirably for so many years. The town band played.
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Weird Guitar of the Day @weirdguita.rs · 19/09/2026
Burl's Art has done it again!
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I Built a Guitar With No Neck or Body
YouTube video by Burls Art
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Glenn Moore @thenewsatglenn.bsky.social · 30/12/2025
Hate freeloaders who join in the New Year's Eve countdown for the last 10 seconds. I've been doing this all year. Where were you back in May
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Robert Jackson @robertjackson5858.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
youtu.be/7ETiUNKfPLg?... Watching this I felt a strong sense of imposter syndrome. But then it's my hobby. Hobby. Yes, a hobby. #FamilyHistory #Genchat #AncestryHour #Genhour
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Ep 27: Imposter Syndrome & the Professional Genealogist | Formidable Genealogist Studio Unfiltered
YouTube video by The Formidable Genealogist
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Who Do You Think You Are? Magazine @wdytyamagazine.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Have you tried searching FreeREG yet? Discover over 53 million British parish records absolutely free, thanks to family history volunteer transcribers: www.whodoyouthinkyouaremaga...
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Claude Monet @monet.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
The Sunken Road in the Cliff at Varangeville - 1882 botfrens.com/collections/41/content…
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Roland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
I walked the Tewkesbury Battle Trail earlier today. The battle was in 1471 and it secured the Yorkist Edward IV on the throne. Lovely town though. Heraldic flags of all the Lancastrian & Yorkist nobles are everywhere – in the High Street and on private houses. Very well supported initiative.
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Robert Jackson @robertjackson5858.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Sunset 19.18 across N Glos/S Worcs tonight. Typically it should be a few minutes after seven at the Equinox.
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Dr Tess Machling @tessmachling.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Btw for anyone new to torcs who wants to know what they actually did look like, you can compare and contrast to real, guaranteed not AI, photos and facts on my website www.bigbookoftorcs.com
bigbookoftorcs.com
The Big Book of Torcs
by Tess Machling
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Kirsty Hartsiotis @stroudstory.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Yep, that obligatory #AdoorableThursday door par excellence, perhaps the best - or at least wackiest - #Romanesque doorway on a parish church in England, it is, of course, Kilpeck, #Herefordshire - what beasts, what beakheads, what interlacing dragon snails!
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Jane Hough 🌳🧬🏡 @allthosebefore.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
My cousin is at the helm of this D Class inshore lifeboat. He served with the #RNLI in Cornwall for over 30 years, mostly as crew / helm, but more recently as launch authority. If you’re able to make a donation to help save lives at sea, here’s the link. rnli.org/support-us/g...
A picture of an inshore lifeboat making its way out to sea through a very heavy swell.
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Brian Groom @groomb.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Sunset, Baildon Bridge, Shipley, Leeds-Liverpool Canal, 1987, photo by landscape photographer Fay Godwin.
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Oliver Bullough @oliverbullough.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
The fact something as fundamental and superb as the RNLI is a charity is one of the most magical and strange things about Britain. You can support them here. rnli.org/support-us/g...
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Donate to the RNLI and help save lives at sea
Your donations really make a difference. We depend on your generosity to educate people to stay safe and prevent tragedies on and offshore. Donate here.
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Duille @duille.com · 06/09/2026
A stylish and beautiful addition to your collection. "The Botanists". oseph Edward Southall. 1928. Order yours: duille.com/botanists
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Ehud @duhe.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
When (if) science makes it possible for children to have a mixture of genes from multiple parents, what would be the social implications? How would moral philosophy change?
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Old British Telly @oldbritishtelly.co.uk · 05/09/2026
[1974] The Magic Roundabout - English version of the French stop motion animation show. The BBC version was distinct from the French version in that the narration was entirely new, created by Eric Thompson (who also narrates) from just the visuals, and not based on the script by Serge Danot.
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Reading Museum @readingmuseum.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Haven’t got tickets for the Bayeux Tapestry at the British Museum? Don’t worry you can visit Reading's full-size copy, faithfully embroidered by 35 women in 1885-86 (plus extra pants!) Or latest blog compares the two tapestries www.readingmuseum.org.uk/blog/comparing-bayeux-and-reading-tapestries
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Comparing the Bayeux and Reading tapestries
Reading’s Bayeux Tapestry is a full-size copy of the original 11th century tapestry. It was created in 1885-1886 by 35 women of the Leek Embroidery Society 'so that England should have a copy of its o...
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The British Polling Council @britpollingcouncil.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Statement from the British Polling Council www.britishpollingcouncil.org/channel-4-ne...
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Channel 4 News Investigation – 3rd September 2026 – re: Reform UK...
Channel 4 News Investigation – 3rd September 2026 – re: Reform UK involving BPC member JL Partners
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Dr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
John Staveley, wonderfully portrayed in an oil sketch by Joseph Wright of Derby, who was born on this day in 1734.
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Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
At what point does a British by-election get awarded to the silver medalist, à la Ben Johnson and Carl Lewis? Asking for a friend of a friend, i.e. me. #Clacton
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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
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Martin @mkuzmicki.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Key consideration is canal access.
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Archives & Collections, Library of Birmingham @theironroom.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
#BirminghamHistory Lady Huntingdon’s Chapel on Paradise Street which opened in 1843. The congregation worshiped initially in King Street between 1783 – 1842. Ref – WK/B11/3451 #LibraryofBham
An illustration of the exterior of an imposing chapel very much in the high Gothic Victorian style. High elongated windows and imposing stone brickwork. Three metal poles with ornate flourishes emanating from the front of the building. A stone staircase leading up to the front window.
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Hannah Howe @hannahhowe.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
2 September 1936 Kenneth Ullyett’s first private viewing of BBC television.
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Stephen Collins @stephencollins.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
First day of school
Scene is morning on a suburban street, a DAD, MUM and their four year old daughter LUCY are in their front garden, taking the first-day-of-school photo.

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DAD:
OK stand by the hedge - smile Lucy!

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[We see both daughter and dad as he takes the photo] 

*Click*

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[We see just the Dad looking at the photo he has just taken on his phone] 

DAD:
No I’ll have to take it again… she blinked…

4 [Again we see both Lucy and dad as he takes the photo - but this time Lucy has grown bigger] 

DAD: Smile Lucy! 

*Click*

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[Again we see just the Dad looking at the photo he has just taken on his phone] 

DAD: 
No I’ll have to take it again… she grew….

6 [Again we see both daughter and dad, but this time she is bigger still] 

DAD: Smile Lucy! 

*Click*
 
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[Dad looking at phone again] 

DAD: Nope. She grew again.

LUCY [From off-scene]:
*URRRRGH*

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LUCY [Now a 6th-former]:   

Of *course* I grew, dad! 

I’m like, a *living organism* persisting through *time* in a constant state of *growth*?

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DAD: Well yes, I know that darling
It’s just you seem to be doing it a bit *faster* today than -

VOICE FROM OFF-SCENE: 
Awright babe

10 [We see a TEENAGE BOY, spotty, grinning, etc]

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LUCY:

Take one of me and Kev, Dad!

[ends]
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Association for Art History @forarthistory.org.uk · 01/09/2026
So, what is the Art History Festival? 👀 Now in its sixth year, the Art History Festival is a UK-wide, free annual event organised by the Association for Art History, bringing the richness of art history to public audiences and showing how it connects to the world around us.
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Ben Bradshaw @benbradshaw.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Amid the snarky comments about Keir’s announcement, I’d like to thank him for helping make Labour electable again, a much better record in Government than he’s given credit for, leaving a strong foundation for Andy to build on, the gracious way he’s handled the transition & wish him well.
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Dr Kat Day (she/her) 🎃 🌒 @chronicleflask.katday.com · 01/09/2026
I do love September. There’s no sharper transition in the northern hemisphere year. In the flip of a few days we switch from dusty, brash summer to clear, vibrant autumn. From soft sweet Golden Delicious to tart crisp Braeburn. It always feels like a new start.
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Dave Annal Lifelines Research @davelifelines.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
My 2xGt Grandfather Thomas Port died in Chaddesley Corbett in rural Worcestershire in January 1900 but he was buried in the family grave at Key Hill Cemetery in the centre of Birmingham. The stone is still there today but it's in a terrible state. One day I'll do something about it! #MyFamily52Maps
Ordnance Survey Large Scale (1:500) map of the General Cemetery (aka Key Hill Cemetery), Birmingham

Birmingham and its Environs - Warwickshire XIII.4.20
Surveyed: 1887,  Published: 1889.
Size: map 64.4 cm x 96.6 cm (25.344 x 38.016 inches), on sheet ca. 72 x 104 cm (ca. 28 x 41 inches) 

The National Library of Scotland
https://maps.nls.uk/view/228801668

The red cross (what else!) marks the approximate location of the Port family grave.
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Duille @duille.com · 28/08/2026
On this day in 1833 The British Slavery Abolition Act was passed freeing more than 800,000 enslaved people across the British Empire. Abolition Teapot. Josiah Wedgewood. c.1770. Image: BMAG. Wedgwood was a lifelong anti-slavery activist.
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Archives & Collections, Library of Birmingham @theironroom.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
#PhotoFriday today is St John's School on the corner of Johnstone Street and St Mary Street, Ladywood in 1960. It opened as St John's National School in 1857. The view looks north. Ref - WK/L5/21 #LibraryofBham #Brumpic
A street scene. A school building on the right side of the road with large church style windows. A row of houses alongside it. A car in front of the building. A telegraph pole to the right of the school. A small child on the other side of the road with its back to the camera. Cars further along the street behind the child.
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Guggenheim Collection @guggenheim.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Untitled blue monochrome (IKB 82) by Yves Klein, 1959 botfrens.com/collections/212/conten…
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York
Gift, Andrew Powie Fuller and Geraldine Spreckels Fuller Collection, 1999

© 2016 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/ADAGP, Paris
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