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@Above96th @above96th.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Spotted this lovely Northern Cardinal flitting through the Black Cherry trees near Central Park's Green Bench this morning. A pair nested here last year--maybe she's part of the same couple! 🥰🥰🥰 #Cardinals #CentralPark #birding
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Jo Stephen @jostephen.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
I met the most beautifully coloured Bluebell, Hyacinthoides non-scripta, in an ancient woodland in Dorset this morning.
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Rina @rina2012.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #BirdButt, the Alt Theme is #Grass, any bird standing on Grass. This starling seems to love daisies just as much as I do 😊🪶 #BirdsSeenIn2026 #Germany #birds #birding #Birdlife #Scape #wildlife #photography #nature #outdoors #thelittlethings #ECK #EastCoastKin
A starling is sitting in a meadow full of daisies. It is photographed from the side
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Fraggs Photography 📸🦊🦉🦋🦔 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @fraggenstein.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Today’s ALT #BirdOfTheDay theme is #naturalperch any bird perched on something provided by Mother Nature ~ A Jackdaw #ThursJay perched on a branch of an apple tree in the garden 🪶🦉 #birdingWales #ukbirding #birdphotography #ECK #ukwildlife #naturephotography #naturetherapy
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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Wrote about how Hegseth’s effort to resegregate the upper ranks of the US military ties into the larger MAGA project to restore hierarchies of race and gender: www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
The result has been something like an inverse caricature of Republican complaints about diversity, equity, and inclusion, a system in which the incompetent rise not because of their abilities but because of their sycophancy. Authoritarian regimes behave as the Trump administration is behaving—optimizing for political loyalty rather than competence. Merit, in short, has little to do with it.

Hegseth is a prime example. Deeply unqualified for the job and convinced that brutality provides an easy path to victory, he has led the United States to the verge of a strategic defeat with a weaker adversary in Iran. The current cease-fire leaves Iran with a more hard-line government than before, one in total control of a shipping lane crucial to the world economy. The Islamic Republic is arguably in a stronger position today than it was when the war started, and probably in a stronger position than it was before Trump, in his first term, scrapped the Obama-era nuclear deal.

On Sunday, Trump posted on his social network a refrain that he and his toadies seem to think is insightful: “If you import The Third World, you become The Third World!” This archaic social Darwinism is the ideological mortar of the Trump project. It fuses Hegseth’s disdain for diversity in the military’s senior leadership and valorization of brutality with the administration’s attack on birthright citizenship and its deployment of federal agents to occupy American cities. It is a worldview that would assume an easy victory against a country like Iran, especially with America’s new, “unwoke” military. Bigotry isn’t just inefficient, as the U.S. military discovered in the 1940s. It also makes you stupid.
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HLK @hlkfotos.com · 01/04/2026
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A photo of a mountain goat (Oreamnos americanus) resting on a large brown rock, shown in profile view facing toward the left of frame. It has shaggy white fur, a long face with a white beard, brown eyes, and two thin curved black horns between its ears. Its front legs are stretched forward over the edge of the rock, showing cloven black hooved feet. The background is a softly blurred dark green forest.
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Carl Bovis @carlbovisnature.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Delighted to find a small flock of Redpoll last night at RSPB Ham Wall, feeding high in the trees. 😀 Here's one I managed to get a clear view of! 😍🐦 #birds 🪶
Redpoll on a tree branch surrounded by fresh catkins
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Elseigh @elseigh.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
Eight of the nine African violets I’ve crocheted. I’ve got over a dozen roses. Now I have to work on the sunflowers. My pop up flower shop is well on its way. 🌻🌹🌸 🧶
Eight crocheted African violet plants.
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Coko @cccoko.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
I LOVE when this one is in bloom, my favorite color! This is a first bloom of this season for my Midnight Blue Rose! 🌱🌿🍃 #RoseWednesday #Bloomscrolling #FlowerReport #roses #Spring #Springtime #Garden #EastCoastKin #PhotographersofBluesky #Photography
My photo of my first bloom of the season for my Midnight Blue rose. My favorite color, Purple.
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Shantha Mohan, Ph.D., DTM @shlead.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
The first yellow rose from my garden on her way to open up fully. A source of great pleasure and wonder. 💛🌹💛 #grateful #RoseWednesday #dailyflowers 🌱 #flowerreport #bloomscrolling
A close-up of a yellow rose and green leaves.
Camera: iPhone 15 Pro.
March 24, 2026. My garden
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Carole King @carolekingofficial.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Remembering Aretha Franklin on her birthday. 💜 🙏🏼 🎵 🎹🎤
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Brymo @brymo.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
These African daisies (Dimorphotheca ecklonis) are blooming in my neighborhood #photography #flowers #art #bloomscroll
A macro photograph of a white flower with a deep blue center and yellow pollen
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Harsha Walia @harshawalia.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
A US State Department memo discusses US strategy to sabotage Cuba’s medical internationalism, which has been an integral part of the island nation’s foreign policy since 1960. In recent years it has also become a key pillar of its economy. theconversation.com/us-attacks-o...
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US attacks on Cuban medical missions risk damaging healthcare for poor people in developing countries
The US is determined to starve Cuba of the revenues it raises from exporting healthcare workers.
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Jen Cross @jencross.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
A White-throated Toucan works on making a snack out of a tropical nut. These birds are opportunistic and will eat fruit, insects, and small invertebrates. Waita Lodge, Cuyabeno Reserve, Ecuador #OpenBeak #BirdOfTheDay
A bird with an enormous beak, chomping on a nut about the size and shape of a walnut. The beak is dark brown with yellow running down the top and yellow fading to blue at the edge where the beak meets the head. The bird has blue skin around the eye, a white throat with a red edge, and black on the top of the head, neck, back, and wings. It is perched in a tree with foliage in the background.
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Jo Stephen @jostephen.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
Narrow-leaved Lungwort, Pulmonaria longifolia, in folk lore it it said to lift the heaviness of despair, grief and depression and open you to celebrating life and letting your own light shine in the world. It certainly lifted my spirits meeting it this week. #wildflowerhour #storyplants
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rufflefeather @rufflefeather.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Truthout is holding a fundraising drive. Please donate to support independent journalism, if you can.
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Puff the Magic Hater @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
My latest. "The only place I know how to begin is here: We are at war, and I want it to stop."
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The Zombie Dressed Up as an Ordinary Tuesday
“The forced choreography of everyday life continues, even as the stage is dismantled beneath our feet.”
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emily blight 🐦‍⬛ @threnody.northsky.social · 24/03/2026
want a list of specifics for what mamdani—who campaigned on not only protecting trans people’s right to access essential healthcare but *expanding* it—could be doing, that you could highlight when reaching out? check the article. then reach out to mayor mamdani. 🧵 📧: www.nyc.gov/mayors-offic...
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Trans New Yorkers Deserve Better Than Mamdani's Inaction On Trans Youth Care Closures
The mayor has immediate steps he can take to ensure continuity of care for trans youth.
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emily blight 🐦‍⬛ @threnody.northsky.social · 24/03/2026
so what's the ask? there’s a few things you can do. if you're in NY state, reach out & tell AG letitia james to enforce the state constitution NOW. she can sue the hospitals-california AG bonta did this last year & got care restored. one angry letter to one provider without action isn't enough! 🧵
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PacBirds @pacbirds.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
A proud wood duck drake for the #tricolour theme (any bird with 3 colors or more) of #BirdOfTheDay picked by @alan678.bsky.social #birds #nature #photography #naturephotography #ECK
A colorful duck making his way down to the water
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HLK @hlkfotos.com · 24/03/2026
🌈 Lorikeet for #BirdOfTheDay #Tricolour. 📷🌿🪶🦜
A photo of a rainbow lorikeet (Trichoglossus moluccanus), a small, very brightly-colored parrot with a vivid blue head, bright red-orange and yellow chest, blue belly, green wings and back, bright orange beak, and red eyes. It is perched on a rocky surface facing the camera with its head slightly cocked against a blurred tan background.
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Den 🇮🇪 @denterrick.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
For Alan's (@alan678.bsky.social) #BirdOfTheDay theme of #tricolour, I remembered I had a #Starling photo too. So here's one from last year at Bray in Co. Wicklow in #Ireland. #Photography #EastCoastKin #Ireland #Birds #BirdOfTheDay
A cheeky little Starling giving me the eye as I inched closer and closer to get a photo.
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Jen Cross @jencross.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
Bay-headed Tanagers can be found from Costa Rica south throug much of South America. They eat mostly fruits, but also supplement their diet with insects. #Tricolor #BirdOfTheDay 🪶
A bird with a warm brown head, turquoise chest and belly, and green on the back wings and tail. It is perched on a branch and facing left.
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Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art @billreidgallery.ca · 22/03/2026
Commemorating #WorldWaterDay, featured artist Paige Pettibon (Salish) shares her jewellery currently on view at the Gallery as part of Every River Has a Mouth.  Through her work, water becomes a source of story, connection, and identity. 🌊 #IndigenousArtist #CoastSalishArt
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Equal Justice Initiative @eji.org · 24/03/2026
On this day in 1942, the United States evicted Japanese Americans from their homes in Washington and forced them into internment camps.
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Mar. 24, 1942 | U.S. Government Begins Army-Directed Evictions of Japanese Americans
Learn more about our history of racial injustice.
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Jocelyn Anderson Photography @jocelynanderson.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
A male Wood Duck and his fancy green and purple noggin. These guys are my favorite duck to photograph.
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Johnnie Jae @johnniejae.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
After 4 months of steady work that allowed us to catch up on bills and almost wipe out our debt and take care of my health needs without drowning, our situation has changed. I now need to sell some art, atleast 4 paintings by the 24th to cover my carecredit payment. ko-fi.com/johnniejae/s...
12in x 12in Acrylic Canvas. This abstract bloom of white, turquoise, yellow, orange, and red carries the feeling of unease that comes with learning to trust others, do they reach to pull you up or pull you apart.12in x 12in Acrylic Canvas. A dark, winged presence cuts through radiant gold and blue, holding the tension of warning, protection, and something just beyond human understanding.
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FrontRangeWildflowers @frwildflowers.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
One month ago 🌿 Orchids in Santa Cruz
Burgundy colored orchids in sunlight
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Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
Solidarity with the survivors. Solidarity with Dolores Huerta. Solidarity with the @ufw.bsky.social movement. Solidarity with the workers and organizers who labor for lifetimes in relative obscurity. Movements are more important than their leaders.
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United Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
"Susana" shares, "We are a crew of farm workers from the Imperial Valley. We're harvesting Rappini broccoli. Our hands get tired from cutting bunches of the vegetable by hand all day long." #WeFeedYou
5 female workers in the field holding up the broccoli rapini they just harvested.
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Reba 🕊 @larebas.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
A Crimson patch butterfly perched on a orange Mexican Sunflower. #Bluesky #photography #insectthursday #butterfly #Flower #dailyflowers #bloomscrolling
A butterfly is landed on a bright orange flower.
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Aw @awallner.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
Butterflies are self propelled flowers. - Robert A. Heinlein #photography #butterfly #蝶 #写真 #nature #sony
A black and white striped swallowtail butterfly sits on a flower and sucks nectar. ©Aw
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Michael Ramsdell @mramsdell1967.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
Tiger Swallowtail (Papilio glaucus) Butterfly 2025-45 I wish what we should have said or done Always lined up with what we actually did #butterfly #butterflies #macro #insect #pics #photography #beauty #nature #photodaily #photos #thephotohour #mramsdellpics
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Michael Ramsdell @mramsdell1967.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
Giant Swallowtail (Papilio cresphontes) Butterfly 2019-228 Every lie is an attempted murder Of a certain truth #butterfly #butterflies #macro #photography #insect #beauty #nature #photodaily #photos #zen #thephotohour #mramsdellpics
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Michael Ramsdell @mramsdell1967.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Sara Longwing (Heliconius Sara) Butterfly 2019-26 An injustice tolerated Creates more injustice. #butterfly #butterflies #macro #photography #insect #beauty #nature #photodaily #photos #zen #thephotohour #mramsdellpics
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 14/03/2026
NEW: They Didn’t Want to Have C-Sections. A Judge Would Decide How They Gave Birth. Two Florida women had to attend virtual court hearings while in labor to argue for their right to choose their own medical care. By @amyyurkanin.bsky.social
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They Didn’t Want to Have C-Sections. A Judge Would Decide How They Gave Birth.
Two Florida women had to attend virtual court hearings while in labor to argue for their right to choose their own medical care. As their state pushes to expand some types of medical freedom, it has a...
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F/f Photography @ffaelan.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
"We try to understand the pain of others but we can only understand it our way."~Henry Rollins (Art to Choke Hearts) #Artichoke #FlowerReport #EastCoastKin #SmArtist #photography #photographer #Art #BloomScrolling #flowers #CMBG #FlowersOnBlueSky
A macro photo of an artichoke flower blooming its purple spiked punk hair. 

"We try to understand the pain of others but we can only understand it our way."
— Henry Rollins
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Rosemarie @roabrams.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
Butterfly on a Buddleia shrub in our summer garden. #FlyDay #bloomscrolling #scape #ECK #photography
A orange and black colored butterfly on a yellow flower from a Buddleia shrub surrounded by green leaves
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Shibley Telhami @stelhami.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
Bombed Iranian girls school had vivid website and yearslong online presence www.reuters.com/investigatio...
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Bombed Iranian girls school had vivid website and yearslong online presence
The school’s online activity calls into question how the American military vets and reviews strike locations, a Reuters investigation found.
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Gray @grays.art · 15/03/2026
Double-crested cormorant (Nannopterum auritum) at crew flint pen strand nature trails 3-11-26 The teal eye contains #green for Rob & Alan’s #BirdOfTheDay alt theme. #stunDay #ColorADay #OrangeSun #BlueSkyMonday #rockinTuesday #TidesOutTuesday #ECK #photography #birds #birding #nature #florida
Teal-eyed, orange faced, black, oily feathers individuated by brown highlights, flossy neck and flippers feet, looking over its shoulder at us from a rock, in contrast against a steel blue sky.
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hookland.bsky.social @hookland.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Traditionally the collective nouns for ghosts are an ambush, a stare, a whispering. In the county a risk of ghosts, a procession of ghosts and an unsettling of ghosts are common as are a nagging of ghosts and a disturbance of ghosts.
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Jo Stephen @jostephen.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
Early Dog-violet, Viola reichenbachiana, flowering this moring in the ancient wood pasture up the lane. #wildflowerhour
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Pablo Manríquez @pabloreports.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
Haitian woman, 31, dies alone at Pittsburgh bus stop days after ICE released her to the streets far from home to perish. Rest in power, Daphy Michel: migrantinsider.com/p/the-loneso...
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The Lonesome Death of Daphy Michel
Watch now | Haitian Woman, 31, Dies Alone at Pittsburgh Bus Stop Days After ICE Released Her Far From Home to Die.
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Make the Road NY @maketheroadny.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
🚨 The Trump administration published a proposed rule that would force people eligible for federal assistance who are living with ineligible family members to split up or all face eviction. Tell the Department of Housing & Urban Development (HUD) to #KeepFamiliesTogether & housed: bit.ly/mixedstatus
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Tell HUD: Keep Families Together and Housed!
HUD’s new proposal is cruel, costly, and counterproductive. It would rip families apart and increase eviction & homelessness during a housing crisis. Join me in telling HUD Secretary Scott Turner to…
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rufflefeather @rufflefeather.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
Abolish ICE!
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Caroline M. Yoachim @carolinemyoachim.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
And a male northern shoveler.
Medium sized duck, in profile, swimming. The duck has a green head with a large black bill and bright yellow eye. The bird's body is white and red-brown, with darker brown wing feathers and a black and white tail.
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The Marshall Project @themarshallproject.org · 13/03/2026
Oksana saw her children suffer at Dilley for roughly 4.5 months. She said they found worms in their food. Her 4-year-old asked if they were in jail because they were bad people. But Oksana said the release process was one of the worst experiences yet.
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After Detention, Families Stranded in Border Town Face Harrowing Journey Home
Parents and children from a detention center in Texas found themselves dropped at a border town shelter with few means to leave.
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Andrea Peterson @andreapeterson.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
Inca, the red billed toucan, looking fabulous for you on this fantastic Friday #Birds #BirdOfTheDay #HeadShots #Toucans @tracyaviary.bsky.social #SLC #FlyDay #Scape #Birdscrolling #BirdNerd #FeatheredFriends #FeatheredFriday
The profile head shot of a red billed toucan, the feathered are primarily black, with white, a bit of red, and blue around the eye. The beak is long and mainly dark red with yellow along the top, blue near the face, and black mingled in. The background is a bokeh of green, yellow, and black.
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kelly jensen @heykellyjensen.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
New Friends of the Library merch dropped and it's good. Here's one of the new shirts: www.bonfire.com/the-horrors-...
Brown t-shirt with flowers. In white text it reads "the horrors persist but so does the library."The back of the shirt has white text reading "read and fight for your rights, woodstock public library."
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Drop Site @dropsitenews.com · 12/03/2026
🎥 Drop Site’s Jeremy Scahill on a potential US ground invasion: “When you start to believe your own delusions, when you start to imply that every single Iranian is a prisoner to a dictatorship of a mullah—the rhetoric that these guys use at the Pentagon and at the White House on down—and you...

🎥 Drop Site’s Jeremy Scahill on a potential U.S. ground invasion:

“When you start to believe your own delusions, when you start to imply that every single Iranian is a prisoner to a dictatorship of a mullah—the rhetoric that these guys use at the Pentagon and at the White House on down—and you start to believe it, you know, get high on your own supply, then you start to say, oh well, if we come in with ground troops—and Netanyahu’s telling us the people are going to rise up—you end up at an utter catastrophe.”

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