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Scott Piatkowski

@scottpiatkowski.bsky.social
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Candidate for Waterloo City Councillor, Ward 5. WRDSB Trustee (2018-2026) and former Board Chair (2021-2022). Affordable housing champion. Opinions are my own. He/Him.

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Truthout @truthout.org · 30m
Jack Huber, an activist in Students for a Democratic Cornell, said the institutional systems that enable sexual violence to be so prevalent are a focus. “Between 2018 and 2024, there were over 1,200 reported instances of sexual violence on campus. Only seven of those cases resulted in expulsion.”
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The Onion @theonion.com · 1h
We Need To Take Trump’s Rhetoric Seriously, But Not Literally vs. Have That Guy Killed theonion.com/we-need-to-take-trumps…
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We Need To Take Trump’s Rhetoric Seriously, But Not Literally vs. Have That Guy Killed
Almost every day, the establishment seems to get it wrong trying to use Donald Trump’s words to paint him as a dire threat to our democracy. What so many fail to see—and what his supporters have long ...
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Stephanie Kirchgaessner @skirchy.bsky.social · 4h
Our latest story, by Marilyn W Thompson, also touches on the ongoing controversy over the Trump administration's handling of the Epstein files, and the legal fight which independent journalist @katiephang.bsky.social is waging www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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British billionaire warned Epstein was a ‘sexual deviant’ decades before FBI closed in on the abuser
Sir James Goldsmith’s links to Hilton Head, South Carolina, add to mystery of Jane Doe 4, who claimed she was abused by Epstein in the 1980s
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Jill Lawrence @jilldlawrence.bsky.social · 6h
If you think Trump’s “musings” and “jokes” are not worth headlines, no matter how shocking or offensive they may be, then you haven’t been paying attention. The past decade and past week show they're too dangerous too ignore. My new piece at @contrariannews.org www.contrariannews.org/p/dont-dismi...
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Don’t Dismiss Trump’s Los Angeles-San Diego Comment as a ‘Joke’
No normal American would say those words. A president shouldn’t even think them.
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Keri Blakinger @keribla.bsky.social · 3h
In a hearing this morning, the state said it couldn't answer questions about whether it would try to execute her again:
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Thor Benson @thorbenson.bsky.social · 2h
BBC: Eight US sailors assigned to USS Abraham Lincoln attempted suicide, Navy says
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Aaron Wherry @aaronwherry.bsky.social · 2h
The House of Commons is debating the price of food, which is a bit weird because eliminating the carbon tax was supposed to solve that problem.
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Adam Klasfeld @klasfeldreports.com · 2h
BREAKING A federal judge ordered the Kennedy Center's Trump-installed board to UNSEAL the 163-page report (with redactions) on the $250M+ renovation plan and two year closure. The Board also must unseal a related Powerpoint. Doc buff.ly/E6jyjGl
ORDERED that Plaintiff’s [74] Motion to Unseal is GRANTED IN PART. The Clerk of the Court shall unseal in full the [65-2] Delta PowerPoint. Defendants shall submit to Plaintiff and the Court any proposals for narrowly tailored redactions to the [65-1] JLL Plan, accompanied by particularized and substantial written justifications, no later than October 14, 2026. Plaintiff shall file any response to the proposed redactions no later than October 19, 2026. The Court will then review the proposals and rule by separate order.
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Dave Cournoyer 🇨🇦 @daveberta.bsky.social · 2h
There is a reason that Russian roulette is a profoundly unpopular party game, despite a player only having a 16.7% chance of losing. The small odds of the downside are vastly outweighed by the tragic, permanent consequences. daveberta.substack.com/p/chris-hend...
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Chris Henderson: How to Talk to the Temporary Strategic Separatist in Your Life
Five practical messages to explain this isn’t a game worth the risk of playing.
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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 06/10/2026
"As we've said before, the bar for removal under the Twenty-Fifth Amendment is quite high. One little remark about approving the deaths of tens of millions of Americans at the hands of a foreign power shouldn't warrant such a severe response." buff.ly/utv8fhC
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Relax, We Can’t Invoke the Twenty-Fifth Amendment Every Time a President Offers to Let an Enemy Bomb an American City
“As we’ve said before, the bar for removal under the Twenty-Fifth Amendment is quite high. One little remark about approving the deaths of tens of millions o...
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 2h
Horrifying: Arizona Democratic congressional candidate Bernadette Greene-Placentia was raped by a man after he knocked her out. Another man approached her to do the same. “She began swinging her foot at him. ‘Not even worth it,’ she heard the man say as he moved away.”
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Congressional candidate is raped while repairing her campaign signs
Embarrassed, she initially didn’t want to report attack. Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office's investigation is ongoing.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2h
Trump: "I could've done very bad things to Hillary Clinton. I could've done very very bad things to Joe Biden. I could've done very bad things to Barack Hussein Obama ... I can do whatever I want, if I want."
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2h
Trump: "There's never been anybody in the history of the Nobel Prize that deserves it more. I settled eight wars. I stopped the total obliteration of the world."
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Blayne Haggart @bhaggart.bsky.social · 3h
Shoppers: We can provide you with "trusted health information" Also Shoppers: "2. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ii)NOT A MEDICAL DEVICE: You acknowledge and agree that neither the Health Services nor the Digital Health Platform diagnose, treat, mitigate or prevent a disease, disorder or abnormal physical state,"
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PC Health™ : Your Health Dashboard
Access your Health Dashboard, manage prescriptions, and book pharmacy and healthcare services with PC Health™.
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Scott Piatkowski @scottpiatkowski.bsky.social · 3h
Et maintenant, en francais.
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Scott Piatkowski @scottpiatkowski.bsky.social · 3h
For those who don't want to watch the whole video, here is my slide on its own.
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 6h
AI has completely changed the game on calendar invite spam. I wake up every day to fake legal notices and meetings from hacked strangers that take up my entire calendar which I then must manually delete. Nothing has ever made me more #efficient than the beautiful future created by #AI.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 4h
HUD sent $WFC a letter "saying it would examine whether the bank violated fair lending laws by favoring Black or other minority homeowners, according to a copy viewed by The Wall Street Journal. @wsj.com www.wsj.com/finance/bank...
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Exclusive | Wells Fargo Faces Regulator Probe Over Efforts to Boost Black Homeownership
Trump’s Housing and Urban Development is seeking to crack down on race-based lending, calling it a potential violation of the Fair Housing Act.
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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 4h
The people determine whether the dictator rules—not the other way around. trib.al/0DztYpI
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If Trump Steals an Election, Here’s What to Do
Nonviolent rebellion has proven again and again to be the most effective way of ousting even a determined autocrat.
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Teddy Wilson @reportbywilson.bsky.social · 4h
Morning Briefing: White Supremacist groups staged marches in multiple communities in recent weeks, including in Springfield, Ohio; Danbury, Connecticut; and Greensboro, North Carolina.
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Morning Briefing: White Supremacist Stage Marches Connecticut, Ohio, and North Carolina
White Supremacist groups staged marches in multiple communities in recent weeks, including in Springfield, Ohio; Danbury, Connecticut; and Greensboro, North Carolina.
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Bridget Phillipson MP @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social · 6h
There's more whitewash in this report than at your local B&Q. Nothing in it exonerates Reform UK or Nigel Farage. They're not above the rules. The sleaze, scandal & police investigations aren’t going away. It’s time to stop the cover ups and come clean to the public. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Reform internal inquiry says party did not break law over donations sting
Officials were recorded by undercover journalists discussing a potential way to secure foreign donations to the party.
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NPR @npr.org · 10h
Midterm candidates are talking up Medicare for All, and in a poll 2 out of 3 Americans said they support it. The phrase speaks to a desire for radical change, though many don't really know what it is. n.pr/4j8TVAE
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'Medicare for All' message attracts midterm voters buckling under medical bills
Midterm candidates are talking up Medicare for All, and in a poll 2 out of 3 Americans said they support it. The phrase speaks to a desire for radical change, though many don't really know what it is.
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David J. Climenhaga @djclimenhaga.bsky.social · 15h
Less than 2 weeks to Danielle Smith’s separation referendum and the gong show continues. Elections Alberta says at least 3,000 mail-in ballots can’t be counted as received. albertapolitics.ca/2026/10/less...
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Less than 2 weeks to Danielle Smith’s separation referendum and the gong show continues - Alberta Politics
We’re less than two weeks out from the Oct. 19 separation vote that Alberta Premier Danielle Smith was determined to put us all through come hell or high water and the election gong show continues una...
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 8h
Another nugget: Jalisa Washington-Price, veteran Dem operative in South Carolina, tells me Annie Andrews probably needs 15-20% of GOP voters to win. On the pod we discuss Trump's wild tirade about Andrews and two GOP-aligned polls showing the race close: newrepublic.com/article/2163...
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Trump Spirals into Crazed Fury as GOP Pollsters Deliver Very Bad News
As Trump explodes at South Carolina Senate candidate Annie Andrews—who is doing surprisingly well in GOP-aligned surveys—a Democratic operative in the state discusses the very uphill climb that lies a...
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 8h
Worth watching: South Carolina Dems are starting to roll out ads featuring GOPers endorsing Dem Annie Andrews. On our pod, Jalisa Washington-Price, who runs a PAC, says a $2 million ad buy is set to feature a former GOP lawmaker from a deep red county: newrepublic.com/article/2163...
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The Slim Dude 🇨🇦 @slimdude.ca · 5h
Your weekly reminder that AI does not create jobs. It eliminates them. That’s the whole idea.
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Mississippi Free Press @mississippifreepress.org · 5h
A plan to build an artificial intelligence data center in Jefferson Davis County, Mississippi, is drawing fierce opposition from area residents. The matter was discussed at the county's board of supervisors meeting on Oct. 5. buff.ly/vQxzcY0
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Jefferson Davis County Residents Sound Alarm Over Proposed $6 Billion Data Center Project
During an Oct. 5 board of supervisors meeting, residents shared a range of concerns about the proposed data center from developer Eagle Rock Partners.
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Luke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 5h
Between these unauthorized sidewalk ads and their late night drone show ads, I think Loblaws might want to hire a different ad agency
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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 5h
NEW: More Ken Paxton audio is released. A “Texas-sized” risk for GOP is growing larger youtu.be/WObDj-tzJAc?...
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There’s MORE LEAKED AUDIO of Paxton TRASHING Trump?!
YouTube video by Scott MacFarlane Reports
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 10h
The Trump administration's effort to bring back execution by firing squad, one veteran death penalty lawyer told @hurwitz.bsky.social, is in line with "their attraction to brutality. It’s characterized by their affection for causing visible harm to people."
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The truth about Trump’s plan to bring back execution by firing squad
A veteran death penalty lawyer says it is part of the administration’s “brutality trip.”
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 5h
On @revealnews.org's “More To The Story,” a contentious conversation with conservative activist J. Christian Adams about his claims of widespread voter fraud across the US. Spoiler alert: He abruptly ended the interview.
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Trump says voter fraud is rampant. The evidence says otherwise.
On this week’s “More To The Story,” conservative activist J. Christian Adams is challenged on his claims of widespread voter fraud in the US. Then he abruptly ends the interview.
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Senator Ron Wyden @wyden.senate.gov · 6h
The Trump administration will start selecting lawyers for unaccompanied minors. Meaning the judges work for Donald Trump, the prosecutors work for Trump, and now the attorneys representing children will work for Trump. This is a rigged system that will result in more untold horrors for these kids.
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Inside the Texas courtroom where toddlers face immigration judges | CNN Politics
Migrant children as young as 2 are showing up at immigration courts nationwide, many without attorneys, to try make their case to stay in the US and avoid deportation.
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Lauren Ashley Davis @laurenmeidasa.bsky.social · 5h
‘He is welcome to raise his own money’: GOP confronts its Paxton woes Paxton’s closed-door comments, that D.C. Republicans are largely controlling his race, have irked several close to the Texas Senate rescue effort. www.politico.com/news/2026/10...
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‘He is welcome to raise his own money’: GOP confronts its Paxton woes
Paxton’s closed-door comments — that D.C. Republicans are largely controlling his race — have irked several close to the Texas Senate rescue effort.
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Brendan Kennedy @bkstar.bsky.social · 6h
This decision was only made public in a Friday night edition of CodeNews, a government newsletter about changes to the building code for industry stakeholders. Critics fear it could clear the way for triple-bunking to become a permanent fixture of provincial jails. www.thestar.com/news/investi...
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The Ford government quietly changed its building code, clearing the way for more triple-bunking in Ontario’s overcrowded jails
Ontario quietly eliminated minimum sleep-area rules for jails, clearing the way for triple-bunking in overcrowded facilities.
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Scott Piatkowski @scottpiatkowski.bsky.social · 6h
"Especially now, with the province facing major threats, Mr. Ford needs to remember that the public is his boss. They have a right to know what he is doing." 🎁 Gift link www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/34655be...
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The wrong way to treat the right to know
The Ford government is increasingly allergic to transparency
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Scott Piatkowski @scottpiatkowski.bsky.social · 6h
Cabinet shuffle imminent.
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New York Attorney General Letitia James @newyorkstateag.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. and the CDC have stopped recommending seven vaccines for children, including vaccines that protect against hepatitis B, RSV, and meningitis. These vaccines have kept millions of children out of the hospital and saved countless lives. I'm suing.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 19h
ICE has ordered 6,650 pairs—and says it'll ignore any bans.
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Study: Shock gloves traumatized Army volunteers
After tests, military personnel said "just seeing the glove" that ICE plans to adopt scared them into obedience.
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The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 19h
We’ve reached the “Jesus would want separation” phase of desperation apparently… #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
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Courtney Theriault @ctheriault.bsky.social · 19h
A University of Alberta publicly stated her support for separation in a viral video. Except she wasn't real. More with on how dangers of AI in politics can overshadow benefits, as easier to use tools and limited regulations can add to misinformation minefield. podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/a...
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AI-generated video is being used to promote Alberta separatism
Podcast Episode · The Courtney Theriault Show · October 6 · 10m
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Scott Piatkowski @scottpiatkowski.bsky.social · 20h
I am a proudly pro-labour candidate. waterloolabour.ca/municipal-el...
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Municipal Election Priorities 2026 – Waterloo Region Labour Council
Election Day is October 26, 2026 from 10am-8pm. Advanced Voting happens from Tuesday, October 13-Thursday October 16. As a Labour Council, we have Municipal Election priorities for candidates. The peo...
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Fair Vote Canada 🗳️🍁 @fairvote.ca · 06/10/2026
Quebec’s election saw one of the most distorted election results in Canadian history: the PQ won 46% of seats with 28% vote, while the CAQ got zero seats with over 500,000 votes. Read our write-up to see how proportional representation fixes this. www.fairvote.ca/06/10/2026/p...
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Parti Québécois wins 46% of the seats with 28% of the vote
Quebec election 2026 with first-past-the-post. Parti Québécois wins 46% of the seats with 28% of the vote.
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Matt Binder @mattbinder.bsky.social · 21h
the tech industry is about to invent books
Andrew Yeung 
@andruyeung
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We created gyms because modern day work no
longer required physical activity. Without exercise,
our muscles atrophy.
I predict we'll need gyms for our brains too, once Al
starts doing our knowledge work.
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Scott Piatkowski @scottpiatkowski.bsky.social · 20h
This is a huge concern. The City of Waterloo needs to intervene. www.ctvnews.ca/kitchener/ar...
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Waterloo tenant claims crumbling bricks on apartment building pose safety risk
A man from Waterloo believes bricks falling from his apartment buildings’ exterior are a safety risk to anyone walking near the property.
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Zach Everson @zacheverson.com · 06/10/2026
New: As Trump's meme coin dangled a gala dinner with the president for its top buyers, the wallet holding the creators' tokens moved ~$70M of $TRUMP to an account where it can be sold. @jeffstein.bsky.social for @washingtonsun.com
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Trump’s Meme Coin Firm Wants You to Buy. Insiders Are Preparing to Sell.
Trump personally made more than $600 million from his meme coin last year.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 06/10/2026
Trump: "We've used the military a little bit in my second term. All for peace."
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Toronto Star @thestar.com · 23h
In his latest cartoon, Theo Moudakis captures the ongoing anxiety facing Canadians.
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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 23h
Downside: The US now has government goon squads, and deploys them to try to intimidate voters into voting the way the president wants. Upside: They don’t have nearly enough goons. Not even close. They’re hoping fear will make up for that big shortfall, but it won’t.
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