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Susan J. Demas

@sjdemas.bsky.social
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CEO+Executive Editor at @lincolnsquare.media. Founding Editor of @michiganadvance.com. Former Inside Michigan Editor+Publisher. Hiker, Photographer, Wife+Mom. Visit susanjdemas.com

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The Editorial Board @editorialboard.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
America enshittified itself in one decade. That's all it took.
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 14/09/2026
Your regular reminder: If the Russians stop fighting, the war ends. If the Ukrainians stop fighting, their land will be occupied, their leaders will be killed, their history and language will be erased, their children will be kidnapped to serve Russia.
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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Not only is what Mamdani doing *completely bog-standard politics*, it’s also *exactly the same thing leftists have long yelled at Democrats for doing.* Either you guys have never paid three minutes of attention to politics before this or you’ve genuinely got a cult of personality going.
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Matthew Downhour @matthewdownhour.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
In 2028 someone is going to tell you (it is going to be Ryan Grim) that Vance is running to AOC’s left on foreign policy. When they do I want you to punch them in the mouth
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Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Vaccine conspiracism is overwhelmingly clustered among the religious, white and affluent. It’s a function of conservative ideology and bad faith media. Being nicer to MAHA types will not ‘bring them into the fold,’ it will only increase their sense of entitlement.
Objective: Strengthening of antivaccination movements in recent decades has coincided with unprecedented increases in the incidence of some communicable diseases. Many intervention programs work from a deficit model of science communication, presuming that vaccination skeptics lack the ability to access or understand evidence. However, interventions focusing on evidence and the debunking of vaccine-related myths have proven to be either nonproductive or counterproductive. Working from a motivated reasoning perspective, we examine the psychological factors that might motivate people to reject scientific consensus around vaccination. To assist with international generalizability, we examine this question in 24 countries. Methods: We sampled 5,323 participants in 24 countries, and measured their antivaccination attitudes. We also measured their belief in conspiracy theories, reactance (the tendency for people to have a low tolerance for impingements on their freedoms), disgust sensitivity toward blood and needles, and individualistic/hierarchical worldviews (i.e., people's beliefs about how much control soci hould have over individuals, and whether hierarchies are desirable). Results: In
order of magnitude,
antivaccination attitudes were highest among those who (a) were high in conspir-
atorial thinking, (b) were high in reactance, (c) reported high levels of disgust toward blood and needles, and (d) had strong individualistic/hierarchical worldviews
. In contrast, demographic variables (including
education) accounted for nonsignificant or trivial lev
f variance. Conclusions: These data help
identify the "attitude roots" that may motivate and sustain vaccine skepticism. In so doing, they help shed light on why repetition of evidence can be nonproductive, and suggest communication solutions to that problem.
Keywords: vaccination, conspiracy beliefs, health communication,
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Jill Lawrence @jilldlawrence.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
We’ll never need to wonder whether the Declaration of Independence had impact. But what about Occupy Wall Street and other manifestos? What would yours say? Is violence necessary to succeed? And where does "On Bullshit" fit in? My latest @lincolnsquare.media www.lincolnsquare.media/p/manifesto-...
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‘Manifesto’ Is a Historical Mosaic of American Angst, Foibles, and Fantasies
It’s also a way to understand our exact moment, from tech billionaires to Trump.
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Starfire’s Deranged Neocon Foreign Policy Podcast @irhottakes.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
The public attitude towards AI seems really incoherent. Like, the average voter's attitude appears to be "Data centers ate my baby! Now time to share 500,000 AI generated memes on my Facebook page."
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
I enjoyed talking with Lincoln Square's Susan J. Demas about how news outlets that normalize corrupt conduct in an attempt to appear objective are actually taking a stand – the wrong one. @sjdemas.bsky.social @lincolnsquare.media
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Amoral News Reporting & Trump | Stop The Presses’ Mark Jacob Joins First Draft with Susan J. Demas
Longtime media critic Mark Jacob tells us the big story the mainstream media is missing about Donald Trump.
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@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
big news for those of us who still believe in vaccines!
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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
And then there’s the group that’s often in the overlap of the Venn diagram: Jews
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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
The replies to this are sociopathic. A young woman was stabbed to death in public! So many people on the internet have paper-thin politics that are just an excuse to create an out-group against whom violence is permitted; it’s a coin-flip whether the group is “professionals” or “immigrants”.
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Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Look, I'm not your therapist. I'm sorry that Democrats have to be better than the GOP, that the GOP is a cult, that crappy associations are help more against Dems than the GOP. That's life, and life isn't fair. Yelling at me about it won't change that.
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Susan J. Demas @sjdemas.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Why are some Dems playing footsie with the MAHA nutcases?
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Michael McDonald @electproject.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Weird how when someone dies of measles it must be something else but if a death or illness can be tied to COVID vaccines in even the weakest way that must be the cause
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Mike Drucker @mikedrucker.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
If we cured all cancer tomorrow, and it became an extremely rare condition, I guarantee that 30 years from now there would be people saying, “They just want you to take that anti-cancer pill to control you. It’s a bullshit disease that doesn’t even exist anymore.”
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Jill Lawrence @jilldlawrence.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Big Bend National Park in Texas is worth saving. Even local Republicans think so. Good state of play from @sjdemas.bsky.social @lincolnsquare.media open.substack.com/pub/lincolns...
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Trump Wants to Bulldoze Big Bend. He’s Already Looted the Rest of the Park System.
The national park barely sees any border crossings. But that's not the point.
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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Liberalism demands that we judge and punish individuals as individuals, understand their crimes as the things they chose to do instead of the position they hold. It is incompatible with these kind of conspiratorial frames of class conflict.
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Edwin Eisendrath @eisendrath.net · 18/08/2026
We don't just choose on election day. We choose every day. @sjdemas.bsky.social and I talk about those choices on @lincolnsquare.media every Tuesday. And I write about them here: edwineisendrath.substack.com
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Lincoln Square @lincolnsquare.media · 18/08/2026
The national park barely sees any border crossings. But that's not the point. www.lincolnsquare.media/p/trump-is-… Subscribe to read the latest from @sjdemas.bsky.social for Lincoln Square!
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Trump Wants to Bulldoze Big Bend. He’s Already Looted the Rest of the Park System.
The national park barely sees any border crossings. But that's not the point.
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Alan Elrod @aselrod.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
This is all just the John Wick-ification of American political life. People are walking around with insane revenge fantasies in their heads and narcissistically deluded images of themselves as morally righteous badasses who will bring ruin down on their enemies if pushed to do so.
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Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Yeah, see, the thing is, a lot of them didn’t. Survive, that is.
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Lincoln Square @lincolnsquare.media · 08/08/2026
Now that enough voters are clearly fine with the DSA that “socialist” doesn’t pack the punch that it used to, Trump has to reach for a scarier word. www.lincolnsquare.media/p/trumps-ne… Become a Lincoln Loyal member to read the latest from @sjdemas.bsky.social
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Trump’s New Red Scare Isn’t About 2026. It’s About 2028.
Now that enough voters are clearly fine with the DSA that “socialist” doesn’t pack the punch that it used to, Trump has to reach for a scarier word.
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Lincoln Square @lincolnsquare.media · 08/08/2026
Between bots, stealth AI content, and foreign influence operations, none of us are as savvy as we'd like to think about our online media diet. bit.ly/4hF1caw Become a Lincoln Loyal Member to read the latest from Executive Editor @sjdemas.bsky.social
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We’re Cooked: How Social Media Melts Your Grip on Reality
Between bots, stealth AI content, and foreign influence operations, none of us are as savvy as we'd like to think about our online media diet.
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Tony Almquist @tony-almquist.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
by @sjdemas.bsky.social 1/2 “Trump blamed a Democratic governor for a cyberattack instead of Iran, lashed out at his own U.S. attorney for failing to prosecute a case to massage his ego, and insisted the military has ‘far more than we need’ of long-range weapons, despite reporting showing..
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Out of Missiles, Out of Excuses | The Slog
The Iran war has been disastrous on more fronts than we knew.
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Lincoln Square @lincolnsquare.media · 08/08/2026
Americans are done. The Blue Wave is coming for MAGA. www.lincolnsquare.media/p/republica… Subscribe to watch Edwin @Eisendrath.net & @sjdemas.bsky.social latest sit down— only on Lincoln Square!
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Lincoln Square @lincolnsquare.media · 06/08/2026
The corporate media's ubiquitous "Trump says" framing is coverage fit for the king he imagines himself to be. www.lincolnsquare.media/p/stop-lett… Become a Lincoln Loyal Member to read the latest from @sjdemas.bsky.social
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Stop Letting Trump Write Your Headlines
The corporate media's ubiquitous "Trump says" framing is coverage fit for the king he imagines himself to be.
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Lincoln Square @lincolnsquare.media · 06/08/2026
On @msnowreports.bsky.social, Lincoln Square's @sjdemas.bsky.social explains why Michigan’s Senate race will attract enormous spending Subscribe to Lincoln Square for more expert analysis on everything you care about and nothing you don’t: bit.ly/4xkAFUt
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Lincoln Square @lincolnsquare.media · 05/08/2026
The corporate media's ubiquitous "Trump says" framing is coverage fit for the king he imagines himself to be. www.lincolnsquare.media/p/stop-lett… Become a Lincoln Loyal Member to read the latest from @sjdemas.bsky.social
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Stop Letting Trump Write Your Headlines
The corporate media's ubiquitous "Trump says" framing is coverage fit for the king he imagines himself to be.
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Lincoln Square @lincolnsquare.media · 05/08/2026
LIVE today at 2pm ET on MS NOW: Lincoln Square Executive Editor @sjdemas.bsky.social joins Katy Tur to discuss the results of the Michigan Primaries!
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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
No. Eternal 2016
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Lincoln Square @lincolnsquare.media · 04/08/2026
Between bots, stealth AI content, and foreign influence operations, none of us are as savvy as we'd like to think about our online media diet. bit.ly/4hF1caw Become a Lincoln Loyal Member to read the latest from our Executive Editor @sjdemas.bsky.social
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We’re Cooked: How Social Media Melts Your Grip on Reality
Between bots, stealth AI content, and foreign influence operations, none of us are as savvy as we'd like to think about our online media diet.
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Lincoln Square @lincolnsquare.media · 04/08/2026
The 2026 Senate map has changed dramatically in just a few months www.lincolnsquare.media/p/trumps-re… @jefftimmer.bsky.social of The Lincoln Project sat down with @sjdemas.bsky.social to discuss what this means for Democrats on The Weekly Assignment—on Lincoln Square
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Lincoln Square @lincolnsquare.media · 04/08/2026
Now that enough voters are clearly fine with the DSA that “socialist” doesn’t pack the punch that it used to, Trump has to reach for a scarier word. www.lincolnsquare.media/p/trumps-ne… Become a Lincoln Loyal Member to read the latest from @sjdemas.bsky.social
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Trump’s New Red Scare Isn’t About 2026. It’s About 2028.
Now that enough voters are clearly fine with the DSA that “socialist” doesn’t pack the punch that it used to, Trump has to reach for a scarier word.
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Lincoln Square @lincolnsquare.media · 02/08/2026
Between bots, stealth AI content, and foreign influence operations, none of us are as savvy as we'd like to think about our online media diet. bit.ly/4hF1caw Become a Lincoln Loyal Member to read the latest from our Executive Editor @sjdemas.bsky.social
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We’re Cooked: How Social Media Melts Your Grip on Reality
Between bots, stealth AI content, and foreign influence operations, none of us are as savvy as we'd like to think about our online media diet.
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Lincoln Square @lincolnsquare.media · 03/08/2026
Now that enough voters are clearly fine with the DSA that “socialist” doesn’t pack the punch that it used to, Trump has to reach for a scarier word. www.lincolnsquare.media/p/trumps-ne… Become a Lincoln Loyal Member to read the latest from @sjdemas.bsky.social
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Trump’s New Red Scare Isn’t About 2026. It’s About 2028.
Now that enough voters are clearly fine with the DSA that “socialist” doesn’t pack the punch that it used to, Trump has to reach for a scarier word.
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Lincoln Square @lincolnsquare.media · 03/08/2026
MAHA isn’t a wellness movement. It’s a suicide pact, run by people who are either sociopathically indifferent to the death toll or willfully blind to it. Subscribe to read the latest from @sjdemas.bsky.social for Lincoln Square! www.lincolnsquare.media/p/we-learne…
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We Learned All the Wrong Lessons from COVID. This Week's Fauci Hearing Proves It.
MAHA isn't a wellness movement. It's a suicide pact, run by people who are either sociopathically indifferent to the death toll or willfully blind to it.
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Jon King @jonkingnews.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
“MAHA isn't a wellness movement. It's a suicide pact, run by people who are either sociopathically indifferent to the death toll or willfully blind to it.” From @sjdemas.bsky.social
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We Learned All the Wrong Lessons from COVID. This Week’s Fauci Hearing Proves It.
MAHA isn’t a wellness movement. It’s a suicide pact, run by people who are either sociopathically indifferent to the death toll or willfully blind to it.
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Lincoln Square @lincolnsquare.media · 31/07/2026
MAHA isn’t a wellness movement. It’s a suicide pact, run by people who are either sociopathically indifferent to the death toll or willfully blind to it. Subscribe to read the latest from @sjdemas.bsky.social for Lincoln Square! www.lincolnsquare.media/p/we-learne…
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We Learned All the Wrong Lessons from COVID. This Week's Fauci Hearing Proves It.
MAHA isn't a wellness movement. It's a suicide pact, run by people who are either sociopathically indifferent to the death toll or willfully blind to it.
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Lincoln Square @lincolnsquare.media · 31/07/2026
And the corporate media is too scared to say so. www.lincolnsquare.media/p/donald-tr… Subscribe to read the latest from Lincoln Square Executive Editor @sjdemas.bsky.social
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Donald Trump Is Acting Like a Man Running Out of Time
And the corporate media is too scared to say so.
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Lincoln Square @lincolnsquare.media · 31/07/2026
And the corporate media is too scared to say so. www.lincolnsquare.media/p/donald-tr… Subscribe to read the latest from Lincoln Square Executive Editor @sjdemas.bsky.social
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Donald Trump Is Acting Like a Man Running Out of Time
And the corporate media is too scared to say so.
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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Running out of body bags, using forklifts to transfer corpses into makeshift morgues, a mortician conducting 200 funerals in a month when he usually does 30, crematories running at double capacity… And these senators just want to memory-hole it all www.nytimes.com/2020/04/30/n...
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‘We Ran Out of Space’: Bodies Pile Up as N.Y. Struggles to Bury Its Dead (Gift Article)
The coronavirus crisis is overwhelming New York’s system for burying the dead.
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Susan J. Demas @sjdemas.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
The Fauci coverage is so bleak. We’re cooked.
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Micah @rincewind.run · 29/07/2026
man I will just never get over the fact that the collective response to the pandemic, and an absolutely miraculous vaccine development, was to destroy public health in this country and smear everyone involved I generally take a positive view of humanity overall but it's so depressing
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Lincoln Square @lincolnsquare.media · 28/07/2026
Comedian @petedominick.bsky.social stopped by Lincoln Square to discuss the car crash we all can’t seem to look away from on The Weekly Assignment with @sjdemas.bsky.social & @samosterhout.bsky.social bit.ly/4wZGjLu Subscribe to watch
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Lincoln Square @lincolnsquare.media · 28/07/2026
And the corporate media is too scared to say so. Subscribe to read the latest from @sjdemas.bsky.social for Lincoln Square! www.lincolnsquare.media/p/donald-tr…
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Donald Trump Is Acting Like a Man Running Out of Time
And the corporate media is too scared to say so.
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Susan J. Demas @sjdemas.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
This is why you don’t elect assholes.
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Lincoln Square @lincolnsquare.media · 27/07/2026
The Trump regime is filled with bad actors — literally. Become a Lincoln Loyal Member to read the latest from Lincoln Square Executive Editor @sjdemas.bsky.social www.lincolnsquare.media/p/the-reali…
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The Reality TV Administration
The Trump regime is filled with bad actors — literally.
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Lincoln Square @lincolnsquare.media · 27/07/2026
Today LIVE at 11 am ET— @sjdemas.bsky.social & @samosterhout.bsky.social welcome Comedian @petedominick.bsky.social to the Weekly Assignment to discuss how badly Trump bombed at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner— only on Lincoln Square! open.substack.com/live-stream/295338
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Tony Almquist @tony-almquist.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
by @sjdemas.bsky.social 1/2 “Trump didn’t need a truce with the media this year. He needed the press to stop being able to afford to hold him accountable. After more than a decade of vicious attacks on the First Amendment, hundreds of journalists showed up Friday night.
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Why Trump’s War on the Press Is Different This Time
MAGA can’t compete in the marketplace of ideas. So the Trump administration keeps trying to find ways to cram right-wing media down our throats.
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