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Scott Myers

@smyers20.bsky.social
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Neurodevelopmental pediatrician, researcher, "Pop" to 7 grandchildren.

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Here's a chart showing who funds basic research in the US. It's easy to tell that private funding cannot make up for significant cuts to government funding.
A 3D-styled pie chart illustrating the distribution of Research and Development (R&D) resources based on the NSF NCSES National Patterns of R&D Resources: 2022-23 Update.

The chart is divided into six segments, listed here in descending order of their financial contribution:

Federal Govt: The largest segment, shown in dark blue, accounts for 51% of the total, valued at $39.5 B.

Higher Ed. – Institutional: A light coral segment accounting for 23%, valued at $18.2 B.

Non-profit at Research Institutes: A dark red segment accounting for 8%, valued at $6.1 B.

Higher Ed. – Direct Philanthropy: A bright red segment accounting for 7%, valued at $5.8 B.

Business: A grey segment accounting for 7%, valued at $5.2 B.

Non-Federal Govt: The smallest segment, shown in light blue, accounting for 4%, valued at $3.2 B.
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Comfortably Numb @numb.comfortab.ly · 18/09/2026
Post from Amy @lolennui.bsky.social

So cool that whenever someone asks the president, "did you eat the Lindbergh baby" he's like, "no but I'd be allowed to, I have the right to, I might do it later"
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Semafor @semafor.com · 30/09/2026
Visitors to the US are on track to drop by almost two million year-on-year. “We’re the only major country in the world losing visitation,” the head of the US Travel Association said. “It’s mind-boggling.” www.semafor.com/article/09/2...
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Dorit Reiss @doritreiss.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Missing from CDC back to school messages: get vaccinated, especially with MMR, as children head back to school, vulnerable, during a big outbreak, says Dr. Deb Houry in @time.com time.com/article/2026...
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Children Are Back in School. Measles Is, Too
Now that children are back in school, we must use the tools we know work to keep this preventable disease out of the classroom, writes Dr. Debra Houry.
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Alex Wenzel @alexwenzel.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Frances Kelsey saved thousands of lives by resisting pressure to approve thalidomide in the US. There have been tens to hundreds of thousands of preventable Covid-19 deaths caused by the anti-public health movement that Bhattacharya helped to lead.
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Sanjay Srivastava @sanjaysrivastava.com · 22/09/2026
Chris Chambers did some excellent research on where exaggerated claims in science news come from. He came to the conclusion that scientists are the ones responsible pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
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Polluted at the faucet: Exaggeration and hype of research results in the media often originate earlier at the press office
The mass media are frequently accused of overhyping science and health stories. But often, the press releases by universities and research institutes are the source of hype and exaggeration. Subject C...
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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 20/09/2026
📣📣 Protect vaccines: Make a public comment DEADLINE: Sun Sept 20 📝 www.regulations.gov/document/HHS... Lots of anti-vaxxers have already commented 😨 - now it’s up to all of us to add some common-sense points. Confused about what’s going on? Let’s dive in (🧵)
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 20/09/2026
ProPublica’s analysis of CDC data found that the rate of deaths involving ectopic pregnancies has nearly doubled. The spike alarmed many experts. One said it should “be a never event.”
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Ectopic Pregnancy Deaths Have Nearly Doubled. It’s Worse in States With Abortion Bans.
With prompt and appropriate medical care, experts say, people shouldn’t die from an ectopic pregnancy. Women in Texas and Oklahoma have sued over delays in care, which, coupled with our new analysis, ...
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Angry Blue Man @angryblueman.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Vote Safe dot org (avoiding link creation) is an Elon Musk funded site that claims to register you to vote but just steals your information. AVOID www.yahoo.com/news/politic...
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Elon Musk is Running a Fake Voter Registration Site Designed to Steal and Sell Data
Musk's "VoteSafe.org" is a scam that doesn't actually register voters
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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Foods are making people sick in numbers not seen in recent memory because FDA is not inspecting food bc they fired their food inspectors, yet for some reason this same FDA is still fixated on trying to deny 46 years of evidence that mifepristone is safe, including 4 major FDA reviews finding it safe
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Questions and Answers on Mifeprex
Questions and Answers on Mifeprex
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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Today's installment in the NIH institute director shitshow... A new director for the National Institute for Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR). www.nih.gov/news-events/... As far as I can tell, he has three publications and has never received NIH funding. 1/2
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Dr. Jonathan Burke selected as director of the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research
Dr. Burke will start his role on Sept. 20, 2026.
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
A FOX News contributor who currently sells (grifts) unregulated products online including, “a 2-ounce liquid blend that includes turmeric and ginger root marketed under the name “Soothe”” for $24.99, and another supplement containing kava-kava root, which the FDA has linked to liver damage & failure
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Jan Kirsch, M.D., M.P.H. @drjanicekirsch.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
New surgeon general nominee sells snake oil and invests in tobacco. She shouldn't be allowed to be within 100 feet of a stethoscope. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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US surgeon general nominee made $270,000 from supplement company
Tobacco investments raise new concerns about Dr Nicole Saphier ahead of confirmation hearing
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Gregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 07/12/2025
So, to all the "RFK's got some good ideas" folks (Rachael Bedard, Leana Wen) and Jay Bhattacharya is "an excellent choice for NIH" (Steven Macedo, Frances Lee) and Vinay Prasad "will bring a breath of fresh air to FDA" (Adam Cifu, John Mandrola) groupies--you own this now too.
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ACLU @aclu.org · 16/09/2026
BREAKING: We're suing Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. and the National Institutes of Health Director for their ideologically-driven termination and censorship of biomedical research grants. Targeting views the government disagrees with for not aligning with a political agenda is unconstitutional.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
"Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed." -Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1953
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Gary R Simonds @garys79.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
PLEASE!!!!
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Newshound411 @newshound411.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
It’s corruption on steroids in plain sight. He doesn’t even try to hide that he’s looting US and cashing in on insider trading. He’s the most corrupt president in American history.
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Jenna Norton @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
NIH to continue discussing only the top 1/3 of applications. This is a disservice to the research community. Fewer applications will get the higher quality of review from discussion. Applicants will get less nuanced feedback from review. grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
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NOT-OD-26-114: Continuation of Modifications to Peer Review Practices
NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: Continuation of Modifications to Peer Review Practices NOT-OD-26-114. NIH
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
There have been so many impeachable offenses, but lying about how you were a hero on a day that 2,753 people died in NYC in the 9/11 disaster—when you were on the other side of town, safely calling local media to brag about how you now had the tallest downtown building—is such a despicable one
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Springer Lover @ddavis4911.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
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MSNOW: This Is Creeping Authoritarianism...
YouTube video by Sen. Elissa Slotkin
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Scott Myers @smyers20.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Elevated Rates of Gastrointestinal Dysfunction in Children with Neurodevelopmental Disabilities: Not Just an Autism Issue | Sciety share.google/mZJzargL5d1F...
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Elevated Rates of Gastrointestinal Dysfunction in Children with Neurodevelopmental Disabilities: Not Just an Autism Issue
Gastrointestinal (GI) conditions are common among children with neurodevelopmental disabilities (NDDs), and are associated with functional impairment, behavioral symptoms, and increased health care ut...
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Prof Gavin Yamey MD MPH @gavinyamey.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
“Totalitarianism demands, in fact, the continuous alteration of the past, and in the long run probably demands a disbelief in the very existence of objective truth” —George Orwell, from Orwell on Truth
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Prof Gavin Yamey MD MPH @gavinyamey.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
There are wonderful staffers (who I’m in touch with) working at HHS, doing heroic work under extremely awful anti-science, anti-public health leaders; the staffers—at CDC, NIH, FDA—are quietly doing all they can to promote public health despite HHS leaders working hard to dismantle public health
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Scott Myers @smyers20.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
GI morbidity is elevated across a range of NDDs in >42k NDD pediatric cases vs 84k matched controls - no evidence of a unique relationship between autism and GI dysfunction. Does not support the existing emphasis on ASD vs other NDDs in research, management guidelines, & clinical tool development.
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medRxivpreprint @medrxivpreprint.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Elevated Rates of Gastrointestinal Dysfunction in Children with Neurodevelopmental Disabilities: Not Just an Autism Issue www.medrxiv.org/content/10.64898/20…
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Scott Myers @smyers20.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Unconfounding genetic and environmental factors, and more | The Transmitter: Neuroscience News and Perspectives share.google/X3YKet3I4gPU...
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Unconfounding genetic and environmental factors, and more
Here is a roundup of autism-related news and research spotted around the web for the week of 31 August.
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Jonathan Howard @joho.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
One objection…
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How Journalists Enable the COVID Amnesia Project
People need to know the past credibility of our medical leaders to accurately gauge their current credibility.
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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Excellent story about Bhattacharya www.insidehighered.com/news/governm... with strong quotes from @scott-delaney.bsky.social @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social and others. 1/4
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NIH Director Says a Lot. Critics Call Much of It Misleading
Jay Bhattacharya insists he wants to restore trust in the National Institutes of Health. Current and former agency employees say he’s doing the opposite.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
I think the general consensus of people around the world is that Americans can get fooled by a con man once, but to return him to power a 2nd time after having seen his corruption, incompetence, ignorance, & buffoonery, the problem isn’t just Trump it’s the American people.
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Scott Myers @smyers20.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
@clayjones.bsky.social Is Zoo writing for The Onion?
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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
“The child who died from measles was no angel”
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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
RFK Jr. has claimed that the U.S. measles outbreak has nothing to do with him. But one of these countries has been running an effective public health campaign, including promoting MMR vaccination, and one has not. Behold the measles cases for 2025-2026 for the U.S. and Canada.
Screenshot from the CDC showing more than 2000 measles cases in the U.S. in all of 2025 and more than 2500 in 2026. Screenshot from Canadian health ministry showing more than 5000 cases in 2025 and slightly more than 1000 in 2026.
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Dr. Vin Gupta @vinguptamd.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
EPA effectively gone. Biomedical innovation handicapped, NIH a shell of itself. Medicaid slashed, subsides gone, millions more without insurance. No actual “food” policy beyond slogans. Their “approach” to chronic disease is as feeble and dangerous as their “handling” of measles
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 25/08/2026
This girl I used to waitress with in Austin, we moved to New York together in 2003 on a literal Greyhound bus. Shared a fifth floor walk-up studio that, when it rained, had more leaks in the ceiling than we had pots and pans. We used to get drunk and smoke off the fire escape and do “sad-offs.”
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James Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Dolly Parton was the best of us.  She was an American treasure — a rare embodiment of talent, kindness, and generosity in equal measure.  We’ll always love you, Dolly.
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David Cassatt, PhD @cassattdr.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
USAID ranks among the great public health achievements, but in the developing world. It breaks my heart that we cut off this vital program. WHO are we?
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 23/08/2026
I hope everyone caught this Lancet study confirming that Elon Musk & DOGE are responsible for genocidal levels of suffering & death.
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Evaluating the impact of two decades of USAID interventions and projecting the effects of defunding on mortality up to 2030: a retrospective impact evaluation and forecasting analysis
USAID funding has significantly contributed to the reduction in adult and child mortality across low-income and middle-income countries over the past two decades. Our estimates show that, unless the a...
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Scott Myers @smyers20.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
GI morbidity is elevated across a range of neurodevelopmental disabilities in children. No evidence of a unique relationship between ASD and GI dysfunction. Does not support emphasis on ASD vs other NDDs in research, management guidelines, clinical tool development. www.medrxiv.org/content/10.6...
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Elevated Rates of Gastrointestinal Dysfunction in Children with Neurodevelopmental Disabilities: Not Just an Autism Issue
Gastrointestinal (GI) conditions are common among children with neurodevelopmental disabilities (NDDs), and are associated with functional impairment, behavioral symptoms, and increased health care ut...
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Scott Myers @smyers20.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
GI morbidity is elevated across a range of neurodevelopmental disabilities in children. No evidence of a unique relationship between ASD and GI dysfunction. Does not support emphasis on ASD vs other NDDs in research, management guidelines, clinical tool development. www.medrxiv.org/content/10.6...
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Elevated Rates of Gastrointestinal Dysfunction in Children with Neurodevelopmental Disabilities: Not Just an Autism Issue
Gastrointestinal (GI) conditions are common among children with neurodevelopmental disabilities (NDDs), and are associated with functional impairment, behavioral symptoms, and increased health care ut...
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Prof Gavin Yamey MD MPH @gavinyamey.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
This is extreme censorship This is what authoritarians do "A database of federal law enforcement officer misconduct records. A survey measuring physical, sexual & emotional violence against children & youth. Real-time pollution readings by air quality monitors" www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
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Trump 2.0 has deleted or altered nearly 400 US datasets, endangering public health, education and more
Health data appears to be most affected by administration’s attempt to wipe findings that don’t align with its priorities, tracker shows
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Kevin Mitchell @wiringthebrain.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
"Autism and the Microbiome - a Road to Nowhere?" irishrn.org/summer-series/ - a talk by me and @statsepi.bsky.social based on our recent paper. Part of the Irish Reproducibility Network summer series! 😊
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Summer Series -
TALK 1. June 18, 2026 | Trinity College Dublin Autism and the gut microbiome:a ROAD TO NOWHERE? Dr. Kevin Mitchell | Dr. Darren DahlyTrinity College Dublin & University College Cork ABSTRACT Claims th...
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Scott Myers @smyers20.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Hypoalbuminemia genetic variants are associated with higher cholesterol levels but not atherosclerotic heart disease - Atherosclerosis www.atherosclerosis-journal.com/article/S002...
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Hypoalbuminemia genetic variants are associated with higher cholesterol levels but not atherosclerotic heart disease
Background and Aims: Secondary hypoalbuminemia is associated with hypercholesterolemia, liver disease, kidney disease, and diabetes, which are associated with atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (A...
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Scott Myers @smyers20.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Monogenic ALB Variants as Determinants of Severe Hypercholesterolemia: A Population-Based Cohort Study | JACC www.jacc.org/doi/10.1016/...
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Monogenic <i>ALB</i> Variants as Determinants of Severe Hypercholesterolemia: A Population-Based Cohort Study
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Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
The actual harsh truth about MAHA is that it is an anti-vaxx, anti-science, pro-diarrhea conspiracy movement. It cloaks its arguments in abstractions about "big pharma" and "free speech" to generate *the exact op-ed The Atlantic keeps publishing*. Movements like this need to be fought, not placated.
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Jonathan Howard @joho.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
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The COVID Amnesia Project III:  The Plot to Erase Who Ordered Lockdowns in 2020
Dr. Jay Bhattacharya is full of contempt and vitriol for doctors who worked in hospitals, but he literally “loves” lockdowners.
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Shobita Parthasarathy @shobitap.org · 23/07/2026
I suffered through Kratsios' answer to Science: the Endless Frontier. The NYT summary is good, but there's more to it. And I should say that I welcome improvements to the scientific enterprise (which is why I'm participating in @alondra.bsky.social and Jenny Reardon's Public's Science project). 🧵
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Trump’s Plan for Science: More Money for A.I., Less for Universities (Gift Article)
Michael Kratsios, President Trump’s science adviser, proposed overhauling how the government funds research. Democrats said Mr. Trump’s actions had weakened science.
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Prof Gavin Yamey MD MPH @gavinyamey.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
🎉Some great news Congress appropriated $600M for Gavi, the organization that funds vaccines for half the world’s kids But the anti-vaxx activist RFK Jr froze the money—which would have caused an estimated 600,000 child deaths The State Dept will now over-ride RFK Jr & give Gavi the money 👏 1/2
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