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Call Me Cassandra

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Spotter of patterns, sometimes wishing I could unsee ME/CFS, Chronic Illness, AuDHD, Still Coviding

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Gil Durán @gilduran.com · 28/09/2026
What a shock…I have been barred from Peter Thiel’s Nashville Antichrist lectures despite buying a ticket. Was it something I said? As the world’s foremost expert on Thiel’s Antichrist obsession, I take great umbrage. This aggression will be answered.
The Nashville Antichrist
Lectures
Marked as Not Going
The host of the event marked you as not going. We hope you can join next time.
Your ticket has been refunded, and you have been removed from the guest list. Thank you.
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Alem Matthees @alemmatthees.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
(2/3) We still do not really know how safe CBT/GET were in the #PACEtrial for #MECFS. All the data on the severity and duration of "non-serious" adverse events was aggregated together? Furthermore, there was no data published on "non-serious" adverse reactions?
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Adverse events and deterioration reported by participants in the PACE trial of therapies for chronic fatigue syndrome
Adverse events (AEs) are health related events, reported by participants in clinical trials. We describe AEs in the PACE trial of treatments for chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) and baseline characteris...
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Alem Matthees @alemmatthees.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
The most insane thing about this #MECFS scandal, beyond all the suffering and neglect, is that it costs hundreds of times more in economic losses every year than it would to fund the research that could eventually decrease this burden. The degree of short-sightedness involved is astounding.
theguardian.com
Abandoned, dismissed and gaslighted: there is no excuse for the way ME sufferers have been betrayed | George Monbiot
Changes in guidance and science seem to have little impact on millions of devastated lives. It’s a social crisis playing out behind closed doors, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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kristinekenyon.bsky.social @kristinekenyon.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
For those asking what can we do besides voting, if Trump declares martial law (or “marshall law” like some Republicans spell it), we grind everything to a halt. No violence, just stop the economy in its tracks. bsky.app/profile/kris...
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Tom Kindlon @tomkindlon.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
8-page document "ME, CFS and Long Covid Health and Care Passport" suffolkfed.org.uk/wp-content/u... Could be used by people in lots of countries #MEcfs #LongCovid #PwME #CFS
ME, CFS AND LONG COVID  
HEALTH AND CARE PASSPORT 
 
SECTION 1: CRITICAL INFORMATION AT A GLANCE 
 
Personal Information 
Name:  I Prefer to be Called: 
Date of Birth:  NHS Number: 
Address:  Hospital Number: 
 
Emergency Contact 
Name:  Contact Number: 
Relationship:   
 
MY CURRENT STATUS 
Selection  Status  Meaning 
 
☐ 
 
GREEN: I am at my 
BASELINE 
 
I am managing within my energy 
limits but remain at risk of PEM. 
 
☐ 
 
AMBER: I am STRUGGLING / 
AT RISK OF A CRASH 
 
My symptoms are worsening. 
Please minimise ALL exertion 
immediately to prevent a crash. 
 
☐ 
 
RED: I am in a CRASH / 
SEVERE RELAPSE 
 
Assume I have zero available energy. All 
interaction is potentially harmful.  
Please follow my emergency care 
plan as set out in this section, 
 
MY CURRENT SEVERITY 
Selection  Severity  Meaning 
 
☐ 
 
Mild 
I may need support for some tasks and 
may have difficulties with mobility. 
 
 
☐ 
   
Moderate 
I have reduced mobility, and I am 
restricted in all activities of daily living. 
 
 
☐ 
 
Severe 
I am confined to the house, need help 
with all activities, sensitive to light and 
sound. 
 
☐ 
 
Very Severe 
I am confined to bed, hypersensitive, 
dependent on care, need help with  
personal hygiene, eating.
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🇨🇦Joe Vipond🇨🇦 @jvipondmd.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
"Narrow definitions of credible evidence, which prioritised clinical and epidemiological evidence over findings from aerosol science, delayed incorporation of knowledge on airborne transmission despite emerging interdisciplinary evidence" www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
thelancet.com
The NUS–Lancet PRIME Commission: transforming pandemic readiness for equity
The National University of Singapore (NUS)–Lancet Pandemic Readiness through Institutions, Mobilising Communities, and Equity (PRIME) Commission redefines pandemic readiness and offers a practical blu...
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Bryn Boice @brynboice.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I want to beg teachers and professors to bring back reading plays and stories aloud in class. It’s real, real-time, and different people *hear* different things in the text and are eager to discuss their takes. Empathy is imbedded in this work.
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wsmv.com @wsmv.com · 25/09/2026
Potentially toxic algae prompts state testing at Centennial Park in Nashville
wsmv.com
Potentially toxic algae prompts state testing at Centennial Park in Nashville
Metro Parks put up a warning sign Thursday alerting people that the green layer could be toxic algae.
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Bobby Ray Stacy @bobby-ray-stacy.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
. These data centers are bad news and we don't need them. I have written 3 major articles on these. The whole thing is shady as sh#t and has been rolling out in the most corrupt, oppressive and tyrannical fashion possible. And God only knows what we've got coming when all these are up online. .
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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
oh my god?
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Another horrific category Tennessee is *leading* in under this GOP supermajority: YOUTH PRISONS “In contrast, Tennessee’s Dept of Children’s Services budgeted $360 MILLION to build 2 new facilities” (We can’t afford school lunches for all tho😕)
propublica.org
Across the Country, Youth Prisons Are Closing. This State Is Building More.
Tennessee officials say they need more high-security facilities for kids who commit crimes. Experts say this approach flies in the face of crime data and research that shows youth prisons are not reha...
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Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ @padresj.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
There is so much disinformation about the "Super El Nino" floating around the internet b/c mentioning any sort of mechanism that affects weather seems to start a shouting match. So here's a good video that gives you JUST the info you need in under 2 minutes.
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Alabama Reflector @alabamareflector.com · 25/09/2026
Via Ariana Figueroa: The Trump administration Thursday made an emergency appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court to allow for rapid third-country deportations of noncitizens to continue, after an appeals court blocked the policy last week.
alabamareflector.com
Trump administration asks Supreme Court to permit quick third-country deportations | Alabama Reflector
The appeals decision found that immigrants must have an opportunity to challenge their removal if they fear for their safety.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 25/09/2026
NEW: Across the country, states have shuttered their youth prisons in recent years as research shows they aren’t effective at helping kids stay out of trouble after release. Tennessee is building more. with @wpln.bsky.social
propublica.org
Across the Country, Youth Prisons Are Closing. This State Is Building More.
Tennessee officials say they need more high-security facilities for kids who commit crimes. Experts say this approach flies in the face of crime data and research that shows youth prisons are not reha...
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The Politics Chicks @thepoliticschicks.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
ICE is a domestic terrorist organization funded by our government, we have concentration camps in the United States, and so many people are unaccounted for. I just can't understand why more people aren't angry and alarmed by this.
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Call Me Cassandra @stitchingtwitcher.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
So well said
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Scott Dworkin @dworkin.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Six articles of impeachment filed against John Roberts explicitly charge him with usurping Congress to grant illegal presidential immunity and refusing to recuse himself despite massive financial conflicts of interest. Demand Congress hold a floor vote: actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...
actionnetwork.org
Tell Congress: Impeach Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts
Contact Congress today!
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Chris⚖️Justice @chrisjustice01.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
💥 NEWLY UNCOVERED AUDIO: Texas GOP US Senate candidate Ken Paxton calls the Uvalde shooting a "plan" by "God" and says "life is short” about children murdered in an elementary school. This man is vile. @shannonrwatts.bsky.social
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
They can read it here:
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Books Unbanned | Brooklyn Public Library
FREE Digital Access to Books and Resources for Teens Nationwide Books Unbanned is a national initiative founded by Brooklyn Public Library in 2022, inspired by the American Library Association’s Freed...
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Jan @countrygal.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The barbaric treatment of this man is disgusting. No other word for it and the man who shot him in the back.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 24/09/2026
The cervical punch biopsy and colposcopy was easily the worst pain I’ve felt in my entire life.
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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
A man masturbated during a flight while staring at the 25 year old sitting next to him. He should have been removed from the seat and arrested at the gate. This was sexual assault. Shame on the airline for putting the responsibility to report it on a traumatized young woman.
nbcnews.com
Passenger says United ‘trapped’ her next to a man who masturbated on flight. Then the airline let him leave.
The woman said she was told she had to return to her seat during landing in spite of the sexual harassment she reported because there were no other available seats.
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DivestSPD @divestspd.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Four Seattle police officers kneeled on Keenan Pearson before he died in Georgetown last weekend. Multiple eyewitnesses saw it. DivestSPD spoke to one. www.divestspd.com/seattle-poli...
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Seattle police kneeled on man who died last week, witness said
A woman who witnessed the in-custody death in Georgetown last Saturday said four officers were on top of Keenan Pearson, he stopped responding, and appeared to be dead by the time aid arrived.
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Astrea1965(pic is©️)💙🌊🦋🐸 @astrea1965.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨 BLACK PEOPLE DO NOT HANG THEMSELVES FROM TREES. This man was discovered just before 8AM this morning & it was immediately ruled a suicide by the medical examiner. This is Upper Marlboro, Maryland. THIS IS NOT NORMAL! #BLM Reporting by NBC4 Washington on IG. substack.com/@letsgetinto...
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LetsGetIntoIt2025 (@letsgetintoit2025)
Again. BLACK PEOPLE DO NOT HANG THEMSELVES FROM TREES. This man was discovered just before 8AM this morning and it was immediately ruled a suicide by the medical examiner. This happened in Upper...
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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
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Chris⚖️Justice @chrisjustice01.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
💥 Invading Israeli soldiers deliberately burn an irrigation pump engine in Mansouri, South Lebanon. Not a military target — an irrigation pump that brings water to farmland. This is an act of genocide. 9/21/26 @sarahabdallah.bsky.social
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Johnathan Perkins @johnathanperk.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
UCLA just illegally fired their DEI Director (me) for speaking the truth about Charlie Kirk, nay, for posting truth via my private, Bluesky acct, clearly designated as personal. Hounds, Cats and I still need to raise $800 to pay rent due next week. We could use your help‼️ venmo.com/u/JohnathanPerk
California

UCLA fires DEI director after social media posts on Charlie Kirk's death

Johnathan Perkins with his dogs, Rex, left, and Frankie, at Pan Pacific Park in Los Angeles after he was suspended and fired from his role as UCLA DEI director. (Jason Armond / Los Angeles Times)

By Jaweed Kaleem

Staff Writer 
Feb. 5, 2026 3 AM PT
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
It simply never ends. Fish and Wildlife Service Director Brian Nesvik issued new guidance interpreting the Endangered Species Act’s prohibition on “taking” endangered wildlife much more narrowly. Under the new interpretation, an action generally has to be intentionally
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JJ in DC @jjindc.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
🇺🇸 THE ROAD TO GENOCIDE ☠️ Disappearing people *virtually* is another step down the road towards disappearing them *physically* and that possibility is now feeling very real. Genocide rarely *starts* with mass murder, but early steps typically include mass expulsions, arrests & secret detentions.
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Rep. Teresa Leger Fernández @fernandez.house.gov · 21/09/2026
ICE shot Wilbur in his car in Austin yesterday. Now, his family doesn’t even know where he is. His family deserves answers. The American people deserve the truth. Release the body camera footage. Tell us where Wilbur is.
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Chris Ingraham @cingraham.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Big news from @ij.org: A federal judge in Alabama has just ordered ICE and CBP to stop warrantless raids of construction sites, to stop detaining people without individualized suspicion, and to stop detaining people who present valid ID. More to come shortly.
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Ross A. Lincoln @rossalincoln.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Arresting these fucking nazis and going after everyone they possibly can who are orchestrating these attacks on our way of life, is the bare minimum position required to support any Dem in 2028
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Lizard @lizardky.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
This is a perfect example of what has been termed "The exonerative tense" in headling writing.
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
While ICE agents were shooting Wilber Rafael Garces Perez in Austin on Sunday, their colleagues were violently detaining a US citizen in Evanston, IL who "resembled" a person they were seeking. The victim reported "injuries to his head, neck and teeth":
evanstonnow.com
Federal agents detained U.S. citizen Sunday morning - Evanston Now
Police chief says officers responded to a man with injuries to head, neck and teeth on Howard and made contact with agents involved.
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Chris⚖️Justice @chrisjustice01.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
💥 ICE run over man with their car during traffic stop. Family says intentional. "Agents literally chased him down with a car. As if he was an animal." Now under guard at hospital. Not allowed to see attorney. Injuries: Leg broken feels paralyzed, fracture to spine, half body in terrible condition.
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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Gisele Pelicot was drugged and raped by her husband for TEN years. During that time she saw countless doctors for memory loss, STIs, headaches, confusion & vaginal bruising. They all dismissed her. Some diagnosed her with dementia. They could have helped stop the abuse.
cnn.com
Over 40% of women say health issues are holding them back in the workplace | CNN
Many women have struggled to get their healthcare needs met, according to a new national poll.
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Matthew Eadie @mattheweadie.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
BREAKING: Evanston police confirm a U.S. citizen was briefly detained by federal agents Sunday morning near Howard and Dodge before being released The man was taken to the hospital for injuries to his head, neck and teeth after agents drove off
evanstonnow.com
Federal agents detained U.S. citizen Sunday morning - Evanston Now
Police chief says officers responded to a man with injuries to head, neck and teeth on Howard and made contact with agents involved.
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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.”
propublica.org
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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Peter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
a lot of people act like there's a trade being offered where we give up trans athletes in sports and in exchange fascism is defeated forever
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Cap'n Jack Fights Fascism @capnjackresists.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Abolish ICE forever and prosecute every last one of them to the fullest extent of the law.
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Serendipity @serendipityinfl.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
The young man that died in Chatsworth CA when struck by fallen debris from the KNBC helicopter crash that killed reporter Eliana Moreno and pilot George Marcinw 🙏 Rest in Peace Edy May his family feel the love and support from many of us across America.
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jc-82.bsky.social @jc-82.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
So Flock doesn’t want anyone invading its privacy by copying the data it stores.
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Radio Free America @radiofreeflorida.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Alito and Thomas of course dissenting. #RadioFreeAmerica #politics coloradosun.com/2026/09/14/t...
coloradosun.com
US Supreme Court rejects Trump mail ballot restrictions ahead of midterms
The decision allows states to continue sending out mail ballots under the same processes they’ve used for years and have accounted for nearly a third of votes cast
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conifergirl.bsky.social @conifergirl.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
From the Williamson Reporter: TWO 17-YEAR-OLD U.S. CITIZENS, ENLISTMENT PAPERS IN THE CAR, ON THEIR WAY TO SIGN UP FOR THE MARINES — AND ICE AGENTS PEPPER-SPRAYED THEM AND BEAT ONE OF THEM IN THE FACE.
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Waldo Jaquith @waldo.net · 15/09/2026
Please admire this slop-guide to the U.S. government that my kid received in his ninth grade government class. “Watergsstate Impreachment Imeachment bolity Precedent”
A sort of map of US government, with lots of arrows and words. It’s labelled “SIMPLIFIED CONCEPT MAP: U.S. GOVERNMENT.”Close up of the diagram:

Example: Watergate Impeachment Key 2473 - Watergsstate Impreachment
Imeachment bolitiy Precedent
Legislative Checks
Executive
Veto
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Executive Cheeks
Example:
Washington's 2-Ter-in Precedent
Example 3: Impeachment Precedent Key 2016 - Declares political inconinitional comnoladunt precedions hutsite avothov Uncostitutional: Bleachmens on the divisience of the Barizon Precedent
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Waldo Jaquith @waldo.net · 15/09/2026
The students are prohibited from using LLMs, with work needing to be handwritten in part to that end. The teachers, obviously, are not so restricted.
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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
“ICE agents were caught on video pulling one teen from the car and punching him repeatedly in the face while he lay on the ground. The other teen, Luis Ochoa, said he informed the ICE agents he was a citizen but was told, ‘I don’t give a damn.… Your parents can’t help you now.’”
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Donald Audette Jubilee @officialjplosman.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
We’ve got leaders of the so-called “democratic” party telling us “you have to vote for us to save democracy, also democracy can never give you anything you want ever, especially not if you have a good reason” and they don’t seem to quite grasp why that’s a bad pitch
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
NEW: DHS's Inspector General releases a scathing report about the Everglades detention camp known as "Alligator Alcatraz." The OIG finds that the now-closed camp, violated multiple ICE standards. The OIG also confirms detainees were punished with placement in a metal cage in the Florida heat.🧵
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Staff also reported that time spent in the small metal enclosures is closely monitored, and
detainees are not locked in, even though we observed locking mechanisms on the enclosures.
Figures 11 and 12. Small Metal Enclosures; Observed January 21, 2026

Underneath is a picture of a metal cage that is 4 feet 3 inches wide by 4 feet 3 inches long, and 7 feet 9 inches high. The cage itself is placed on a tiny spot of fake turf, and then surrounded by another chainlink fence with razor wire on top. The cage is covered by a roof, but it's entirely exposed to the outside otherwise, meaning mosquitos and no air conditioning.
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