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@stoicthinker2025.bsky.social
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Long-time American expat uni teacher. Reluctant returnee. IR, politics, history, philosophy, science, sociolinguistics, intercultural communication, deceptive language analysis. Always learning. Social democrat. Feminist. Global citizen. Happily married.

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Stoic Thinker @stoicthinker2025.bsky.social · 2h
If Brazilian voters are foolish enough to vote in another Bolsonaro, it's on them. www.cnn.com/2026/10/04/a...
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Trump, crime and corruption loom over Brazil’s presidential vote | CNN
Millions of Brazilians voted in a general election on Sunday to choose the country’s president against a backdrop of corruption scandals, deep political polarization and growing voter fatigue, with tw...
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Stoic Thinker @stoicthinker2025.bsky.social · 2h
Never underestimate the power of ignorance, stupidity, and selfishness. www.reuters.com/world/americ...
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Results trickle in as Brazil awaits results of high-stakes election
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, 80, is seeking a fourth term as president while Senator Flávio Bolsonaro, the 45-year-old son ‌of former President Jair Bolsonaro, hopes to return his father's right-wing mo...
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Stoic Thinker @stoicthinker2025.bsky.social · 2h
Source: BasketNews.com share.google/v0fQBoW1JJI0...
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NBA, EuroLeague and FIBA Basketball News - Basketnews.com
The latest basketball news, rumors, injury updates, videos, scores, stats, standings, and more, including NBA, EuroLeague, and FIBA with BasketNews.
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Stoic Thinker @stoicthinker2025.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_ent...
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Eisenkot links Netanyahu’s rejection of state inquiry into Oct. 7 to near disaster on flydubai flight
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Stoic Thinker @stoicthinker2025.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
www.reuters.com/business/aer...
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EXCLUSIVE: Ukraine will hit Russian refineries in response to Moscow's 'new doctrine' of airstrikes, Zelenskiy says
Ukrainian intelligence has documents showing ​that Vladimir Putin called for military attacks on a much broader range of civilian targets ahead of this winter, Zelenskiy told Reuters in an interview.
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Stoic Thinker @stoicthinker2025.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
What was that DA thinking? www.pbs.org/newshour/nat...
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Woman told Cornell investigators she 'felt like bait' during alleged gang rape
While heavily redacted, the records offer a fuller but sometimes conflicting timeline of events and a glimpse at how the men responded to the allegations. Some disputed the woman’s account and said th...
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Stoic Thinker @stoicthinker2025.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
An ethical person would reject it out of hand, without a second thought. www.politico.com/news/2026/10...
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Trump promises another round of checks before the midterms
The president said he’ll send “nearly $100” checks to 20 million seniors.
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Stoic Thinker @stoicthinker2025.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Why not both? www.theguardian.com/world/2026/o...
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Suicide by plane or terrorism? Speculation over motive in flight 1073 attack
Experts sceptical flydubai co-pilot’s only motivation was to end his own life and say key question is means of radicalisation
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Stoic Thinker @stoicthinker2025.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
You're damn right. apnews.com/article/tenn...
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Tennessee's prisons chief is resigning after failed execution of Christa Pike
The head of Tennessee’s prison system is resigning after the failed execution of Christa Pike. The announcement was made Saturday by Gov.
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Stoic Thinker @stoicthinker2025.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Scientists Invent Underwater Umbrellas to Protect Coral Reefs—and It Appears to Be Working share.google/lOuNqaCbrsT5...
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Scientists Invent Underwater Umbrellas to Protect Coral Reefs—and It Appears to Be Working
The world's coral reefs are in crisis, but a crafty solution could help.
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Stoic Thinker @stoicthinker2025.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Source: Archaeology Magazine share.google/aLGLxlhn4uOG...
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Stoic Thinker @stoicthinker2025.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Is AI worth the risk? Does Trump understand AI? He's ignorant & arrogant &, worse, he never engages in self-reflection & that's because he's incapable, letting his megalomania & narcissism & sociopathic tendencies run away with him. Trump & AI are an existential menace. youtu.be/uMwjKyAPR34?...
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Why AI experts say humans may have two years left. Stephen Fry
YouTube video by Pindex
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Mike Hass @ifarmky.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
@pbsnews.org isn't it something that your conservative (Christian) commentator lied his ass off saying ICE doesn't do this, they take care of kids. I've never seen a Friday segment this off the rails with your new Brooks sneering and interrupting the other Capeheart Good job. Trusted? Not any more
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Stoic Thinker @stoicthinker2025.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
In regards to their discussion on AI: If the US beats China, what does winning look like? The results need to be defined. Here's a link -- one of many, short and sweet -- for the intellectually curious: youtu.be/sQysEweaLjA?... youtube.com/watch?v=yP9w...
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Brooks and Atkins Stohr on GOP vulnerabilities in the midterms
YouTube video by PBS NewsHour
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helchose.bsky.social @helchose.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
What Capeheart said here starting at 9:45. 👏👏👏 www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
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Brooks and Capehart on whether the Supreme Court has stood up to Trump
David Brooks of The Atlantic and Jonathan Capehart of MS NOW join Amna Nawaz to discuss the week in politics, including major Supreme Court decisions and more primary upsets in a busy lead-up to the n...
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Stoic Thinker @stoicthinker2025.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Just a comment on American society: Compared to Asia and Europe, which have much more temporal depth, America is only capable of thinking short term. America only cares about winning, whatever that may mean.
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Real Time with Bill Maher @realtimers.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
TONIGHT!
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Stoic Thinker @stoicthinker2025.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
That DA committed a major lapse in responsibility. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
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DA did not review witness statements and other evidence Cornell police collected in alleged gang rape of student
Tompkins County District Attorney Matthew Van Houten said he based his decision not to pursue charges on the accuser’s initial six-page statement given to police.
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Cris @glamgran.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I'll never understand the greed of Putin, Xi, Trump, Satanyahu, etc who have a whole country and millions of people to rule over. Why can't they just concentrate on improving the lives of their own people and country instead of creating war/harassment against other sovereignty. F these evil men!!
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Real Time with Bill Maher @realtimers.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
#StartTheClock: Tonight's episode of Real Time with Bill Maher feat. Malcolm Gladwell, Fareed Zakaria + Anand Giridharadas is now streaming on HBO Max! Watch the conversation continue after the show on #RTOvertime: youtu.be/-uKhjXC0ms4?...
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Overtime with Bill Maher: Malcolm Gladwell, Fareed Zakaria, Anand Giridharadas (HBO)
YouTube video by Real Time with Bill Maher
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Real Time with Bill Maher @realtimers.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
"This is a barbaric practice." Watch #TheAmericanWayofKilling" author Malcolm Gladwell discuss capital punishment with Bill Maher, Fareed Zakaria and Anand Giridharadas on tonight's #RTOvertime: youtu.be/-uKhjXC0ms4?...
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Stoic Thinker @stoicthinker2025.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
@realtimers.bsky.social Anyone see Bill's diatribe on Gaza and the Palestinians? Bill Maher twisted the facts on genocide. Contrary to what Bill said, many experts within the UN, organizations that monitor genocide, and academia have labelled what Israel is doing genocide.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
🎯 confirmed jojofromjerz.substack.com/p/bill-maher...
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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
Take that, Bill Maher.
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Oliver Markus Malloy @malloy.rocks · 18/07/2025
HBO should fire Bill Maher and give his time slot to Stephen Colbert.
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JoJoFromJerz @jojofromjerz.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Bill Maher is an asshole. jojofromjerz.substack.com/p/bill-maher...
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Bill Maher Is An Asshole
Bill Maher couldn’t tarnish Dolly Parton’s legacy, but he did manage to expose the rot in his own.
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Stoic Thinker @stoicthinker2025.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Impeach. Remove. Imprison. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/02/u...
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Trump Directed Use of Taxpayer Money for Ads Praising His Presidency
The government-funded ads show just how much President Trump has been able to use federal money for his own aims.
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Stoic Thinker @stoicthinker2025.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
www.wired.com/story/trumps...
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Trump’s Crazy AI Rebrand Was a Loyalty Test for Tech Execs—and It Worked
For years these billionaires gushed obsessively about AI. But they meekly went along when Trump canceled the term.
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Stoic Thinker @stoicthinker2025.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
www.cfr.org/articles/tru...
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Trump’s AI Safety Pact Is Toothless. But There Is a Path Forward. | Council on Foreign Relations
The White House AI accord outlines sensible safeguards, including independent evaluators and board-level oversight, but does not compel companies to adopt them. Until the cost of safety failures outwe...
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Stoic Thinker @stoicthinker2025.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
www.the-independent.com/news/world/a...
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Trump’s ‘super intelligence’ is being mocked by tech industry insiders: report
‘It is a way for the CEOs to signal fealty to the president,’ said one insider as others warned the private sector is unlikely to follow the president’s edict
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Stoic Thinker @stoicthinker2025.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
AI is coming for their jobs. www.bbc.com/news/article...
bbc.com
Riot police clash with students as education protests rage in France
About 735 schools have faced disruption as violent protests over standards and lack of teachers continue.
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Stoic Thinker @stoicthinker2025.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I loathe this man. thehill.com/regulation/c...
thehill.com
Alito: Overturning Roe v. Wade took ‘courage’ from Supreme Court justices
Justice Samuel Alito said his vote to overturn Roe v. Wade in 2022 alongside the Supreme Court’s six conservative justices took “courage.” In a preview for his interview with CBS News, Alito was as…
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Stoic Thinker @stoicthinker2025.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
It's not just Brazil at stake. Kill the Amazon, you kill the world's lungs. www.axios.com/2026/10/02/b...
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Brazil's Lula-Bolsonaro showdown unfolds in Trump's shadow — with the Amazon at stake
The winner could reshape U.S.-Brazil ties for years.
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Stoic Thinker @stoicthinker2025.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/o...
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Brazil’s neck-and-neck election offers test for growing pro-Trump Latin American bloc
Sunday’s poll pits the leftist incumbent Lula against the son of a former far-right president convicted of staging a coup
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Stoic Thinker @stoicthinker2025.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
If you think it's bad now, wait for the coming years. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/02/w...
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Extreme Heat in Los Angeles Area Expected to Last at Least a Week
Forecasters say a dangerous heat wave is descending across much of Southern California, which is likely to bring triple-digit temperatures.
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Stoic Thinker @stoicthinker2025.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
www.bostonglobe.com/2026/10/02/o...
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At the Supreme Court, a conservative majority eyes controversial, long-desired goals - The Boston Globe
On the docket this term: God, guns, and climate change.
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Stoic Thinker @stoicthinker2025.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Brace yourselves, SCOTUS will be going extreme. www.yahoo.com/news/politic...
yahoo.com
Guns, voting, immigration and more: The biggest cases the Supreme Court will take up in its new term
After ruling on Trump's tariffs, birthright citizenship and transgender sports bans, the justices will take up another slate of high-stakes disputes when they reconvene in October.
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Stoic Thinker @stoicthinker2025.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol...
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The shifting Senate map: From the Politics Desk
Plus, Trump broadcasts his midterm anxieties.
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Stoic Thinker @stoicthinker2025.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Hmm, so Trump is angry with NATO countries for not joining his war of choice on Iran, but he's reluctant to help his ally Saudi Arabia, huh? www.axios.com/2026/10/02/s...
axios.com
Saudis plan major offensive against the Houthis, but U.S. won't join for now
The Trump administration does not want to get pulled into a second front in the Middle East.
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Stoic Thinker @stoicthinker2025.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Intensified Russian strikes are tearing Kyiv apart, Klitschko warns
Vitaliy Klitschko says Ukraine's capital is in a "very dramatic situation" as Russia hits critical infrastructure.
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Stoic Thinker @stoicthinker2025.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
www.texastribune.org/2026/10/02/t...
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Judge halts border barrier construction in Big Bend
U.S. District Judge Kathleen Cardon’s ruling means federal contractors can’t continue construction in the national park or surrounding areas until a lawsuit opposing the work is resolved.
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Stoic Thinker @stoicthinker2025.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
www.nytimes.com/2026/10/02/u...
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In Alabama, Trump Relives His Glory Days (This Time With Some Empty Seats)
The Deep South was the birthplace of the mega MAGA rally. How do people on the Gulf feel about President Trump now?
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Stoic Thinker @stoicthinker2025.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Dems, when they take back Congress, need to investigate this and prosecute. thehill.com/homenews/adm...
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Kushner pushes back on CNN report about Israeli investments tied to military
Jared Kushner, President Trump’s son-in-law and U.S. special envoy, is pushing back on a CNN report alleging his private equity firm had ties to a company heavily involved in Israel’s military.  “C…
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Stoic Thinker @stoicthinker2025.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
www.ms.now/opinion/kush...
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Kushner could cash in on Israel’s war economy as he oversees negotiations
The Trump family’s financial ties to Israel’s warmongering ways underscores why the White House has not earned trust that it can fairly facilitate Israeli-Palestinian peace efforts.
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Stoic Thinker @stoicthinker2025.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
CNN is not the first media outlet to report this, but Kushner is slamming CNN. Hmm.... www.cnn.com/2026/10/01/u...
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Jared Kushner’s company has large stake in firm with Israeli military links | CNN
At the same time Jared Kushner has negotiated in the war in Gaza, his company has held the largest stake in a firm backing businesses involved in Israel’s military campaigns.
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Stoic Thinker @stoicthinker2025.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Source: MARCA share.google/YnZ0kwNkpuq5...
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Socrates, Greek philosopher: "He is richest who is content with the least, for content is the wealth of nature"
More than 2,400 years later, his philosophy still questions whether endless accumulation can ever produce real satisfaction
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Stoic Thinker @stoicthinker2025.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Jimmy is one of the most trusted late night talk show hosts and better than some news media outlets. Disney’s Dana Walden on Jimmy Kimmel’s Late Night Future: “It’s Challenging” share.google/gmXUW5rT0Gq8...
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Disney’s Dana Walden on Jimmy Kimmel’s Late Night Future: “It’s Challenging”
The host is currently on a one-year contract for his ABC talk show.
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Stoic Thinker @stoicthinker2025.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Billionaire megalomaniac. One of many. www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/10...
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Russia’s Putin rules out ceasefire with Ukraine during speech in Moscow
Putin warned the West he would deploy nuclear weapons if necessary to defend the Russian Baltic exclave of Kaliningrad.
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Stoic Thinker @stoicthinker2025.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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Antarctica’s ice loss is locked in, and extra snowfall won’t save it – that’s bad news for low-lying coastal areas elsewhere
The Antarctic ice sheet’s future depends how a chain of events plays out. A new study finds the evidence points in one direction.
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Stoic Thinker @stoicthinker2025.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
kyivindependent.com/estonia-bans...
kyivindependent.com
Estonia bans transit of Russian, Belarusian grain
"Russia attacks Ukrainian ports, blocks Ukraine's grain exports, and then looks for new routes for its own grain," Estonian Foreign Minister Margus Tsahkna said on X. "Estonia will not provide one."
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