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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Foucault wrote about this. It's meant to terrify and control the public. It's a spectacle for domination. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/08/u...
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Fort Hood Shooter’s Execution Will be Public and Streamed Live, Pentagon Says
If carried out, the public execution of Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan by firing squad set for Dec. 3 would be the first in modern U.S. history.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
To those who somehow don't seem to understand: Which part of authorising weapons sales to a state committing genocide, banning the protest movement trying to stop these sales, using the RAF to provide surveillance flights for Israel and providing major diplomatic and media support is NOT complicity?
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Plague Poems @plaguepoems.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The professor told me that all across her campus students are catching “the freshman flu” (and that this is not limited only to actual freshman), and when I asked her what she makes of it she replied that “the freshman flu” is an odd way of spelling Covid.
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BuDS Disability Service @buds-disability.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The Covid wave in England continues to grow very fast. As of 27 September, 1 in every 234 people were infected, up 31% on the previous week. We are now recommending that Covid-Cautious people take full precautions, including a PPE mask, in ALL indoor places. A thread 🧵
Covid wave still rapidly rising in England.
Risk level remains Moderately High at 1 in 234.
Wear PPE masks indoors.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
It's not as if Burnham and Miliband are radicals. It's not as if the UK has stopped providing weapons, surveillance and logistical support to a government pursuing genocide. But at least we begin to see some acknowledgement that it's not mad and bad to care about the lives of Palestinians.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
It's not just that we had two wasted years under Keir Starmer - years in which, with a vast majority and quite a lot of goodwill - he could have turned this country around. On crucial issues, we had two years of spiralling backwards, towards a very dark place. 🧵 www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Ed Miliband to acknowledge Labour’s former stance on Palestine fell short
Foreign secretary will tell party’s conference ‘we are not here to accept the status quo but to change it’
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Here is how politics, in most cases, works: Rich and powerful interests, whether in fossil fuels, finance, big tech, media, meat, pharma or foreign governments, make a demand, and use their sophisticated tools to persuade a government to adopt it. The government adopts it. Please read whole🧵
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Greens Against Covid @greensagainstcovid.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
We have messaged the venue to ask about their Indoor Air Quality. They make no mention of it in their accessiblity arrangements nor anywhere on their website, unfortunately.
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Ariel Troster @arieltroster.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Last night I knocked on the door of a woman who was moving into an apartment after months of living in her car, homeless. She was setting up the place so her kid could be returned to her. We’re all one accident, layoff or crisis away from similar outcomes. What an honour to welcome her home.
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Data Report @datareport.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Folks, please take note of Covid in the UK it is EXPLODING.
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Denis - The COVID Info Guy @thecovidinfoguy.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
"Thailand Denies Reports of Severe COVID-19 Outbreak" 🔸Jan 1 to Aug 31, 2026: 99,691 cases and 15 deaths 🔸2025: 614,601 cases and 274 deaths 🔸2024: 777,730 cases and 219 deaths 🔸2023: 618,793 cases and 852 deaths "Omicron NB.1.8.1 continued to dominate in Thailand in September" archive.md/MknMu
The image shows a news article from Tempo English under the ASEAN section, dated September 11, 2026, at 11:27 am with the headline "Thailand Denies Reports of Severe COVID-19 Outbreak". The reporter is listed as Antara.
Below the text is a close-up photograph of a medical professional wearing blue gloves, holding a nasal swab in one hand and a clear plastic specimen tube in the other. The tube has a white label printed with "COVID-19 swab sample" next to negative (-) and positive (+) check boxes. In the background, a blue clipboard holds medical paperwork related to SARS-CoV-2 testing.
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Dr Ben King 🌍 @benking01.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Data centres are springing up everywhere, using massive amounts of energy and water. I’ve signed @friends-earth.bsky.social’s petition calling for a pause on new data centres until the government gets a grip on the situation. Will you join me? action.friendsoftheearth.uk/petition/put...
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Stop data centres draining our precious resources
Add my name Data centres are springing up all over the UK – using massive amounts of electricity and, in many cases, huge amounts of water. The UK is already facing water shortages, high energy demand...
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Robert Llewellyn @bobbyllew.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
I'm so shocked. I'm stunned. Who knew it could have any affect? llewellyn.substack.com/p/im-shocked...
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I’m Shocked, I Tell You. Shocked!
Who could have known this freedom crushing legislation would have any effect!
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susannajones.bsky.social @susannajones.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Shingles. Made overwhelmingly more likely by recurring Covid infections. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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At 43, I was fit and happy. Then I developed a nasty – and very expensive - case of shingles | Arwa Mahdawi
Healthy women under 50 are now more at risk of the condition. What I didn’t know is that intense exercise could be to blame and the condition could cost me hundreds of dollars, writes Arwa Mahdawi
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Dr. Jen Irwin @drjenirwin.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Whether we officially categorize it as ‘pandemic’ or ‘hyperendemic’, the reality is that “during COVID” is now.
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Plague Poems @plaguepoems.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
At this point in 2026 Bordeaux, France has experienced more days above 40°C (104°F) than it had in the years from 1920 to 2025, and while it would be wrong to say that this is the end of the world, it certainly suggests that the world as we knew it has already ended.
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 01/08/2026
Important history lesson: Fascism rose partly as a result of the 1918 pandemic.
The 1918 Influenza Pandemic and the Rise of Italian Fascism: A Cross-City Quantitative and Historical Text
Qualitative Analysis
Gregori Galofré-Vilà, PhD, Martin Mckee, MD, DSc, María Gómez-León, PhD, and David Stuckler, PhD
Evidence linking past experiences of worsening health with support for radical political views has generated concerns about the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic. The influenza pandemic that began in 1918 had a devastating health impact: 4.1 million Italians contracted influenza and about 500 000 died. We tested the hypothesis that deaths from the 1918 influenza pandemic contributed to the rise of Fascism in Italy. To provide a "thicker" interpretation of these patterns, we applied historical text mining to the newspaper Il Popolo d'Italia (Mussolini's newspaper). Our observations were consistent with evidence from other contexts that worsening mortality rates can fuel radical politics. Unequal impacts of pandemics may contribute to political polarization. (Am J Public Health. 2022;112(2):242-247.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
So when governments say "but the ultrarich might leave the country", we should respond, "mission accomplished then." Get them and their ill-gotten gains out of our politics and out of our hair. And hopefully, with global measures, out of everyone's.
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Denis - The COVID Info Guy @thecovidinfoguy.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
This reply nails it. 🎯 Source: x.com/LadyChuan/st...
An image of a thread on social media platform X from July 8, 2026.
The initial post by ABG (@taureanlady5) expresses concern about the frequency of young people experiencing severe medical events. It reads: "What is up with all these folks my age having strokes? Seems like strokes in our forties was almost unheard of 20, 25 years ago. This is so scary. Getting my next physical soon."
A detailed reply by Lady Chuan (@LadyChuan) links these health trends directly to long-term post-viral effects. The comment reads: "Do better. Wear. A. Mask. KN95 or better. I'm quite sure that you know by now COVID is a CHRONIC VASCULAR DISEASE that enters the body by a virus called SARS which INITIALLY presents itself as a respiratory illness."
The reply goes on to claim that the virus persists in the endothelial lining, leading to a over 50% increase in strokes, heart attacks, and embolisms, a 67% increase in cancer, T-cell destruction, immune disorders, and that common "colds" are frequently undetected cases.
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Chantzy @chantzy.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Word on the street is that some more distressing long Covid papers coming out soon. If you care about climate change & dismantling fossil fuel giants, it also makes sense to care about Covid because collectively this virus will weaken us & our ability to fight back at an already critical time
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Join the Mass Infection Resistance @spiritsofland.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Stupidest strategy I've ever heard. "White argues that Norway's coronavirus strategy relies on repeated and frequent infections in order to maintain immunity in the population" #CovidIsntOver #MedSky #IDSky
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Plague Poems @plaguepoems.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Listen: when you hear it reported that this week Paris, France, has seen more days above 40°C than it had in the years from 1872 to 2019, it is vital to understand that this is not the end of the world, rather it is a sign that the world we knew has already ended.
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Join the Mass Infection Resistance @spiritsofland.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
I wish more people understood how absolutely amazing n95 respirators are. If pre-modern people learned that there is a thing you can put on your face and it protects you from getting multiple diseases, they would regard it as a miracle. And yet people refuse to use them. #MaskUp #CovidIsAirborne
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Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 30/05/2026
I’m a climate scientist. Let me fix this headline. “Nearly a century ago, scientists showed that burning fossil fuels warms the planet. Today, we know human emissions account for over 100% of the warming. Yet dark money and disinformation still work to keep Americans addicted to fossil fuels.”
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National Emergency Briefing @nebriefing.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
At a time when trust and truth are under strain, people need clear, honest information from independent experts about the climate and nature crisis. An informed public is the foundation of democracy. Please sign the petition.
petition.parliament.uk
Petition: Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks
The UK faces growing risks from climate and nature breakdown - from extreme weather to economic disruption and national security threats. Yet the public has never been given a clear national briefing ...
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Keir Starmer's political failure comes down to one issue above all others: his unwillingness to put the public interest ahead of the demands of the oligarchs, corporations and foreign governments who lobby him. Whoever replaces him had better be prepared to stand up for us, or Labour's finished.
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Denis - The COVID Info Guy @thecovidinfoguy.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
COVID-19 death toll far higher than official numbers, says WHO "The World Health Organisation estimates that the COVID-19 pandemic caused 22.1 million excess deaths globally between 2020 and 2023. The figure is more than 3 times higher than the officially reported 7 million COVID deaths worldwide"
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Covid-19 death toll far higher than official numbers, says WHO
The World Health Organization has estimated 22.1 million excess deaths linked to Covid-19 between 2020 and 2023. The finding suggests the pandemic's true toll was far beyond official counts and expose...
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Jen the Feisty Librarian @feistywaters.com · 05/05/2026
There have been plenty of examples in the “we’ve learned absolutely nothing over the last 6 years of ongoing pandemic” category, but this one is really top notch. www.cnn.com/2026/05/05/a...
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Human-to-human transmission suspected on board hantavirus cruise ship, WHO says | CNN
Some human-to-human transmission may have occurred on board the cruise ship hit by a hantavirus outbreak that has left three people dead and several others ill, the World Health Organization (WHO) sai...
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
There's no mystery about why Farage, Trump, Boris Johnson and others of their stamp get away with things that would instantly destroy any leftwing politician: they're protected by the oligarchs they serve, who own most of the media and intimidate much of the rest.
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
Vote Reform. Or we will house *dangerous migrant centres* in your village. And if you vote Green, it will be even worse for you. It's beyond disturbing. The chill wind of threat, thuggery and menace of a kind never before seen in Britain.
Today we announce a new policy:


In order to deport all illegal migrants in
Britain, Reform will need to detain tens of
thousands at a time.


Migrants will not be able to leave these
detention centres, and each will be held
there a couple of weeks before being
deported.


So here's our promise:


A Reform government will not put any
migrant detention facilities in any
constituency with a Reform MP.


Nor will we put them where Reform
controls the council.


And of the remaining areas, we will
prioritise Green controlled parliamentary
constituencies and Green controlled
councils to locate the detention centres.


Put simply, if you vote in a Reform
council or Reform MP, we guarantee yPut simply, if you vote in a Reform
council or Reform MP, we guarantee you
won't have a detention centre near you


If you vote Green, there's a good chance
you will,


This is an important exercise in
democratic consent, not just for our
mass deportation policy, but for where
the detention centres are placed


Given @ZackPolanski openly advocates
for open borders, I look forward to their
warm embrace of this policy
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Esther @elhopkins.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
How can we not be talking about a vascular airborne virus, that can also cause neurological and immune damage. 🤷‍♀️ Roll out the vaccines and #CleanTheAir before we lose more years. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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Findings on healthy life expectancy in UK shed light on its deteriorating health
Metric gives fuller picture than life expectancy, which is simply how long people live, says Health Foundation
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Norm Wilner @normwilner.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
There's virtually no mention of the 1918 flu pandemic in the popular culture that followed immediately afterward, either! It's some sort of unconscious coping mechanism, like people desperately writing themselves back into a normal world.
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Solidarity RPM @solidarityrpm.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
"THERE'S NO OIL HERE. F**K OFF". The Clangers
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Plague Poems @plaguepoems.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
My friend who studies viruses says we are in an epidemiological crisis. My friend who studies computers says we are in an epistemological crisis. So I asked my friend who studies history which it is and after a moment she said: yes.
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Solid Evidence @solidevidence.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
I hope no one needs an MRI this year. The world's largest producer of liquified helium is in Qatar and is shut off. We just got a notice that our supply for the year will be at least cut in half. No one could have predicted this (unless they thought about it).
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Plague Poems @plaguepoems.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
Quoting something he saw online my work friend noted: that being anti-AI is like being one of the only people actually trying not to get bitten in a zombie movie, and as I adjusted the straps on my mask and looked at his unmasked face, I said: I know how that feels.
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Cam @millap.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
What we see here is Donald Trump, acting as he always does, as a global chaos generator. The further we stand away from that, the better off we will be. Well said @georgemonbiot.bsky.social 👏 #bbcqt #IranWar
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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
Olympians are masking up with N95s because they know a covid infection can derail their chances of competing. They know it could derail their careers. They know it could disable them. They’re practicing self care and community care. Give them a gold medal in public health!
Photo of 4 olympians giving a press conference. They’re all wearing white respirator masks
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#9 Dream @gayfabfourfan.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
“We are approaching an average of 5 infections per person since pandemic onset.” This level of exposure has significant implications, given the millions of people infected, the toll of long Covid, and the quickly growing knowledge of long-term damage from infection.”
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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
If long COVID leads to Alzheimer's And 3% of Brits have long COVID Surely a good public health policy right now would be to protect more people from getting covid, developing long COVID, and in turn Alzheimer's?
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Chantzy @chantzy.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
People are still pretending that this timeline we're in is acceptable
No one listens...

Reddit post by kind_kitten_2012

My mom died. I explained that her PCP's examination room has poor ventilation. I showed them the Aranet sensor when we were there. It climbed to 2000 ppm. I said when I'm not there someone needs to bring and run a portable air purifier in the exam room at least. I told them how I've measured lots of medical spaces and anything besides an actual hospital often has dangerous air quality. People literally walked away while I was speaking. My mom had just finished chemo, the tumors had shrunk and she seemed stronger. Then I was told, she caught a "cold"
: After a while, she
couldn't shake it. Her lungs became congested, and she faded away. She was breathless and more and more exhausted. She became incontinent. She slept, and then she passed away in her sleep. Just stopped breathing. No pulse. Cola.
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WIRED @wired.com · 08/01/2026
We've removed the paywall from this guide so everyone can access it. 👇 Stay safe.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
If the Palestine Action hunger strikers die - which they could do at any moment, as they are now very close to the end - it will be the government that killed them. Today’s column explains why. Please share, and write urgently to your MP. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Let’s be clear: if the Palestine Action hunger strikers die, the government will bear moral responsibility | George Monbiot
The three remaining hunger strikers have been convicted of nothing. Yet with astonishing cruelty, ministers refuse to listen to their reasonable demands, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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Denis - The COVID Info Guy @thecovidinfoguy.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
The Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus: “We cannot talk about COVID in the past tense. “It’s still with us, it still causes acute disease and Long COVID, and it still kills. “The world might want to forget about COVID-19, but we cannot afford to.”
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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
They’re doing eugenics right out in the open now, largely because Trump, RFK Jr, Dr Oz and the rest of the fascists have been pushing a eugenicist agenda since they seized control. It’s white Christian nationalism and it’s dangerous. Disabled people are not “imperfect”. We are also not expendable
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Trish Greenhalgh @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
What Martin said. Independent SAGE were not cranks, not extremists, not over-reacting. #covidinquiry
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
This is what happens when you put a preening, lazy, populist, dilettante in charge of a country. Johnson was completely out of his depth and more concerned with his pathetic perceived popularity than leading this country through the greatest crisis since 1939. www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cm...
The UK Covid-19 Inquiry says the
government response to the pandemic in
March 2020 was "too little, too late"


• Inquiry chair Baroness Hallett is making a
statement now - watch live at the top of
the page. She says February 2020 was a
"lost month"


• The inquiry report says imposing
lockdown a week earlier could have saved
23,000 lives in the first wave in England


•
But the inquiry also says lockdown could
have been avoided altogether if steps
such as social distancing and isolating
those with symptoms had been
introduced earlier


• The report adds that a failure to learn
from mistakes during later waves of the
pandemic was "inexcusable"
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Call me Ishmael @thewhitewhale.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
Extremely cool that Germany's rising to meet the challenge of Long Covid and ME/CFS - calling it one of the greatest health challenges of the century and committing to the Decade Against Post-Infectious Diseases with €500M for research over the next 10 years. www.zeit.de/politik/deut...
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Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Bundesregierung will Erforschung von ME/CFS stärker fördern
Die Zahl der Long-Covid- und ME/CFS-Erkrankungen hat seit der Pandemie stark zugenommen. Bis 2036 sollen deswegen 500 Millionen Euro in die Forschung investiert werden.
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