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Tara Carey

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Global Head of Media at INGO Equality Now, protecting & promoting women's rights, addressing gendered disinformation;Trustee with The Restart Project; own views etc #ClimateAction #WomensRights #DigitalRights #PressFreedom

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Eric Lipton NYT @ericlipton.nytimes.com · 03/10/2026
JUST POSTED: Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff have pushed a multibillion oil deal with Russia as part of peace talks that will bring profits to their family business partners. A new front for Trump-era conflicts of interest. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/03/u...
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U.S.-Russia Talks on Ukraine Now Involve an Oil Deal Tied to Trump Allies (Gift Article)
President Vladimir V. Putin brought up a sale of Russian energy assets with President Trump’s envoys, Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff, pushing a deal that raises new questions about conflicts of inter...
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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Trump redirected $176.9 million from a US human-rights fund towards global right wing groups, including $40 million for an “anti-communism” consortium and $1 million for fascist groups opposing Brazil’s Supreme Court days before the presidential election.
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Trump diverts $176.9m of Human Rights aid to far-right groups; targets Europe, Canada and South America
Marco Rubio overrode congressional holds, a Democratic aide said. The money funds opponents of Brazil's supreme court days before its vote and Europeans who reject "gender ideology", as Trump official...
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 21h
This is how AI will kill us all
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Trump Was Reportedly Pushed Into Invading Venezuela by Conversation With Grok
Trump reportedly consulted with Grok for hours on his next course of action in Venezuela before launching a military invasion.
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Ray Beckerman @raybeckerman.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Musk showers GOP with cash while defending racism in court www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...
dailykos.com
Musk showers GOP with cash while defending racism in court
Multibillionaire Elon Musk’s political action committee is increasing its spending on House and Senate races as part of his attempt to help Republicans hold on to their majorities in the House and…
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Only 10% of the richest 0.01% of the population paid close to the top 47% (45% income tax marginal rate + 2% NIC) rate on earnings. A quarter of that group paid an effective average tax rate of 20% or less. The tax system appears to be progressive for some but is frequently not so at the very top
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Only one in ten top UK earners pay close to top tax rate, says CenTax
CenTax says equalising capital gains tax with income tax could raise £19.7bn by 2030, as HMRC data shows few top earners pay the 47 per cent top rate.
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XR London @xrlondon.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
After Nepal's devastating floods Ranjeeta Silwal @equalitynow.bsky.social calls for women & girls to have central role in recovery & #ClimateChange adaptation, so rebuilding strengthens their rights & resilience rather than reinforcing gender inequalities @ipsnews.net www.ipsnews.net/2026/09/nepa...
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Nepal’s Devastating Floods Have Put Women and Girls at Greater Risk
On August 26, 2026, deadly flash floods and landslides ripped through Himalayan towns and villages along Nepal and Tibet’s
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Rohan MacMahon @rohmac.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Nepal's leaders say the recovery effort will cost 10% of their GDP. International aid so far is a small fraction of this. www.rte.ie/news/world/2...
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Nepal tells UN climate burden falls on vulnerable nations
Nepal's Prime Minister has called for grant-based international support at the UN General Assembly to help the Himalayan nation recover ⁠from the glacier flood that killed at least 1,450 people.
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XRUK-Actions @xruk-actions.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
⚠️ Climate breakdown is happening ⚠️ The Scientists know. The Intelligence Services know. The Army knows.  Doctors know. The Media knows. The UK Government certainly knows. Extinction Rebellion has warned of the dangers since 2018, everyone needs to know the facts, however apocalyptic.
Extinction Rebellion UK’s “Redacted Rebels” draw attention to the UK Government’s suppressed National Security Assessment. 14th September 2026
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Declassified journalists banned from Labour conference – again. A Trumpian policy started by Keir Starmer. Burnham can't make a fresh start without getting rid of the previous advisers. Democracy means accepting scrutiny, even when it is uncomfortable.
declassifieduk.org
Declassified journalists banned from Labour conference - again
Labour MPs have condemned the ‘Trump-like’ decision, saying party is ‘bang out of order’
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Patrick Osgood @patrickosgood.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Every now and then - more now these days than then - you hear something like this by a respectable person in a calm voice on a respectable platform and get a kind of vertigo over how hateful and demented things have gotten in the UK. A very large part of public discourse is utterly insane.
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Ben McKenzie @benmckenzie.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Spoiler alert: they did it with crypto www.nytimes.com/2026/09/24/b...
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The ‘Monster’ Behind Russia’s Global Effort to Evade Western Sanctions
A Moscow firm uses shell companies and cryptocurrency to launder money, and a custom app to forge trade records, to help Russia bypass sweeping financial restrictions.
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 24/09/2026
Last night I planted an olive tree at Gracie Mansion with Palestinian families from Gaza.  May peace be our future.
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Josiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Mind-blowing story in Private Eye about how the Telegraph's chief reporter reached out to James Orr (or meant to) after the Channel 4 donation revelations


...within hours of journalists on either the *Guardian* or *Sunday Times* contacting Reform for comment on the same stories ahead of them publishing their own investigations. Reform deputy leader Richard Tice and his fiancée, supposed journalist Isabel Oakeshott, even crowed online about their spoiler tactics.

Not that the *Telegraph* doesn't do its own leg work when reporting on Reform. After James Orr, the party's head of policy, had to resign after a sting by *Channel 4 News* (see "*Right Orr Wrong*, p14"), *Telegraph* chief reporter Rob Mendick texted Orr: "I was hoping to talk to you entirely on background," he schmoozed. "You must be feeling very bruised and I totally Appreciate [sic] the sensitivities. I suspect you deserve better and I wanted to see how I can put the record straight in some way." Alas, instead of the Reformer and Cambridge theologian, Mendick messaged someone else, who shared it with the *Eye*!
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Paris Marx @parismarx.com · 24/09/2026
Just when I think I can’t hate OpenAI and Sam Altman any more, new details come out about how ChatGPT helped a shooter plan one of the worst mass shootings in Canadian history in Tumbler Ridge, BC. OpenAI made an explicit decision not to report the user to authorities.
motherjones.com
ChatGPT helped the Tumbler Ridge school shooter focus on guns, tactics, and terror, our investigation reveals
OpenAI’s chatbot fed the shooter’s violent fantasies and planning up to the massacre.
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Gill Tavner @gilltav.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Thinking about the BBC’s precious ‘balance’ which they say justifies opposing every climate scientist with an oil company liar. In their ideological platforming of pro-growth, where’s the voice for progressive economics? @kateraworth.bsky.social or @jasonhickel.bsky.social should be on every time
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Witness Radio @witnessradio.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
⚖️ Did you know? At least 129 environmental human rights defenders in Uganda were reportedly arrested or detained in connection with the EACOP, Tilenga and Kingfisher oil projects, according to UN human rights records. @just-stopoil.bsky.social @stopeacop.bsky.social
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ShellsLies @shellslies.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
"New long-term fossil fuel investments risk pulling in the opposite direction. We want African govts to build on the continent’s #RenewableEnergy potential rather than lock future generations into another cycle of dirty energy dependence,” Ajra Mohamed, Climate Action Network Africa #EndFossilFuels
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Outspoken™️ @out5p0ken.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
JD Vance gave Politico information anonymously. Politico reported the information. The White House cited Politico’s reporting of Vance’s information as part of its justification for banning Politico. Then Vance defended the ban. This is some 1930s Germany Twilight Zone shit.
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Oliver Darcy @oliverdarcy.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Scoop: The anonymous source behind a POLITICO story that the White House is now using to justify a ban on the outlet was none other than JD Vance himself. Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/white-hous...
status.news
The Source Behind The Ban
The anonymous source behind one of the stories the White House cited to justify banning POLITICO was none other than Vice President JD Vance, Status has learned.
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XR London @xrlondon.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Scientists forecast that Godzilla El Niño will put London at increased risk of flooding🌧. Extra rain caused by fossil fuel driven climate change fuels North Sea storm surges pushing up the tidal Thames + swollen rivers & tributaries + intense rainfall overwhelming drainage in the densely built city🌊
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XR London @xrlondon.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
#ElNiño is "set to be the most intense in living memory. This will intensify climate shocks that compound & cascade across borders, threatening food & water security, displacing communities, putting pressure on markets & scarring economies,” Ed Milliband #EndFossilFuels bsky.app/profile/ceob...
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 23/09/2026
Climate Week is here in New York City, and our work has deep roots. 18,261 trees planted this year. The most in a decade.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Sign the petition. Let water companies go bust. Ofwat approved 36% bill increases for 2025-2030, companies want more. Prices doubled - in real terms - since privatisation. We got sewage in rivers, water outages, hosepipe bans. Need public ownership.
weownit.org.uk
We're telling Ofwat: let water companies go bust!
consultation to reject proposed water company bill increases. Ofwat.
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Witness Radio @witnessradio.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Did you know? In 2025, extreme weather and climate-related events affected at least 13 million people across Africa and caused more than 3,000 reported fatalities. Get more insights: radio.witnessradio.org #ClimateChange #Africa #ClimateAction
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
All these platforms were originally sold to us as being liberating tools of free speech and expression. Now they're being actively used by their owners to suppress it www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
MS NOW, CNN & Politico announced they will sue the White House today for banning them, legend 1st and 5th amendment violations.
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Absolutely horrifying. How can our government be planning to drill for new oil and gas when we know these are the consequences? We have to keep the pressure on this Labour Government to keep all fossil fuels in the ground and secure a safe future for our children and grandchildren.
Babies will face almost twice as much extreme fire weather in Europe that great grandparents
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Witness Radio @witnessradio.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Today, 21 September, Witness Radio joins communities and movements worldwide to mark the International Day of Struggle Against Monoculture Tree Plantations, recognizing communities defending their land, livelihoods, forests and territories from industrial tree plantations.
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Bruce Little @brucedlittle.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
The atmosphere just hit a new water-vapour record: 27.35 kg of water vapour per m2 in August 2026, ~20 trillion litres more water than the previous record. Warmer air holds ~7% more moisture per °C. More water vapour means more energy to fuel extreme weather.
theguardian.com
El Niño and global heating pushes water vapour in Earth’s atmosphere to record levels in August
Global heating contributes to record, with a warmer atmosphere able to hold more water, scientists say
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Union of Concerned Scientists @ucs.org · 19/09/2026
Join us for conversation on Big Oil’s efforts to avoid climate accountability and how communities are fighting to protect their right to seek justice. Learn more: act.ucs.org/4gZ2Zqh
Join us for conversation on Big Oil’s efforts to avoid climate accountability and how communities are fighting to protect their right to seek justice. Learn more & register:
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ShellsLies @shellslies.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
European Union Healthy Air Coalition EUHAC & 30+ health organisations calls on EU to immediately transition from #FossilFuels: “Climate change & air pollution are the greatest environmental threats to health in Europe & burning fossil fuels is a major driver of both” eandt.theiet.org/2026/09/07/g...
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Covering Climate Now @coveringclimatenow.org · 16/09/2026
Join CCNow for a live, in-person conversation about how journalism is an effective climate solution on Monday, September 21, at 3pm ET, at the Narrative Change Summit during #ClimateWeekNYC, hosted by Climate Film Festival. Details: luma.com/dz8z0es4
Journalism is an effective climate solution panel
Monday, September 21, at 3pm ET, at the Narrative Change Summit 
SVA Theatre, NYC Climate Week
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Simon Lee @simonleewx.com · 19/09/2026
BBC News with yet another bizarrely weak way of saying “Climate change is driven predominantly by burning fossil fuels and will continue until net zero emissions are reached.” www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
“Recent climate data combined with record heatwaves have given weight to the argument against further exploitation of fossil fuels.”
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Guy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
BREAKING; The UK has lost confidence in Jim Ratcliffe. Actually, that happened when he scooted off to Monaco to avoid paying tax, tried to force fracking on Britain, and claimed the UK had been ‘colonised by migrants’. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Billionaire Manchester United owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe says he has lost confidence in UK
Ineos founder Sir Jim Ratcliffe tells the BBC he thinks the country is "on the slide" and calls for more investment in the North Sea.
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Guy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Ministers and unions seem to be finally getting to grips with the existential threat to our democracy from billionaire donors - but whilst tighter residency rules & *spending* limits are good (& may nix the £72m), why can’t we just have a donations cap?! www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Amendment to bill in Lords could test legality of £72m Reform donations
Plans to strengthen legislation already going through parliament might mean donors having to meet stricter UK residence requirements
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YouGov @yougov.co.uk · 14/09/2026
69% of Britons now have an unfavourable opinion of Nigel Farage (9-10 Sep 2026), the highest recorded by our tracker in the decade it has run Favourable: 24% (+1 from 13-14 Aug) Unfavourable: 69% (+2) Net: -45 (-1) yougov.com/en-gb/articl...
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
80% of Reform’s funding comes from two crypto billionaires. Reform has received £123.6m since 2019. £61m from Christopher Harborne living in Thailand, mentioned several times in Panama Papers. £44m from Ben Delo, recent returnee from Hong Kong, criminal conviction in the US.
democracyforsale.substack.com
BREAKING: 80% of Reform’s funding comes from two crypto billionaires
“If that isn't a massive corruption risk I don't know what is.”
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John Marsham @johnmarsham.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Why do BBC headlines always seem to be "What Reform says about what's happening", not "What is actually happening"?!
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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
I quite like the Belgian approach to capping political donations
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 12/09/2026
🇸🇪 Hjort added: “We need to step up our game. We need to find better ways of safeguarding our democracies." "We need to work together with European country counterparts, and we need to find a way of much more effectively having a good dialogue with the platforms.”
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Putin’s bot army is targeting German and French elections, Sweden warns
The country’s Psychological Defence Agency chief told POLITICO that platforms like X, TikTok and Facebook need to do mor
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Richard Corbett CBE @richardcorbett.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Across Europe, far right political parties are getting money and help from: - crypto and tech billionaires - MAGA - the US ultra Christian right - Putin’s Russia We need to defend democracy with robust funding rules and digital safeguards
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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
The UK now needs to introduce political spending limits across a parliament, not just for election campaign years. Otherwise, its election spending rules could fall over. Current rules: parties have a limit (about £34m) for 12 months before an election - but no limits outside the 12 month period.
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John Harris @johnharris1969.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
I wrote about Ben Delo back in July... was obvious something like this was about to happen. Also, further evidence that Starmer was completely asleep. Donations reform should have been a priority as soon as Labour got in www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Professor Christopher Painter @prfchrispainter.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Democracy for sale! Burnham urgently has to get his act together on capping political donations. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Christopher Harborne matches £36m Reform donation of Ben Delo
Party leader, Nigel Farage, ‘humbled’ by contributions from billionaires as Harborne addresses ‘media speculation’
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Witness Radio @witnessradio.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
🌍 Did you know? Climate change could reduce Uganda’s economic growth by up to 3.1% by 2050, potentially pushing more than 613,000 people into poverty. Get more insights on climate change and a just energy transition: witnessradio.org
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
A reminder that Delo previously pled guilty in the US to violating money laundering protections and agreed to pay a $10 million fine for "willfully” breaking the law with his BitMex platform, which was described as "in effect a money laundering platform.” This is who owns Farage now
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Reform has now taken tens of millions of pounds from crypto billionaires at exactly the same time as promising to legislate to slash taxes on crypto sales in half, potentially saving them hundreds of millions
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Sue Wilson MBE @suewilson91.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
These obscene donations - funding a party of bigots determined to divide & conquer our politics - have to stop. When will government act to make this illegal?
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Richard Corbett CBE @richardcorbett.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Elections could once be won by having good policies and campaigning for them on the doorstep and in debates. Now they are more likely to be won by whoever has the most money to spread lies & misinformation www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Ben Delo: Reform receives record £36m donation from cryptocurrency billionaire
Ben Delo's donation, the biggest single sum ever given to a political party in the UK, comes amid scrutiny of Reform's finances.
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Luke Turner @luketurner.com · 12/09/2026
As Ben Delo's record £36m Reform donation is headline news, I can't emphasise enough that the media ought to be reporting on Delo's heinous funding of antisemitic conspiracy theorists in the High Court – anonymous contributors to the horrifying neo-Nazi account shown below. bsky.app/profile/luke...
A sample of neo-Nazi posts by the @ParallaxOptics account, displaying grotesque antisemitic caricatures and violent Jew hate.The @ParallaxOptics account's banner image depicting Adolf Hitler.Post by @ParallaxOptics of an article anonymously written by Nina Power and Daniel Miller: ON CULTS II "If we're proposing the the Left is a cult, the first question is what do cults want in general?"
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