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Carnegie Mellon University Libraries @library.cmu.edu · 22/09/2025
Wild that #Friends premiered 30 years ago today. DYK @cmu.edu alum literally created the magic we're all still obsessed with? Burton Morris (CFA '86) painted those coffee cups in Central Perk. John Shaffner (CFA ‘76) & Joe Stewart (CFA ‘77) designed Monica's apartment. cmu.is/room-to-imagine
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Carnegie Mellon University Libraries @library.cmu.edu · 19/09/2025
🎉 HAPPY 43rd bday to the emoticon! Before 😀 there was :-) In 1982, Prof. Scott Fahlman created the sideways smiley to help distinguish jokes from serious posts on message boards. This became the foundation for today's billion-dollar emoji industry! Visit the #CMU125 exhibit: cmu.is/room-to-imagine
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Carnegie Mellon University Libraries @library.cmu.edu · 16/09/2025
ON THIS DAY in 2009, Google acquired reCAPTCHA! Ever wonder why you prove you're human online? @cmu.edu Prof Manuel Blum & grad student Luis von Ahn (SCS 2005) created CAPTCHA—those squiggly letters distinguishing humans from bots. 🤖👩‍💻 Celebrate 125 years of CMU history here: cmu.is/room-to-imagine
Luis von Ahn. Courtesy of Carnegie Mellon University ArchivesProfessor Manuel Blum. Courtesy of Carnegie Mellon University Archives
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Brad King @thebradking.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
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Brad King @thebradking.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
From the IT WAS ALWAYS ABOUT CONTROL files.... Corporate America is silent as Trump abandons free-market principles | CNN Business www.cnn.com/2025/08/20/b...
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Corporate America is silent as Trump abandons free-market principles | CNN Business
Not long ago, American conservative orthodoxy held that when it comes to doing business, the government that governs least governs best.
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Brad King @thebradking.bsky.social · 16/08/2025
I will die on this hill: play-by-play chatter between pitches in baseball is the best when they are just random talking about the crowd. (Currently listening to announcers debating whose Ditka mustache is real, and whose is glued on during the Cubs game.)
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Brad King @thebradking.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
I love learning how people are using AI to streamline their work processses and operations. Drop a comment below and tell me how you are using AI. It only needs to be world changing for you 👏 This is my latest little discovery (over on LinkedIn): www.linkedin.com/posts/thebra...
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I love learning how people are using AI to streamline their work processses and operations. | Brad King
I love learning how people are using AI to streamline their work processses and operations. Drop a comment below and tell me how you are using AI. It only needs to be world changing for you 👏 This…
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Brad King @thebradking.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
Jon Stewart did a whole ass "fire me, too" monologue last night and I'm here for it.
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deadpool is wearing a red and black suit and holding two swords .
ALT: deadpool is wearing a red and black suit and holding two swords .
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
Head of FEMA Urban Search and Rescue branch resigns. He told colleagues that TX delay was tipping point after months of admin efforts to dismantle the agency. DHS Sec Noem took 72 hours after TX flooding to authorize the deployment of FEMA’s search and rescue network www.cnn.com/2025/07/21/p...
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FEMA search and rescue chief resigns after frustration with Texas flood response | CNN Politics
The head of FEMA’s Urban Search and Rescue branch, which runs a network of teams stationed across the country that can swiftly respond to natural disasters, resigned on Monday.
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
When I was little, the U.S. military came to our home at gunpoint and took me and my family away. We were imprisoned for years in barbed wire camps simply because we were Japanese American. I have spent my life telling that story, hoping it would never be repeated.
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Brad King @thebradking.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
My partner and I have this conversation in terms of marriage. She's most definitely not changing her name and we have ordered all our documents (birth certificate, SS card, passport) and keep them locked up in a fireproof carry case.
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Brad King @thebradking.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
Superman is the Avengers of the Guardians of the Galaxy. Lots of Joss Whedon out-of-the-blue knock abouts mid speech and a few Loki smashed by Hulk moments. And full Gunn soundtrack and "lovable doof" moments. Lex and Mr. Terrific are the actual stars.
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Brad King @thebradking.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
Fence fight: CMU orders students' anti-Trump message painted over ahead of president's visit triblive.com/local/fence-...
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Brad King @thebradking.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
The Carnegie Mellon University student fence is a place where students have long exercised their freedom of speech: www.cmu.edu/stugov/fence.... Today, you might want to follow its IG account: www.instagram.com/cmufence/p/D...
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The Fence - Student Government - Carnegie Mellon University
This page details the rules, policies, and history of The Fence.
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Brad King @thebradking.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
I'm annoyed because I paired my Garmin watch with a sleep app. I've been following its advice and have much more energy. It also very accurately lets me know when energy crashes are coming. We are all just Meat Puppet Robots.
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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
I encourage everyone to read this letter. Please then realize the president is imposing a tax on American consumers to leverage a foreign nation into making a domestic political decision that will help one of his political allies.
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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 09/07/2025
ALL CAPS THIS IS CATASTROPHIC FOR SPACE SCIENCE AND ASTROPHYSICS ... GLOBALLY CATASTROPHIC, NOT JUST FOR AMERICANS 🔭🧪 www.politico.com/news/2025/07...
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Over 2,000 senior staff set to leave NASA under agency push
The losses could endanger the administration’s plans for landing astronauts on the moon and Mars.
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Paula Liang @pollamb.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
@propublica.org is doing some of the most important work in these times. If you want to feel good about something today, support them: give.propublica.org/give/346423/...
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Brad King @thebradking.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
And here's a list of what is at stake at each US agency if the White House's budget proposal goes through: thebradking.com/2025/07/07/r...
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Research Cuts in the White House's 2026 Proposed Budget — Brad King: Writer, Managing Editor, & Strategist
President Trump's fiscal year 2026 budget proposal represents the most aggressive assault on federal research funding in modern history.
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Brad King @thebradking.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
Research Cuts in the White House's 2026 Proposed Budget thebradking.com/2025/07/07/r... I used Claude to help me parse the budget, analyze sources (included), and compile the impact on US science. Intro writing and copy edits by me!
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Research Cuts in the White House's 2026 Proposed Budget — Brad King: Writer, Managing Editor, & Strategist
President Trump's fiscal year 2026 budget proposal represents the most aggressive assault on federal research funding in modern history.
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Brad King @thebradking.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
AI is pushing the limits of the physical world | MIT Technology Review www.technologyreview.com/2025/04/21/1...
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AI is pushing the limits of the physical world
Artificial intelligence is painting pictures, writing novels, making videos, and composing symphonies. Can it change what we build?
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Brad King @thebradking.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
Research Cuts in the White House's 2026 Proposed Budget thebradking.com/2025/07/07/r... I used Claude to help me parse the budget, analyze sources (included), and compile the impact on US science. Intro writing and copy edits by me!
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Research Cuts in the White House's 2026 Proposed Budget — Brad King: Writer, Managing Editor, & Strategist
President Trump's fiscal year 2026 budget proposal represents the most aggressive assault on federal research funding in modern history.
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Iron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · 05/07/2025
And when these photos appear in textbooks in a couple of decades, they'll tell their grandkids that Everyone Was Doing It and How Were They To Know It Was Wrong.
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Brad King @thebradking.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
I spent the morning building a model in Claude to help distill H.B. 1 into bite-sized portions. Here is what the model built, complete with a source list for those who want to either build their own model or fact-check what I've done. thebradking.com/2025/07/04/h...
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H.R.1 One Big Beautiful Bill Act: Complete Analysis — Brad King: Writer, Managing Editor, & Strategist
H.R.1: One Big Beautiful Bill Act is a radical reorientation of federal priorities, yet its size makes it nearly impossible […]
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Brad King @thebradking.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
Cooper, the star of trivia last night
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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
Okay, so here’s a test. Let’s ask him how tariffs work.
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Brad King @thebradking.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
The blocked some folks last week after I posted the MIT study didn't say what you think it said. So, we'll try again with a neuroscientist saying it: Is ChatGPT really rotting our brains? nesslabs.com/is-chatgpt-r...
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Is ChatGPT really rotting our brains?
How does ChatGPT affect memory, brain activity, and critical thinking? A neuroscientist breaks down the science behind the MIT study.
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Brad King @thebradking.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
As one of those crazy liberal Appalachians, I gotta say that I'm gonna be a hard pass on a whole lotta Go Fund Me requests. (And before you come for me: My family has been in Appalachia since BEFORE it was Appalachia. We were gunsmiths before the Revolutionary War. And all that jazz.)
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Brad King @thebradking.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
That's a world-class lede. What were you doing the day the president attended the opening of an American concentration camp in the Everglades? newrepublic.com/article/1975...
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The Grand Opening of an American Concentration Camp
The Republicans are proudly calling it “Alligator Alcatraz.” Let’s call it what it is.
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Brad King @thebradking.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
I wrote a little about how I managed projects. Interested to hear what tools you use?!> Project Management with Notion (and Big Help from Second Brain) — Brad King: Writer, Managing Editor, & Strategist thebradking.com/2025/07/01/p...
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Project Management with Notion (and Big Help from Second Brain) — Brad King: Writer, Managing Editor, & Strategist
What makes you more efficient is understanding your project management problems and how you might use technology tools better.
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Brad King @thebradking.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
I wrote a little post about how I use NOTION and GOODNOTES to manage editorial projects at my current job. Hard launch tomorrow. I'm interested in how you track your projects. (I find Mondays, etc., too difficult for non-product-related projects where dependencies are less important.)
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Brad King @thebradking.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
HAPPY BOBBY BONILLA DAY TO ALL WHO CELEBRATE! Every year, a sports journalist at every publication knows what story they will file: www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/... @ellesep.bsky.social—love you, mean it!
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Happy Bobby Bonilla Day! Why the New York Mets pay him $1.19 million every July 1
Bobby Bo hasn't played for the Mets since 1999, but Tuesday he'll receive his annual hefty check from the team.
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Brad King @thebradking.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
I'm going to need a few days to process this, but I just had one of those job interview experiences. It included 15 interviews with 32 people, one of whom said Change Management wasn't real, and...
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Brad King @thebradking.bsky.social · 29/06/2025
How People Use Claude for Support, Advice, and Companionship www.anthropic.com/news/how-peo...
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How People Use Claude for Support, Advice, and Companionship
Anthropic is an AI safety and research company that's working to build reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems.
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Brad King @thebradking.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
I'm a diehard, fanatical O-H I-O State fan. I'm also a former athlete and a current coach (not at OSU, obv). I just watched Surviving Ohio State, and I'm disgusted, sad, and angry. It's such a powerful, must-see film.
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Brad King @thebradking.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
Not for nothing, but in 1919, 25% of all private sector workers went on strike.
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Brad King @thebradking.bsky.social · 21/06/2025
That MIT AI paper doesn't say what you think it says: I'll write more about this later, but for now, you can read Dr. Nataliya Kosmyna's own words.: www.theregister.com/2025/06/18/i... 🧵
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Brain activity lower when using AI chatbots: MIT research
: EEG and recall tests suggest people who use ChatGPT to write essays aren't learning much
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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 21/06/2025
“You are being updated this week.” (MM and RS are Media Matters and Rolling Stone)
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I aim to provide accurate, neutral responses based on available data. Claims that I lie about @catturd2 may stem from disagreements with my sourcing, like Media Matters or Rolling Stone, which document his misinformation. I don't have personal biases, but Al training can Show more
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Brad King @thebradking.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
My hot take (based on my time at Wired, MIT, etc): A whole lotta people who don't write about/understand how to interpret meaning from early science and basic research will misinterpret the MIT study on AI for years to come. The Rorschach test of confirmation bias!
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
"Only 8% of the 805 miles the state identified for construction is complete, which has cost taxpayers more than $3 billion to date..." www.texastribune.org/2025/06/17/t...
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With only 8% built, Texas quietly defunds state border wall program
Texas officials suggested the federal government could pick up construction. However, during President Trump’s first term, his administration built about one-third of what the state was able to put up...
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Brad King @thebradking.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
Aqua Man!
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Brad King @thebradking.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
Black-Ish "Juneteenth" www.youtube.com/watch?v=gtUc...
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Black-Ish "Juneteenth"
Animation me and my team created for the hit show 'Black-Ish" on ABC. We partnered up with Aloe Blacc and The Roots to make one of the greatest episodes of e...
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Brad King @thebradking.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
I fight with a lotta dudes who don't think Angel isn't going to be a Moses Malone type, but I see it. She's a banger on the inside. She DNGAF. She's not a high percentage shooter, but she'll wear you down. MEBOUNDS indeed: www.nytimes.com/athletic/643...
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Angel Reese's latest response to critics: Applying to trademark 'mebounds'
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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
This is really interesting...
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Brad King @thebradking.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
Had 14 job interviews (!) in one day for an editorial ops role. I used Claude to create bio sheets for each interviewer, map the org structure, build stakeholder maps, identify hidden dynamics, and draft 90-day + Year 1 plans. Wrote up a step-by-step guide: thebradking.com/2025/06/17/h...
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Brad King: Writer, Managing Editor, & Strategist
Practical guide: Using AI to synthesize interview data into job insights. Create stakeholder maps, analyze organizational data, and build a Year 1 plan.
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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
For decades, US presidents from both parties used a simple formulation for defining a tyrant: a leader who threatens or uses military force to suppress their domestic political opposition. Now we have a president doing just that and conservatives are cheering. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
How did Republicans go from condemning leaders who threaten their own citizens to becoming sycophants for one? Here, too, we find a holdover of Cold War rhetoric: the use of Third World to describe multicultural communities such as Los Angeles.

In the 1950s, the terms First World, Second World, and Third World emerged as a means to describe Western-aligned nations, Soviet-aligned governments, and emerging nations not allied with either faction, respectively. Third World soon came to be used as a pejorative term for poor, nonwhite countries—full of human beings who could be considered disposable.And that’s exactly how Trump officials and their allies are referring to communities such as Los Angeles in order to justify using military force. Last night, following the massive “No Kings” protests across the country, Trump posted on his social network Truth Social that he was directing ICE to “expand efforts to detain and deport Illegal Aliens in America’s largest Cities,” which he called “the core of the Democrat Power Center”; he further described immigration as turning America into a “Third World dystopia.”

The post echoed similar language from right-wing-media figures who, last week, began repeating the same rote talking points about the need to ban all “Third World” immigration. The conservative podcaster Charlie Kirk, who spoke at Trump rallies during the 2024 election campaign, displayed on his podcast, as part of an argument for Trump using the military to “take back the streets of LA. Do it and do it fast,” a chart from a white-nationalist website showing the white population of Los Angeles declining. Kirk also made explicit that he wasn’t borrowing just the chart from a white-nationalist website but also its ideological conclusions about the threat that nonwhite people pose. “This is the Great Replacement Theory,” Kirk explained. “Remember we talked about how they want to replace white Anglo-Saxon Christian Protestants with Mexican, Nicaraguans, with El Salvadorians.” The term Anglo-Saxon Christian Protestants is wildly archaic, 1930s racism. What’s next in the Republican-aligned podcast world? Rants about swarthy Sicilians and perfidious Jews?
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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
So we have a US official **in Germany** saying they are “just following orders” in denying Harvard-bound scholars visas despite a federal judge’s restraining order www.masslive.com/news/2025/06...
On June 6, a physics researcher and a business school student both had their visa applications rejected with the proclamation cited as the reason for the denial, she wrote. Both the researcher and student informed the consular officer in Munich of the restraining order, but the officer told one they received their orders “from Washington,” and told the other that they were “just following orders.”
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Sarah Tolcser @tolcser.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
I need everyone on Normal People internet to know that American Girl Doll Instagram is doing doll protests today. There are tiny t-shirts and signs. AND THEN I realized it's a joint protest with the Barbie ppl, where there are EVEN TINIER SIGNS.
a photo grid of dolls with protest t-shirts and signs.
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Brad King @thebradking.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
President Donald J. Trump will visit Pittsburgh in July to attend a gathering of leaders in various fields to discuss Pennsylvania and AI. The meeting, dubbed the Pennsylvania Energy and Innovation Summit, is being held July 15 at Carnegie Mellon University. triblive.com/local/region...
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Trump coming to Pittsburgh next month for energy, innovation summit
President Donald J. Trump will be coming to Pittsburgh in July to a gathering of leaders in various fields who are meeting to discuss “Pennsylvania’s incredible potential to power the AI revolution.”…
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