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Thole Hoppen

@tholehoppen.bsky.social
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Licensed psychotherapist and postdoc @University of Münster (Germany) with an interest in pathological responses to trauma, treatment of trauma-related mental disorders, and comparative thinking (e.g., social comparison) in psychopathology.

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Ad de Jongh @adjongh.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Reassuring evidence: trauma-focused therapy for young people with PTSD appears very safe. There is no evidence that direct trauma processing causes harm. acamh.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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<em>Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry</em> | ACAMH Pediatric Journal | Wiley Online Library
Background Negative outcomes of psychological treatments for pediatric posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) have been underresearched. Although reporting has increased over the years, a comprehensiv.....
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Thole Hoppen @tholehoppen.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
🧵 1/7 Are psychological treatments for children and adolescents with PTSD safe? We just published a new systematic review and meta-analysis looking specifically at this question. We brought together evidence from 72 randomized controlled trials involving 5,677 young people. Here’s what we found👇
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Nature Portfolio @natureportfolio.nature.com · 27/04/2026
A scientific consensus about what the term ‘trauma’ means has so far proven elusive. A Review in Nature Reviews Psychology advances a common understanding of the emotional, contextual and cognitive aspects of psychological trauma. go.nature.com/3Q86EqM 🧪
This is figure 2, which shows examples of how active inference can be applied to understand post-traumatic stress disorder.
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Thole Hoppen @tholehoppen.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
New meta-analysis of our team (@University of Münster, Germany) published in @Journal of Environmental Psychology. Check it out. 📜👀
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Marcella Woud @marcellawoud.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
In meinem Team an der Universität Göttingen ist eine PhD Stelle (3 Jahre, 75%) ausgeschrieben – bitte gerne teilen bzw. bei Fragen melden! www.uni-goettingen.de/de/644546.ht...
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Stellenanzeigen - Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
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Thole Hoppen @tholehoppen.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
I'm happy to share that I started a new position as Acting Chair of the Department for Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy @uni-goettingen.de. Exciting times. I'm very grateful to be welcomed by a great team. Special thanks to @marcellawoud.bsky.social, @Andre Pittig, & @lisaleehr.bsky.social ☺️🙏
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Stephanie Haering @shaering.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
🚨Our new systematic review identifies diversity data gaps in PTSD research. 🔹 Middle-aged, well-educated, and non-marginalized groups were overrepresented. - Although marginalized groups and those with lower SES are at increased risk for PTSD. tinyurl.com/4vrey5mv
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Moving beyond gender: a systematic review of diversity data gaps in prospective trauma research
Background: To better understand heterogeneity in PTSD development and to ensure that knowledge of risk and intervention mechanisms is available for a diverse group of trauma exposed individuals, p...
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Thole Hoppen @tholehoppen.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
🎉Excited to share that our new meta-analysis has just been published in The British Journal of Psychiatry! Exploring how effectively psychological interventions for adult PTSD alleviate comorbid depression—the first comprehensive meta-analysis on this matter convering all psychological interv. 1/5
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Efficacy of psychological interventions for adult PTSD in reducing comorbid depression: systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials | The British Journal of Psychiatry | Cambri...
Efficacy of psychological interventions for adult PTSD in reducing comorbid depression: systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials
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Quantitude the Podcast @quantitude.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
For those interested, here is a link to a new power paper: Hancock, G. R., & Feng, Y. (2026). nmax and the quest to restore caution, integrity, and practicality to the sample size planning process. Psychological Methods. yifengquant.github.io/Publications...
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Thomas Meyer @thmeyer.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
🚨New Preprint! Training spatial memory for traumatic scenes in #VR reduces intrusive memories. ~10 years in the making, with many great collaborators across 🇳🇱 🇬🇧 🇩🇪, including C.Brewin, J.King, P.Dibbets, @neilburgess10.bsky.social, @nexh-morina.bsky.social 👉 doi.org/10.31219/osf... #PsychSciSky
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Toshi Furukawa @toshi-frkw.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
Published today in Nature Medicine. In one of the world’s largest RCTs of its kind (n=3,936), a smartphone app teaching 5 key cognitive-behavioral therapy skills improved subthreshold depression—and the effects lasted 6 months. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Cognitive behavioral therapy skills via a smartphone app for subthreshold depression among adults in the community: the RESiLIENT randomized controlled trial - Nature Medicine
A trial that used a master randomized design found that the skills commonly found in smartphone-based cognitive behavioral therapy, when tested alone or in combination with behavioral activation, were...
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Thole Hoppen @tholehoppen.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
We (@nexh-morina.bsky.social @riekemcuno.bsky.social, myself, & co-authors) are pleased to share this press release of our University (Münster) about our article just published in Nature Human Behaviour☺️: www.uni-muenster.de/news/view.ph... Original publication📝: www.uni-muenster.de/news/view.ph...
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Comparison with neighbors can increase climate-friendly behavior
Social comparisons have proven effective in changing one’s behaviour, also with regard to adopting a more environmentally conscious lifestyle. This is one of the key findings of an international meta-...
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Thole Hoppen @tholehoppen.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
Wir (@nexh-morina.bsky.social, @riekemcuno.bsky.social, meine Wenigkeit und Ko-Autor:innen) freuen uns diese Pressemitteilung zu unserem frisch in Nature Human Behaviour publizierten Artikel teilen zu dürfen☺️: www.uni-muenster.de/news/view.ph... Originalveröffentlichung📝: doi.org/10.1038/s415...
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Vergleich mit Nachbarn kann klimafreundliches Verhalten steigern
Soziale Vergleiche sind ein wirksames Mittel, um das Verhalten zu ändern – auch im Hinblick auf einen nachhaltigeren Lebensstil. Zu diesem zentralen Ergebnis kommt eine internationale Studie eines For...
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Pim Cuijpers @pimcuijpers.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
No innovation in the treatment of depression will be a ’silver bullet’ that will dramatically change the outcomes. Only together can innovations really improve outcomes. Read our new paper in the Br J Psychiatry. With @mathiasharrer.bsky.social and @toshi-frkw.bsky.social doi.org/10.1192/bjp....
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Assessing the strength of innovations in the treatment of depression | The British Journal of Psychiatry | Cambridge Core
Assessing the strength of innovations in the treatment of depression
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A/Prof Carly Johnco @carlyjohnco.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
What’s the most effective way to deliver exposure therapy for anxiety? We tested: 🔹 Behavioural experiments (BE) 🔹 Cognitive restructuring before exposure 🔹 Habituation-based approaches BE had the best outcomes. 🧠 How do you implement exposure? 🔗 bit.ly/3YTlR0n #mentalhealth #ClinPsy
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Nature Human Behaviour @nathumbehav.nature.com · 19/05/2025
This meta-analysis of 79 RCTs found that social comparison is an effective behaviour change technique for pro-environmental-, health-, performance-, and service-related behaviours. @tholehoppen.bsky.social @riekemcuno.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials examining social comparison as a behaviour change technique across the behavioural sciences - Nature Human Behaviour
Social comparison is frequently used as a behaviour change technique. This meta-analysis of 79 randomized controlled trials found a significant effect of social comparison as a behaviour change techni...
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Thole Hoppen @tholehoppen.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
📢 New Research Alert! 🚨 Our meta-analysis - just published in @nathumbehav.nature.com reveals that social comparison as a behavioural change technique (SC-BCTs) can effectively change behaviour #BehaviourChange #SocialComparison #MetaAnalysis #Research Article: www.nature.com/articles/s41... 1/X
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Deutscher Psychotherapie Kongress @dpk-kongress.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
🧠𝗠𝗲𝗲𝘁: 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗳. 𝗗𝗿. 𝗔𝗹𝗲𝗸𝘀𝗮 𝗞𝗮𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗻 @aleksakaurin.bsky.social ist Professorin für Klinische Kinder- und Jugendpsychologie und Psychotherapie und leitet die psychotherapeutische Hochschulambulanz für Kinder und Jugendliche an der @uni-wuppertal.bsky.social
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Katharina Nocun @kattascha.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
Da gerade viele erschrocken in Richtung USA blicken: Was glaubt ihr denn was eine AfD-Regierung mit all den Stolpersteinen & Gedenkstätten machen würde? Meint ihr ernsthaft, Schulklassen fahren dann noch nach Auschwitz? Ich sage nur „Fliegenschiss“ & „Mahnmal der Schande“. Was erwartet ihr denn?
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Tim Kaiser @tkaiser.science · 07/03/2025
"This trial suggests compelling evidence for task-sharing and telemedicine to improve access to psychotherapies for perinatal depressive and anxiety symptoms."
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Tim Kaiser @tkaiser.science · 01/03/2025
A new study looks at the impact of reviewing psychometric feedback reports before a therapy session on therapeutic outcomes. Some encouraging findings: - If therapists look at feedback reports before sessions, these sessions lead to stronger improvements,
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Praxis schafft Wissen, Wissen-schafft Praxis @psw-nds.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
Das ist unser Team. Interesse mehr über uns zu erfahren?😊 praxisschafftwissen.wixsite.com/nids/%C3%BCb...
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Mikey Biddlestone @mikeybiddlestone.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
Our meta-analysis "Reasons to believe: A systematic review and meta-analytic synthesis of the motives associated with conspiracy beliefs" is now published at Psychological Bulletin! Please refer to this thread, ResearchGate, and PsyArXiv for details! psycnet.apa.org/record/2025-...
Landing page for our article "Reasons to believe: A systematic review and meta-analytic synthesis of the motives associated with conspiracy beliefs"
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Thole Hoppen @tholehoppen.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
Liebe Promovend*innen im Bereich Klinische Psychologie und Psychotherapie, call for nomination😊: Fühlt ihr euch hervorragend betreut? Nominiert eure Doktormutter/euren Doktorvater als beste Promotionsbetreuerin / besten Promotionsbetreuer (Umfrage läuft bis 03. März): ww2.unipark.de/uc/betreuerp...
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Erik Flügge @erikfluegge.de · 29/01/2025
Es reicht eine einzige, simple Logikfrage. Wenn der Vorschlag der CDU geeignet sein soll, die extreme Rechte einzudämmen, warum stimmt die extreme Rechte dann zu und klatscht begeistert?
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Julia Asbrand @juliaasbrand.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
Wie cool ist das - wissenschaftliche und klinische Überlegungen zu Klima, Krieg und Krisen in der Entwicklung von Kindern und das großteils frei zugänglich! econtent.hogrefe.com/toc/kie/curr... Danke an ALLE, u.a. @dirkholzinger.bsky.social, @alzietlow.bsky.social, @evalottabrakemeier.bsky.social
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Kindheit und Entwicklung: Vol 33, No 4
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Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience @kingsioppn.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
King's College London launches the Atlas of Longitudinal Datasets, in partnership with @wellcometrust.bsky.social / @mqmentalhealth.bsky.social, a free platform with over 1,600 datasets, to support mental health research worldwide. 🌍 Read more and learn how to access: www.kcl.ac.uk/news/kings-l...
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King's launches the Atlas of Longitudinal Datasets to support mental health research
Researchers at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience (IoPPN) at King’s College London have launched a new free platform to allow people to discover hundreds of longitudinal mental hea...
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Tim Kaiser @tkaiser.science · 22/01/2025
RCT im deutschen Versorgungssystem: App-basierte, selbstgeleitete Exposition (inkl. zwei Video-Sitzungen) bei Panikstörung effektiver als die Regelversorgung.
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App-basierte Psychotherapie der Panikstörung mit selbstgesteuerter Exposition in virtueller Realität
Eine Panikst�rung ist durch wiederkehrende und unvorhersehbare Panikattacken und die st�ndige Angst vor weiteren Panikattacken gekennzeichnet. Die 12-Monats-Pr�valenz liegt in der Allgemeinbev�lkerung...
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Sherry Pagoto, PhD @drsherrypagoto.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
The empty nest effect? JAMA study: The % of adults 50+ who feel lonely, by year. The pandemic certainly made matters worse, but it was bad to begin with and remains that way. 2018: 34% 2020: 41% 2021: 37% 2022: 42% 2023: 37% 2024: 33% jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
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Loneliness and Social Isolation Among US Older Adults
This study characterizes loneliness and social isolation among population-based samples of community-dwelling US adults aged 50 to 80 years.
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Amrei Bahr @amreibahr.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
Hallo dt. Wissenschaft: wer jetzt noch auf X postet — vor anstehender Bundestagswahl —, kann nicht mehr behaupten, von der politischen Tragweite fortgesetzter X-Nutzung nichts gewusst zu haben. Musk ist bekennender Demokratiefeind. Wenn Euch an unserer Demokratie noch irgendwas liegt: raus aus X!
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Thole Hoppen @tholehoppen.bsky.social · 16/12/2024
Blog alert: We (Dr. Julian Mutz, Prof. N Morina and I) wrote a blog post on our new network meta-analysis on psychological interventions for pediatric PTSD published this month in JAMA Psych (see link to paper in comment below) feat Dr. Richardson on best practice @NHS www.kcl.ac.uk/treating-chi...
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Treating child and adolescent PTSD – from research to the clinic
Trauma-focused cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) is an effective treatment for children and adolescents with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). In this blog, Dr Julian Mutz from the Social,…
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tCBT & BCP @babcpjournals.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
BCP Tributes to a legend in the field Post ‘retirement’: in memory of William ‘Bill’ Yule (1940–2023) www.cambridge.org/core/service...
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Joar Øveraas Halvorsen @joarhalvorsen.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
Although psychotherapy use was highest among adults with serious distress between 2018 and 2021 in the US, the largest increase in psychotherapy use has been among socioeconomically advantaged adults with mild or moderate distress. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
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Trends in Outpatient Psychotherapy Among Adults in the US
This cross-sectional study investigates trends in outpatient psychotherapy use among US adults from 2018 to 2021.
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Thole Hoppen @tholehoppen.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
Our new network meta-analysis on psychological interventions for child and adolescent PTSD has been published yesterday (online first) in JAMA Psychiatry. 🧒🚸 We summarized data of 70 RCTs.🔬 Feel free to ask any questions! Please find the article here: jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
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Psychological Interventions for Pediatric PTSD
This systematic review and network meta-analysis evaluates psychiatric interventions in pediatric posttraumatic stress disorder.
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Thole Hoppen @tholehoppen.bsky.social · 12/01/2024
Bad news often get too much attention. I'm glad to share good news. Our new meta-analysis published in Lancet Psychiatry today (link below) reports on findings in the field of psychotherapy for PTSD shedding light on the question whether efficacy differs for PTSD after single vs multiple trauma. 1/8
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Thole Hoppen @tholehoppen.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
Statistics lesson 1a: "How to interpret a non-significant P-value" or "Can we proof H0 correct with frequentist statistics?" Get your basics right.🧱
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Thole Hoppen @tholehoppen.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
I've waited for way too long, but I finally deactivated ⚰️my X account yesterday in the aftermath of X loosing it's neutrality/independence. Neutrality is ofc crucially important for a science communication platform. So: Bluesky, here we go! Let's do this! 🧪🗣️
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Tobias Kube @tobikube.bsky.social · 15/01/2024
Happy to see this paper by the brilliant Felix Würtz out in Cognitive Therapy and Research! link.springer.com/article/10.1.... Great collaboration with @marcellawoud.bsky.social and @blackwellse.bsky.social.
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Reduced Belief Updating in the Context of Depressive Symptoms: An Investigation of the Associations ...
Background Depressive symptoms are associated with negative expectations and reduced belief updating by positive information. Cognitive immunization, the devaluation of positive information, has been ...
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Maike Luhmann 🇪🇺 @maikeluhmann.bsky.social · 13/01/2024
Die ZDF-Sendung Terra Xplore beschäftigt sich in mehreren Folgen mit #Einsamkeit bei jungen Leuten. Dazu wurden auch Studis der Ruhr-Uni Bochum auf der Uni-Brücke interviewt. Sonntag um 18.30 Uhr im ZDF oder in der Mediathek: www.zdf.de/dokumentatio...
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Hast du echte Freunde?
Das Gefühl der Einsamkeit frisst sich immer stärker in den Lebensalltag junger Menschen. Wieso trifft es dabei gerade die digital vernetzte Jugend .
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Thole Hoppen @tholehoppen.bsky.social · 13/01/2024
Einen herzlichen Dank an Anke Poppen und das ganze media team der Universität Münster für diese kurze, verständliche (ohne Fachjargon) Pressemitteilung zu den Ergebnissen unserer Metaanalyse zur PTBS Behandlung, die vorgestern in Lancet Psychiatry erschienen ist: www.uni-muenster.de/news/view.ph...
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Thole Hoppen @tholehoppen.bsky.social · 12/01/2024
A short press release (without the use of jargon) from our University's (University of Münster) media team on our new Lancet Psychiatry paper: uni-muenster.de/news/view.ph... Thank you to @Anke Poppen for managing this press release! Publication avail. here: authors.elsevier.com/a/1iPkU7tf1d...
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Psychotherapy effective in treating post-traumatic stress disorder following multiple traumatic even...
Psychotherapy is an effective treatment for adults with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) following exposure to multiple traumatic events. This is shown by a meta-study by a research group led by ...
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Thole Hoppen @tholehoppen.bsky.social · 12/01/2024
Bad news often get too much attention. I'm glad to share good news. Our new meta-analysis published in Lancet Psychiatry today (link below) reports on findings in the field of psychotherapy for PTSD shedding light on the question whether efficacy differs for PTSD after single vs multiple trauma. 1/8
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Thole Hoppen @tholehoppen.bsky.social · 20/12/2023
Thank you very much, @marcellawoud.bsky.social for an inspiring presentation and a fun evening! Hope to see you soon :)
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