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Tucker Legerski

@tuckerleg.bsky.social
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Writer, researcher, fact-checker, tech explorer, blogger on the human body; reproductive rights & healthcare advocate. Nerd at heart. Working on a book about crooked bones and diabetes. Always up for an adventure. More at www.tuckerlegerski.com

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Tucker Legerski @tuckerleg.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Yeah! This was a wonderful conversation! I really enjoyed diving into the logistics of Naomi's book and hearing more about the importance of and lives of obstetricians. A thrill ride of a read, too.
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Chicago Review of Books @chicagorevbooks.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Listen to the newest episode of Book Stuff with @tuckerleg.bsky.social, featuring Lucy Ives on the power of the writing prompt. Link below! chireviewofbooks.com/2026/09/08/b...
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Book Stuff: Lucy Ives on the power of the writing prompt - Chicago Review of Books
When I talk with writers, I’ve noticed a dislike of using writing prompts. I’ve heard people say that writing prompts are a crutch or a distraction from the serious business of sitting down to write. ...
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Chicago Review of Books @chicagorevbooks.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Check out the latest episode of Book Stuffs podcast hosted by @tuckerleg.bsky.social—this time he's talking about building a community for trans poets with @brooklynbaggett.bsky.social of @newwordspress.bsky.social! chireviewofbooks.com/2026/08/26/b...
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Book Stuff: Building a Community for Trans Poets with brooklyn baggett of new words {press} - Chicago Review of Books
There’s a saying that if you don’t see the thing you wish existed, you should make it yourself. In 2023, this is what brooklyn baggett did with creating new words {press}, a “trans and gender-expansiv...
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Tucker Legerski @tuckerleg.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Hear what Molly had to say about writing in second person and importance of writing about sexuality.
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Tucker Legerski @tuckerleg.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Spot on @defector.com @toley.bsky.social If The Podcaster Desires To Defeat The Aggregator, He Must Look Inward - defector.com/if-the-podca...
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If The Podcaster Desires To Defeat The Aggregator, He Must Look Inward | Defector
Listen to enough sports podcasts, and eventually you will hear someone spit the name of every podcaster’s greatest enemy: the aggregators. Oh, how the fellas who talk about sports into a mic for a liv...
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Chicago Review of Books @chicagorevbooks.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Check out the latest episode of Book Stuffs podcast hosted by @tuckerleg.bsky.social—this time he's talking about "Sex of the Midwest" by @robynryle.bsky.social! chireviewofbooks.com/2026/07/16/b...
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Book Stuff: Living With Post-Pandemic Loneliness with "Sex of the Midwest" Author Robyn Ryle - Chicago Review of Books
As we get farther from the global pandemic, I’ve wondered how art may look back at that moment. In an unexpected way, Robyn Ryle’s novel Sex of the Midwest, today’s featured guest on a new episode of ...
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Tucker Legerski @tuckerleg.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Loved this piece from 2024 @defector.com on the role of a critic and how at people's core, no matter your aesthetic education, you have good taste. “It Really Matters If Somebody Has Bad Taste”: An Interview With Book Critic Becca Rothfeld - defector.com/it-really-ma...
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"It Really Matters If Somebody Has Bad Taste": An Interview With Book Critic Becca Rothfeld | Defector
I first met Becca Rothfeld when I pitched her back at the end of 2020. She had just joined The Point Magazine as a contributing editor, but I reached out because I loved her essay “Same As It Ever Was...
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Tucker Legerski @tuckerleg.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
So happy to have this out the world! Thank @chicagorevbooks.bsky.social !
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Casey Newton @caseynewton.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
Imagine if instead of spending half his life giving interviews Mustafa Suleyman just went and quietly did this
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Tucker Legerski @tuckerleg.bsky.social · 09/11/2025
Great advice for those making social content: oldfashionednews.com/2025/11/09/i...
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Is your post sharable?
This is excellent advice I came across on a LinkedIn post from the wonderfully smart Rachel Karten. Her newsletter/website Link in the Bio partnered with Hootiesuite, a social media management soft…
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Casey Newton @caseynewton.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
Max Read is the latest Substacker to find that the company's newsletter growth engine appears to have stalled maxread.substack.com/p/four-years...
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Four years of Read Max on Substack
Our annual report
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Michael Schulman @michaelschulman.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
Bowen Yang on conversion therapy: “That’s scar tissue that will never totally go away...That was a moment of real danger for me, where this thing I love and cherish about myself—there was an effort to eradicate it.” www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
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Bowen Yang Is Sorry He’s Not Your Clown Today
The comedian’s trip to Oz, by way of conversion therapy and “S.N.L.”
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Tucker Legerski @tuckerleg.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
Wrote about the feeling of being unemployed for five months: oldfashionednews.com/2025/09/16/b...
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Julia Métraux @juliametraux.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
As I wrote about for @motherjones.com, people are already crossing state lines to get the Covid vaccine—which may become more common if the CDC vaccine advisory committee recommends limiting them this week. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Welcome to the new era of Covid vaccine tourism
Trump and RFK Jr.'s anti-vax crackdown is driving Americans across state lines—and making some pay out of pocket.
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Mina Kimes @minakimes.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
Tucker Kraft is such a throwback man I love him
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Casey Newton @caseynewton.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
NEW: Google tells me it will re-file a legal brief in which lawyers said "the open web is already in rapid decline" to clarify that they were only talking about open-web display advertising. (The open web is still in rapid decline, though.) www.platformer.news/google-open-...
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Google makes a gaffe
What the company's accidental legal filing and the Browser Company's acquisition tell us about the true future of the web
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Open Calls for Audio @audiocalls.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
Yellowknife 🇨🇦 Job Opportunity: Cabin Radio hiring a Podcast Producer & Field Reporter One-year contract, lots of travel. Must be a great interviewer, a good audio editor, ready to meet lots of people, and interested in justice in northern communities cabinradio.ca/jobs
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Tucker Legerski @tuckerleg.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
Who are the best journalists in and/or covering Wisconsin?
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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 02/09/2025
There's "a popular misconception that age-verification mandates are going to be the best way to rein in big tech and hold them accountable," EFF's Molly Buckley told @rollingstone.com - but these laws will just further line the biggest platforms' pockets. www.rollingstone.com/culture/cul...
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‘Anonymity Online Is Going to Die’: What Age-Verification Laws Could Look Like in the U.S.
As controversy around the U.K.’s Online Safety Act continues, experts warn about similar legislation thriving in the U.S.
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A New Social @anew.social · 02/09/2025
Today, we're launching $1 & $2 tiers on our Patreon so more of our community can support us! As a part of that, we also wanted to share where our funding is currently coming from and what community funding can help lead to for the future of Bridgy Fed & Bounce. Check it out in the post below 👇🏼
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New $1-2 Patreon Tiers! And Funding Update
Hey everyone 👋🏼 Following the successful launch of the Bounce Beta last week, we felt this would be a good opportunity to review how A New Social is progressing eight months in. I wanted to provide s...
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Tucker Legerski @tuckerleg.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
6 @captimes.com Idea Fest sessions for free — many are virtual. Scope them out: AI, clean lakes, healthcare stuff.
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Here are six Cap Times Idea Fest sessions you can see for free
While most of the fanfare surrounds the big names on the biggest stage at our annual festival, the virtual-only and smaller venue lineup is outstanding.
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Mina Kimes @minakimes.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
Micah Parsons to the Packers instantly makes them Super Bowl contenders. I don't care what they gave up: It was worth it.
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WIRED @wired.com · 28/08/2025
Academics once loved Twitter—but in the age of X they’ve abandoned it in droves. www.wired.com/story/bluesk...
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Scientists Are Flocking to Bluesky
Academics once loved Twitter—but in the age of X they’ve abandoned it in droves.
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Benjamin Dreyer @bcdreyer.social · 16/08/2025
this summit could have been a text
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Casey Newton @caseynewton.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
Here's a @speterdavis.com post that says starting in March, Substack tweaked the knobs so publications are seeing up to 90% fewer new subscribers. Substackers among you, does that match your experience? speterdavis.substack.com/p/substack-i...
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Bill Adair @billadair.com · 26/06/2025
Some thoughts on Google’s announcement ending the use of ClaimReview in search:
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AIR (Association of Independents in Radio) @airmedia.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
Meet @tuckerleg.bsky.social — writer, reporter, editor + research pro behind @mastersofscale, Rapid Response, @pioneersofAI, Spark & Fire + more! He’s now booking freelance gigs in writing, scripting, fact-checking & reporting. Work with Tucker: airmedia.org/talent/tucke...
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Tucker Legerski
For six years I've worked in media production from award-winning podcasts to a local radio station. Best known for my researching and fact-checking skills, I also have dabbled in audio production, int...
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Tucker Legerski @tuckerleg.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
Job seeking advice: #layoff, #jobs
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Finding a job in 2025 advice
2025 job search advice from Business Insider
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Tucker Legerski @tuckerleg.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
#Andor needs a group chat not a fractal radio: tuckerlegerski.bearblog.dev/andor-needs-...
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Andor needs a group chat
the world of andor needs a tech revolution in comms
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Tucker Legerski @tuckerleg.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
Hi! I was sadly laid off in April — looking for work, exploring new places. To learn more about me, and what I'm working on, what I offer, see my website. tuckerlegerski.net
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Tucker Legerski's Homepage
The place for all things Tucker Legerski
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Tucker Legerski @tuckerleg.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
@404media.co knows how to run a business. @emanuelmaiberg.bsky.social @jasonkoebler.bsky.social @samleecole.bsky.social @josephcox.bsky.social have build a golden sun in the media landscape. They make great journalism every week.
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How 404 Media Is Navigating 'Economic Headwinds'
The economy is bad. Here's how we're doing, and how you can help us.
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Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics @bermaninstitute.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
Anxiety drugs found in rivers make salmon take more risks : NPR www.npr.org/2025/04/14/n...
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Anxiety drugs found in rivers make salmon take more risks
New research suggests that pharmaceutical pollution can change the behavior of salmon in the wild.
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Anil Dash @anildash.com · 11/04/2025
I first started trying to explain the radical fascist agenda of Substack and its funders + founders in 2020. It took until the last year before the message really broke through. But now writers are really making money after leaving the platform, if that was their goal. digiday.com/media/former...
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Former Substack creators say they’re earning more on new platforms that offer larger shares of subscription revenue
Former Substack writers who exited the platform in early 2024 are making more money on Beehiiv and Ghost thanks to their fixed pricing models.
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Ben Wikler @benwikler.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
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John Green @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
Cool news: The signed edition of Everything Is Tuberculosis has a second week at #1 on the Indie Bestseller list (and the unsigned edition is on the list as well, at #10). Thanks for supporting your local independent bookstore!
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Tucker Legerski @tuckerleg.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
Three books, and three of the most important infections on the planet: COVID-19, HIV/AIDS, and tuberculosis. Combined, millions of people die and suffer from all three infections every year. And as @sarahjones.bsky.social points out in her book DISPOSABLE, it always hits the poor the hardest.
3 books on a table: Let the record show by Sarah Schilman/ disposable by Sarah Jones and Everything is Tuberculosis by John Green.
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Tucker Legerski @tuckerleg.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
Three books, and three of the most important infections on the planet: COVID-19, HIV/AIDS, and tuberculosis. Combined, millions of people die and suffer from all three infections every year. And as @sarahjones.bsky.social points out in her book DISPOSABLE, it always hits the poor the hardest.
3 books on a table: Let the record show by Sarah Schilman/ disposable by Sarah Jones and Everything is Tuberculosis by John Green.
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Lauren Theisen @laurentheisen.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
I find the screwed-up human strike zone to be quite cathartic, actually. defector.com/life-isnt-fa...
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Life Isn't Fair. Why Should The Strike Zone Be? | Defector
In the bottom of the fifth of Sunday’s Braves-Padres contest, Atlanta pitcher José Suarez and his catcher Chadwick Tromp combined for a sneaky strikeout of San Diego shortstop Xander Bogaerts. After f...
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Tucker Legerski @tuckerleg.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
Influencers and politicians are pushing — and allowing — ivermectin, a drug used for parasitic diseases, to be used for curing cancer and changing autism. There is no proof ivermectin can do such things. Good reporting from Richard Fausset and Dani Blum. #science #health #medicine Gift Link:
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Why the Right Still Embraces Ivermectin (Gift Article)
Five years after the pandemic began, interest in the anti-parasitic drug is rising again as right-wing influencers promote it — and spread misinformation about it.
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Bethany Brookshire @beebrookshire.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
We hate fat. We will do anything to get rid of it. And our hatred not only makes people in larger bodies miserable. It makes us incurious. What do we lose when we don’t ask questions about fat? www.scientificamerican.com/article/fat-...
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Fat Doesn’t Deserve Its Bad Rap
Fat is one of the most active, dynamic organs we have. Why can’t we learn to love it?
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The Xylom @thexylom.com · 26/03/2025
Thank you to Kevin and all of our sustainers!
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Carl Zimmer @carlzimmer.com · 26/03/2025
"Angry, disappointed, frustrated"--Scientists were making progress on vaccines and antivirals for the next pandemic--until this week, when the Trump administration abruptly told them to stop. Here's my story with @apoorvanyt.bsky.social Gift link: nyti.ms/43Xz77q
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H.H.S. Scraps Studies of Vaccines and Treatments for Future Pandemics (Gift Article)
Federal officials cited the end of the Covid-19 pandemic in halting the research. But much of the work was focused on preventing outbreaks of other pathogens.
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Julia Métraux @juliametraux.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
Hostile Government Takeover (EDM Remix) is a bop. You're welcome in case you haven't listened to it yet. www.youtube.com/watch?v=PuWV...
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Hostile Government Takeover (EDM Remix)
YouTube video by AGiftFromTodd - Topic
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Billy Hanlon @bhanlon15.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
The Sick Times: 'Long COVID data are being erased, again' H/T @betsyladyzhets.bsky.social thesicktimes.org/2025/03/25/l...
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Long COVID data are being erased, again - The Sick Times
The lack of comprehensive Long COVID case counts may be considered one of public health’s greatest failures. But as we enter the sixth year of this ongoing pandemic, U.S. institutions are sweeping thi...
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Tucker Legerski @tuckerleg.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
It's worrisome this is how people are making money with generative AI — brain rot that gets flooded into Instragram. Good piece by @404media.co and @jasonkoebler.bsky.social #AI #tech #socialmedia There's always been low-quality information, but not at this scale.
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'Brainrot' AI on Instagram Is Monetizing the Most Fucked Up Things You Can Imagine (and Lots You Can't)
The hottest use of AI right now? Dora the Explorer feet mukbang; Peppa the Pig Skibidi toilet explosion; Steph Curry and LeBron James Ahegao Drakedom threesome.
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Tucker Legerski @tuckerleg.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
I wrote 1081 of a book about living with crooked bones and growing up with a sick mother living with type 1 diabetes. #dailywords.
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Casey Newton @caseynewton.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
New research shows that heavy chatbot usage is correlated with loneliness and reduced socialization. I talked to the researchers about whether AI companies will learn the lesson that social networks didn't: www.platformer.news/openai-chatg...
But to deliver those benefits, chatbot makers will have to acknowledge that their users’ mental health is now partially their responsibility. Social networks waited far too long to acknowledge that some meaningful percentage of their users have terrible outcomes from overusing them. It would be a true shame if the would-be inventors of superintelligence aren’t smart enough to do better this time around.
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Bluesky @bsky.app · 21/03/2025
Only four days left to place an order! worldwithoutcaesars.com
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MUNDUS SINE CAESARIBUS — A WORLD WITHOUT CAESARS
Support an open internet.
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Hearing Things @hearingthingsco.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
This is why we wanted to organize live events—to gather like-minded folks who love music and want to be a part of the culture surrounding it. To hear the same things at the same time. To breathe the same air. To know we’re all in a room with people who actually give a shit.
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What Happens When a Bunch of Music Journalists Throw a Party
We sprunged spring?!
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