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Dieuwke Zwier @dieuwkezwier.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

📢 PhD vacancy Are you interested in understanding how families, schools, and neighborhoods *jointly* shape educational outcomes? Eva Jaspers, @glorenz.bsky.social and I are looking for a PhD candidate to work on this topic at @utrechtuniversity.bsky.social. 🔗 More info: www.uu.nl/en/organisat...

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PhD: Contextual (dis)advantage and educational inequality

Do you want to understand how families, schools and neighbourhoods jointly produce school outcomes and educational inequality?

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Julia M. Rohrer @dingdingpeng.the100.ci · 13/05/2026

You can now watch Jeremy's excellent talk on the term "association" and what it's even supposed to be referring to on YouTube. Must watch if you're doing associational research! www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKdC...

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J Labrecque | Association. You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means

YouTube video by the Causal Inference Interest Group (CIIG)

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Weverthon Machado @weverthon.com · 04/05/2026

New brief report in @jmfncfr.bsky.social We follow earnings of male same-sex couples in 🇩🇰, 🇳🇱, and 🇸🇪 around the time they become parents. Main takeaway: not much changes for them! Also: no signs of long-lasting specialization based on pre-parenthood earnings or biological relatedness to the child.

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Objective This study examines earnings trajectories of male same-sex couples around the time they become parents in Denmark, the Netherlands, and Sweden: three forerunners in advancing same-sex coup...

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Andrew Heiss @andrew.heiss.phd · 02/05/2026

Got to present this early draft paper today at a neat workshop organized by @rohanalexander.bsky.social. It's my attempt to grapple with the need for struggle and friction in learning in a world where LLMs remove all that friction. Read the whole thing at stats.andrewheiss.com/pinky-lychee/

AI for Me, Not (Yet) for Thee? Desirable Difficulties and Deliberate Friction with LLMs

Author: Andrew Heiss

Affiliation: Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, Georgia State University

Latest version: May 1, 2026

Details: This is a short position paper written for the Toronto Data Workshop’s 2nd Colloquium on Applications of AI, “Notes on the Future of Quantitative Social Science,” held at the University of Toronto on May 1, 2026.

Abstract: I am simultaneously a critical skeptic of large language models (LLMs) and their role in the learning process, and a reluctant and wary user of those same tools in my own work. This essay is an attempt to work through this tension by examining how LLM-based tools shape and reshape the foundations of expertise required to use them. If learners can generate working code through a Google search, if they can upload a blank problem set template and get a completed assignment in seconds, and if they can design, carry out, and analyze research projects in minutes, how can they build the expertise that is required to work with LLM output? Relatedly, if experienced researchers spend the bulk of their time reviewing LLM output and not working through code themselves, what happens to their expertise? The answer to these questions, I argue, is to deliberately introduce difficulty and friction in quantitative work, allowing learners to build expertise and helping experienced researchers maintain it.

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Fabrizio Bernardi @fabriberna.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

Which must-read book+3 articles would recommend to a first year Sociology PhD student? Which book+3 articles impacted you most, during your own PhD? I have made these questions to a group of colleagues. Here the combined list: www.fabriziobernardi.net/a-sociology-... 1/2🧵

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A Sociology PhD Starter Reading List » fabrizio bernardi

I created a kind of academic game and ask some colleagues in social stratification and social demography four short questions: I received answers from 15 colleagues: 6 women and 9 ... Read more

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Sociological Science @sociologicalsci.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

NEW: Marie Labussière, Thijs Bol, "Are Occupations “Bundles of Skills”? Identifying Latent Skill Profiles in the Labor Market Using Topic Modeling" sociologicalscience.com/articles-v13...

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Per Engzell @pengzell.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

A postdoc position is now available in my project Markets and Mobility: How Employers Structure Economic Opportunity. Start date flexible within the next 12 months, apply by 9 May. www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...

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UCL – University College London

UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).

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Katrin Auspurg @kauspurg.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

Do researchers share their code upon request? Does running their orginal code on the original data produce the original results? We provide evidence in a new Royal Society Open Science publication. Studying more than 1,000 articles which use data from the European Social Survey, we find that... 🧵

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Gabriele Mari @gmari.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

For unpaid #carers, earning more does not always lead to economic security. Motivated by the recent #Carer's #Allowance scandal, I have a new working paper @usociety.bsky.social on how much insecurity carers experience, for how long, who's most exposed and why: osf.io/preprints/so... 1/2

The figure shows reports of economic insecurity plotted against earnings from paid work. Earnings increase from left to right. At zero, earnings cross the Carer's Allowance limit of around 150 GBP per week. Past this limit, a carer loses eligibility for the allowance.

Carers who never report receipt of the allowance in the survey experience less and less insecurity when their earnings are higher.

For those with a history of benefit receipt, instead, insecurity doesn't decline smoothly. Arrears, the inability to save regularly, and money worries all spike past the earnings limit set by the allowance.

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Nora Waitkus @norawaitkus.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

💸🚨I am hiring 2 Postdocs for my ERC-funded project SOCDEBT on #debt dynamics across countries. One position: #SocialStratification + strong quantitative skills. The other: qualitative research and #EconomicSociology. waitkus.github.io/SOCDEBT/ 🚨💸

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Weverthon Machado @weverthon.com · 10/03/2026

New w/Anne-Rigt Poortman & Anne Brons @familyresearch.bsky.social: Joint physical custody (JPC) after divorce is overall good for kids, but what happens when parents repartner and stepparents enter the picture? We find JPC is associated w/fewer socioemotional problems even in complex family settings

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Postdivorce family complexity and child problems | Journal of Family Research

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Journal of Family Research @familyresearch.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

#Published: "Postdivorce family complexity and child problems" by @weverthon.com, Anne-Rigt Poortman & Anne Brons (doi.org/10.20377/jfr...). #JFR #JFamRes #openaccess #openscience #sociology #demography

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

"Today, the Brazilian Supreme Court announced that they had convicted the masterminds behind the assassination of socialist Rio de Janeiro City Councilwoman Marielle Franco guilty on all counts." massive news in Brazil today, writeup by @mikeelk.bsky.social paydayreport.com/rio-police-c...

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Rio Police Chief & Congressman Convicted in Assassination of Socialist Rio Councilwoman Marielle Franco

The court found that the former Chief of Rio de Janeiro Civil Police Rivaldo Barbosa, Brazilian Congressman Chiquinho Brazão, and his brother, Rio State Auditor General Domingos Brazão, were responsib...

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Klaus Pforr @klauspforr.eurosky.social · 20/02/2026

Paper on statistical power necessary for interaction effects doi.org/10.1177/2515...

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Berna Devezer @devezer.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

On the publication bias discourse, I regret that metascience has become a source of decontextualized, low-res, bean-counting-focused `science is in crisis' narratives. It is largely uncurious abt science, desperately lacking in theory & measurement. I'll quote a few takes I liked & add my thoughts🧵

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Andrew Heiss @andrew.heiss.phd · 11/02/2026

I just whipped up this little #QuartoPub site last week that demonstrates how I teach p-values/hyp-testing through simulation both with live OJS and with #rstats, and I think it's super neat! It has examples for diff-in-means, diff-in-props, and regression slopes nullworlds.andrewheiss.com #statsky

Simulated null distribution for data with a sample size of 100, difference in group means of 5, and a p-value of 0.142

Simulated null distribution of a slope of 0.8 and p-value of 0.002

Finally, we have to decide if the p-value meets an evidentiary standard or threshold that would provide us with enough evidence that we aren’t in the null world (or, in more statsy terms, enough evidence to reject the null hypothesis).

There are lots of possible thresholds. By convention, most people use a threshold (often shortened to α) of 0.05, or 5%. But that’s not required! You could have a lower standard with an α of 0.1 (10%), or a higher standard with an α of 0.01 (1%).

Statistically significant
The p-value is < 0.001 and our threshold for α is 0.05

In a world where there is no relationship between x and y, the probability of seeing a slope of at least 0.901 is < 0.1%

Since < 0.001 is less than 0.05, we have enough evidence to say that the slope is statistically significant.

Evidentiary standards

When thinking about p-values and thresholds, I like to imagine myself as a judge or a member of a jury. Many legal systems around the world have formal evidentiary thresholds or standards of proof. If prosecutors provide evidence that meets a threshold (i.e. goes beyond a reasonable doubt, or shows evidence on a balance of probabilities), the judge or jury can rule guilty. If there’s not enough evidence to clear the standard or threshold, the judge or jury has to rule not guilty.

With p-values:

If the probability of seeing an effect or difference (or δ) in a null world is less than 5% (or whatever the threshold is), we rule it statistically significant and say that the difference does not fit in that world. We’re pretty confident that it’s not zero.
If the p-value is larger than the threshold, we do not have enough evidence to claim that δ doesn’t come from a world of where there’s no difference. We don’t know if it’s not zero.
Importantly, if the difference is not significant, that does not mean that there is no difference. It just means that we can’t detect one if there is. If a prosecutor doesn’t provide sufficient evidence to clear a standard or threshold, it does not mean that the defendant didn’t do whatever they’re charged with†—it means that the judge or jury can’t detect guilt.

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Rense Corten 🟥 @rensec.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

📢WORK! At the Sociology department of @utrechtuniversity.bsky.social we are hiring a postdoc who will work on applications of AI in sociological research. Join our vibrant-yet-cohesive research community doing cutting-edge research. Please share or apply! www.uu.nl/en/organisat...

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Postdoctoral researcher on applications of AI in sociological research

Are you able to lead sociological research into the AI age?

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Giulia Corti @gcorti.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

☀️Happy to be back with a new article in @jmfncfr.bsky.social! W/ Saverio Minardi we explore how parental loss during childhood was linked to family formation in adulthood. This was my last contribution to the ERC funded project GENPOP. Check it out Open Access: doi.org/10.1111/jomf...

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<em>Journal of Marriage and Family</em> | NCFR Family Science Journal | Wiley Online Library

Objective This paper examines the long-term impact of parental loss in early years on family formation as adults in U.S. cohorts born between 1850 and 1910, focusing on age assortative mating and th.....

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Jona de Jong @jonadejong.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

Do ordinary Republicans and Democrats really avoid each other in everyday life? In a new working paper with Delia Baldassarri, we present descriptive and experimental evidence to challenge the view that partisanship drives the formation of social relationships. osf.io/preprints/so... 1/15

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Michelle Jackson @mivich.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

My new book, The Division of Rationalized Labor, is now shipping! A brief summary of the argument to follow…

Front cover of The Division of Rationalized Labor. The cover includes four pictures: pen and paper, microscope, factory tower, police badge. Modern-looking yellow lines and graphs are superimposed.

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Miami DSA @miamidsa.org · 26/11/2025

Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷

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Yang Hu @yanghu.co.uk · 25/11/2025

Thrilled to announce the 2026 cohort of @wfrn.bsky.social early-career fellows! It's been such a privilege to review the 200+ excellent applications + huge congratulations to our elected fellows! The whole WFRN family looks forward to supporting your career development! wfrn.org/news/announc...

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Announcing the 2026 WFRN Early Career Fellowship Recipients - Work and Family Researchers Network

The WFRN Welcomes 2026 Early Career Fellowship Recipients! To date, 170 early-career scholars have participated in the WFRN’s Early Career Fellowship Program. This program is designed to deliver a var...

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Sofia Gil-Clavel @sof14g1l.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

Are you a social scientist that wants to learn R? Then, you may find my course "R for Social Scientists" very useful! I designed this course to give social scientists all that is necessary to start using R in their everyday work. github.com/SofiaG1l/R_C...

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depths of wikipedia @depthsofwikipedia.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

imagine if a family of beavers randomly showed up right now and finished whatever thing you've been putting off

In early 2025, beaver activity in the Brdy Protected Landscape Area, Czech Republic, contributed to the restoration of a wetland ecosystem. A family of beavers constructed a series of dams that coincidentally accomplished environmental goals of the Czech government, which had delayed its proposed project since 2018 for bureaucratic and financial reasons. The beaver-built dams saved the Czech government approximately US$1.2 million,

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Chloé Lavest @chlolv.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

📢 First thesis paper is out! In November 2022 I started my Ph.D. at the University of Utrecht. 📃 Today, my first paper is available on the website of the European Sociological Review (url.td/Q7kIJ). I love this paper and hope you will too. I guess I like to take 3 years to publish things. 👩‍🎓😅

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Deborah Leão 🇨🇦🏳️‍🌈🇵🇸 @deborahleao.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

Dear friends from other countries: please join the Brazilians as we celebrate this groundbreaking decision.

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Weverthon Machado @weverthon.com · 11/09/2025

Today is a beautiful day 🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷

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Yang Hu @yanghu.co.uk · 01/09/2025

Wonderful opportunity to join a supportive work environment and collegial colleagues! Come and join us!

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Sociology at Oxford @sociologyoxford.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

🚨 New Job Alert! 🚨 Join Dr @ewabatyra.bsky.social as a Postdoc Researcher in Demography! Contribute to a global study on disparities in reproductive behaviour, focusing on childbearing age & fertility levels 👨‍👩‍👦‍👦 Apply now 👉 www.sociology.ox.ac.uk/event/postdo...

We're hiring: Postdoctoral Researcher in Demography, deadline: 30 September 2025

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Weverthon Machado @weverthon.com · 19/08/2025

New paper in Research in Social Stratification and Mobility! I track long-term trends in educational assortative mating in 🇧🇷. After decades of decline, homogamy rose in the 2000s, due to a balance shift: more fluidity at lower edu levels vs. stronger homogamy at the top. Check it out (open access):

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Trends in educational assortative mating in Brazil: 1960–2015

Using both census and survey data, this study analyzes educational assortative mating trends over half a century in Brazil. Odds of both overall and g…

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Nadia Steiber 〽️ @nadiasteiber.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

⭐🎓The Department of Sociology in Vienna @univie.ac.at‬ invites applications for a Tenure Track Professor in Sociology with focus on Quantitative Social Science Research Methods | #Sociology | quant methods Apply here (17 Sept 25): jobs.univie.ac.at/job/Tenure-T...

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Jennifer Hook @jenlhook.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

The call for @wfrn.bsky.social papers is open! Join us in lovely Montreal June 17-20. The 2026 theme is Centering Care across the Life Course. Preconferences for Early Career Fellows and Predocs, plus plenty of social activities. Submit by Oct 1. All the info here: wfrn.org/2026-work-an...

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2026 Work and Family Researchers Network Conference - Work and Family Researchers Network

ABOUT THE EVENT Work and Family Researchers Network next conference will be June 17-20, 2026 at Concordia University in Montreal Canada. The WFRN will host preconference events on June 17, including ...

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Olga Leshchenko @olgaleshchenko.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

My first PhD article has been published! 🔎 It examines how the relationship between flexible working time arrangements and self-reported work-to-life and life-to-work conflict is moderated by an (un)equal domestic labor distribution within heterosexual couples.

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Fernanda Fortes de Lena @ferfortes.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

🌈 New Publication !!! I'm excited to share our latest article, “A Marriage Premium for Whom? Sexual Identity, Relationship Status and Earnings”, co-authored with Diederik Boertien: 🔗 doi.org/10.1111/jomf... You can find some of the main results in the thread.

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Pablo Gracia @pablogracia.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

🆕 Paper with @metzgers.bsky.social (lead) at Journal of Marriage and Family! We study how #Parenthood impacts #Gendered #Time.Use & #Mental.Health and how #Paid & #Unpaid #Work shape gendered mental health during parenthood transitions. Open access link 👉 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

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Claudia Brunori @claudiabrunori.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

Another piece of my PhD thesis is now published in International Migration Review! How many immigrants get transnationally separated from their children in the migration process, and how does this affect their mental health in the short- and medium- term? Check it out 👇 doi.org/10.1177/0197...

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Alice Evans @draliceevans.bsky.social · 26/04/2025

Why are So Many Latin American Women Beaten & Murdered? Why is the region such an outlier? My latest essay provides insights from my globally comparative as well as qualitative research in Mexico, Costa Rica, and Brazil www.ggd.world/p/why-are-so...

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Why are So Many Latin American Women Beaten & Murdered?

Insights from Brazil, Part 1

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Jona de Jong @jonadejong.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

In the latest issue of @cpsjournal.bsky.social, my article with Jonne Kamphorst in which we propose that educationally homogeneous social networks contribute to the stabilization of political conflict on the cultural dimension. A short thread on the main findings: Link: doi.org/10.1177/0010...

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Gabriele Mari @gmari.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

Frequent income changes can sometimes disrupt parenting. Parents with higher but unstable incomes report more strained relationships. Parents with low and unstable incomes might shield children at the expense of own mental health. A thread @usociety.bsky.social @readdemography.bsky.social 1/

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Weverthon Machado @weverthon.com · 26/03/2025

Good take on the integration of causal identification into broader goals of social science research. I also really like this recent paper that touches on similar issues: www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...

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What Good is a Regression? Inference to the Best Explanation and the Practice of Political Science Research | The Journal of Politics: Vol 0, No ja

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Ariane Ophir @arianeophir.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

🚨 Come research singlehood with me! I’m hiring a 3-year Postdoc w/interest in Family Demography to start this Fall. Please share! 📍 Barcelona (@cedemografia.bsky.social) 🔎 ERC-funded project 'SINGLE' 📅 Deadline – April 24, 2025 🔗 More info: shorturl.at/400eo #Postdoc #Demography

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ALT: a sign that says we 're hiring in orange on a white background

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Camille Portier @camilleprtr.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

Can mothers leverage the structural resources of their occupation like autonomy to balance motherhood and work, especially in the absence paid leave? My latest article in the Journal of Marriage and Family suggests so.

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Slate @slate.com · 03/03/2025

I'm Still Here just won Best International Feature Film at the Oscars. It has a powerful, unexpected message about life under authoritarianism.

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The Year’s Most Urgent Best Picture Contender Is the One Almost No One Has Seen

I’m Still Here has a warning—and a reason for hope.

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