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Not sure why the mother of all Coastguard ships has just rolled up... but hey, maybe it needs a rest. (The Shieldaig bar is open).

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This week’s Just for Skeets and Giggles is out! Have a great weekend. open.substack.com/pub/statusku…

Just for Skeets and Giggles (03.15.25)

We’ve made it through 50 days of this administration!
Jay Kuo (The Status Kuo)

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'He laid there and did nothing': Oxford Center CEO's alleged texts about boy's hyperbaric chamber death

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#news #michigan #death #oxfordcenter #fraud


'He laid there and did nothing': Oxford Center CEO's alleged texts about boy's hyperbaric chamber death

Tamela Peterson allegedly shared CCTV photos of 5-year-old Thomas Cooper from the fire and included disturbing text messages that were critical of the child.
Jessica Dupnack (FOX 2 Detroit)
#news #michigan #death #fraud #oxfordcenter

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"Hey, friends! We adore cats as much as the next proud crazy cat lady, but let's be honest—sometimes our feline companions are the ultimate harbingers of chaos and destruction. And you know what? That's okay. We still love them endlessly."
#caturday #pets #photos #lol
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Hissterical Hooligan Cat Pictures Featuring Felines Embracing Their Role as Nature's Glitchiest Creation

Hissterical Hooligan Cat Pictures Featuring Felines Embracing Their Role as Nature's Glitchiest Creation - World's largest collection of cat memes and other animals
kalila courban (I Can Has Cheezburger?)
#caturday #pets #lol #photos
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Putting Conductive TPU To The Test

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Putting Conductive TPU To The Test

Ever pried apart an LCD? If so, you’ve likely stumbled at the unassuming zebra strip — the pliable connector that makes bridging PCB pads to glass traces look effortless. [Chuck] recent…
Hackaday

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Here is a list of the Democratic Senators who took a stand and voted NO on cloture on the Republican CR today. If your Senator is on it, please call to thank him or her. We need to let our electeds know we pay attention when they do the right thing. indivisible.org/resource/call-…

CALL NOW: Thank Your Democratic Senator For Opposing the Extreme Republican Continuing Resolution

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How Edward Hopper “Storyboarded” His Iconic Painting Nighthawks

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How Edward Hopper "Storyboarded" His Iconic Painting Nighthawks

Edward Hopper's Nighthawks (1942) doesn't just evoke a certain stripe of mid-century, after-hours, big-city American loneliness; it has more or less come to stand for the feeling itself.
Colin Marshall (Openculture.com)

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Looking back at temperature departures in February 2025 - find your location...

🟥 [red] warmer than average
🟦 [blue] colder than average

Dataset (NOAAGlobalTempv6) described in doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-24-0012…

Global map showing surface air temperature anomalies for February 2025 across the entire planet. Most all areas were warmer than average, especially in the Arctic. This data set is from NOAA's NOAAGlobalTempv6.0.0 using anomalies with a 1971-2000 climate baseline. Red is shown for warmer than average temperatures, and blue is shown for colder than average temperatures.

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Play stupid games…
X post by John O'Connell (@jdjpoc ). The text reads, "THIS IS MASSIVE. Portugal has cancelled the order for F-35s from the US and will replace their F-16s with European fighters. 'We have to be able to count on the predictability of our allies, which is no longer the case with the United States.'" The attached image shows an F-35 fighter jet flying through the sky with a cloudy background. The post highlights Portugal's decision to opt for European fighters over U.S.-made F-35s due to concerns about U.S. reliability as an ally.
X post by John O'Connell (@jdjpoc ), timestamped 21 hours after the first post. The text states, "Sweden likely to follow suit. Others, too. Other European nations and ANZACs all reflecting on the current chaos in the Oval Office and replanning military purchasing. THIS will hurt the USA, especially Lockheed Martin and Northrup-Grumman. (Both massive Trump donors)." The attached image shows an F-35 fighter jet in flight against a cloudy sky. The post discusses the broader implications of European nations and ANZACs reconsidering military purchases from the U.S., potentially impacting American defense contractors.
in reply to George Takei 🏳️‍🌈🖖🏽

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It is sad, but Ukraine showed Europe, that Uncle Sam isn't reliable anymore and if they have a fart sitting sideways, it will deactivated features from the defence equipment.

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My reaction to today: Choose courage! heidi-says.ghost.io/choosing-c…

Choosing courage

Today was tough. Too many Democratic Senators caved, enabling the passage of a truly horrible six month spending bill favored by the Republicans.
Heidi Li Feldman (Heidi Says)

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Trump’s latest EO, all about dumbing down the country further and making people poorer. 1/ whitehouse.gov/presidential-ac…
Sec. 2. Reducing the Scope of the Federal Bureaucracy. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, the non-statutory components and functions of the following governmental entities shall be eliminated to the maximum extent consistent with applicable law, and such entities shall reduce the performance of their statutory functions and associated personnel to the minimum presence and function required by law: (i) the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service; (ii) the United States Agency for Global Media; (iii) the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in the Smithsonian Institution; (iv) the Institute of Museum and Library Services; (v) the United States Interagency Council on Homelessness; (vi) the Community Development Financial Institutions Fund; and (vii) the Minority Business Development Agency.

Continuing the Reduction of the Federal Bureaucracy – The White House

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1.  Purpose. 
The White House
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Trump going after the Wilson Center, a public policy think tank housed at the Smithsonian 3/ wilsoncenter.org/

Wilson Center

Independent Research, Open Dialogue & Actionable Ideas
Wilson Center
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In a move sure to please Putin, Trump wants to gut U.S. Agency for Global Media (includes Voice of America and Radio Free Europe among others) usagm.gov/who-we-are/mission/ 4/

USAGM

The United States Agency for Global Media's mission is to inform, engage and connect people around the world in support of freedom and democracy.
USAGM

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Strongly recommend listening to the clip, with Marc commenting on courage in the face of Trump menacing him personally. bsky.app/profile/marcelias.bsk…
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Here's the Prologue - I've never tried recording a book-reading before, but it's FOSS audio so no complaints will be accepted 😎

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Different types of #cat engines for your beloved #caturday. Volume up.
#caturday #cat

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'Wait Wait' for March 15, 2025: With Not My Job guest Amanda Seyfried
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A “biohybrid” robotic hand built using real human muscle cells - arstechnica.com/science/2025/0… "Out of all the roadblocks that keep us from building large-scale #biohybrid #robots, necrosis has probably been the most difficult to overcome."

A “biohybrid” robotic hand built using real human muscle cells

A real bit of cyborg hardware highlights the technology’s current limitations.
Jacek Krywko (Ars Technica)
#robots #BioHybrid

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We have hit our target! The Vagina Museum is saved! This #WomensHistoryMonth, together we prevented the Vagina Museum from becoming a footnote in women's history. Instead, we made women's history. This community prevailed against overwhelming forces... in a single day. gofundme.com/f/btscc2

Donate to Save The Vagina Museum, organized by Vagina Museum

The Vagina Museum is one month away from closing – forever The Vagina Museum will be forced t… Vagina Museum needs your support for Save The Vagina Museum
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#womenshistorymonth

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The Trump administration is explicitly targeting libraries, museums, and the press in the latest executive order.

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#USpol #USpolitics


Continuing the Reduction of the Federal Bureaucracy – The White House

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1.  Purpose. 
The White House
#uspolitics #uspol

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Before you attempt to correct my tone, be aware; I'm not here to be positive. I'm here to do good, and that is not the same thing.

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DOGE/SSA marked this person dead and *removed his savings from his bank account,* cancelled his social security and Medicare. #seattle seattletimes.com/seattle-news/…
The Seattle Times "There's nothing you need to do - we've deducted the funds from LEONARD A. JOHNSON's account." Uh oh. It itemized how $5,201 had been stricken from their bank account, on the grounds that Ned wasn't justified to get those benefits - because he was dead. That was for payments he'd received in December and January. Ned found that his February Social Security check hadn't been paid, and he's yet to receive his March check, either. His Medicare insurance had been canceled. He also learned that when you die, your credit score gets marked as "deceased, do not issue credit," which makes it tough to get a loan.
#seattle

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Week in politics: Schumer faces backlash from Democrats, Trump and the DOJ
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National Cancer Institute Employees Can’t Publish Information on These Topics Without Special Approval
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Vaccines. Fluoride. Autism. Communications involving these and 20 other “controversial, high profile, or sensitive” topics will get extra scrutiny under Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

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#News #Vaccines #Autism #Health #RFK #Medicine #Science #Government #USPolitics #Trump


These Topics Are Being Scrutinized at the National Cancer Institute

ProPublica
#news #uspolitics #science #trump #government #health #medicine #vaccines #rfk #autism
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For the party that whines so much about being censored, when they aren't, really love to censor others.
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Or they just… could. Because the administration has demonstrated the rules don’t matter anymore.

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At EFF, we believe you should be able to fix the stuff that you own! Here's what's been happening with your right to repair: eff.org/deeplinks/2025/03/righ…

Right to Repair: A Prime Example of Grassroots Advocacy

Good old-fashioned grassroots advocacy is one of the best tools we have right now for making a positive change for our civil liberties online.
Electronic Frontier Foundation

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If the US military industry ever wants to sell its stuff outside the USA ever again, every purchaser should require a "Right to Repair" clause.

Or risk having your communications system bricked by a petulant unstable billionaire.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starli…

aljazeera.com/economy/2025/3/1…

Or risk having your AI-operated drones, malfunction mid-battle because a Saudi investor said so.
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Or your tanks...
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Tesla investors sue Elon Musk for diverting carmaker’s resources to xAI

Lawsuit: Musk’s xAI poached Tesla employees, Nvidia GPUs, and data.
Jon Brodkin (Ars Technica)
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Has anyone done a good analysis of how self repair could affect product liability when things go awry and someone is injured?

(This may become an even greater issue as cars get more dependent on sensors for driver assist functions. I've seen a lot of repairs made by amateurs that are downright dangerous.)

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Hack & Craft! Today! Our online hacking and crafting event! In just over an hour!

fossandcrafts.org/hack-and-cra…

Hope to see you there! 😀

Hack & Craft -- FOSS and Crafts

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In Praise of “Normal” Engineers

A software engineer argues against the myth of the “10x engineer”
Charity Majors (IEEE Spectrum)
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I've spent more time than I care to think about at organizations that hire the "best" people. This is usually marked by an inability to hire in a timely manner and when hiring happens the new hires are often mini-me versions of the hiring manager.
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@dr_a 🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯 lots of games and tests and silliness to get in the door but then once you’re there it’s mostly run by people that already knew each other somewhere else
@dr_a
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At today's @fossandcrafts Hack & Craft I'll be working on some pants.

I hope you'll join us today at 2pm ET (18:00 UTC): fossandcrafts.org/hack-and-cra…

In the meantime, enjoy my system for not twisting my elastic when threading it through the waistband (I draw silly faces in the orientation it's supposed to intersect so that I can align them again after it's through.

A strip of elastic with a emoticon face drawn over the intersecting portion.
The same strip of elastic after it's been drawn through the waistband with the emoticon face drawn over the intersecting portion aligning.

Hack & Craft -- FOSS and Crafts

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Interrupted Ritual by kakakatana

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#DnD #DungeonsAndDragons #ttrpg #character #characterart #art #digitalart

The image depicts a fantasy scene with a central figure, a woman with white hair, standing on a rocky outcrop. She is dressed in a black and silver outfit with a purple cape, holding a staff with a twisted design and purple gemstones. Her posture is confident, with her arms crossed. To her left, a large, orange dragon with sharp teeth and horns is visible, partially emerging from the rocks. On the ground, there are four white candles and a bitten red apple. To the right, a translucent, white, horned figure is seen, possibly a spirit or demon. The background features a blue sky with clouds and a rocky landscape, adding to the mystical atmosphere.

kakakatana - Professional, Digital Artist | DeviantArt

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#ttrpg #DigitalArt #art #dnd #dungeonsAndDragons #character #characterart
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The image depicts a fantasy scene with a central figure, a woman with white hair, standing on a rocky outcrop. She is dressed in a black and silver outfit with a purple cape, holding a staff with a twisted design and purple gemstones. Her posture is confident, with her arms crossed. To her left, a large, orange dragon with sharp teeth and horns is visible, partially emerging from the rocks. On the ground, there are four white candles and a bitten red apple. To the right, a translucent, white, horned figure is seen, possibly a spirit or demon. The background features a blue sky with clouds and a rocky landscape, adding to the mystical atmosphere.

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CURRENTLY IN ROTATION
Tune in to the #stream for more!
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The Firm "Star Trekkin'" ORIGINAL VIDEO

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Bob Dylan Explains Why Music Has Been Getting Worse

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Bob Dylan Explains Why Music Has Been Getting Worse

One often hears that there's no money to be made in music anymore. But then, there was no money to be made in music when Bob Dylan started his career either—at least according to Bob Dylan.
Colin Marshall (Openculture.com)

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ALL THINGS SERVE THE BEAM
picture of the space needle from tonight with several green laser lines emanating from its top.

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What a lovely gesture! comicsands.com/steve-carell-pr…

Steve Carell Charity Pays For LA Prom Tickets: VIDEO

Peter Karleby (Comic Sands)
in reply to George Takei 🏳️‍🌈🖖🏽

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It's not a lovely gesture, George. He makes a spectacle of it. So much so that it almost resembles a sales pitch.

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@MLE_online

Was reading a bit about Zane Grey, the author of popular Westerns, and discovered he had an estate in Altadena, not far from you. It burned in the January fires. Figured I'd pass this along in case it might interest you as a bike outing destination.

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historic house in California, United States

Contributors to Wikimedia projects (Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.)
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lolcat
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Agree.

The weird and wonderful Zane Grey story is worth a look.

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Heading into #NYC to #hackManhattan, and join @LambdaCalculus to teach and learn some #linux
backpack on the ferry with the #newYork skyline in the cloudy distance
#linux #nyc #hackmanhattan @The 500 Hats of LambdaCalculus

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Hey, my eyes are down here!

The name's Nomax, and I'll happily join your journey to… a hamburger…?

Oh, #EF29 in Hamburg you say.

Either way, I'll gladly tell you a bit about myself and my crafts.

Find out more at eurofurence.org/EF29/goh

#EFgoh #Eurofurence 29
🗓 Sept 3–6, 2025
📍 CCH Hamburg

Illustration of an anthropomorphic dragon character sitting in front of a spaceship’s computer terminal, being surprised. The screen in front of the character displays now a clear image of our Guest of Honor: Nomax. Artwork by @raironu
#ef29 #eurofurence #efgoh

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How a Quack TV Doctor Made It to Washington

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#news #politics #uspol #uspolitics #GOPCult #trump #ethics #corruption #MehmetOz


Opinion | Dr. Oz’s Journey From Heart Doctor to Celebrity to Iconoclast

A once-respected surgeon found fame and fortune as medicine’s biggest iconoclast. Now he’s on the cusp of power to help shape American public health.
Eoin Higgins (The New York Times)
#news #uspolitics #uspol #politics #trump #gopcult #corruption #ethics #mehmetoz

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This is true for both the English and original Japanese version.
Morgan Freeman voiced every character in Spirited Away

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*Dang.

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British electronica

I am a music curator and a selector, a record collector and a mixologist since the 1990's. I started listening and buying techno & ambient in 1991. I am a music curator and a selector, a record collec
SoundCloud

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Saddling small sites with the same duties as huge platforms means many will shut down in a hammer blow to net plurality.

We'll be left with the Sophie’s choice of monopoly services; the incubators of online harms.

URGENT: The UK government must change the Online Safety Act to protect safe, non-commercial blogs, forums and fediverse.

Write to your MP to #SaveOurSites 🌐

action.openrightsgroup.org/sav…

#onlinesafetyact #onlinesafety #fediverse #ukpolitics #ukpol #activitypub #mastodon #netplurality


Save our sites - Write to your MP

Small UK websites, user-to-user services and even computer games that are completely safe and well managed, are faced with difficult paperwork, risks assessments, registration and fines thanks to the Online Safety Act.
Open Rights Group
#fediverse #mastodon #activitypub #ukpol #ukpolitics #onlinesafetyact #saveoursites #netplurality #onlinesafety

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🖨️ Mod10 - Modular 3D Printer Mini Server Rack! • 3D files
➡️ Download 3D print model: cults3d.com/:2817840
💡 Designed by MandicReally

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What to do when a cat's thoughts turn to murder?

#Germany #folktale #folklore #cat @germany @folklore
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German folk tale "Historical Anecdote of a Cat Which Has Killed a Lot of People". Drop me a line if you want a machine-readable transcript!
#cat #germany #folklore #folktale @folklore group @germany group

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This is how we know we are in the Upside Down.
X post by Andy Kim (@AndyKimNJ ), featuring a verification badge. The text reads, "More people need to see this. It cannot be understated. Trump is trying to criminalize the service of Habitat for Humanity and go after nonprofits who help people when they need it most. It is political retribution. It is unjust and it is a direct threat to our democracy." Below this, there is a quoted post from The New Republic (@newrepublic ), also with a verification badge, posted 1 day ago. The quoted text states, "The FBI is now moving to criminalize groups like Habitat for Humanity for 'conspiracy to defraud the United States.' This comes after EPA Director Lee Zeldin eliminated the EPA headquarters in D.C. and 10 other regional offices...." The posts express concern about political actions targeting nonprofits and government agencies, framing it as a threat to democracy.
in reply to George Takei 🏳️‍🌈🖖🏽

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You have a crazy person running your country, and NOBODY is doing ANYTHING about it???? 😮
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