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The US, creator and chief proliferator of nuclear weapons, uses them to dominate globally while opposing disarmament, spending trillions on modernization instead. Despite the UN Treaty banning nukes, the US fuels imperialist wars and nuclear escalation to sustain capitalist profits through militarism. Lasting security demands global solidarity and the defeat of US imperialism, not selective disarmament.

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#geopolitics #usa #imperialism


How U.S. imperialism blackmails the world with nuclear weapons, from Hiroshima to today

Since the US dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima on August 6, 1945, US imperialism has driven nuclear proliferation worldwide. Current nuclear flashpoints, such as Iran, show how the US continues to use nuclear blackmail to reinforce its dominance.
Rhonda Ramiro (Mondoweiss)

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Went on an early morning group ride (had to wake up at 4). My 1st time to join a group ride and I was no match for their speed. I managed to stay with the group for 10 mins. I covered a distance of 105km with an average speed of 20.5 km/h. Their average was 30km/h (they are also mostly half my age). So mostly a solo ride but I provided some road side assistance to a couple of riders. I was surprised to see a large number of different groups cycling this morning
#BikeTooter #Cycling #Egypt #Cairo
Screenshot from Strava showing the route of my ride (Maadi, Heliopolis, Sokha road) 105.21 km Moving time 5:08 Elevation gain 667m Average speed 20.5 km/h Average power 73 watts Calories 2889 Cal
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Mostafa Hussein Omar

Sadly most groups coordinate and advertise their rides on Facebook which I would never join again. This makes it hard for me to find a group that matches my pace. Most of them have presence on Strava but they are never active.

The weather was ok. Not too hot but mostly because of strong winds which also didn't help in more than half the time.

In the early morning there were two very bright planets in the sky close to each other. Venus and Jupiter according to @KrajciTom

#BikeTooter #Cycling

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The US economy is splitting in two. There’s a rip-roaring AI economy. And there’s a lackluster consumer economy. Last quarter, spending on AI outpaced the growth in consumer spending.

Yet, the whole 'AI economy' is itself a house of cards. Companies are losing hundreds of billions and all gains are in speculative valuation. The only winner here is Nvidia, and all it does is just flip Taiwan’s chips to cash-burning companies.

derekthompson.org/p/how-ai-con…

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#usa #economy


The Hater's Guide To The AI Bubble

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Have you seen this?


I'm glad the likes of Dan Astin Gregory [and Catherine Ybarra] are getting more on the case. They can bring the concerns to a wider audience than a mouth-frothing "conspiracy-theorist" alarmist-hippie socially-inept-autist like me can, with all my too far too fast for most people. Are we looking up yet?
#eyesopen #nofear #lookup


#danastingregory #catherinybarra
#aria #climatechange #geoengineering
#weareinalotoftrouble #facethehorror #wecanstillmendthis
#speakup #writealetter #foi #dosomething
#informedconsent #billionaires #depopulation
#aerosolisedvaccines #dystopian #itsnotavaccine

#freespeech #transparency #informedconsent

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Kulturelle Bereicherung oder Verarmung durch Zuwanderung? Beispiele aus der deutschen Geschichte ansage.org/kulturelle-bereiche… Kulturelle Bereicherung in Berlin damals und heute: Hugenotten bedanken sich respektvoll beim Großen Kurfürsten von Preußen für ihre Aufnahme (l.), Junger Migrant Silvester 2024 (Bilder:Wikicommons, Jouwatch) Lassen Sie mich Ihnen, verehrte Leserinnen und Leser, bereits zu Beginn

Kulturelle Bereicherung oder Verarmung durch Zuwanderung? Beispiele aus der deutschen Geschichte - ANSAGE

Lassen Sie mich Ihnen, verehrte Leserinnen und Leser, bereits zu Beginn dieses Beitrags eine kurz und knappe Definition anbieten, die es Ihnen sicherlich
Klaus Rißler (Ansage.org)

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@Halo if you still downloading yt videos you should watch for getting 360p and below video resolution because of the new SABR video format which currently haunts yt-dlp. like many new feature its pure luck if your IP's are affected

github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issue…


[youtube] `web` only has SABR formats

Checklist I'm reporting that yt-dlp is broken on a supported site I've verified that I have updated yt-dlp to nightly or master (update instructions) I've checked that all provided URLs are playabl...
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"In short, is not liberty the freedom of every person to make full use of his faculties, so long as he does not harm other persons while doing so? Is not liberty the destruction of all despotism -- including, of course, legal despotism? Finally, is not liberty the restricting of the law only to its rational sphere of organizing the right of the individual to lawful self-defense; of punishing injustice?"

-- Frederic Bastiat
(1801-1850) [Claude Frederic Bastiat]

Quotation by Frederic Bastiat

"In short, is not liberty the freedom of every person to make full use of his faculties, so long as he does not harm other persons while doing so? Is not liberty the destruction of all despotism -- including, of course, legal despotism? Finally, is n…
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The "tacit emotional contract" refers to the unspoken agreements that often exist in relationships—those invisible terms and expectations that can deeply influence how we interact. 🌫️ These silent clauses can become toxic when one partner expects certain behaviors or feelings without ever expressing them openly. This lack of clarity can lead to misunderstandings, resentment, and emotional harm.

Recognizing these unsaid rules is a crucial step toward healthier connections. It's important to foster open dialogue about needs and boundaries instead of assuming or enforcing unspoken demands. 💬✨ Awareness empowers both partners to negotiate their emotional needs consciously, preventing the silent contract from becoming a source of pain.

If you suspect you're trapped in such a tacit contract, start by reflecting on what expectations feel unstated yet pressuring. Then, gently bring those feelings into conversation. Healing from these unspoken bindings can lead to more authentic, respectful relationships. 💖 #EmotionalHealth #NPD #HealingTogether

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"The first step in saving our liberty is to realize how much we have already lost, how we lost it, and how we will continue to lose it unless fundamental political changes occur."

-- James Bovard
(1956- ) American author, lecturer
Source: Lost Rights, 1994

Quotation by James Bovard

"The first step in saving our liberty is to realize how much we have already lost, how we lost it, and how we will continue to lose it unless fundamental political changes occur." ~ James Bovard
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Sendikalara dair söylem ve gerçek!

Fikret Başkaya

Varlığını ‘terörle mücadele’ retoriğine borçlu bir rejim!
Yazının başlığı “sendikalar aslında kimin örgütü veya sendikaları sendikacılardan kurtarmak” da olabilirdi… Maalesef bu dünyada reel bir karşılığı olmayan şeylerin varlığına inanmak oldukça yaygın bir saplantıdır… Eğer sendikalar adına layık örgütler olsalardı, açlık sınırının altında işçi ücreti olur muydu? Gelir dağılımı adaletsizliği skandal boyutlara ulaşır mıydı? Demokrasi standartları yerlerde sürünür müydü?

1923-1947 aralığında Türkiye’de sendika (dernek) kurmak yasaktı. Emperyalistler arası savaş sonrasında Türkiye’nin egemenleri “Küçük Amerika olma” tercihi yaptı. 1947 yılında Cemiyetler Kanununda bir değişiklik yapılarak sendika kurmanın önü açıldı. Birçok işkolunda çok sayıda sendika kuruldu, fakat grev ve toplu iş sözleşmesi hakları yoktu. İçi boş kabuktular… 1952 yılında Türkiye İşçi Sendikaları Konfederasyonu’nun kurulmasına izin verildi. Sendika yöneticileri ABD tedrisatından geçirildiler… 1963 yılında dönemin azınlık hükümetinin çalışma bakanı Bülent Ecevit işçilere grev ve toplu iş sözleşmesi, patronlara da lokavt hakkını tanıdı. 1967 yılında Türk-İş Konfederasyonundan ayrılan sendikalar, Devrimci İşçi Sendikalar Konfederasyonunu ‘DİSK’i kurdular. 12 Eylül NATO’cu, Amerikancı askeri darbe DİSK’i yasakladı, yöneticileri hapse atıldı. Tabii Kutsal Devletin ve sermayenin has örgütü olan TÜRK-İŞ’e dokunulmayacaktı… Üstelik TÜRK-İŞ’in genel sekreteri Sadık Şide askeri cunta hükümetinin çalışma bakanı yapıldı… Daha sonra kurulan HAK-İŞ ve Memur-Sen Konfederasyonları da sermayenin, devletin ve AKP’nin has örgütüdür…

Elbette gerçek sendika, tanıma uygun sendikalar ve sendikacılar da var ama onlar istisnadır. Devede kulak bile değildir… Malûm, ‘istisnalar kuralı doğrulmak içindir’ denmiştir… Sendikal örgütler bidayetten itibaren bürokratik yozlaşmayla malûldü… Rosa Luxemburg, “Bürokrasinin olduğu yerde her türlü canlı yaşam ölür” demişti… Aslında bizde sendikalar profesyonel sendikacıların, dolayısıyla sermayenin ve devletin örgütleridir… Sendikacılık bir meslektir… Sendikacılar asla direniş, grev istemezler, hak mücadelesi yapmak istemezler… Grev durumunda sendika fonlarının erimesini istemezler… Hayat standartları müsteşar-milletvekili maaşlarının üstündedir… Ortalama işçi ücretinin 20-25 katı maaş alanları vardır… Fakat hepsi o kadar değil, sendika fonlarını da kullanma yolu açıktır. Lüks makam araçları ve sürücüleri vardır… Dolayısıyla gelirleri sadece aldıkları ücretten ibaret değildir… Sözde asgari ücret pazarlığı yapanların aslında kimler olduğu, neyin pazarlığını yaptıklarının sorun edilmesi gerekmiyor mu? Siz hiç bu güne kadar ‘TÜRK-İŞ Konfedarasyonu’ başkanlarının veya bağımlı sendika yöneticilerinin insanî-toplum sorununa dair bir çift söz söylediğini duydunuz mu?

Check-off sistemi de (sendika aidatlarının işveren tarafından kaynağından kesilerek, ilgili sendikaya aktarılması) işçilerin örgütlerine yabancılaşmasını kolaylaştırıyor. Aidatlar devlet tarafından ücretten kesilip sendika bürokratlarına sunuluyor… Doğru hatırlıyorsam memur sendikalarının aidatları devlet tarafından ödeniyor… Aidatları devlet tarafından ödenen bir sendika olur mu? Boşuna “finanse eden yönetir” denmemiştir…

Bu yoz örgütlerin aslında neyin-kimin hizmetinde oldukları neden sorun edilmiyor, teşhir edilmiyor. Sendikalardaki yozlaşmanın başlıca nedeni profesyonelliktir. Herhangi bir işçi örgütüne [ve sol örgüte] profesyonellik musallat olduğunda, örgüte öldürücü bürokrasi virüsü de nüfûz etmiş demektir. Mesleği sendikacılık olan biri için asıl kaygı, kendi konumunu, statüsünü ve çıkarlarını güvence altına almaktır… Sendika büyüdükçe bürokrasinin gücü de artar.

Marx, Paris Komünü’yle ilgili bir yazıda, sendikalardaki bürokratik yozlaşmaya karşı iki önlem önermişti: İşçi örgütünde profesyonel olarak çalışanlara kalifiye bir işçinin ücretinden fazla ücret ödememek ve sendika yöneticilerinin iki seferden fazla görev yapmasına izin vermemek, rotasyon yoluyla bürokratik bir kastın oluşmasını önlemek… Bugünün dünyasında bu önlemlerden birincisinin etkinliği tartışmalıdır. Zira o dönemde ortalama işçi ücretleri sefalet ücretleriydi, bugünkü seviyelerin çok altındaydı. İkincisi, sendika yöneticilerinin geliri sadece aldıkları ücretten ibaret değildir. Sendikanın kaynaklarını ‘kolektif’ olarak tasarruf etme yolu da açık olduğu için, hayat standartları sıradan işçiyle karşılaştırılamayacak kadar yüksektir. Sendika fonlarını kolektif olarak kullanarak reel gelirlerini yükseltmenin yolunu buluyorlar. İkinci önlem daha etkili gibi görünse de bir başına bürokratik yozlaşmayı önlemenin garantisi değildir.

Türkiye’de 30-40 yıl sendikacılık yapanlar var. TÜRK-İŞ başkanı Ergun Atalay 43 yıllık sendika yöneticisi ve o bir istisna değil… Bizde sol kesim sendikalardaki yozlaşmayı hiçbir zaman sorun etmedi. “En kötü sendika bile sendikasızlıktan iyidir” safsatası geçerliydi… Osmanlı İmparatorluğunda padişahların tahtta kalma aritmetik ortalaması 17 yıl 3 aydı… Fakat bu durum sadece sendikacılar için geçerli değil… 25-30 yıl millet vekilliği, oda, dernek başkanlığı yapanlar var. Belediye başkanlığı da sayılırsa, R. Tayyip Erdoğan 27 yıldır yönetiyor… İşte size “Türk demokrasisinin” manzarası… Bu sefil durum da sınıf mücadelesi zaafının, demokrasi bilinci zaafının sonucu…

Siyasi partiler var, seçimler yapılıyor diye bir rejim demokrasi olmuyor… Geride kalan dönemde rejim, “kazanılmış haklar” temelinde değil, “bahşedilmiş haklar” temeli üzerinde yol aldı…Ama artık yol alamıyor… Tam bir seçim ve temsil yanılsaması söz konusu…Hiçbir zaman seçilenler seçenleri temsil etmedi… Onlar kimi temsil edeceklerini iyi biliyor…

Siyaset yapma tarzı da dahil artık her şeyin radikal değişikliğe uğratılması gereken zaman gelip çattı… Artık hiçbir şey eskisi değil ve olmayacak… Bu aracın bu rotada yol alması mümkün değil… Türkiye tam bir çöküş tablosuna hapsolmuş durumda… Emekçi halk çoğunluğu sahayı inip, gereğini yapmadıkça, çöküş derinleşmeye, işler sarpa sarmaya devam edecek… Artık “sayın seyirciliğin” sonu gelmiş olmalıdır…

Geride kalan dönemde bu ülkenin tüm zenginliğini üreten ama ürettiğinden yeterli payı alamayan emekçi halk sınıflarının sürece bilinçli müdahale etmesine, şeylerin seyrini değiştirmesine bir engel yok… İnsan irade sahibi bir yaratık olduğuna göre…

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Sendikalara dair söylem ve gerçek!

Yeni Yaşam (Yeni Yaşam Gazetesi)

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“Against individualism, the Fascist conception is for the State ... Liberalism denied the State in the interests of the particular individual; Fascism reaffirms the State as the true reality of the individual.”

~ Benito Mussolini
(1883-1945) Italian dictator during WW2, founder of Italian Fascism, 'Il Duce'
"Fascism," Italian Encyclopaedia, 1932, from Michael J. Oakeshott, The Social and Political Doctrines of Contemporary Europe (Cambridge University Press, 1939)

Quotation by Benito Mussolini

"Against individualism, the Fascist conception is for the State ... Liberalism denied the State in the interests of the particular individual; Fascism reaffirms the State as the true reality of the individual." ~ Benito Mussolini
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Another “conspiracy theory” confirmed: California moves to seize fire-ravaged Palisades for low-income housing – NaturalNews.com
California Senate Bill 549 permits LA County to buy fire-destroyed lots using taxpayer funds for low-income housing.
naturalnews.com/2025-07-16-cal…

Another “conspiracy theory” confirmed: California moves to seize fire-ravaged Palisades for low-income housing – NaturalNews.com

California Senate Bill 549 permits LA County to buy fire-destroyed lots using taxpayer funds for low-income housing. Critics accuse Democrats of intentional mismanagement, leaving homeowners vulnerable to government seizure. The bill follows $17.
NaturalNews.com

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Happy #808day!

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"The Roland TR-808 Rhythm Composer [...] was one of the first drum machines to allow users to program rhythms instead of using preset patterns."

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#music #history #MusicHistory #DrumMachine #808 #EightOhEight


It's 808 Day!

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»The Israeli Government’s plan for a complete military takeover of the occupied Gaza strip must be immediately halted. It runs contrary to the ruling of the International Court of Justice that Israel must bring its occupation to an end as soon as possible, to the realisation of the agreed two-State solution and to the right of Palestinians to self-determination.«

»Türk: Israel’s plan for complete military takeover of Gaza must be immediately halted«
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Klingt erstmal nach einer richtigen Entscheidung.
Nur, was heißt das jetzt konkret?

Ist das liefern von Rüstungsgütern weiterhin erlaubt, die für die Besatzung eingesetzt werden? Was ist mit Panzern?
Was gilt für Komponenten, von Bombern die Gaza bombardieren, oder Booten, die Gaza bombardieren?

»Bis auf Weiteres würden keine Ausfuhren von Rüstungsgütern mehr genehmigt, die im Gazastreifen zum Einsatz kommen können«
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Gaza-Krieg: Bundesregierung schränkt Rüstungsexporte nach Israel ein

Deutschland stoppt bis auf Weiteres den Export von Rüstungsgütern nach Israel, die im Gazastreifen eingesetzt werden können. Das teilte Bundeskanzler Merz angesichts der geplanten israelischen Offensive mit.
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stephie

Die Ankündigung von Merz bedeutet natürlich am Ende auch, dass die Bundesregierung damit bestätigt, dass die Bundesregierung weiter Rüstungsgüter für den Genozid bzw für Kriegsverbrechen in Gaza geliefert hat - sehr relevant für das Verfahren gegen Deutschland vorm internationalem Gerichtshof. Das bestätigt sich dann noch mehr wenn dann wirklich weniger geliefert wird. Wenn doch weiter Rüstungsgüter geliefert werden, dann mit dem klaren Wissen dass sie für Genozid eingesetzt werden.
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stephie

Hier wird versucht zu zeigen um was es bei den Rüstungsgütern geht.

Ein Satz ist m.W.n im Artikel mindestens falsch »In der Vergangenheit hatte Deutschland aber auch U-Boote geliefert, die in Gaza nicht zum Einsatz kommen.« Soweit ich weiß bombardiert Israel auch vom Meer aus Gaza. Die UBoote spielen natürlich auch eine Rolle bei der Durchsetzung der illegalen Blockade von Gaza, als Teil der Besatzung

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Um welche Waffen geht es beim Rüstungsexportstopp nach Israel?

Deutschland schränkt ab sofort Waffenlieferungen an Israel ein. Wie erklärt Bundeskanzler Merz den Schritt? Und was ist über Art und Umfang von deutschen Rüstungsexporten nach Israel bekannt? Ein Überblick.
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stephie

Die Deutsche Israel-Lobby ist natürlich dagegen.
Deren Strategie: Geiseln erwähnen, so tun als wäre das was in Gaza läuft ein Krieg, denn die israelische Armee sagt ja dass sie gegen die Hamas kämpfen.
Und damit schließen, dass es die israelische Armee schon am allerbesten weiss was das richtige Vorgehen ist. Und noch eine Drohung hinterschieben.
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DIG kritisiert Entscheidung der Bundesregierung - Deutsch-Israelische Gesellschaft e.V.

Volker Beck, Präsident der Deutsch-Israelischen Gesellschaft, erklärt: Die Deutsch-Israelische Gesellschaft kritisiert die Entscheidung der Bundesregierung, die Entscheidungen über Waffenexporte an...
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Iran Still Has It

The utter #lunacy of the #USA’s #foreign #policy pretensions can be seen by the fact that the USA still has no ability to #enrich #uranium.


#America no longer had the capacity to enrich uranium.

Pause. Rewind.

America no longer had the capacity to enrich uranium — I only learned myself this year — which meant it could no longer fuel itself without the help of foreign governments. Mostly, that placed us at the mercy of Europe, which refused to fuel our military bases. But we were also #buying enriched uranium from #Russia. In fact, we were buying it that very afternoon in November 2023, as war raged in #Ukraine. Our government hadn’t included enriched uranium in its initial sanctions against Russia on account of it really couldn’t. Fuel-dependence was not only a risk to our grid, but a risk to our national security.

#NuclearEnergy, despite its somewhat confusing status in our culture, where battles for its adoption are often waged with great, righteous indignation, as if attempting to persuade some alternative course for our civilization, presently accounts for nearly 20% of American energy production.

In labs across the country, reactors produce critically important medical isotopes for use in cardiology, oncology, orthopedics, and neurology. Then, military applications are obvious, as are their critical importance to our nation’s security, and require significantly greater enrichment than anything used by civilians.

In all of this, we need fuel. American companies used to enrich it. They no longer do. Today, nuclear enrichment is dominated by #Russia’s #Tenex (#Rosatom), #Europe’s #Urenco, #France’s #Orano, and #China’s #CNNC, all of which are state-backed or closely aligned with national governments. Here, a few (foreign operatives) would probably quibble. There is one plant in America. But while Europe’s Urenco operates a facility in #NewMexico, it uses European centrifuge tech and security protocols, which means — via braindead policy agreements — while there is technically some capacity to enrich on the U.S. mainland, our government doesn’t control that capacity, and can’t even use it to power our military bases.


But don’t worry, they’re working on it!

General Matter is a nuclear enrichment startup, which means once its enrichment facility is up and running in Paducah it will be producing fuel for nuclear power plants, including the classic giants cooked up in the 1950s and 1960s, as well as the sexy sleeker modern microreactors and small modular reactors (SMRs).


In the meantime, I suppose we could just buy some from #Iran. It’s a good thing that whole “totally destroying Iran’s nuclear infrastructure” thing was nothing more than an expensive sound-and-light show.

If it wasn’t already clear to you before, then it should be now that there is absolutely no way the USA is in any position to fight a war with either Russia or China. Free trade theory has entirely hollowed out not only its industrial infrastructure, but its military power as well.

Iran Still Has It - Vox Popoli

The utter lunacy of the USA’s foreign policy pretensions can be seen by the fact that the USA still has no ability to enrich uranium. America no longer had the capacity to enrich uranium. Pause. Rewind.
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TeflonTrout he/him

Right? like, people act as if we aren't capable of making useful judgements of people's abilities to do things we ourselves know how to do without making them do a completely separate thing that has nothing to do with the thing we're grading

When grading welds in shop class, we sure as shit didn't sit down with a test paper, the teacher fucking had us weld and then judged our results with a hammer.

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