View / Trump is betting his presidency on AI. Can he sell it?
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View: Trump is betting his presidency on AI. Can he sell it?
The president is good at counting zeroes, and many in the administration believe his bet is paying off.Ben Smith (www.semafor.com)
Hong Kong, Jimmy Lai colpevole di collusione e sedizione - Asia - Ansa.it
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Hong Kong, Jimmy Lai colpevole di collusione e sedizione - Asia - Ansa.it
Jimmy Lai, il magnate dei media di Hong Kong pro-democrazia, è stato dichiarato colpevole di collusione e sedizione nel processo a suo carico sulla violazione della sicurezza nazionale, nella sentenza firmata dai giudici Alex Lee, Esther Toh e Susana…Agenzia ANSA
There’s this stereotype that only the US, UK, and Japan were making good video games during the 80s and 90s.
Truth is, a whole lot of countries had killer titles that are obscure to this day. Partially, this is due to platforms that were popular elsewhere. But mostly, this was due to language.
France had its own micro-computer platforms like the Oric. L’Aigle d’Or (1984) is a good example of this.
Atari 8-bit was popular in Poland. This is because Jack Tramiel was Polish Jew (survived the Holocaust) who was able to sell a good many Atari hardware while Poland was still Communist. Robbo (1989) is a good example.
South Korea is interesting because they rejected Japanese consoles entirely. As a result, the game development scene privileged DOS over Nintendo. Games like Astonishia Story (1994) look like JRPGs for the SNES. But be rest assured, they’re actually KRPGs for DOS.
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And all of the interesting games for the PC-98. I get the impression that most of them still haven't been translated.
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For most of the world, the U.S. is now a malign actor
https://www.politico.eu/article/us-politics-russia-elections-hungary-oil-gas-foreign-policy/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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For most of the world, the U.S. is now a malign actor
While many may be tempted to cut the U.S. off as an ally and partner, I hope our friends don’t give up on us so easily.Laura Thornton (POLITICO)
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#japan #kyoto #winter #tokyocameraclub #christmas #santaclaus #xmas #bike
How to break free from smart TV ads and tracking
Sick of smart TVs? Here are your best options. (big article)
arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/1…
#smarttv #dumbtv #tutorial #tvtutorial #tech #tvguide #guide #tvset #technology #bestoptions #techtutorial #noads #notracking
"What's she got that I don't have?"
"Well, a she's got a transparent ancient sea creature alter-ego."
"Touché baby."
Time spent on social media platforms peaked in 2022 and has since gone into ...
#socialmedia #socialactivity #socialbehavior #rte
Why have so many people stopped posting on social media?
Time spent on social media platforms peaked in 2022 and has since gone into steady decline, especially among teens and twentysomethingsAoife Ryan-Christensen (RTÉ)
The line ahead: where the past of the rail meets the modern bridge.
Mildura, Victoria, Australia.
Photo and edit by Kev.
© 𝓐𝓵𝓵 𝓡𝓲𝓰𝓱𝓽𝓼 𝓡𝓮𝓼𝓮𝓻𝓿𝓮𝓭 𝓫𝔂 𝟐 𝓟𝓮𝓮𝓹𝓼 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓪 𝓒𝓪𝓶𝓮𝓻𝓪.
(𝒟ℴ𝓊𝒷𝓁ℯ 𝓉𝒽ℯ 𝒫ℯℯ𝓅𝓈, 𝒹ℴ𝓊𝒷𝓁ℯ 𝓉𝒽ℯ 𝓅ℯ𝓇𝓈𝓅ℯ𝒸𝓉𝒾𝓋ℯ!)
#photo #photography #2peepsandacamera #australia #victoria #RailwayTracks #Mildura #Railroad #TrainTracks
Jimmy Lai’s Life, in Photos and Video
When Village Media CEO Jeff Elgie watched social media algorithms amplify racism
#socialmedia #newspublishers #racism #pressgazette
News publishers who are beating social media networks at their own game - Press Gazette
How Canada's Village Media and South Africa's Daily Maverick have built their own type of social media platforms for their audiences.Jessica Patterson (Press Gazette)
pivot-to-ai.com/2025/12/12/why…
Why Disney just put $1 billion into OpenAI
The Walt Disney Company has invested $1 billion into OpenAI, and it’s also licensed Disney characters for OpenAI’s Sora video generator for three years. [press release] If any of the eight-second S…Pivot to AI
I wish there would be end-to-end encrypted, federated micro-blog social media. Social media entries and media aren't stored in plain text, but rather encrypted on the server, and only users who have subscribed to them have the ability to decrypt it.
#Fediverse #Mastodon #DecentralisedWeb #EndToEndEncryption #PrivacyMatters #SecureSocialMedia #ActivityPub #DigitalRights #DataOwnership #OnlinePrivacy #FederatedNetworks #CryptoSocial #PrivacyFirst #SelfHosting #OpenSource #DigitalFreedom #SafeSpacesOnline #EncryptionNow #SocialMediaReform #UserControl #NoSurveillance #DecentralisedSocial #TechForGood #PrivacyTools #DigitalSovereignty #StopDataHarvesting #OwnYourData #SecureMessaging #PrivacyActivism #DigitalJustice #Web3 #InformationSecurity #CyberSecurity #OnlineFreedom #ResistSurveillance
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Like #Australia , #Denmark Plans to Severely Restrict #SocialMedia Use for #Teenagers - Slashdot
#privacy #security #ageverification
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Like Australia, Denmark Plans to Severely Restrict Social Media Use for Teenagers - Slashdot
"As Australia began enforcing a world-first social media ban for children under 16 years old this week, Denmark is planning to follow its lead," reports the Associated Press, "and severely restrict social media access for young people.tech.slashdot.org
Kenny plays and conducts Mustonen, Strozzi, Bach and Vivaldi in San Francisco - Schedule // - www.worldconcerthall.com
Alexi Kenny, violin and conductor, and the musicians of the San Francisco Symphony play: Olli MUSTONEN: Nonet No. 2 for Strings. STROZZI arr Kenney Che si può fare. BACH: Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D major, BWV 1050,. VIVALDI: The Four Seas...www.worldconcerthall.com
2 found dead at Brentwood mansion that belongs to director Rob Reiner.
Firefighters found a man, 78, and woman, 68, deceased; their identities and the circumstances of the deaths haven't been confirmed although neighbors say Reiner and his wife live there and that is their ages.
Homicide detectives are investigating. #tv #film #RobReiner
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2 found dead at Brentwood mansion owned by director Rob Reiner
A man and woman were found dead inside a home in Brentwood that records and neighbors tie to director Rob Reiner.Eric Leonard, Dennis Broad, Robert Kovacik, John Cádiz Klemack (NBC Southern California)
15 December 1924 | German Jewish woman, Esther Bejarano (nee Löwy), was born in Saarlouis.
In #Auschwitz from April 1943. She played accordion in the women’s orchestra.
She was transferred to the Ravensbrück concentration camp for women. She escaped from an evacuation march.
After the war, she lived in Israel and became a singer before returning to Germany in 1960.
She dedicated the rest of her life to educating people about the Holocaust and fighting xenophobia. She passed away in 2021.
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#neverforget #neveragain #fcknzs
Inside the Israel lobby’s lesser-known tool for influencing Congress: free travel
This year, Israel will account for nearly one-quarter of all free travel gifted to Congress members, and AIPAC is overwhelmingly setting the agenda.Andrew Ancheta (Mondoweiss)
“'I think it's worth to have a cost of, unfortunately, some gun deaths every single year so that we can have the Second Amendment to protect our other God-given rights.'
What kind of God would want people to have the right to gun down students?"
#CharlieKirk #ErikaKirk #CBS #BariWeiss #MAGA #Republicans #MassShootings #guns #BrownUniversity
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looking for a new #calendar for #2026 ? consider supporting an #artist here on #mastodon !
@Coreyartus has a bird-themed one, and it's gorgeous! link to his shop here: goimagine.com/coreyartusimager…
(i actually got in the mail about 2 weeks ago, but i have a bad habit of procrastinating lol)
Cina: le vendite di novembre crescono dell'1,3%, è il peggior dato dal Covid - Ultima ora - Ansa.it
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Cina: le vendite di novembre crescono dell'1,3%, è il peggior dato dal Covid - Ultima ora - Ansa.it
Le vendite al dettaglio in Cina frenano a novembre a +1,3%, ai minimi dalla crisi del Covid, contro il +2,9% sia del mese precedente sia delle previsioni, in scia alla debole domanda interna che alimenta la deflazione. (ANSA)Agenzia ANSA
Bulls Eye 26,000 as Key Support Level for Nifty 50 Index
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-12-15/india-market-buzz-metals-multi-cap-funds-gain-investor-focus?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Jour 14 : #CalendrierAventPhoto2025
Le thème du jour « Les mains »
J’ai choisi de vous présenter 3 photos aujourd’hui parce que le thème m’inspire un partage écrit.
Une confidence je crois.
On va voir en écrivant.
Quand j’ai lu le thème hier soir, j’ai immédiatement visualisé dans ma galerie la série de #Photo #food dont est issu la deuxième image . Il s'agit qui d'une photo de la cheffe So’M en train de mettre en place d'une assiette apéro dans le cadre d'un service dans un bar tapas "Le Zambouya" à #SainteAnne.
Je me rappelle ce shooting improvisé où cela me fascinait de voir ses mains à l'oeuvre qui tel un pianiste orchestrait l'assiette composé avec précision, délicatesse, attention. La même assiette, chaque fois préparer avec une telle attention que ma galerie se questionne sur y-a- t-il doublon ou pas.
Cette image me rappelle que de nos mains nous pouvons créer, nous pouvons partager du plaisir pour autrui, nous pouvons fabriquer, transformer, mettre en valeur. Nos mains sont des outils magiques dont on oublie souvent l'importance jusqu'au jour où on se blesse, où on elle manque à leur devoir.
Je me rappelle ces discussion avec mon grand-père de son vivant qui m'expliquait la difficulté de mobilité grandissante avec Parkison, et moi qui racontait après à mamie pour l'aider à comprendre son mari, en faisant des parallèles entres ses ressentis de trembloteur et l'arthrose de mamie.
Bien sûr fanm doubout comme on dit chez nous, ma grand-mère avait peu d'empathie envers sa propre douleurs alors utiliser cela comme exemple pour l'aider à developper de la compassion de compréhension c'était pas ma meilleure idée, alors je leurs raocntait à tout les deux comment moi avec mon corps pourtant jeune, j'expérimentais parfois des blocages dans mes mains, me sentant démunie, ma main me lachait, le verre tombait et les larmes coulait car j'avais encore cassé mon verre, le préféré puis le nouveau préféré, puis la bouilloire. Mes mains me lâchait comme celle de Papi Ko sans comprendre pourquoi ni pouvoir y faire face, on apprends à ressentir et s'adapter, puis mes doigts se coinçait comme ceux de Mamie Toto et alors le travail de minutie devenait compliqué. C'est tout cela qui était dans ma tête et dans mon coeurs quand j'observe cette cheffe qui dresse son assiette malgré une sensibilité au niveau de son canal carpien. Je me rappelle l'avoir trouvé courageuse et passionnée.
En pensant à tout ces #souvenirs j'ai pensé à la dernière photo que j'ai faite de ma mamie, la photo de ces mains me montrant fièrement une cueillette de #fleurs de Tiaré de son jardin. Elle était si fiere de poser comme une mannequin main pour la photo, puis une seconde puis une troisième...
C'est mon dernier souvenir en image chez elle, dans son intimité, dans le cadeau de son temps. Les mains sont aussi un symbole du cadeau que l'on peut faire à l'autre car les mains donnent, les mains tendent, les mains propose et on peut choisir de disposer avec les notre et de saisir ce qui nous est tendu. Ma Mamie était très fière de son jardin floral car il avait été entretenu, planter, chouchouter par son mari. Papi lui offrait souvent des fleurs du jardin, ils avaient de nombreuse espèces magnifique, qui permettait d'offrir à mamie de jolie bouquet. Quand j'ai connu Papi en temps que Schae c'est mamie qui cueillait les fleurs pour le plaisir visuel de son mari qui souriait avec une telle nostalgie dans son regard.
C'est avec cette nostalgie que j'ai tout doucement pensé "Et moi qu'ai je fais de mes mains ?" : Beaucoup de choses, j'ai écrit, j'ai dessiné, j'ai fabriquer des étoiles, j'ai cuisiné et pourtant dans ma galerie c'est bien les mains avec ce signe que j'ai le plus capturé de moi même.
#peace car je crois profondément à la valeur de l'équilibre paisible. Ou alors deux comme les deux mois de Bibou date auquel j'ai commencé à prendre des photos de ma grossesse. Ou encore deux comme nous sommes deux avec la personne avec qui je pose. Ou parfois juste parce que je ne savais pas quoi faire et que mes mains agissaient comme un masque social antibug.
Cette #photographie que j'ai choisi c'est celle qui me rappelle une grande fierté, un déménagement express organisé avec nos mains à Papa Nounou et Moi. Nous avions pris la décision de vivre ce déménagement dans la paix, et nous avons mis en place de nombreuse stratégies, nounou était en charge du gros déplacement brute, de l'organisation avec les voitures, du ménage. Moi j'étais en charge d'empacter dans une logique qui m'était propre pour qu'arrivée je puisse rapidement installer la maison et faire qu'on se sente comme chez nous. Eh oui neuroatypie demande tendresse.
Cette photo me rappelle cette réussite, ce moment où on a pu profiter d'une soirée DVD installer entre les cartons sur mon premier vrai canapé. Nous étions fier, en paix et satisfait.
Selon moi les mains sont des pieds qui matérialise ce qu'on veut voir avancer.
Schae
🙏🏽🥹✨❤️
#memory
#actuallyautisticfr
#care
Just completed my 21st event of the year as an art vendor, having moved here to Humboldt County in northern California eight months ago.
i’m deep tired.
But I’m proud that I did it. From shifting my career away from academia toward freelance art, I found a home that would encourage me and events where I could find my people. I started making work that was of interest to the people of my region, and learned a whole lot about what they wanted and needed.
These events have been exhausting and validating at the same time. I couldn’t have asked for a softer landing after choosing to relocate to a new home with no safety cushion, no acquaintances, and no orientation to the area. It was the most terrifying leap of faith I’d ever done. And it is slowly paying off—maybe not in money but in community networking and encouragement.
So I’m tired now. I’m going to pick up the pieces this next week and assess what comes next. Tonight, however, I am indulging in an adult beverage and a warm yummy comfort-food dinner or cheesy hamburger rice. And a good audiobook I’m enjoying.
Whew. Big time exhale.
#art #artlife #artistlife #RedwoodCoast #EurekaCA #IndieArtist #artvendor #Craftfair
BREAKING: Hong Kong tycoon Jimmy Lai found guilty under national security law
Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai has been found guilty of collusion and sedition in his national security trial.Hong Kong Free Press (Hong Kong Free Press HKFP)
I'm very reluctant to launch a mastodon instance and turn it on for public registrations. More than likely it'll just be me here, but we'll see.
The Eve Online community has become really quiet on X / Twitter and I'd love to see some activity in the Eve space that's not on Reddit.
Ideally we'd all be using #nostr, but I don't see that happening anytime soon. A bittervet hacker can but dream.
Me:
> I presume older versions have ended up with critical vulnerabilities or something
I presumed wrong, #MeaCulpa;
"Not really removed, but instead moved to the repository of archived apps, as it is no longer being updated. This happens to all apps that have not seen a new version release in a long time. You can still download it by enabling the “Archive” repository in the F-Droid client ..."
TL;DR: News about 571 apps | F-Droid - Free and Open Source Android App Repository
This Week in F-Droid TWIF curated on Thursday, 19 Sep 2024, Week 38 Community News APatch, The patching of Android kernel and Android system, is a new powerf...f-droid.org
Los tres principales enemigos de la vida familiar:
1. La decepción mutua entre los cónyuges. Una consecuencia directa de la idealización ciega del período anterior y del error de no discernir a las personas, de no conocernos a nosotros mismos y de no saber a quiénes realmente necesitamos y qué queremos de los demás. O esperamos demasiado de nuestros seres queridos y de la vida.
2. Egoísmo, vanidad mórbida y defectos de carácter: orgullo, conflicto, agresividad, irritabilidad, grosería, intransigencia, resentimiento, venganza, tacañería, envidia, desconfianza, celos y pereza. Posesividad, exigencias excesivas y mala actitud hacia los demás. Malos hábitos: lenguaje grosero, borrachera, tabaquismo, etc.
3. El aburrimiento y la indiferencia de los cónyuges entre sí.
#logos @Ruticl @RuthCL @claraalbor #skypilot #socialmedia #socialmediachanel
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This would’ve been or is the most insane summer vacation I can imagine a child ever being able to enjoy..
Wow
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Los tres principales enemigos de la vida familiar:
1. La decepción mutua entre los cónyuges. Una consecuencia directa de la idealización ciega del período anterior y del error de no discernir a las personas, de no conocernos a nosotros mismos y de no saber a quiénes realmente necesitamos y qué queremos de los demás. O esperamos demasiado de nuestros seres queridos y de la vida.
2. Egoísmo, vanidad mórbida y defectos de carácter: orgullo, conflicto, agresividad, irritabilidad, grosería, intransigencia, resentimiento, venganza, tacañería, envidia, desconfianza, celos y pereza. Posesividad, exigencias excesivas y mala actitud hacia los demás. Malos hábitos: lenguaje grosero, borrachera, tabaquismo, etc.
3. El aburrimiento y la indiferencia de los cónyuges entre sí.
#skypilot #socialmedia #socialmediachanel @RuthCL @RuticaCL_74
Shot exactly two years ago and finally developed last week. I love the havoc of colors that come from light leaks. You get double the fun on self-loaded film since you can catch something funky at the beginning and the end of the roll since I use a daylight loader. This was shot on Vision3 500 Tungsten-light balanced film without a warming filter on a very cool/gloomy day so the burst of warm color was a nice surprise.
📷 #CanonetQL17GIII
🎞️ #KodakVision3500T
🧪 #KodakC41
🖥️ #SonyA7ii + #Darktable
#FilmPhotography #BelieveInFilm
‘Twas a beautiful day for a ren faire…
I don't love the food, but I do enjoy the people… and the merchandise. There are a few makers who really pour heart and soul into making and selling something interesting and unique. And musicians who find an audience for niche songs about dragons, or being lost at sea. And where else are you going to encounter a hurdy gurdy?
And the weather—it was 75°F in December.
"I'm going to touch you and you're going to go to sleep…"
Happens with all the women he touches, actually.
edscleanenergysustainabilityjo…
Ed's Clean Energy & Sustainability Jobs List 12.14.25
2025, #46 Hi there! Welcome to Ed’s Clean Energy & Sustainability Jobs List, where we know climate change is caused by burning fossil fuels such as gasoline, coal, oil, and fossil gas (“natural” gas), and that burning fossil gas in our homes makes u…Ed Carley (Ed’s Clean Energy and Sustainability Jobs List)
For a long time, I have been getting legitimate emails from Comcast/Xfinity telling me that they tried to text me, but couldn't reach me, and would I please verify my mobile phone number.
I have my mobile service with Xfinity Mobile, and I do get texts from them.
It finally occurred to me to look up what number they use to originate SMS messages, which they wisely provide. I checked my blocked contacts list, and sure enough, 2 were blocked.
And of course, they send alerts from many different numbers, so I apparently have been getting some alerts, but not others.
Hopefully, that's fixed now, but if I added them to my blocklist, there's probably a good reason for that, like too many promotional texts on a channel that ought to only be used for legitimate customer account business.
We'll see if the emails stop and the texts are annoying.
I just looked up all of those, none of them lasted particularly long. But it's notable that they were all very local.
So what, in particular, are you thinking about them? 🤔
I guess the problem is internationalisation.
US has more potential users. And a lot of people / artists don't want to have multiple networks to post to and maintain.
So they use the bigger one and fans create accounts there to follow them and after a critical mass is reached, they give up the accounts on the local networks.
Also IMHO Farmville really made a big plus for Facebook at that time!
2 found dead at Brentwood mansion owned by director Rob Reiner
A man and woman were found dead inside a home in Brentwood that records and neighbors tie to director Rob Reiner.Eric Leonard, Dennis Broad, Robert Kovacik, John Cádiz Klemack (NBC Southern California)
Folks it's about an hour until #Monsterdon, the weekly monster movie watch party. If you want to avoid it, now's the time to set up a hashtag filter.
If you want to join in, this week's movie is THE SHE-CREATURE (1956), in which a hypnotist abuses his girlfriend for fun, profit, and monster-summoning.
The flick's available free with ads on Tubi over here: tubitv.com/movies/497659/the-s…
Or you can download from Archive.org over here: archive.org/details/theshecrea…
Just hit play at the top of the hour and toot along. See you there!
#Movies #Cinema #Cinemastodon #Horror #scifi
The She Creature ( 1956) : BERTUS : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
A mysterious hypnotist (Chester Morris) reverts his beautiful assistant (Marla English) back into the form of a prehistoric sea monster that she was in a past...Internet Archive
Reddit says it’s not a social media platform. Australia’s High Court is unlikely to agree
As Australia’s teen social media ban comes into force, its scope will be tested in court.The Conversation
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¿Me recomiendan apks de f-droid para usar YouTube? Quiero una app bonita pero sencilla, sin muchos estímulos. Lo principal es que pueda seguir reproduciendo cerrado, para escuchar la música que aún no me descargo.
Real talk, I've had hypnotherapy, and been hypnotized a few times.
I did not develop a terrible cockney accent.
Los textos deberán tener una una extensión máxima de 800 palabras. Estaremos recibiendo colaboraciones hasta el martes 30 de diciembre de 2025 al correo de LaGrieta1@riseup.net
¡Viva la #Prensa #libertaria! ❤️🖤
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As Affordable Care Act tax credits are set to expire in just a few weeks, sending health care costs surging for more than 20M Americans, Johnson presented his caucus with 10 ideas to address the spike in health care costs. trib.al/VKy5p0u
But told them, just choose a couple. Very comprehensive.
Mike Johnson Finally Reveals GOP’s Health Care Plan—and It’s Rough
Johnson presented his caucus with 10 ideas but told them just to pick a few to implement.The New Republic
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Ara Gevorgyan - Yerevan / Արա Գևորգյան - Երևան - YouTube
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- YouTube
Profitez des vidéos et de la musique que vous aimez, mettez en ligne des contenus originaux, et partagez-les avec vos amis, vos proches et le monde entier.www.youtube.com
Evan Prodromou
in reply to Kalvin Carefour Johnny 🇲🇾 • • •in broadcast mode, that is really hard to do. However, there is work right now for implementing end to end encrypted messaging over ActivityPub using MLS.
swicg.github.io/activitypub-e2…
Messaging Layer Security over ActivityPub
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