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The New York Times @nytimes.com

At the very beginning of their professional lives, some young people have had their summer internships derailed by the Department of Government Efficiency.

jul 15, 2025, 9:03 pm • 1,467 403

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jagwire24.bsky.social @jagwire24.bsky.social

because alot of those jobs was totally uncalled for it was a drain on us the American ppl and majority of Americans never voted for all that was being done we didn't know it was being done

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Ain't Always Greener @call-me-oatmeal.bsky.social

There is a straight line between NYT's malicious credulity and what is going on here. Crocodile tears for everything from this to Aligator Auschwitz.

jul 16, 2025, 5:50 am • 2 1 • view
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catlynwrites.bsky.social @catlynwrites.bsky.social

There is endless collateral damage to what DOGE has done. Employees, their families, interns, businesses that serve federal employees, and the citizens whom the federal employees serve and their families. And it ripples out from there.

jul 15, 2025, 10:42 pm • 1 0 • view
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Triassic @triassic.bsky.social

As a GOP spokesperson probably said, "get a proper job"!

jul 16, 2025, 10:16 am • 0 0 • view
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💙 . @djvagirl.bsky.social

😡😡😡😡

jul 15, 2025, 11:28 pm • 0 0 • view
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Beryl Simkins @chrisky3.bsky.social

Yeah, that makes a lot of sense.

jul 16, 2025, 2:27 am • 0 0 • view
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NY is Blue @nyisblue.nyc

That’s the point. Keep young people from wanting to work in government. Fewer public servants means more corruption and graft, which has always been the Republican goal.

jul 16, 2025, 11:56 am • 5 0 • view
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Carena In Alaska @carenaak.bsky.social

The only interns getting jobs this summer are the pimple faced NAZIS running the DHS social media accounts.

jul 15, 2025, 9:56 pm • 5 0 • view
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flashgman.bsky.social @flashgman.bsky.social

Of course they did.

jul 16, 2025, 12:43 am • 0 0 • view
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lanursa1ramirez.bsky.social @lanursa1ramirez.bsky.social

Trump is a mess and that's how he will leave our gvt.

jul 15, 2025, 9:34 pm • 4 0 • view
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Chris⚖️Justice @chrisjustice01.bsky.social

Worst admin in US history And just getting started

jul 15, 2025, 9:06 pm • 9 2 • view
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Andy Tyrrell @wokist.bsky.social

Also maybe the last( if they get to finish the job)

jul 16, 2025, 8:48 am • 1 0 • view
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Rainforest @pitbullmtkerr.bsky.social

It’s already blown up

jul 15, 2025, 9:08 pm • 2 0 • view
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gilliesracer.bsky.social @gilliesracer.bsky.social

Find them and if they're not, register them to vote.

jul 15, 2025, 9:23 pm • 1 0 • view
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kryptocow.bsky.social @kryptocow.bsky.social

I was going to get into a DOD program as a Computer Science student with full tuition pay and a guaranteed job towards the end. Then Muskrat destroyed that and I'm saddled with debt.

jul 16, 2025, 12:33 am • 2 0 • view
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Derson @dersonhendorion.bsky.social

Wow. This was news 3 months ago when applications were supposed to receive replies. The NYT was complicit in the destruction.

jul 15, 2025, 10:21 pm • 1 0 • view
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Serious Talk @serioustalk.bsky.social

So, Trump isn't just destroying the careers of current government employees, he's destroying our young people's futures. And the best the NY Times can come up with is plans "derailed."

jul 16, 2025, 11:36 am • 5 0 • view
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T Antony 🏳‍🌈 @t-antony.bsky.social

The first problem, they are not lily white and that is the only requirement for government service at the moment.

jul 16, 2025, 5:28 am • 0 0 • view
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Oogie Boogeyman @oogaboogey.bsky.social

You finally got your tax break. Now you can really cut loose...if you'd like

jul 15, 2025, 10:31 pm • 1 0 • view
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🦋 Digital Relic 🦋 @damop.bsky.social

Bless your hearts New York Times! You lying sacks of EXCREMENT are out here reporting on unicorns. There is NO such thing as Department of Government Efficiency! Next week NYT report: the grand opening of the Department of Common Sense and Unicorn Adoption Services. Read ya dolts! 👇🖕🖕

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Faith Feed @faithfeed.bsky.social

Jeremiah 29:11 “For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.” Even when our paths are unexpectedly altered, God’s purpose for our lives remains steadfast and full of promise—He is still writing your story.

jul 15, 2025, 9:20 pm • 1 0 • view
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Stede Tamer @stankgud.bsky.social

Stuff like this puts me off from religion more than anything else. Let people grieve their unfortunate circumstances without jumping on it to suck off your big daddy

jul 15, 2025, 10:07 pm • 1 0 • view
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Jus 🇮🇪 🇪🇺 🚜 🌲 @barnat4.bsky.social

Oh how awful 😖 Get real NYT.

jul 16, 2025, 11:34 am • 0 0 • view
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Titusalt @saxoften.bsky.social

Department of Government Evil

jul 16, 2025, 3:27 pm • 0 0 • view
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thegrayghost5.bsky.social @thegrayghost5.bsky.social

I'm sure the Republicans really don't give a shit. They probably just see these young adults as "collateral" damage, I.E. the cost of doing business👽

jul 15, 2025, 11:43 pm • 0 0 • view
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cindyvermont.bsky.social @cindyvermont.bsky.social

The note new name is the department of government deficiency

jul 15, 2025, 9:21 pm • 2 0 • view
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sanityseeker25.bsky.social @sanityseeker25.bsky.social

You seem to act like these people care. They don’t care. Not. One. Bit. If you have no empathy it doesn’t matter. You do whatever pleases you. Divided we fall.

jul 16, 2025, 4:13 am • 0 0 • view
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willigreco.bsky.social @willigreco.bsky.social

Screwing middle class & poor kids over! Gee NYT maybe you could've warned them

jul 16, 2025, 1:55 am • 8 1 • view
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bowtoy.bsky.social @bowtoy.bsky.social

This was the point

jul 15, 2025, 9:07 pm • 1 0 • view
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Lessons for autistic boys @thehamberdler.bsky.social

The NYT hates you and wishes you were dead 😀

jul 15, 2025, 11:00 pm • 0 0 • view
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Ojodio @ojodio.bsky.social

This is so unfair

jul 16, 2025, 2:05 pm • 0 0 • view
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TheEagles @theeagles.bsky.social

Unbelievable!!

jul 16, 2025, 3:05 pm • 0 0 • view
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pax_christi @paxchristi1961.bsky.social

They want them able bodied sitting home playing video games receiving Medicaid checks.

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Y. Riddick @yulriddick.bsky.social

Don't they work for free? We're talking about the extreme efficiency.

jul 15, 2025, 9:18 pm • 1 0 • view
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The Diet Coke Socialist @pinkfartglitter.bsky.social

This is such a tone deaf fucking take.

jul 16, 2025, 4:39 am • 8 0 • view
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TandE915 @tande915.bsky.social

Cruelty is the point of this administration

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Rick @rick-gi.bsky.social

DOGE : traitors.

jul 16, 2025, 12:59 am • 2 0 • view
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Emma lin @emmalin564.bsky.social

It’s wild how ‘efficiency’ always seems to hit the youngest and least powerful first. These interns didn’t just lose experience they lost trust in the system.

jul 16, 2025, 1:00 am • 3 0 • view
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Rick @rick-gi.bsky.social

Exactly correct.

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Emma lin @emmalin564.bsky.social

Tell me more rick

jul 16, 2025, 1:02 am • 1 0 • view
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Kait @khiker94.bsky.social

God forbid young people serve our country or engage in government.

jul 15, 2025, 9:29 pm • 3 0 • view
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Like Lasagna @balsagna.bsky.social

This is terrible. Turning kids fresh out of college into jaded 40 year olds is an accomplishment.

jul 16, 2025, 10:42 am • 3 0 • view
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tipoffice @tipofficeb3rg.bsky.social

Shame

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DRagin @w8d2bxts.bsky.social

Summer interns are very important. It is the final completion and job training of an educational degree for a specific career.

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sabrinarj.bsky.social @sabrinarj.bsky.social

😡

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Themistocles Wall @themistocleswall.bsky.social

white status did this👇🏼 but @nytimes.com won’t report it @isabelwilkerson.bsky.social: www.instagram.com/isabelwilker... “Measuring White Solidarity” - @jardina.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=dXq_...

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jul 15, 2025, 9:10 pm • 1 0 • view
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Carlos @adkmanboriqua.bsky.social

Perhaps they will show up to vote next time.

jul 16, 2025, 12:47 pm • 1 0 • view
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astevepa.bsky.social @astevepa.bsky.social

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jul 15, 2025, 9:18 pm • 2 1 • view
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Massapequa Boy @democracybydesign.bsky.social

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Glynis💀 @glinyx.bsky.social

It would be lovely if you could self-reflect and think about your own contributions to this current situation

jul 15, 2025, 9:53 pm • 25 2 • view
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Colby Pup @colbypupgb.bsky.social

Take a victory lap New York Times, you helped caused this.

jul 16, 2025, 1:25 am • 10 1 • view
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Lishoné @lishone.bsky.social

DAMN shame!!

jul 15, 2025, 10:25 pm • 1 0 • view
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Amy8cs @amy8cs.bsky.social

The kids whose high school years trump ruined with Covid .. now ruined their college years too

jul 15, 2025, 9:14 pm • 12 0 • view
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theodoraeliza.bsky.social @theodoraeliza.bsky.social

No interns! Is trump yes he is...insane!

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sevilleoz.bsky.social @sevilleoz.bsky.social

I have college aged kids and this is VERY real. So many of my kids' friends had internships canceled at the last minute. It's so sad.

jul 16, 2025, 12:15 pm • 2 0 • view
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Bud Green @geraldf80.bsky.social

Mc Donald's is hiring

jul 16, 2025, 1:15 pm • 1 0 • view
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Cinders @suzannedspain.bsky.social

That's a great loss for this country!

jul 15, 2025, 10:42 pm • 1 0 • view
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tag-bot.bsky.social @tag-bot.bsky.social

#summer-internship #department-of-government-efficiency #government-efficiency #internship-derailment #government-job #youth-employment #public-sector-job #professional-career #government-reform #summer-job #bureaucracy #public-administration #career-start

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M. @mgsjr.bsky.social

He likes his victims young in every facet.

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M. @mgsjr.bsky.social

Not even joking before anyone assumes. He legit hates young people when he isn’t…

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fstop414.bsky.social @fstop414.bsky.social

actually they are learning first hand not to work for the government

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onecanada.bsky.social @onecanada.bsky.social

Aww. Where the budding Woke-folk gonna go now to get fat on the public trough?

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Therese O'Donnell @tessod.bsky.social

And you "New York Times" assisted them in their efforts. You have failed us.

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🏳️‍⚧️Loki Calcifer Black, PLMSW, CCSS,CPSW @lokicalciferblack.bsky.social

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Barbara Chasco-Papale @vintageaprn.bsky.social

😡

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Travelinggirl @travelinggirl.bsky.social

My adult child took the MCAT, her college provide a “highly recommend” committee recommendation for med school and then the “beautiful bill” squashed any chance we could take out loans for her to attend med school. A year’s worth of her efforts down the drain. And she would have been an awesome Dr.

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gtjr.bsky.social @gtjr.bsky.social

Nothing efficient about what Trump is doing to the government

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inariclimbs.bsky.social @inariclimbs.bsky.social

Voting mattered

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mattbarrs.bsky.social @mattbarrs.bsky.social

They're not even collateral damage. Those were the intended targets of this cruelty.

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Ms B Moran @msbmoran.bsky.social

DOGE is a fake dept that was supposed to be temporary. Its creator is gone. Why the heck does it still exist and who’s running it REALLY?

jul 16, 2025, 3:36 am • 4 1 • view
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Amber Dawn @scotsandlit.bsky.social

Alcohol sales are up though …

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𝓡𝓸𝓻𝔂 🏳️‍⚧️ @supadeviljuice.bsky.social

No Fucking Shit You endorsed nazis, you get the reich. Dumbass news organization.

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Bud Green @geraldf80.bsky.social

You mean indentured servants. Working for "experience" and "exposure" huh?

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Inclined @disabledveteran.bsky.social

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Dan Flashes @dan-j-flashes.bsky.social

NYT out here acting like they didn't do everything they could to usher this administration back into power

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J. Michael Bossert @jmbossert1.bsky.social

Good experience, lost forever. Bad decision!

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Net unfavorable @uwspete.bsky.social

And what about SYEP’s big fail this summer ?

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lttlhvy.bsky.social @lttlhvy.bsky.social

DOGE AKA privitization of the US Federal Gov

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Pleiades @tvtoaster.bsky.social

Derailed. Go fuck yourself nyt. You will be remembered poorly if at all.

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chevy55.bsky.social @chevy55.bsky.social

😔

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smith @fullcontactman.bsky.social

learn to code, b!tch

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Tim Penman @slashc75.bsky.social

It's called keeping the poor poor, while making the rich richer.

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Namaste . @namaste12.bsky.social

This crazy administration is the enemy of the American people.

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Anthony @snackman05.bsky.social

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mattbarrs.bsky.social @mattbarrs.bsky.social

Doge has cost the government more than it has saved.

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mattbarrs.bsky.social @mattbarrs.bsky.social

And it "saved" that money by cutting services that people rely on to live.

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Blunt Force Nuisance @combatmarshmallow.bsky.social

At a glance, I thought this was going to be about a band named doge *nyuk*

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Judy @jmt113.bsky.social

Interns are just modern day indentured servants

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👍 @ranmull.bsky.social

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mamagia.bsky.social @mamagia.bsky.social

some?

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mybigtop.bsky.social @mybigtop.bsky.social

That is exactly what being a liberal gets you.

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Hugh Rant @hughrant.bsky.social

Weird phrasing. "I'm going to destroy your house. There may be some collateral damage to your roof"

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Hashnaif @hashnaif.bsky.social

So-called (pejorative) DOGE.

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Tres Armadillo’s @asking-4a-friend.bsky.social

I have to question the need to spend money for an internship in the Philippines.

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floydadatxjoe.bsky.social @floydadatxjoe.bsky.social

Thanks a lot Trump and his friends.

jul 15, 2025, 9:28 pm • 2 0 • view
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EinSof @angrymamba.bsky.social

You are owned by the oligarchy. TRAITORS. You are worse than the WA post.

jul 16, 2025, 4:37 am • 3 1 • view
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macleodl.bsky.social @macleodl.bsky.social

🐀

jul 15, 2025, 9:11 pm • 1 0 • view
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MamaWells @mamawells.com

Remember this, summer interns, when you are asked to vote in the 2026 midterms.

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Skanno @scanpipedreams.bsky.social

Nothing efficient about it.

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Sheila @thedeplorables.bsky.social

Doesn’t the Dept of Gov Efficiently sound like a Loony Tunes cartoon where the reason they call it that is because there is no one left in the dept except one rabbit stamping all the paperwork, so it must be efficient.

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