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@pradlin.bsky.social

Gadabout, Dadabout, Sadabout

created August 9, 2023

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#Amaterdam

2/9/2025, 3:15:25 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Watch Amsterdam.

2/9/2025, 3:06:14 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Everyone in it is amazing.

2/9/2025, 3:06:14 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Amsterdam is a great movie.

2/9/2025, 3:06:14 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Everyone should be talking about Amsterdam.

2/9/2025, 3:06:14 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Did i miss everyone talking about Amsterdam?

2/9/2025, 3:06:14 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Iron Circus Comics (@ironcircuscomics.bsky.social) reposted

Happy Labor Day! Today we're bringing you The First Union, as told by HBomberguy (@hbomberguy.bsky.social) and illustrated by Skutch (@skutchdraws.bsky.social) It's the dawn of the industrial revolution, and of the way many of us work... Have you ever heard of the term "Luddite" from an elder?

Stanhill, Lancashire, 1764. Wear and carpenter James Hargreaves invents the Spinning Jenny, the first practical spinning-frame, to make the tedious task of producing cloth a little bit faster. He doesn't know it yet, but this will destroy the world. Spurred by inventions like his, the industrial revolution will transform everything -- work power, the wealth of nations. Society as we know it began here, and it wasn't great for everyone. But a group of weavers and textile workers saw this future coming. And did their best to prevent it. Factory work paid little, since If you were living through it, opposing the industrial revolution wasn't techno-phobia. It was SELF-DEFENSE. The combination act forced unions underground into secret societies. And the greatest secret of all was their leader - Ned Ludd. Ned had been a folk character for years. In one version after being whipped by his master, he smashed two knitting frames in a rage. In more fanciful versions, he then escaped to the Sherwood forest, here he lived among the animals as their king. Some versions specifically call him 'Much Better Than Robin Hood'.
1/9/2025, 5:15:17 PM | 190 111 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Robert (@pradlin.bsky.social) reply parent

Kia too.

1/9/2025, 4:58:17 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Robert (@pradlin.bsky.social) reply parent

I hate cars but Hyundai seems to have the most sensible dash. Ford is one of the worst offenders.

Hyundai Ionic 6 dashboard. Mustang Mach E dash which I believe is the time-traveling inspiration for the monolith in 2001: A Space Odyssey
1/9/2025, 4:49:40 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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"No, it's a RAM!" "RAMMSTEIN, maybe." *crickets* #DadJoked๐Ÿ˜ฎโ€๐Ÿ’จ #underappreciated #treefallsinaforest

1/9/2025, 2:36:54 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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We've given my 7 year a decoy keyfob since he keeps taking our spares. He has an elaborate story for the car it operates. His trunk apparently opens with the remote and the sound, "beeedlebeeblubleble" (Which sounds like his car alarm). "What dealership did you get that from? Ringling Brothers?"

1/9/2025, 2:36:54 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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And here i thought Dennis was supposed to be THE All American Boy

1/9/2025, 1:27:08 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Is there a modern car that doesn't have a huge tablet mounted in the middle of the dash?

1/9/2025, 1:17:15 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Robert (@pradlin.bsky.social) reply parent

At least not that isn't connected by waterway.

1/9/2025, 2:37:35 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Robert (@pradlin.bsky.social) reply parent

Plus, there IS some commuter train in that area. Detroit to Chicago. Which is really all you need in that particular zone. The rest is nice but not relevant in an industrial sense.

1/9/2025, 2:37:11 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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A murder suicide at the four seasons

1/9/2025, 2:31:46 AM | 8 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Thank you!

31/8/2025, 10:40:22 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Ah! Plug-in hybrid. Usually with a 20-30 mile range, i guess.

31/8/2025, 10:40:12 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Most of the EVs I've considered have a range of 200 miles or more. 125 sounds short.

31/8/2025, 8:22:12 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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You can't make this shit up

31/8/2025, 12:25:29 PM | 6 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Some of your best work

31/8/2025, 12:19:23 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I mean, *technically*....

31/8/2025, 11:49:52 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Robert (@pradlin.bsky.social) reply parent

Came here!

31/8/2025, 2:30:26 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Robert (@pradlin.bsky.social) reply parent

trends.google.com/trends/ This was wild to wake up to

30/8/2025, 10:56:16 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I can't here to say this! And so I did.

30/8/2025, 12:14:23 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Robert (@pradlin.bsky.social) reply parent

I am this old and this white that this was my first point of comparison.

30/8/2025, 12:13:28 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Robert (@pradlin.bsky.social) reply parent

But wouldn't that also improve indoor allergy conditions? Think of the drug manufacturers!

29/8/2025, 2:44:52 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Robert (@pradlin.bsky.social) reply parent

Did they do a better job then the trailer suggested of explaining why a hypospray is about to shortcut the decades of self discipline training Vulcans go through to BE Vulcan?

29/8/2025, 12:35:29 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Not if it's, like, the moon landing or the overthrow of a fascist party.

28/8/2025, 10:45:58 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I've still never seen a movie because I can't get the cave walls to move fast enough to give a meaningful illusion of motion.

28/8/2025, 10:43:22 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Robert (@pradlin.bsky.social) reply parent

Didn't we already try empathy?

27/8/2025, 11:29:39 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Robert (@pradlin.bsky.social) reply parent

Suppose there will be a Sorcerority Barbie?

27/8/2025, 11:00:32 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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It's nice that he lets you be his familiar.

27/8/2025, 8:26:38 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I think that's a lunch meat pack on the left so balogna? Ham?

27/8/2025, 5:40:07 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Have you considered peeing in it?

27/8/2025, 5:03:44 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Robert (@pradlin.bsky.social) reply parent

Maybe they mean human traffickers?

27/8/2025, 2:55:42 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Can this be the logo?

Just a person presenting as femme.
26/8/2025, 10:20:08 PM | 6 1 | View on Bluesky | view

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I hate hate HATE when people lose their precious things. If i could claw them back from oblivion for you, I would. I'm sorry that happened.

26/8/2025, 12:13:13 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I think i found out about you well after the incident and never knew about this loss. ๐Ÿ˜‘ I presume the wayback machine was no use?

26/8/2025, 12:08:01 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Booourns

26/8/2025, 4:41:53 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Season 3 of Fisk was delightful. Now on Netflix. Felt like a final season but ๐Ÿคž

26/8/2025, 4:40:42 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Robert (@pradlin.bsky.social) reply parent

"The kids will LOVE Pet Cemetery!"

26/8/2025, 3:11:44 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Robert (@pradlin.bsky.social) reply parent

Need some more womb to grow?

25/8/2025, 9:57:51 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Glad I could sort that for y'all.

25/8/2025, 6:57:58 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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So, I think I figured out what's wrong with the transformers movies. It's not the rampant sexism, toxic masculinity, or low brow humorโ€” the appeal has always been that you could see how the pieces moved to produce the end result and they were plausible in both states. Now they just flow.

25/8/2025, 6:57:58 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Oh no. Don't touch the stuff myself. Maya Angelou is all i can think of. ๐Ÿ˜ถโ€๐ŸŒซ๏ธ

25/8/2025, 6:54:05 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Robert (@pradlin.bsky.social) reply parent

Wonder if they're using an AI assistant.

25/8/2025, 4:39:46 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Robert (@pradlin.bsky.social) reply parent

They should have gone with Liberia. That sounds like a real country.

25/8/2025, 2:58:34 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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In the absence of immediate recommendations, may I suggest searching poetry from those demographics

25/8/2025, 1:07:17 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Robert (@pradlin.bsky.social) reply parent

I... Suspect you've got a smattering of g's in your existing philosophical canon. If that's any consolation.

25/8/2025, 12:35:56 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Robert (@pradlin.bsky.social) reply parent

Tell him not to watch Firebuds. Not because of the heavy lgbtq representation but because there's an early episode showing two cars leaving the hospital with their brand new baby car and NO EXPLANATION.

25/8/2025, 11:56:32 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Robert (@pradlin.bsky.social) reply parent

(I'm mostly sharing my path to victory because there may be additional games on that list that you'll enjoy!)

25/8/2025, 11:45:29 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Robert (@pradlin.bsky.social) reply parent

I wasn't sure I could get there with one screenshot ๐Ÿ˜‚ I searched the term "book recommendation game" and it was literally the 10th game on this list of 10 games cozygamingpanda.com/10-cozy-game...

25/8/2025, 11:44:41 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Robert (@pradlin.bsky.social) reply parent

I think i found itโ€”is it Tiny Bookshop?

25/8/2025, 3:21:28 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Was it the strut?

25/8/2025, 3:12:48 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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My pitch for quantum leap season 3: our intrepid leapers spend the season leaping into vaccine deniers in 2020 and get them vaccinated.

24/8/2025, 5:30:17 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Robert (@pradlin.bsky.social) reply parent

Obviously you are correct and you are underlining one of the reasons many people have abandoned that site. Are you there as a requirement of work? Or do you expect it to be redeemed?

24/8/2025, 1:49:22 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Robert (@pradlin.bsky.social) reply parent

What is that?

24/8/2025, 3:50:50 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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You ever think how nice it must be to be Clark Kent, the one reporter in the world who can speak truth to power without fear for your life?

24/8/2025, 3:13:06 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Robert (@pradlin.bsky.social) reply parent

You're one to talk, Mr. "For every Answer there's a Question."

24/8/2025, 1:57:00 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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'i haven't been this mad since they changed the K in KFC to Kentucky!' โ€”Them, Probably

23/8/2025, 8:10:50 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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So, assigning ring tones is a lot of pressure ๐Ÿ˜‘

23/8/2025, 2:39:48 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Chiiri (@chiiri.bsky.social) reposted

'A NSFW ban won't negatively affect me, I don't draw or post porn!' You sure? Here's how it went down when tumblr did it:

22/8/2025, 11:36:59 PM | 12451 6879 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Robert (@pradlin.bsky.social) reply parent

And this is why I don't care to consume media from a series whose individual installments do not work as standalones.

22/8/2025, 7:50:32 PM | 7 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Robert (@pradlin.bsky.social) reply parent

It's wild to me the people who, by necessity of my having to deal with them, clearly have access to the internet and yet hold positions that suggest strongly that they do not. duckduckgo.com?q=cracker+ba...

22/8/2025, 7:39:08 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Deeply disappointed in the Kalamazoo institute of Art's decision to host a "generative" exhibit by an individual shilling NFTs.

22/8/2025, 7:34:43 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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"depends how much starch you use"

22/8/2025, 2:24:32 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Robert (@pradlin.bsky.social) reply parent

Completed tasks 60% faster you say? I know what element my management is going to see.

22/8/2025, 2:11:39 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Aditya Mukerjee ๐Ÿฆฆ ๐Ÿณ๏ธโ€๐ŸŒˆ (@chimeracoder.bsky.social) reposted

RT if you also wish ill upon JK Rowling.

21/8/2025, 1:43:16 PM | 21857 21566 | View on Bluesky | view

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Legend has it she's still sitting that way today.

21/8/2025, 1:54:08 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Damn, this is good

21/8/2025, 1:16:39 AM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I hope it was a $2000 bribe and they used the extra $1800 to buy a printer before reporting.

21/8/2025, 1:04:45 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Robert (@pradlin.bsky.social) reply parent

Then you're doing better than me!

21/8/2025, 12:44:24 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I just remember the 2024 election and lose my appetite.

20/8/2025, 10:41:23 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Is there a # you can throw out there? I'm not in tune with contemporary music, nor am I even a country fan. ๐Ÿ˜“ I wish you luck!

20/8/2025, 2:05:36 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Ireland seems nice

19/8/2025, 10:06:05 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Where did we net out on the #Visa #MasterCard pushback?

19/8/2025, 12:11:22 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Is one of them donating blood because i think you literally get cookies for that

18/8/2025, 11:49:03 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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If i wrote a book of essays at Walden Pond, would it be considered a Thoreauback?

17/8/2025, 5:32:29 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Robert (@pradlin.bsky.social) reply parent

Probably the cat?

17/8/2025, 5:00:31 AM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Tom McH (@tommchenry.bsky.social) reposted

for no reason remembered this five-year-old doodle

J.K. Rowling is going to Wizard Hell when she dies (honorary)
16/8/2025, 5:17:01 PM | 1014 203 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Robert (@pradlin.bsky.social) reply parent

May i recommend ENORMOUS SUN HATS. no hands or dignity required.

16/8/2025, 2:31:27 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Better, package them AS ketchup. Like those tide pod candies

16/8/2025, 2:30:56 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Robert (@pradlin.bsky.social) reply parent

I'm sorry, did the eye laser guy just shoot the reflective metal guy in a house of mirrors? Do lasers not work the way I remember it are there necessarily serious repercussions for this?

15/8/2025, 12:07:57 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Robert (@pradlin.bsky.social) reply parent

I don't think that's a risk you need to worry about

15/8/2025, 12:04:50 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I think my new normal is probably just going to be crying. That feels appropriate ๐Ÿคฃ

14/8/2025, 2:59:00 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Robert (@pradlin.bsky.social) reply parent

It's just that we're in the dumbest timeline by a long shot.

14/8/2025, 5:14:09 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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โ™‚๏ธ?

13/8/2025, 11:22:23 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Looks like the last two neurons just fell out their ears, in a cute way.

13/8/2025, 9:04:42 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Idk how the Kennedy Center works for the president. Will he get his own booth?

13/8/2025, 3:26:09 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Robert (@pradlin.bsky.social) reply parent

At least you're getting back to denature. It's hard to do in this day and age.

13/8/2025, 12:53:32 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I was deeply offended before I worked the puzzle myself ๐Ÿคฃ

13/8/2025, 12:52:16 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Robert (@pradlin.bsky.social) reply parent

You might want to clarify that you are diminishing Queen and not Prince.

13/8/2025, 12:51:44 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Robert (@pradlin.bsky.social) reply parent

Ouch

13/8/2025, 12:50:24 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Wild that I'll be seeing my favorite bisexual gargoyle, @erikaishii.bsky.social, at @twentysidedtavern.bsky.social !

13/8/2025, 12:49:27 PM | 9 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Robert (@pradlin.bsky.social) reply parent

(because if they're RETURNING a higher value currency for what we assume is the same initial tender, the original product must have dimination value)

13/8/2025, 12:10:38 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Slightly diminish a brand: Dimeback

13/8/2025, 12:08:45 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Robert (@pradlin.bsky.social) reply parent

That's good to know. I love the work that you do and love having that knowledge in my back pocket in case I spy an opportunity i can connect you with.

13/8/2025, 3:27:36 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Robert (@pradlin.bsky.social) reply parent

This might be a silly question... But I'm looking at your website for photography and it looks like it skips right from portfolio to get in touch, even though there's a menu option for packages. What do your photography packages look like?

13/8/2025, 3:16:14 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Robert (@pradlin.bsky.social) reply parent

Wish

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