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Friends of the Earth (Action), Inc. defends the environment and champions a healthy and just world.
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ClimateActionNetwork
11 days ago
📢 It's time to rise up to
#DrawTheLine
against the unjust systems at the root of the climate crisis! It's time for
#JustTransitionRising
! ⚡️ Join us for the Draw the Line Kickoff Rally: it's not to be missed! ➡️
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✊ The people united will never be defeated!
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350.org
11 days ago
🔥💵 Chuck Collins from
@patrioticmillionaires.org
shares why he is taking action to
#DrawTheLine
against rising inequality and is calling on the super-rich to stop exacerbating climate impacts at the expense of the rest of us. This September, join an event near you:
drawtheline.world
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When it comes to pesticides, the Trump administration’s MAHA Commission has a serious problem. The Commission’s newly released strategy for addressing childhood chronic disease is better for the pesticide industry than for people. 🧵
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The Pesticide Industry’s Fingerprints Are All Over the MAHA Commission’s Strategy Report | Common Dreams
Instead of delivering real change, the strategy appears to be just another example of the Trump administration putting the financial interests of polluting industries above people’s health.
https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/maha-report-pesticides
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Robert Reich
14 days ago
Big Oil spent nearly half a BILLION dollars in last year’s election cycle. Now, they’re coming to collect — and they’re getting a big return on investment. Watch.
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The Secret Behind High Gas Prices
YouTube video by Robert Reich
https://youtu.be/aDQXiNlM5iM?feature=shared
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Free DC
15 days ago
Tomorrow, college students across DC walkout. Not just for ourselves, but for our neighbors. For everyone this federal occupation harms. You don’t need permission to demand freedom. You just need to show up. Sign up:
smvmt.org/walkout
#FreeDC
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Advancement Project
15 days ago
What should you do when you’re stopped by the police? DC’s young people break down your rights when interacting with law enforcement. Remember — knowing your rights is a great first step, asserting them is even better. Learn more from
@freedcproject.bsky.social
:
freedcproject.org/rights
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Free DC
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"What they're trying to do in D.C. is what they're trying to do with other dictatorships [...] we have to stop it while we still can" -Casey
#WeAreAllDC
Protestor This is what dictatorship looks like. It’ll take all of us to stop this unlawful power grab.
#FreeDC
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Washington DC residents protest against Trump's troop deployment to the city
Several thousand Washington D.C. residents on Saturday marched to demand U.S. President Donald Trump end the deployment of National Guard troops patrolling the capital city's streets.
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/washington-dc-residents-protest-against-trumps-troop-deployment-city-2025-09-06/
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Free DC
17 days ago
People from all over are showing up for DC. This is not a moment. It’s a movement. We are united in our demands. We are all DC!
#FreeDC
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Friends of the Earth International
18 days ago
⚡️ACTION ALERT On Nov 15, 2025, movements everywhere will unite for the
#PeoplesSummit
Global Day of Action. Together, we rise for
#ClimateJustice
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18 days ago
⚡ PRESS RELEASE Peoples’ Summit launches global call to action ahead of COP30 Social and environmental movements announce Global Day of Action on November 15 2025, in Belém, Brazil - urging solidarity marches worldwide.
bit.ly/47Z8YqU
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Peoples’ Summit: Global call to action ahead of COP30
Social and environmental movements announce Global Day of Action on 15 November 2025 in Belém, Brazil - urging solidarity marches worldwide.
https://bit.ly/47Z8YqU
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Our Revolution
18 days ago
🚨 Free DC 🚨 National Guard patrolling our neighborhoods. ICE + FBI harassing and arresting our neighbors. Tomorrow, we rise up together. Join us in Malcom X Park for a National March to End the Occupation of DC:
act.ourrevolution.com/signup/we-ar...
#WeAreAllDC
#FightOligarchy
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American Iron Front
20 days ago
The deployment of troops to DC is meant to intimidate us. To make us stay inside and keep our heads down. Take up space in DC! Your very presence out on the street sends a message to the aspiring police state: It will take more than a couple armored vehicles to keep us quiet!
#FreeDC
#WeAreAllDC
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20 days ago
⚡PRESS RELEASE Indonesian fishers call for the protection of their rights "I feel the effects of climate change every day. But we still have hope for a future on our island. It's about securing our future." - Ibu Asmania, Pari Islander and plaintiff
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For decades, slaughterhouses have dumped toxic waste into our rivers, leaving rural communities to pick up the tab. By allowing this pollution to continue unchecked, Trump is once again putting industry profits over clean water and public health.
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EPA’s Retreat from Slaughterhouse Pollution Rule Exposes “Make America Healthy Again” Hypocrisy
EPA’s decision to walk away from updating slaughterhouse pollution standards is a direct contradiction to Make America Healthy Again.
https://foe.org/news/epa-slaughterhouse-opposes-maha/
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U.S. Right to Know
21 days ago
Time to put children's health above pesticide industry profits. What will it take?
@rcscience.bsky.social
www.realclearhealth.com/articles/202...
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Time to Put Children’s Health Above Pesticide Industry Profits
When chemical giant Syngenta hired biologist Tyrone Hayes to study its widely used herbicide atrazine, the company didn’t like the results. Hayes found that atrazine, one of the most common weed
https://www.realclearhealth.com/articles/2025/08/27/time_to_put_childrens_health_above_pesticide_industry_profits_1131407.html
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For the first time, researchers can tell you exactly how pesticides can cause harm in the offspring of exposed pregnant women Meanwhile, Trump's MAHA Commission seems to be stalling its efforts to crackdown on pesticides
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Landmark study links pesticides to brain damage, but federal push to restrict their use stalls
A push to restrict agricultural pesticides appears to be stalling, and a draft of a report obtained by ABC News does not signal any intention to eliminate them.
https://abc7.com/post/landmark-study-links-agricultural-pesticides-brain-damage-federal-push-restrict-use-stalls/17580761/
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Shutting down the EPA Office of Research & Development makes it a lot easier for companies to hide the dangers of their products from consumers – whether it be toxic chemicals in household cleaning supplies or greenhouse gas emissions spewed by Big Oil.
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Lead Locally
about 1 month ago
Take action with us every Wednesday from Sept 3 to Nov 3 to phonebank for local climate champions running in Virginia and Georgia!
www.mobilize.us/leadlocally/...
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Break Free From Plastic
about 1 month ago
Alarm bells are ringing at
#INC52
🚨 Today's new draft for the negotiations for a
#PlasticsTreaty
lacks all the key components that civil society groups and high ambition countries have been asking for to effectively address the plastic pollution crisis. [thread 1/9] Read more below: 👇🏽
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Trump just tapped David Rosner (a paid cheerleader for the fracking industry) as the new head of FERC — the agency that oversees natural gas & oil transmission in the US. This is what happens when we don’t make noise about Big Oil advocates on FERC
www.utilitydive.com/news/white-h...
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White House names Democrat Rosner to lead FERC
Agency observers expect the White House will replace Rosner once two pending Republican FERC nominees — Laura Swett and David LaCerte — are seated at the commission.
https://www.utilitydive.com/news/white-house-david-rosner-ferc-chairman/757656/
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A study estimated that roughly 80 whales are killed by ship strikes off the West Coast every single year – and that number could be 20x higher than what’s observed since most dead whales sink.
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Break Free From Plastic
about 1 month ago
Day 8 of the Global
#PlasticsTreaty
negotiations "[C]ountries have yet to make significant progress." ⏰ New
@greenpeace.org
study: the Geneva delegates are all breathing in microplastics. Here's
#BreakFreeFromPlastic's
breakdown of highs ✅ & lows ❌ from the day:
breakfreefromplastic.org/poplite/
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Center for International Environmental Law
about 2 months ago
⚠️ Fossil fuel and chemical industry lobbyists have flooded
#PlasticsTreaty
talks at a record high. They're working with petrostates to distract, delay, and drag the treaty toward the lowest common denominator.
#KickPollutersOut
#INC5-2
👉 Read more:
bit.ly/41wUn1L
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@repilhan.bsky.social
and
@sanders.senate.gov
have re-introduced the End Polluter Welfare Act, which would cut $190 billion in tax loopholes and subsidies for oil, gas, and coal special interests – including $20B in brand new tax breaks from Trump’s budget bill.
about 2 months ago
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Break Free From Plastic
about 2 months ago
🧪 Toxic chemicals in plastics have serious impacts on human health! 😷 Follow @breakfreefromplastic for more updates on the
#PlasticsTreaty
negotiations.
#BreakFreeFromPlastic
#INC52
#BeatPlasticPollution
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Break Free From Plastic
about 2 months ago
Check out
#BreakFreeFromPlastic
highs ✅ & lows ❌ for the second day of
#INC52
negotiations for a
#PlasticsTreaty
as well as the key stories from today:
breakfreefromplastic.org/poplite/
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Declaration for American Democracy Coalition
about 2 months ago
"Congress has introduced the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act time and time again, and we have not yet had a Congress courageous enough to pass it. A Congress that believed enough in its own principles and platforms."
#RestoreTheVRA
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Union of Concerned Scientists
about 2 months ago
Anti-voter attacks are targeting communities of color & low-income communities. The John Lewis VRAA is a powerful tool to ensure fair representation for all Americans.
#RestoreTheVRA
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Break Free From Plastic
about 2 months ago
Cigarette filters are plastic pollution and toxic, unnecessary, and totally avoidable. This
#INC52
, support a ban in the
#PlasticsTreaty
. Let’s end plastic filters for good. 👉
noplasticfilter.org
#NoPlasticFilter
#BreakFreeFromPlastic
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Break Free From Plastic
about 2 months ago
Gallifrey Foundation with Friends of the Earth International and
#BreakFreeFromPlastic
gave out soaps to delegates about to enter the opening of the
#INC52
#PlasticsTreaty
Negotiations encouraging them to Vote for a
#CleanTreaty
for people and planet!
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Break Free From Plastic
about 2 months ago
The
#PlasticsTreaty
negotiations have officially begun! Follow us for updates from the second part of the fifth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee to develop an international legally binding instrument on plastic pollution. WATCH LIVE
webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1n...
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Acyn
about 2 months ago
Crockett: My former colleagues from the Texas House—decided to get the hell out of Texas… breaking quorum is where they’re at right now. And they didn’t just do it by themselves—they went to Illinois, where there is a governor that gives a damn. This fight is going to take all of us.
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Teri G
about 2 months ago
Texas Republicans are shamelessly kowtowing to Donald Trump, prioritizing gerrymandering over disaster relief and the needs of Texas voters, a clear sign of their cowardice.
#MessWithTexas
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Aaron Rupar
about 2 months ago
Jeffries: "These extremists want to be able to choose their voters as opposed to allowing the Texas voters to choose the people who should be privileged to represent them in Washington. It's theft. That's what gerrymandering in its extreme form is."
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Democrats
about 2 months ago
Republicans thought they could rig Texas’ maps without the American people taking notice. They were dead wrong. Texas Democrats are leading the fight against the GOP’s assault on our democracy.
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To claim a massive federal tax credit, an LNG exporter is trying to get its LNG tanker — which can equal the size of a military aircraft carrier — considered as a motorboat. Seems legit!!
lailluminator.com/2025/08/04/l...
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Want a $140 million tax break? You’re gonna need a bigger motorboat. • Louisiana Illuminator
Cheniere Energy wants to claim a nine-figure federal tax credit for the free fuel it uses to power the vessels top ship LNG.
https://lailluminator.com/2025/08/04/lng-tax-credit-2/
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Break Free From Plastic
about 2 months ago
✊ One day before the final round of negotiations for a Global
#PlasticsTreaty
start, hundreds of citizens and civil society organisations gathered at the UN Place des Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, to demand an ambitious & legally binding treaty!
www.breakfreefromplastic.org/2025/08/05/s...
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Chemical companies are pushing for shields to protect them from being legally responsible for the harm pesticides are wreaking. No one should be above the law. If the pesticide industry is too dangerous to operate without being legally shielded, it probably shouldn’t be operating at all.
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We're teaming up with
@biologicaldiversity.org
to launch a lawsuit aiming to protect CA whales from being killed by ship strikes. Ship strikes are a leading cause of death for gray, blue, fin & humpback whales off CA's coast — & we will not stop fighting to protect species.
foe.org/news/lawsuit...
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Lawsuit Launched to Protect Whales in California From Ship Strikes
This is not the first time we've gone toe-to-toe with the government for failing to assess the risks that shipping poses for marine life.
https://foe.org/news/lawsuit-launched-to-protect-whales-in-california-from-ship-strikes/
about 2 months ago
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The largest US LNG exporter is waiting on the IRS to approve a questionable interpretation of a tax credit meant for alternative fuels. If approved, it could net them nearly a quarter-billion dollars and set a dangerous precedent
insideclimatenews.org/news/3107202...
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The Biggest US LNG Exporter Is Claiming a Massive Tax Credit for Using Its Cargo as an ‘Alternative’ Fuel - Inside Climate News
Critics say the claim relies on a dubious interpretation of a law intended to promote natural gas and other fuels. An Inside Climate News analysis put the potential windfall at more than $140 million.
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/31072025/cheniere-energy-lng-claims-massive-alternative-fuel-tax-credit/
about 2 months ago
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Peter Aldhous
about 2 months ago
NEW from me with
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@insideclimatenews.org
The Biggest US LNG Exporter Is Claiming a Massive Tax Credit for Using Its Cargo as an ‘Alternative’ Fuel
insideclimatenews.org/news/3107202...
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The Biggest US LNG Exporter Is Claiming a Massive Tax Credit for Using Its Cargo as an ‘Alternative’ Fuel - Inside Climate News
Critics say the claim relies on a dubious interpretation of a law intended to promote natural gas and other fuels. An Inside Climate News analysis put the potential windfall at more than $140 million.
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/31072025/cheniere-energy-lng-claims-massive-alternative-fuel-tax-credit/
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Phil McKenna
about 2 months ago
Exclusive: Cheniere Energy, the largest U.S. LNG exporter, seeks tax credits that leave shipping experts and tax specialists baffled. An
@insideclimatenews.org
analysis puts the potential payout at more than $140 M.
insideclimatenews.org/news/3107202...
My latest, with
@peteraldhous.com
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The Biggest US LNG Exporter Is Claiming a Massive Tax Credit for Using Its Cargo as an ‘Alternative’ Fuel - Inside Climate News
Critics say the claim relies on a dubious interpretation of a law intended to promote natural gas and other fuels. An Inside Climate News analysis put the potential windfall at more than $140 million.
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/31072025/cheniere-energy-lng-claims-massive-alternative-fuel-tax-credit/
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The Inuit Circumpolar Council (ICC) was just granted permanent consultative status at the International Maritime Organization, which regulates the shipping industry. ICC represents 180,000+ people and a lineage of stewardship in the lands & waters of Inuit Nunaat from time immemorial.
about 2 months ago
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Amy Westervelt
2 months ago
It's here! The
@drilledmedia.bsky.social
- Non-Toxic collab: Carbon Bros. Episode 1: The Testosterone Pipeline is in your feeds right now
push.fm/fl/carbonbros
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Drilled + Non-Toxic Present: Carbon Bros by Critical Frequency | Listen on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Amazon | PUSH.fm
View Critical Frequency's Podcast Link. Listen to Drilled + Non-Toxic Present: Carbon Bros on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Amazon now.
https://push.fm/fl/carbonbros
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Our Revolution
3 months ago
American taxpayers are footing up to $17 BILLION every year to prop up the fossil fuel industry. Meanwhile, communities suffer and the planet burns. It’s time to end Big Oil’s greed! Support @SenSanders & @IlhanMN’s End Polluter Welfare Act!
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Our Revolution
about 2 months ago
🚨 NEWS: Bernie Sanders & Ilhan Omar just reintroduced the End Polluter Welfare Act to combat Trump’s $190B+ fossil fuel giveaway — including $20B for coal, methane, pipelines & other climate scams in his “Big, Beautiful Bill." No more handouts to Big Oil billionaires. ❌
#FightOligarchy
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Rep. Ilhan Omar
about 2 months ago
I reintroduced the End Polluter Welfare Act with Senator Bernie Sanders to eliminate $190+ BILLION in tax loopholes and federal subsidies to the fossil fuel industry, including $20 BILLION in new subsidies in Trump’s tax bill. It’s time to hold polluters accountable.
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Rep. Omar and Sen. Sanders Introduce Legislation to Repeal Corporate Welfare for Fossil Fuels in Trump’s ‘Big, Beautiful Bill,’ End Giveaways That Destroy the Planet
WASHINGTON – Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) reintroduced the End Polluter Welfare Act, legislation to eliminate President Trump’s enormous new handouts to the fossil fuel in...
https://omar.house.gov/media/press-releases/rep-omar-and-sen-sanders-introduce-legislation-repeal-corporate-welfare-fossil
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"Gene drives could have far-reaching, unpredictable negative consequences. The genetic changes from a gene drive to a population of mosquitoes are very likely to persist for a long time, possibly permanently."
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A genetic tweak could prevent mosquitoes from transmitting malaria
A new study reports on a novel way to short-circuit the parasite that spreads the disease so people wouldn't get infected with a mosquito's bite.
https://www.npr.org/sections/goats-and-soda/2025/07/23/g-s1-78741/a-genetic-tweak-could-prevent-mosquitoes-from-transmitting-malaria
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BREAKING: New reporting shows that EPA is drafting a plan to end its ability to fight climate change. If true, this is an insulting announcement, especially after the catastrophic events this year alone in Texas, New Jersey & California
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EPA plans to end its ability to fight climate change, sources say
The proposed rule rescinds a 2009 declaration known as the “endangerment finding,” which scientifically established that greenhouse gases endanger human lives.
https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/epa-is-said-to-draft-a-plan-to-end-its-ability-to-fight-climate-change/?utm_source=referral&utm_medium=mobile-app&utm_campaign=ios
2 months ago
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