James Cradock
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Try to be nice. I'm also @
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over at Mastodon.
www.pressherald.com/2025/11/25/c...
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Current, former Portland schools staff raise concerns about restructuring, impacts on employees of color
The board meeting Tuesday came just days after a group of parents began circulating a petition and complaint about 'a troubling pattern of retaliation, removal and silencing of staff of color.'
https://www.pressherald.com/2025/11/25/current-former-portland-schools-staff-raise-concerns-about-restructuring-impacts-on-staff-of-color/
about 4 hours ago
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McKenzie Funk
about 16 hours ago
Incredible
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story about an asylum-seeker kept apart from her son and family as she ping-ponged back and forth between U.S. and Canadian immigration officials has a telling detail about ICE Air.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/w...
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Finally, this past Friday, a US District Court Judge blocked Trump from shutting down the US Interagency Council on Homelessness, which coordinates government policies and responses for unhoused people.
www.npr.org/2025/04/16/n...
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Trump administration has gutted an agency that coordinates homelessness policy
All staff were put on leave at the United States Interagency Council on Homelessness. Congress created the entity in 1987 and, among other things, it helped drive down veterans homelessness.
https://www.npr.org/2025/04/16/nx-s1-5366865/trump-doge-homelessness-veterans-interagency-council-on-homelessness-staff-doge
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Also on Friday, a US District Court Judge permanently blocked Trump from dissolving the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service (FMCS). FMCS is an independent federal agency focused on preventing and resolving labor disputes through mediation and conflict resolution.
www.fmcs.gov
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Home - Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
https://www.fmcs.gov
about 24 hours ago
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On Friday, a US District Court Judge permanently blocked Trump from terminating the Minority Business Development Agency.
www.mbda.gov
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Minority Business Development Agency
MBDA is the only federal agency tasked with promoting the growth and competitiveness of minority-owned businesses.
https://www.mbda.gov
about 24 hours ago
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This is what I'm listening to.
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Gov. Janet Mills won't sign a bill that would restrict how state and local police collaborate with federal immigration agents.
www.mainepublic.org/politics/202...
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Mills won't sign contentious bill dealing with federal immigration enforcement
Mills plans to hold onto the legislation, which would have limited how much local and state police in Maine can collaborate with federal immigration agents seeking to round up and deport non-citizens.
https://www.mainepublic.org/politics/2025-07-02/mills-wont-sign-contentious-bill-dealing-with-federal-immigration-enforcement
1 day ago
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I like small programs that do simple things well. Beaver Notes I dig.
beavernotes.com
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Beaver Website
https://beavernotes.com/
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James Cradock
Graham Platner for Senate
2 days ago
This is a heartbreaking story, and just another example of how our immigration system is broken. As I have said, since I got into this race, we need to hold Border Patrol and ICE accountable for their brutal actions.
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Last Wednesday, November 19, a US District Court Judge ordered Trump to again consider granting protection from deportation to young immigrants.
abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory...
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Government ordered to resume deportation protection program for vulnerable immigrant youth
A federal judge ordered the Trump administration to resume a program that could grant deportation protection to vulnerable immigrant children and youth
https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/government-ordered-resume-deportation-protection-program-vulnerable-immigrant-127732570
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Today a US District Court Judge dismissed charges against New York Attorney General Letitia James, part of Trump's attempts to target opponents.
cbs6albany.com/news/local/n...
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New York AG Letitia James responds after dismissal of DOJ indictment charges
NY AG Letitia James expressed her relief and gratitude following the dismissal of a U.S. Department of Justice indictment. U.S. District Jud
https://cbs6albany.com/news/local/new-york-ag-letitia-james-responds-after-dismissal-of-doj-indictment-charges-cbs6-wrgb
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Today a US District Court Judge dismissed charges against former FBI Director James Comey, part of Trump's attempts to target his opponents.
www.sfgate.com/news/politic...
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The Latest: Judge dismisses cases against James Comey and Letitia James
A federal judge has dismissed the criminal cases against former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James. The judge concluded Monday that the prosecutor who brought the...
https://www.sfgate.com/news/politics/article/the-latest-us-to-label-venezuela-s-cartel-de-21204768.php
2 days ago
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Yesterday a US Appeals Court declined to stay (reverse) a US District Court Judge's August ruling blocking Trump from expanding expedited removal of people in the US.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Court rules Trump can’t expand fast-track deportation process
Federal appeals court declines to put hold on lower court’s finding that administration violated migrants’ due process
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/nov/22/trump-administration-fast-track-deportation-process
3 days ago
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The Miracle Year: Everything sounds better on vinyl on a properly-ish set up stereo. Jeezum.
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4 days ago
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I am excited for this afternoon after getting some serious stuff done and listening quietly to the LPs.
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4 days ago
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Other Minneapolis music, and coincidentally the 4 LP set finally dropped off at the door yesterday, which I've listened to from CD rips someone shared with me while I waited: 1985: The Miracle Year, by an olderish band called Hüsker Dü is really, really great.
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I'm not anti-Microsoft, not currently anyway, and BBEdit is my main editor, but I use VS Code on Debian, and someone alerted me to VS Codium, which I'm alerting you to, now:
vscodium.com
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VSCodium - Open Source Binaries of VSCode
Free/Libre Open Source Software Binaries of VSCode
https://vscodium.com
4 days ago
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I'm digging ServerCat on macOS, and, sure, I'm looking around for a Linux/Gnome equivalent.
servercat.app
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ServerCat - server status and SSH client for iOS/macOS
Linux server status, docker management and ssh client for iOS
https://servercat.app
4 days ago
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Hootennany I hope will get the same remastered and expanded treatment. But you should listen for yourself.
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I got the expanded and remastered Let It Be 4 LP set, and although the bass is punchier for sure I was less... excited about the remaster than I was for, say, Tim. I listened to my old Let It Be LP in the morning and the remaster LP, first one, in the afternoon Friday.
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I got the expanded and remastered Let It Be 4 LP set, and although the bass is punchier for sure I was less... excited about the remaster than I was for, say, Tim. I listened to my old Let It Be LP in the morning and the remaster LP, first one, in the afternoon Friday.
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On November 14, a US Appeals Court blocked Trump from restricting commercial driver's license, like for trucks and buses, to immigrants.
www.planetizen.com/news/2025/11...
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Appeals Court Blocks Trump Restrictions on Immigrant Truck Drivers
A court stopped the administration from enforcing new regulations that would have prevented noncitizens with certain visa types from gaining commercial driver’s licenses.
https://www.planetizen.com/news/2025/11/136393-appeals-court-blocks-trump-restrictions-immigrant-truck-drivers
4 days ago
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On Friday (yesterday), a US District Court permanently blocked Trump from dismantling the Institute of Museum and Library Services. The IMLS, a federal agency, supports libraries, museums and archives in US states and territories.
www.ala.org/news/2025/11...
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Court permanently blocks Trump’s executive order to dismantle federal agency for America’s libraries
Today, the U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island struck down the Trump Administration’s attempts to dismantle the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS).
https://www.ala.org/news/2025/11/court-permanently-blocks-trumps-executive-order-dismantle-federal-agency-americas
4 days ago
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👎 Yesterday the US Supreme Court reversed a District Court ruling that the Texas US Congress redistricting map was illegal and could not be used in next year's mid-term elections.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/21/p...
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Supreme Court pauses lower court order that blocked Texas’ new congressional maps | CNN Politics
Texas urged the Supreme Court on Friday to boost President Donald Trump’s effort to help Republicans maintain control of Congress, asking the justices to review a federal court ruling that found the s...
https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/21/politics/texas-supreme-court-congressional-redistricting
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Yesterday a US District Court Judge blocked Trump from allowing the IRS to give ICE the addresses of taxpayers who might be undocumented immigrants.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/21/p...
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Federal judge blocks IRS from sharing information to help ICE with deportations | CNN Politics
A federal judge on Friday blocked the IRS from giving ICE the home addresses of taxpayers who might be undocumented immigrants — dealing a blow to the Trump administration’s mass deportation efforts.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/21/politics/irs-ice-data-sharing-ruling
4 days ago
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Yesterday 2 US District Court Judges blocked Trump from cutting federal funds to cities and towns if programs supporting diversity, equity and inclusion, as Trump saw them, were not ended, and if cities and towns did not cooperate with Trump's anti-immigrant policies.
www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
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https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/judge-blocks-trump-cutting-350-million-grants-cities-counties-2025-11-22/
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On Monday of this week, a US District Court Judge blocked Trump from deploying troops to Memphis.
www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...
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Tennessee judge blocks National Guard deployment to Memphis
Davidson County Chancellor Patricia Head Moskal has ruled that the National Guard deployment in Memphis must be put on hold.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/11/17/national-guard-memphis-deployment-hold-judge/87329445007/
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On Tuesday, a US District Court Judge blocked Texas from requiring that the state's public schools display the 10 Commandments in every classroom, because it is illegal.
truthout.org/articles/jud...
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Judge Blocks Texas Law Forcing Ten Commandments Displays in Schools
The judge said Texas’s mandate exposes students to unwanted religious pressure, likely violating the First Amendment.
https://truthout.org/articles/judge-blocks-texas-law-forcing-ten-commandments-displays-in-schools/
5 days ago
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Displace one note and there would be diminishment. Displace one phrase and the structure would fall.
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On Tuesday of this week, a US District Court of Appeals blocked the Trump-ordered gerrymandering of Texas congressional district from being used, because "substantial evidence shows that Texas racially gerrymandered" its map, which is illegal.
www.reuters.com/world/federa...
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https://www.reuters.com/world/federal-judges-block-texas-using-new-congressional-map-2025-11-18/
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👎 Yesterday, an appeals court stopped a US District Court Judge's order on Wednesday that Trump release people DHS had detained in Chicago.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/20/u...
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Appeals court blocks release of hundreds of migrants arrested in Illinois just a day before they could have left detention | CNN
A federal appeals court paused the release of hundreds of immigrants who were arrested during the Department of Homeland Security’s aggressive immigration actions in the Chicago area earlier this year...
https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/20/us/illinois-immigrants-release-blocked
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On Wednesday, a US District Court judge blocked Trump from ending temporary protected status for Syrian refugees, calling Trump's actions illegal.
www.upi.com/Top_News/US/...
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Federal judge blocks end of TPS protection for 6,100 Syrians - UPI.com
More than 6,100 Syrians won't lose their temporary protected status on Friday while they challenge the matter in court, a federal judge ruled.
https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2025/11/19/syrians-protected-status/3301763602468/
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Yesterday, a US District Judge ordered Trump to end his illegal troop deployment to Washington, DC.
www.npr.org/2025/11/20/n...
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Judge orders an end to Trump's troop deployment in D.C., calling it 'unlawful'
U.S. District Judge Jia Cobb put a pause on her order until Dec. 11 to allow the Trump administration time to appeal.
https://www.npr.org/2025/11/20/nx-s1-5615399/dc-troops-deployment-blocked-trump
5 days ago
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James Cradock
Graham Platner for Senate
7 days ago
Owen M, thanks for coming to our Biddeford town hall. We found your wallet. Send us a DM. Please share so Owen sees this.
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Platner’s policy positions:
www.grahamforsenate.com/platform
7 days ago
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Techdirt
7 days ago
How Trademark Ruined Colorado-Style Pizza You've heard of New York style, Chicago deep dish, Detroit square pans. But Colorado-style pizza? Probably not. And there's a perfectly ridiculous reason why this regional style never spread beyond a handful of restaurants in the Rocky Mountains: one guy…
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How Trademark Ruined Colorado-Style Pizza
You've heard of New York style, Chicago deep dish, Detroit square pans. But Colorado-style pizza? Probably not. And there's a perfectly ridiculous reason why this regional style never spread beyond a handful of restaurants in the Rocky Mountains: one guy trademarked it and scared everyone else away from making it. This story comes via a fascinating Sporkful podcast episode where reporter Paul Karolyi spent years investigating why Colorado-style pizza remains trapped in obscurity while other regional styles became national phenomena.
https://www.techdirt.com/2025/11/19/how-trademark-ruined-colorado-style-pizza/
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Kate Josephs
9 days ago
MAINERS: If you see ICE, call this hotline: (207) 544-9989. It's the Maine Immigrant Rights org, and their website has resources on how to protect yourself and others, what do do if someone is taken, and how to safely film their activity.
maineimmigrantrights.org/mirc-resourc...
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9 days ago
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James Cradock
Kinonik
9 days ago
📽️ On Wednesday, Nov. 19, Kinonik is showing George Englund's Signpost to Murder (1964). A second showing is on Saturday, Nov. 22. Get your tickets:
www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticket...
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SIgnpost to Murder
Alex Forrester, convicted of murdering his wife, fails to gain his release after spending 5 years in a British asylum for the criminally insane. Dr. Mark Fleming informs him of an old law which provid...
https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/signpost-to-murder
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Timothy Snyder
11 days ago
"I Want You to Understand Chicago"
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I Want You to Understand Chicago
https://aphyr.com/posts/397-i-want-you-to-understand-chicago
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11 days ago
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Biked home in pitch black dark. At 5 PM. I’m not complaining. I dig bicycle rides at night. Not cold enough to complain about it yet. More later. : - )
11 days ago
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Last week, the DOJ appealed the district court judge's ruling restricting Trump's immigration agents using force against people in Chicago.
news.wttw.com/2025/11/10/d...
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DOJ Appeals Sweeping Order Restricting Immigration Agents’ Use of Force Around Chicago
“This overbroad and unworkable injunction has no basis in law, threatens the safety of federal officers, and violates the separation of powers,” DOJ attorneys wrote in their appeal.
https://news.wttw.com/2025/11/10/doj-appeals-sweeping-order-restricting-immigration-agents-use-force-around-chicago
11 days ago
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California is asking the courts to block Trump's neverending military occupation of LA.
www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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California Again Asks Court to Block Trump’s ‘Never-Ending’ Military Occupation of Los Angeles
Read more here.
https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/california-asks-court-end-trump-los-angeles-military-deployment/
11 days ago
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On Friday, the DOJ appealed the district court ruling permanently blocking Trump from deploying troops to Portland, Oregon.
oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2025/11/14/f...
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Feds appeal ruling permanently blocking Trump Guard deployment to Portland • Oregon Capital Chronicle
Federal lawyers are asking an appeals court to reverse a recent decision in District Court in Oregon that blocked Trump’s deployment.
https://oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2025/11/14/feds-appeal-ruling-permanently-blocking-trump-guard-deployment-to-portland/
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On Friday, a federal judge blocked Trump's $1.2B fine against UCLA, rejecting demands to eliminate diversity programs and disavow recognition of transgender people.
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Judge blocks Trump administration push to fine UCLA $1.2 billion for alleged antisemitism
A federal judge late Friday issued a preliminary injunction blocking the Trump administration from imposing a $1.2-billion fine on UCLA for alleged civil rights violations over antisemitism, its recog...
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-11-14/federal-judge-blocks-trump-administation-from-imposing-billion-fine-ucla
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This is what I'm listening to. Community radio in Detroit.
wnuc.org
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WNUC 96.7FM Detroit
Detroit's Community Radio Station
https://wnuc.org/
11 days ago
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www.wbur.org/news/2025/11...
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These are what I'm listening to.
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Sunday night, a US Appeals Court affirmed the prior US District Court judgement that Trump must fully fund the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program relied on by 42,000,000 people.
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Trump administration cannot withhold full funding for food aid, US appeals court rules
A federal appeals court late on Sunday allowed a judge's order to stand that directs U.S. President Donald Trump's administration to fully fund this month's food aid benefits for 42 million low-income Americans during the ongoing U.S. government shutdown.
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-administration-cannot-withhold-4-billion-food-aid-us-appeals-court-rules-2025-11-10/
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