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Journalist. Podcaster. Biz of culture. WSJ/VogueBusiness/T&C/NYer. @ChristinaBinkley .bsky.social Mast: @christinabinkley @journa .host Threads: @ChristinaBinkley

Los Angeles, CA
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Christina Binkley
2 years
@giselefetterman The Addams family support each other through thick and thin, accept everyone’s idiosyncrasies, and come out on top every episode/film. Morticia is glam personified, and their kids are the coolest. A family to admire. Whoever posted that got the joke wrong.
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2 years
@LALiving213 @davenewworld_2 Isn’t our full retirement age 68 or 70? AND they have great affordable health care in France.
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2 years
Look at it look at it. Spectacular exaggerated dimensions and deconstructed design of this Peter Do jacket and pants. Just wow.
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5 months
Did the patternmakers and sample sewers leave with Sarah Burton? Real question.
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Alexander McQueen, the Sean McGirr version. Thoughts?
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1 year
@eiffeltyler That is actually very cool tho
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1 year
Prada’s invitation this season includes a 559-page tome on the history of reuse and recycling in art and architecture. Bedtime reading in Milan.
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1 year
Whoever colors Brad Pitt’s hair is an absolute master.
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2 years
Well yes, because it's been given to them.
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2 years
A re-released Gucci bag is all the rage with celebrities this summer.
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3 months
So clever
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1 year
Jennifer Lopez told her husband Ben Affleck to be himself and have fun in his interview with the Hollywood Reporter. So he did. And the result is....he turns out to be a seriously smart, inquisitive human being and imminently likeable. See for yourself:
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2 years
@bigblu729 @LALiving213 @davenewworld_2 1. Healthcare isn’t free in France. It just doesn’t bankrupt families, and the quality is extremely high, which shows in life expectancies and live birth rates. 2. I believe you meant to write “their” not “there”. 3. I’m not an idiot.
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3 months
I wonder if people will take their personalized plates. Or embroidered napkins. This Manolo lunch at the Chateau is very couture.
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2 years
Hedi Slimane’s Celine at the Wiltern collection is pure him.
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2 years
@AjaSaysHello People bragging that they’d never pay $65 for a garment are not signaling the virtue they think they’re signaling.
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3 months
Maybe dropping the designer and the entire executive team wasn’t such a good idea after all.
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11 months
Khaite sent up a big smoke signal this season. It said, I’ve arrived and I’m going to be big. And sell accessories - lotsa them.
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2 years
Ridiculous. We've lived with P22 in our neighborhood for more than 10 years. He once killed a deer two houses up from ours. He hasn't threatened a human and he's BELOVED. There's an annual P22 Fest in Griffith Park. They could've put a tracking collar on this cat and let it live.
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2 years
EUTHANIZED: The mountain lion seen wandering around a northwest Las Vegas neighborhood has been euthanized after being "safely captured" early Wednesday morning, according to the Nevada Department of Wildlife. #8NN
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1 year
@rgay I would NOT be okay with that. Unfortunately it applies to all female student athletes, even homeschooled or in private school. I’m beginning to wonder why people want to raise children in Florida.
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@dieworkwear I’ve always assumed that every single piece of clothing that Dolly Parton wears is bespoke. But if a seamstress can tailor woven fabrics to fit her curves, there is hope for everyone.
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3 years
Virgil Abloh has died of a rare cancer he has been battling in private since 2019. Suddenly so much makes sense. I’m so sorry. Condolences to his family.
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7 months
Let 2024 be the year that we check the interior seams for quality workmanship, feel the ‘hand’ of the cloth for comfort, and pay a bit more for real value in our clothing.
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1 year
@sarahgilbert @rgay There are maybe more effective solutions than not voting. But I hear you.
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1 year
Alaia hasn’t been gone that long. Not sure if he can turn over in his grave yet over the fact that Kim K’s butt is on his heels.
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3 years
I would like to be assured that this means good things for @itsmeglinehan and the team covering the @NWSL for the @TheAthletic .
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3 years
Scoop: NYT To Buy The Athletic for $550 Million via @theinformation
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1 year
One could make a very good case that Matthieu Blazy’s Bottega Veneta was the best collection of the week.
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1 year
Chloe Sevigny opening Proenza Schouler. Nice to maturity on a model’s face. Marc Jacobs and Natasha Léon were in the audience.
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1 year
Can anyone explain why Anna Delvey is suddenly the toast of NY fashion?
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2 years
Kourtney and Travis still can’t their hands off each other. #Amiri
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10 months
@Shalalashanta @HottyCouture I know you are telling the truth because he lives up the street from me and yes that’s how he dresses.
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2 years
@tylachelleco Have you seen how Amazon polices their WFH employees NOW? HR contacts their boss based on their laptop usage. Step away for 2 hours and Amazon notices. Your management style sounds amazing but you are rare.
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1 year
I rode up in the elevator with an Italian greyhound named Tika who was wearing head to toe Melke. (It was custom.)
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Christina Binkley
2 years
So I claimed my NFT from Altuzarra and now I own this. I like it! Does anyone know what I can do with it???
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2 years
Six years ago, Hedi Slimane told me LA wasn’t feeling cool anymore. He joined Celine and moved back to France. Next month, he’s bringing Celine to LA to show at the Wiltern. Let’s read the tea leaves. What does that say about LA?
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2 years
Note to young journalists reading this editor's post: She pays $750 for a reported feature. You'll earn more cleaning houses. If you're working for love (a non-living wage), pick an editor whose concise and graceful writing suggests they can improve your work.
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2 years
@Stphn_Lacey @dieworkwear From a parent of two college agers; ALL the kids wear backpacks with 2 straps now. They think one strap looks weird. But they’ve heard about the one-strap thing from their parents and they chuckle about it.
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2 years
A sign of over-production.
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The Fashion Law
2 years
Givenchy, Dolce & Gabbana, and Brunello Cucinelli were among brands with the most discounted offerings in May.
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2 years
A strong argument for deleting your tweets every couple of years.
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2 years
Jeremy Corbyn's former spokesperson, a story in two acts:
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5 months
Ludovic de Saint Sernin eats up his own runway.
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Shein and Temu don’t pay import duties because they ship one product at a time. They’re putting American businesses out of work. The Tax Loophole That Helps Temu and Shein Keep Prices So Low | TIME
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2 years
Hermes started a rush. Now Chanel, Gucci, Nike are among the stores closing doors in Russia. All are saying the closures are temporary.
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@WajahatAli Are you just discovering parenthood for the first time?
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There is a literal stripper pole on this bus shuttling us to the Balenciaga show.
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2 years
Tom Ford just cancelled his Fall 2022 fashion show, which was scheduled to close out the NYFW week. "We have struggled internally over the past month with many of our staff out with COVID in our design studio and atelier in Los Angeles as well as in our factories in Italy."
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2 years
Methinks we don’t give comedians enough respect.
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Charles McBryde
2 years
This is the guy that Trump tried to bribe into blackmailing Biden and Putin tried to bully into giving up his country. He was a comedian who became a leader in an age where leaders everywhere became clowns. What a fucking champion. #Zelenskiy
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2 years
This took 3 weeks. EU:"We will ban the export of any EU luxury goods from our countries to Russia, as a direct blow to the Russian elite. Those who sustain Putin's war machine should no longer be able to enjoy their lavish lifestyle while bombs fall on innocent people in Ukraine.
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11 months
Well this just happened on Coach’s runway.
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2 years
@ctraywick I see a lot of quiche and lemonade in your future.
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1 year
Gucci is signaling its new direction after jettisoning designer Alessandro Michele (who re-set the brand in the world stage). This season is a no-designer place holder. But here’s a hint. Any guesses?
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10 months
CFDA nominees are out:
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2 years
She's more than the Queen of Vegas. Elaine Wynn is arguably the last real casino mogul standing. And in the most testosterone-driven industry on earth. My latest profile. via @WSJ
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3 years
Because the Athletic's NWSL coverage is the reason I subscribe, hello @NYT .
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10 months
People griping about a dearth of ideas at NYFW just aren’t looking hard enough. Just look at Luar, and hear the energy in the room.
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1 year
Lunch at Bar Luce before Prada has become a tradition.
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11 months
Marc Bohan has died. Longtime designer of Christian Dior, in the real haute couture days. He was 97.
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6 months
New designer at Moschino has some creds:
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1 year
@dieworkwear I have invited the Justice Dept to search my home just to be sure I’m clean.
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11 months
@chaoswintour Probably under contract with Miu Miu. They still have to meet non-studio contractual obligations.
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1 year
I bought new dog bowls and put them in the dishwasher, which my husband later ran. Today I found him eating lunch out of one of them.
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2 years
@jodieginsberg @jason_kint He has not reinstated the account of @lopezlinette who has been covering Tesla critically for years. She didn’t fix him. He just hates her.
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2 years
I am so proud of my mom. She is 92 and I just asked her to download WhatsApp on her phone and register. Five minutes later she texted me on the app, "WhatsApp all done."
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1 year
@giselefetterman Lol your nails are just like mine.
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1 year
Well said, @rachelkibbe "Make fewer purchases,” Kibbe says. “If someone decides to purchase an item, whether it’s used or new, they should love it enough to pass it on to another person when it no longer serves them.”
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2 years
@TheAthletic Friends - You KEEP promoting this article, which links to a piece on how Argentina won the World Cup. Can you please promote the right link?
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Shein belatedly realized it needs to improve its image in the US, but it's not going great so far. Students protesting Shein scholarships at FIDM - my latest for @VogueBusiness
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@dieworkwear Don’t stop posting these. Ever. So many people don’t know how to get started and this is their doorway.
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2 years
@hollijr27 @griffyn12 @LALiving213 @davenewworld_2 Forcing people to work to 70 to get the maximum social security is already wrong. Raising the age to 72 is criminal.
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2 years
So that’s 3% of the global supply of cotton, if my math is right.
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Devastating monsoon floods in Pakistan have flushed away 45 percent of its cotton crops, a minister said.
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2 years
Hi ⁦ @nytimes ⁩ - ⁦ @CoinDesk ⁩ broke this story last week on Nov 2. It was not the Binance guy. Please give credit where it’s due - to a great reporter in Scotland who got the docs. ⬇️
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1 year
Balenciaga plummeted seven places to 11th place in Lyst’s Index of hottest brands this quarter. That’s what a seriously mishandled scandal can do to a brand that has sat in the top ten since the list’s inception.
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2 years
@RitchieTorres @MuellerSheWrote He’s still doing it. Omg
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2 years
Thierry Mugler’s Instagram announced about 30 minutes ago that he died today. A other great loss from an informative and influential period of fashion.
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1 year
Interesting. Chanel banned this Russian influencer and many others because of sanctions. Dior apparently invited her. I wonder how many other sanctioned Russians are attending Paris Haute Couture?
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russian influencer and putin’s supporter Yana Rudkovskaya is enjoying Paris haute couture and is invited to Dior show there. Is it time for jackal express or not?
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Can't sit on this any longer. The Succession board vote scene is all wrong. Board members don't get equal votes. Shareholders vote the shares they own. Those with the most shares win. Companies aren't democracies. OMG HOW DID THE SUCCESSION WRITERS NOT KNOW THAT?
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1 year
@GRDecter Genevieve, your remarks are usually spot on, but how do you know these people are waiting to withdraw money? That’s a pretty incendiary assumption, unless you have spoken with them. Most people withdraw funds with their phones or laptops. They open accounts in person.
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1 year
What a stark example of what extreme profit motive can do to a luxury label! I used to go to the Loro Piana presentations when Sergio and PG Loro Piana ran the company. They took such pride in every detail. (And their mom yelled at them if the risotto wasn’t up to snuff.) Thread!
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LVMH acquired Loro Piana in 2013 for $2.57 billion. @Beijing1980 happens to have two versions of the company's storm system cashmere Roadster jacket: the blue one was bought 15 years ago (pre-LVMH); the tan one was bought in October 2022 (made under LVMH)
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2 years
@dieworkwear And are way too small.
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11 months
I am still processing what just happened at Staud. There was an earlier example of a Hollywood boss financing his wife’s fashion design ambitions.
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2 years
@tweetfacts2me @jason_kint @jodieginsberg @lopezlinette She did not. His old 2018 email address, no longer working, was listed in a court document linked to in an article that was published eons ago. He says he reinstated all those who doxed him and he has not reinstated her. Try to keep up.
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@soljourno
Solutions Journalism Network
2 years
We're hiring! Again! 22 newsrooms are re-examining how they cover politics and elections and, through solutions journalism and other strategies, aiming to hold politicians accountable for making progress. They need a manager. #journalismjobs
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1 year
The most joyous show of Milan had to have been Tomo Koizumi, bring smiles all around on a rainy Sunday morning.
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Very happy to see that LVMH is launching a “savior faire” prize rewarding craftsmanship. €200,000 euro and a one-year LVMH mentorship. We need more attention to craft rather than brand if we want to develop talent. 👏👏👏
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2 years
Elegance and volume was on the runway at Jason Wu.
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11 months
Thinking about meadows at Jason Wu.
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2 years
@kjuanitabrown @LMDavisWrites You sent me down a rabbit hole reading about their kids who shared a grandpa with Jefferson’s recognized family. Sally and Martha living together and with him as half-sisters. Their descendants! This story needs to be told louder and on a big screen directed by a Black woman.🙏
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2 years
Breaking: Estee Lauder says it has agreed to buy Tom Ford. Ermenegildo Zegna Group and Marcolin S.p.A. will enter long-term license agreements for TOM FORD fashion and TOM FORD eyewear, respectively.
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@quinncy I feel the same way about shrimp scampi. (Scampi means shrimp.)
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2 years
Many knew Long for his strong feelings about fashion and encyclopedic memory of looks and seasons. I wish we all knew more about his brilliant life outside of fashion - the time-capsule Paris apartment, the Vietnamese family legacy.
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Boho chic at Ulla Johnson
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Wow, pretty psyched that our podcast, Hot Buttons, made it to the top of Cosmo’s list of best new podcasts of 2022! @ New Orleans, Louisiana
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2 years
When you arrive to find out they put a tent over the backstage but not over the runway or guests.
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Twitter used to be where the smart people were. I don’t think an app run by Facebook and Instagram is likely to draw the intellects. But where will they go?
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Bombshell here from ⁦ @propublica ⁩. A $500,000 vacation, not disclosed, is just the beginning.
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2 years
Agreed. Fashion has done most every silhouette over and over. The area of greatest potential for innovation are in textile development, supply chain management, and waste management/circularity. That may not sound sexy but it is sexy to save the planet and become a hero.
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Lakyn Thee Stylist
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@thebandfrom @BinkleyOnStyle Are you implying that being innovative requires excessive amounts of waste? Mind you, a lot of the most innovative brands have zero or low waste philosophies.
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@dieworkwear @RobinGivhan I was at that show in Paris. It was one of the most memorable fashion shows I have ever attended. Uplifting!!
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