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once a perfect little baby who’s now a jerk

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OH MY GOD WE DID IT I LOVE Y'ALL THIS WEBSITE SUCKS SO MUCH LATELY BUT WE JUST PROVED WE CAN STILL DO SOMETHING GOOD WITH IT THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT I'M GONNA DRINK A COCKTAIL AND LISTEN TO THE RAIN ON THE COUCH FOR A WHILE Y'ALL BE EASY LETS DO THIS AGAIN SOMEDAY
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it's kinda bonkers how private equity is increasingly ruining so much stuff across myriad industries and most people don't know or think anything about it at all
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going through 99% of airports when Hartsfield Jackson is your home is like Michael Jordan posting up on some kids in a park you’ve got all these skills and all this training but you don’t need any of it
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@austinlouisray
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remember as you're seeing all the lines that aren't moving and all the machines that aren't working and all the confusion and the people giving up because they have to go to work: this is not a coincidence this is what Brian Kemp and his goons want this is voter suppression
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my morning routine: i wake up at 5:45am, get breakfast ready for the kids, and then—lacking any real guidance from my city or state leaders—i stand on the porch and try to determine if that’s normal morning fog or poisonous smoke before riding my bike to the office
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folks listen at the end of the day i’m just a man in his DeKalb County home waiting for the tweet that finally tells me it’s time to haul a speaker out into the street for one (1) celebratory “Knuck if You Buck”
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┏┓ ┃┃╱╲ in ┃╱╱╲╲ this ╱╱╭╮╲╲house ▔▏┗┛▕▔ we celebrate ╱▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔╲ the feral hogs anniversary ╱╱┏┳┓╭╮┏┳┓ ╲╲ ▔▏┗┻┛┃┃┗┻┛▕▔
@WillieMcNabb
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@JasonIsbell Legit question for rural Americans - How do I kill the 30-50 feral hogs that run into my yard within 3-5 mins while my small kids play?
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GIVE THEM ANYTHING THEY WANT THEY'RE HEROES
@RaiseUptheSouth
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TODAY: @WaffleHouse workers are on STRIKE in Atlanta to demand an end to their mandatory meal deduction policy. Deducting $3 from our pay every shift, regardless of whether we eat, is unjust. We are calling on @USDOL to investigate. #UnionsForAll
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it was really nice to publish a controversial story and then watch people get mad about french fries all day on twitter shoutout to harvard
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2 years
my son just held a lego skeleton in the air and announced “i pooped for many years and then i died!” and what he doesn’t realize is that he described existence for all of us good morning everyone hope you’re having a great weekend
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I can't stop thinking about the time you betrayed me.
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3 years
Both Keith Richards and I can play guitar.
@MaximeBernier
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Both the vaccinated and unvaccinated can spread the virus.
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shampoo for my real friends, real poo for my sham friends
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@austinlouisray
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10 years
OUTKAST IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN THE BEATLES COME AT ME INTERNET
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you don’t bring this to a nonviolent protest unless you plan on hurting people, plain and simple
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DeKalb Police have brought out The Beast
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@austinlouisray
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Al Roker can describe his job today as “wearing a helmet and screaming at people who are cosplaying as breakfast” what a country amirite
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trying to get literally anything done in 2020
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There have been a lot of quotes from this floating around tonight, and a lot of arguing about specific parts of it, but go ahead and spend eight minutes with @KillerMike right now:
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@geraldstratfor3 absolutely crushing the garden and fashion worlds never stop king we need you
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Yesterday was brutal. We gotta vote out Brian Kemp in 2022. Here's one way to get started: * $10 for five stickers * Venmo [at]austinlouisray * include your mailing address All of the $$$ goes to @NewGAProject , who will be doing essential work in the months ahead. let's gooooo
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several busted water mains, thousands without water for 24 hours, restaurants and bars closed, concerts getting cancelled, and complete silence from @andreforatlanta
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@geraldstratfor3 just a smirking king in his shorts showing off his squash thank you as always for the inspiration
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3 years
welp my child has been exposed to COVID at his school and I would just like to take this moment to say fuck brian kemp forever and always
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@austinlouisray
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atlanta has a lot of brazen scams but the private pool grift has gotta be in the top five
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FAKE FALL HAS ABANDONED ATLANTA THERE IS NOTHING BUT HEAT AND PAIN LEFT IN THIS WORLD OCTOBER IS SO CLOSE AND YET SO FAR AWAY PLEASE MOTHER NATURE HAVE MERCY UPON US WE HAVE MOSTLY BEEN PATIENT AND KIND AND WE APOLOGIZE FOR THE TIMES WE FAILED YOU PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEA
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good morning from Hazel Margaret Ray, who was born at 3:43am on this, The Best Day
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63 degrees in atlanta georgia 63 degrees in atlanta georgia 63 degrees in atlanta georgia 63 degrees in atlanta georgia 63 degrees in atlanta georgia 63 degrees in atlanta georgia 63 degrees in atlanta georgia 63 degrees in atlanta georgia 63 degrees in atlanta georgia 63 degrees
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"Nobody knows what you're doing. That's why they say they respect your creativity. They have no idea what you're doing." This entire thing is just fantastic—one of the best half hours of television I’ve ever seen.
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i’m sorry what
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atlanta influences everything
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me: *shows up two (2) hours before my flight, has boarding pass pulled up on Fly Delta app, pushing four people’s worth of checked baggage on cart, game face on, ready for anything* very nice, very old man: you can just get on that plane there, safe travels to atlanta, bye
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atlanta's always got a lot of dumb nonsense bullshit going on but MARTA closing Five Points for years has gotta be one of the dumbest most nonsensical bullshit we've seen in a very long time goodness gracious
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fuck brian kemp imho
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Those brave babies in Georgia had to drag their teacher’s body out from the hallway back into the classroom and barricade themselves inside while waiting for help and also try and perform trauma care. The teacher died right in front of them waiting for help.
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TFW you try to say the thing that will convince people you're not an alien robot but you totally fuck it up:
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@austinlouisray
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eat shit buckhead
@MurphyAJC
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BREAKING: The Georgia Senate has DEFEATED a bill to allow a referendum to create the City of Buckhead City by a vote of 23 to 33. #gapol
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just heard an interview with a guy whose suitcase was stolen from the airport, he tracked it with an AirTag, found a homeless guy asleep wearing his clothes so he CALLS THE COPS, PRESSES CHARGES and the DJs acted like he was a hero smh this country is so depressing sometimes
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“These companies basically get to write their own stories. They produce their own reports. They come up with their own numbers. And there’s no one making sure they are telling the truth.”
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shaq just did “knuck if you buck” on tv hahahahaha forever I love Atlanta
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@geraldstratfor3 fashion it into a crown king
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ATL: tell me about some of the strangest, most specific and unusual things/activities/places you love experiencing around the city—especially the ones that most people don't know about.
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Y'all ready to do some good? Medical debt is an unacceptable burden. No one should have it hanging over their head. How I'd Fix Atlanta has partnered with @RIPMedicalDebt to wipe out debt in ATL and beyond. Give what you can. Tell everyone you know.
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@austinlouisray
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We asked him what he wanted on his sign. #BlackLivesMatter
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forever I love @ArgosyEAV
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i wrote about some dipshits
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a quick ATL PSA: the owners of Ladybird, Rathbun's, Two Urban Licks, and Lingering Shade are opposed to BeltLine rail
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a guy just called saying he wanted to know if we were willing to sell our house and i said yes $1.2M would be great and he asked if that number was negotiable and i said it was but that it could only go up not down and he thanked me for my time and honestly great call no notes
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my lyft driver just told me it’s “an open secret” around atlanta that OutKast is making a new album so i’m just gonna put this here and maybe we’ll circle back at some point idk
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happy anniversary to everyone who celebrates
@GAFollowers
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4 years ago today in 2017, this infamous Marta bus blocked the view of the Georgia Dome demolition. ATL HISTORY! 😂 📽️ @weatherchannel
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ATL: every time we need our asses saved from an HVAC disaster i call this dude named Hugo Duarte. today i called at 10:30 and he had our AC back on by 12:30. he doesn’t have a website or social or anything. his number is 770.906.1965. tell your friends. stay cool this summer.
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truly cannot overstate how wonderful the new bike lane on memorial drive is when there are no drunk republicans driving in it
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forever i love atlanta
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never been owned as brutally as just now when I made a corny joke and my wife responded by asking if I was “workshopping a tweet”
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gotta say this is a great website
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good morning from the Edgewood Kudzu Valley, which is extra steamy today
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false fall is a helluva drug
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won't be long now
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fuck brian kemp
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@geraldstratfor3 one man’s “perfect” is another man’s “funky carrot” king keep up the good work out there
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gmail: hey it's been 3 days since you sent this email and they haven't responded, you wanna follow up? me: what!? no, that's not very much time. people are busy. don't be ridiculous. gmail: what if we killed their family me: gmail: me: gmail: hahaha, jk, dismiss nudge?
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big news via @thechrismartz : the cheeseburger hustler has revealed himself and told his story on Yelp
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shoutout to the Centurion Lounge at hartsfield-jackson, a bonkers oasis
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The internet is a sad place this morning. Here's a photo my mom just sent me from rural Illinois. It's my dad and his dog, Jake, greeting a new neighbor:
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truly can’t wait to find out what andre dickens traded for defending Cop City because it’s gotta be HUGE dude obviously has no other choice if he’s willing to lie about Georgia’s most beloved dems and completely torpedo his mayoral administration sheesh the deal has gotta be WILD
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how i’d fix atlanta: dismantle the republican party
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holy shit ATL go outside right now even if it’s just for a couple minutes goodness gracious
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Atlanta: The City Too Busy Too Hate, But Not Too Busy To Put A Food Hall In Every Neighborhood
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it’s time
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which ATL institutions are you most worried about losing i’ll go first: Home grown The EARL Videodrome Manuel’s Brick Store
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saw @kylekinane tonight for maybe the 15th time and realized that there’s not a single human being who has delighted me so thoroughly and consistently from the stage over the last decade plus so cheers to the few truly good and funny people i guess is what i’m saying thanks kyle
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in a country that is positively CHOCK FULL of embarrassing mayors atlanta somehow still has the most embarrassing mayor
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there are entirely too many cybertrucks in atlanta but on the upside i do burst out laughing a lot more while running errands around town
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i’m sorry what
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The @ajc just put out a call for 800-word essays that explore improving Atlanta through ideas "big and small." What a fun project! I'm surprised no one else was already doing this. 🙃🙃🙃 I wonder how much they're paying the writers.
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TFW you wake up and the temperature is under 60 degrees in atlanta georgia for the first time in many months
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our guy won’t be shamed into things like leadership and statements and all that pesky mayoral stuff but he will be shamed into unliking tweets
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@andreforatlanta hey man i'm not the mayor or anything but i think maybe you left out the most important part of the story here
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FOREVER I LOVE ATLANTA
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Good morning. Medical debt is an unacceptable burden. No one should have it hanging over their head. How I'd Fix Atlanta has partnered with @unduemeddebt to wipe out debt in ATL and beyond. Please give what you can. Please tell everyone you know.
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@geraldstratfor3 you're a bright and shining carrot light king don't you ever stop
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listening to A Tribe Called Quest in the car this evening the kid said “are they RHYMING?” and i said “yeah it’s called rapping” and then he was quiet for a few songs before he said “the rapping tells a story” 🥲🥲🥲
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folks say it with me 🗣 what’d you tell ‘em 🗣
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brb gonna find out which of stephen’s neighbors reported him and then i’m gonna blanket their yard with wildflower seed
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gosh i really hope all these ATL politicians hanging out in montreal and tweeting about its amazing infrastructure, bike lanes, etcetera are bringing back loads of knowledge they’re planning to put to work here because otherwise that’s some pretty shitty optics
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I’m on hour four of hanging out with a toddler at a car dealership, and I have some radical new ideas about how we could punish criminals in our country.
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@Jake_Wolff is it weird that i wanna read the rest of this tho
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Atlanta Magazine asked me to explain why I miss Creative Loafing. As it turns out, I have a lot to say about that particular topic.
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@geraldstratfor3 keep that doctor away king we need you
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hello yes Weather Dad checking in to let y’all know that ATL lows are gonna dip into the 60s this week and that’s an important step in the general direction of Not Summer
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solidarity with everyone in ATL today organizing and speaking at city hall before the vote 😎 cop 😎 city 😎 will 😎 never 😎 be 😎 built 😎
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it’s a bold move to dismiss the consistent and righteous disapproval and organizing of more than 100,000 atlanta citizens as “distractions”
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“Creating a safer city does not happen without top-notch training,” says Dickens. “And despite some of the distractions, the public safety training center has made significant progress and is on schedule to open before the end of this year.”
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I’d never heard of Money Plane before this morning but now I’m so excited to watch Money Plane in six days lol MONEY PLANE
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How I’d Fix Atlanta is a new essay series where ATLiens argue for ways we could make our city better. The first essay publishes Thursday, Feb. 3. Learn more and subscribe today:
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y’all like my new shirt
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andre dickens and this city council are alienating everyone who's worked for years to organize a more progressive georgia don't be surprised when we don't vote for y'all next time don't be surprised when many exhausted, disappointed progressive people don't vote at all
@JozsefPapp_
Jozsef Papp
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More than 25 Georgia voting rights organizations released a letter addressed to Atlanta city council and Interim City Clerk Vanessa Waldon over the city’s announced process to verify referendum signatures collected to put the public safety training center on the ballot. @ajc
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ATL: close your windows and turn off your air conditioning
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@AnthonyMKreis @DougShipmanATL @AmirForATL We have been made aware. Atlanta Fire Rescue is going out with detectors to various spots east to see what is in the air. The assumption is a change of the wind direction blowing some of the Conyers fire residuals our way. We will push out messaging as we get more info.
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great news ATL: Edgewood COMPLETELY flipped its neighborhood board tonight—new president, new VP, new treasurer, let's fucking gooooo
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i’m not about to snitch on this place and i like wordplay as much as the next human but COME ON NOW
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