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Dr. Amanda Daria Stoltz

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Environmental social scientist researching coastal resilience and adaptation. Loves spotted moray eels ๐Ÿณ๏ธโ€๐ŸŒˆ โœก๏ธŽ ๐Ÿ„๐Ÿผโ€โ™€๏ธ (she/her) views = own

Santa Cruz, CA
Joined April 2015
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Dr. Amanda Daria Stoltz
3 years
If academia doesnโ€™t work out I guess Iโ€™ll go live in France. As they say, publish or paris.
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5 years
A Whalefall is when a whale carcass sinks to the ocean floor and supports a diverse array of life and there is a live feed of this happening NOW at #live #whale #eels #sharks #octopus #science #nautiluslive #scuba #deepsea
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5 years
WHALEFALL! The Nautilus team just discovered a whale skeleton on the seafloor covered in bone-eating worms, cusk eels, and octopus devouring this massive deep sea meal. Watch #NautilusLive as our science team gathers more data at Davidson Seamount @MBNMS :
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2 years
I PASSED MY QUALIFYING EXAM!!! Now I'm a PhD CANDIDATE! Please see my updated twitter bio!! I'm only a student if there is a student discount!
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4 years
I saw a mushroom on my hike and I need to know... is it real??
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2 years
Q: aren't you on break? every PhD student: uhhhhsdksdlgsnlgknsglksnr
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2 years
@dorisaurusrex please tell me she smirked
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2 years
West Cliff in Santa Cruz took a beating. Multiple parts of the bike/walk path have fallen into the ocean #SantaCruz #BombCyclone #AtmosphericRiver video by @remotelysenslss
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5 years
Yesterday I went on a cute date and we got sandwiches to eat on the beach. Then he told me he was a Trump supporter and I put my sandwich in my bag and biked away... sorry not sorry!
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1 year
@TylerHuckabee @aroseadam Love this so much. Definitely agree. Ken is just another accessory and it's not his pink convertible, or his dream house, it's Barbie's
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3 years
A sea lion Challah if you will
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3 years
Ever seen some braided sea lions? We havenโ€™t either until today ๐Ÿ˜‚
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6 years
@joshnorthsouth @EricHolthaus Because it's not true. She hasn't championed the green new deal (yet) but she has never denied climate change and has a long track record of working to combat it.
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6 years
My handful of happiness is the baby octopus who *almost* escaped our lab #science #octopus #HandfulofHappiness
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4 years
And after refreshing the journal website for the millionth time... I'M A PUBLISHED SCIENTIST!
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7 years
Me since I started writing my thesis #gradschool #science #research
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4 years
@WhySharksMatter Dolphins swim while they sleep by turning off half of their brain at a time. They also only close only one eye when they sleep; the eye opposite the sleeping side of their brain. This is called unihemispheric sleep.
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7 years
Hi @BillNye , I'm a scientist in training who promotes #shark conservation and studies the impacts of sea-level rise #BillMeetScienceTwitter
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5 years
UCSC grad students are striking because our school doesnโ€™t pay us enough to live here. Striking grads are being threatened by UCSC with jail time, deportation, and now firing... but the strike continues! @payusmoreucsc
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6 years
Excited to announce that I've officially accepted an offer to attend @UCSC to pursue my PhD in Human Dimensions of Marine Ecosystems! Thank you everyone for believing in me - I'll be the first *dr.* in my family! #PhDBound #PhDChat #MarSocSci #TeamOcean
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5 years
@kirkpate When we talk about "flattening the curve," the X-axis on that graph is *time*
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7 years
@brownandbella @Satirony literally happy baby pose in yoga for a reason damn
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4 years
I think I just secured my dream job?
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3 years
me: I am more than my PhD date: what are your hobbies? me: anything that gets me in the ocean date: what do you study? me: ocean stuff date: What do you do for work? Me: ...more ocean stuff...oh jeez
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1 year
Last night I was sexually harassed at a scientific conference. He joked about putting a roofie in my drink and kept trying to reach across the table at me. He then hit on me, and tried to give me his room card
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2 years
Alaska is the most beautiful place I have ever been
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4 years
My mom saw this and called me to ask if I was OK and I was like YES! I apply to a lot of stuff and I don't win everything - nobody does. We need to normalize talking about rejection in science #AcademicChatter @OpenAcademics
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4 years
I didnโ€™t get the grant!
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@dorisaurusrex that's so fun. I want some waystar gear!
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6 years
@GrantMac89 @joshnorthsouth @EricHolthaus Because of this one quote? She is historically a climate champion. Her track record is a google search away.
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1 year
"Thank you so much for your application to the Graduate Dean's Travel Grant. We are pleased to be able to award you $50.00 to support your Research related travel. Congratulations!" $50? Is this a joke?
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3 years
I PASSED!!!! My committee said I did an excellent job!!!
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3 years
After months of prep for my oral comp exam... today's the day! Wish me luck! #lasttestever #finalexam #phdchat #phdlife
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2 years
Where the sidewalk ends
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4 years
Just submitted my first first-author paper! Iโ€™m cautiously optimistic but if it doesnโ€™t get accepted thatโ€™s OK because I did the work and it will find another home eventually - itโ€™s important stuff!
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Dr. Amanda Daria Stoltz
5 years
@kirkpate It seems contradictory, but by social distancing, we are actually trying to slow down the pandemic and make it last longer. The longer this lasts, the less overwhelmed our hospitals will be, and the more people will survive
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2 years
I SAW THE NORTHERN LIGHTS!!!
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4 years
I'm not technically alone on Chanukah if I tweet about it right? ...Welcome to my Chanukah party tweeps! ๐ŸŽ‰๐Ÿ•Ž๐Ÿซ๐Ÿท
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I'm a social scientist here to say that I'm #BiInSci ! I didn't come out until after undergrad and hiding was hard. Even now, tweeting that I'm queer takes courage, but it's worth it because bi erasure is real and love is love ๐Ÿ’•
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2 years
This lil grad student went to the market, got in through the back door where they keep the food destined for the dumpster, filled 4 boxes full of stuff, and distributed it amongst the free food pantries around town
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4 years
The only stocks I care about are fish stocks
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3 years
me, a year ago: I only want to follow other marine social scientists me now: OMG YOU LIKE SCIENCE TOO??? LET'S FOLLOW EACH OTHER!!
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When you publish an article that's not open access... do you still upload a copy of the article to ResearchGate? #AcademicChatter #PhDChat @OpenAcademics
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4 years
I just won my first grant!
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4 years
If four authors all contribute equally to writing a paper, how do you decide who gets to be the first author? #AcademicChatter @OpenAcademics
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3 years
I was wearing a chunky grey sweater and jeans and was three blocks away from my house (he didn't see where I lived). I usually bike, but my bike had a flat. So all of this, just because I'm a woman living in this patriarchal society where I can't walk home alone at night
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4 years
To be clear: Did someone draw a swirl pattern on this mushroom with a brown sharpie?
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5 years
"You have hard science and then you have harder science - the study of humans" #SocialScience #NotSoftScience
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7 years
Nothing like an underwater selfie, my lab is the ocean โ˜บ๏ธ #TeamOcean #ScientistsWhoSelfie
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7 years
@marcradiven if the storm you're referring to is the one where we start listening to women and stop protecting abusers then bring it on
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Dr. Amanda Daria Stoltz
4 years
@cosmocaitt Me: I just got published for the first time! My family: thatโ€™s nice Science twitter: OMGGGG!!! ๐ŸคฏCONGRATS!!! ๐ŸŽ‰๐ŸŽˆ๐ŸŽŠ๐Ÿพ
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2 years
@theIaIaIand is it a video
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3 years
But what IS "science twitter"? How do I get there? Is there a separate website? How do you know when you're in it?
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3 years
A man in a car stalked me home last night. Saw me walking alone, did a slow u-turn, and followed me for two blocks while yelling at me. No one else was on the street. I was ready to start running if I heard his car door open and the worst part about it is that
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5 years
Police barricaded surrounding streets so that no one will drive past the the grad student protest. A young woman drove past the barricade to deliver water and was arrested. This is the third arrest or citation of students sanctioned by UCSC admin #GradStrike @payusmoreucsc
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2 years
An academic advisor called me TOO AMBITIOUS!! TOO MOTIVATED!!!! Sexism is alive and well in academia
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Too confident Too enthusiastic Too loud Too talkative Too blonde Too funny Too many โ€ผ๏ธ Shout out to all my fellow scientists who are TOO ____ to be taken seriously. We are the best! #FridayVibes #youdoyou
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"Why do natural scientists continue to conduct environmental social science research without training and experience in the social sciences?" ๐Ÿ‘€ Four Common Problems In Environmental Social Research Undertaken by Natural Scientists by @MarineSciComm
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1 year
@fakeQrampage girl I heard they kick men off bumble for making fat jokes, this dude is gone for. Thanks for reporting โค๏ธ
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@latkedelrey idk I married Shane and he can't even take his shoes off when he comes in the house
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5 years
My name is Amanda and #ILookLikeAScientist
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2 years
Best place for a lunch break
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@FelixJBerrios Hiii! Iโ€™m Amanda (she/her). Iโ€™m a social scientist who studies coastal resilience. I like surfing, open water swimming, and making yummy salads. Random fact: I wore a giant condom costume in the Miami Beach Pride Parade and handed out free condoms
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2 years
Was going to post about being a #DumbBlonde but that ridiculous person already blocked me. Anywayyyy hereโ€™s me doing some science
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Dr. Amanda Daria Stoltz
3 years
@benishaving I hate when a recipe says: Sautee the onions for 5 minutes like hell of a lot that's going to do, I feel like it takes at least 10 to get some real flavor
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5 years
I listen to fishermen tell stories
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4 years
I did a radical thing today - I was VERY active in a virtual conference session. I had questions for every presenter and wrote "Awesome presentation!" in the chatbox after every talk. And it felt weird because...
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6 years
Yesterday in the field a fisherman asked me what I do, and when I told him he said that he wished I had come last year to interview some older fishers that arenโ€™t around anymore... 1/
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Sorry Debbie, but Iโ€™m a real fake blonde who loves the color pink. Iโ€™m #ScienceBarbie because being smart is NOT incompatible with being femme and girly ๐ŸŒบ๐Ÿ‘ ๐Ÿฆ„๐ŸŒธ #TheMoreYouKnow ๐ŸŒˆ #BaklavaWasAJoke
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4 years
I told one of my colleagues that I might not make it to an 8 am meeting the morning after my second pfizer dose... She said, โ€œI had zero side effects. I think if you just keep working and donโ€™t think about that you might be sick it helpsโ€ #PositiveVibes
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5 years
I miss diving in the Florida Keys and running into an 800 pound Goliath Grouper. Being in the presence of an animal larger than you really puts things in perspective #diving #scuba #nature #fish
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2 years
I honestly don't understand how I'm supposed to TA while I'm at a conference?? I'm grading papers in the hotel hallway between sessions and it just doesn't feel sustainable #PhDChat #AcademicChatter @PhDVoice
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3 years
the women I've told say, "Oh don't you hate it when that happens?" and the men are surprised and I know it doesn't matter but
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6 years
They get it. They ask what took me so long. And they tell me their stories. Marine social science is a crucial piece of the ocean conservation puzzle. We have to listen to the fishers before we lose our chance and their knowledge is lost forever 4/4
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3 years
I just sent my dissertation proposal to my full committee!! Big thanks to my twitter fam for staying with me through this journey๐Ÿ’•
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4 years
@ejknoodles @emctvedt @MBMBaM is my favorite podcast!! โค๏ธ I was listening to it while biking at night the other day and I was cackling like a witch and it all felt very Halloweeny
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4 years
Ok twitter fam, weโ€™re evacuating. My house will probably be safe from the wildfire, but the air quality is gnarly bad. Thanks to all of you for sending good vibes! This has been my first wildfire experience and I am spooked
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5 years
The UCSC faculty support the UCSC grad strike! #cola @payusmoreucsc
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@steffanigrondin Sharks are older than trees
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3 years
After months of prep for my oral comp exam... today's the day! Wish me luck! #lasttestever #finalexam #phdchat #phdlife
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1 year
I shut him down multiple times and made it very clear that he was making me feel unsafe. I was direct and mean. I told his colleague what was happening and he intervened. None of it dissuaded his advances
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4 years
Remember when I submitted my first solo author paper? Well they got back to me and said they would like some revisions!! This is good yes?
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4 years
I know I should but... I donโ€™t like or engage in twitter drama. Sorry Iโ€™m so boring!!! Thanks for following even though this account is just positive vibes, grad school tings, and sea creatures
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3 years
I made some new friends today... my first time swimming with sharks!!* *on purpose #oneoceandiving #helpsavesharks #sharks #galapagossharks #diving
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@joshshepperd I actually went back to watch some recordings of a class I attended and there I was, center screen, tank top, eating a sandwich, and squinting into the sun
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2 years
me: tomorrow I'll take my Qualifying Exam and when your friends ask if I'm still a PhD Student you can tell them that I'm a PhD *Candidate* mom: do you think anyone knows what that means? me: MY TWITTER FRIENDS DO!!!
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@AmandaSmithSays YES! AND our lack of knowledge about LOTR or TMNT or whatever are because they lacked femme representation! It was never about stories being girly; it was about stories having girls in them!
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@DrAndrewThaler @SamSykesSwears One of many reasons that I love Skyrim. Number one reason being that you can be a girl character ๐Ÿ˜‚
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"Save the planet you cowards!" - My 9-year-old nibling's Thanksgiving toast
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A journalist wants to interview me about a paper I published... advice??? #ScienceTwitter #AcademicChatter #OpenAcademics
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2 years
I'm officially going to Alaska to conduct research with indigenous coastal communities!!!
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I'm going to get paid to go to Alaska and talk to people about the ocean
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What's your BILF (book I'd like to finish) but you just can't seem to get through it? Mine is Braiding Sweetgrass please don't ratio me
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@sheydaipek @astrochicana @That_Astro_Chic Ugh and the whole โ€œIโ€™m not like other womenโ€ vibe ๐Ÿคฏ
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Oh yes yes this is it. The cheese plate of my gay dreams
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2 years
UC strike started today! The largest academic worker strike in history is happening now! Weโ€™re at UCSC bringing the energy!! #UCstrike
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2 years
Using the term "decolonize" to mean anything besides literally giving land back to indigenous people is ridiculous
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Joe Milliano
2 years
Which of your STEM education related opinions would get you in this position?
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5 years
Parrotfish are the best because they 1. Are Rainbow ๐ŸŒˆ 2. Poop out the white sand that makes our beaches 3. Have silly bird beak chompers
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Kory Yanfei (Evans PhD)
5 years
To be completely honest, waking up everyday and staring at parrotfishes has been an immense blessing. Here is Scarus quoyi a beautiful fish on the inside and outside. These fishes use their strong beaks to eat coral and poop out fine white sand PC:
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Two students just came to my office hours to tell me that I'm the best TA they have ever had at UC Santa Cruz brb crying
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I feel like being in academia is a lot of doing work that I'm not actually being paid for
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@sarahricc @50shoess @fibulaa Ok then explain a single Rue making it to a play on time by herself
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