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John HenryThe Bad-Faith Interrogator - a troll who attempts to distract attention from substantive discourse and waste your time and energy by demanding simple answers to complex questions. <a href="https://me.dm/tags/disinformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#disinformation</a> <a href="https://me.dm/tags/distraction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#distraction</a> <a href="https://me.dm/tags/manipulation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#manipulation</a> <a href="https://custode.org/2023/10/08/the-bad-faith-interrogator/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://custode.org/2023/10/08/the-bad-faith-interrogator/</a>

WIST Quotations<a href="https://wist.info/russell-bertrand/76016/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">A quotation from Bertrand Russell</a><blockquote>A man may feel so completely thwarted that he seeks no form of satisfaction, but only distraction and oblivion. He then becomes a devotee of “pleasure.” That is to say, he seeks to make life bearable by becoming less alive. Drunkenness, for example, is temporary suicide: the happiness that it brings is merely negative, a momentary cessation of unhappiness.</blockquote>Bertrand Russell (1872-1970) English mathematician and philosopher Conquest of Happiness, Part 1, ch. 1 “What Makes People Unhappy?” (1930) Sourcing, notes: <a href="https://wist.info/russell-bertrand/76016/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">wist.info/russell-bertrand/760…</a><a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#quote</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#quotes</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quotation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#quotation</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=qotd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#qotd</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=bertrandrussell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#bertrandrussell</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=alcohol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#alcohol</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=analgesic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#analgesic</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=distraction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#distraction</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=drinking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#drinking</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=drunkenness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#drunkenness</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=frustration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#frustration</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=hedonism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#hedonism</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=living" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#living</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=oblivion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#oblivion</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=palliative" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#palliative</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=pleasure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#pleasure</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=unawareness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#unawareness</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=unhappiness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#unhappiness</a>

Maho PachecoComputer Science is my therapy. <a href="https://mstdn.mx/tags/distraction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#distraction</a> <a href="https://mstdn.mx/tags/mindfulness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#mindfulness</a> <a href="https://mstdn.mx/tags/focus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#focus</a>

Maho Pacheco 🦝🍻Computer Science is my therapy. <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/distraction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#distraction</a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/mindfulness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#mindfulness</a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/focus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#focus</a>

WIST Quotations<a href="https://wist.info/taylor-barbara-brown/75984/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">A quotation from Barbara Brown Taylor</a><blockquote>Most of us spend so much time thinking about where we have been or where we are supposed to be going that we have a hard time recognizing where we actually are.</blockquote>Barbara Brown Taylor (b. 1951) American minister, academic, author An Altar in the World, ch. 4 (2009) Sourcing, notes: <a href="https://wist.info/taylor-barbara-brown/75984/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">wist.info/taylor-barbara-brown…</a><a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#quote</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#quotes</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quotation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#quotation</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=qotd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#qotd</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=destination" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#destination</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=distraction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#distraction</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=future" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#future</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=hereandnow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#hereandnow</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=origin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#origin</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=past" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#past</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=presence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#presence</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=present" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#present</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=life" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#life</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=living" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#living</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=journey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#journey</a>

OccuWorldTHINK OUTSIDE THE CAGE<a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/CultureWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CultureWar</a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/Distraction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Distraction</a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/ClassWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ClassWar</a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/Austerity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Austerity</a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/RecordProfits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RecordProfits</a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/Corporations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Corporations</a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/AntiUnion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AntiUnion</a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/Homeless" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Homeless</a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/Impoverishment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Impoverishment</a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/Capitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Capitalism</a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/DeathCult" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DeathCult</a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Fascism</a>

Calishat<a href="https://researchbuzz.masto.host/tags/smartphones" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#smartphones</a> <a href="https://researchbuzz.masto.host/tags/distraction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#distraction</a> <a href="https://researchbuzz.masto.host/tags/HumanBehavior" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#HumanBehavior</a> 'Limited smartphone accessibility led to reduced smartphone use, but instead of becoming less distracted, participants shifted their attention to their laptops. '<a href="https://techxplore.com/news/2025-03-constantly-distracted-ways-procrastinate-isnt.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://techxplore.com/news/2025-03-constantly-distracted-ways-procrastinate-isnt.html</a>

ResearchBuzz: FirehoseTechXplore: Those constantly distracted by their phone will just find other ways to procrastinate if it isn’t nearby, study suggests. “Limited smartphone accessibility led to reduced smartphone use, but instead of becoming less distracted, participants shifted their attention to their laptops. Across conditions, participants did not spend different amounts of time on work or leisure […]<a href="https://rbfirehose.com/2025/03/28/techxplore-those-constantly-distracted-by-their-phone-will-just-find-other-ways-to-procrastinate-if-it-isnt-nearby-study-suggests/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://rbfirehose.com/2025/03/28/techxplore-those-constantly-distracted-by-their-phone-will-just-find-other-ways-to-procrastinate-if-it-isnt-nearby-study-suggests/</a>

Hacker NewsThere's a psychological burden of digital life even heavier than distraction<a href="https://www.chrbutler.com/digital-echoes-and-unquiet-minds" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.chrbutler.com/digital-echoes-and-unquiet-minds</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HackerNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#HackerNews</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/psychologicalburden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#psychologicalburden</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/digitallife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#digitallife</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/distraction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#distraction</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mentalhealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#mentalhealth</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/technologyimpact" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#technologyimpact</a>

Geriatric Gardener“The <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Signal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Signal</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/leak" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#leak</a> was never about an <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/app" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#app</a>. It was a diagnostic stain, exposing the rot festering beneath the Mythic US’s <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/veneer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#veneer</a> of <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#democracy</a> and <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#law</a>. The fleeting obsession with <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/encryption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#encryption</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/protocols" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#protocols</a> and personnel errors encapsulated the farce: a society expertly trained by its <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/distraction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#distraction</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/machine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#machine</a> to fixate on trivialities while the Operational US – the militarist-oligarchic core – wages <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/illegal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#illegal</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/wars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#wars</a> with <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/psychopathic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#psychopathic</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/impunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#impunity</a>”<a href="https://open.substack.com/pub/hailyb/p/beyond-the-app-americas-willing-acceptance?r=27oltk&utm_medium=ios" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://open.substack.com/pub/hailyb/p/beyond-the-app-americas-willing-acceptance?r=27oltk&utm_medium=ios</a><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#US</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Empire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Empire</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Yemen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Yemen</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Iran" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Iran</a>

Geriatric Gardener“Beyond the App: America's Willing Acceptance of Imperial Crime”by Raja Sohail Bashir in The Geopolitical Compass on Substack “This article wields the Signal leak as a diagnostic tool. The disproportionate attention to process over substance exemplifies how the distraction machine operates: trivialities amplified, atrocities obscured, and publics anesthetized to the crimes committed in their name”<a href="https://open.substack.com/pub/hailyb/p/beyond-the-app-americas-willing-acceptance?r=27oltk&utm_medium=ios" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://open.substack.com/pub/hailyb/p/beyond-the-app-americas-willing-acceptance?r=27oltk&utm_medium=ios</a><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Press" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Press</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#US</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Signal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Signal</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Leak" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Leak</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Yemen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Yemen</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Distraction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Distraction</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Imperial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Imperial</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Crime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Crime</a>

NewfangledI'm deleting my Discord server. This blog post explains why.<a href="https://blog.newfangled.live/deleting-my-discord-server" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://blog.newfangled.live/deleting-my-discord-server</a><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/discord" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#discord</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/conversation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#conversation</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/connection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#connection</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/community" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#community</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/socialMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#socialMedia</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#privacy</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/security" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#security</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/distraction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#distraction</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/communication" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#communication</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/blog" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#blog</a>

Coffeedate with ADHDThe reason why I don't like open-plan offices and love working from home. The DnD mode is much more effective.<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/adhd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#adhd</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/comic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#comic</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/distraction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#distraction</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/focus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#focus</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/productivity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#productivity</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/homeoffice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#homeoffice</a>

Fiete StegersAbsurd blame game: If - hypothetically- someone would have been able to sneak into a newly created chat group of high level officials that no one could have known existed -, this would be an even more severe breach. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/distraction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#distraction</a>

datum (n=1)Panel 5 of this <a href="https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/evm" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/evm</a> is 💯 (comic by <a href="https://mastodon.social/@ZachWeinersmith" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@ZachWeinersmith</a> )<a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/Distraction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Distraction</a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/comic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#comic</a>

George A. ThornThe biggest distraction when trying to write 😬<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/author" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#author</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tiktok" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#tiktok</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#writing</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#bookstodon</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#books</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fyp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fyp</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sketch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#sketch</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/lipsync" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#lipsync</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/monstersinc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#monstersinc</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/distraction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#distraction</a>

Sean MurthyHeadline: Trump officials mistakenly texted war plans to reporterActual news: Trump officials intentionally use(d) unclassified systems to share classified information<a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#news</a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/distraction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#distraction</a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/press" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#press</a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/responsibility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#responsibility</a>

actionman38ProductionsNow my Post Office stopped carrying their supplies for my shipping packages. GOPR are forcing them to <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LoseBusiness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LoseBusiness</a> so as to <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Privatize" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Privatize</a> based on taking away entitled <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Services" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Services</a>. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/pushbacks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#pushbacks</a> coming I know but so much <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Distraction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Distraction</a>.

janhoglund“Trump’s habit of deflection might explain last night's statement, and his habit of distraction might explain today’s social media post, in which the president returned to an exchange of words between him and Maine governor Janet Mills, a Democrat, more than three weeks ago…” —Heather Cox Richardson, March 22, 2025 <a href="https://mastodon.nu/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#trump</a> <a href="https://mastodon.nu/tags/deflection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#deflection</a> <a href="https://mastodon.nu/tags/distraction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#distraction</a>

Six Grandfathers Mountain<a href="https://toad.social/@wdlindsy" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@wdlindsy</a> RE <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TrumpDeportations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TrumpDeportations</a> rely on tattoos, it’s bullshitRight, it's to make money and a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/distraction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#distraction</a> that almost half of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Project2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Project2025</a> has been pulled off"I’m the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Canadian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Canadian</a> who was detained by <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ICE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ICE</a> for two weeks. It felt like I had been kidnappedI was stuck in a freezing cell without explanation despite eventually having lawyers and media attention. Yet, compared with others, I was lucky"Jasmine Mooney <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/19/canadian-detained-us-immigration-jasmine-mooney" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/19/canadian-detained-us-immigration-jasmine-mooney</a>

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