Look at this absolute beauty of a hat. This was Hornskov's hat of the week.
A custom Hornskov is an endgame hat for me.
Dave Alvarado
@dave@alvarado.social
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White-passing brown dude.
I play a chaotic good tank in real life.
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Dave Alvarado
@dave@alvarado.social
White-passing brown dude. I play a chaotic good tank in real life.
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Dave Alvarado
@dave@alvarado.social
White-passing brown dude. I play a chaotic good tank in real life.
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Dave Alvarado
@dave@alvarado.social
White-passing brown dude. I play a chaotic good tank in real life.
alvarado.social
Dave Alvarado
@dave@alvarado.social
White-passing brown dude. I play a chaotic good tank in real life.
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2d ago
@mayintoronto I used to ride a motorcycle halfway across the US to spend a week on the beach with people I only knew from an online forum.
I would absolutely be down for getting together and being awkward and nerdy with some of my mutuals.
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Dave Alvarado
@dave@alvarado.social
White-passing brown dude. I play a chaotic good tank in real life.
alvarado.social
Dave Alvarado
@dave@alvarado.social
White-passing brown dude. I play a chaotic good tank in real life.
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2d ago
RE: @SmudgeTheInsultCat@mas.to
Let's be honest, it's not just the atheists. Wanting a pet dinosaur crosses the whole human spectrum.
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Dave Alvarado
@dave@alvarado.social
White-passing brown dude. I play a chaotic good tank in real life.
alvarado.social
Dave Alvarado
@dave@alvarado.social
White-passing brown dude. I play a chaotic good tank in real life.
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Dave Alvarado
@dave@alvarado.social
White-passing brown dude. I play a chaotic good tank in real life.
alvarado.social
Dave Alvarado
@dave@alvarado.social
White-passing brown dude. I play a chaotic good tank in real life.
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3d ago
@are0h @farah I've been sitting with this for like 5 minutes and still can't tell if Farah is serious or shitposting, which makes it 10/10.
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Dave Alvarado
@dave@alvarado.social
White-passing brown dude. I play a chaotic good tank in real life.
alvarado.social
Dave Alvarado
@dave@alvarado.social
White-passing brown dude. I play a chaotic good tank in real life.
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3d ago
@farah Farah no! 🤣
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Dave Alvarado
@dave@alvarado.social
White-passing brown dude. I play a chaotic good tank in real life.
alvarado.social
Dave Alvarado
@dave@alvarado.social
White-passing brown dude. I play a chaotic good tank in real life.
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5d ago
@cwebber I've been wondering when The Onion writers get a reprieve.
Obviously April 2026 isn't it.
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Dave Alvarado
@dave@alvarado.social
White-passing brown dude. I play a chaotic good tank in real life.
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Dave Alvarado
@dave@alvarado.social
White-passing brown dude. I play a chaotic good tank in real life.
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@dave@alvarado.social
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5d ago
@Th3BFG @mayintoronto oh I have no idea what the correct way to spell that is. That's just how it's spelled in the game.
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Dave Alvarado
@dave@alvarado.social
White-passing brown dude. I play a chaotic good tank in real life.
alvarado.social
Dave Alvarado
@dave@alvarado.social
White-passing brown dude. I play a chaotic good tank in real life.
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@dave@alvarado.social
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5d ago
@mayintoronto I'd have to do some refresher research, but probably old-style vs. new-style claidhmores in the text-based MMO game "Gemstone IV".
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Dave Alvarado
@dave@alvarado.social
White-passing brown dude. I play a chaotic good tank in real life.
alvarado.social
Dave Alvarado
@dave@alvarado.social
White-passing brown dude. I play a chaotic good tank in real life.
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@dave@alvarado.social
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Apr 10, 2026
@nategullion ga ga ooh la la!
@welshpixie
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Dave Alvarado
@dave@alvarado.social
White-passing brown dude. I play a chaotic good tank in real life.
alvarado.social
Dave Alvarado
@dave@alvarado.social
White-passing brown dude. I play a chaotic good tank in real life.
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@dave@alvarado.social
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Apr 08, 2026
@mayintoronto if you want an electronic solution and you're in the Apple ecosystem, Things. It's the only to-do app I've found that gives every entry a *start* date and doesn't give a shit about due dates unless you add them.
You can basically just treat it like a long task list with tasks you can snooze, and they GTFO until the date you said you want to start seeing them again. No stress about deadlines, you can happily ignore shit or snooze shit or do shit, whatever you have the spoons for.
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Dave Alvarado
@dave@alvarado.social
White-passing brown dude. I play a chaotic good tank in real life.
alvarado.social
Dave Alvarado
@dave@alvarado.social
White-passing brown dude. I play a chaotic good tank in real life.
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@dave@alvarado.social
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Apr 08, 2026
@Tattie OMG this is amazing!
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Dave Alvarado
@dave@alvarado.social
White-passing brown dude. I play a chaotic good tank in real life.
alvarado.social
Dave Alvarado
@dave@alvarado.social
White-passing brown dude. I play a chaotic good tank in real life.
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@dave@alvarado.social
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Apr 06, 2026
BYD is absolutely bonkers with proving they understand their entire process. If I could buy a BYD car, I would.
> When defective cells appeared, Wang asked: “Have you found the root cause?” If yes: “Can you reproduce it?” Then the demand: “Make one hundred cells with exactly the same defect. If you can reproduce the failure one hundred times, identically, then and only then have you understood the mechanism.”
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Dave Alvarado
@dave@alvarado.social
White-passing brown dude. I play a chaotic good tank in real life.
alvarado.social
Dave Alvarado
@dave@alvarado.social
White-passing brown dude. I play a chaotic good tank in real life.
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@dave@alvarado.social
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Apr 04, 2026
@phil_stevens @molly0xfff not even misplaced. Placed in Trump's pocket.
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Dave Alvarado
@dave@alvarado.social
White-passing brown dude. I play a chaotic good tank in real life.
alvarado.social
Dave Alvarado
@dave@alvarado.social
White-passing brown dude. I play a chaotic good tank in real life.
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@dave@alvarado.social
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Apr 03, 2026
@phil_stevens @molly0xfff while "he lost money with a casino" is a funny story, they money wasn't lost. It just wasn't in the casino where the casino could pay its bills.
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Dave Alvarado
@dave@alvarado.social
White-passing brown dude. I play a chaotic good tank in real life.
alvarado.social
Dave Alvarado
@dave@alvarado.social
White-passing brown dude. I play a chaotic good tank in real life.
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@dave@alvarado.social
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Apr 01, 2026
My suggestion is "sweepernova" because it cleans up after itself.
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Dave Alvarado
@dave@alvarado.social
White-passing brown dude. I play a chaotic good tank in real life.
alvarado.social
Dave Alvarado
@dave@alvarado.social
White-passing brown dude. I play a chaotic good tank in real life.
alvarado.social
@dave@alvarado.social
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Apr 01, 2026
What are we going to call these supernovae that are big enough to wipe out everything from the star instead of forming a neutron star or black hole?
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Dave Alvarado
@dave@alvarado.social
White-passing brown dude. I play a chaotic good tank in real life.
alvarado.social
Dave Alvarado
@dave@alvarado.social
White-passing brown dude. I play a chaotic good tank in real life.
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@dave@alvarado.social
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Apr 01, 2026
This is my favorite day. I get to find out which of my online friends don't own calendars.
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Dave Alvarado
@dave@alvarado.social
White-passing brown dude. I play a chaotic good tank in real life.
alvarado.social
Dave Alvarado
@dave@alvarado.social
White-passing brown dude. I play a chaotic good tank in real life.
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@dave@alvarado.social
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Mar 31, 2026
@grimalkina you and my partner could totally bond over spreadsheets. 🤣
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Dave Alvarado
@dave@alvarado.social
White-passing brown dude. I play a chaotic good tank in real life.
alvarado.social
Dave Alvarado
@dave@alvarado.social
White-passing brown dude. I play a chaotic good tank in real life.
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@dave@alvarado.social
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Mar 31, 2026
@grimalkina I'm right in the middle of the podcast where you and Ashley talk about writing your books. So happy for you both!
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Dave Alvarado
@dave@alvarado.social
White-passing brown dude. I play a chaotic good tank in real life.
alvarado.social
Dave Alvarado
@dave@alvarado.social
White-passing brown dude. I play a chaotic good tank in real life.
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@dave@alvarado.social
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Mar 31, 2026
@Tattie these are possibly the most joyful pictures you've ever posted here. 💜
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Dave Alvarado
@dave@alvarado.social
White-passing brown dude. I play a chaotic good tank in real life.
alvarado.social
Dave Alvarado
@dave@alvarado.social
White-passing brown dude. I play a chaotic good tank in real life.
alvarado.social
@dave@alvarado.social
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Mar 31, 2026
@Tattie
"I'm not sure about this" ->
"Ok this feels like it fits" ->
"Am I pretty?" ->
"Wow, look how far I've come" ->
"Hi, I'm Tattie, please form an orderly queue"
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Dave Alvarado
@dave@alvarado.social
White-passing brown dude. I play a chaotic good tank in real life.
alvarado.social
Dave Alvarado
@dave@alvarado.social
White-passing brown dude. I play a chaotic good tank in real life.
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@dave@alvarado.social
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Mar 30, 2026
@phillmv I love it so much. It gives "I'm smart, and also value aesthetics".
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Dave Alvarado
@dave@alvarado.social
White-passing brown dude. I play a chaotic good tank in real life.
alvarado.social
Dave Alvarado
@dave@alvarado.social
White-passing brown dude. I play a chaotic good tank in real life.
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@dave@alvarado.social
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Mar 23, 2026
@nuwagaba2 I'm not sure I understand what you mean. What is the "it" in "make it happen"?
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Dave Alvarado
@dave@alvarado.social
White-passing brown dude. I play a chaotic good tank in real life.
alvarado.social
Dave Alvarado
@dave@alvarado.social
White-passing brown dude. I play a chaotic good tank in real life.
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@dave@alvarado.social
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Mar 20, 2026
@kevinrns ah. Reporting to mods is not what I'm describing in that second example. I'm talking about posting screenshots to prove to people that harassment is happening.
Reporting to mods doesn't stop harassment because most harassment is from sock puppet accounts.
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Dave Alvarado
@dave@alvarado.social
White-passing brown dude. I play a chaotic good tank in real life.
alvarado.social
Dave Alvarado
@dave@alvarado.social
White-passing brown dude. I play a chaotic good tank in real life.
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@dave@alvarado.social
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Mar 20, 2026
@kevinrns white men who harass DO NOT appreciate being called out. They double down to exert control or cause harm if someone dares to point out what they're doing.
All groups do it, but it's absolutely a patriarchal white supremacy thing. It's similar to how white men believe they belong in all spaces and will throw a fit if they are excluded.
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Dave Alvarado
@dave@alvarado.social
White-passing brown dude. I play a chaotic good tank in real life.
alvarado.social
Dave Alvarado
@dave@alvarado.social
White-passing brown dude. I play a chaotic good tank in real life.
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@dave@alvarado.social
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Mar 20, 2026
@woozle if you go up to my OP, I added a new reply this morning that includes a link to the Mastodon github. That's the place to open an issue if you have a suggestion.
@flippac
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Dave Alvarado
@dave@alvarado.social
White-passing brown dude. I play a chaotic good tank in real life.
alvarado.social
Dave Alvarado
@dave@alvarado.social
White-passing brown dude. I play a chaotic good tank in real life.
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@dave@alvarado.social
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Mar 20, 2026
@gunchleoc @chocobo13 this. You can file issues with Mastodon devs and you can spread the word that this happens and how.
Steal my post in good health or describe the issue in your own words.
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Dave Alvarado
@dave@alvarado.social
White-passing brown dude. I play a chaotic good tank in real life.
alvarado.social
Dave Alvarado
@dave@alvarado.social
White-passing brown dude. I play a chaotic good tank in real life.
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@dave@alvarado.social
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Mar 20, 2026
@dalias @MxAlba yes, this. "Public post but only can reply" would be a huge step in the right direction. It would let you say something to the world without letting the world talk back, but you still get feedback from your friends.
"I want to get this off my chest but I don't want to hear your opinion about it" is not possible in Mastodon today.
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@dave@alvarado.social
White-passing brown dude. I play a chaotic good tank in real life.
alvarado.social
Dave Alvarado
@dave@alvarado.social
White-passing brown dude. I play a chaotic good tank in real life.
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@dave@alvarado.social
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Mar 20, 2026
@flesh @flippac I agree, and generally when people are posting screenshots it's in response to "I don't see it so I don't believe it's happening". it's not to accuse a particular sock puppet.
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Dave Alvarado
@dave@alvarado.social
White-passing brown dude. I play a chaotic good tank in real life.
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Dave Alvarado
@dave@alvarado.social
White-passing brown dude. I play a chaotic good tank in real life.
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@dave@alvarado.social
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Mar 19, 2026
Addendum to this (thanks @flippac !): the receipts a victim of harassment could show won't help stop anything, it's all sock puppet accounts. The most information they can share is "see look, this *happens*. It happened to *me*."
Which, let's be honest, isn't that useful in the white supremacist patriarchal world we live in. A few new people will learn to believe the victims of harassment. That's not much return on investment when the cost is needing more therapy.
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@dave@alvarado.social
White-passing brown dude. I play a chaotic good tank in real life.
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Dave Alvarado
@dave@alvarado.social
White-passing brown dude. I play a chaotic good tank in real life.
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@dave@alvarado.social
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Mar 19, 2026
"But Dave, why don't they moderate?"
They do. The harassers spin up new instances to get around block lists.
"But Dave, why don't they show the receipts (screenshots to prove it's happening)?"
The brave ones do, when they have the energy. It invites a huge amount more harassment, so showing receipts *always* causes psychological damage.
Some folks are willing to tank that damage to get the word out. Most people understandably just want it to stop.
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@dave@alvarado.social
White-passing brown dude. I play a chaotic good tank in real life.
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Dave Alvarado
@dave@alvarado.social
White-passing brown dude. I play a chaotic good tank in real life.
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@dave@alvarado.social
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Mar 19, 2026
How (racist/sexist/whatever) harassment on Mastodon works:
1. Harasser replies to their target's post, with the reply set to "followers only", saying the most vile stuff you can imagine.
2. All the harasser's followers join in on the harassment, posting more vile stuff.
3. Nobody but the target and the harassment crew can see the vile stuff that was said.
4. Target is traumatized. Nobody else can see why.
5. Everybody says "I don't see it so it's not happening."
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Dave Alvarado
@dave@alvarado.social
White-passing brown dude. I play a chaotic good tank in real life.
alvarado.social
Dave Alvarado
@dave@alvarado.social
White-passing brown dude. I play a chaotic good tank in real life.
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@dave@alvarado.social
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Feb 26, 2026
RE: https://lgbtqia.space/@alice/116139068243310611
CALLING ALL CIS WHITE MEN IN KANSAS:
You know what to do.
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Dave Alvarado
@dave@alvarado.social
White-passing brown dude. I play a chaotic good tank in real life.
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Dave Alvarado
@dave@alvarado.social
White-passing brown dude. I play a chaotic good tank in real life.
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@dave@alvarado.social
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Feb 11, 2026
Piggybacking on this, specifically for the dudes:
Is anybody in the thread talking to you? Does anybody in the thread follow you? Are you an expert on the thread topic?
If the answer to all three is "no", are you sure anybody wants to hear what you have to say on the topic?
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