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Igniting the Cold War: The Berlin Blockade and Airlift
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Trying to Understand...
Another Of My Essays in French
And some bits and pieces.
3 months ago
And some bits and pieces.
History Today Feed
Saving Southeast Asia’s Sunken Warships
Saving Southeast Asia’s Sunken Warships
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/02/2024 - 10:00
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Saving Southeast Asia’s Sunken Warships
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Mon, 09/02/2024 - 10:00
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J.S. Bach & Sons: The Composer’s Legacy and Family
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The Stranger by Albert Camus: The Life of an Absurd Man
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How Did the 1979 Iranian Revolution Influence Iran’s Economy?
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The Enigmatic Harper Lee: 10 Facts
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Here Are the 3 Etruscan Kings of Rome (and Lars Porsenna)
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What Was the Mason-Dixon Line?
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Classical Wisdom
On Seneca: Anger, Fear, and Sadness
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a year ago
TheCollector
5 of Hildegard of Bingen’s Most Notable Works
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Dreams of Space -...
Beyond Mars (1960)
Here is the last book in the "space quartet", Beyond Mars. It takes a large survey of the next steps...
a year ago
Here is the last book in the "space quartet", Beyond Mars. It takes a large survey of the next steps in space including: solar sailing, travel to Saturn via long distance trips to the outer solar system, multi-year hibernation travel, hydroponics, and visiting other solar...
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The Tripartite Pact: How Were the Axis Powers Created?
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4,000-Year-Old Temple and Theater Discovered in Peru
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Hypnosis: Is it Magic or Science?
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10 Must-See Archaeological Sites in the US
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The Getty Museum Returns a Bronze Head to Turkey
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7 Historical Places to Visit in Wiltshire
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Giants in the Bible and Other Writings: From Genesis to Mythology
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13 Logical Fallacies from Aristotle’s ‘Sophistical Refutations’
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Flashbak
Arthur Rackham’s Fantastic Illustrations for The Tempest, 1926
Full fathom five thy father lies Of his bones are coral made: Those are pearls that were his eyes:...
3 weeks ago
Full fathom five thy father lies Of his bones are coral made: Those are pearls that were his eyes: Nothing of him that doth fade, But doth suffer a sea-change Into something rich and strange. – William Shakespeare, The Tempest, illustrated by Arthur Rackham 1926 Arthur...
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Mark di Suvero California Sculpture Listed for Removal
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Who Was Django Reinhardt?
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History Today Feed
The Golden Age of Medieval Nostalgia
The Golden Age of Medieval Nostalgia
JamesHoare
Fri, 02/23/2024 - 00:00
10 months ago
The Golden Age of Medieval Nostalgia
JamesHoare
Fri, 02/23/2024 - 00:00
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Ireland and Palestine: United by Partition?
Ireland and Palestine: United by Partition?
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/22/2024 - 09:47
7 months ago
Ireland and Palestine: United by Partition?
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/22/2024 - 09:47
TheCollector
10 Van Gogh Paintings You Should Know
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Nixtamalization: How Ancient Americans Bio-Engineered Corn
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Bacon and Monet Landscapes to Lead Christie’s Evening Sale
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Shakespeare’s Richard III: Everything You Need to Know
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A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part Ib: Subjects of the Successors
This is the second part of the first part of our four part look at the context between the...
11 months ago
This is the second part of the first part of our four part look at the context between the Hellenistic army and its Macedonian phalanx and the Romans with their legions. Last week, we looked at the weapons, organization and fighting style of the Macedonian phalanx, the infantry...
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Who Won the Battle of Nashville?
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Flashbak
The Sweet Flypaper of Life by Roy DeCarava and Langston Hughes
“We’ve had so many books about how bad life is, maybe it’s time to have one showing how good it is”...
a month ago
“We’ve had so many books about how bad life is, maybe it’s time to have one showing how good it is” – Langston Hughes, The Sweet Flypaper of Life The Sweet Flypaper of Life (1955), a collaboration between photographer Roy DeCarava and poet Langston Hughes (February 1, 1902 –...
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The Battle of Zama: How Scipio Gave Rome the World
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Flashbak
Before Banksy: London Graffiti in the 1980s
It’s not all Banksy. In the 1980s, graffiti in London was less well organised and loved by all the...
a year ago
It’s not all Banksy. In the 1980s, graffiti in London was less well organised and loved by all the right people. Most of of it got washed off walls or knocked down as the buildings it decorated made way for flats. Most of it wasn’t all that good. And because London graffiti was a...
Classical Wisdom
How Can We Prevent Character Assassination?
Corruption in the Ancient World
9 months ago
Corruption in the Ancient World
TheCollector
6 Empires that Conquered Ancient Egypt
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The Liberation of Dachau, the First Concentration Camp in Nazi Germany
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4 Novels by John Steinbeck You Should Read
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10 National and State Parks in the US Where You Can See Ancient Redwoods
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Art Philanthropy in the US Depends on Prestige
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Trying to Understand...
The Modern World Is Boring.
Where are the heroes and the adventures now?
6 months ago
Where are the heroes and the adventures now?
African History...
a brief note on the history of Music in Africa
plus an overview of Ethiopian musical traditions
a year ago
plus an overview of Ethiopian musical traditions
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The Death of Caspar Hauser
The Death of Caspar Hauser
j.hoare
Sun, 12/17/2023 - 00:00
a year ago
The Death of Caspar Hauser
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Sun, 12/17/2023 - 00:00
TheCollector
The Life of Lu Xun: Writing on China at a Crossroads
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Best of the Best
a year ago
Flashbak
A Tour of The Westwood Mall, Michigan, 1972 – 1984
We’re off to the Westwood Mall in Michigan in the 1970s and early 1980s. Most of the images here are...
a month ago
We’re off to the Westwood Mall in Michigan in the 1970s and early 1980s. Most of the images here are from the store’s opening on August 3 1972. We see shopper browsing for music in Recordland beneath a poster for the singer Cyndi Lauper, buying into the ‘grapefruit diet’, getting...
TheCollector
Performance Art: 8 Famous and Influential Women
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The Mystery of Crazy Horse: His Life & Legacy
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How the Nazis Looted Art in the Netherlands: Dienststelle Mühlmann
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Anarcho-Capitalism Explained in 5 Steps
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Flashbak
Zodiac Love: Plaster Sex Sculptures by Tom Otterness (1982–87)
American sculptor Tom Otterness (born. 1952) was an organisers of Art Direct, a mail-order art...
4 months ago
American sculptor Tom Otterness (born. 1952) was an organisers of Art Direct, a mail-order art catalog published by Collaborative Projects (Colab) and Printed Matter, Inc. for Christmas 1982. Colab sought cultural activism that was purely artist driven. In addition to creating...
TheCollector
Get to Know Palazzo Doria Pamphilj & Its Fascinating History
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A Collection of...
Collections: Nitpicking Gladiator II, Part II
Last week, we started our nitpicking of Gladiator II (2024) by looking at the problems with the...
a week ago
Last week, we started our nitpicking of Gladiator II (2024) by looking at the problems with the films chronology and its portrayal of the Roman army of the early third century, both in its equipment and in its battle tactics. This week, we’re going to move forward to the main...
TheCollector
Mansa Musa: The Golden Ruler of the Mali Empire
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What Did Averroes Ask Ibn Arabi?
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The Statue of Athena Parthenos: Everything You Need to Know
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Wrong Side of...
Fellow believers or fellow citizens?
Liberalism dies in darkness
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Liberalism dies in darkness
TheCollector
A (Brief) History of the IRA
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7 Famous Cubist Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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8 Famous French Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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Who Were the Maccabees?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Myths and Metamorphoses
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TheCollector
Thanatos: The Greek God of Death
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How Did Babylon Shape the History of the Ancient Near East?
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The Surprising Alliances Between the Britons and the Anglo-Saxons
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Who Was Tertullian?
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Central African Republic: A History of the Wildest State in Africa
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Give All to Love: A New Documentary on Ralph Waldo Emerson Debuts
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Open Culture
The Ingenious Engineering of Leonardo da Vinci’s Self-Supporting Bridge, Explained
The video above from Sabins Civil Engineering promises to reveal “the MAGIC behind Da Vinci’s Self...
5 days ago
The video above from Sabins Civil Engineering promises to reveal “the MAGIC behind Da Vinci’s Self Supporting Bridge.” That sounds like a typical example of YouTube hyperbole, though on first glance, it isn’t at all obvious how the fragile-looking structure can stay up, much less...
TheCollector
Isaiah Berlin’s Two Concepts of Liberty: Negative and Positive Liberty
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Vincent Van Gogh’s Self-Portraits: The Artist Through His Own Eyes
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6 Important Female Aboriginal Writers and Activists You Should Read
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Modernism vs. Postmodernism: Two Genres Explained in 6 Facts and 13 Artworks
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The Role of Women in 1950s America: Conformity or Change?
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Scientism and Anti-Scientism: What Is the Difference?
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Global Inequality...
Devant la guerre
On E. H. Carr's "The twenty years' crisis 1919-39"
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On E. H. Carr's "The twenty years' crisis 1919-39"
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A History of Alaska’s Indigenous People
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What Is Thatcherism?
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What Is Berlin Science Week? Everything You Need to Know
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History Today Feed
‘Remembering Peasants’ by Patrick Joyce review
‘Remembering Peasants’ by Patrick Joyce review
JamesHoare
Tue, 03/19/2024 - 09:28
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‘Remembering Peasants’ by Patrick Joyce review
JamesHoare
Tue, 03/19/2024 - 09:28
TheCollector
Cecilia Beaux: Esteemed American Portraitist
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Flashbak
The Devil’s Dictionary: The 50-ish Best Descriptions From The Cynic’s Word Book, 1906
Written by American journalist Ambrose Bierce (24 June 1842 – c.1914), The Devil’s Dictionary, aka...
6 months ago
Written by American journalist Ambrose Bierce (24 June 1842 – c.1914), The Devil’s Dictionary, aka The Cynic’s Word Book, consists of common words followed by humorous and satirical definitions. The book was a compilation of Bierce’s columns for The Wasp (1881–1860 plus) and The...
Classical Wisdom
Xerxes the Great
More than a Villain
a year ago
History Today Feed
Convents as a Refuge in Early Modern Lisbon
Convents as a Refuge in Early Modern Lisbon
JamesHoare
Thu, 01/25/2024 - 12:26
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Convents as a Refuge in Early Modern Lisbon
JamesHoare
Thu, 01/25/2024 - 12:26
Global Inequality...
Universities as factories
I have seen, and read about, of many instances when the police would clear universities of students...
7 months ago
I have seen, and read about, of many instances when the police would clear universities of students who were demonstrating. The police would come in on the orders of the authorities unhappy with student-created oases of freedom. It would come, armed, beat up students, and end the...
TheCollector
4 Facts About Feyerabend’s Anarchistic Theory of Knowledge
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Weaving the Women of the Ancient World
2 months ago
Weaving the Women of the Ancient World
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Julio-Claudians
5 months ago
TheCollector
What Did the Beat Generation Want?
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Who Are the Masterminds Behind Chicago’s Iconic Architecture?
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Quechua: A Dead Language? Not at All
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TheCollector
Maze-like Exhibition Celebrates 100th Anniversary of Surrealism
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Is The Digital Era Truly Destroying Art?
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a year ago
African History...
A social history of the Lamu city-state (1370-1885)
Journal of African cities chapter 5
a year ago
Journal of African cities chapter 5
TheCollector
Who Won the Seven Days Battles?
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10 Must-See UNESCO World Heritage Sites in England
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L’Anse aux Meadows: The Viking Settlement of North America
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TheCollector
How Did Bebop Influence Jazz?
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TheCollector
Dragons Across Cultures & Mythologies: Here Be Dragons!
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a year ago
Dreams of Space -...
Robert Goddard: Father of the Space Age (1963)
After a Thanksgiving break I am back with Robert Goddard: Father of the Space Age. Even if there...
3 weeks ago
After a Thanksgiving break I am back with Robert Goddard: Father of the Space Age. Even if there are not a lot of illustrations of space flight this book was very important to me at the time. I remember finding it in the school library and then getting my own paperback copy...
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Umberto Boccioni: 11 Facts About the Italian Futurist
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Walt Disney: The American Dream Personified (Bio & Facts)
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5 Unique Gods & Goddesses Worshipped in the Incan Empire
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Everything You Need To Know About Hecate (Maiden, Mother, Crone)
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7 Museums to Visit in Athens
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Cecil John Rhodes: Life and Legacy of a British Imperialist
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Benedict Arnold: The Epitome of Betrayal
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Open Culture
John Coltrane Draws a Picture Illustrating the Mathematics of Music
Physicist and saxophonist Stephon Alexander has argued in his many public lectures and his book The...
3 days ago
Physicist and saxophonist Stephon Alexander has argued in his many public lectures and his book The Jazz of Physics that Albert Einstein and John Coltrane had quite a lot in common. Alexander in particular draws our attention to the so-called “Coltrane circle,” which resembles...
TheCollector
Nuclear Weapons During the Cold War: Power and Proliferation
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TheCollector
Maurizio Cattelan’s Duct-Taped Banana Could Fetch $1 Million
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Essential Greeks Returns!
11 months ago
The Essential Greeks Returns!
Res Obscura
Experiencing scientific revolutions: the 1660s and the 2020s
Lessons from Boyle's scientific desiderata and the Midgley Effect
a year ago
Lessons from Boyle's scientific desiderata and the Midgley Effect
A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Part II: Romans, Assemble!
This is the second of our planned five-part look (I) at the nature and structure of the Roman...
a year ago
This is the second of our planned five-part look (I) at the nature and structure of the Roman Republic, particularly the governing institutions of the Middle Republic, the period of the republic’s height from c. 287-100 BC. Last time we discussed the component parts and nature of...
Flashbak
New York City’s NIGHT Magazine – 1978-79
Launched in September 1978, Anton Perich’s self-financed NIGHT magazine showcased New York City’s...
5 months ago
Launched in September 1978, Anton Perich’s self-financed NIGHT magazine showcased New York City’s mix of fashion, art, and music at clubs like Steve Rubell and Ian Schrager’s Studio 54 and Howard Stein and Peppo Vanini’s Xenon, where nightlife and performance met. Distribution...
Flashbak
Käthe Kollwitz Self Portraits
“I have no trouble with the idea of my art serving a purpose. I want to have an impact at a time...
5 months ago
“I have no trouble with the idea of my art serving a purpose. I want to have an impact at a time when people are so baffled, so in need of help.” – Käthe Kollwitz diary entry, December 1922 Käthe Kollwitz (8 July 1867 – 22 April 1945) made over 100 self-portraits of her …...
TheCollector
Veni, Vidi, Vici: Decoding Julius Caesar’s “I Came, I Saw, I Conquered”
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2 months ago
Dr Alun Withey
Medicine on the Move: Early Modern Travel and Remedies
As my new project on the history of travel, health risk and preparation begins to get underway, one...
a year ago
As my new project on the history of travel, health risk and preparation begins to get underway, one of the things that I am thinking about is the place of travel within early modern medical remedy culture. What kinds of conditions could befall travellers? What did early modern...
TheCollector
Naumachia: The Gladiatorial Naval Battles of Ancient Rome
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a month ago
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