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MidgePhoto<a href="https://photog.social/tags/Heinlein" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Heinlein</a> I'd prefer the <a href="https://photog.social/tags/Fosterites" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Fosterites</a> to the <a href="https://photog.social/tags/Christofascists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Christofascists</a> but neither is good or even neutral for the world or their local continent and state.

Axel GutmannLet someone say <a href="https://sueden.social/tags/sciencefiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sciencefiction</a> is unrealistic... Robert A. <a href="https://sueden.social/tags/Heinlein" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Heinlein</a> foresaw the decline of American <a href="https://sueden.social/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#democracy</a> in "Revolt in 2100" (from the early 1950s!) with frightening acuity (and set the presidential election of the quite Trumpesque "prophet" only four years too early, at 2012): <a href="https://davidbrin.blogspot.com/2017/03/looking-back-at-heinleins-future.html#:~:text=%22Throw%20in,majority%20in%20Washington.%22" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://davidbrin.blogspot.com/2017/03/looking-back-at-heinleins-future.html#:~:text=%22Throw%20in,majority%20in%20Washington.%22</a> (via <a href="https://mastodon.social/@davidbrin" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@davidbrin</a>)Let's hope he's not also right about the ensuing 90 years of theocratic dictatorship...<a href="https://sueden.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://sueden.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USA</a> <a href="https://sueden.social/tags/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GOP</a> <a href="https://sueden.social/tags/project2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#project2025</a> <a href="https://sueden.social/tags/SF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SF</a> <a href="https://sueden.social/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Fascism</a>

MidgePhotoHeinlein's book "The Moon is a Harsh Mistress" is in the space station (ISS) library along with a hundred more.<a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/7930/book/70962580" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.librarything.com/work/7930/book/70962580</a><a href="https://photog.social/tags/SF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SF</a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/book" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#book</a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/library" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#library</a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/ISS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ISS</a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#space</a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/spacestation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#spacestation</a> ( <a href="https://photog.social/tags/Heinlein" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Heinlein</a> was a <a href="https://photog.social/tags/photographer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#photographer</a> BTW)

Likely Jan Lukas<a href="https://mstdn.social/@jarulf" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@jarulf</a> Also, while probably more of an <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/AltFuture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AltFuture</a> than a <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/PostApoc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PostApoc</a> story, <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Heinlein" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Heinlein</a>'s <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Friday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Friday</a> is superficially entertaining but also has some intriguing analysis of capitalism wrt one particular issue that arises during the titular character's journeys. Don't want to say more for <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/spoilers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#spoilers</a> but IMO it's a far deeper novel than it might seem.<a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@bookstodon</a>

Glorrion<a href="https://troet.cafe/@ralphruthe" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@ralphruthe</a> Im Roman "Das neue Buch Hiob" von <a href="https://nrw.social/tags/Heinlein" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Heinlein</a> kommt es am Schluss dazu, dass Gottes Chef vorbeischaut, sich das Chaos anschaut, und seinen Untergebenden dazu verdonnert, die Schöpfung nochmal neu aufzusetzen. Das Ganze unterstreicht er mit einer "Warum kriege ich immer diese Fälle?" Attitüde. 😄<a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Das_neue_Buch_Hiob" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Das_neue_Buch_Hiob</a>

65dBnoiseNot to spoil the novel's plot, but Nazis where on the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Moon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Moon</a> way earlier than Nazi Musk was even a molecule in this world, according to <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Heinlein" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Heinlein</a>. They didn't fare well there, either.So, Musk & Co are now trying a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Mars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Mars</a> grift…Robert A. Heinlein, 𝑅𝑜𝑐𝑘𝑒𝑡 𝑆ℎ𝑖𝑝 𝐺𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑙𝑒𝑜, 1947<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocket_Ship_Galileo" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocket_Ship_Galileo</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SciFi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SciFi</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Solarocks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Solarocks</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Space</a>

Axel GutmannRobert A. <a href="https://sueden.social/tags/Heinlein" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Heinlein</a> hat den Verfall der amerikanischen <a href="https://sueden.social/tags/Demokratie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Demokratie</a> schon in den 1950ern erschreckend treffend beschrieben: <a href="https://davidbrin.blogspot.com/2017/03/looking-back-at-heinleins-future.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://davidbrin.blogspot.com/2017/03/looking-back-at-heinleins-future.html</a><a href="https://sueden.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://sueden.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USA</a> <a href="https://sueden.social/tags/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GOP</a> <a href="https://sueden.social/tags/project2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#project2025</a> <a href="https://sueden.social/tags/SF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SF</a> <a href="https://sueden.social/tags/ScienceFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ScienceFiction</a>

Simon LucyI have never lost the conviction that Musk personifies himself as the Heinlein protagonist (almost any of them, including Lazarus Long), especially Delos David Harriman in The Man Who Sold The Moon.Harriman grifted and consolidated enterprises and offered South Sea Bubble type deals for bits of the Moon and sold lunar diamonds.But he never got to the Moon, his co-investors wouldn't let him. Musk thinks he'll succeed. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Oligarchs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Oligarchs</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Heinlein" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Heinlein</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Musk</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Mars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Mars</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TeenageFantasies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TeenageFantasies</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Economics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Economics</a>

AstroHydeI don't do book recommendations often and politics even less but 'Expanded Universe' has updates/comments of the 1950s & 80s covering WWI, WWII, & space age stories. The author would not have approved of someone agreeing with everything therein... however ending the last tale 'Happier Times' by seeing a black woman president is ... well, current. All in all, recommend reading. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/scifi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#scifi</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#science</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#space</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bookreview" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bookreview</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bookstodon</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Astrodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Astrodon</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/spacetravel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#spacetravel</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#history</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/heinlein" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#heinlein</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HarrisWalz2024" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HarrisWalz2024</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Election2024" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Election2024</a>

Mark Gardner<a href="https://hachyderm.io/@geekruthie" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@geekruthie</a> Also, <a href="https://social.sdf.org/tags/AynRand" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AynRand</a> unsurprisingly had a lot to say about “the greater good,” having escaped from a totalitarian state professedly dedicated to it. <a href="https://courses.aynrand.org/lexicon/common-good/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://courses.aynrand.org/lexicon/common-good/</a><a href="https://social.sdf.org/tags/Heinlein" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Heinlein</a> was blessedly born an American but soaked up Wilsonian ideals of duty that he never quite shook even as he proclaimed himself a staunch individualist.(Rand was no fan of Woodrow Wilson—his mission to “spread democracy” led to the creation of Soviet Russia, Fascist Italy, *and* Nazi Germany.)

Mark Gardner<a href="https://hachyderm.io/@geekruthie" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@geekruthie</a> <a href="https://social.sdf.org/tags/Heinlein" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Heinlein</a> came close, but even as he admired <a href="https://social.sdf.org/tags/AynRand" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AynRand</a> he once joked that she “was a bloody socialist compared to me.”I think it’s because he never grasped <a href="https://social.sdf.org/tags/Objectivism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Objectivism</a>’s <a href="https://social.sdf.org/tags/individualism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#individualism</a> as a consistent application of rationally recognizing man’s nature in the field of <a href="https://social.sdf.org/tags/ethics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ethics</a>. He seemed to favor more Nietzschean emotional iconoclasm.So the whim-worshipping <a href="https://social.sdf.org/tags/Libertarians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Libertarians</a> love him, lump him with Rand, and the rest of the culture accepts the package deal.<a href="https://social.sdf.org/tags/philosophy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#philosophy</a>

screwlisp<a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/lispyGopherClimate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#lispyGopherClimate</a> <a href="https://archives.anonradio.net/202409110000_screwtape.mp3" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://archives.anonradio.net/202409110000_screwtape.mp3</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/archived" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#archived</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#climate</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/academic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#academic</a> the climate crisis at universities why I think <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/lambdaMOO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#lambdaMOO</a> and <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/lisp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#lisp</a> indie <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/gameDev" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#gameDev</a> are our way forward with reference to <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Heinlein" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Heinlein</a>'s Cat Who Walks Through Walls (I made it to the last book, so...)<a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#music</a> is gonna be <a href="https://mastodon.flockofnazguls.com/@flockofnazguls" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@flockofnazguls</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/ModularTransmission" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ModularTransmission</a> live show from this weekI reworked my common lisp pseudo-MOO server to be a metacircularly programmable MOO first and foremost using a DSLGopher <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/unix_surrealism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#unix_surrealism</a> <a href="https://merveilles.town/@prahou" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@prahou</a>

manuelcaeiro ☕"If I choose to dine with publicans and sinners, that is my business. But I do not choose to break bread with Pharisees."-- Robert Heinlein<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/quote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#quote</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Heinlein" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Heinlein</a>

Calico JesseDouble Star (Heinlein, 1956)I find it interesting that the empire is noted to be ruled by the House of Orange. The lunar capital of New Batavia indicates that in this timeline the Netherlands becomes the ruling power. It has a UK style parliamentary system, although it also seems to be an EU style confederation where pre-existing states (such as the US) retain local laws and control. I’m not certain if that’s because Heinlein thinks it’s better or it just suited the plot.<a href="https://dice.camp/tags/SciFi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SciFi</a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/Heinlein" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Heinlein</a>

Calico Jesse“A political figure is not a single man, so I was learning, but a compatible team. If Bonforte himself had not been a decent sort he would not have had these people around him.” —Robert Heinlein, Double Star, 1956That seems like a timeless truth. Definitely relevant this November. <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/SciFi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SciFi</a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/Heinlein" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Heinlein</a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/Reading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Reading</a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Politics</a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/GoodPeople" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GoodPeople</a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/DoubleStar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DoubleStar</a>

Calico Jesse“It seems to me that every time those scientific laddies get busy with their slide rules life becomes more complicated. What was wrong with things the way they were?” —Robert Heinlein, Double Star, 1956Predicting atomic rockets in the future, but not the electronic calculator or pocket computers. 😁<a href="https://dice.camp/tags/SciFi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SciFi</a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/Reading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Reading</a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/Heinlein" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Heinlein</a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/DoubleStar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DoubleStar</a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/SlideRule" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SlideRule</a>

Calico JesseDouble Star, Heinlein, 1956Of course a starship pilot lights up a cigarette right after take-off. And Pan-Am will certainly have regular flights to the moon someday. <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/SciFi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SciFi</a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/Reading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Reading</a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/DoubleStar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DoubleStar</a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/Heinlein" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Heinlein</a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/PanAm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PanAm</a>

Calico Jesse“I needed a face as commonplace, as impossible to remember as the true face of the immortal Alec Guinness.” —Robert Heinlein, Double Star 1956That’s a young Sir Alec Guinness reference. Long before Star Wars, before Doctor Zhivago, Fall of the Roman Empire, or Lawrence of Arabia. Just a year before Bridge on the River Kwai. The Ladykillers is the only thing I recognize from his pre-56 credits.But I’m sure he was already leaving an impression.<a href="https://dice.camp/tags/SirAlecGuinness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SirAlecGuinness</a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/AlecGuiness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AlecGuiness</a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/Heinlein" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Heinlein</a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/SciFi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SciFi</a>

Calico Jesse“Nobody could accuse me of race prejudice. I didn't care what a man's color, race, or religion was. But men were men, whereas Martians were things. They weren't even animals to my way of thinking. I’d rather have had a wart hog around me any day. Permitting them in restaurants and bars used by men struck me as outrageous. But there was the Treaty, of course, so what could I do?” —Robert Heinlein, Double Star 1956Real “I’m not racist but…” vibes.1/2<a href="https://dice.camp/tags/SciFi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SciFi</a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/Heinlein" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Heinlein</a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/DoubleStar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DoubleStar</a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/Racism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Racism</a>

Calico JesseI finished reading Time For The Stars (1956). The space exploration and science parts were interesting. The social aspects were definitely dated. And it was a weird way to learn Heinlein was cool with 1st cousins marrying. Or in this case marrying your identical twin’s great-grand child. (About 12.5% shared genetic material in both cases, if I did the math right.)I was right that I’d have more mixed feelings about Heinlein than Asimov.<a href="https://dice.camp/tags/Reading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Reading</a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/SciFi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SciFi</a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/Heinlein" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Heinlein</a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/Asimov" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Asimov</a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/WhenCousinsMarry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WhenCousinsMarry</a>

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