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Inugami appeared in a hilarious way in chapter 3! Chouji calls him Wan-chan lmao. He's a puppy but he's trying to communicate through meows with an ally cat. Aw, Inugami's upset that Sako left Shishitouren...

It kinda sucks right now that attributes are so important but it's hard to make a full balanced team with so few characters out. The SSR versions are barred behind a low draw rate so you have to make due with one or two SSRs, some S's and the rest A's to split across attribute teams. I have one full same-attribute team but it's not balanced right, I think it's missing a striker and has 2 supporters, plus multiple A's.

Did Inugami tackle Sako?? 🤣 Oh, he though he was trying to kill himself by jumping......

This game made me realize Tsugeura speaks in Kansai-ben, guess I didn't pay attention when I watched the anime.

So Chouji challenged Umemiya, Wanijima challenged Chouji/Togame, then Inugami challenged Sako (who challenged Hiiragi), then Sako told Chouji to challenge him...oh Shishitouren.

It must've been really hard for Kanuma to leave Arima to do what Wanijima asked of him. Man, this group is so dumb, they should've done their research before attacking Shishitouren. 😅 To be fair the big brother didn't know until last minute so the younger brother is the one making him look stupid.

First time seeing Chouji look like that and getting excited! YEAH show Kraken their mistakes!!!

Wow, I got x2 of the highest ranking film rolls, 1 highest ranking notebook and 8k of the green coins for ranking in PVP!

I ended up buying the special pass to support the game and because I'm greedy and want more stuff haha.

I tried to pull for the new event Kaji but got SSR Hiiragi (which is fine), I'll just keep trying.

The chat with Kiryuu about crane games when Sakura compliments him is cute, almost made me ship it. <3 I guess I kinda of already do, in a polyam way? And the chat about games reaching end of service is too relatable. T__T

Oh, I reached the level cap at 38. :O So that's what the yellow coin shop is for... Looks like you get them in place of exp for mission rewards etc, wonder how long it'll take to get 10k.

The chat with Kaji about how the movie he borrowed from Enomoto on the rainy day wasn't as funny as usual because he had no one to watch it with. And encouraging Sakura to spend time after school with his classmates. And you can choose to have Sakura say "I-I'll...try...inviting them." :') Ugh Kaji is a great mentor.

The biggest pain about this game is matching the scene cards to the characters, some are character exclusive, some are attribute exclusive and some are card exclusive. Sometimes I'm gonna need to really sit down and save my parties. I didn't have enough to form full balanced parties before but I might now. And I need to level up more A and S scene cards to make up for some of my SSR scene cards being so exclusive... (You still get some stats if you mismatch a card but I don't know if it's worth it??)

<3 <3 <3 dear Sam

Apr. 22nd, 2025 10:57 pm
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 'See here, Captain! ' He planted himself squarely in front of Faramir his hands on his hips, and a look on his face as if he was addressing a young hobbit who had offered him what he called `sauce' when questioned about visits to the orchard. There was some murmuring, but also some grins on the faces of the men looking on: the sight of their Captain sitting on the ground and eye to eye with a young hobbit, legs well apart, bristling with wrath, was one beyond their experience. `See here! ' he said. `What are you driving at? Let's come to the point before all the Orcs of Mordor come down on us! If you think my master murdered this Boromir and then ran away, you've got no sense; but say it, and have done! And then let us know what you mean to do about it. But it's a pity that folk as talk about fighting the Enemy can't let others do their bit in their own way without interfering. He'd be mighty pleased, if he could see you now. Think he'd got a new friend, he would.'

Sam, The Window on the West, TTT

 

FFVII got me BAD

Apr. 22nd, 2025 09:49 pm
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"I wanna shell out $50 for the next part of the FFVII remake" I said, fully believing the lie was telling myself.

Anyway.

I picked up FFVII Rebirth on Sunday and I basically haven't put it down since XD It's so much better than Remake it's honestly incredible; they very clearly took feedback into consideration with this one. The gameplay is tightened up and modified just enough that it's fun instead of clunky, and while I still prefer the traditional turn-based experience, this is massive improvement over the last one. I still think Crisis Core feels a bit smoother because it leans more into the hack and slash nature of it, but I'm not dying in every fucking fight like I did in Remake.

ALSO THE FEW SECONDS OF ZACK IN THE OPENING IN AN ALTERNATE(??????) TIMELINE GOT ME RIGHT IN THE FEELS. I think because I just finished playing Crisis Core it hit particularly hard, but holy shitttttt, I was about ready to cry ;w;

Cloud looks so good too, like...they really have nailed "anime spiky hair bullshit" mixed with realism...it looks so soft and fluffy and also well spiked. It's just. idk. It manages to nail a lot of the stylistic things that fell short in Kingdom Hearts 3, and while I'm delighted it did...it also makes me sad for what could have been in KH3. It was ALSO an amazing game, but I'm still fussy about the style changes between KH3 and literally every other KH game ever :T

MOVING ON!!!

For the first time in a long time, I feel like I'm playing a game that was made for the PS5. Besides Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart, everything else I own for the PS5 is on at least one other system (usually a fair amount), because everything is made for every damn system now!!!! It makes it feel like.....why do I have this system if it's just like everything else on the market?

BUT NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! FFVII REBIRTH FEELS LIKE IT'S USING THE FULL CAPABILITIES OF THE SYSTEM!!!!!!! And not just like, oh the graphics are fancy, isn't that enough? No!!! There are so many little details that pull it all together and make it a richer experience *w*

I have a lot of other thoughts about it, but tbh I just wanna go back to playing....


so here's a majestic picture of Cloud with a dolphin XD

few more screencaps under here! )

OH ALSO!!!! We had to go out to get more food for Lumos, because she's currently on "only the fanciest food money can buy" for her sensitive tummy...which is definitely hitting us where it hurts (the wallet). But we also picked up some groceries, including this absolutely necessary ceramic figure of a balloon animal. What animal? I have no idea, but I love him ♥


I put him on top of the TV with my son who has every disease (the green pumpkin)

BACK TO MORE FFVII I have a mini game I actually like (rhythm game)~
[personal profile] shadowkat
1. Everything We Learned at the Star Wars Celebration 2025

Takeaways?

I really want to see Andor S2.

excerpt )

Also, apparently the new Star Wars movie starring Ryan Gosling, and directed by Shawn Levy, entitled Star Wars: Star Fighter - takes place post Rise of Skywalker, and with all new characters. (Smart move. The better films pull away from the Skywalker story arcs.)

Also, I may try Ashoska again.

2. Not a fandom bit - but R.I.P Pope Francis. I'm saddened by this news.
Also he accomplished a lot in short period of time - shifting the course of the Catholic Church, promoting kindness and humility. (I also hope he talked some sense into devout Catholic and wannabee Fascist, Vance, who saw Francis before he died.)

3. Buffy Redux

So, I've been rewatching Buffy episodes intermittently. Picked up on a few things that I hadn't previously picked up on? Read more... )

4. Daredevil Born Again

I liked the season finale, and for the most part the series. It's similar yet different than Netflix's Daredevil, which had defter writing. However both are fairly uneven.

Fisk is clearly Marvel's commentary on the Fascist asshole in the White House or the Hitler Wannabee. Fisk even kind of looks like him, without hair. And that makes watching this - an odd experience.

The message at the end is Daredevil can't take on Fisk alone, which sets up S2 to be more of a group effort. People are speculating already on who will be joining the cast. Already slotted are Karen and Frank Castle (Jon Bernthal) aka The Punisher. Also Lily Taylor, and Mathew Lillard in a recurring role.

Garden progress and other musings

Apr. 22nd, 2025 05:02 pm
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Got outside and watered some plants just now. The self-heal and arnica are in the ground as of this weekend, but the salad burnet is still waiting to get planted, along with the chamomile and dill we picked up at the nursery last week. They'll be fine, though. I'm also still trying to figure out where to put the lemon balm where it won't take over everything. I could put it in a pot, I suppose, but last year I did that and it didn't re-seed itself at all so I had to start over again.

There's another bed I've been letting grow into a bit of a catch-all butterfly garden until I sort out what to plant there long-term, and it'll probably have some of the oregano come back that I tried to take out last year. Oregano is pernicious, but also delicious, so I don't necessarily mind, as long as I can keep it from crowding out everything else again. Maybe I'll put the lemon balm there too and let them duke it out over the season. I'm not reclaiming that bed for myself this year, anyway.

Lots of things are blooming. The comfrey and the borage just put out flowers, which are gorgeous as always. Though the borage somehow planted itself in a crack between the steps instead of the garden bed this year, so I'm going to have to figure out a way to move it so it doesn't get stepped on and can seed itself somewhere better next time. The calendula is going absolute gangbusters already, so that's promising for a good harvest this year. I'll have to make more salves or something to make good use of it all. Maybe an arnica-calendula blend? I'll have to think on it.

On another note, poking around on DW is reminding me just how many fandoms I haven't gotten into yet. It makes me so happy to see book reviews and the like, too! It would be a good idea for me to get back into a regular reading habit, I think. It's been hard to find the time, and when I do pick up a book, I usually feel compelled to read something that's serious non-fiction and/or somehow related to research I'm doing for my writing. It's usually depressing stuff, even if it's also very good and interesting, and I could stand to read something more light-hearted from time to time. For some reason I just have a hard time prioritizing happier things. But maybe seeing people get excited about things on DW will help me break out of those habits. If there's an incentive of getting to chat with people about it, I imagine that might make it easier.

Anyway. Blogging is a nice hobby. I'm finding it calming to reflect on the easier beats of the day. The rest we can just pretend doesn't exist, which is nice to do for a little while. I'll be off to dance class soon, attempting to go in person instead of resorting to online like I had to do last week. One of these days I'll be able to get back to dance more than once a week, but probably not yet. And then when I'm home later I might see if I can crank out another chapter, but that might be wishful thinking.
[personal profile] shadowkat
Believe it or not? There has actually been some good news on the Climate Change and Environmental Front and a few other fronts...it's not all grim out there.

1. A partnership between the Miccosukee Tribe and Pinecrest, FL converts food scraps into compost for the tribe’s community garden, improving soil and reducing landfill waste. Go HERE

2. The Iñupiat community of Elim, AK protests a proposed uranium mine during the Iditarod dogsled race to protect their subsistence way of life and the biodiversity of Norton Sound. Go HERE

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And apparently on the immigration front? So a break from our scheduled programming into that...which is an on-going battle:
Immigration Legal and Political Battles )

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Back to the environment:

5.A federal appeals court revives a civil rights lawsuit challenging polluting industries in Louisiana’s “Cancer Alley,” opening the door for justice in historically harmed Black communities. Go HERE

6. Climate activists are increasingly suing governments and companies to take action against climate change — and WINNING. Go Here

excerpt )

7.In 2024, a record 112 million Americans rode bikes, the highest participation rate since 2014, with youth ridership jumping from 49% to 56%. Go HERE

8.The U.S. and China both show significant growth in renewable energy, outpacing traditional power sources. Go HERE

9.Despite budget cuts, NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center continues to provide critical climate information. Go HERE

10. Attorneys general in four states—CA, IL, ME, and MN—sue the EPA and Citibank for unlawfully withholding funds from state green banks meant to support climate solutions. Go HERE

the rest of the 25 items )
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Non-climate change related, academic law suit:

26. Harvard takes the counter-offensive and sues the Trump administration for freezing billions of dollars in federal funding.
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Apr. 22nd, 2025 03:08 pm
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Good afternoon, happy Tuesday! I finally spotted the morning doves again-- well, actually, one of the landed on the back porch and made eye contact with me through the sliding glass door, and then another dove dive-bombed the first one and they both flew off. Fun!

Got some links for y'all here! I'm experimenting with formatting this time. Is this easier to read, or worse?


[personal profile] siderea did an informal poll about some of the differences in educational systems in the US, with regards specifically to when civics was taught.

I did most of my schooling in Maryland and I took a civics class in 9th or 10th grade, but I'm pretty sure we went over some stuff before then in elementary school/middle school. We had mock presidential elections, for instance, so I'm sure we at least went over the stuff about voting.

I also remember seeing the Schoolhouse Rock video about how bills are passed, but I honestly can't remember where along my educational timeline it happened. I AM fairly certain a teacher showed it to us, though!

More links under here )
Need more stuff to read? I've compiled all previous linkspam posts here on my website or of course you can explore the linkspam tag below.

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Apr. 22nd, 2025 03:24 pm
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Now that the water pipes at the Park are done (I believe), all the roads are being repaved. And they said, let’s start ripping things up in front of the lady’s house who HAS to go to the DMV today . Also, she’s expecting a package delivery (UPS lied about that). So I pulled out and dodged some massive machine and enormous piles of asphalt to go pay the gov’t money to buy a joke “real id”. Coming back I had to drive like a tank over clumps of asphalt.

I’m working in the back yard every day and it’s a bigger job than I thought. I’ve scaled back my expectations and am concentrating on flowers in pots. I have one tomato plant and we wish it the best, but have no high hopes. There is so much weeding to be done and I’m old and kinda lazy so I do a little bit every day. Plus the cats got out one day and now I have to watch for that. They both came back at traditional dinner time like they just drove home from the office.

The rainy season has tapered off and I’m just watching the weather and sun patterns in the yard this year. My bedroom gets a lot of afternoon sun so I’m thinking it’ll be hot in the summer. But not California hot for endless days.

I have not watched The Last of Us yet. I’m putting it off because it’s going to take an emotional toll. I dropped Acorn and they naturally added more episodes of two of my favorite shows immediately afterward, so I had to sign up again.
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Black Panther: Wakanda Forever - I wasn't a big fan of this one which is too bad because I really liked the first movie. Some of the visuals were pretty amazing and I really liked specific stuff: M'Baku is still fucking hilarious, Shuri and Ross have a fun relationship, the ugliness of grief was very well portrayed and Riri is such an awesome addition to the MCU.

But damn, the villain was just freaking annoying, a lot of the movie simply bored me, and it just lacked the magic the first movie had.

Thor: Love and Thunder - I liked this for the most part. There were moments that felt too silly (the scene with Sif almost dying comes to mind) but also very well done moments. I also liked the visuals, especially these scenes in black/white. The world-building was also fun. I also loved Jane and Valkyrie together, that was such a great addition. And while I'm kinda disappointing about them bringing Jane back just to kill her off, I love that she got into Valhalla.

Werewolf by Night - This one was amazing. The noir style, the world-building, the characters. The relationship between Elsa and John works so well. I don't quite ship it because there wasn't enough time for me to really get into it but I kinda could. That scene when he pulls himself together when he is all wolfed out? So good. Also, Ted is adorable and I love his friendship with John.

The Guardians of the Galaxy: Holiday Special - I felt strangely uncomfortable watching this. I think the whole carelessness Drax and Mantis have going on when it comes to Kevin Bacon plus all the scenes that triggered my embarrassment squick kinda got to me. Though how alien Drax and Mantis can come off to humans, how threatening, was an interesting change in tone for these movies. Also loved Nebula in this. I wonder how she got Bucky's arm.

Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania - Okay, this one was another disappointment. I always liked the Ant-Man stuff because it somehow felt more grounded than the rest of the MCU. This movie completely destroyed that. I also wasn't a fan of the way it treated Scott after Endgame and the change in the Scott&Cassie relationship. The ants in the realm were cool, though.

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3 - With this one, I'm back to liking Guardians stuff again. Loved, loved Rockets relationship with both Peter and Nebula. Especially Nebula, to be honest. They were the only ones who survived the Snap and their origin stories have so many parallels, I love seeing them together.

I also liked how New!Gamora fit in and didn't. Nebula just seeing her as her sister with some memory issues while Peter despairs about who she isn't is interesting to watch. Because they are both wrong but it has different consequences regarding the way they deal with Gamora.

Rocket's origin story is heartbreaking, and the villain is effective and scary and I really just wanted him dead.

In general, lots of great moments.

I will be creative, dammit!

Apr. 22nd, 2025 10:01 pm
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Had a great vacation visiting the family up north! Good movies, great food and lovely nature walks 💖 I'm full of inspiration and creative energy 🥰

Nightmare mode is still active at work until May, but I only work Wednesday to Friday this week and Monday to Wednesday next week, due to national holidays and extra vacation days (because of So Much Overtime). Going to try and still get not-work done in the next three days, for the sake of my mental health.

Here's a quick to-do list for myself this week, so I don't Just Work
[ ] Try out the new outlining technique on a new writing project, to see if it's the thing for me
[ ] Gush about writing projects, because that's fun 😁
[ ] Do a basic clean-up of the apartment 'cause it's rather chaos right now
[ ] Set up a food plan for the coming weeks so I can save some money on groceries
[ ] Set up a "game plan" about my literal video games 😆
[ ] Go to the LARP planning meeting on Sunday
[ ] Go through "stuff" both digitally and physically to see what I should put on my future to-do lists...

Costume Bracket: Round 3, Post 16

Apr. 22nd, 2025 06:49 pm
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Two Doctor Who companion outfits for your delectation and delight! Outfits selected by a mixture of ones I, personally, like; lists on the internet; and a certain random element.


Outfits below the Cut )

Vote for your favourite of these costumes. Use whatever criteria you please - most practical, most outrageously spacey, most of its decade!

Voting will remain open for at least a week, possibly longer!

Costume Bracket Masterlist

Images are a mixture of my own screencaps, screencaps from Lost in Time Graphics, PCJ's Whoniverse Gallery, and random Google searches.
[personal profile] fardell24
A minute later, they were on top of the Historia.

“So, those goggles have night vision?” Philippa asked.

“Yes, amongst other modes.”

“And you don’t have powers?”

“I’m neither confirming nor denying. Let’s just say I wouldn’t be doing this without these gadgets,” the Shadow explained. “It’s like my own play. It seems that in the drama of Lawndale, I have taken this role to help.”

“And the other vigilantes?”

“SpiderGirl does have powers. But I am not sure if her webs are organic or not. Ninja Talon seems to be just a teenager skilled in martial arts who also uses some gadgets alongside her weapons. The fourth vigilante is telekinetic and can project energy blasts. I haven’t yet met the apparent fifth.”

“You don’t know what name she’s taken?” Philippa asked.

“I do, but it seems she wants to remain in the shadows as she helps Lawndale in her way. I just hope any battle between her and SpiderGirl is short.”


The Shadow was about to say more, but she then heard something to the northwest of the Historia, in Dega Street. “Duty calls!” she said to Philippa.

“You are going to leave me here?” Philippa asked.

“You’d be a liability. I trained with my mentor a while before I started doing this,” the Shadow then handed her the spare grapple gun. “It is relatively easy to use. But I’ll be back soon. Keep an eye on Daria and Sandi.”


Daria and Sandi also heard the noise as they examined an Oscorp building. “What’s that?” Daria asked.

“Sounds like something to respond to,” Sandi replied.

Daria nodded. “Right. There are plenty of places along here…”

Sandi nodded and ran off to some cover.


‘What are they doing?’ Philippa wondered.

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Pope Francis has died.

Apr. 22nd, 2025 09:30 am
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c20xd9xnp0wo

I'm not Catholic but the news makes me sad. I'm sure it's devastating news for the Catholics we know.

I hope his passing was a peaceful one.
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Spoilers ⬇️

Chapter 6: So Leona's lines at the end of the last chapter were connected to how Scar in The Lion King wasn't a good king, no matter how much you want it or think you deserve it because of lineage, if you can't keep your people alive and happy there's no point in sitting on the throne.



The idea of Jack crouching down a few feet to scare them like this is too funny. And then he had a total tsundere moment. 😂



Cute!!! I always want to screenshot everything in this manga, I'm being fed so well since we don't get to see things like this in the game because of the game style.

Chapter 7: Oh, there are bunny-eared people too?

Man, it's so silly to think Malleus and Lilia would have let themselves be stampeded. Oh Leona...

The notes for Yuuka! "She can shoulder throw Jack". He had to feel some mad respect when she did that.


Asked a guy to draw him

Apr. 22nd, 2025 02:06 am
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In February, with my adversion to screens, I had switched more to life drawing. Sketching from life is quite intimidating, but the more I do it the more my confidence grows.

I went to a local event and met new people and one of these people was this guy – he made and impression because he asked me how often do I think of the Roman Empire, which is a meme that I find really funny and also me and my friend group... well we think about the Roman Empire a lot – so when I met him again at another event I totally remembered him and since I was there at a table drawing, after a chit-chat I asked him if he could stay a bit so I could draw him.
Many Emotions )

Even with my anxieties the experience was overwhelmingly positive <3 Now that I read back on my account I am describing it as a very fanfiction-y moment ahah but it felt so to me so you'll forgive the romanticization of the facts :)
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Cover of the book The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood Title: The Love Hypothesis
Author: Ali Hazelwood
Dates read: 08/03/25 - 21/03/25
Rating 5/5

Publisher: Berkley Books
Number of pages: 356
Fiction or non-fiction: fiction
Subject or genre: contemporary, romance

Book blurb:
As a third-year Ph.D. candidate, Olive Smith doesn't believe in lasting romantic relationships--but her best friend does, and that's what got her into this situation. Convincing Anh that Olive is dating and well on her way to a happily ever after was always going to take more than hand-wavy Jedi mind tricks: Scientists require proof. So, like any self-respecting biologist, Olive panics and kisses the first man she sees.

That man is none other than Adam Carlsen, a young hotshot professor--and well-known ass. Which is why Olive is positively floored when Stanford's reigning lab tyrant agrees to keep her charade a secret and be her fake boyfriend. But when a big science conference goes haywire, putting Olive's career on the Bunsen burner, Adam surprises her again with his unyielding support and even more unyielding... six-pack abs.

Suddenly their little experiment feels dangerously close to combustion. And Olive discovers that the only thing more complicated than a hypothesis on love is putting her own heart under the microscope.

How I discovered or acquired this book: I bought this years ago when it first came out and everyone was raving about it. I then proceeded to keep buying more (read: all) of Ali Hazelwood's books... despite not actually having read anything by her. It got to the point where I realised I kinda had to read them. It was worth the fucking wait.

Notable quotes 'Carry yourself with the confidence of a mediocre white man'

My thoughts The Love Hypothesis is pure serotonin in paperback form. I went in expecting lighthearted romance, but what I got was a story packed with heart, nerdy charm, and characters I couldn’t help but adore.

Olive is the kind of protagonist you root for from page one — awkward, brilliant, deeply human — and Adam? Let’s just say the “grumpy but soft” trope has never worn a lab coat better. Their fake-dating arrangement is full of witty banter, slow-burn tension, and the kind of chemistry that makes you want to scream at the pages.

Beyond the romance, Hazelwood writes so beautifully about the struggles and joys of academia, the feeling of being underestimated, and the importance of found family. It’s a story that’s as smart as it is sweet.

If you love fake dating, sharp writing, and an unapologetically geeky love story, The Love Hypothesis will absolutely win your heart.

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