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"In the early 2000s, a neuroscientist discovered the brain network that keeps you believing you're a separate person. Then researchers started finding out what happens when you turn it off."
Your Brain Has a Door
https://thegodmachine.substack.com/p/your-brain-has-a-door
#Consciousness #DMN #Metaphysics #Neuroscience #Spirituality

2026-04-20 00:28:52 UTC

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i don't think so, ill add that to the list, thanks
Bakersfield, CA is an exception to the "no California" Southerners' rule

2026-04-16 17:58:39 UTC

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cool to see folks still talking about "hash"
these days it usually refers to hash rosin rather than hashish

2026-04-15 15:30:39 UTC

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what if you think everybody's god 😇

2026-04-09 15:54:43 UTC

#ThursdayFiveList #LetThisRiverFlow
Gil-Scott Heron & Brian Jackson - Rivers of My Fathers (1974)
https://youtu.be/LmXz9I0zI5w
The Undisputed Truth - Down By the River (1975)
https://youtu.be/iWNwpCnraIc
Sons of Kemet - Rivers of Babylon (2013)
https://youtu.be/H2UQSNc0pJ4
Vondelpark - Seabed (2013)
https://youtu.be/qoSVgwtQnp0
Tyler Childers - Sludge River Stomp (2020)
https://youtu.be/KhHYHKVvnIs
#Music #Playlist

2026-04-05 21:42:11 UTC

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you can dry and grind/powder this mushroom and use it as seasoning/thickener in dishes

2026-04-03 21:27:40 UTC

The Chocolate Watchband - I'm Not Like Everybody Else (1968)
https://youtu.be/byWPZLtu4sU
#Music #Rock #GarageRock #Psych #TheKinks

2026-03-27 18:17:46 UTC

people talk about how the homelessness crisis links back to de-institutionalization under Reagan in the 80s. there's truth in that, but living in abusive state institutions is stretching the idea of housing.
i'd guess that many have never spent time in current institutions as workers or 'guests'. but they're often places where people have little to no rights in practice and are treated much like property.
many people who are unhoused are mentally ill, but so is much of the population at-large

2026-03-25 22:37:58 UTC

you might be as afraid of yourself (autonomy) as you are of the State
stop shrinking yourself
#Autonomy #Authority

2026-03-24 00:55:21 UTC

i turned into one of those people that thinks everything happens for a reason
oh well
maybe it's meant to be

2026-03-23 18:07:43 UTC

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i don't know about that, i think it would be more up to you and your use of language
i think my point is basically the same as yours, deconstructing language as relates to systems
i would just say that instead of starting with verbalizing disagreement you could try redirecting the conversation or concepts according to your views
if they say "elites" find out what they individually mean and shift that definition or add to it as you see fit

2026-03-23 18:03:42 UTC

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not really disagreeing with that. simply pushing back against the common refrain that 'not exactly as i see it' is synonymous with 'completely wrong'
as i already said, even you and i aren't on an exact wavelength - and we probably agree on vastly more than either of us might with a random liberal
we're gonna have to start where we all are and be prepared to not reach precisely the same conclusions on what's next and where we're going

2026-03-23 17:27:21 UTC

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folks are identifying the same general group as behind our shared oppression, they just have idiosyncratic understandings of how it's structured. rather than trying to have them conform to strict linguistic terms we could see the potential for solidarity and approach them with our views according to their current conception.
when we start by saying "you're wrong", many people will immediately shut down as they know their beliefs about their subjugation are rooted in reality

2026-03-23 17:26:58 UTC

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well, fascists are 'radical' so one can argue that they want a revolution, just not one you or i wish to see
most social democrats don't seek revolution, but the tides are changing and so could that
i have no disagreement on the need for structural analysis, though even you and i would differ i opinions on that, let alone liberals

2026-03-23 17:02:35 UTC

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"elites" and the like are used by a broad range of people, including fascists. these individuals have disparate views or understandings of systems and so they refer to different things by the same term
ultimately all of them, including fascists to some degree, are still critiquing capitalists/capitalism even if they're coming from a racist or authoritarian framework

2026-03-23 16:52:43 UTC

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"billionaires", "elites", "the super-rich", "the 0.1%", "the epstein class" are all capitalists
they are distinct groups that intersect
we're likely never going to fully agree on exact terminology. but in cases like this people are essentially talking about the same large group, just highlighting (sometimes) different segments

2026-03-23 15:47:43 UTC

what are your favorite movies about aliens? especially lesser known ones.
i've been going through this list:
57 Best Alien Movies Of All Time Ranked https://www.looper.com/835223/best-alien-movies-all-time-ranked/
(books, TV, and other media acceptable too)
#Aliens #Extraterrestrial #NHI #Movies #Films #ScienceFiction

2026-03-12 01:10:46 UTC

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i lost a dog to lymphoma and never considered that might be the cause
sorry to hear about your pet ❤️🖤

2026-03-04 15:02:38 UTC

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if i don't get these legal costs paid off i'm potentially looking at further challenges (incarceration, more fees, etc.)
as well as even more difficulty in getting housing or employment
just wanna be clear about my situation in case it helps the fundraising effort. i don't think this is anyone else's responsibility but i'm in a bad spot financially

2026-03-02 20:56:10 UTC

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sounds Gnostic-adjacent

2026-03-01 00:52:24 UTC

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Japanese knotweed has resveratrol, which is used as a supplement

2026-02-27 00:06:36 UTC

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sounds like birth lottery to me, but pat yourself on the back if it helps
where do you think the leaders of slave insurrections lived? or many of the Black radicals of the civil rights movement of the 60s/70s?
that we don't all need absolution is a bold claim in the most powerful settler-colonial, white supremacist empire in history

2026-02-26 23:52:05 UTC

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if you're telling people they're bad and descended from bad people, idk, read up on settler-colonialism
nobody from the US South needs to hear that they're bad, stupid, excluded - they have a whole ass identity shaped around hearing that every day of their life
you helped with that, congratulations

2026-02-26 23:37:45 UTC

"while we often conceive of slavery as confined to Southern states, in reality it was connected to the entire American financial system and helped build fortunes across the country and the world."
Documenting Links Between Financial and Insurance Institutions and Slavery
https://www.hailegal.com/documenting-links-between-financial-and-insurance-institutions-and-slavery/
#America #USA #ChattelSlavery #Slavery #WhiteSupremacy #TransAtlanticSlaveTrade #RacialCapitalism #USCivilWar #CivilWar #Abolition #BlackHistoryMonth

2026-02-26 23:32:23 UTC

tell anarchists that the Mason-Dixon is also a border and watch their minds explode
#Anarchy #Anarchism

2026-02-26 23:16:34 UTC

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"Collateral (and slave labor, of course) could make new construction happen before there was cash in hand. Furthermore, the need to protect human capital-based wealth, according to Columbia University Professor Suresh Naidu, helped to give rise “to a modern and sophisticated system of property rights and financial contracts.” Thus, the legal frameworks of capitalism as it exists in the U.S. came out of the interests of those who held people in bondage for profit."

2026-02-26 23:16:25 UTC

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"The value of human collateral wasn’t only exploited by plantation owners and farmers; institutions that control our markets and society to this day, such as banks like J.P. Morgan Chase and Ivy League universities like Yale, profited handsomely. Collateral could create new money through the issuance of loans."

2026-02-26 23:15:39 UTC

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"The economic contribution of enslaved Americans, nonetheless, did not begin and end with King Cotton in the South. Northern colonies benefited from the slave trade, too, beginning with the Puritans. Slavery and the commerce activity brought by the slave ships passing through New England ports in early America grew the region’s nascent economy and, ultimately, advanced the spread of North American colonization beyond the earliest settlements."

2026-02-26 23:15:25 UTC

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"U.S. slavery was not a Southern gentlemen’s perk. As Ta-Nehisi Coates wrote in his article “The Case for Reparations” in The Atlantic, “by 1840, cotton produced by slave labor constituted 59 percent of the country’s exports.”"

2026-02-26 23:13:10 UTC

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calling the kettle black in a white supremacist country might be a popular pasttime - but it ain't abolition

2026-02-26 23:12:25 UTC

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sure, and prior to the war the majority of all whites supported it or at least did nothing to stop it
and rich whites in both North and South orchestrated and profited from it
there is no escaping that the entire US is exporting colonialism, white supremacy, & fascism across the world - and has been since it's founding. it's not a country or idea created by the US South
this is the animus i speak of, clearly it exists to absolve some of things that nobody can be absolved from

2026-02-26 23:07:08 UTC

"These historic systems are often erroneously reduced to a social institution that benefited only a few inhumane families in the Mississippi Valley, and thereby accredited to a small part largely culminating with the the Civil War."
America, the House That Slavery Built
https://psmag.com/news/america-the-house-that-slavery-built/
#America #USA #ChattelSlavery #Slavery #WhiteSupremacy #TransAtlanticSlaveTrade #RacialCapitalism #USCivilWar #CivilWar #Abolition #BlackHistoryMonth

2026-02-26 22:15:17 UTC

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ok, why was it based in the South?
why were the plantations in the South?
were there slavers in the North?
where did the profits for slavery flow?
was it all down to a vote? or the decision of the ruling class (the rich, capitalists, politicians)?

2026-02-26 22:03:34 UTC

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this common aasertion sounds like an argument that the South or rural people created racism, when chattel slavery or white supremacy couldn't have the support or persistence it's had were that the case.
the South or red states don't have a stranglehold on the levers of power, the regular people who live there have even less
where were the companies and families connected to slavery based? all in the South/red states or also in large metros in the North and on the coasts?

2026-02-26 21:51:46 UTC

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the entire red vs blue states narrative is assigning blame to folks who live somewhere according to birth lottery (in many cases)
redistricting and gerrymandering is a top-down initiative, regardless of voting records
just seems like civil war animus regurgitated. no aspect of white supremacy has been relegated to a certain part of the country, apart from the actual locations of plantations
and all of that was decided by politicians, power structures, and the ruling class

2026-02-26 14:37:49 UTC

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in the US there are still holdouts, including "liberals" or progressives. they usually sweat at the idea of decriminalization or legalization of harder drugs
the right-wingers you speak of (further right than the liberals) do still preach prohibition but many use all manner of substances behind closed doors. some are softer on drug laws than others

2026-02-25 15:20:04 UTC

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here's the historical through line:
yesterday was day one of the Prairieland trial, where one charge against the defendants is possessing zines
the prosecutors claimed that possessing a printing press indicated guilt
it's always been about thought crime
they want to kill us and the beautiful idea
#Prairieland

2026-02-23 21:06:53 UTC

lotta wounded animals with a paw caught in a trap
doing apologetics for the trap

2026-02-23 17:47:35 UTC

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you made the post recently comparing COVID to AIDS? wasn't sure who it was

2026-02-23 15:30:46 UTC

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@npub1zjt…6a2t

2026-02-22 21:50:44 UTC

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yeah, there are many versions of the John Henry song you posted. i understand the one i posted to be a different, similar song, though i'm not sure
many good songs about John Henry out there

2026-02-22 21:20:16 UTC

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Sid Hemphill - John Henry
https://youtu.be/LXAfDJRMdE4

2026-02-22 20:10:50 UTC

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yeah, i'm not sure where the line is between automation and industrialized equipment. seems gray
i think automation is usually talked about in reference to factories that 'run themselves' but it's more of a spectrum
we would probably all differ in what exactly we call automation. i could see how early in the development of power tools one could argue that they create a de-skilling effect
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automation

2026-02-22 15:03:06 UTC

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sure
i'm essentially getting into hypotheticals like alternative history or parallel timelines
like could they have been created in other conditions and developed differently

2026-02-22 14:50:03 UTC

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i am sympathetic to computers as an extension of digital colonialism. but i feel though they exist in the same authoritarian setting, there is more room to use them in less extractive ways. that being said they've been created by and used in the same systems, so there is no way to separate them from it
i'm increasingly opposed to the cult of rationality/scientism. how many use stats to discuss behavior is very dehumanizing imo. absolutely ignores individual autonomy

2026-02-22 14:43:33 UTC

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at some level there are probably tools that relate to automation that most would not reject. things that don't represent full automation but partial (power tools, construction equipment)

2026-02-22 13:53:13 UTC

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"All of this feeds into what really upsets people about the tech. It is making jobs obsolete."
i could make a similar claim to yours, here. no, people aren't upset that jobs are obsolete, or about automation, they are upset that unemployment is high and wages are low, that they are confined to wage slavery
automation under a liberatory system is not objectionable to many people. your arguments seem to be geared towards liberals more than radicals.

2026-02-22 13:46:57 UTC

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nah, I hate LLMs and i'm annoyed by and suspicious of the dominance of computers in social life & production
generative AI is digital colonialism. i'm not interested in any development of AI 'til/unless we're free enough that it could possibly be something other than a tool of extraction and destruction

2026-02-19 23:28:03 UTC

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i'm not located near there
i'm not getting any state resources or applying for any at this time. i'm facing unemployment, legal charges/debt and general debt so i couldn't really afford even low income housing.

2026-02-19 21:39:50 UTC

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no worries. i don't feel my wording suggested that but i understand your sentiment.
my take is that we have to focus on everyone at once. prefiguration implies we work on how we want things to be prior to collapse/revolution. i see working on abuse in the home as a more present priority rather than toppling the State beforehand.
i do agree that taking out the top will do a lot for giving power to abuse at lower levels, but i think the interpersonal work is needed now

2026-02-19 21:09:14 UTC

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i'm an anarchist, so i'm aware that the problem stems from authority, hierarchy, and power. that is a frequent focal point in my posts here
i'm a survivor of childhood poverty and familial abuse and am currently homeless and unemployed
you might re-consider your framing of my position with that context in mind

2026-02-19 21:06:07 UTC

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i guess it depends on how you define power and measure it
i see parents as existing in a hierarchy and having authority over children, regardless of class status or participation within the State
men generally have power over women, although it varies wildly at the individual level and depends on adherence to rules of patriarchy and other matters of status
and this goes on with racial dynamics, ability, etc.

2026-02-19 16:56:26 UTC

if you think abuse is only a phenomena with the rich/ruling class, check out r/adultsurvivors on Reddit
mostly abuse by family members, poor/working class/middle class people
money doesn't but abuse trickles down

2026-02-17 13:51:17 UTC

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Hilary Clinton

2026-02-08 14:00:07 UTC

strange how some people assume that media, political messaging, narratives, advertisements directed towards boys/men/masculine people constitute them directly, instead of being a force intended to shape them...
are girls/women/feminine people defined by the products sold to them?
is the pink tax part of the feminine mystique?
are women actually the object in the male gaze?
we are all being sold ideas of ourselves
they only become your identity (or someone else's) when you buy their shit

2026-02-07 17:24:21 UTC

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check out the West Virginia Mine Wars Museum if you're ever out that way
https://wvminewars.org/

2026-02-07 14:31:01 UTC

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absolutely
funny how identity and popularity paper over drone bombing US citizens (personally idgaf if somebody's a citizen but liberals do)
it's like with this Guthrie person that's been kidnapped. clearly their wealth and race is supposed to make it matter more than all of the undocumented people who are getting disappeared.
i have no clue who that person is and they matter either equally or less than all the folks with no resources who also got kidnapped

2026-02-07 14:05:00 UTC

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yeah, i had that same thought about the AI video versus active fascist kidnappings and murder.
it's not as if the video isn't racist, or that symbols don't matter.
but shouldn't people’s whole lives matter more than symbolic racism?

2026-02-06 14:27:34 UTC

i'm gonna try to fundraise again
i am homeless, in debt, and facing legal challenges
the amount is related to one instance of legal costs
appreciate any boosts or donations
thank you ✌️
https://venmo.com/code?user_id=2567696277307392156&created=1770989918
45/$1,312
[@mutualaid@a.gup.pe](https://a.gup.pe/u/mutualaid )
@npub1rl7…r8f0
#DirectAid #MutualAid #MutualAidRequest #Crowdfund #Homeless #HelpFolksLive2026

2026-02-03 16:15:40 UTC

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just want to point out that the authoritarian side of the spectrum entails more than stated politics and affiliations
how you interact with people and behave in your relationships either supports or rejects authoritarianism
any person regardless of identity or professed political orientation can be an authoritarian

2026-02-02 00:03:16 UTC

fuck the Grammys -- Fela, forever
Fela Kuti - Colonial Mentality (1977)
https://youtu.be/bC6ouP7qRoQ
#Music #FelaKuti #Afrobeat

2026-01-27 13:45:44 UTC

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i think the Trump admin contains people who are almost totally ignorant as well as erudite fascists
so some call everyone liberals cause they don't know the difference and others go along cause it attacks the understanding of language and politics itself (like the Sartre quote about antisemites).

2026-01-26 14:58:06 UTC

Hidden in Plain Sight: Why Homelessness in Appalachia Reached a Breaking Point in 2024 and 2025
https://appalachianmemories.org/2026/01/26/hidden-in-plain-sight-why-homelessness-in-appalachia-reached-a-breaking-point-in-2024-and-2025/
#Appalachia #Homelessness #Homeless #Houseless #Unhoused #Housing #Poverty

2026-01-25 13:45:24 UTC

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i can't tell if you're attributing this to activists, public opinion, politicians, etc. but there are those who have been speaking up about these things. i find that they are those who have kept up most with the current research around COVID.
i would say that the aggregate of our individual actions is always a key part of our collective functioning. without the burden of the state between us, that would be even more true.

2026-01-25 13:44:47 UTC

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some of the choices around precautions (masking/isolation) can be seen in part to be due to dealing with an unknown disease. i don't know enough to say that many were choosing to risk infection in an informed manner concerning risk/risk mitigation.
i have seen and continue to see COVID-aware people point to the systemic nature of the ongoing pandemic and the need for things like better air filtration.

2026-01-25 13:43:46 UTC

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i'm not sure if you're aware of zeroes.ca, but they and other COVID-cautious folks on fedi have referenced ACT UP as a model for the ongoing COVID pandemic.
there are those that have pushed for research & action by the state. surely, that is where the most can be done to end the pandemic, & where the blame lies. i think ACT UP has also rightfully shown some that the state is an immovable rock in many cases (apart from where folks can be persuaded to disengage from it).

2026-01-20 18:23:48 UTC

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right-wing libertarianism is a literal psyop
the word originally referred to "libertarian communism" 'til shitheads re-branded it 100 years later

2026-01-17 23:32:37 UTC

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i hope there wasn't sand or dirt in there with the water cause if that got in his eyes or other areas it could possibly cause irritation and temporarily visual issues

2026-01-15 15:28:16 UTC

"At the deepest level, consciousness exists in an undifferentiated state, containing all possible forms of reality."
https://biofield.substack.com/p/consciousness-isnt-made-in-the-brain-de7
#Consciousness #Physics #Philosophy #QuantumMechanics #Neuroscience #Gnosticism #Taoism #Buddhism #Sufism #Mysticism #Spirituality

2026-01-15 14:09:49 UTC

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yeah there are ways to internalize the Gnostic 'myth' that support conservative thinking but what i take from it is a stance against hierarchies and for autonomy.
let's just see what happens when the livestock says: "nuh-uh"
if all of history is cosmic slavery let's do a daily slave insurrection, why not?

2026-01-15 13:59:45 UTC

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in my experience radicalization is non-linear and doesn't always happen all at once. he may be already on the way and everything he's seen might eventually burn a hole in his brain
i'm fairly convinced we're in the matrix too, but i guess i got a different message from the movie. guess i think i'm Neo and your brother thinks he's a program?

2026-01-13 18:08:28 UTC

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whistles are also significant as relating to the 'voice' of the individual and how it can communicate with a larger body
effective communication is a huge part of community action

2026-01-03 23:10:54 UTC

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