Ajit Pai
@AjitPai
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Former @FCC Chairman, now Partner at Searchlight Capital Partners. Indian-American, Kansan, dad, @Chiefs fan, English bulldog aficionado. I own a big mug.
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I'm ever grateful that this country has given me and my family the opportunity to dream big.
#OnlyinAmerica
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Serious question for
@Twitter
: Do these tweets from Supreme Leader of Iran
@khamenei_ir
violate "Twitter Rules about glorifying violence"?
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I intend to move forward with an
@FCC
rulemaking to clarify the meaning of
#Section230
.
Read my full statement below.
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A major
#telehealth
announcement by
@POTUS
regarding "a dramatic expansion of our Medicare telehealth services": patients can "now visit any doctor by phone or videoconference at no additional cost," including
#FaceTime
/
#Skype
. Connected care is critical!
President Trump announces a “dramatic expansion” of Medicare telehealth services as part of the U.S. coronavirus response and a suspension of applicable HIPAA penalties. “We encourage everyone to maximize use of telehealth to limit exposure to the virus.”
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Two years ago today, some Washington politicians promised you that the Internet would slow down. What's happened since? Average U.S. fixed broadband speeds are UP over 76% according to Ookla. It wasn't the end of the Internet as we know it—not even close.
If
we
don't
save
net
neutrality,
you'll
get
the
internet
one
word
at
a
time.
#savethenet
#savetheinternet
#netneutrality
#onemorevote
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In wake of
#Covid_19
outbreak, telework, remote learning, and telehealth are key. We must ensure that Americans don't lose their broadband or telephone connectivity. That's why I've challenged broadband providers to take the
#KeepAmericansConnected
Pledge.
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Two years ago today.
Police in Central China's Wuhan arrested 8 people spreading rumors about local outbreak of unidentifiable
#pneumonia
. Previous online posts said it was SARS.
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An honor to meet with
@POTUS
and Prime Minister
@narendramodi
today during bilateral United States-India meetings! Among other things, the discussion focused on how we can work together to advance
#5G
’s potential to deliver connectivity, promote innovation, and create jobs. 🇺🇸🇮🇳
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RIP, Mohammed Anwar: Pakistani immigrant,
@UberEats
driver, and provider for his family died after 15- and 13-year olds carjacked him (they now face armed carjacking & felony murder charges). A
@gofundme
to help his family is here.
Appalling footage of the carjacking near Nationals Park in Washington D.C. on Tuesday that resulted in the death of Pakistani immigrant & Uber Eats driver Mohammad Anwar. The teenage girls who police say used a Taser to steal the car face murder charges.
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In 2018, the
@FCC
authorized
@SpaceX
to build a novel
@Starlink
satellite network in low-earth orbit. What would happen? We weren't sure—and that's the point with innovation. Now we're starting to see major benefits, like free Wi-Fi for airborne consumers.
The world's most advanced high-speed Wi-Fi is coming to United with
@Starlink
. For free.
You’ll be able to stream, game, shop and more on seatback screens and personal devices simultaneously. Expect the same internet you get on the ground… at 35,000 feet. We expect to have
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Sadly, the kids didn’t share my enthusiasm for arranging their fish fillets in a way that evoked Vermont and New Hampshire.
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Almost fifty years after my parents came to the U.S. from India, I’m looking forward to traveling to India along with
@POTUS
and other U.S. government officials, and participating in bilateral meetings aimed at deepening the friendship between our two nations! 🇺🇸🇮🇳
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An 11-year-old girl’s dad died last year. 5 weeks later, her grandfather died. She had no one to take her to the annual father-daughter dance. So she messaged her favorite
@NFL
player,
@HOOSDatDude
.
He said yes. “I wanted her to feel like a princess.” ❤️
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I hate to cause a stink, but we have to decline the invitation; any
@FCC
investigation would abruptly run out of gas given that this alleged emission occurred on a cable news network (the relevant rules apply only to broadcast television).
The FCC should investigate what
@ericswalwell
just did, that disgusting, vulgar display has no place on live television.
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Extremely proud to be part of the 38%. 🇺🇸
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"I told them, 'I'm gonna be the best dishwasher you've ever had, because I want to be here, because I need to be with him.'" To visit husband, who has
#Alzheimers
, woman takes job at treatment center, which ended visitations due to
#COVID19
. H/T
@paconner
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Ehrlich, 1968: “The battle to feed all of humanity is over. In the 1970s hundreds of millions of people will starve to death.”
1970: “In 10 years all important animal life in the sea will be extinct.”
1971: “I would take even money that England will not exist in the year 2000.”
“The next few decades will be the end of the kind of civilization we’re used to.”
Humanity is consuming 175 percent of what the earth can regenerate. Biologist Paul Erlich says that our current way of life is unsustainable.
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Today, I’m proposing to repeal the heavy-handed Internet regulations imposed by the Obama Administration and to return to the light-touch framework under which the Internet developed and thrived before 2015. In
@WSJopinion
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Hello
@Alyssa_Milano
and
@MarkRuffalo
, the 445K comments you referenced, purporting to be from Russia, are in support of
#netneutrality
regulations. You’re always welcome to view the public comments at .
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Grateful to
@narendramodi
for his letter on the occasion of India's Republic Day! It was an honor to meet him and his talented
@PMOIndia
team in 2020. And for my parents, a wonderful capstone to their journey, which began when they emigrated from India to the U.S. in 1971. 🇺🇸🇮🇳
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Lt. Trindle,
@SenTomCotton
staffer, "volunteered to leave the relative safety of headquarters to lead a clandestine extraction team charged with finding and recovering Americans and Afghan allies." 961 people were saved. She's been awarded the
#BronzeStar
.
Sen. Cotton honors his Deputy National Security Adviser Kristen Trindle on the floor: "I know that Lt. Trindle would be too humble to sit beside me today if she had any idea about what I'm going to stay. Last year she took a leave of absence from her Senate duties to deploy..."
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“[L]et’s not kid ourselves; when it comes to an open Internet, Twitter is part of the problem. The company has a viewpoint and uses that viewpoint to discriminate.” Ajit Pai, November 28, 2017
Twitter has blocked users from tweeting the New York Post story link and from sending the link via direct message to other users.
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The Rani ki Vav, or "Queen's stepwell," in Patan, Gujarat, India. Constructed in the 11th century during the Solanki Dynasty, it features ≈1,500 sculptures. Built on the banks of the Saraswati River, it repeatedly flooded, and was silted over until the 1980s. H/T
@LostTemple7
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An NYC parking-garage worker working at 5:30 AM on Saturday saw a man peering into cars. He confronted the man, who ultimately pulled out a gun and shot him twice. He managed to wrestle the gun away and shot the man.
He was charged with attempted murder.
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You don’t say.
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Google Gemini: Hitler “was responsible for the deaths of approximately 17 million people.” Yours truly repealed
#netneutrality
regulations, which “could lead to ISPs throttling Internet speeds.”
Conclusion: “It is difficult to say definitely who caused more harm to society.”
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Ted Kaczynski is best known as the man who killed 3 and injured 23 over a 17-year mail bomb campaign. But to focus on the bombings is to ignore his contributions to critiques of capitalism and modernity, including his tech-skeptic manifesto “Industrial Society and Its Future.”
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The Vijayanagara Empire ruled southern India from the 13th-17th centuries. Its capital, now known as Hampi, was a haven for Carnatic music, literature, and art—including extraordinary buildings and sculptures that are now part of a World Heritage Site. Pics by
@vastuchitra
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Point: Twitter is a waste of time at best and a poisonous cesspool of vitriol and woe at worst.
Counterpoint: exchanges between
@3YearLetterman
and his critics.
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We must be governed by the rule of law, not the rule of the mob. Law and order must be restored and democracy must be respected.
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"I think I'm breaking every
@FCC
rule in the book."
Consider this a blanket amnesty for any and all actions taken and statements made in the closing minutes of the
@Chiefs
/
@Chargers
(or was it
@MiamiDolphins
/
@Patriots
?) game,
@Kevinharlan
. Go
#Chiefs
!
Kevin Harlan is OUTSTANDING.
Announcing the Chiefs game, he gives play-by-play of the Dolphins taking the lead over the Patriots to secure a bye for KC.
This call is amazing, the crowd reaction is tremendous, the Chiefs player reaction is incredible. I love EVERYTHING about it.
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In 1968, he was 9 when the Viet Cong killed his mom, dad, 5 brothers, and a sister, & shot him 3 times. Now: "This is our
#America
. A country built on service, kindness and generosity, opportunity—the freedom to hope and dream." H/T
@davidshepardson
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As I understand it, it's a legal requirement that everyone come up with one of these. Here's mine.
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Based in South India, the Chola Dynasty lasted over 1000 years—one of longest-ruling families in history. Under Raja Raja Chola I in 11th century, it built Brihadisvara Temple in Tamil Nadu. >200 feet high; >130K tons of granite; and no binding materials. Stunning. H/T
@MkMuthuk
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"I wore whatever they told me to wear. I repeated everything they told me to say. None of us matter to them."
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In 1937, my maternal grandfather was issued this passport to work as a clerk in Bahrain, where my mother was born in 1945. Today, I’m honored to be here representing my country, remembering my family’s past, and hoping to build an ever-stronger bond between two old allies. 🇺🇸🇧🇭🇮🇳
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Five years later, I still have not SUFFERED CONSEQUENCES THE LIKES OF WHICH FEW THROUGHOUT HISTORY HAVE EVER SUFFERED BEFORE. There is no justice.
To the FCC's
@AjitPaiFCC
: NEVER, EVER THREATEN NET NEUTRALITY AGAIN OR YOU WILL SUFFER CONSEQUENCES THE LIKES OF WHICH FEW THROUGHOUT HISTORY HAVE EVER SUFFERED BEFORE. WE ARE NO LONGER AN INTERNET THAT WILL STAND FOR YOUR DEMENTED NOVELTY MUG. BE CAUTIOUS!
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FCC chairman
@AjitPaiFCC
get emotional signing off today. He thanks his parents who came to US in 1971 “with $8, a transistor radio and the American dream. I hope I made you proud.”
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Wait for it . . . this is the best!
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I oppose any proposal for the federal government to build and operate a nationwide 5G network. The market, not the government, is best positioned to drive innovation and investment.
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Oh boy do I have a good one for you.
what’s the dumbest reason someone on the internet got mad at you?
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The Padmanabhaswamy Temple in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India. The original structure was so old that we don’t know for sure when it was built, but it was mentioned in the Puranas. The 16th century structure below has quite a view—and ≈$22B in gold/treasure in its vaults.
On the Equinox day, March 21 and September 23 of every year, everyone visiting the Sree Padmanabhaswamy Temple in the capital city of Kerala, will see the setting sun aligning through each of the window openings in almost five-minute intervals [read more: ]
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After closing up for the night, teenage manager of Michigan pizza joint drives to Indiana and back—7 hours total—to deliver pizzas to dying man and his wife, who loved them when they lived in Michigan. The joint doesn’t even deliver pizzas locally.
#Dalton
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Yes, it may not occur in nature. And yes, it may resemble uranium ore. But there’s no color more soothing, none that better triggers the brain to expect and enjoy comfort food, than macaroni-and-cheese bright orange.
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The Chinese Communist Party won’t allow anyone in China to see this image. The Chinese Communist Party won’t alllow anyone in China to learn this story. But “Tank Man” remains an enduring testament to the courage of the Chinese people.
#TiananmenSquareMassacre
#Tiananmen31
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“Don’t you see that the whole aim of Newspeak is to narrow the range of thought? In the end we shall make thoughtcrime literally impossible, because there will be no words in which to express it.” 70 years ago today, George Orwell’s “1984” was published.
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[please no wardrobe malfunctions] [please no wardrobe malfunctions] [please no wardrobe malfunctions] [please no wardrobe malfunctions] [please no wardrobe malfunctions] [please no wardrobe malfunctions] [please no wardrobe malfunctions]
#SBLIV
#HalftimeShow
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On
#MemorialDay
, remembering the brave men and women who have given the last full measure of devotion for our country—as well as their families, who have sacrificed a part of themselves forever. 🇺🇸
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This afternoon, I was informed that
@POTUS
@realDonaldTrump
designated me the 34th Chairman of the
@FCC
. It is a deeply humbling honor.
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A California appeals court has ruled that bees are "fish" for purposes of the state's endangered species act. While "commonly understood" that a fish "lives in aquatic environments," "terrestrial invertebrate[s]," including bumble bees, qualify legally.
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"What's your name?"
"Ajit."
"Bless you."
"I wasn't sneezing, that's my name."
"Oh, sorry. Say it again?"
"Ajit. A-J-I-T."
"Agit. A-G-I-T."
"No, A-J-I-T."
"That's what I said."
[awkward pause]
"You're just going to write down 'Raj,' aren't you?"
"What's your name?"
"Jon."
"Ron?"
"Jon."
"Don?"
"Jon."
"Tom?"
"Jon."
"John?"
"Jon."
"How did you know I slipped an 'H' in there?"
"Don't do that again."
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"I'm not f***ing Jewish, he's not Jewish, I don't know if he is or not. Doesn't f***ing matter. This is f***ing the U.S.A. It's New York City. ... You can ... say 'Death to the Jews or America' or whatever you want but we can put up f***ing signs."
Friday morning in Forest Hills, Queens. Seems like some good old New Yorkers are pissed.
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Mayor: "You must now wear a mask in indoor public buildings even if you are fully vaccinated."
Mayor: "I started dancing because I was feeling the spirit and I wasn’t thinking about a mask. I was thinking about having a good time."
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With this decision, we are sending a clear message: the U.S. Government, and this
@FCC
in particular, cannot and will not allow the Chinese Communist Party to exploit vulnerabilities in U.S. communications networks and compromise our critical communications infrastructure. 4/4
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This has to be a criminal offense in the United States, and perhaps elsewhere. cc
@IntlCrimCourt
@TheJusticeDept
@CrimeADay
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Both Huawei and ZTE have close ties to the Chinese Communist Party and China’s military apparatus. And both companies are broadly subject to Chinese law, which obligates them to cooperate with the country’s intelligence services. 3/4
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This is the Kedareshvara Temple in Balligavi, Karnataka, India. It was built out of soapstone in the trikuta (three-peaked) style almost 1000 years ago during the Western Chalukya Empire, which ruled most of the western Deccan between the 10th-12th centuries. H/T
@IndiaTales7
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The face. The eyes. The fur. The wrinkles. The sounds. The tail. The personality. The games. The snuggles. The yelps. The other wrinkles. And most of all, the love.
We’re thrilled to welcome Ginger, a sweet little English bulldog puppy, to our home! ❤️
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Here is President Obama's 332-page plan to regulate the Internet. I wish the public could see what's inside.
http://t.co/bwwAsk8ZiB
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From the Virginia Code, § 1-240.1 (titled “Rights of parents”): “A parent has a fundamental right to make decisions concerning the upbringing, education, and care of the parent's child.”
Parents claim they have the right to shape their kids’ school curriculum. They don’t, write
@Edu_Historian
and
@BisforBerkshire
in
@PostOutlook
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The violin is a truly special instrument.
The first time hearing a violin, this is beyond gorgeous.
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Saw this in a store today. I don’t know how it is now, but when I was a kid of a certain age, this was *the* accessory that put you at the top of the social heap. A 48-count with a sharpener was cool, but the 64 was the Ferrari. (I never surpassed 24; no burnt siena for me.)
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We live in an age of wonder.
The Myrtle Beach Pelicans are doing $1 Beer Day and putting it in these awesome Beer Bats
(via
@bryan_kurp
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Police have arrested a suspect in four arson attacks
@UCBerkeley
. The 34-year-old PhD grad “considers himself a scholar-activist,” “abolitionist,” and aspiring professor. He’s called the U.S. a “god-awful fascist hell hole” and lives with his parents.
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"He would go to the store and watch the children give money and receive something in exchange. Then one day, spontaneous, he appeared with a leaf in his mouth, wagging his tail and letting it be known that he wanted a cookie."
@dodo
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In making this decision,
@FCC
took into account input from Congress, Executive Branch, intelligence community, allies, and communications service providers. Overwhelming weight of evidence supported designation of Huawei and ZTE as national security risks to U.S. networks. 2/4
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Madonna: “I made a mistake when I gave my older children phones when they were 13. It ended my relationship with them, really. Not completely, but it became a very, very big part of their lives. They became too inundated with imagery.” H/T
@yashar
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Or you could just avoid eating cicadas.
JUST IN: FDA says to avoid eating cicadas “if you’re allergic to seafood”
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Facebook "do[es] not allow people to post personal or confidential information about...others" or "content that...could lead to physical or financial harm, including...residential...information." Funny, just saw dozen posts explicitly listing my home info.
Facebook on why it blocked a NY Post article. This all applies to lots of articles on news sites.
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My official statement on this “big news.”
Big news about CNN today: CNN's website, one of the most popular news sites in the world, is starting to ask some users to pay $3.99 a month for access — laying the first bricks in a paywall that should, over time, help foot the bill for CNN's journalism.
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I don’t care what the issue is. I don’t care who the person is. I don’t care which political party is involved.
I do care about this: stop going to the homes of government officials. Just stop it.
This morning a bunch of protestors came to my street to harass a Jewish neighbor, who works for the State Department, by camping out in front of the neighbor's home. Fucking Nazis.
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On this date in 2017, the Internet as we know it ended in the United States.
#netneutrality
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On Nov. 9, Apple released iOS 16.1.1. One change applied only to iPhones sold in China: AirDrop's "Everyone" setting lasts only for 10 minutes, limiting direct connections and hobbling a tool that "has been an effective communication tool for protestors."
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In 1862, Mose Triplett enlisted in a North Carolina infantry regiment. He later deserted, and in 1864 joined a Union regiment. Due to his service, he got a veteran’s pension, which passed to his daughter, Irene. Irene died—this past Sunday, at 90. RIP.
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