Audra Mitchell (not here often)
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Professor&Canada Research Chair in #global #political #ecology . they/them or she/her. #Autistic & #disabled . Imagining pluralistic futures #endthegenocide
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#RevenantEcologies
is 40% off this month from
@UMinnPress
with the code below along with other great titles
#newbooks
#ecology
#politicalecology
#anticolonial
#extinction
#sixthmassextinction
#conservation
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@Maloney_EA
@geolinguistics
Yep, I'm a tenured research chair and I regularly get asked if/told that I'm a grad student. But really it's our fault - 'women who look young' can't be profs, right?
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@geolinguistics
@nrmiller01
@Maloney_EA
Plus, you need to check your assumption that all women want to be perceived as 'younger than they are' in order to conform to male stereotypes of sexual attractiveness.
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@geolinguistics
@Maloney_EA
That would have been fun! I can never manage to whip out my phone in time ;)
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@geolinguistics
@nrmiller01
@Maloney_EA
How about just that: what is your field of work/study? In an industry in which age is equated with authority and accomplishment, yes, I and others are offended when perceptions about our physical appearance are used to make judgements about our professional competency.
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#151YearsofGenocide
: to mark this weekend, every half hour I will tweet just one of the myriad acts of violence, colonial expansion, racism and genocide per year that have made, and continue to make, Canada what it is.
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Please report killer Gerald Stanley's GoFundMe campaign, which is an attempt to profit from the killing of Colten Boushie. Below is a template you can send to GoFundMe via the 'Report This Campaign' button
#JusticeForColten
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15% of folks living on Toronto streets are Indigenous, made homeless on their own land by ongoing colonial dispossession and structural violence.
@JohnTory
needs to
#openthearmouries
now, but we need a long-term strategy for addressing these issues and decolonizing housing
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Dear Colleagues: if you are a current, past or prospective ISA member and are concerned with how the organization has approached efforts to address the genocide in
#Gaza
, please consider signing and sharing our open letter to the ISA executive.
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Reviewing an excellent manuscript. I comment to my partner: "this article is excellent. What will I say about it in the review?" Him: "Why don't you say 'this article is excellent.'" Me: [laughs] "Can you imagine?"
What does academia do to us?!?
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I have
#PhD
#funding
available starting 2018-19 for research engaging with
#Indigenous
#knowledges
and
#legalorders
, relationships with
#plants
and
#animals
(resisting
#extinction
)
#decolonization
,
#landreturn
.
#BIPOC
candidates in particular are warmly encouraged to apply (1/2)
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@jamesldowns
Ugh, yes, we wouldn't want a 'slippery slope' towards a more just and equitable society - banish the thought! That metaphor has to be one of neoliberalism's most pernicious. Very sorry you experienced this.
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If your '
#relationality
' only holds when there is no risk...
If your '
#care
#ethics
' doesn't apply during
#genocide
...
If your '
#feminist
#theory
' stops the minute you are asked to take a stand...
This is even more than just
#appropriation
: it is
#weaponization
of principles 1/
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1876: Indian Act is passed. This act will, over the years, restrict Indigenous mobility, police identity, make Indigenous peoples wards of the state, and rob Indigenous women of their status (and much more). It still exists today.
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To paraphrase a famous comment by
@WinonaLaduke
, Freda Huson & the Unist'ot'en are not 'activists': they are the rightful owners of their ancestral land facing a paramilitary invasion, illegal arrest and removal in the name of extreme energy
#WetsuwetenStrong
#thetimeisnow
Unist'ot'en spokesperson Freda Huson: "I am here in my home, on my land...Without water, no human will survive and these projects like TransCanada’s Coastal Gaslink threatens the water. We are the land, the land is us.”
#unistoten
#nopipelines
#undrip
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@matthewasears
@macleans
I deeply respect all of the public engagement you do and the quality of your contributions. But how do you respond to the problem that academics are expected to engage publicly when this might lead to threats to their safety, doxxing, harassment, etc?
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Oh look
@isanet
: it's another international studies org making a statement on protecting academic freedom. Still waiting for your response to the arrests of
@DesireePoets
and
@bikrumsinghgill
, the disciplining of
@MomodouTaal
and the threats faced by hundreds of our members
Basic principle: we don't call state security forces on our students.
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Finally someone has come out and said it: it's BEAVERS who are destroying
#Arctic
#ecosystems
. Definitely not extractive capitalism, settler colonialism and the modern global petro-economy. Phew, that was a close one!
#Beaverocene
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@EricaVioletLee
Also, the work of filling out forms should be done by administrators familiar with the system, not dumped onto invited speakers. The status quo assumes that everyone has deep pockets and plenty of time for excessive admin, which is especially hard on rising scholars
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Here's the link to the Gofundme site for the Wet'suwet'en Access Point on Gidumt'en Territory
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IR, international studies and poli sci scholars: our colleague
@bikrumsinghgill
has been arrested for standing with his students to protect them in their efforts to
#endthegenocide
. If you are in the USA and can support, you can venmo vt4palestine
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1981: 45-55% of Indigenous children who are forcibly removed from their families this year are adopted to the US, disconnecting them from their communities, histories, culture and kin
#151YearsOfGenocide
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@SheGoesAndGets
@fromtheheartprd
Multiple Indigenous people have asked you to cease using their stories & culture, including folks from the community from which you're appropriating.Pls listen. As settlers, the least we can do is stop stealing & causing more harm, and honour Indigenous refusals of our requests.
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2018: The non-Indigenous killers of Tina Fontaine, Coulton Boushie, Jon Styres and Jordan Lafond walk free. The Canadian justice system continues to devalue Indigenous lives.
#151YearsOfGenocide
#JusticeForJonStyres
#JusticeForTinaFontaine
#JusticeForCoultonBoushie
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@kay314159
@nrmiller01
@geolinguistics
@Maloney_EA
Yes- thank you. Plus, he makes these comments without actually knowing my age. The only indicator a stranger on Twitter could possibly have is my profile picture, which demonstrates the reliance on physical appearance to determine factors that speak to authority and seniority
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1983: The term 'Sixties Scoop' is coined to refer to the unusually high numbers of Aboriginal children removed from their parents during that decade. This pattern is to be repeated in the 2000s in the "Millennial Scoop"
#151YearsOfGenocide
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1972: Indigenous people sit on Canadian juries for the first time. Issues related to the under-representation of Indigenous people on juries remain acute today
#151YearsOfColonization
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1984: Pope John Paul II addresses Indigenous peoples in Yellowknife, claims that they are 'grateful' for the work of the Church and its missionaries. Today, Indigenous communities still wait for an apology from the Church for its role in residential schools
#151YearsOfGenocide
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1914: a father successfully sues the Mohawk Institute residential school for locking his daughter alone in a cell for 3 days.
#151YearsOfGenocide
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@EricaVioletLee
This is such a huge problem. Universities, you need to make it easier and much, much quicker for Indigenous scholars to be paid for the labour, time and knowledge they share. If your policies impose restrictions, CHANGE THE POLICIES!
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Colleagues: it is not our job to police our students - literally, or on issues such as 'attendance'. If attendance is falling, consider structural issues: careening cost of living in most cities,
#disability
and
#chronicillness
(including
#longCOVID
),
#care
responsibilities 1/
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@blacklikewho
@ThylacineReport
@Notmyfavourite
Yes -these hoax articles are often thinly-veiled opportunities for positivists to display their disdain for - & lack of understanding of - other ways of knowing. So few ppl call them on the weakness of their arguments within the knowledge systems they attack & reject prima facie
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The message included a great deal of defensiveness and tone policing (including calls for ‘civil’ discussion, a term with considerable baggage), which may send the message that you in fact do not want, welcome or value diverse forms of political presence and action at
#ISA
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Dear
@NYPDDaughtry
@nypd
@nypdchiefofdept
, thank you for making us aware of the 'nefarious' nature of these objects. After a quick search of my home this morning, I found these. Should I be worried that 'agitators' might set up a camp in my kitchen? Please advise.
Pencils, books, laptops, those are the tools of students and what you expect to find on a college campus. But here’s what the NYPD found in Hamilton Hall at Columbia University after we were able to arrest the protestors and agitators for commandeering and barricading themselves
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1887: being an 'Indian in a state of intoxication' is made punishable by a fine, imprisonment or both in Canada.
#151YearsofGenocide
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"We say...that we want desperately to atone for a crime while we’re still in the middle of committing it"
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6b) Most of us with privilege and/or academic are in various ways & degrees complicit with multiple forms of violence, including the genocides undertaken by our states. It is our ethical duty to be accountable to this. It is not 'unacceptable' to be reminded of this
#ISA2024
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1952: First Nations Nutrition Experiments, conducted on children in residential schools, conclude after 10 years (see the work of
@Ian_Mosby
to learn more)
#151YearsOfGenocide
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@ProfJohnBarry
@QUBelfast
solidarity with
#QUB
students. Great to see this happening at my alma mater
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7) Resist the urge to take things personally. Recognize that publicly holding to account people who hold leadership positions, and/or asking them to adhere to their responsibilities and principles, is not an ‘ad hominem attack’. It is democratic politics. It is our job. 10/
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1885: Indian Pass system requires Indigenous people to carry a pass when entering or leaving a reservation, effectively incarcerating these communities within reservations.
#151YearsofGenocide
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Here are some other ways you could have (and can still) respond to your members asking for you to address the genocide in
#Gaza
: 3/
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1) Actively seek out & take seriously members calls for change. Hold town halls and/or listening events. Respond positively and constructively to members seeking venues to bring about change. Stay in regular and meaningful contact with those asking for change
@isanet
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1973: A federal government Statement on the Claims of Indian and Inuit People retains the extinguishment of Aboriginal title as its central policy.
#151YearsOfGenocide
#151YearsOfColonization
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@matthewasears
@macleans
I agree, and I appreciate your consistent efforts to challenge white male privilege. I think this conversation can taken further by thinking about the different ways that academics can engage publicly, support those taking the risks, recognise labour, etc
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that Black & racialized&Indigenous&queer&disabled & poor people have fought (and been violenced) for for centuries. By using these terms to 'wash' your politics, you are not only complicit but multiplying the violence you claim to oppose
#permanentceasefirenow
#ISA2024
@BDSatISA
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'Outer space' is not an empty void. Indigenous peoples across earth have vital connections to Sky Country or Sky World that extend into and beyond space. Anyone who thinks space colonisation is anything other than an extension of colonial hubris needs to think again
#spaceforce
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Happening next Monday at Carleton, unceded Alongquin land, with
@ZoeSTodd
@pitseolak
@anthronoah
@Jason_Baerg
and other brilliant folks
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Shout out to
@torontolibrary
, which has one of the best collections of
#Indigenous
#philosophy
and
#literature
#writing
I've seen
#FTRWeek
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2007: The UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples is passed. Canada will withhold support until 2016. In 2018, Romeo Saganash's private member's bill to bring Canadian laws into line with UNDRIP passes. 79 MPs vote against it.
#151YearsOfGenocide
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So tired of hearing the phrase "Welcome to the
#Anthropocene
". What about all of those who feel distinctly unwelcome in the Anthropocene?
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1960: Indigenous people become the last group in Canada to attain the right to vote - 93 years after confederation
#151YearsOfColonization
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Vanessa Gray: Canadian courts are not set up to deal fairly with cases brought by
#Indigenous
communities against polluters -instead, direct action is needed
#waterislife
#mercuryjusticenow
#freegrassy
#noline9
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Great thread. And a reminder: the 'undiagnosed medical conditions' alleged throughout this case (and dismissed as psycho-somatic by the dad) are ALL co-occurrences regularly experienced *and written about* by Autistic people (especially AFAB), but routinely ignored by doctors
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If you're in Victoria next week, would love to see you at this talk about
#plant
and
#animal
#extinctions
,
#Indigenous
#resurgence
,
#landbased
#research
#collaboration
#Indigenous
#legal
#systems
#decolonization
. Thanks to
#UVicEnvi
for the invitation
How do we stop extinction, and is it really forever? Find out more from
@AudraLMitchell
at
#UVicENVI
seminar WEDNESDAY at 11:30am, DTB B255
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Judy Singer's transphobia, racism, ableism and now DARVO techniques do not reflect our community. And at the same time as
@SpookyLuka
points out, it is our responsibility as a community to stand accountable to hatred in our movements.
#notmyneurodiversity
Judy Singer posted this on LinkedIn before deleting her account
The autistic community needs to talk about this
We need to decide what kind of community we want
We can acknowledge someone's contribution to the community AND decide that their views do not BELONG in our community
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Trans, non-binary, gender-queer folx, students, colleagues and friends of all genders: you are beautiful, you are appreciated, you are loved, and you are precious. Your gender identity matters, and it will always be honoured in my classroom.
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Putting a price on everything, from aesthetics to time: the 'ruinous' marketisation of 'nature' by
@GeorgeMonbiot
http://t.co/E9wpqozGDI
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Meanwhile, your entire audience stood in solidarity with our colleagues as they discussed
#scholasticide
,
#genocide
#racism
and the need for an immediate
#ceasefire
now, as well as
@isanet
's responsibility to take an ethical stand in support of
#BDS
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I have a funded
#PhD
position in
#Aboriginal
&
#Indigenous
knowledges,
#extinction
and
#water
available at Laurier - msg me if interested!
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@MrChelseaBlue
@geolinguistics
@Maloney_EA
Look, I don't know who you are or what challenges you might face in your life, but it must be nice to have the privilege of viewing everyday micro-agressions as 'harmless'. I don't know why you feel qualified to intervene in this discussion, but try sticking to what you know
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Let's be absolutely clear: what happened to colleagues and students at
#UniversityofWaterloo
is a hate crime.
@UWaterloo
@Laurier
and our entire academic community need to stand against the targeting of people based on gender and/or sexual identity
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This. Universities expect their faculty - often those most vulnerable, such as CAS, POC & women - to take these risks but turn the other way when real harm comes from doing so.
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Reminder to self & other white ppl: it's OUR duty to fight white supremacy, genocide & hate crimes wherever they're inflicted
#NoMoreExcuses
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1987: Prime Minister Mulroney proposes the Meech Lake Accord. Cree MLA Elijah Harper leads resistance to this accord, citing lack of attention to the needs and rights of Indigenous peoples
#151YearsOfColonization
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It's time for
#bison
- almost eradicated by
#colonial
#violence
to return to their territories:
#Indigenous
#science
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1980: beginning of a period in which more than 1200 Indigenous women are murdered or go missing (and those are only the recorded cases)
#MMIW
#151YearsOfGenocide
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Great opportunity for independent
#researchers
in
#Europe
doing
#interdisciplinary
#social
#science
from
@_ISRF
http://t.co/OJ7lYRWUK4
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"
#Pollution
is
#Colonialism
" - great set of resources from the Endocrine Disruptors Action Group
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@the_tweedy
Oh dear: 'most Tweeters don't post replies like this?' is this not a compelling invitation to do it? (also: I thought this was 'X' now). Anyways: cis cis cis cis cis to this
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1884: Potlatch celebrations, integral to the social, kinship, political, diplomatic, economic and spiritual orders of many coastal Indigenous peoples, are made illegal under the Indian Act.
#151YearsofGenocide
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Rescued this little guy today - who knew they were so into avocados?
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1908: Saskatchewan Elections act disqualifies Indigenous people from voting.
#151YearsOfGenocide
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1883: Prime Minister John A MacDonald calls Indigenous parents 'savages', demands that Indigenous children 'acquire the habits and modes of thought of white men' in order to assimilate into settler society
#151YearsofGenocide
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"The Canada Most People Don't Hear" - fantastic article by
@WordsandGuitar
@rjjago
@theoriginalmel
and
@RMComedy
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1977: The Canadian Human Rights Acts excluded matters under the Indian Act (and therefore people with status)
#151YearsOfGenocide
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Honoured to join a wonderful list of authors in the Oxford Research Encyclopedia of
#InternationalStudies
from
@OUP
and
@isanet
. My contribution is on
#nonhuman
and
#morethanhuman
#internationalrelations
. Thanks to all my (more than human) teachers
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Pipelines spill. It's what they do. It's not a question of 'if', but 'when'. This is simply not safe infrastructure, and it entrenches environmental racism. Efforts and resources should be focused on providing alternatives
#NoKXL
#NoMorePipelines
#SouthDakota
#WaterIsLife
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Powerful work on
#refusal
& the
#Anthropocene
by
@anthronoah
incl thoughts on
@kylepowyswhyte
's beautiful work
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Feeling glad that 'love, unconditional' is one of the items in the index of the book I'm prepping for print. In a field dominated by doom and gloom, it's been an honour to learn from scholars, thinkers and leaders who are led by love
#writing
#ecological
#futures
#hope
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1904: Department of Indian Affairs issues two new policies designed to 'quicken Indigenous assimilation',' end native customs', improve 'Indian education', and pressure Indigenous groups to cede land to settlers.
#151YearsOfGenocide
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Exciting announcement last night abt Emerging Indigenous Voices prize - great initiative by
@robinparker_plg
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