Daric L. Cottingham, M.A.
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Award-winning journalist ✍️🏽📰🎬 & Black southerner in LA (she/her) | #NABJ | 📧: daric @dariccott .com| @PVAMU & @USC 🎓|critic @DorianAwards |Views = mine🏳️⚧️
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For clarity, “Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion” isn’t the dress code; it’s the event's theme. The dress code is “The Garden of Time” inspired by JG Ballard's 1962 short story about the inevitable fall of aristocracy, the inability of money & beauty to stop death.
#MetGala
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R&B is not dead at all, y’all just getting old lol and can’t find the music, I’m sorry. But it’s very much alive and in good hands.
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Honestly, can’t wait for “Creed 3” for the plot:
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What’s wild is college use to be free in U.S. especially public state schools, until they stopped only admitting white students. Race plays a factor in systemic oppression no matter how much folks pretend it doesn’t.
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The TL ain’t been this unified in dragging someone in a minute. Like all corners of the bird app getting they lick in, like folks do not play about Keke Palmer.
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Viola Davis prayed for a “big Black man from the south, that understands the art community or an actor, has kids so there’s no pressure, athlete, etc.” then met her husband Julius within weeks. IKDR!!!
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Megan Thee Stallion as Easter church hats.
A thread:
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I want more music documentaries while people are still with us, it’s something so rich about being able to tell your own story to add a context that can’t be added when you’re gone.
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Lol Saweetie isn’t “media trained” (the way celebs get coached) she actually has a degree from a top journalism school. That’s why every aspect of media/branding is so on point.
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Beyoncé said, “whole lotta textin' with no conversations” in Heated and that’s one of my fav lines because that’s exactly what some of these men be giving. Just pen pals not talking about nothing.
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What food have y’all snuck into the movies?
The wildest thing for me was some gumbo. 💀
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My girl putting that degree from a top journalism school to use, IKDR!!
Saweetie will host Sex: Unzipped, a new special all about sex positivity.
Debuting Oct 26, Saweetie is joined by sex experts & celebs (like Dominique Jackson, Joel Kim Booster, Michelle Buteau & Trixie Mattel) to help address the biggest misconceptions surrounding sex & identity
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Crazy thing is, Jada wasn’t even a nominee like she shouldn’t have been a target for a joke at all. She just came to support her husband & then got her autoimmune disease joked about on a world stage unprovoked. You ain’t even have the guts to joke about Will, the actual nominee.
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Also, this happened and Jonathan Majors is so nice/kind & stood up for me to make sure I got my question answered. 🫶🏽 lol the life of a Black journalist.
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Hear me out, but this should’ve dropped Easter weekend 🧍🏽♀️
#TheBookofClarence
earned only $3.1 million over its four-day opening weekend.
It’s a rough start for the biblical satire, which carries a $40 million price tag.
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My favorite thing to do as an adult is leave. Just get up and go because, like, who gone stop me? Nobody, exactly.
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He forgot her birthday. He was checked out from the relationship long before and was sticking around cause he was broke.
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Media literacy is dead, “The Idol” Rolling Stone article is not marketing for the show it’s an actual report on the failings of the production. Abel’s response is out of touch. Not taking this seriously is how people like Joss Whedon run rampant through Hollywood unchecked.
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“Knotless” is extra, babes you mean platts?? We getting scammed so bad.
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I’m sorry a ranking of Beyoncé’s “worst” songs on her birthday weekend is the most laziest low-hanging fruit editorial decision to get some clicks. 🥴
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The Chloe Bailey that has over 30 acting credits in projects like the Fighting Temptations, Grown-ish, Black-ish, Swarm, and was just cast in the film adaptation of Girl From the North Country??
IMDb is free and you a journalist, smh.
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KeKe is right though, people minimize her achievements, when she’s been having an amazing career as an all around entertainer since being a child. It’s okay to want her to continue to get her flowers but we don’t have to forget the garden that already exists.
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BET ain’t known the pulse of the culture for years and them execs be so out of touch. Ain’t no reason Victoria Monét not on that main stage performing tonight ahead of her sophomore album.
#BETAwards
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Baby his publicist said get on that picket line right now 😭💀
Stephen Amell, Michael Shannon, Sam Rockwell, Leslie Bibb & more hit the picket line in NYC today
#SAGAFTRAStrike
View the full gallery here:
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It’s been too long chile 😔
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Now stop the arguing, let’s hold hands and twerk!
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I just know he be giving Disney PR a headache. Like idk yeah April fools but some stuff is off limits when you’re publicly dating someone preparing to release a major Disney film next month & got a press run kicking off. 😭
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Jamie Foxx is a decent person so of course he apologized for potentially offending folks. But it def got misconstrued in the most oblivious way possible, like was the “fake friends” hashtag only visible for some folks?? And Jennifer Aniston weird for egging it on.
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Folks are going to be annoying about this. But Kiana is a SA survivor she does not work with abusers, it’s that simple. She also does a lot to make other survivors feel safe and heard by sharing her own experience publicly and in the music.
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Community is not just cookouts and the fun stuff, and those things are missing because many folks don’t want to show up for the “non-fun” part of what being in community means.
Your friends are not obligated to help you move especially after 30. Hire movers. It’s not that deep.
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Btw it was a TDE exec that threatened to pull music from Spotify over a Hate Content & Hateful Conduct Policy the platform was implementing, not Kendrick himself. It was reported a “Kendrick rep reached out,” aka the label head. K Dot was just good SEO.
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BET awards this weekend … I haven’t heard nothing lol idk who even hosting.
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“Have some respect”
For the enslavers of our ancestors??? Be serious.
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So I got TSR blocked for these reasons. But I just unblocked them to check something cause folks were telling me they posted every part of Meg’s live but this part (and yep, they didn’t share this part) which is so telling about how they operate.
“Read something from a real journalist.” - Megan Thee Stallion 🗣️
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Baby Texas is a stand your ground state, lol I would not roll up on Julian’s home if I were y’all. Doxxing is not cute, that online to real life can get real ugly real fast.
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Such an adorable photo of a Black father sharing a moment with his daughter. This photo is so precious, I just love it! I want this love & support for every Black child out there. 🥹
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No kids but always MOTHERING 😍🔥
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Back in my day you wasn’t even supposed to know what a teacher’s social media was let alone be part of the content strategy. Like finding a teacher’s account was scandalous.
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@DiscussingFilm
The film costs $30M to make, they really just want the tax write-off because they negotiating in bad faith for real. Filmmakers deserve better from these execs who waste money & IP like this.
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Jalen Hurts the type of fine where he walks on set of a sitcom and the audience starts cheering.
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Mind you Heated is queer af and not even about sex. It’s literally about confidence and how nobody can play you in any situation. He talking about eating somebody out.💀😭
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“The Wonder Years” (2021) first 12 episodes are now available on Disney+
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Isaiah Rashad did not need to do that interview, and if he was going to, Joe Budden was not educated enough on the subject matter to do it.
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“Read something from a real journalist.” - Megan Thee Stallion 🗣️
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Kelli glowed up, running her own division, got a fine ass man and having a baby!! My favorite side character arc!!
#InsecureHBO
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In short, Zendaya ate and everyone should be dressed like some high couture Lemony Snicket characters.
#MetGala
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And nothing for the first Afro-Latino nominated in the best actor category, Colman Domingo????
Major congrats to two Latina stars for their
#Oscars
nominations:
@AmericaFerrera
, Actress in a Supporting Role (
@Barbie
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@iambeckyg
, Original Song (
@FlaminHotMovie
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These nominations open the door for future
#LatinoRepresentation
and recognition in film.
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That’s not Dancehall that’s NOLA Bounce baby. Newsrooms I beg y’all to hire Black writers and editors to avoid cultural blunders like this.
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Dear publications covering the upcoming trial,
Megan Pete (Megan Thee Stallion) is not on trial. The case is: The People of the State of California v. Daystar Peterson (TL). A person doesn’t bring criminal charges, the DA does.
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Don’t mind me, I just had to turn the lights on real quick.
Official poster for ‘The Little Mermaid’ has been released.
In theaters May 26.
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He did one live performance with choreography and saw folks loved it and he just leaned into the creative direction ever since. I respect it, more artists really should, especially male rappers.
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Bey is such a humble & great sport; love her for it. So I’ll say it, as Black folks specifically Black women there’s a societal notion to give just enough flowers because they won’t give you the full bouquet. She a broke a record tonight for most
#GRAMMYs
wins. But still no AOTY.
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“Cuff it” literally starts with the line: “I feel like fallin' in love”
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This is a lot of OG’s stories. Sexuality is fluid and many of our elders were taught and forced to suppress. I love seeing them being able to live their truths loudly and proudly the way they want to.
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The Black girls in the back stanning her oh she’s such an IT GIRL ☺️
Angel Reese spoke pregame about how excited she was to face off against Alyssa Thomas and Bri Jones, who she admired since they were at Maryland: “Those are players I’ve had my eye on.”
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So just for y’all to know there’s horror stories about not having hairstylists that can do Black hair on set. They specifically brought in a braider after the director asked Wise what the characters hair should look like. That never happens on set, that’s the significance.
DeWanda Wise on her
#JurassicWorldDominion
braids: “The experience of getting them was Black womanhood at its finest. It was—as it is—a deeply fulfilling spiritual ritual, a precious thing. It just felt like having family there with me in the process.”
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I’ll just say your employer paying for travel that’s required for your job is very standard. You should never be paying out of pocket to work. NEVER.
GloRilla responds to backlash after she posted a personal assistant job for $550 weekly! 👀
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Marriage doesn’t change your sexuality. Who you end up with doesn’t negate one’s bisexuality or pansexuality. Also Victoria & John are not married. So maybe operate on facts.
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Just found out I got like 50 hrs of unused PTO & it don’t roll over or cash out so I’m OOO until further notice 🧍🏽♀️
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Good morning! Legalize, decriminalize, and free them folk. 🌱
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Ian Alexander Jr., 26, was a whole person with passions and dreams. He was a DJ and rising R&B artist known as Desduné. He had an upcoming show next week in LA and had been working on his debut EP since last year. Rest in Power. Sending love to his family & friends. 🤍
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There’s so much revisionist history about Chloe x Halle too, y’all were not rocking with the music like that. Real sirens remember. People thought the sound was too complex and too different & not their cup of tea, etc. So acting like that wasn’t the case to bash Chloe is weird.
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VMAs said Victoria Monét wasn’t ready for their stage and today she sweeping the
#GRAMMYs
nominations and up for Best R&B Performance, Best R&B Album, Record of the Year, and Best New Artist. So deserved!
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Meg is on SNL this week, hosting and performing. Major, and just super fun & entertaining. Let’s discuss that!
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Meta? LMAOOO the aunties are about to mass delete Facebook and call it devil worship. 💀😭
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Now when Lil Nas X career continues to pop and he lands bigger world stages they gone use that narrative that “Black artists aren’t supporting Black awards/platforms” … when you literally could’ve just supported these artists before they blow up
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@WrittenByHanna
Just some t-shirts, jeans, a cutoff vest and vibes. Basically they dress like Jason Derulo.
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He was obsessed with dystopian futures, and the inevitableness of life coming to an end. Darker themes would make more sense actually than a typical interpretation of a blooming garden.
#MetGala
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“My natural afro, my neck and wrist froze …” - Megan Thee Stallion, “Gift & a Curse,” Traumazine 2022 😍😍😍
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Dope, and congratulations! Everyone that’s confused most HBCU’s have Mass comms or comm studies not an actual journalism degree. At Morehouse you’d major in English with a minor in journalism. The journalism MAJOR was was officially added as a B.A. in 2021.
My name is Jalen Brown, and I am the FIRST person to receive a Journalism degree in Morehouse College’s 156-year history! ✊🏾
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Finally outwardly HER, been 8 months of HRT, today 🏳️⚧️
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Mind you Keith Lee leaving $1K tips and matching spots entire sales for the day just because but when the reviews are fair and validly critique the customer service y’all saying he tearing down Black businesses. Like let’s be so ffr.
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Hi! Award-winning Black woman journalist here. We are NOT in newsrooms like that & Black folks over index as freelancers. If we are staffed our work is not prioritized in the newsroom nor funded. Also all these examples are dated af & an example of what the issue is.
No shade to Megan Cunniff, but this article is telling.
A white woman reporting on violence against famous Black women is more believed and protected in the Black community than Black women journalists. They aren’t afforded that same credibility, safety, or praise.
#misogynoir
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Shoutout to his publicist for stepping in too. 🫶🏽
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If you “don’t get” Church Girl don’t worry about them Renaissance tour tickets.
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Hire trans and queer journalists. No disrespect to the writer but a bunch of stuff was wrong when this first published. You may be a Beyoncé expert but this era is the time to take a backseat for other voices, specifically ones from Ballroom culture.
5 Facts About Honey Balenciaga, the Viral Ballroom Dancer Who Killed It on Beyoncé’s Renaissance Tour 🎶
- She is curating her own capsule collection and music
- She is currently in the House of Balenciaga
MORE:
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When Beyoncé wins an Emmy for Renaissance act 1-3 cause the music videos will be episodic instead of a film and will drop on Netflix weekly
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Girl y’all try to change the definition of Juneteenth every year, stop speaking over Black Texans. You don’t need to be positioned for every Black thing if it doesn’t pertain to you directly like it gives grifter. Put some respect on Black Southerners, specifically Black
Texans.
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I think about financial stability a lot and how instability stifles creativity. Think of what you could create & do fueled by passion and the freedom to not worry about debt or living paycheck to paycheck wondering if you’ll make rent each month.
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See the muted aesthetic can be achieved without making your Black subject look lifeless. No more excuses.
Viola Davis by MAR+VIN, Elle Brasil, September 2022.
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Lol PR in entertainment professor used to tell us all the time that celebs don’t listen to their publicists even when they pay them to, and that some of them are so unbearable, you just gotta drop them as clients. When I found out about one actress, I was a bit gagged.
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Lol y’all, the Beyoncé British Vogue article is just a snippet. The entire cover story drops next Tuesday when the issue hits newsstands. Just some good old fashion editorial strategy at work. Welcome to the masterclass of press and rollouts.
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Teyana Taylor looks gorgeous and is on theme. A disheveled elegance that references a death of kept beauty, the last petal before its inevitable fall like the short story.
#MetGala
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Anything involving Issa Rae, I’m tuned in. Front and center.
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@soberthots_
She’s not het lol she’s actually bisexual but yeah she’s cis but I get what you were trying to say.
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@hiimbobbi
And it would not have fit her character. She was very self reliant and had better understanding of the world than the other guests.
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Idk the “King Richard” takes are extremely weird as a Black person who grew up knowing Venus and Serena’s story and the part their father played. Y'all are just really uninformed.
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My people are joking but a lot non-Black people are overreacting to Will. (He slapped the man for disrespecting his wife on a world stage.) If a white actor pulled that it would be about defending honor and it would be the end of it.
#Oscars
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Remote work is great, cause rent too high to be leaving the house everyday.
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A nepo baby chart of the journalism industry would literally implode the whole field. 💀😭
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“dying genre” is crazy and a clear setup to stir a narrative
Beyoncé revives a dying genre on instantly timeless country album ‘Cowboy Carter’: review
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Teyana getting her flowers as a director and creative director is so amazing. Finally getting the recognition she deserves.
#BETAwards
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I’ll scrap behind nephew, NOT THAT ONE
Caleb McLaughlin has spoken about how being viewed differently from his fellow young ‘Stranger Things’ co-stars “definitely took a toll on me as a younger kid.”
“My very first Comic-Con, some people didn’t stand in my line because I was Black.”
(via: )
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Y’all talking about violence and the man literally used a world stage to joke about his wife’s autoimmune disease. That was violent.
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