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\n\"AALT\n
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\nA painting of a bird beside the text \"I remain unconvinced by your bullshit\"ALT\n
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\n\"AALT\n
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@jean Ha! Swear Trek is basically discontinued at this point. It’s expensive to run and generates no income, and is less popular than other things of mine that pay their own bills. If Twitter goes, so goes Swear Trek.

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