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: jabel.blog@ReaderJohn That seems to be the approximate percentage of Americans who have consistently polled as supporting Trump come hell or high water. Cult members, essentially.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/jabel/88522465","date_published":"2026-04-18T15:51:57+00:00","author":{"name":"jabel","url":"https://jabel.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2021%2F97100.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"jabel"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-18 15:51","date_timestamp":1776527517,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"88442148","content_html":"One of the prettiest dogwoods I’ve ever seen, across the street from the credit union.
\n![\"\"](\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/56576/2026/8b67f9dc44-m.jpg\")
\n","summary":"","url":"https://jabel.blog/2026/04/17/one-of-the-prettiest-dogwoods.html","date_published":"2026-04-17T12:10:57+00:00","author":{"name":"jabel","url":"https://jabel.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2021%2F97100.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"jabel"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-17 12:10","date_timestamp":1776427857,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"88441929","content_html":"@dwalbert I’ve been looking forward to green smoothies. Our greens are getting just about big enough to start harvesting.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/jabel/88441929","date_published":"2026-04-17T12:07:57+00:00","author":{"name":"jabel","url":"https://jabel.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2021%2F97100.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"jabel"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-17 12:07","date_timestamp":1776427677,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"88441655","content_html":"@isaacgreene Good work. :)
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/jabel/88441655","date_published":"2026-04-17T12:02:34+00:00","author":{"name":"jabel","url":"https://jabel.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2021%2F97100.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"jabel"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-17 12:02","date_timestamp":1776427354,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"88399676","content_html":"Rachel got a nice picture of our chives in bloom. Edible and pretty!
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\n","summary":"","url":"https://jabel.blog/2026/04/16/rachel-got-a-nice-picture.html","date_published":"2026-04-16T21:14:10+00:00","author":{"name":"jabel","url":"https://jabel.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2021%2F97100.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"jabel"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-16 21:14","date_timestamp":1776374050,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"88327457","content_html":"@JohnBrady Oh, yeah, I do love that homey “patch.” :) I haven’t read it but it’s actually what brought the serviceberry to my attention–so I definitely should!
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/jabel/88327457","date_published":"2026-04-15T19:45:04+00:00","author":{"name":"jabel","url":"https://jabel.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2021%2F97100.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"jabel"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-15 19:45","date_timestamp":1776282304,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"88315232","content_html":"A survey of the fruit on the Green Man Micro Homestead (just made that up! maybe a bit overstated?):
\n@dwalbert Are you even a homeschooler if your kid hasn’t read Little House? Actually, I’m not sure Darcy ever read much of it, despite our encouragement. But we do love the TV series, which is terrible except for when it’s wonderful.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/jabel/88264023","date_published":"2026-04-14T23:17:18+00:00","author":{"name":"jabel","url":"https://jabel.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2021%2F97100.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"jabel"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-14 23:17","date_timestamp":1776208638,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"88257709","content_html":"So they’re remaking Little House on the Prairie. Come on, guys, we already have a bad version of Little House on the Prairie: the whole second half of Little House on the Prairie.
\n","summary":"","url":"https://jabel.blog/2026/04/14/so-theyre-remaking-little-house.html","date_published":"2026-04-14T21:10:45+00:00","author":{"name":"jabel","url":"https://jabel.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2021%2F97100.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"jabel"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-14 21:10","date_timestamp":1776201045,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"88229821","content_html":"What is adulthood? jabel.blog
","summary":"","url":"https://jabel.blog/2026/04/14/what-is-adulthood.html","date_published":"2026-04-14T12:55:54+00:00","author":{"name":"jabel","url":"https://jabel.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2021%2F97100.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"jabel"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-14 12:55","date_timestamp":1776171354,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"88185427","content_html":"@JohnBrady Ha! Yeah, I thought about adding to my last comment “of course I might be looking for details that aren’t there” :)
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/jabel/88185427","date_published":"2026-04-13T19:51:51+00:00","author":{"name":"jabel","url":"https://jabel.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2021%2F97100.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"jabel"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-13 19:51","date_timestamp":1776109911,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"88185101","content_html":"@dwalbert Good point about the wall. I thought about the bird and it seems like the cage is hung on the wall. I don’t think it’s attached to that rope (off center, not drooping enough). Clearly the way to get me to look hard at a painting is to put woodworkers in it!
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/jabel/88185101","date_published":"2026-04-13T19:43:04+00:00","author":{"name":"jabel","url":"https://jabel.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2021%2F97100.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"jabel"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-13 19:43","date_timestamp":1776109384,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"88184732","content_html":"@dwalbert @isaacgreene Is that a spring pole lathe at the upper left? Not connected to any apparent lathe?
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/jabel/88184732","date_published":"2026-04-13T19:34:08+00:00","author":{"name":"jabel","url":"https://jabel.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2021%2F97100.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"jabel"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-13 19:34","date_timestamp":1776108848,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"88177471","content_html":"@todd Absolutely. The whole fortress prepper mentality is wrong. You want to be around people you’ve cultivated relationships with. Not that you cultivate those relationships for purely instrumental purposes; it’s a recognition of shared humanity and interdependence.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/jabel/88177471","date_published":"2026-04-13T17:30:48+00:00","author":{"name":"jabel","url":"https://jabel.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2021%2F97100.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"jabel"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-13 17:30","date_timestamp":1776101448,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"88175774","content_html":"Nate Hagens has put out an excellent three video series on the role oil plays in our modern world system, and how this might play out into the future. 1 | 2 | 3
\nRachel and I aren’t preppers but at this point it’s looking like good sense to stock up on some staples.
\n","summary":"","url":"https://jabel.blog/2026/04/13/nate-hagens-has-put-out.html","date_published":"2026-04-13T17:05:27+00:00","author":{"name":"jabel","url":"https://jabel.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2021%2F97100.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"jabel"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-13 17:05","date_timestamp":1776099927,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"88152619","content_html":"@todd I looked hard at that one day but decided not to go. I think I’d have that same 50/50 reaction. Besides, I don’t have any investment in Deneen and some of the others were state politicians.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/jabel/88152619","date_published":"2026-04-13T10:00:45+00:00","author":{"name":"jabel","url":"https://jabel.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2021%2F97100.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"jabel"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-13 10:00","date_timestamp":1776074445,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"88131540","content_html":"Projects update: F150 and gardening : jabel.blog
@annie Thanks, Annie.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/jabel/88130155","date_published":"2026-04-12T23:20:35+00:00","author":{"name":"jabel","url":"https://jabel.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2021%2F97100.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"jabel"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-12 23:20","date_timestamp":1776036035,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"88101932","content_html":"There is no safety in love: jabel.blog
","summary":"","url":"https://jabel.blog/2026/04/12/there-is-no-safety-in.html","date_published":"2026-04-12T13:23:43+00:00","author":{"name":"jabel","url":"https://jabel.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2021%2F97100.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"jabel"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-12 13:23","date_timestamp":1776000223,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"88059481","content_html":"Today in the garden ![\"\"](\"https://micro.blog/photos/50/https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/56576/2026/img-2965.jpg\")
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: jabel.blog
@isaacgreene Oh I love that. I want to be that sort of old man.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/jabel/88058062","date_published":"2026-04-11T17:10:39+00:00","author":{"name":"jabel","url":"https://jabel.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2021%2F97100.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"jabel"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-11 17:10","date_timestamp":1775927439,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"88003283","content_html":"When there are no brakes on the speed of knowledge: jabel.blog
","summary":"","url":"https://jabel.blog/2026/04/10/when-there-are-no-brakes.html","date_published":"2026-04-10T19:53:38+00:00","author":{"name":"jabel","url":"https://jabel.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2021%2F97100.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"jabel"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-10 19:53","date_timestamp":1775850818,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"87922867","content_html":"@JohnBrady You’re Johnny Asparagus!
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/jabel/87922867","date_published":"2026-04-09T17:09:10+00:00","author":{"name":"jabel","url":"https://jabel.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2021%2F97100.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"jabel"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-09 17:09","date_timestamp":1775754550,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"87913155","content_html":"You know, drinking straight milk kefir isn’t bad. As an adult I’ve never been a milk drinker (though I’ve been called one in Skyrim) because I don’t care for the aftertaste. Milk kefir just tastes like a drinkable, tangy yogurt.
\n","summary":"","url":"https://jabel.blog/2026/04/09/you-know-drinking-straight-milk.html","date_published":"2026-04-09T14:56:56+00:00","author":{"name":"jabel","url":"https://jabel.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2021%2F97100.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"jabel"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-09 14:56","date_timestamp":1775746616,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"87912976","content_html":"@jaheppler Hooray! We should start some asparagus sometime. I understand it takes a while to get a harvest though right?
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/jabel/87912976","date_published":"2026-04-09T14:52:39+00:00","author":{"name":"jabel","url":"https://jabel.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2021%2F97100.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"jabel"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-09 14:52","date_timestamp":1775746359,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"87871120","content_html":"Day trip to the shrine of St. Mother Theodore Guerin ![\"\"](\"https://micro.blog/photos/50/https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/56576/2026/img-2950.jpg\")
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: jabel.blog
@bethanyh Oh, thanks! I didn’t know they were all the same thing. We were talking about netting ours also.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/jabel/87868859","date_published":"2026-04-08T21:43:39+00:00","author":{"name":"jabel","url":"https://jabel.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2021%2F97100.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"jabel"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-08 21:43","date_timestamp":1775684619,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"87868178","content_html":"@jaheppler I’m not familiar with juneberries. So you can do the usual berry things with them? We’ve been thinking about serviceberries for a year or so now. The greenhouse guy said we may not get much of a harvest, though, because the birds love them!
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/jabel/87868178","date_published":"2026-04-08T21:26:52+00:00","author":{"name":"jabel","url":"https://jabel.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2021%2F97100.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"jabel"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-08 21:26","date_timestamp":1775683612,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"87867830","content_html":"A neighbor cut down what appeared to be a perfectly healthy, mature maple on Tuesday. In response, Rachel is planting three serviceberries and one juniper. Answer foolish destruction with a quadruple investment in future life.
\n","summary":"","url":"https://jabel.blog/2026/04/08/a-neighbor-cut-down-what.html","date_published":"2026-04-08T21:17:05+00:00","author":{"name":"jabel","url":"https://jabel.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2021%2F97100.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"jabel"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-08 21:17","date_timestamp":1775683025,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"87760789","content_html":"@JohnBrady Oh, for sure.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/jabel/87760789","date_published":"2026-04-07T12:20:18+00:00","author":{"name":"jabel","url":"https://jabel.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2021%2F97100.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"jabel"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-07 12:20","date_timestamp":1775564418,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"87759448","content_html":"@isaacgreene @elliotlovegrove @johnbrady It’s free, nutritious food! You don’t even have to go to the woods.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/jabel/87759448","date_published":"2026-04-07T11:58:33+00:00","author":{"name":"jabel","url":"https://jabel.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2021%2F97100.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"jabel"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-07 11:58","date_timestamp":1775563113,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"87736317","content_html":"@elliotlovegrove It’s good. A little bitter, but that can be balanced out by dressing or other toppings.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/jabel/87736317","date_published":"2026-04-07T01:14:36+00:00","author":{"name":"jabel","url":"https://jabel.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2021%2F97100.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"jabel"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-07 01:14","date_timestamp":1775524476,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"87736257","content_html":"@todd Thanks for the invitation but we have plans. Sounds like a great day!
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/jabel/87736257","date_published":"2026-04-07T01:13:22+00:00","author":{"name":"jabel","url":"https://jabel.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2021%2F97100.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"jabel"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-07 01:13","date_timestamp":1775524402,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"87724975","content_html":"@dwalbert Yes!
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/jabel/87724975","date_published":"2026-04-06T21:43:42+00:00","author":{"name":"jabel","url":"https://jabel.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2021%2F97100.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"jabel"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-06 21:43","date_timestamp":1775511822,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"87724321","content_html":"@dwalbert Pretty dang good. Complete with greens, homemade croutons, violets, and dandelions. Rachel is shaping up to be one of those cooks that grandkids talk about for years to come.
\n![\"\"](\"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/1000x/https%3A%2F%2Fjabel.blog%2Fuploads%2F2026%2Fimg-2945.jpg\")
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/jabel/87724321","date_published":"2026-04-06T21:33:10+00:00","author":{"name":"jabel","url":"https://jabel.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2021%2F97100.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"jabel"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-06 21:33","date_timestamp":1775511190,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"87707286","content_html":"Rachel is making spinach pasta today.
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\nBut as Meta’s court losses this week illustrate, the researchers’ work can become a liability. Brian Boland, a former Facebook executive who testified in both trials — one in New Mexico and the other in Los Angeles — says the damning findings from Meta’s internal research and documents seemed to contradict...
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