Tootfinder

The #Chandrayaan-3 propulsion module has been discovered again, at first mistaken for an asteroid on an exotic orbit but swiftly ID'd: https://groups.io/g/mpml/topic/116985030#msg41240

Is there some actual study on the "life expectancy" of magnetic media such as cassette tapes or floppy disks?
E.g. I have a pre-recorded compact cassette that is 50 years old and works just fine (and sounds great!), and floppy disks from the early 80s that read with no problems.
Yet when I search for this topic everyone always claims "10–20 years" is what to expect from magnetic media.

Movie Squad
Where you can hear Simon, Tristan and special guests discuss movies at length and in detail, covering every kind of topic and every type of movie, from blockbuster extravaganzas to arthouse fare, from celluloid excellence to glorious trash...
Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory: https://www.greata…

He visto esta comparativa de navegadores y me parece sublime https://lemmy.sdf.org/post/30262814

Emily Fox with a fun to read retrospective on what my team and a few other teams have done with post-quantum #cryptography at #RedHat and in #RHEL:

From if to how: A year of post-quantum reality
For the last 5 years, post-quantum cryptography (PQC) has largely been discussed as a research topic.

from my link log —
Covid-19 will never become endemic.
https://www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/opinion/topic/2022/01/15/why-covid-19-will-never-become-endemic/164216520013155
saved 2022-01-16

Why Covid-19 will never become endemic
For most of the pandemic Australia has worked to contain the virus through evidence-based public health measures such as border closures, case finding, contact tracing, quarantine, social distancing, vaccines and, at times, lockdown. Sadly, the weaponisation of lockdown as a pointscoring issue and emotional trigger has led to a conflation of lockdown with all other public health measures, most of which do not impinge on freedoms. Denial is a major theme during the pandemic.

I didn't think I'd have an existential crisis reading the breadcrumbs for AWS documentation, but “No AWS, I've got issues, and I would appreciate you not pointing at them.”

While working through another last rites slew, I was thinking that back in the day there were a number of developers who believed they should add a lot of packages to #Gentoo, in the name of giving users a choice. Like, they were projects whose sole purpose of existence seemed to be to find every piece of software that roughly fit a specific topic, get it to build and package it for Gentoo.
Of course, the long-term effect of that is that there's a lot of unmaintained, often broken packages. "The choice" doesn't really work. Sure, users have a lot of packages to choose from — but they have to actually figure out which of these packages are actually useful (if any).
A few years ago attempting to remove packages also faced some verbal opposition. You shouldn't remove unmaintained or outdated packages, because they still work. You shouldn't remove packages that sometimes fail to build, because some flag combinations still work. You shouldn't remove packages that don't build at all, because the user can visit Forums and find some workaround to make them build 🤦. Or they'll have an ebuild handy to start working on it. And anyway, you shouldn't be removing stuff at all, but fixing it instead.
Sometimes the arguments were straight dishonest too: people literally said we need more packages to lure new users in. Like, it didn't matter to them that the packages didn't really work and that the people trying to use them will get a nasty surprise. They wanted people to say "hey, Gentoo has this software we need, let's start using Gentoo".

🛏️ Social standing and isolation shape sleep quality in mice, study finds
#sleep

Social standing and isolation shape sleep quality in mice, study finds
While some factors that improve or reduce the quality of sleep are relatively well understood, many are not. Given the impact that sleep is known to have on matters such as stress, concentration and cognitive abilities, it is an important topic of study.

What are the Philadelphia Eagles' future stadium plans? It will soon become a hot topic https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7144297/2026/03/26/philadelphia-eagles-future-stadium-plans/

On that topic, see my text in the “Software in Context” section at the bottom of this reading assignment from one of the courses I teach:
“Generating code is the easiest part of software development.”
https://comp127.macalester.digital/f25/resources/classes_objects_state_behavior/

'Hohe Berge' #FotoVorschlag 'High Mountains'
High #Mountains - okay - I had to smile this morning because I thought "yeah, I have something for this topic!"
This is one of my very loved photos. It took me a bit until I was able to take right this photo b…

What do NFL players think of tush push, hip-drop tackles and kickoff rules? We asked them https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6999586/2026/01/28/nfl-player-poll-tush-push-kickoff-rules/

Interested in taking YDS-style courses online? Try our Summer Study program, open to the public; featuring renowned YDS faculty in small seminars that focus on the Bible or on a specialized topic in religion and theology. Courses are not for academic credit, but can count towards continuing education requirements for some clergy. https://summerstudy.yal…

What do NFL players think of tush push, hip-drop tackles and kickoff rules? We asked them https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6999586/2026/01/28/nfl-player-poll-tush-push-kickoff-rules/

At the World’s Largest General Science Meeting, Surviving Trump Is the Topic https://www.404media.co/at-the-worlds-largest-general-science-meeting-surviving-trump-is-the-topic/

Spectre gcr - Atari ST/TT/Falcon Computers - AtariAge Forums
#atari

I really like this viewpoint on AI performing "semantic ablation". It hits home as I work diligently to write a textbook that contains plenty of nuance and (I hope) a unique perspective on the topic (computer networking).
"By running a text through successive AI "refinement" loops, the vocabulary diversity (type-token ratio) collapses. The process performs a systematic lobotomy across three distinct stages:
- Stage 1: Metaphoric cleansing. The AI identifi…

Why AI writing is so generic, boring, and dangerous: Semantic ablation
opinion: The subtractive bias we're ignoring

Trump Lays Out a Vision of Power Restrained Only by His Own Hubris
On topic after topic, Trump made clear that he thinks he is the arbiter of any limits to his authorities, not international law or treaties.
"My own mind. It’s the only thing that can stop me.”
“I don’t need international law,”
he added.
“I’m not looking to hurt people.”
When pressed further about whether his administration needed to abide by international law,
Trump said,

Trump Addresses Venezuela, Greenland and Presidential Power in New York Times Interview
On topic after topic, President Trump made clear that he would be the arbiter of any limits to his authorities, not international law or treaties.

"The UK Could Eliminate Caged Eggs By 2032"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #Eggs #Food

The UK Could Eliminate Caged Eggs By 2032
The UK could eliminate the use of caged egg production by 2032, as the government launches a new consultation on the topic

Listen to @… radio this week with some Greenland commentary including Inuit #accordion
And donation suggestions from my friends on the ground in Minneapolis
Because we’re a full-service socio-political-musical

Accordion Noir radio playlist 2026-01-21: Greenland for Greenlanders
With all the talk about Greenland in the news recently, Bruce was inspired to devote an episode to the topic of that big cold island. (He didn’t get very far on short notice, but it’s w…

What do NFL players think of tush push, hip-drop tackles and kickoff rules? We asked them https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6999586/2026/01/28/nfl-player-poll-tush-push-kickoff-rules/

I'm afraid my students might not be pleased with one of tomorrow's assigned readings. Of course, I didn't read it ahead of time and threw it on the syllabus mainly because of the topic and the fit with this week's lecture. I should've known that the author, who writes mildly interesting but bone dry stuff now, wouldn't have written more interesting or less dry material in the past.

Searched for the film Big on Duck Duck Go. I pressed "continued on Wikipedia" and ended up on a non-existing page for "Big (film)" on Icelandic Wikipedia.
I went back and noticed that Iceland was checked as my location. I unchecked and tried it again and got the expected English language article.
There are levels of problems here but the most obvious might be the assumption that Icelandic Wikipedia has a page about any topic and that the Icelandic article woul…

Indiekit for Cloudron - IndieWeb Publishing Server https://rmendes.net/bookmarks/2026/01/24/indiekit-for-cloudron-indieweb-publishing-server

Indiekit for Cloudron - IndieWeb Publishing Server
Indiekit for Cloudron - IndieWeb Publishing Server 24 January 2026 indieweb indiekit 🔖 https://forum.cloudron.io/topic/14942/indiekit-for-cloudron-indieweb-publishing-server - A Cloudron-packaged htt...

Red Lines under EU AI Act: Unpacking the prohibition of emotion recognition in the workplace and education institutions
https://fpf.org/blog/red-lines-under-eu-ai-act-unpacking-the-prohibition-of-emot…

Or maybe sometimes you stop writing a reply and instead you're starting to make a post of your own about a topic, etc.
This is actually a nice demonstration of how the writing process itself helps you think things through.

Le créatuer de la chaine YouTube `Lowang_jdr` demande votre avis sur son travail, je pense qu'il cherche a se motiver pour continuer.
https://scriptarium.org/forums/topic/3480-chaîne-youtube-lowang_jdr/

Chaîne YouTube Lowang_jdr
Bonsoir à tous zé toutes je viens vers vous afin de savoir dans quel mesure vous avez regarder/écouter les deux saisons de la campagne de rêve de dragon de ma chaîne YouTube si pouviez me donner vos avis positifs et négatifs et si vous souhaitez également des nouvelles vidéos https://www.youtube....

Degrowth and socialist comrades, what should we be doing?
Ted Trainer* This is an attempt to clarify this discussion of degrowth strategy, a topic on which I think there is considerable confusion and mistaken approaches. Debate has recently been fuelled by Jason Hickel’s argument for a socialist position on both the goal and the means do it for degrowth. Liegey, Nelson and Leahy replied against Jason, defending the wide and diverse range of strategies now…

Degrowth and socialist comrades, what should we be doing?
Ted Trainer* This is an attempt to clarify this discussion of degrowth strategy, a topic on which I think there is considerable confusion and mistaken approaches. Debate has recently been fuelled b…

One thing I like to do is to compare the articles in different Wikipedia language editions about the same topic (I know, I'm a nerd). My daughter was watching me, and then she suggested a topic and that we should ask an AI to help.
She suggested YouTuber Technoblade, whose article is available in 35 language editions of Wikipedia, and I chose Gemini since I got a free subscription for its paid-tier service.
Since all are tired of AI dialogs, it is radically edited. Full dialo…

Whatever eagerly awaited #Kreutz #comet C/2026 A1 (MAPS) is up to - see also https://groups.io/g/comets-ml/topic/118409957 and https://nitter.net/JAtanackov/status/2035718257060036738 and https://scicomm.xyz/@qicheng@cometary.org/116262858373488354 - less than two weeks from perihelion, it has developed a long plasma tail now: https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=25816609931372735 (Rhemann & Jäger yesterday with a 12 inch telescope; full and detail).

RE: https://social.makerforums.info/@mcdanlj/115834722555775922
This morning, I heard the first report of someone passing their US ham radio exam by using Open Ham Prep …

It's hard to approach the topic of Persona and all their partners without just falling into the suggestion of telling everyone to self-host their life online, it's probably gonna be what everyone needs to do eventually but in a way it's a platform-wide version of when we were leaving Twitter.

This is a fashion trend. It’s not just functional; camo serves no purpose of disguising whatsoever on Minneapolis streets. Militaries are dressing the part — and ICE is playing dress-up.
Avery Trufelman’s excellent podcast Articles of Interest spent an entire season on this topic, under the name “Gear.” Here’s on relevant episode.
2/2
https://articlesofinterest.substack.com/p/gear-chapter-5

Any publication that uses a topic like
"The subject that is/does something or other special"
Without naming the subject, will directly blocked by me.
I'm not going to fall for these click baits any more.

He can’t even stay on topic for a whole post now. Sounds like NOTHING is happening till the “SAVE Act” gets passed. So, not till after the election or the GOP decides to retire him. https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/116275668825285445

"Try to research a topic that hasn't been investigated before." Ok, google scholar, lets see what I can find. So my topic MIGHT have been done before, but it will cost be $56 to find out. WTF?! Journal articles are insane. I keep having to ask my wife (works @ an ivy) to get articles for me I can't get myself.

'Eingefrorene Bewegung' #FotoVorschlag 'Frozen Movement'
Ah I almost didn't want to post a photo for this topic until this photo came to my mind. And it's a frozen motion even literally... right?
More about this day:

There's a lot about the whole "AI topic" where I don't know what I should think. But I am quite worried what the flood of low-quality "AI" code will do to the free and open source ecosystems.
I found this mail from Michał Górny, one of the most active developers at Gentoo Linux (full disclosure: I'm also a Gentoo developer, but not one of the most active ones 🙂 ), about the issues the ecosystem is facing, quite insightful:

@… @…
Technically every message is rather manipulative.
I think one problem is that admins on topic related instances are likely preferring advocacy groups targeted against another lobby, e. g.
"oil against …

Pretty sure Claude is just flattering me at this point. Asked for some further reading on a topic and was presented with things that were mostly published by me ... I know this is my specialist topic (API developer experience) but really??

One hot topic for every team at the 2026 NFL combine: Quarterback contracts, Kelce's future https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7063486/2026/02/23/nfl-combine-team-future-question-quarterback-draft/

The English in this article is so poor, there are several paragraphs I had to read several times to get any sense out of them. AI or the four(!) reporters named? Interesting topic, but nothing much added in this piece.
https://edition.cnn.com/2026/01/13/politic…

Pentagon bought device through undercover operation some investigators suspect is linked to Havana Syndrome
The Defense Department has spent more than a year testing a device purchased in an undercover operation that some investigators think could be the cause of a series of mysterious ailments impacting spies, diplomats and troops that are colloquially known as Havana Syndrome, according to four sources briefed on the matter.

One hot topic for every team at the 2026 NFL combine: Quarterback contracts, Kelce's future https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7063486/2026/02/23/nfl-combine-team-future-question-quarterback-draft/

Not all heroes wear capes; some just wear ∀s and ⊃s.
https://forum.cspaper.org/topic/191/iclr-i-can-locate-reviewer-how-an-api-bug-turned-blind-review-into-a-data-apocalypse

OMG, why in God's name are we killing Lens? JFC, 'OneDrive scan' doesn't have a 1/10th of the features of Lens. 🤬
☑️ Retirement of Microsoft Lens - Microsoft Support
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/ret…

One hot topic for every team at the 2026 NFL combine: Quarterback contracts, Kelce's future https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7063486/2026/02/23/nfl-combine-team-future-question-quarterback-draft/

I like pop artists that sing about politics and social issue. 💕
https://music.apple.com/us/album/topical-dancer/1587361830

Topical Dancer by Charlotte Adigéry & Bolis Pupul on Apple Music
Album · 2022 · 13 Songs

@… off-topic, a GitHub hint. Note the blank line in this screenshot.
I learnt the hard way. Today I discovered some online hints:
GitHub spoiler markdown – <https://gist.…

International postdocs: Come to Bochum for a two-week stay to plan a research project and learn how to apply for funding for it in Germany.
I'm available as a host for any topic related to my research interests: digital forensic linguistics, experimental semantics/pragmatics, emojis, (computational analyses of) harmful language, metaphors, discourse, etc.
https://www.research-academy-ruhr.de/programm/researchexplorer/

We had some issues with media files stream/download but its now fixed : #osint

I see somebody else is on this topic today! And yes, billionaires will use regulatory capture to the maximum extent they can get away with — so yes, I fully expect the AI lobby to advocate a tangled legal regime where LLM output is copyrighted but copying data to train an LLM is not a copyright violation.
https://social.coop/@cwebber/116266757533136607

#TIL Windows 11 added system-wide shortcut key for typing em/en-dashes: ​:windows:​ Minus and ​:windows:​ ⇧ Minus.

There's a lot about the whole "AI topic" where I don't know what I should think. But I am quite worried what the flood of low-quality "AI" code will do to the free and open source ecosystems.
I found this mail from Michał Górny, one of the most active developers at Gentoo Linux (full disclosure: I'm also a Gentoo developer, but not one of the most active ones 🙂 ), about the issues the ecosystem is facing, quite insightful:

Tonight's mild nightmare: I was at an event. Introduction session. Most people already knew each other. Me and my companion were there for the first time. People kept going off topic. I carefully prepared my sentences and adjusted them several times. Shortly before it would have been my turn, the time was up and everyone walked away. I woke up.
The combination of how much energy it took me to find the right words, the tension while waiting and then realizing that it was all for not…

I remember seeing someone make a post about this topic a few weeks ago here on Mastodon, but for the life of me I can’t find it, so I can’t tag the author or reply to it :(

Reasonable take on this whole tailwind layoffs and #AI takeover topic that has been going on:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GbGPcgwKu8I
This might trigger some people as it's not "omg AI…

"Both candidates agreed that Market Street should be reopened to cars (a few people booed, then some cheered). They also both agreed that new housing developments should include more parking."
No problem for the "urbanists" at SF YIMBY, who just endorsed Sherrill.
https://

S.F. housing is hottest topic in first debate between District 2 supervisor candidates
Appointed supervisor Stephen Sherrill and neighborhood organizer Lori Brooke face off on housing, cars, and public safety

A much-discussed topic on here is how many pundits only assign agency to Democrats.
(Not Ned, other people.)
Clear R role in MN cop-tracking/mocking.
Seems very clear to me that the mass pardon of J6ers made it hard for Rs to credibly finger-wag about Disrespecting Law Enforcement.
https://

Ned Resnikoff (@resnikoff.bsky.social)
Folks, Trump has brought the full force of ICE to bear on a mid-sized city and he can't even stop the demonstrations there. He's not going to be able to cancel the midterm elections by fiat or station his goons outside more than a handful of polling places.

Scriptarium viens de mettre un place un fil sur son forum pour collecter les coquilles sur les livres liés Š la Gamme Rêve de dargon.
https://scriptarium.org/forums/topic/3476-miroirs-des-terres-médianes-collecte-des-erratas…

Miroirs des Terres Médianes - collecte des erratas
J'ouvre ce sujet pour collecter les erreurs diverses (coquilles, erreurs sur les règles, problèmes techniques) qui sont relevées dans les ouvrages imprimés pour le financement des MTM (les deux volumes des MTM, l'écran, la Traité des Personnages et Lieux Communs, l'Artbook de Rolland Barthélémy, ...

MapComplete — Verschiedenen Themenkarten, zu denen ihr beitragen könnt
Nutze @…, um Daten zu einem bestimmten Thema auf @… einzutragen. Beantworte Fragen, und in wenigen Minuten sind deine Beiträge überall verfügbar.…

MapComplete - editable, thematic maps with OpenStreetMap
MapComplete is a platform to visualize OpenStreetMap on a specific topic and to easily contribute data back to it.

> Our conclusion is clear: AI is promising for quality assurance and marker training, but for the moment it’s nowhere near ready to take over high stakes marking.
https://ofqual.blog.gov.uk/2026/01/14/using-ai-in-mar…

Using AI in marking: why technical capability, fairness, and transparency all matter
Ofqual has published new research exploring artificial intelligence’s potential role in marking, as well as its current capabilities and constraints. Rather than providing definitive answers, the published working paper offers an overview of the topic, shares our current thinking, highlights …

If you can, go watch "It Was Just An Accident". It's good (albeit a little slow) and will stay with you long after the credits rolled. Can't say I've watched anything similar yet.
https://letterboxd.com/njamster/film/it-was-just-an-accident/

A ★★★★ review of It Was Just an Accident (2025)
Takes quite a while to get going and is pretty slow-paced in general, but if you can handle that, you're in for a treat! During the middle part Panahi masterfully manages the really impressive tightrope act of being almost comedic despite the very heavy topic. The central question of "Did he really do it?" remains open right until the end, and will keep you at the edge of your seat, despite the rather minimal (almost "chamber play"-like) set pieces and cast. And the ambiguous ending is just... …

Free topic for you #retrocomputing YouTubers, the Zoomed Video Port.
Didn’t find videos about it in my admittedly cursory search.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoomed_video_port

trans women need to stop wearing hot topic and amazon basics and start weaving and sewing their own garments, forming an original culture of visual symbolism and pattern akin to many women in ancient societies

RE: #olympics You learn something n…

Why are all the "spiritual" people and other pseudo science quacks always talking about vibrations?
When I meet someone who believes that stuff I often try to ask them what it is that they believe is vibrating, but I've never gotten an answer.
I have a friend like this (I know they believe in astrology and telepathy, probably other things too), but I try to avoid this topic with them because as soon as we talk about anything pseudoscience-related it just turns into a…

Top DL prospect Rueben Bain Jr. says teams not 'concerned' with arm length during combine meetings https://www.nfl.com/news/top-dl-prospect-rueben-bain-jr-says-teams-not-concerned-with-arm-length-during-combine-meetin…

While Rob Sherwood is unlike to test the QRP-Labs QMX as far as I know, #HamRadio

The Psychology Of Your 20's
Hosted by Jemma Sbeg, we deep dive into the science and psychology behind a topic, concept or universal experience that defines our 20s...
Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory: https://www.greataustralianpods.com/psychology-of-your-20s/…

'Blick von oben' #fotovorschlag 'view from above'
When I saw the topic, I wasn't sure wether I should post a mountin photo or not. But as I have seen so many others doing so, I decided to also post this "view from above" from ~3 months ago when I went to this mountain and enjoyed not only the silence but also the view.
Enjoy!

Raiders GM John Spytek breaks silence on Maxx Crosby saga at 2026 NFL Combine, expects pass rusher to return

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/maxx-crosby-contract-raiders-john-spytek/

@… I think I'm OK on Kubuntu 25.10.
Slightly off-topic, I recently began using my hearing aids with an iPad. It's almost indescribably wonderful.
<https://www.oticon.global/support/pairing

Raiders Hit With Maxx Crosby Trade Take From Insider https://heavy.com/sports/nfl/las-vegas-raiders/maxx-crosby-trade-take-from-insider/

Red Lines under the EU AI Act: Unpacking the Prohibition of Individual Risk Assessment for the Prediction of Criminal Offences
https://fpf.org/blog/red-lines-under-the-eu-ai-act-unpacking-the-p…

NobleSole | Where Creativity Meets Consciousness
Join hosts Amy Sole and Ben Noble as they delve into where creativity meets consciousness. Each week they tackle a different topic about the intersection of being a creative and being a human...
Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory: https://www.greataustralianpod…

“But software design is just vibes!”
No, it’s absolutely not. It’s an extremely well researched topic with an abundance of studies, literature and scientific articles over the last 75 years.
Here’s some books to get you started. They’re over 30 years old.

'Tierische Begegnungen' #FotoVorschlag
'animal(ic) encounter'
I wasn't sure if I have a good or funny one to share with this topic. But I remembered visiting a wildlife park nearby at an autumn day.
It was a beautiful stroll through the park, watching the wildlife there when this situation came to be. Unplanned, just by pure luck.
And well.. I thin…

The rise of candidates centering gun violence is a result of the growing prevention movement across the US, which has become something of 👉a pipeline for new candidates running for office.
#Maxwell #Frost, the nation’s first gen Z US representative, started off as a volunteer before becoming organizing director for <…

The new #Kreutz #comet discovered unusually early has been named C/2026 A1 (MAPS): #photosphere on 4 April and becoming a bright comet.

My thread on the topic, if anyone wants to hear it: https://hachyderm.io/@inthehands/115375443649657017
@…
2/2

Infection Control Matters
In this podcast series, we discuss new research and issues on the topic of infection prevention and control...
Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory: https://www.greataustralianpods.com/infection-control-matters/

This DHS funding battle is part of a bigger question Democrats must answer as they fight to regain power.
Large sections of the Democratic base are now echoing calls to “abolish ICE.”
Some Democratic leaders, like New York Senator Chuck Schumer, the minority leader,
are pushing back against this with much more tepid, unwieldy, and frankly pretty weak ideas to “restrain, reform, and restrict” the agency.

ICE is just over 20 years old, formed as part of the sec…

Democrats Should Take Control on Immigration
The battle over DHS funding should prompt Democrats to reexamine some of their assumptions on this topic.

More on the topic (I still like this metaphor):
https://hachyderm.io/@inthehands/114094173419383163

'Nebel, Dunst' #FotoVorschlag 'Fog, Mist'
Hmm that topic is a bit of a pity. I know that I have some #fog / #mist photos but it seems like I haven't tagged them in a way so that…

Media Shied Away From Climate Coverage in 2025
Despite Increased Reader Interest
Mainstream media around the world last year drew back from reporting on climate change, according to new reports.
This drop occurred despite increasing reader interest in the topic,
while greenhouse gas emissions and atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations continued to hit new historic highs.
According to a year-end analysis by the Media and Climate Change Observatory (MeCCO),

Media Shied Away From Climate Coverage in 2025 | Earth.Org
As temperatures and emissions rose in 2025, climate news coverage around the world took a dramatic plunge.

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