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Make no mistake: Israel’s far right is planning for a Gaza without Palestinians

Make no mistake: Israel’s far right is planning for a Gaza without Palestinians

The ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas has now entered its second week. Over the past two weekends, Hamas has handed over seven Israeli...

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Ben Reiff

The Green party’s time is now, but it needs to stop being polite – and start picking some fights

The Green party’s time is now, but it needs to stop being polite – and start picking some fights

Starmerism has proved a political calamity, and this should be a moment for the left. Yet it is the radical right, in the shape of Nigel Farage’s...

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Owen Jones

Can Erdoğan forge a new bromance with Trump? His future may depend on it

Can Erdoğan forge a new bromance with Trump? His future may depend on it

Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has trodden a fine line between the west, Russia and China for more than two decades. Turkey has profited from helping both...

yesterday 10

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Paul Taylor

A stranger offered me a seat on public transport – and it’s thrown me into crisis

A stranger offered me a seat on public transport – and it’s thrown me into crisis

I was minding my own business on the tube the other day, but that’s maybe not the most precise description of what I was up to. I’m curious on...

yesterday 10

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Zoe Williams

Are we at a turning point in world history?

Are we at a turning point in world history?

In 1919, at the height of a global crisis that resulted from the turmoil of the Russian Revolution, the devastation of the first world war, and the...

yesterday 10

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David Motadel

A reader with a terminal illness emailed in despair. What she told me should shock us all

A reader with a terminal illness emailed in despair. What she told me should shock us all

Last September, I received an email from a reader called Rosy. At just 53, motor neurone disease meant Rosy was losing her body as she knew it,...

yesterday 90

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Frances Ryan

When Peter Dutton and the Coalition use the Jewish community as political footballs it makes all of us less safe

When Peter Dutton and the Coalition use the Jewish community as political footballs it makes all of us less safe

Amid a very real and terrifying rise in antisemitism, the opposition leader, Peter Dutton, and the Coalition – prior defenders of the “right to...

yesterday 100

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Sarah Schwartz

Can Peter Dutton win the battle for hearts and minds?

yesterday 10

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He Doesn’T Seem To Mind Fighting A Culture War

The DeepSeek panic reveals an AI world ready to blow

The DeepSeek panic reveals an AI world ready to blow

The arrival of DeepSeek R1, an AI language model built by the Chinese AI lab DeepSeek, has been nothing less than seismic. The system only launched...

yesterday 1

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James Vincent

While Musk and Altman wage their silly little feud, China is making all the broligarchs look like chumps

While Musk and Altman wage their silly little feud, China is making all the broligarchs look like chumps

They say your enemy’s enemy is your friend. Sometimes, however, your enemy’s enemy is a little twerp who is almost as bad as your enemy. Rather...

yesterday 2

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Arwa Mahdawi

No, the kids are really not all right. Honestly, can you blame them?

No, the kids are really not all right. Honestly, can you blame them?

Who are the lovely dictators? You might find yourself wondering if generation Z has access to a historical cache of great guys who just didn’t want...

yesterday 0

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Marina Hyde

For my great-grandparents, for all Jews, for all humanity, I say never again

For my great-grandparents, for all Jews, for all humanity, I say never again

My father has a photograph of Albert Ransenberg taken in the yard of the railway station in Wiesbaden, Germany, in 1942. It was secretly taken by a...

yesterday 0

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Mark Dreyfus

Poor oral health is a strong indicator of disadvantage in Australia. So why aren’t we doing anything about it?

Poor oral health is a strong indicator of disadvantage in Australia. So why aren’t we doing anything about it?

An increasing number of Australians struggle to access and afford dental care, and many experience dental disease with consequences that extend...

yesterday 1

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Matt Hopcraft

The term ‘Blairite’ is meaningless. So why do people continue to use it?

The term ‘Blairite’ is meaningless. So why do people continue to use it?

Late last year, before Nigel Farage fell out of Elon Musk’s favour, the technology writer William Cullerne Bown asked a question that has since...

yesterday 10

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Zoe Williams

Here’s what Labour should learn from Donald Trump: think bigger, think faster

Here’s what Labour should learn from Donald Trump: think bigger, think faster

Those rapid-fire presidential executive orders did so much within so few hours that if you’d looked away briefly you’d have missed another burst...

yesterday 10

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Polly Toynbee

Who will lead the Palestinians? This is a question they must be allowed to debate and answer themselves

Who will lead the Palestinians? This is a question they must be allowed to debate and answer themselves

Since the announcement of a ceasefire in Gaza, much of the world has focused on the immediate impacts of destruction in the strip. The discussion...

yesterday 10

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Dana El Kurd

I’m sad young people aren’t getting to experience the horror and chaos of share houses

I’m sad young people aren’t getting to experience the horror and chaos of share houses

After the balcony fell off and crushed my girlfriend’s car – which we assumed was a kind of annual tradition for the house, like a tree shedding...

yesterday 10

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Patrick Lenton

Neale Daniher’s worthy recognition is a unique opportunity to change the conversation about the NDIS

Neale Daniher’s worthy recognition is a unique opportunity to change the conversation about the NDIS

As someone who lives with a degenerative neuromuscular condition, I am thrilled by the announcement that Neale Daniher is the 2025 Australian of...

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George Taleporos

Everyone asks me about my plans for having children. A nest of noisy miner birds has taught me how to respond

Everyone asks me about my plans for having children. A nest of noisy miner birds has taught me how to respond

If you feel there are not enough people in your life making bizarre pronouncements on your character, might I suggest deciding to be childless. At...

previous day 10

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Joseph Earp

Goodbye to the lost children of Gaza. You were loved, you are remembered, you did not deserve it

Goodbye to the lost children of Gaza. You were loved, you are remembered, you did not deserve it

For the past week, Palestinians in Gaza have been returning to their homes, now mostly reduced to rubble – and to their dead who still lie beneath....

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Nesrine Malik

After my mother died, I dreaded my stepfather moving on. Then I realised love isn’t limited

After my mother died, I dreaded my stepfather moving on. Then I realised love isn’t limited

When my mother died, I didn’t think my stepfather would ever find someone else to love. She met him when visiting New York and he moved to Paris...

previous day 10

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Iman Mfah-Traoré

My grandpa chose not to speak about his Holocaust experiences – but he asked me to tell the world

My grandpa chose not to speak about his Holocaust experiences – but he asked me to tell the world

Yesterday, I watched A Real Pain in the cinema. The film is a beautiful representation of two cousins, united in love and grief for their grandma,...

previous day 10

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Ella Garai-Ebner

Married people living apart is a great idea – but I absolutely couldn’t do it

Married people living apart is a great idea – but I absolutely couldn’t do it

“When I go to see him, love to see him. When it’s time to leave, bye-bye, see you soon. Life is good.” That’s actor Sheryl Lee Ralph, who...

previous day 6

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Emma Beddington

Here’s how Trump’s vengeance machine works

Here’s how Trump’s vengeance machine works

Trump’s vengeance machine is even more dangerous than it was before. The Biden administration had given security protection to Trump’s former...

previous day 5

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Robert Reich

Are government workers going to stand up to Trump?

Are government workers going to stand up to Trump?

Less than a week in office, Donald Trump gagged all public communications from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the National...

previous day 10

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Judith Levine

Trump wants to reverse America’s decline. Good luck

Trump wants to reverse America’s decline. Good luck

After years of strife over what his rise means, Donald Trump’s inaugural address on assuming the presidency a second time clarified everything: he...

previous day 40

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Samuel Moyn

Trump’s inauguration was a glimpse of what is to come

Trump’s inauguration was a glimpse of what is to come

The most sacred ceremony conducted at the Trump inauguration undoubtedly for Donald Trump personally, with its mystical meaning elevating him to...

previous day 9

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Sidney Blumenthal

What does Melania’s merciless hat tell us? Designers are suddenly eager to dress the Trumps

What does Melania’s merciless hat tell us? Designers are suddenly eager to dress the Trumps

Mussolini once said that “any power whatsoever is destined to fail before fashion. If fashion says skirts are short, you will not succeed in...

previous day 10

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Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett

Home truths: the only thing Labour is building is a bigger, more dysfunctional housing market

Home truths: the only thing Labour is building is a bigger, more dysfunctional housing market

Build baby, build. That’s about the intellectual limit of the government’s housing strategy. Millions are under-housed, so let’s “bulldoze”...

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George Monbiot

None of us wants to think about death. But pretending it won’t happen may not be the best option

None of us wants to think about death. But pretending it won’t happen may not be the best option

When I was 16, a good friend of my older brother was killed in a car accident. The vehicle he was driving had slid into a parked truck on a country...

previous day 10

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Simon Smart

How do we end the WFH culture wars? I have the answer

How do we end the WFH culture wars? I have the answer

I note, wearily, that the work culture wars grind on. We are in the midst of yet another push to get staff back in to the office, with Amazon,...

previous day 10

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Emma Beddington

What is Trump’s game with TikTok?

What is Trump’s game with TikTok?

The Trump TikTok flip-flop continues as the 47th president has shoved his finger into the eye of Congress. With scant legal authority, he has...

previous day 8

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Lloyd Green

There’s a word for people who prefer phones to meeting friends: addicts

There’s a word for people who prefer phones to meeting friends: addicts

Over the decades, research has chipped away at our most cherished ideas about human specialness: it turns out that we share such things as theory...

sunday 20

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Martha Gill

Today could be a day for soul-searching. Instead we cling to a distant monarchy in denial of our racist past

Today could be a day for soul-searching. Instead we cling to a distant monarchy in denial of our racist past

Who are we? It’s the hardy perennial, but insufficiently parsed, question looming over this polarising day that ever more contentiously continues...

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Paul Daley

The UK is haunted by Johnson’s ‘botched Brexit deal’ and Labour’s plans for change don’t go far enough

The UK is haunted by Johnson’s ‘botched Brexit deal’ and Labour’s plans for change don’t go far enough

Five years since Brexit, the UK wants to reset the EU relationship. A simple question of sitting down with the EU and negotiating, surely? Sort of,...

sunday 40

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Anand Menon And Joël Reland

‘You want to see my eyes, you pay extra.’ The Secret Diary of Melania Trump

‘You want to see my eyes, you pay extra.’ The Secret Diary of Melania Trump

An old Slovenian proverb has always been so precious to me. “Roast chickens don’t fly into mouth by themselves.” Or chicken cooked any way that...

sunday 50

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Catherine Bennett

Until we tackle the nihilistic rage behind terrorism, it will stay the menace of our age

Until we tackle the nihilistic rage behind terrorism, it will stay the menace of our age

‘Britain faces a new threat,” Keir Starmer claimed last week after Axel Rudakubana pleaded guilty to the murders of three young girls in a...

sunday 20

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Kenan Malik

Tina returner: why discovering lost songs, films and books is simply the best

Tina returner: why discovering lost songs, films and books is simply the best

I’ve been sitting here for the last few hours Looking at you Stretching my imagination through my form of work And maybe get my hands on you Oh,...

sunday 10

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Gareth Rubin

Will the return of King Maga to the White House mean a Trumpification of British politics?

Will the return of King Maga to the White House mean a Trumpification of British politics?

We can list those people who expect to profit from the second coming of Donald Trump. They include the billionaire tech tycoons who were on...

sunday 30

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Andrew Rawnsley

The Observer view: In her pursuit of growth, Rachel Reeves must go green and go local

The Observer view: In her pursuit of growth, Rachel Reeves must go green and go local

It has been a tough beginning to the year for Rachel Reeves. The chancellor has found herself in the spotlight as debt interest costs spiralled,...

sunday 20

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Martha Gill

Our challenge to the ban on naming Sara Sharif judges was always about scrutiny, not blame

Our challenge to the ban on naming Sara Sharif judges was always about scrutiny, not blame

In the wood-panelled courtroom, with low winter light filtering through high windows, our barrister sat down after making his final submissions,...

sunday 20

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Louise Tickle And Hannah Summers

AI is a force for good – and Britain needs to be a maker of ideas, not a mere taker

AI is a force for good – and Britain needs to be a maker of ideas, not a mere taker

It was only 11 years ago that Prof Stephen Hawking declared that explosive and untrammelled growth in artificial intelligence could menace the...

sunday 30

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Will Hutton

The Donald and Elon Show is an unholy mess

The Donald and Elon Show is an unholy mess

‘ Abba, selach ’ethon la nakhru mah h’mon pelalin! ” Flood the zone with shit. Police investigators that pore professionally over horrific...

sunday 40

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Stewart Lee

Trump may smell money in saving TikTok, but there’s a whiff of platform power too

Trump may smell money in saving TikTok, but there’s a whiff of platform power too

Late on Saturday 18 January, TikTok, the short-video app beloved of millions of users mostly aged between 18 and 24, went dark in the US. This was...

sunday 1

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John Naughton

Now gen AI has stopped telling us to glue cheese to pizza, it’s bland as a margherita

Now gen AI has stopped telling us to glue cheese to pizza, it’s bland as a margherita

I often find myself thinking of a sentence by the American novelist Nicholson Baker about the size of thoughts: “Most are about three feet tall,...

sunday 1

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Tim Adams

Donald Trump will huff and he’ll puff, but if Europe’s leaders rise to its defence, their house will stand

Donald Trump will huff and he’ll puff, but if Europe’s leaders rise to its defence, their house will stand

Europe is in trouble. Multiple, long-simmering external and internal challenges are coming to the boil. Taken together, they comprise the modern...

sunday 8

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Simon Tisdall

How ‘stroke’ politics saddled Ireland’s new government with a fox in the hen house

How ‘stroke’ politics saddled Ireland’s new government with a fox in the hen house

The art of the stroke used to be a hallowed practice in Irish politics. To pull a stroke meant wiping the other fellow’s eye, by fair means or...

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Justine Mccarthy

Why is Sophocles storming the West End? Because in our extreme times, his plays say the unsayable

Why is Sophocles storming the West End? Because in our extreme times, his plays say the unsayable

West End theatre is in a weird and unsettling place. It feels as though something that might once have been good and exciting is coming to an end....

25.01.2025 10

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Charlotte Higgins

Labour’s decision to muzzle regulators in the name of ‘growth’ will backfire horribly

Labour’s decision to muzzle regulators in the name of ‘growth’ will backfire horribly

You may not have paid attention to the UK government’s decision this week to replace the chair of a regulatory body, the Competition and Markets...

25.01.2025 50

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Nicholas Shaxson

Starmer wants the economy to grow, baby, grow. Woe betide the ‘blockers’ who get in his way

Starmer wants the economy to grow, baby, grow. Woe betide the ‘blockers’ who get in his way

Donald Trump’s macho populism is catching on. The prime minister, Keir Starmer, has caught it bad. His mission for the economy is to grow, baby,...

25.01.2025 5

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Simon Jenkins

Trump’s neofascism is here now. Here are 10 things you can do to resist

Trump’s neofascism is here now. Here are 10 things you can do to resist

In light of Trump II’s predictably cruel and bonkers beginning, many people are asking: “What can I do now?” Here are 10 recommendations. This...

25.01.2025 2

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Robert Reich

Martin Rowson on Storm Éowyn – cartoon

25.01.2025 8

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Jonathan Freedland

Through the blizzard of edicts, see Trump for what he is: an autocrat reaching for limitless power

Through the blizzard of edicts, see Trump for what he is: an autocrat reaching for limitless power

It’s hard to see in a blizzard. When so much is coming at you, one thing after another, it becomes impossible to discern anything but a blur. You...

25.01.2025 6

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Jonathan Freedland

Does Putin know why Ukraine fights on? Because we prize freedom above stability and wealth

Does Putin know why Ukraine fights on? Because we prize freedom above stability and wealth

Last November, my wife Elizabeth planted a great many tulip and daffodil bulbs in the cold autumn soil, so that in the spring, even more flowers...

25.01.2025 9

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Andrey Kurkov

Back by unpopular demand, the great Heathrow expansion show. If only planes ran on hot air

Back by unpopular demand, the great Heathrow expansion show. If only planes ran on hot air

How can people say we can’t build anything in this country any more? Listen: our parliament is literally falling down, has caught fire 45 times in...

25.01.2025 8

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Marina Hyde

Need some help facing the year ahead? Here are some dates to look forward to

25.01.2025 10

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Sharone Lifschitz

Soon we will know if my father is alive. Even then, we cannot rest until all Israeli hostages are returned

Soon we will know if my father is alive. Even then, we cannot rest until all Israeli hostages are returned

My father, Oded Lifshitz, was taken hostage on 7 October 2023. My mother was taken hostage, too, but was released two weeks later. But my father...

25.01.2025 2

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Sharone Lifschitz

To the unknown child: I tried to save your young life in a Gaza hospital. Now your face haunts me

To the unknown child: I tried to save your young life in a Gaza hospital. Now your face haunts me

As news of the ceasefire ripples my way, my memory mocks me. Your face glides into focus from my mind’s abyss, where I had buried it. You come into...

24.01.2025 70

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Seema Jilani

The EU wants to scan every message sent in Europe. Will that really make us safer?

The EU wants to scan every message sent in Europe. Will that really make us safer?

In my 20 years of being a reporter, I have rarely come across anything that feels so important – and yet so widely unnoticed. I’ve been following...

24.01.2025 50

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Apostolis Fotiadis

Israel’s leaders committed genocide in Gaza and must pay for it. Their political and media allies must too

Israel’s leaders committed genocide in Gaza and must pay for it. Their political and media allies must too

Unless those complicit in the Gaza genocide are held to account, the brutal consequences will be felt far beyond that shattered land. The ceasefire...

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Owen Jones

Life may stink, but so does Putricia – and I love her for it

Life may stink, but so does Putricia – and I love her for it

Occasionally in this difficult life, during times of extended bleakness, we are blessed with something that comes along and captures our collective...

24.01.2025 10

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Rebecca Shaw

Sky News Australia parrots Trump-inspired gender question after word from ‘the big boss’

Sky News Australia parrots Trump-inspired gender question after word from ‘the big boss’

Sky News Australia wasted no time trying to put at least one of Donald Trump’s executive orders on the local political agenda. On Thursday a Sky...

24.01.2025 10

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Amanda Meade

Axel Rudakubana walked a long path to murder. At what point could he have been stopped?

Axel Rudakubana walked a long path to murder. At what point could he have been stopped?

Why? Why us, why here, why that day of all days; but most of all why our girls, our tiny excited girls, happily making bracelets for each other in...

24.01.2025 10

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Gaby Hinsliff

‘Contempt is a dangerous way to lead a country’: here is the sermon that enraged Donald Trump

‘Contempt is a dangerous way to lead a country’: here is the sermon that enraged Donald Trump

O God, you made us in your own image and redeemed us through Jesus your Son: Look with compassion on the whole human family; take away the...

24.01.2025 2

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Mariann Edgar Budde