Writers Guild of America East
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Writers Guild of America East, @AFLCIO, is a labor union representing writers in film, television, news, podcasts and online media. #1u
Joined November 2009
We’re helping workers across nonfiction production win consistent pay increases, better health insurance, job security, overtime pay & more. #UnionStrong. Get connected with one of our organizers:
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Mark Ruffalo came straight from his art class to share a message of solidarity! Thank you @MarkRuffalo ✊. #WGAstrong #RallyattheRock .
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The @DrewBarrymoreTV Show is a WGA covered, struck show that is planning to return without its writers. The Guild has, and will continue to, picket struck shows that are in production during the strike. Any writing on “The Drew Barrymore Show” is in violation of WGA strike rules.
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The WGA and AMPTP have reached a tentative agreement. This was made possible by the enduring solidarity of WGA members and extraordinary support of our union siblings who stood with us for over 146 days. More details coming after contract language is finalized. #WGAstrike
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“There is no cinema and television, there is no entertainment, there is no profundity of storytelling without what writers do.” . Collin Farrell and Michael Kelly out on the Times Square picket line in solidarity! . #WGAstrong #WGAstrike #1u
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Stephen Colbert (@StephenAtHome) joined today’s WGA family-themed picket to serve his own @benandjerrys ice cream flavor- WITH Jerry himself! Name a more iconic way to eat Americone Dream ice cream… you can’t. 🍦. #1u #WGAstrike #WGAstrong
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Netflix is demanding shareholders approve over $166 million in retroactive executive pay for 2022. By contrast, the writers strike ends if Netflix agreed to a contract that would cost the streamer an estimated $68 million a year.
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"I sincerely hope the strike gets resolved, and writers are given a fair deal as soon as possible. This is an iconic, meaningful American industry & we need the writers—and all the workers—to tell the stories of our nation, and the stories of all of us." - @POTUS #WGAStrong #1u
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The WGA reached a tentative agreement with the AMPTP. Today, our Negotiating Committee, WGAW Board, and WGAE Council all voted unanimously to recommend the agreement. The strike ends at 12:01 am. Check out our deal at #WGAStrong
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The Drew Barrymore Show's WGA writers, fans, and our union allies held the picket line for 8+ hours outside of CBS. #WGAstrike
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Starting at midnight, @sagaftra, WGA East and @WGAWest will be on strike at the same time for the first time in 63 years. We're making history, while fighting for the future. See you on the picket lines until fair contracts are reached. #WGAstrong #SAGAFTRAstrike #1u
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The WGA is thankful to all the B.U. graduates for chanting "Pay your writers" at Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav while he delivered the #BU2023 commencement address. #WGAStrike.
Solidarity with @BU_YDSA @WGAEast and @BU_Tweets students as they protest David Zaslav. So proud to call you all fellow alumni!
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Thank you author & screenwriter @neilhimself for joining the WGA’s Authors and Booksellers solidarity picket today! Check out a clip from his speech below ✊ . #WGAstrike
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WGA members on strike set up a sunrise picket at Silvercup East, where they’re supposed to be filming “Daredevil,” but members of the Teamster Local 817 and IATSE Locals 829 and 52 are refusing to cross the picket line. #ShutItDown #SolidarityForever #WGAStrike #WGAStrong #1u
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In the Writers Guild of America, corporate greed and not valuing writers are considered especially heinous… . Thank you Mariska! . #WGAstrong #WGAstrike
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“I have listened to everyone, and I am making the decision to pause the show’s premiere until the strike is over.“ . #WGAstrike
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Hmmm… looks like we may need bigger sidewalks now. #WGAstrong #SAGAFTRAstrong . Reminder we’re out at @sagaftra’s 4 NYC pickets until 4pm ✊ #1u
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The WGA has suspended picketing pending ratification of the new 2023 MBA. We are encouraging members who can to join the @sagaftra picket lines and support their ongoing efforts to get a fair deal. #SAGAFTRAstrike #1u.
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“You have to take care of the writers.” - @PatinkinMandy at today’s rally outside the HBO/Amazon offices in NYC!. Thank you for standing with writers, Mandy - and kudos for the fantastic picket sign! ✊. #wgastrong #wgastrike #1u
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Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez joined the WGA and @sagaftra picket line with a message of solidarity! Thank you @AOC ✊❤️. #WGAstrong #SAGAFTRAstrong #WGAstrike #1u
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Our @SAGAFTRA siblings are still fighting for a fair contract. Please join #SAGAFTRAstrike picket lines & show our work isn't finished until ALL workers have the pay and protections they deserve! #SAGAFTRAstrong #1u.
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American Airlines flight attendants just voted YES (99.4% ‼️) to authorize a strike. WGA members showed up nationwide in support of @APFAunity’s fight for a fair contract. Fly the union skies ✈️ #1u
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We’re entering month 4 of the #WGAstrike strike, and the AMPTP still has yet to return to negotiate in good faith. Their admitted goal is to break our spirits. Spoiler alert: the AMPTP’s plan won’t work. #WGAstrong
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Good morning, Netflix . 📍 Day 100 Picket, 888 Broadway (Netflix HQ)
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New York is a union town! WGA showed up strong to march alongside so many of the workers that keep this city running. 📍NYC Labor Day Parade #1u #WGAstrong
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“If you're hiring marginalized writers, Black writers, queer writers, but aren't giving them the financial support to keep a roof over their head, it’s meaningless to say we’re supporting diverse stories.” - WGAE writer @chescaleigh in @TheRoot. #WGAStrong.
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Dermot Mulroney promoted more than just his new show on his interview with The View, an ABC talkshow that has continued to air new episodes without their writers who are affected by the current WGA fight for fair pay and job protections. Thank you Dermot #1u #WGAStrong #WGAstrike
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"Me and Dr. Dre, we stand in solidarity with the writers. We are hopeful that the AMPTP will negotiate fair deals as soon as possible and everybody can get back to work." - @SnoopDogg . #Doggystyle #SolidarityForever #WGAStrike .
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To our members: The WGA and AMPTP met for bargaining on Friday and will meet again on Saturday. Thank you for the wonderful show of support on the picket lines today! It means so much to us as we continue to work toward a deal that writers deserve. #WGAStrike.
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When we say we’ll be out here making our voices heard until a fair contract is reached, we mean it. ✊ #WGAstrike #WGAstrong. 📍 Animation Writers Picket
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The WGA and AMPTP met for bargaining on Saturday and will meet again on Sunday.
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As announced via the Federal Register, the US Copyright Office is asking for public comment on AI and copyright issues. Visit for more information and to submit comments that could help influence government AI regulation. #WGAstrike.
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SAG-AFTRA have come out to our WGA picket lines in droves! @sagaftra members voted YES in favor of authorizing a strike if a fair contract isn’t reached, and begin their own contract negotiations today. The WGA stands in solidarity with SAG-AFTRA. #WGAstrong #1u #SAGAFTRAstrong
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Agreeing to the WGA’s proposal would cost Warner Bros. Discovery an estimated $45M a year… #WGAstrike
Warner Bros. Discovery Says Ongoing Strikes Will Mean $300M-$500M Hit to 2023 Earnings
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WGA East and West, @Teamsters, @IATSE, @directorsguild, & Hollywood Basic Crafts issue joint statement in unwavering support and solidarity with @sagaftra. "We will reiterate: Together, our solidarity is not to be underestimated." #1u
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"The writers' demands are not unreasonable. I'm a member of the Guild, and I support collective bargaining. This nation owes so much to unions." Thank you @StephenAtHome for sharing why you're #WGAStrong! #1u.
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NYC Picket alert! Tomorrow 🪧 . Join us in holding the picket line at the Drew Barrymore Show as they resume taping, in the middle of dual Hollywood strikes. Sign up for any of the 3 shifts: #WGAstrike
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The irony is not lost on us. Pay your writers. #1u #WGAstrong.
“Squid Game” increased the value of Netflix by an estimated $900 million. It also made South Korean writer and director Hwang Dong-hyuk famous — but not rich. In his contract, he had forfeited all intellectual property rights and received no residuals.
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A sure-fire way for the AMPTP to get good PR: negotiate historic deals with the WGA & SAG-AFTRA #WGAstrike.
AMPTP Hires New Crisis PR Firm As Strikes Go On
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Thank you to the late night hosts for gifting their fellow striking WGA members with a @vanleeuwen ice cream truck while they picket “FBI: Most Wanted” at Monitor St. in Greenpoint! #WGAStrong
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WGA members at Sesame Workshop have reached a new tentative agreement! . Writers won historic jurisdiction and minimum rates for animation and new media programs, protections against AI, paid parental leave benefits, and substantial improvements to new media residuals 🎉✊
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Making sure Netflix and Warner Bros Discovery can hear us from their offices ✊ #WGAstrike #WGAstrong . 📍 888 Broadway (Netflix & WBD HQs), Playwrights Picket
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Succession’s @julianacanfield at Pride on the Picket Line! 🏳️🌈 We’d argue Jess was the real winner of the finale 🤭 #WGAstrong #WGAstrike
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Alfre Woodard brought her empowering energy to the Paramount picket today! Words of wisdom ⬇️ . @AlfreWoodard .#WGAstrong #WGAstrike #1u
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Ilana Glazer getting to the core 🎯 of what we're on the picket lines fighting for. @ilazer . #WGAstrong #WGAstrike #RallyattheRock
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A huge thank you to @Lin_Manuel for providing free lunch at today’s Playwrights Picket! The birria tacos were a big hit 🌮✊ . #WGAstrike #WGAstrong
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WGA members at Sesame Workshop are prepared to strike. 🪧. The unit voted UNANIMOUSLY - with 100% participation - to authorize a strike if management does not reach a fair new contract before their current agreement expires this Friday, April 19.
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"I joined the WGA in 1986 and have been through several strikes with them. We made gains in all of them, but some issues are more important than others… and this year’s strike is the most important of my lifetime. " - George R.R. Martin ✊ #WGAstrong.
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Every day we're reminded that we couldn't do this without our supporters and by "our supporters" we specifically mean 5-year-old Connor L. from Long Island who recently sent this letter to the WGAE office. Thank you for your support, Connor! #WGAStrong #WGAStrike
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No sleep til contract! This morning, striking WGA members held a sunrise picket at Silvercup studios.
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Joint statement from the WGA and AMPTP: The WGA and AMPTP met for bargaining today and will meet again tomorrow. #WGAstrike
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Imagine all that we could create if the studio execs simply embraced and respected those who make the films possible. #WGAstrike #SAGAFTRAstrike.
Ron Perlman says “the cruelty which comes from a statement like, ‘we’re not coming to the bargaining table until people start bleeding,’ that’s war. That’s not a negotiation. There’s nothing civil about that. It’s a threat to people’s wellbeing”. (Source:
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No better sound to start the morning than a union chorus: chants, cowbells, and Teamsters horns! . 📍 WGA & @sagaftra National Day of Solidarity, Amazon HQ NYC . #WGAstrike #SAGAFTRAstrike
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The Supreme Court’s recent ruling will not stop unions from exercising our right to strike.
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“When this strike ends [the studios] go back to being enemies. When this strike ends for us, we go back to being coworkers” - @sethrogen. Our unity is how we will win. #WGAstrike.
Studios "hate each other.". Actor Seth Rogen says there is 'still a great distance to go' in Hollywood writers' dispute. The Hollywood writers' strike enters its 100th day with no hint of an agreement. Read more👉
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SAG-AFTRA’s first day of being on strike included 4 simultaneous NYC pickets, all packing the sidewalks with @sagaftra & WGA members. Check out some scenes from the lively picket lines ⬇️ #WGAstrong #SAGAFTRAstrong . #WGAstrike #sagaftrastrike #1u
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Robert Klein: WGA member, SAG-AFTRA member, Actors Equity member (and much more!) with 57 years in the business ✊ . #WGAstrike #WGAstrong
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David Zaslav, Head Of Warner Brothers / Discovery Is Getting An Honorary Degree At Boston University - A plane towed this message circling the ceremony. “David Zaslav - Pay Your Writers”. #WGA #WGAStrike #Writers #Screenwriters #screenplay
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Our solidarity with @sagaftra is unwavering. Let’s help pack our union family’s picket lines today to show the AMPTP we’re not going anywhere until we ALL have fair contracts ✊ #1u #SAGAFTRAstrong .
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Could we get one along the lines of "you made Neil Gaiman wear color" . THAT'S how serious this is! . #WGAstrike #WGAstrong
Now hearing pitches for writers’ strike buttons. Send me your dumbest ideas and I’ll make them instead of spending time with my children.
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On June 14 in cities around the world, our sister Guilds & Unions are organizing pickets and other actions to support the WGA strike in an International day of Solidarity. View the list of global actions here & see thread below! #WGAstrong #WGAstrike #1u.
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PICKET ALERT: “Billions” is waiting for our picket line to leave so they can shoot at 2 locations: 1. 33 Kent St Brooklyn /// 2. 26th St at 11 Ave Manhattan. Folks have been out here since early morning. Captains needed in Brooklyn also. Please come out if you can!!.
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#WGAstrike Day 100, a milestone of shame for the AMPTP. Waiting us out won’t work. #WGAstrong
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ICYMI: We'll be picketing Warner Bros. Discovery president & CEO David Zaslav at Boston University’s commencement ceremony this Sunday, May 21. Are you #ProudtoBU(nion)? Sign up to join us!. #WGAStrong #WGAStrike #1u #BU2023
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Mariska Hargitay showing solidarity during the WGA x @gillibrandny rally. She’s giving Olivia Benson energy in real life too! #WGAstrong #WGAstrike #1u
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Enjoy this holiday weekend, brought to you by the labor movement 💪 #UnionStrong #LaborDay. Art: Ricardo Levins Morales
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Completely blown away by the overwhelming #ScreenwritersEverywhere global solidarity seen today. The support from our sister Guilds and Unions @IAWGs, @ScreenwritersEU, @unimei and everyone who stood with the WGA on our International Day of Solidarity is amazing. #1u #WGAstrong
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Stephen Colbert back on the line showing solidarity & serving picketers some @benandjerrys! #WGAstrong ✊.
"I'm here to support the WGA and SAG and the Animation Guild. We have to win"- Stephen Colbert tells Deadline at the WGA animation rally in NYC today #WritersStrike #SAGAFTRAStrike
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We’ll be on the picket lines until a fair contract is reached ✊ Thank you to everyone continuing to show up in support of this fight. #WGAstrike
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WGA members have authorized a strike by 97.95%. Writers are ready for a deal from the studios that allows writers to share in the success of the content they create and build a stable life #WGAStrong
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“Live long and prosper, we want a fair offer!” . A reminder to @paramountplus on #StarTrekDay that Star Trek is centered on equality, respect, and a world post-greed. #WGAstrike
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Actor Richard Gere and screenwriter Oren Moverman joined us on the #WGAstrike Day 100 Picket line. Watch @sagaftra member Richard’s message of solidarity ✊ . #WGAstrong
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Striking WGA members holding the line and shutting down production of…. >”Billions” in Chelsea & Brooklyn.>”Daredevil” in Brooklyn (completely shut down).>”Sinking Spring” in Philly.#WGAStrong
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Playwright, Director, & Screenwriter Tony Gilroy with a barn burner at yesterday's WGAE Screenwriters Picket 🎬. #WGAstrike #WGAstrong
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"The level of solidarity among all the entertainment unions has never been stronger. Three striking writers didn't have the power to disrupt that production, but 60 supportive IATSE crew members honoring our picket certainly did.".#WGAStrong #WGAStrike.
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The PAs for the NBC Upfronts sent some Dunkin' to the line outside of Radio City Music Hall today to show their support! 🥰 #WGAStrong #1u
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At today’s WGAE Online Media Summit, Guild members resolved to stand in solidarity with their striking union siblings in film and television. #WGAStrike #1u
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"Unions only work when you stick together with unions across the labor spectrum. would love to see the show stand in solidarity with us, and it’s not too late. ” - @DrewBarrymore Show co-head writer Christina Kinon. #WGAstrike.
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'Drew Carey Dropped Hundreds of Thousands of Dollars to Feed Writers During the Strike' ✊❤️
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Michael Eddy, WGA member since 1977, is on his fifth strike. “Even though I’ve been in the union for 46 years, I’m on the shoulders of people that came before me… For me, this is sort of paying it forward. I have a son & daughter who are a writing team.”. #WGAstrike #WGAstrong
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“Nobody wants to strike. Two film unions striking proves the system is unfair… and the industry leaders only look out for themselves. Media CEOs earn nine-figure salaries, while the industry’s creative talent workers need to take Uber gigs.” .
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The President of the Maplewood Teachers Union, along with a few #unionstrong teachers, joining striking WGA members this morning to picket production of Ryan Murphy’s “Thriller” in Maplewood, New Jersey! #WGAStrong #1u
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The last time both of our unions struck at the same time, actors and writers won landmark provisions that we all continue to benefit from today – residuals, pension, health funds. We pledge to fully support @sagaftra as they strike. Full statement:.
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