Black People in the Arts
24 Oct
Join the GSA Students Association on 6 November for a panel discussion focussing on the Black Experience in the Arts. Featuring Wezi Mhura,…
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Cheap re-used materials, and art materials
15 Oct
We're members of Glasgow Scrap Store where you'll find cheap and re-used materials
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Diversity in Our Curriculum
07 Oct
We're expanding our library collections and reading lists to better reflect all global knowledge. You can see the latest updates on GSA's Padlet…
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Next Sustainability Meeting Tuesday 6 October
30 Sep
All students and staff welcome to attend this Zoom session, to discuss anything of environmental or social justice interest on campus, within the…
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Zero Waste Design
17 Sep
Interested in wasting less fabric and Zero Waste design? GSA alumna Cassandra Macindoe's page "Zero Waste Design Online highlights designers embracing this approach and workshops…
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Sustainability Meeting
17 Sep
All students and staff are welcome to attend our regular meeting to discuss how the group can best support students and staff on…
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YouTube Channel
03 Jul
A series of videos on climate colonialism, and colonialism in the curriculum, and introductions to environmental and social justice at the GSA.
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Furlough
27 Jun
GSA's Sustainability Coordinator is furloughed from Monday 29 June. There will be pre-scheduled updates on our Facebook page, but we can't respond to…
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SiAG meeting 25 June 2020
22 Jun
All students and staff welcome to attend to discuss issues of interest around environmental and social justice within their practice or on the…
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Digital Degree Show 2020
29 May Work from across the GSA as graduating students showcase their work online. Pic: Annie Graham More ›
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Go Green Week Goes Digital
26 Apr We invite you to join the online Go Green Week campaign where we imagine what a sustainable and inclusive Glasgow in 2030 can…
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Fashion Revolution Week 2020
15 Apr Join us online 20-26 April for online workshops, talks, Q&A and films. Supported by GSA Sustainability and working with Fashion Revolution Scotland …
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Worry: What is it, and how to work with it
09 Apr Living with worry and anxiety amidst global uncertainty: a guide More ›
SiAG Zoom meeting
31 Mar Join us on 14 April for a virtual Sustainability in Action Group meeting More ›
Online Help
14 Mar We're here and available on the phone, and online via our Facebook page and messaging, email or Skype video call.
If you'd…
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**Cancelled ** Change Making: A conference
06 Mar This event has been postponed.
Make change by changing the way you make.
Innovative and thoughtful design and material choice are…
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**Cancelled** Re-Set GSA Student Architecture Conference
02 Mar This event will be rescheduled.More ›
Talk: Zero Waste Building Techniques
20 Feb On 5 March, Barbara Jones, Director of the School of Natural Building, will be talking on differing straw bale building techniques, using straw…
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Fashion Revolution Week 2020: Talks, films and workshops
18 Feb Join us on 20th and 21st April for a series of talks, films and workshops organised with Fashion Revolution Scotland, and ReMode. More ›
Sustainability Meeting
12 Feb All staff and students are welcome to attend on Thursday 27 February More ›
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Climate Literacy: workshops
24 Jan Join us on 8 and 22 February for workshops on understanding today's context of climate emergency with a focus upon the built environment's…
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Crisis Studio: Glasgow
23 Jan On Monday 27 January join the Anthropocene Architecture School for this free evening of tutorials with a multidisciplinary tutor team More ›
Can the Fashion Industry Be Sustainable?
10 Jan Scottish Ecological Design Association (SEDA) & SHRUB Coop invite you to: "Can the Fashion Industry Be Sustainable?" More ›
Time Out
19 Dec Wishing everyone a peaceful and relaxing Christmas, and all the best for 2020, a link here to our wellbeing pages - John Sustainability…
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Christmas in Glasgow
18 Dec Staying in Glasgow this Christmas? Try out some of the local community events. More ›
Crisis Education, where now for us?
03 Dec The climate and ecological emergencies demand a new paradigm of education: one fit for the purpose of preparing architectural practitioners and designers to…
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Can the Fashion Industry Be Sustainable
25 Nov Scottish Ecological Design Association (SEDA) & SHRUB Coop invite you to: "Can the Fashion Industry Be Sustainable?" More ›
Youth Climate Strike 29 Nov
25 Nov Once more we take to the streets to protest for climate action. In September we say over 15, 000 people take to the…
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Alt Reading Lists
20 Nov GSA Library are keen to draw on the expertise of other individuals and groups who are seeking to expand library collections and promote…
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Declaring an Emergency: Next Moves
12 Nov Deciding how to take forward GSA's Declaration of Climate Emergency, and updates from across the GSA and local community. 19 November 11-2,…
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Great Architecture on a Small Planet
02 Nov Re-AD will be hosting a screening of Great Architecture on a Small Planet in GSA's Reid Lecture Theatre during the UK Green Film…
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Youth Climate Action Conference
17 Oct Join Climate Psychology Alliance Scotland at a conference examining the rise of youth climate action, the psychology behind what drives it, and why…
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Declaring an Emergency
01 Oct Should the GSA declare an emergency, and what should it ask the GSA to do? We're meeting on 17th October, 11-2pm with lunch.…
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Degree Show Winners 2019
23 Sep Our under-graduate and graduate prize winners have now been announced. Pic: Natalie Nicolaides Mlitt Curatorial Studies: Tina GorjancMore ›
Climate Strike
18 Sep Join us for a banner making workshop at the GSA Student's Association on Thursday 19th September 4.30pm-8pm. Materials provided, or bring your own.
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Look After Yourself
14 Aug Looking after your mental health is important. We offer some help here More ›
Welcome to our new students
05 Aug To those of you joining the GSA in September - welcome! Here you'll be encouraged to be disruptive innovative and pluralist in…
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Graduate Degree Show Prize now Open
25 Jun Any student graduating this Summer can enter themselves for the prize. Pic: Alison Baxter More ›
Declaring a Climate Emergency
14 Jun Should the GSA declare a climate emergency? We think if so it should be meaningful, and positively reflect what actions the GSA can…
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Work In Progress
10 Jun W. !.P as in work in progress.
This project comes from a working collaboration with Bellastock, an association created to face the…
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Where is Glasgow Going?
10 Jun Part of Architecture Fringe 2019
Where is Glasgow going? Have we learned from the past and are we ready for the future?…
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My Life is Potato
22 May 30 May 5pm: GSA sustainability invites you to an evening dedicated to soil and harvesting in global ecological context. Together we will talk…
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Should the GSA declare a Climate Emergency?
03 May All staff and students welcome to attend a Sustainability in Action Group meeting to ask the questions: should we declare a climate emergency,…
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Psyche Magazine
30 Apr Psyche Publication is a GSA student-led mental health and sociopolitical risograph magazine. Psyche aims to engage and provoke discussion about mental health and…
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Cultures of Repair: Fashion Revolution Week at the GSA
16 Apr Does the phenomenon of the clothing industry being globally oppressive and destructive highlight bigger problems than just the unsustainable way clothes are currently…
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Future Fashion Workshop
10 Apr A workshop brought to you by GSA Sustainability and forming part of Fashion Revolution Week 2019 More ›
Led cycle rides, cycle maintenance & more
27 Feb There's a variety of cycling events coming up More ›
Challenging Climate Colonialism
22 Feb Keynote speaker Ama Josephine Budge: Ama Josephine Budge (pictured) is a Speculative Writer, Artist, Curator and Pleasure Activist whose work navigates intimate explorations…
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Sustainability in Action Group Meeting
18 Feb Join us to discuss a range of social and environmental issues at the GSA. Book with John at j.thorne@gsa.ac.uk More ›
Next Bike Memberships for Staff and Students
15 Jan Any staff member or student can get a free Next Bike membership, More ›
Glasgow Goes Green Festival
08 Jan On Monday 11 February GLASGOW GOES GREEN IS BACK!
This year's theme is *REDUCE & REUSE*
We often hear about the…
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Youth Climate Strike 29 November
01 Jan Once more we take to the streets to protest for climate action. In September we say over 15, 000 people take to the…
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GSA Travel Survey 2019
03 Dec Help us shape future support for staff and students travelling to the GSA. Fill out this short survey and be in with a…
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Free Bike check-up
26 Nov On Wednesday 28 November get your bike checked for free by Glasgow Bike Hive. Outside the Student Association building, 20 Scott Street 1pm-4pm…
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Open Call
08 Nov Open call competition, create a piece of work to encourage cycling and win.... More ›
Meeting: Sustainability in Action Group
25 Oct On Monday 12 November it's GSA's regular discussion on all things environmental, social justice and ethics on campus or within practice. All staff…
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Free e-bike trial for GSA staff
15 Oct Did you know that you don’t need to choose between the speed of a car journey and the joy of a cycle ride?
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World Mental Health Day
08 Oct Wednesday 10 October is World Mental Health Day. GSA are also members of "Big White Wall", an online resource to help you discuss…
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Dr Bike is back!
20 Sep On Wednesday 26 September, get your bike checked for free! First come, first served. Tontine studios, 20 Trongate, yard More ›
Freshers Week is Go!
10 Sep Freshers Week sees events and workshops happening across Glasgow, co-hosted by GSA Students Association, GSA Sustainability and the student-led GSA Responsive Art and…
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Freshers Week Events kicking off with RUMMAGE
08 Sep We've got the best line-up of Freshers events EVER, working with the Student Association, Halls, and Responsive Art & Design Society. Join in!…
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Masters students Degree Show Prize now open
12 Jun Any student graduating this Autumn can apply for the prize. Picture credit: Charlie Craig More ›
Degree Show Prize winners 2018
07 Jun This year was the most competitive ever for the Sustainability Degree Show Prize, with 37 entries. We're proud to announce the winners for…
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Old Laptop? Don't Dump it, Donate it!
21 May We’re collecting old laptops for the University of Rwanda. Just email us to donate.
Your old laptop will be professionally wiped, reconditioned…
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Degree Show Prize - Now Open
01 May Any graduating student can apply for the Sustainability Degree Show Prize. More ›
Fashion Revolution Week
17 Apr Fashion Revolution Week this year takes place from 23 to 29 April. This will be the 5th anniversary of the collapse of Rana…
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Film screening: Plastic Ocean
20 Feb A screening on Wednesday 14 March at 6pm, by new GSA student society Responsible Art & Design, click now for a free ticket…
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Psychology & Climate Change - a one day workshop and disussion
16 Feb CPA Scotland 1st Annual Conference 21 April: From the personal to the social: Climate psychology and the sense of responsibility
Join us…
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Go Green Week
10 Feb Go Green Week is here with events across Glasgow's universities. At GSA we have Dr Bike at the Assembly Hall on Tuesday 13…
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Zero Waste Designer Holly McQuillan at the GSA
26 Jan Holly McQuillan is a designer, writer and facilitator who works primarily in the field of sustainable design practice, researching the possibilities of form…
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Funding Available
05 Jan Funding is available for any GSA student to assist them in tackling social, environmental or ethical issues within their practice.
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Workshops & Community Events over Christmas
15 Dec Christmas can be a challenging time. Not everyone has somewhere to go and enjoy the day. People Make Christmas aims to bring communities…
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Breathe: A project by Malcolm Mackenzie, SEA
15 Dec In this fast paced 21st century world we find ourselves living in, the difficulties faced in trying to disconnect literally and metaphorically, can…
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Book a time to discuss social, environmental or ethical issues within your practice
12 Dec This is a chance for any student to discuss their practice 1-2-1 with John the Sustainability Coordinator. (Art by https://igormorski.pl/) More ›
SAVE ME
05 Dec We're encouraging students and staff to save energy and resources: switch it off, reuse it, and recycle it. More ›
Next Sustainability Group meeting
21 Nov Any staff and students welcome to attend and give, and listen to, updates and action from across the GSA More ›
Sustainability Clinic
07 Nov Sustainability Clinic: 1-2-1 discussion.
This is a chance for any student to book time to discuss environmental, ethical and social issues…
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Climathon: A Climate Change Hack
11 Oct Take Glasgow’s climate change challenge
Students across Glasgow - and the World - are invited to join the biggest climate action hackathon…
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Best Night In
10 Sep We’ve been noticing something odd about social media. According to social media, everyone is having an amazing time… all the time. If we…
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Freshers Workshops
10 Sep A wide range of mending, making and skills workshops with a social, environmental and ethical twist....Make with bicycle inner tubes, mend your stuff,…
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Degree Show Prize Winners 2017
21 Jun With a record number of entries, and new prize categories, the 2017 awards have been the biggest yet. Well done to all those…
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Halls clear-outs
20 Jun We've been busy....halls residents at Margaret MacDonald and Blythswood Square are on their way home for the Summer, and Daniel, Grace, John and…
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Picnic in the Park - what a day!
05 Jun Picnic in the Park was a great success, with around 400 people coming along to enjoy the activities and the sunshine. Well done…
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Picnic in the Park
16 May Join the Radial Project team, local people, students and staff on Sunday 4th June at Garnethill Park for lunch, tea & jamboree!
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Your bike checked for free
02 May Come along to the student association’s Assembly building on Thursday 18 May 11am-3pm to get your bike checked for free, no need to…
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Cycle maintenance, rides & competitions throughout March
01 Mar Join Uni-Cycle for a month of celebrating cycling around Glasgow. Their project finishes with a bang in March, with cycle rides, Dr Bikes…
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FFW talks
16 Feb This Monday we’ve got an exciting group of speakers exploring what sustainable fashion means to them!More ›
Fringe Fashion Week 20th-24th Feb
09 Feb A week of FREE talks, workshops and film screening exploring sustainable fashion More ›
Sustainability Degree Show Prize
08 Feb Any final year, graduating student can enter for this prize. We're looking for entries that take an innovative and deep look at environmental,…
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OPEN CALL for student funding
10 Jan The Sustainability in Action Group has funding available for any student who wants to look at environmental, ethical or social issues more deeply…
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Cycle maintenance training for free, and we're looking for champions
04 Oct We're working with Uni-Cycle to offer free basic bicycle maintenance, or take you right up to Velotech standard - the best there is.…
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Next Sustainability in Action Group meeting
22 Sep Students and staff interested in environmental, social and ethical issues can attend the SiAG. The group was set up by the GSA to…
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Freshers Week 2016
12 Aug On Saturday 10 September we’ll be welcoming new student at Halls. If you’re coming to the Glasgow School of Art for the first…
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GSA Sustainability Award Winners 2016
16 Jun We're pleased to announce the winners of our GSA Sustainability awards for 2016. Their work will be featured on the website in the…
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Create & Sustain Film and Talk Season
23 Feb Friday 26th February
In collaboration with Product Design Year 3
FILM: Blood in the Mobile TALK: Gemma Lord // The Reid Lecture…
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Updates from the RADIAL project
18 Jan From mural commissions to values based learning workshops and film screenings, there is lots of exciting stuff coming up over the next few…
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Sustainability Degree Show Prize
01 Jan At next June’s graduation ceremony we’ll be recognising those students that have best-considered the ethical, social and environmental aspects of their final year’s…
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Funding for your practice or campus improvements
13 Nov The Sustainability in Action Group has a fund specifically to support students' practice. Up to £1, 000 is available per student to support…
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S A V E Energy
04 Nov It's Autumn so it must be the annual S A V E Energy campaign. This time it's over to you...
YOU can…
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October Newsletter
15 Oct Radial volunteering...New Yoga & Pilates classes...recycling...throwawaygourmet...iJADE conference at the GSA...the SAVE energy campaign....free Dr Bike cycle checks and more in the newsletter, More ›
Two Great Conferences
05 Oct iJADE
Glasgow School of Art, 6-7 November
Sustainability has become a growing focus for many educators and practitioners in the visual arts.…
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Freshers Week 2015
08 Sep We are all GSA Sustainability, and Freshers is a great chance to sign up for something you're passionate about, or something new.
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Sustainability in Arts Education
2015 iJADE Conference
16 Jul Sustainability has become a growing focus for many educators and practitioners in the visual arts. This year’s iJADE conference addresses sustainability in the…
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Karen Westland. Winner, GSA's Sustainability in Action Group Degree Show Prize 2015
30 Jun Working with traditional techniques and new technologies, Karen Westland creates refined silverware and jewellery using 100% recycled precious metals and other responsibly sourced…
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A culmination of 15 months' work exploring the edge between creativity and sustainability
Counting Consciousness: the book
12 May Counting Consciousness: the book tells the story of our journey of 15 months’ work exploring the edge between creativity and sustainability.
The…
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Go Green Week 2015
Go Green Week 2015
09 Feb We're supporting People & Planet's Go Green Week again this year. What's happening in the oil industry, how does this impact on you,…
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The University (Green) League Result for 2014
The University (Green) League Result for 2014
01 Jan We did well. This league ranks all 150 universities in the UK on their green performance, everything from food to travel, energy use…
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Create + Sustain
You Are Therefore I Am
10 Nov Satish Kumar visited the GSA and we are truly grateful to have heard his wisdom filled stories and inspirational teachings.
Here…
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Create + Sustain
"Be realistic, demand the impossible"
20 Oct Last week we warmly welcomed the first of our Create + Sustain speakers to the GSA; Ellie Harrison. London born and Glasgow based,…
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