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SXSW expands to London in 2025

South by Southwest is expanding to London in June 2025. [ more ]

Time Out London

Lidl is massively expanding throughout London with over 200 new stores

Lidl plans to build nearly 250 new supermarkets in London to cater to budget-conscious consumers. [ more ]

Time Out London

This legendary Bristol sandwich shop is coming to London

Sandwich Sandwich, a Bristol-born sandwich shop, known for its imaginative and delicious menu, is opening in London this spring.

The family business has gained success through social media, catering services, and accolades, with plans for expansion in London. [ more ]

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Brooklyn, NY Patch

Ukrainian Diner Veselka To Open First BK Location Next Month: Report

Veselka, the famed Ukrainian diner, is expanding by opening its first Brooklyn location in Williamsburg next month. [ more ]

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Streetsblog

Bicycling

New York City to Install 500 Secure Bike Parking Hubs In The Next Five Years: Sources - Streetsblog New York City

Secure bike parking facilities are being introduced on NYC streets, marking a significant step towards a more bike-friendly city. [ more ]

Time Out New York

2 days ago

Coffee

This fancy London coffee shop is opening inside the Chrysler Building

WatchHouse Coffee expands to iconic Chrysler Building, blending daytime coffee and evening cocktails in a chic setting. [ more ]

Eater NY

One of America's Most Innovative Ice Cream Shops Is Opening in New York

Salt and Straw, backed by Danny Meyer, is opening first NYC locations with pop-ups featuring innovative flavors and fundraising events.

Tasty Hand Pulled Noodles expands with a new, larger restaurant in Chinatown.

Jersey City's Corto sibling restaurant, The Roxy, opens serving alcohol in a luxury development.

Textbook, a bakery and bar, expands to Bed-Stuy with a sibling bakery and subterranean bar. [ more ]

Eater NY

Ukrainian Diner Veselka Opens in Brooklyn Next Month

New Veselka location in Brooklyn, Sweetgreen serves beef, Popup Bagels expands on Upper West Side, Filipino restaurant Bilao reopens. [ more ]

Eater NY

Ukrainian Diner Veselka Opens in Brooklyn Next Month

Veselka is opening a new location in Brooklyn, marking the first time the Ukrainian restaurant will operate there. [ more ]

Eater NY

Urbanspace Food Halls Are Coming to an End, Rebranding With a New Name

Hospitality Firm is relaunching underperforming Urbanspace food halls, rebranding them as HF Food Halls. [ more ]

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Denver Business Journal

Denver marketing company sets sights abroad - Denver Business Journal

Screen Pilot, a Denver-based digital marketing firm, has developed a digital marketing platform that significantly boosts conversion rates for hotels and resorts through its 'secret sauce'. [ more ]

TechCrunch

6 days ago

Instagram expands its creator marketplace to 10 new countries | TechCrunch

Instagram expands creator marketplace to 10 new countries. [ more ]

Exchangewire

Xapads Launches in The UK With Appointment of James Eppinger as Country Head

Xapads appoints James Eppinger as Country Head, UK to expand operations in Western Europe. [ more ]

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www.wandsworthguardian.co.uk

New Mountain Warehouse store opens in south west London

Bringing outdoor adventure gear to south west Londoners. [ more ]

London Business News | Londonlovesbusiness.com

easyJet opens a 'new base' creating 'hundreds of jobs'

easyJet opens new base in London Southend airport with new flight routes to Tunisia and Turkey. [ more ]

www.echo-news.co.uk

easyJet to open new base at Southend Airport with six new destinations

EasyJet is opening a new base at Southend Airport with six new routes, creating jobs and expanding services. [ more ]

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TESLARATI

1 day ago

Tesla Fremont and Giga Nevada have built 3 million cars

Tesla celebrates production of three million cars at Fremont and Gigafactory Nevada. [ more ]

TESLARATI

Tesla Megafactory construction plan gets approval

Tesla received approval to construct a Megafactory in China, set for trial production in 2024 with a 40 GWh capacity, aiming to enhance global Megapack sales. [ more ]

www.mercurynews.com

Protesters gather at factory in Germany for Disrupt Tesla Action Days'

Protesters clash with police outside Tesla's Berlin factory over expansion plans. [ more ]

www.theguardian.com

2 days ago

Protesters vow to keep up pressure on Tesla as it expands German gigafactory

Environmental protesters continue to pressure Tesla amidst expansion plans in Berlin, despite local approval and future growth projections. [ more ]

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Pacific Business News

Small Business: Ava + oliver offers baby products for the 'modern mini' - Pacific Business News

ava + oliver, founded by Emma Wo, started as a side project in 2019 and grew into a full-scale baby brand available in Hawaii, the Mainland, and expanding into Nordstrom stores. [ more ]

CityAM

Ladbible owner LBG Media is eyeing more deals after US success

LBG Media expands presence in the US by acquiring Betches for £44.4m, growing global audience by 24% and reporting strong revenue growth.

LBG Media is focused on M&A to accelerate growth in the UK and US, considering new mediums like podcasts, with a clear roadmap to reach £200m revenue. [ more ]

London Business News | Londonlovesbusiness.com

Whisky 1901 hires a diamond

Hiring experienced luxury marketeer Faye Shilston as Marketing Director to drive growth and expansion plans at Whisky 1901. [ more ]

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London On The Inside

The Four Legs Team Is Opening a Fish Bar in Finsbury Park

A new seafood restaurant called Tollington's will be opened by the founders of The Plimsoll in north London, combining homage to the old chippie with an Iberian twist. [ more ]

Miami Herald

Famous New York pizza spot to open first permanent Florida restaurant in Miami Beach

Prince Street Pizza expands from a pop-up to a brick-and-mortar location in Miami Beach, offering its signature Sicilian-style and Neapolitan pizzas along with vegan options. [ more ]

Eater NY

One of America's Most Innovative Ice Cream Shops Is Opening in New York

Salt and Straw, backed by Danny Meyer, is opening its first NYC locations with unique ice cream flavors.

Tasty Hand Pulled Noodles and Corto's sibling restaurant expanding in Jersey City, and a new bakery and bar coming to Bed-Stuy. [ more ]

Eater NY

Fire Tears Through a Red Sauce Institution of South Brooklyn

Ortobello, a long-standing red sauce institution of Bensonhurst, is raising funds to rebuild after a fire, while new restaurants like Somedays Bakery and Due Madri are opening in different locations. [ more ]

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www.standard.co.uk

'Superloop 2': Sadiq Khan unveils plan to double express bus network if re-elected

New routes expanding Superloop services proposed by London Labour mayor, enhancing connectivity and efficiency through consultation process. [ more ]

BBC Sport

ECB names counties to host women's teams from 2025

The England and Wales Cricket Board announced the eight counties for professional women's teams by 2025, aiming to increase players by 80% by 2029. [ more ]

Londonist

Greater London To Get First New Borough In 60 Years

London is getting a new borough - the first in 60 years

Approximately 30% of Berkshire, including Slough and Reading, will be absorbed into Greater London. [ more ]

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San Francisco

Waymo driverless rides to reach seven new Bay Area cities

Waymo is expanding driverless ride-hailing services to new Bay Area cities, facing legal challenges and growing skepticism post-Cruise incident. [ more ]

Coindesk

Cryptocurrency

Crypto Exchange Bitpanda Expands Austrian Presence With Raiffeisen Bank Partnership

Bitpanda expands crypto offering to 55 bank branches in Austria and opens Dubai office for expansion outside Europe. [ more ]

Coindesk

Cryptocurrency

Tether Reorganizes Into 4 Divisions as It Expands Beyond Stablecoins

Tether is expanding into various areas of digital assets with the formation of four divisions. [ more ]

Above the Law

Top Biglaw Firm Opens Another Texas Outpost With The Help Of Some Lateral Partners

Willkie Farr & Gallagher is expanding its presence in Texas by opening an office in Dallas, focusing on private equity, M&A, and transactional work in the energy and non-energy sectors. [ more ]

Above the Law

Am Law 100 Firm Elects Its First New U.S. Chair Following Merger

Under Betty Temple's leadership, Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice saw significant growth and expansion, leading to the appointment of Merrick Benn as the new U.S. chair. [ more ]

ABA Journal

Immigration law firm will expand nearly 10% with addition of Seyfarth Shaw team

Berry Appleman & Leiden to expand by nearly 10% with Seyfarth Shaw team addition. [ more ]

Above the Law

Paul Weiss Effort To Expand Not Going As Well As Planned

Paul Weiss faces challenges expanding to Houston despite offering significant guarantees to potential partners. [ more ]

Raptors Republic

Canada news

Report: The WNBA is coming to Toronto

WNBA team coming to Toronto in 2026. [ more ]

Secret NYC

Upper West Side

PopUp Bagels Opens Highly-Anticipated 2nd NYC Location On The UWS

PopUp Bagels originated in Connecticut, gained popularity in NYC, and is expanding to the Upper West Side, with plans for an Upper East Side location. [ more ]

GSMArena.com

4 days ago

Mobile UX

Vision Pro gets 3C certified in China as Apple prepares for its wider launch

Apple plans to expand the launch of their Vision Pro headset to several countries outside the US post-WWDC 2024. [ more ]

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US news

What to watch for as the WNBA season opens and interest spikes in women's basketball

The WNBA season is anticipated to be exciting with new talents from college basketball debuting and focus on possible expansion in 2025-2026. [ more ]

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European startups

Agora Raises $34M in Series B Funding

Agora successfully concluded a $34 million Series B funding round enabling expansion and enhancement of real estate investment management solutions. [ more ]

Kqed

Golden State Warriors

Kehlani, E-40, P-Lo to Celebrate Golden State Valkyries at SF Block Party | KQED

The Bay Area's WNBA expansion team, the Valkyries, have chosen their name and color scheme amid excitement and minimal criticism. [ more ]

Board Game Quest

4 days ago

Board games

Uprising: Titans of the First Age Expansion Review

Titans of the First Age expansion for Uprising adds exciting new content and fixes core game issues. [ more ]

SFGATE

Uber-popular Santa Cruz brewery to open first SF taproom

Humble Sea Brewing Co. is expanding to San Francisco, opening a taproom at Pier 39 in July. [ more ]

SFGATE

Texas-based pizza chain to open first Bay Area restaurant

Russo's New York Pizzeria is expanding into California with four new locations, including its first in the Bay Area.

The pizzeria chain uses high-quality ingredients like California-grown tomatoes, Wisconsin mozzarella cheese, and Sicilian olive oil for their pizzas. [ more ]

SFGATE

Boichik Bagels plans first expansion outside the Bay Area

Boichik Bagels is expanding rapidly, with plans to open its first store outside the Bay Area in Los Angeles.

Owner Emily Winston aims to strengthen LA's bagel scene by offering her New York-style bagels and is confident in facing potential competition. [ more ]

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Eater Chicago

South Side Icon Rainbow Cone Opening Next Week in Wicker Park

The Original Rainbow Cone, a South Side icon known for unique ice cream, is expanding to the North Side in Wicker Park. [ more ]

Eater Chicago

Cava's Mediterranean Bowls Arrive in Chicago This Week

Cava, a popular Mediterranean restaurant chain known for nutritious and meat-free options, is expanding into the Midwest market, starting with Chicago's Wicker Park. [ more ]

Eater Chicago

Goose Island Beer to Open Salt Shed Pub in May

Goose Island Beer Co. is relocating its brewpub to the Salt Shed, set to open on May 3.

The Salt Shed Pub will feature Goose Island's popular beers and menu items from its previous location at Clybourn. [ more ]

LI Press

Media industry

Schneps Media Acquires Anton Media

Schneps Media acquired Anton Media Group, expanding its local news reach across Nassau County. [ more ]

The Verge

Music

Spotify's shortform videos could spread to more parts of the app

Spotify is testing short video clips on playlist pages to expand artist-fan communication and promotion. [ more ]

The Art Newspaper - International art news and events

Writing

Is it a golden age for photobook publishing?

Mack publisher expanding ambit by acquiring SPBH Editions in Milan, embracing varied book titles and genres, emphasizing distinct identities under Mack umbrella. [ more ]

Time Out London

London food

Five Guys is opening a brand-new restaurant in south London this month

Five Guys is opening its seventh restaurant south of the river in Croydon, showcasing the popular American burger chain's expansion in the UK. [ more ]

London On The Inside

London food

LOTI Drinks | Three Sheets Soho

Three Sheets Soho, a new bar in London, offers unique and elegant cocktails in a plush setting with a short food menu.

The Venning brothers, founders of Three Sheets, have successfully expanded their brand into Soho, creating a trendy and well-received establishment. [ more ]

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LA Dodgers

Los Angeles Dodgers Sign New Sponsorship With Kose Corporation

The Los Angeles Dodgers announced a new multi-year sponsorship agreement with KosÃ© Corporation. [ more ]

VG247

JavaScript

Good news, Starfield's Shattered Space expansion is dropping this fall, with a "big update" set to arrive even sooner

Bethesda is focusing on updates for Starfield, including the Shattered Space expansion set to release later this year. [ more ]

ReadWrite

JavaScript

Big Starfield update incoming amid news that its first expansion will arrive in the Fall

Starfield is receiving updates to address initial shortcomings and fulfill player expectations. [ more ]

The Beer Thrillers

Beer

Pour Man's Brewing Acquires St. Boniface Brewing Company - The Beer Thrillers

Pour Man's Brewing acquires St. Boniface Brewing Company in Ephrata, PA, expanding their presence and community involvement. [ more ]

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Beer

YAH Brew to Open YAH Brew's Retro Bar in Mount Joy - The Beer Thrillers

YAH Brew is expanding with a new location in Mount Joy, Pennsylvania, to open a retro bar alongside Hulk Hoagies. [ more ]

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Coffee

The 'modern coffee' shop that gets its name from a graveyard hut comes to Hampstead

WatchHouse is expanding its high-end coffee shop chain to Hampstead, offering specialty coffee and a range of food items in a carefully designed space. [ more ]

Daily News

Coffee

Caffe Luxxe brings its small-batch coffee roasting to Manhattan Beach

Mark Wain and Gary Chau are expanding their South Bay-based coffee empire with a new Caffe Luxxe shop in Manhattan Beach.

The new Caffe Luxxe location in Manhattan Beach aims to create a vibrant community atmosphere by not offering Wi-Fi. [ more ]

GameSpot

Tech industry

Microsoft CEO Comments On Xbox Games Coming To PlayStation

Microsoft is expanding Xbox games to PlayStation and Nintendo Switch, focusing on growth and player accessibility. [ more ]

TechCrunch

Web design

RevenueCat raises $12M Series C as it expands its subscription management to the web | TechCrunch

RevenueCat secures $12 million investment for expansion to web and supporting Roku. [ more ]

Eater NY

Urbanspace Food Halls Are Coming to an End, Rebranding With a New Name

Restaurateurs are rebranding underperforming food halls, impacting vendors and introducing new concepts like pop-ups and bakery expansions. [ more ]

www.nytimes.com

These Brooklyn Restaurateurs Are Crossing the East River

Brooklyn's influence in NYC's restaurant scene

Reverse migration of Brooklyn restaurateurs to Manhattan [ more ]

Eater NY

The Commodore, Known for Frozen Drinks and Fried Chicken, Opens in Manhattan

The Commodore opens a second location in the East Village.

Lucia Pizza expands to Soho with a bakery and wine bar. [ more ]

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Boston Magazine

Boston food

Providence's Uyghur Restaurant Jahunger to Open in Cambridge

The Jahunger restaurant in Providence, famous for its Uyghur cuisine and signature dishes like hand-pulled noodles and whole roast lamb, is expanding to a new location in Cambridge. [ more ]

Theregister

DevOps

Fujitsu Japan adopts Oracle's Alloy service provider cloud

Oracle has a big win in Japan with Fujitsu, expanding Alloy for sovereign cloud services, potentially leading to significant future growth in other markets. [ more ]

The Verge

Artificial intelligence

Stability AI lays off roughly 10 percent of its workforce

Stability AI laid off employees amidst expansion, upheaval, and legal challenges. [ more ]

TechCrunch

Artificial intelligence

OpenAI announces Tokyo office and GPT-4 model optimized for the Japanese language | TechCrunch

OpenAI expanding to Japan with Tokyo hub and plans for Japanese-optimized GPT-4 model. [ more ]

GameSpot

Where To Preorder Pokemon TCG Twilight Masquerade Expansion

The Pokemon Trading Card game is releasing a new expansion, Scarlet & Violet: Twilight Masquerade, with over 160 new cards on May 24. [ more ]

GameSpot

WoW's New Expansion Destroys Everyone's Favorite Floating City, And Maybe Kills A Major Character Too

The War Within expansion in World of Warcraft begins with the destruction of Dalaran and a presumed death of a key character. [ more ]

GameSpot

World Of Warcraft: The War Within 20th Anniversary Collector's Edition Preorders Are Live

World of Warcraft: The War Within is the 10th expansion with a new trilogy called the Worldsouls Saga, offering exclusive content for fans. [ more ]

GameSpot

WoW: The War Within Is More Of The Same, But That's Not A Bad Thing

The War Within expansion for World of Warcraft emphasizes evergreen features and continues the successful back-to-basics approach of the previous Dragonflight expansion. [ more ]

Kotaku

Final Fantasy 14 Benchmark Gives Fans A Taste Of Dawntrail's New Features

Players can preview features of the FF14 expansion through the official benchmark before its release in July. [ more ]

Polygon

Blizzard announces a remix for one of World of Warcraft's best expansions

Blizzard is releasing a remix of the Mists of Pandaria expansion with unique and experimental patches and accelerated leveling.

The Mists of Pandaria Remix introduces new powerful loot effects and allows players to keep transmogrification items but not progress into the boost expansion. [ more ]

Brooklyn, NY Patch

Brooklyn

'Brooklyn Made' To Preview New Downtown BK Store Friday

Brooklyn Made store expanding to City Point with a new location. [ more ]

therealdeal.com

Industrious Expands into LA's Westwood and Santa Monica

Industrious expands coworking spaces in Westwood and Santa Monica. [ more ]

therealdeal.com

Star Brokers Tomer Fridman and Sally Forster Jones Team Up

Tomer Fridman and Sally Forster Jones are merging their respective real estate groups to form Jones Fridman International in Beverly Hills.

The newly formed team has a combined $25 billion in sales and plans to open additional real estate offices domestically and internationally. [ more ]

therealdeal.com

Michael Williamson Jumps From Sotheby's to AKG Christie's

Sotheby's International Realty has lost its regional manager for Southern California to AKG Christie's International Real Estate.

AKG Christie's is expanding its presence in Southern California by opening seven offices across different locations. [ more ]

therealdeal.com

Planned Parenthood LA Buys Industrial Building for $38M

Planned Parenthood Los Angeles purchased a 73,600-square-foot building in Historic South Central for $37.9 million.

The building was bought from New York-based Fortress Investment Group at $515 per square foot. [ more ]

www.mercurynews.com

Silicon Valley real estate

Indoor active entertainment firm picks prime San Jose site to expand

Sky Zone, an indoor entertainment operator, is expanding to San Jose at Westgate Center, targeting growing demand in family-centric areas for their large footprint model. [ more ]

www.independent.co.uk

France news

B&M plans more store openings as yearly sales jump

B&M sales increased by 10.1% with a focus on low prices, steady growth projected, expansion plans continue. [ more ]

Futurism

Data science

Top Astronomers Gather to Confront Possibility They Were Very Wrong About the Universe

Astronomers question fundamental aspects of universe's understanding, including the theory of constant rate of expansion formulated in 1922. [ more ]

SFGATE

SF real estate

Owners of Calif. cult-favorite grocery store sell oceanfront home

Erewhon owners sold former Malibu mansion for $15.5 million.

Antocis purchased another Malibu property for $20 million in 2023. [ more ]

Daily News

LA food

Din Tai Fung coming to Downtown Disney this summer

Shanghai-style soup dumplings chain Din Tai Fung opening at Downtown Disney this summer.

Din Tai Fung's expansion continues with new restaurants at various locations in the US and internationally. [ more ]

ReadWrite

Atlanta Braves

PrizePicks renews partnership with Atlanta Braves

PrizePicks extends partnership with Atlanta Braves for 2024 season.

PrizePicks gains VIP experiences at games, promotes visibility through stadium signage. [ more ]

Slate Magazine

Business intelligence

Slate adds two new hires to grow business and technology coverage.

Katie Krzaczek will join Slate as a senior editor covering business, focusing on consumer trends and big business impact.

Tony Ho Tran will join Slate as a senior editor covering technology, with expertise in areas like AI, robotics, and biotechnology. [ more ]

www.housingwire.com

Business intelligence

Aidium Mortgage CRM raises $19M in Series A funding

Aidium Mortgage CRM closes $19M Series A funding round led by PeakSpan Capital

Expansion and enhancement plans for Aidium Mortgage CRM platform [ more ]

Exchangewire

Brand Metrics Fuels Expansion with Four Senior Hires

Gareth Lloyd joins Brand Metrics as head of research & data science, focusing on advertising measurement in cookieless environments.

Brand Metrics plans to leverage a database of seven million survey responses to enhance advertising effectiveness and extend product offerings. [ more ]

GameSpot

Elden Ring Shadow Of The Erdtree Bosses, Gameplay, And Everything We Know

Fans can expect a massive expansion called Shadow of the Erdtree in Elden Ring, centered around the character Miquella.

The DLC release for Shadow of the Erdtree is confirmed for June 21, 2024, with various pre-order options available for players. [ more ]

Social Media Today

Online Community Development

X Expands Community Notes to India Ahead of Upcoming General Election

Community Notes expanding with new contributors in India.

X complying with Indian Government's ban order but vowing to challenge it legally. [ more ]

www.france24.com

Europe news

As NATO marks 75 years, a revitalized Alliance faces an array of new challenges

NATO celebrates 75th anniversary with new dynamics and challenges.

Expansion and challenges face NATO, notably with Russian invasion of Ukraine. [ more ]

www.dw.com

Europe news

75 years of NATO: How is the military alliance faring? DW 04/04/2024

NATO is the oldest military alliance of democratic countries

NATO's expansion eastward and new memberships seek protection from Russia. [ more ]

Blueshirt Banter

New York Rangers

Bantering Points: 4/3/24

Rangers close to full health for the remainder of the season

Analysis on Rangers playoff prospects and potential NHL expansion into Atlanta [ more ]

Austin Monitor

Austin

Memo supports mobile community court pilot ahead of $1.5M budget request - Austin Monitor

A pilot program to expand the Downtown Austin Community Court has been successful in offering help for misdemeanor offenses and social services.

The recommendation to create a fully staffed mobile DACC program is based on increased engagement, evaluation of services, and investments in resources. [ more ]

designboom | architecture & design magazine

Design

the broad reveals expansion plans by diller scofidio + renfro

Expansion led by DS+R architects

Doubling museum's gallery space and enhancing visitor experiences [ more ]

GREY Journal

Scaling Your Small Business: Steps to Build Lasting Growth - GREY Journal

Expansion is key for small business growth through widening the business model.

Hiring new talent is crucial in scaling up a small business effectively. [ more ]

GSMArena.com

Online learning

Spotify tries its hand at offering video learning courses

Spotify expands beyond music with educational video courses in the UK.

Users can access video courses from educational tech companies through Spotify, alongside music, podcasts, and audiobooks. [ more ]

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