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Journalist Kim Kelly gives us a spooky little roundup of labor actions from gravediggers, embalmers, and coffin makers (oh my!). 

Sources: 

• https://proteanmag.com/2021/10/31/picket-lines-in-the-graveyard-a-history-of-cemetery-workers-strikes/
• https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-67168074
• https://www.inquirer.com/news/philadelphia/dc33-strike-philadelphia-medical-examiners-injunction-20250703.html
• https://6abc.com/post/retrieval-dead-bodies-is-being-delayed-due-blue-collar-union-dc33-strike-philadelphia-officials-say/16936166/
• https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/sacrilegious-bodies-piling-up-at-cook-county-morgue/
• https://6abc.com/archive/8511845/
• https://abc7.com/archive/8719820/
• https://www.nytimes.com/1964/10/02/archives/workers-strike-funeral-homes-100-establishments-hit-in-the.html
• https://www.nytimes.com/1964/10/04/archives/state-fails-to-end-embalmers-strike.html
• https://thevictorianbookofthedead.wordpress.com/2024/08/28/the-coffin-makers-strike-1872/
• https://newspapers.bc.edu/?a=d&d=pilot18720622-01.2.22&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN-----------------------

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Carlos hunts down the origin of the chupacabra, then explains how U.S. imperialism and
Puerto Rico’s many crises gave rise to the bloodsucker.

Follow Carlos @vaquero2XL

Sources:

• Tracking the Chupacabra: The Vampire Beast in Fact, Fiction and Folklore by Benjamin
  Radford
• Governing Spirits: Religion, Miracles, and Spectacle in Cuba and Puerto Rico,
  1898-1956 by Reinaldo L. Román
• En Qué Quedó Ep. 6 “El Chupacabras”
  https://open.spotify.com/episode/2r9ISXwgY7zTpWj2EJWcF1
• Radio Ambulante “El vampiro entre nosotros”
  https://open.spotify.com/episode/0hvdSD4aXHwoOWoMYAdN9x
• Sucking Vulnerability: Neoliberalism, the Chupacabras, and the Post-Cold War Years by
  William A Calvo-Quirós
• https://web.archive.org/web/20230814111741/http://www.barriology.com/uploads/2/3/2/7/
  23276452/calvo-quiros_sucking_vulnerability_rev.pdf
• El Chupacabra: Icon of Resistance to US Imperialism
• Species (1995) dir. Roger Donaldson https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8MGZnLsPSRc
• La Operación (1982) dir. Ana María García https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uoJoWMbRxvM&t=36s
• La Operación -Background https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6XEuu_auR8&t=8s
• https://www.elnuevodia.com/noticias/locales/notas/se-registran-dos-ataques-del-chupac
  abras/
• https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/apr/30/vieques-puerto-rico-us-navy-base-traini
  ng
• https://www.navfac.navy.mil/Portals/68/Documents/Business-Lines/Environmental/Enviro
  nmental-Restoration/NAVFAC-Atlantic/Vieques/Vieques_Fact_Sheet_03_Depleted_Uran
  ium_in_LIA_Eng.pdf
• https://www.fs.usda.gov/r08/elyunque/recreation/discover-history/us-military-and-el-yunq
  ue-national-forest
• https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/24816374-the-history-of-the-us-department-
  of-defense-programs-for-the-testing-evaluation-and-storage-of-tactical-herbicides-agent-
  orange-in-pr/?q=puerto+rico&mode=document#document/p5
• https://www.elvocero.com/actualidad/otros/las-grandes-sequ-as-que-marcaron-a-puerto-
  rico-durante-el-siglo-xx/article_e6a37bce-5269-4040-836d-799a04358fc2.html
• https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1995/12/26/mystery-creature-ravages-p
  uerto-rican-livestock/b7704250-dae0-4fa3-a886-561db637b463/
• https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-12-03-mn-9730-story.html
• “Monsters and Messiahs by Mike Davis”
•  “Beast of Borikén" by Julio Anta, Daniel IriZarri, Patricio Delpeche, and Lucas Gattoni

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Mia talks with IWW members Pam Suitland-Halas, Andrew D. Ferguson, and Elizabeth Copis-Dukelow about the upcoming elections in the IWW.

Links:

https://linktr.ee/PamelaSH

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In the second of a two part series James looks at the federal government's response to the Lochiel land defence and where people who care about the land can go from here.

 https://www.fs.usda.gov/r03/coronado/alerts/border-barrier-construction-closure  
https://hoyle.house.gov/media/press-releases/lawmakers-demand-transparency-after-us-forest-service-coordinates-with-ice-on-public-lands  
https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/labor-day-weekend-family-camping-trip-ends-in-ice-raid/281-fdb42198-76df-4922-ae38-d2e3faf58ca4

https://cochiseregionalnews.substack.com/p/hathway-on-lochiel-only-violent-physical  
https://azsheriffs.org/newsroom/santa-cruz-county-public-safety-open-letter/  
https://www.congress.gov/crs_external_products/R/PDF/R46601/R46601.2.pdf 

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In this episode Dana El Kurd talks through what the Israeli elections mean for Palestinians across the territories and within Israel. She goes over the latest reports on how the election might play out, and recent events that have affected campaigning in Israel. 

Sources:

• Israel's Elections: What's at Stake?, International Crisis Group (Max Rodenbeck, Mairav Zonszein, Amjad Iraqi), 15 October 2026
• A Jewish Currents Guide to the Israeli Elections, Josh Nathan-Kazis, Jewish Currents, 20 October 2026
• Occupied Thoughts interview with Sami Abu Shehadeh https://fmep.org/resource/barred-from-knesset-elections-sami-abu-shehadeh-on-the-state-of-israeli-democracy/
• Prospect magazine op-ed on the settlers and the state - https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/world/middle-east/75279/settler-rioters-are-israeli-state-policythrough-deniable-means

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Margaret and Hazel read you a found documents story about a government experiment gone wrong

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All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file:

• Anti-Palestinian Racism
• How Trump Will Try To Make Voting Restrictions Even Worse
• The Save Europe Act and the Bad Faith Nazis Who Created It P1
• The Save Europe Act and the Bad Faith Nazis Who Created It P2
• Executive Disorder: Alberta Separatism, Ukraine's Starlink Predicament, Global Protests Continue

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Sources/Links:

Anti-Palestinian Racism

• https://static1.squarespace.com/static/61db30d12e169a5c45950345/t/627dcf83fa17ad41ff217964/1652412292220/Anti-Palestinian+Racism-+Naming%2C+Framing+and+Manifestations.pdf
• https://www.americanbar.org/groups/crsj/resources/human-rights/2024-november/recognizing-islamophobia-anti-palestinian-racism-and-antisemitsm/
• https://pomeps.org/anti-palestinian-racism-analyzing-the-unnamed-and-suppressed-reality
• https://ethnicstudies.berkeley.edu/resources/dismantling-anti-palestinian-racism
• https://afi.mesana.org/

How Trump Will Try To Make Voting Restrictions Even Worse

• https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/7296/text
• https://www.whitehouse.gov/saveamerica/
• https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/03/preserving-and-protecting-the-integrity-of-american-elections/
• https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2026/03/ensuring-citizenship-verification-and-integrity-in-federal-elections/
• https://michigandems.com/michigan-leaders-slam-mike-rogers-for-trying-to-intimidate-and-disenfranchise-detroit-voters/
• https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf/26a124_hgci.pdf
• https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.291053/gov.uscourts.dcd.291053.192.0.pdf
• https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-17238.pdf
• https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf/26a124_hgci.pdf
• https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf/26a305_4g15.pdf
• https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf/26a308_pok0.pdf
• https://www.uscis.gov/save/current-user-agencies/guidance/voter-registration-and-voter-list-maintenance-fact-sheet
• https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/supreme-court-revives-dhs-use-of-flawed-immigration-database-for-voter-purges/
• https://www.sos.state.tx.us/about/newsreleases/2026/091526.shtml
• https://www.scotusblog.com/2026/09/supreme-court-clears-way-for-trump-administration-to-use-modified-voter-verification-database/
• https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/24/us/politics/nevada-voters-homeland-security-trump.html
• https://www.propublica.org/article/save-voter-citizenship-tool-mistake
• https://apnews.com/article/midterm-elections-immigration-officers-ice-voting-e43c1758ccd446eb441957b36f9e281f

 The Save Europe Act and the Bad Faith Nazis Who Created It P1 + P2

• https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32019R0788
• https://www.save-europe-act.com/#section-form
• https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_26_1658
• https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2026/07/23/far-right-activists-to-sue-european-commission-over-remigration-rejection
• https://www.europesays.com/3147332/
• https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32019R0788
• https://www.dw.com/en/austrian-far-right-extremist-denied-us-travel-permit-after-christchurch-link/a-48107733
• https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2011/211/2019-05-30?locale=en
• https://archive.is/V3Qye
• https://orf.at/stories/3122404/
• https://archive.ph/LClfA
• https://archive.ph/NL4NF
• https://register.eci.ec.europa.eu/core/api/register/document/5652679877066501

Executive Disorder: Alberta Separatism, Ukraine's Starlink Predicament, Global Protests Continue

• https://www.cnn.com/2026/10/16/politics/katie-zacharia-press-secretary 
• https://www.politico.com/news/2026/10/16/katie-zacharia-out-as-press-secretary-after-five-days-01123470
• https://scholten.house.gov/media/press-releases/congresswoman-scholten-statement-threatening-letter-she-received-grand-rapids
• https://www.cbsnews.com/detroit/news/hillary-scholten-threatening-letter-grand-rapids-office/ 
• https://www.cnn.com/2026/10/21/politics/heat-ray-weapon-dhs-pentagon 
• https://x.com/PatrickWeaverPA/status/2112880738425065674?s=20
• https://youtu.be/yy_QibrY_QQ?si=f7yzrPIN1SGbAqIe&t=380
• https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/myanmar-regimes-sittwe-counteroffensive-hits-the-rocks-on-nga-pyi-island.html
• https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/53d80bf144804de8a5e5138dd62cf873/view
• https://www.texastribune.org/2026/10/20/texas-transgender-pamphlets-tent-student-union/
• https://x.com/SarahisCensored/status/2112343101708611879?s=20
• https://x.com/SarahisCensored/status/2112340434551013382?s=20
• https://a856-cityrecord.nyc.gov/RequestDetail/20260929027 
• https://gothamist.com/news/nyc-moves-to-spend-nearly-9m-of-gender-affirming-care-fund-for-minors
• https://www.supremecourt.gov/orders/courtorders/102126zr_5i36.pdf
• https://www.scotusblog.com/2026/10/justices-leave-in-place-lower-court-order-preventing-trump-administration-from-implementing-new-/
• https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/bugs/2026/10/php2shell-why-websites-are-going-offline-for-emergency-security-updates
• https://boereport.com/2025/03/24/albertas-massive-oil-and-gas-reserves-keep-growing-heres-why/
• https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2026-10-20/canada-awaits-alberta-referendum-results-after-carney-urges-voters-to-reject-separation
• https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c809jg1gj9yo
• https://macleans.ca/politics/americans-are-meddling-in-the-alberta-referendum/
• https://edmontonjournal.com/news/politics/alberta-separatists-united-states-referendum-globe-and-mail
• https://truthout.org/articles/police-violence-increases-as-800k-protesters-take-to-the-streets-in-france/
• https://freedompress.org.uk/2026/10/19/clashes-in-france-as-uprising-swells-to-millions/
• https://www.dw.com/en/clashes-erupt-at-argentine-student-protests-against-president-mileis-austerity-policies/a-79676861
• https://freedompress.org.uk/2026/10/12/gen-z-on-the-barricades/
• https://freedompress.org.uk/2026/10/09/la-revolte-panic-in-the-french-state/
• https://apnews.com/article/albania-protests-edi-rama-jared-kushner-9f0ce30c446aa9f273068b98d9f40b14
• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/seventh-day-of-violent-clashes-between-albanian-protesters-and-police/ar-AA2fCujr
• https://euobserver.com/243622/the-forgotten-protests-empty-shelves-and-blocked-roads-in-southern-italy-ignored-by-the-media-reveal-neglect-by-meloni-and-eu/
• https://www.arabnews.com/world/indonesias-wildfire-crisis-sparks-nationwide-anti-government-protests-3007510
• https://apnews.com/article/albania-kushner-trump-development-protest-tourism-sazan-8d7d0e216c28d23fe1b2e51cbb05b926
• https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/other/our-land-our-albania-supreme-court-burns-as-anger-over-jared-kushner-linked-resort-fuels-revolt/ar-AA2fzHq6
• https://x.com/cspan/status/2111608955847802991?s=20
• https://x.com/RapidResponse47/status/2112268669312983214?s=20
• https://x.com/nexta_tv/status/2110985354740125885?s=20
• https://x.com/EricLDaugh/status/2112265283318784192?s=20
• https://x.com/elonmusk/status/2110445577184133456?s=20 
• https://x.com/FedorovMykhailo/status/2110432031968542721?s=20 
• https://www.ukmto.org/-/media/ukmto/products/20261016-ukmto_vra_overview_u.pdf
• https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2025/04/24/nx-s1-5376473/hhs-restores-funding-for-womens-health-initiative
• https://ag.ny.gov/press-release/2026/attorney-general-james-leads-lawsuit-protect-title-x-family-planning-services
• https://www.npr.org/2026/09/24/nx-s1-5931971/trump-nih-science-funding-disruptions-charts
• https://www.medpagetoday.com/washington-watch/washington-watch/123167
• https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/cost-trump-administrations-attacks-research-funding
• https://www.washingtonpost.com/science/2026/04/19/science-research-funding-cuts-trump/
• https://irp.nih.gov/catalyst/32/3/president-biden-requests-12b-for-research-on-womens-health
• https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/executive-order-14120-advancing-womens-health-research-and-innovation
• https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/memorandum-the-white-house-initiative-womens-health-research
• https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/watch-live-biden-and-first-lady-deliver-remarks-at-white-house-womens-health-research-conference
• https://www.hhs.gov/press-room/trump-flotus-womens-health-executive-order-new-nih-division.html
• https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/19/us/politics/melania-trump-women-health.html
• https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2026/10/advancing-womens-health-to-improve-outcomes-in-all-phases-of-life/  

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The gang discuss the short lived career of Press Sec Katie Zacharia, an anti-trans op in Texas, Trump’s new “Women’s Health Task Force,” the Alberta secession referendum, Elon Musk cutting Starlink speed in Ukraine, and protests in France, Albania, Indonesia, and Italy.

Sources:

• https://www.cnn.com/2026/10/16/politics/katie-zacharia-press-secretary 
• https://www.politico.com/news/2026/10/16/katie-zacharia-out-as-press-secretary-after-five-days-01123470
• https://scholten.house.gov/media/press-releases/congresswoman-scholten-statement-threatening-letter-she-received-grand-rapids
• https://www.cbsnews.com/detroit/news/hillary-scholten-threatening-letter-grand-rapids-office/ 
• https://www.cnn.com/2026/10/21/politics/heat-ray-weapon-dhs-pentagon 
• https://x.com/PatrickWeaverPA/status/2112880738425065674?s=20
• https://youtu.be/yy_QibrY_QQ?si=f7yzrPIN1SGbAqIe&t=380
• https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/myanmar-regimes-sittwe-counteroffensive-hits-the-rocks-on-nga-pyi-island.html
• https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/53d80bf144804de8a5e5138dd62cf873/view
  
• https://www.texastribune.org/2026/10/20/texas-transgender-pamphlets-tent-student-union/
  
• https://x.com/SarahisCensored/status/2112343101708611879?s=20
• https://x.com/SarahisCensored/status/2112340434551013382?s=20
• https://a856-cityrecord.nyc.gov/RequestDetail/20260929027 
• https://gothamist.com/news/nyc-moves-to-spend-nearly-9m-of-gender-affirming-care-fund-for-minors
• https://www.supremecourt.gov/orders/courtorders/102126zr_5i36.pdf
• https://www.scotusblog.com/2026/10/justices-leave-in-place-lower-court-order-preventing-trump-administration-from-implementing-new-/
• https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/bugs/2026/10/php2shell-why-websites-are-going-offline-for-emergency-security-updates
  
• https://boereport.com/2025/03/24/albertas-massive-oil-and-gas-reserves-keep-growing-heres-why/
  
• https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2026-10-20/canada-awaits-alberta-referendum-results-after-carney-urges-voters-to-reject-separation
  
• https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c809jg1gj9yo
  
• https://macleans.ca/politics/americans-are-meddling-in-the-alberta-referendum/
• https://edmontonjournal.com/news/politics/alberta-separatists-united-states-referendum-globe-and-mail
  
• https://truthout.org/articles/police-violence-increases-as-800k-protesters-take-to-the-streets-in-france/
• https://freedompress.org.uk/2026/10/19/clashes-in-france-as-uprising-swells-to-millions/
• https://www.dw.com/en/clashes-erupt-at-argentine-student-protests-against-president-mileis-austerity-policies/a-79676861
• https://freedompress.org.uk/2026/10/12/gen-z-on-the-barricades/
• https://freedompress.org.uk/2026/10/09/la-revolte-panic-in-the-french-state/
• https://apnews.com/article/albania-protests-edi-rama-jared-kushner-9f0ce30c446aa9f273068b98d9f40b14
• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/seventh-day-of-violent-clashes-between-albanian-protesters-and-police/ar-AA2fCujr
• https://euobserver.com/243622/the-forgotten-protests-empty-shelves-and-blocked-roads-in-southern-italy-ignored-by-the-media-reveal-neglect-by-meloni-and-eu/
• https://www.arabnews.com/world/indonesias-wildfire-crisis-sparks-nationwide-anti-government-protests-3007510
• https://apnews.com/article/albania-kushner-trump-development-protest-tourism-sazan-8d7d0e216c28d23fe1b2e51cbb05b926
• https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/other/our-land-our-albania-supreme-court-burns-as-anger-over-jared-kushner-linked-resort-fuels-revolt/ar-AA2fzHq6
  
• https://x.com/cspan/status/2111608955847802991?s=20
  
• https://x.com/RapidResponse47/status/2112268669312983214?s=20
• https://x.com/nexta_tv/status/2110985354740125885?s=20
• https://x.com/EricLDaugh/status/2112265283318784192?s=20
  
• https://x.com/elonmusk/status/2110445577184133456?s=20 
• https://x.com/FedorovMykhailo/status/2110432031968542721?s=20 
• https://www.ukmto.org/-/media/ukmto/products/20261016-ukmto_vra_overview_u.pdf
  
• https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2025/04/24/nx-s1-5376473/hhs-restores-funding-for-womens-health-initiative
  
• https://ag.ny.gov/press-release/2026/attorney-general-james-leads-lawsuit-protect-title-x-family-planning-services
  
• https://www.npr.org/2026/09/24/nx-s1-5931971/trump-nih-science-funding-disruptions-charts
  
• https://www.medpagetoday.com/washington-watch/washington-watch/123167
  
• https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/cost-trump-administrations-attacks-research-funding
  
• https://www.washingtonpost.com/science/2026/04/19/science-research-funding-cuts-trump/
  
• https://irp.nih.gov/catalyst/32/3/president-biden-requests-12b-for-research-on-womens-health
  
• https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/executive-order-14120-advancing-womens-health-research-and-innovation
  
• https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/memorandum-the-white-house-initiative-womens-health-research
  
• https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/watch-live-biden-and-first-lady-deliver-remarks-at-white-house-womens-health-research-conference
• https://www.hhs.gov/press-room/trump-flotus-womens-health-executive-order-new-nih-division.html
  
• https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/19/us/politics/melania-trump-women-health.html
  
• https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2026/10/advancing-womens-health-to-improve-outcomes-in-all-phases-of-life/  

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In the second of two episodes Mick, James, and Molly discuss the Save Europe Act and its attempts to mainstream great replacement theory.

Sources:

• https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32019R0788
• https://www.save-europe-act.com/#section-form
• https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_26_1658
• https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2026/07/23/far-right-activists-to-sue-european-commission-over-remigration-rejection
• https://www.europesays.com/3147332/
• https://www.dw.com/en/austrian-far-right-extremist-denied-us-travel-permit-after-christchurch-link/a-48107733
• https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2011/211/2019-05-30?locale=en
• https://archive.is/V3Qye
• https://orf.at/stories/3122404/
• https://archive.ph/LClfA
• https://archive.ph/NL4NF
• https://register.eci.ec.europa.eu/core/api/register/document/5652679877066501

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Mick, James, and Molly discuss the Save Europe Act and its attempts to mainstream great replacement theory. 

Sources:

• https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32019R0788
• https://www.save-europe-act.com/#section-form
• https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_26_1658
• https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2026/07/23/far-right-activists-to-sue-european-commission-over-remigration-rejection
• https://www.europesays.com/3147332/
• https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32019R0788
• https://www.dw.com/en/austrian-far-right-extremist-denied-us-travel-permit-after-christchurch-link/a-48107733
• https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2011/211/2019-05-30?locale=en
• https://archive.is/V3Qye
• https://orf.at/stories/3122404/
• https://archive.ph/LClfA
• https://archive.ph/NL4NF
• https://register.eci.ec.europa.eu/core/api/register/document/5652679877066501

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