Dark Energy Monday (Amanda Batula & West Wilson)

26:49Great quote. So Sierra liked this. and then bravolovedbaby underscore posted that sierra liked this and then kyle liked that screenshot of sierra liking the quote it's like meta inception type stuff it's like a screenshot of a screenshot of a screenshot of a screenshot yeah so again the cast is getting involved which to me and by the way meanwhile all weekend long amanda has been silent on instagram sierra has been silent on Instagram. Wes has like reposted some things, but has mostly been silent, which is very unlike all of them. So the fact that they are silent tells me that they are behind the scenes figuring out how to do damage control, what they're going to, what their next move is.

27:32It is unlike them to be quiet on social media. Like that to me also was like, okay, this is, this is real. Two judgy girls post on threads. Okay, but the funniest thing about this rumor how much we care about Sierra's well-being, but none for Kyle. I don't think I've seen a single comment wondering about how he feels, lol, because nobody cares. But Kyle responds to this and goes, raise hand emoji and sad face emoji. So Kyle is getting involved. Sierra's kind of getting involved by liking stuff. Again, this is starting to feel like very, very, very undeniably true. After all the evidence that has been presented to us on the internet prior to this thread's comment, I was like, like you just said, everything can kind of be explained away.

28:22This of Kyle going in and like raising his hand, that to me feels like the biggest confirmation in my head. And that's what we said in our group chat. We were like, oh, that feels like confirmation. Yeah. Like that was the one thing. Yeah. Yes. If it weren't true that you wouldn't see Kyle fanning these flames and getting involved into this mess unless there was validity to all this. Yes. So yesterday, I think Sunday, Bravo and Cocktails post something else saying, yes, Wes and Amanda are fully dating. The source is reliable. And once it's public, I can tell you and send you the screenshot I got.

28:58But expect a statement from either both or him soon. It's like it's hooking up. It's dating. Oh, my God. Yeah, so this also tracks with them being silent on social media. Again, it seems like they are going to come out with some sort of statement. I don't know. Like, if I had to guess, like, Amanda can't just go back to posting like normal after all of this. Like, she needs to address what's happening, either deny it or admit it. So, meanwhile, lots of Des Moines sightings. These are some that Des Moines posted. Summerhouse, Amanda and Wes together last night. They were definitely sitting together.

29:31My co-worker said they were joking about going back to the hotel together. Their chairs were leaned in together. Wes Wilson in first class on my flight to L.A., perhaps he's fleeing the city. And apparently Amanda is in L.A. also, so maybe they're rendezvousing in L.A. I have no idea. One other thing I have to say is remember when all the speculation about Kyle and Amanda living separately happened a couple months ago? and Amanda posted that Instagram story of saying, guys, I need to address the rumors. Yes, I am, in fact, living by myself. And she comes out of this like kind of like... It was Gemma's, it was like Gemma's play dollhouse.

30:08Play dollhouse, yeah. It's like she was so quick at that point to dispel the rumors that were in fact, actually, we find out were true. Yeah. But she was kind of joking about it, leaning into the rumors, joking about them. There has been no such dispelling of anything on her side. Yeah. I just have to call that one thing out. Yeah, exactly. I mean, like you can say, Oh, those comments saying, thank you, like, basically were, in some people's mind, a denial, but that doesn't cut it for me. And the fact that since this blew up over the weekend, they have been silent, again, is the tell to me. So, Sierra was silent all weekend, and then on Sunday night, her first social media activity, she reposts a selfie with Lindsay Hubbard.

30:56and Bravo and Botox replied to Lindsay's story and said, what does this mean? You're team Sierra, I take it. And Lindsay liked that comment. So I don't think Lindsay would like that comment if this weren't actually real. Right. Meanwhile, Kyle, I was recording with So Bad It's Good with Ryan or trigger warning Ryan Bailey, So Bad It's Good last night. And so much happened like during our recording that we didn't even get to talk about. So I got off of recording and I had like a million texts and a million screenshots. Kyle was in Charleston all weekend for the Let Him Cook tour and he was hanging out with Austin a lot.

31:36They were posting each other. Austin posts an Instagram story that says, pasta and fuck your friends exes are apparently so back. So again, he's been with Kyle all weekend. It seems like Kyle probably confirmed it to Austin. Yep. And then Lindsay on Sunday night, she posts a screenshot of or screen grab of her face doing a disgusted face on Summer House this season. I can't even remember what she was reacting to, honestly. But that also seems like confirmation. And then Carl posted his meme of him with his concerned face with no other caption. and then KJ also posted a reaction. And then at that point, people are like, oh my God, are they fucking with us?

32:21It's just a PR stunt. PR for who? People would say PR for the city. I doubt that. Everyone was so invested in that show and that spinoff. They don't need the PR. They don't need the PR. And also PR is supposed to make you look good. Not bad. Amanda, she's been super honest about her mental health struggles and her struggles with depression. This, I'm sure, would add a lot of layer to just not feeling good about yourself. You know, I don't think she would voluntarily put herself in a position, even someone who doesn't struggle with mental health, wouldn't voluntarily put themselves into this position, this whirlwind of rumors and chaos on the Internet.

32:58Oh, she's getting blamed. Just for publicity. Yeah, exactly. She is getting so destroyed and flamed on social media. If it weren't true, she would come out. She would not. First of all, Sierra also wouldn't agree to this because it makes her look dumb. um sierra also would be like hey guys lay off amanda it's not true because amanda and of course amanda is getting the brunt of the hate because we live in a woman she's a woman we live in a patriarchal society and uh so that's a whole other thing but yeah they are both getting flamed right now their reputations seem very much uh i'm not gonna say destroyed but this has done a lot of damage to their reputations and that would not be a smart PR stunt and also people being like but it's april fools coming up these rumors have been going since february yeah and another thing i was going to say is it's very evident to me that sierra is hyper cognizant of how she comes across on camera she's admitted as much on this most recent season of summer house when she's like i'm even nervous for the season to air because i can hear the comments you think she would add even more feel to the fire that she's all the heat she's already getting for even like agreeing to flirting back with Wes, let alone being played for the third time.

34:10She wouldn't voluntarily agree to this for publicity or PR for the city or whatever else they're saying. Yeah, exactly. Exactly. Yeah. It's like she was she just had that conversation on Summer House about the racial dynamics of being played by a white guy and how, you know, there is so much to unpack when it's it comes to the Bravo fan base and the hate that she gets for that. And yeah, she would not, there's no world in which she would sign up for this, you know, PR stunt if this weren't real. Like, it just makes her look dumb. It makes Amanda and Wes look evil, honestly. Like, it's just such a bad look.

34:51So here are some other smoking guns. A lot of, like, Reddit posts unapologetically on Reddit said, personal tea amongst my group chat when this all dropped, friend of a friend saw Amanda and Wes out drinking with a group and they were holding hands. And that is similar to what we heard also. And then this is the comment where someone made a TikTok defending Amanda and Wes and saying, there's no way, they're just platonic friends, it's possible for people to be friends, blah, blah, blah. And then Amanda comments, hi, thank you. That comment has since been deleted. So it seems like, again, they're walking back their denials because they probably see how much worse it looks, the fact that they have been lying and denying.

35:36And then another smoking gun, Amanda or Wes posted a carousel, and he has the name tags, his name tag Wes and Amanda's, and this is from some dinner at the summer house, I think. And he's holding the name tags next to each other. And then their really good friend, who they are always cited with, Carly Schapp on Instagram, comments second pick. And second pick is the photo of their name tags together. And this is their good friend that they hang out with a lot. Wait, I haven't seen this. That's a, wait, that's a really good, that's a really interesting, holy fuck. That actually, to me, might be the most, like, smoking gun evidence that we've had on this document.

36:20Yes. I didn't understand at first when I was reading through your notes here, what that was. But yeah, that's. Oh, I have chills. I don't like that. Yeah. So again, another another smoking gun. And then House of Bravo underscore posted something on Instagram about the rumors last week. Stars X Alyssa commented, this feels like clickbait. and she says you know I know them both and I just don't see it that's all she comes back and House of Bravo is like you can check our page we hardly ever post news at all let alone bs rumors just for clickbait we posted this because we've heard this from several personal credible sources stars x Alyssa comments back okay I'm coming back on this and sounds like I'm wrong eyeball emojis And again, she had just said that she knows them both.

37:14And then someone goes, what did you find out? She says, some friends sent me some info. Nothing is confirmed, but it's a lot of different people with close connections here in NYC who've seen them out together. I trust the people who gave me the info. And people are like, would you say you believe it then? That's insane. And she goes, yeah, I've changed my stance. So she went from saying, this is clickbait, this is bullshit, I know them, to coming back and admitting that she was wrong. Oh, my gosh. Yeah. There is simply too much smoke for there to not be fire, in my opinion. Yeah. Like you said, Occam's razor is usually just pointing to the most obvious thing.

37:55Yes. Yeah. And I think there's too much evidence to suggest otherwise. And I'm curious what you think about this because me and my circle of friends were very much Bravo people. We love watching our shows. and some people were saying, well, in this season of Summer House, Sierra is out flirting very heavily with Jessie. And one of my really good friends, Emily, who I find always with like very leveled balanced takes, she had actually a really interesting perspective. She's like, I actually don't feel badly for Sierra. Like I actually feel like a man is allowed to do this because if you think about it, Sierra on this season of Summer House was really heavily flirting with Jessie.

38:30And to me, she was even open to the idea of dating Jessie. She got super upset when she found out that Jesse just wanted to make out with her. And she was like upset because she's like, people just want to experience me rather than like treat me like a potential relationship. And she even brought that up to Jesse. Why was it not something, a potential of us going out on a date? Why was it just can I make out Sierra? To me, it felt like she saw Jesse as a viable option for real dating, which to me, Jesus Christ, Sierra, pick better. But in any case, Sierra, in effect, was kind of like, I hate to say this word, like homie hopping.

39:02She would have been okay with going out on a date with Jessie if he had presented that idea. So how is this any different than Wes breaking up with Sierra, not having a thing with her, and then going after his now single friend, Amanda? What say to you? Oh, I think it's girl code. It's the fact that it's girl code. Like, who gives a fuck about bro code? This is, like, two girlfriends. Like, you just don't do that to your girlfriend. and Sierra and West had like deep serious feelings for each other from what we've gathered. I mean at least Sierra and I've said this before Sierra was in love with West.

39:37Oh 100%. She was 100 % in love with him had very serious deep feelings for him was very hurt by him. That is just not something you do the whole Jesse thing like I don't even know if that was like a serious thing at all. Or more like a storyline. Yeah. So it's like, why even like compare it? Because they didn't even from our knowledge even hook up like that never even happened. The fact that Amanda actually allegedly did do this to her friend. And also, again, it's different because it's girl code. You just don't do that to your girlfriend. Yeah. Like, it doesn't matter that they were both single, in my opinion, because if I had a guy say that I was single, you know, and there was a guy that I hooked up with as recently as December of 2025, which apparently everyone is saying that they hooked up as recently as December.

40:29and we had an on and off relationship very serious feelings for each other uh very you know I've been very hurt by this person in the past if I found out that my good girlfriend hooked up with him even so much as hooked up with him once I would be fucking furious because you just don't do that to your girlfriends and Wes also should know better because he has hurt her in the past he says that cares about her this whole season he's you know pretending in my opinion that he cares about her when really I think he just feels competitive with Jesse. I think so too. It's a territorial, like a dog, like with his, yeah, like peeing and marking his spot.

41:07Yeah, so I think it's absolutely fucked up that Amanda did that to Sierra and also that Wes did it to Sierra. It's just betrayal on two different fronts, in my opinion. No, I don't agree with what my friend said. I just thought it was an interesting perspective because I have heard people use that argument. Oh my God, and I think that they are so, sorry i just like i feel like people are also discarding sierra's feelings and not taking her seriously because she's a woman of color yeah no i think you're and the fact that she has been quote unquote played by so many men on bravo like they're just using this as ammunition to say well like her feelings are just like whatever she can handle it yeah exactly and And it's like, I feel like it's just, I don't know.

41:54I think, like Sierra would say, it makes it all the more complicated that she's a Black woman involved with a white guy. And just the dynamics at play there. And the audience is treating her like, you know. I mean, I, for the most part, have seen people be 100 % Team Sierra, which they should be. Yeah, I think that everyone is. Yeah, but I've seen people, like you said, that are like, what's the big deal? They're both single. Oh, shut up. you know it's more complicated than that agreed I think it's a very complex deep relationship that Sierra and West shared and it's really sad honestly to see it all being played out as recently as this summer when they were filming and how Sierra you can tell is being like roped back into this her feelings for for West and I was talking with Kate Riccio friend of the pod love her love her and I were talking about this like weeks ago we were texting and she said you You know, the one thing that people keep saying that I cannot give too much weight to this theory is that people keep saying Amanda would never do this to Sierra.

42:53But the thing is, we've never known Amanda to be a single woman. Yeah, we don't know what she's like single. We have no idea. And do you remember when they had that bet where like they were trying to get as many numbers like as possible when they were like out one night? Amanda like collected the most numbers because she has game. You know what I mean? And I'm not saying that makes her more more able to be a bad friend. But like she has game. I have no doubt. She's also like objectively stunning and hot. Oh, yeah. They all are. Sierra's too. Like they're extremely hot. She's hot and she is now single.

43:23And she probably, you know, is just trying to. I don't know. I don't know if her and Wes have real feelings for each other, if they're just hooking up and having fun. But either way, I think that she probably is going through a really weird time post divorce. Yeah, I it's really tough because I would never do that to a friend, nor could I see any of my good friends doing this to me. But I think that Amanda, if this isn't that true, which I'm 99.9999 % it is true. She was probably so fresh. And I'm not trying to cognitive dissonance myself into believing that like she was right in any of this. But she is newly single.

44:03She's been in this relationship for a decade with it seems like a very like emotionally abusive relationship. for honestly from both ends they were not happy together she was probably in such a selfish period of her life that she acted on impulse and just like feeling without really logic and now she's gotten herself into this big pickle and Wes as well like they are both just not thinking about anyone else and unfortunately Sierra is the biggest collateral damage in all of this. What do you think of the rumors that there were feelings involved or even a physical affair happening while they were still married.

44:42Married. Because let me just say that I found this. June 2025, crazy days and nights blind item that says the seasonal house reality star is cheating on her significant other. Shut the fuck. And also when we watched the most recent episode where Kyle is verbally abusing Amanda. I'm sorry, see you, Sophie. Yes, sorry, keep going. I had the same thought. Wes, everyone was like, Like, oh my God, look at Wes. He's such a good friend. I'm like, he is trying to be the knight in shining armor that Tom Sandoval was to Raquel. He's trying to swoop in and be like, look, I'm coming to save you from the toxic man.

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47:26okay i my alarm bells my intuition was like firing at all cylinders when i was watching that scene when he was standing up for her because i was like saying i love you yeah this whole thing that scene was not a good scene to play when all this is happening like the editors like know what they're doing the problem editors are so fucking messy i'm obsessed i i'm just trying to think if I were in that situation and like god it would have been a it's been a long time since I've been since I've been like in a house with a bunch of boys and girls but like it did feel oddly natural a natural reaction for Wes to have he like went in the bathroom with her like without even knocking he just walked right in like it felt like there was like a level of comfort there.

48:17And I'm not saying that they were like having any sort of affair. It seems that there was some emotional connection there before the divorce. I think that they've always kind of like when you when you watch the season back, the way that he has eyes for her when she gets into the pool with her like little thin bra top on, like I think that he has maybe had a crush on her and she was like the forbidden fruit and maybe vice versa. Yeah, so I don't know if they did anything while she was still married, but like was he waiting in the wings? Potentially. I think you were on to something. And like, listen, we will never know.

48:58Obviously, like only they will know, but I have no doubt that they were building an intense like friendship. No doubt. Together. And it's funny because now looking back when the season first aired, the whole storyline, at least what the trailer portrayed, was that Amanda and Ben skinny-dipped in Italy. Like, you know what I mean? Like, it was so dramatic. And it's like, Amanda and Ben skinny-dipped in Italy. Cameron Diaz washes her face with Evian water every night. I genuinely think there is something to that, Sophie. And I don't think, genuinely, I don't think there was a physical affair going on because I just don't.

49:39I feel like Sierra would have clocked that immediately. Like, she has good intuition. She has good gut. We as women know when something's off. Her alarm bells would have been firing, and she wouldn't have been willing to be going back into Wes's arms so quickly if she had a feeling that there was something more. But undoubtedly, they were having a strong friendship, more than we understood, like, while watching the first couple episodes. And also, if you notice in that Marie Claire interview that Amanda did, you know, the one where it's like, girl, who's going to be okay? She is post-aborce. And everyone, everyone was rooting for Amanda, obviously.

50:15We were all rooting for you. We were all rooting for you. And in that interview, she mentions West in a way that in retrospect is kind of interesting. Let me find the quote. It's also meant so much to me how supportive West has been throughout the season, sometimes in ways I wasn't even aware of when filming. It's not performative. It's just really authentic to who West is. He checks Kyle and Putsman his place, and you'll continue to see him be there for me throughout the season. Shut the fuck up. Sophie is doing the fucking work. It's so funny because all weekend, when I think I have something and I'll send it to the group chat, so he goes, ha, saw that already.

50:55Yeah, it's like, you're late. No, like, you have been so on it. I'm so proud of you. Like, that is tea I have not read on the internet. The Marie Claire. Guys, there's, like, so much. Let us know if there's any other smoking gun that we may have forgotten because there's literally so much. As you know, we have tried to cover it all and compile it all. But like there just are so many different accounts. And I think with certainty that these rumors are true. I think Christy and I both believe that at this point. This is not a PR scent. This is not an April Fool's joke. Use your brains. Yeah, I think there's too much smoke.

51:35I am like dying from smoke inhalation at this point. Like we all have, we all see it. I genuinely am not saying this to be shady. If you guys still don't believe it, can you please explain in the comments or on our Instagram at snarkbaitpod? Because I genuinely want to hear your side. I'm not trying to like yuck your yum or whatever. If you guys think that, I want to hear the other side because to me here with all the evidence laid out, as Sophie put together so succinctly, you can't deny that something is fishy. Like I think above all else, it's just fishy, period. something is fishy here and that is my nose that is smells like fish no it literally does like there is something going on here it is not something that we can just hand wave away at this point and i think that the fact like i said that west and amanda and sierra have been pretty silent on social media this weekend says that they are strategizing like what is i don't think Sierra needs to strategize anything.

52:34I think that she is being she knows she is being watched right now and every move will be very much picked apart. So she is probably being extra careful about what she says and does. I also forgot to mention that Kyle posted a video this weekend of the Summer House crew, you know, laughing and dressed as like the grandparents because they did that grandparent party. And people were like, OK, well, like, what's the deal here? He's probably thrilled that this is taking the heat off of him after his verbal abuse from last week's episode. Kyle's the happiest one in the group right now. He really is.

53:09He's probably thrilled. So lots of comments on there saying, no comment yet, Kyle. Kyle, what's going on? Blah, blah, blah. Tell us what you know, Kyle. So again, these are not things that they can just ignore at this point. Yeah. Okay. Okay, shall we get into our dark energy objects and light energy objects of the week? Yes. Okay, so I already said my Elio is throwing shit away. Like my trash cans are filled to the brim. I'm so glad it's trash day on Mondays. I love getting rid of shit. And my other Elio, we'll start with Elios, is we've talked about our love for Lisa Jewell, the author. She's really good at like thriller novels.

53:54Love her. I'm reading, I've read one of her books and it was such a page turner. Sophie's also read it. None of this is true. I'm starting, or I'm almost finished actually with one of her books called Don't Let Him In. Oh, I haven't read that one. It's really good. I have talked about my love of the Libby app. You get a library card, you enter your library card information, and you can rent books for free directly onto your Kindle for two weeks. So every book I've read over the last couple of years has all been free, which we love that. So that's my LEOs. Love that. Like you guys know, I'm a recent Kindle convert, and I don't know what my life was before.

54:30Like, I don't know why. I was so resistant to Kindles, and now it's made my life so much easier. Everyone always does until they don't knock until you try it, folks. Literally don't knock until you try it. I was like, I just love feeling the spine in my hands and flipping the pages. No. I can lay in bed now. I can lay on my side at night while Henry's sleeping and read, which I literally could not do before. Yeah. Okay. I agree. spring cleaning. I have done a huge closet clean out. Like I said, I have seven garbage bags worth of clothes that are getting picked up today. It just feels so good. It's freeing.

55:05It's so freeing. And it also has such a good chance to like, or get organized. Like I have like reorganized my closet. And I know Chris, you've hired an organizer in the past. So have I, this was just something that I was like, I just need to like do it right now. So I didn't have a professional, but professionals are really good at helping also. My other LEOs, stretching before bed, I have a resistance band and I have been doing just like stretching my legs, stretching my arms every night before bed. And this apparently helps you sleep better. And let me look up why. I forget why. Why does stretching before bed help you sleep?

55:45Stretching before bed improves sleep quality by relaxing muscles, reducing physical tension and calming the mind, allowing you to fall asleep faster and deeper. And like it works, you guys. I've been falling asleep so fast. It feels so good just like releasing tension right before bed. So highly recommend. And then also three-day weekends. I took Friday off for my birthday. And I think that three-day weekends, like I know this is nothing like groundbreaking, but like two days never feels long enough. three days is when I'm like, okay, I'm ready to go back to work. I feel refreshed. I'm ready to start the week, you know?

56:23Yeah. I love all that. Stretching before bed. My therapist actually recommended me to stretch throughout the workday as well, just because I hold so much tension. Like we sit at office jobs all day. So we're sitting at a desk, you know, we're just like constantly not really moving. So she says between meetings, like you need to stretch. It actually helps your mental health too. And she sent me this YouTube video. I'll try and find it and I'll throw it like maybe on my Instagram stories, but even like putting your hand on a wall and then kind of stretching like your muscle, but like between your shoulder and your elbow feels really nice.

56:53Just like even small stretches like that can really improve your just mental capacity. And also looking up and staring at the ceiling for 30 seconds is really good for your neck. Because again, we're always looking at screens all day and phones all day and whatever. Like make sure you're not getting, you know, tech neck, as they call it. And good for your eyes, too, so you're not always looking at screens, just like getting your face away from your computer screen. Yeah. So my dark energy object, spring weather. I don't know what to fucking wear in New York City when it's 40 degrees in the morning and 70 in the afternoon.

57:32Like, I just do not know how to get dressed in the spring. I know how to get dressed in the fall. That is also a transitional season. I feel like I can figure it out in the fall. For some reason in spring, I just, I don't know what to wear. It's freezing one minute and then it's like 75 the next. No, that's, that is a debacle. I wouldn't know what to do. Yeah, you wouldn't, you wouldn't know. And I'm always just like driving from the car to the office, office to the car, you know, so I'm not really like exposed to the elements. Out and about. Yeah. See, like I'm out and about. I wore like a heavy coat.

58:03It was freezing in the morning last week, last Wednesday when I went to the office, freezing. And then by the afternoon, it was like almost like 80 degrees and sunny. Oh, God, yeah. They just schlep it. Yeah. And so me and my coworkers were like, what do we do? Do we leave our coats at the office? Yeah, it's too much. We don't want to schlep our coats. And then we looked at the weather for next week and we're like, oh, it's going to be way warmer next week. So let's just schlep our coats today. And it was like so annoying. No, that is annoying. I'm sorry. Thank you. okay my dark energy object is why aren't there match boxes at restaurants at the host table anymore we used to be a proper country a lot a lot still have them well do you know what it's because you live in New York City okay and I live in a place that doesn't have this and you know what actually that's a great point because I was in Houston not that I mean Houston's a city is also suburb like it's huge it's an expansive city I was in Houston I was like oh my god a match box I took it home because I was like, I love to have matchboxes as just like souvenirs almost.

59:03Like I don't like having like, that's the only tchotchke I like as a souvenir. When I go places, I like to have a matchbox. I don't know why. I just, it's fun. And here in Orange County, there are none. And if you live here, please let me know where, what establishment has matchboxes at their hosting table. Because I'm hard pressed to find one. Yeah. And that's my cross to bear living out here. You need matchboxes in your life. Yeah, it's messed up. I have like a whole like we have like a bucket of matchboxes from restaurants. Well, you know, must be. OK,

59:39guys. Well, that was Dark Energy Monday. We are going to, I think, upload this just right away because, again, this is a developing story. Moving too fast, you guys. It's moving too fast. I'm going to check my phone really fast and see if anyone has posted anything just so we don't miss it. No, I don't. Of course, the second we stop recording, Sierra is going to release a statement. Do you know what I mean? The second we stop recording, that's always what happens. It's always what happens. Okay, no new posts as of right now. Okay, well, Mara, our lovely Cloud 10 team member, is going to upload this ASAP.

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