Mathias Hong
@hongmathias.bsky.social
Human Rights & Constitutional Law • Prof. of Public Law (Kehl) (private account; reposts ≤ endorsement) • 2005-2008: law clerk @BVerfG (Federal Constitutional Court of Germany) • https://verfassungsblog.de/author/mathias-hong/ • (Foto (c) U. Völkner)
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Überlastete Studierende, überholte Lehr- und Prüfungsformen & inhaltliche Leerstellen.
Der Sammelband "Kritik und Reform des Jurastudiums" (Hrsg: C. Paskowski und S. Früchtenicht) diskutiert, ob und wie die juristische Ausbildung reformiert werden muss.
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Der Sammelband "Kritik und Reform des Jurastudiums" (Hrsg: C. Paskowski und S. Früchtenicht) diskutiert, ob und wie die juristische Ausbildung reformiert werden muss.
👉 verfassungsblog.de/book/kritik-...
November 26, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Überlastete Studierende, überholte Lehr- und Prüfungsformen & inhaltliche Leerstellen.
Der Sammelband "Kritik und Reform des Jurastudiums" (Hrsg: C. Paskowski und S. Früchtenicht) diskutiert, ob und wie die juristische Ausbildung reformiert werden muss.
👉 verfassungsblog.de/book/kritik-...
Der Sammelband "Kritik und Reform des Jurastudiums" (Hrsg: C. Paskowski und S. Früchtenicht) diskutiert, ob und wie die juristische Ausbildung reformiert werden muss.
👉 verfassungsblog.de/book/kritik-...
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Leseempfehlung oder Hörempfehlung (Spotify/Audible) für ein potentiell lebensveränderndes Buch (und gutes Weihnachtsgeschenk 🎁):
Rutger Bregman @rutgerbregman.com, Im Grunde gut, dt. 2020
Menschen sind im Grunde gut, auch wenn die meisten das (noch) nicht voneinander glauben.
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Rutger Bregman @rutgerbregman.com, Im Grunde gut, dt. 2020
Menschen sind im Grunde gut, auch wenn die meisten das (noch) nicht voneinander glauben.
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November 7, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Leseempfehlung oder Hörempfehlung (Spotify/Audible) für ein potentiell lebensveränderndes Buch (und gutes Weihnachtsgeschenk 🎁):
Rutger Bregman @rutgerbregman.com, Im Grunde gut, dt. 2020
Menschen sind im Grunde gut, auch wenn die meisten das (noch) nicht voneinander glauben.
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Rutger Bregman @rutgerbregman.com, Im Grunde gut, dt. 2020
Menschen sind im Grunde gut, auch wenn die meisten das (noch) nicht voneinander glauben.
1/11
Fernandes Ormelesi:
"The Inclusive-Exclusive Legal Positivism Debate: A Very Short Introduction" (14 pages)
Solum: "Recommended. A very good introduction to this important [...] debate in the philosophy of law."
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"The Inclusive-Exclusive Legal Positivism Debate: A Very Short Introduction" (14 pages)
Solum: "Recommended. A very good introduction to this important [...] debate in the philosophy of law."
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Fernandes Ormelesi on the Inclusive-Exclusive Legal Positivism Debate
Vinicius Fernandes Ormelesi (Minas Gerais State University) has posted The Inclusive-Exclusive Legal Positivism Debate: A Very Short Introduction on SSRN. Here is the abstract: The debate between inclusive and exclusive legal…
Vinicius Fernandes Ormelesi (Minas Gerais State University) has posted The Inclusive-Exclusive Legal Positivism Debate: A Very Short Introduction on SSRN. Here is the abstract: The debate between inclusive and exclusive legal…
Fernandes Ormelesi on the Inclusive-Exclusive Legal Positivism Debate
Vinicius Fernandes Ormelesi (Minas Gerais State University) has posted The Inclusive-Exclusive Legal Positivism Debate: A Very Short Introduction on SSRN. Here is the abstract: The debate between inclusive and exclusive legal positivism represents one of the most significant theoretical divides in contemporary legal philosophy. At its core, this scholarly discourse examines the fundamental relationship between law and morality, particularly whether moral criteria can function as conditions for legal validity.
legaltheoryblog.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Fernandes Ormelesi:
"The Inclusive-Exclusive Legal Positivism Debate: A Very Short Introduction" (14 pages)
Solum: "Recommended. A very good introduction to this important [...] debate in the philosophy of law."
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"The Inclusive-Exclusive Legal Positivism Debate: A Very Short Introduction" (14 pages)
Solum: "Recommended. A very good introduction to this important [...] debate in the philosophy of law."
1/15
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Man stelle sich einmal vor, die Göttinger Sieben hätten sich auf die politische Neutralität der Hochschulen berufen.
November 25, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Man stelle sich einmal vor, die Göttinger Sieben hätten sich auf die politische Neutralität der Hochschulen berufen.
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Noch eine Woche 💥
Ein Jahr lang haben wir uns mit der Frage beschäftigt, wie verwundbar die deutsche Justiz ist.
Am 2. Dezember erscheinen die Ergebnisse des Justiz-Projekts Open Access als Buch auf dem Blog.
Hier gibt es vorab einen Sneak Peek aus dem Vorwort 👀
Ein Jahr lang haben wir uns mit der Frage beschäftigt, wie verwundbar die deutsche Justiz ist.
Am 2. Dezember erscheinen die Ergebnisse des Justiz-Projekts Open Access als Buch auf dem Blog.
Hier gibt es vorab einen Sneak Peek aus dem Vorwort 👀
November 25, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Noch eine Woche 💥
Ein Jahr lang haben wir uns mit der Frage beschäftigt, wie verwundbar die deutsche Justiz ist.
Am 2. Dezember erscheinen die Ergebnisse des Justiz-Projekts Open Access als Buch auf dem Blog.
Hier gibt es vorab einen Sneak Peek aus dem Vorwort 👀
Ein Jahr lang haben wir uns mit der Frage beschäftigt, wie verwundbar die deutsche Justiz ist.
Am 2. Dezember erscheinen die Ergebnisse des Justiz-Projekts Open Access als Buch auf dem Blog.
Hier gibt es vorab einen Sneak Peek aus dem Vorwort 👀
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Up to five Postdoc Positions in Cluster of Excellence “Transforming Human Rights” @fau.de and @humanrights-fau.bsky.social
Please consider applying.
Please consider applying.
www.humanrights.fau.de
November 24, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Up to five Postdoc Positions in Cluster of Excellence “Transforming Human Rights” @fau.de and @humanrights-fau.bsky.social
Please consider applying.
Please consider applying.
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Join us in Nürnberg for a full-time, 3 year Postdoctoral position within an ambitious, interdisciplinary, and international human rights project🔥
💼 Call for Applications: Up to 5 Postdoc Positions for Cluster of Excellence „Transforming Human Rights“
↗️Apply now: www.humanrights.fau.eu/2025/11/17/s...
@fau.de @dfg.de #exc #fau #humanrights #HumanRightsFAU
↗️Apply now: www.humanrights.fau.eu/2025/11/17/s...
@fau.de @dfg.de #exc #fau #humanrights #HumanRightsFAU
November 25, 2025 at 6:24 AM
Join us in Nürnberg for a full-time, 3 year Postdoctoral position within an ambitious, interdisciplinary, and international human rights project🔥
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I had a great time on Strict Scrutiny discussing my new book, We the Men: How Forgetting Women’s Struggles for Equality Perpetuates Inequality. Thanks to Kate Shaw for interviewing me. #WeTheMen @strictscrutiny.bsky.social @kateshaw.bsky.social
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November 24, 2025 at 1:51 PM
I had a great time on Strict Scrutiny discussing my new book, We the Men: How Forgetting Women’s Struggles for Equality Perpetuates Inequality. Thanks to Kate Shaw for interviewing me. #WeTheMen @strictscrutiny.bsky.social @kateshaw.bsky.social
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crooked.com/podcast/boy-...
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Baude on Liquidation
William Baude (University of Chicago - Law School) has posted Liquidation, Then and Now (3 Journal of American Constitutional History 869 (2025)) on SSRN. Here is the abstract: The deliberate acts of different parts of our government have created various non-judicial…
William Baude (University of Chicago - Law School) has posted Liquidation, Then and Now (3 Journal of American Constitutional History 869 (2025)) on SSRN. Here is the abstract: The deliberate acts of different parts of our government have created various non-judicial…
Baude on Liquidation
William Baude (University of Chicago - Law School) has posted Liquidation, Then and Now (3 Journal of American Constitutional History 869 (2025)) on SSRN. Here is the abstract: The deliberate acts of different parts of our government have created various non-judicial precedents. Those precedents had force under historical theories of liquidation. Today’s jurists and scholars have reasons for looking to what has historically been understood as liquidated.
legaltheoryblog.com
November 24, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Baude on Liquidation
William Baude (University of Chicago - Law School) has posted Liquidation, Then and Now (3 Journal of American Constitutional History 869 (2025)) on SSRN. Here is the abstract: The deliberate acts of different parts of our government have created various non-judicial…
William Baude (University of Chicago - Law School) has posted Liquidation, Then and Now (3 Journal of American Constitutional History 869 (2025)) on SSRN. Here is the abstract: The deliberate acts of different parts of our government have created various non-judicial…
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Why does this get so little coverage? It's the destruction of humanity's minimum rules.
An absolute scandal compounded in this case by failure of French government and EU institutions to forcefully react and sanction in turn those who have sanctioned ICC judges and prosecutors. Makes a total mockery of FR/EU's repeated commitment to the rule of law/ICC
www.lemonde.fr/en/internati...
www.lemonde.fr/en/internati...
November 24, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Why does this get so little coverage? It's the destruction of humanity's minimum rules.
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“As we constantly move the targets for AGI, the intelligence that arrives may be one we hardly recognize.”
www.scientificamerican.com/article/ever...
www.scientificamerican.com/article/ever...
Each Time AI Gets Smarter, We Change the Definition of Intelligence
As AI systems exceed one benchmark after another, our standards for “humanlike intelligence” keep evolving
www.scientificamerican.com
November 23, 2025 at 4:13 PM
“As we constantly move the targets for AGI, the intelligence that arrives may be one we hardly recognize.”
www.scientificamerican.com/article/ever...
www.scientificamerican.com/article/ever...
Litman: Justice "Barrett insists that we “listen to the law”—but can she even hear what the law is saying given her disconnect from our current reality?"
"Her failure to acknowledge that reality makes the book seem, however inadvertently, like an effort to burnish an authoritarian regime..."
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"Her failure to acknowledge that reality makes the book seem, however inadvertently, like an effort to burnish an authoritarian regime..."
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I have a review of Justice Barrett's recent book, "Listening to the Law,"in the LA Review of Books.
Check it out!
lareviewofbooks.org/article/is-j...
Check it out!
lareviewofbooks.org/article/is-j...
Is Justice Barrett Listening? | Los Angeles Review of Books
Leah Litman prosecutes Justice Amy Coney Barrett’s new legal memoir, “Listening to the Law: Reflections on the Court and Constitution.”
lareviewofbooks.org
November 23, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Litman: Justice "Barrett insists that we “listen to the law”—but can she even hear what the law is saying given her disconnect from our current reality?"
"Her failure to acknowledge that reality makes the book seem, however inadvertently, like an effort to burnish an authoritarian regime..."
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"Her failure to acknowledge that reality makes the book seem, however inadvertently, like an effort to burnish an authoritarian regime..."
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V-Dem Institute director Lindberg (4.9.2025):
"It seems blatantly obvious that the US is now an electoral autocracy."
The US, until recently the oldest constitutional democracy, is no longer a democracy at all.
May this be a temporary development, soon to be reversed.
"It seems blatantly obvious that the US is now an electoral autocracy."
The US, until recently the oldest constitutional democracy, is no longer a democracy at all.
May this be a temporary development, soon to be reversed.
By all facts on the ground I have observed, unfortunately my prediction has come true. It seems blatantly obvious that the US is now an electoral autocracy.
V-Dem Institute director Lindberg @silindberg.bsky.social (already in March, 2025):
""If it continues like this, the United States will not score as a democracy" in the 2026 report.
"If it continues like this, democracy [there] will not last another six months.""
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""If it continues like this, the United States will not score as a democracy" in the 2026 report.
"If it continues like this, democracy [there] will not last another six months.""
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September 10, 2025 at 12:13 PM
V-Dem Institute director Lindberg (4.9.2025):
"It seems blatantly obvious that the US is now an electoral autocracy."
The US, until recently the oldest constitutional democracy, is no longer a democracy at all.
May this be a temporary development, soon to be reversed.
"It seems blatantly obvious that the US is now an electoral autocracy."
The US, until recently the oldest constitutional democracy, is no longer a democracy at all.
May this be a temporary development, soon to be reversed.
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Cas Mudde spells out what has become largely the consensus among researchers: moving right on immigration will not weaken the far right nor strengthen social democracy. If your reaction is "but in Denmark" please at least familiarize yourself with Danish politics
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The ‘Danish model’ is the darling of centre-left parties like Labour. The problem is, it doesn’t even work in Denmark | Cas Mudde
This week’s local elections are the latest reminder that when social democrats move rightwards, they’re making a mistake, says academic and author Cas Mudde
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Cas Mudde spells out what has become largely the consensus among researchers: moving right on immigration will not weaken the far right nor strengthen social democracy. If your reaction is "but in Denmark" please at least familiarize yourself with Danish politics
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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I have a review of Justice Barrett's recent book, "Listening to the Law,"in the LA Review of Books.
Check it out!
lareviewofbooks.org/article/is-j...
Check it out!
lareviewofbooks.org/article/is-j...
Is Justice Barrett Listening? | Los Angeles Review of Books
Leah Litman prosecutes Justice Amy Coney Barrett’s new legal memoir, “Listening to the Law: Reflections on the Court and Constitution.”
lareviewofbooks.org
November 22, 2025 at 5:49 PM
I have a review of Justice Barrett's recent book, "Listening to the Law,"in the LA Review of Books.
Check it out!
lareviewofbooks.org/article/is-j...
Check it out!
lareviewofbooks.org/article/is-j...
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Well worth a read for its ironclad reasoning, no matter how much its conclusions will depress you.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
This is all John Roberts’ fault
Trump owes his corrupt and abusive reign to one man.
www.motherjones.com
November 22, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Well worth a read for its ironclad reasoning, no matter how much its conclusions will depress you.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Here’s the great Glasser column:
On getting a hug from Rachel Maddow at Dick Cheney’s funeral…
My new column: www.newyorker.com/news/letter-...
My new column: www.newyorker.com/news/letter-...
Dick Cheney’s Long, Strange Goodbye
On seeing Rachel Maddow at the former Vice-President’s funeral, while Donald Trump threatened Democrats on social media with death by hanging.
www.newyorker.com
November 21, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Here’s the great Glasser column:
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We spent a year investigating billionaires for @washingtonpost.com.
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
November 21, 2025 at 2:56 PM
We spent a year investigating billionaires for @washingtonpost.com.
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
Forschung, die zeigt, dass die radikale Rechte durch Regierungsbeteiligung nicht geschwächt, sondern gestärkt wird. Thread 🧵.
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November 21, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Forschung, die zeigt, dass die radikale Rechte durch Regierungsbeteiligung nicht geschwächt, sondern gestärkt wird. Thread 🧵.
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Heike Klüver, Prof. f. polit. Verhalten an der HU Berlin:
Das Ergebnis der Studie (mit @anninahermes.bsky.social) "ist eindeutig:"
"Regierungsbeteiligung schwächt die radikale Rechte nicht, sondern stärkt sie".
"Und wer diese Gefahr verharmlost, trägt Mitverantwortung für ihre Ausbreitung." 1/6
Das Ergebnis der Studie (mit @anninahermes.bsky.social) "ist eindeutig:"
"Regierungsbeteiligung schwächt die radikale Rechte nicht, sondern stärkt sie".
"Und wer diese Gefahr verharmlost, trägt Mitverantwortung für ihre Ausbreitung." 1/6
📣 New op-ed in Süddeutsche Zeitung: What the data say about the “Brandmauer”
I summarize key findings from a study with @anninahermes.bsky.social across 57 democracies
➡️ Far-right parties don’t get weaker in government, they get stronger (~6 points by the next election)
tinyurl.com/4j6jaud2
I summarize key findings from a study with @anninahermes.bsky.social across 57 democracies
➡️ Far-right parties don’t get weaker in government, they get stronger (~6 points by the next election)
tinyurl.com/4j6jaud2
Demokratie: Wenn die Rechte mitregiert, wird sie nicht geschwächt – im Gegenteil
Eine Untersuchung von 57 Ländern zeigt: Wenn die Rechte in Verantwortung kommt, gewinnt sie dazu. Daraus lässt sich für Deutschland lernen.
www.sueddeutsche.de
November 21, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Heike Klüver, Prof. f. polit. Verhalten an der HU Berlin:
Das Ergebnis der Studie (mit @anninahermes.bsky.social) "ist eindeutig:"
"Regierungsbeteiligung schwächt die radikale Rechte nicht, sondern stärkt sie".
"Und wer diese Gefahr verharmlost, trägt Mitverantwortung für ihre Ausbreitung." 1/6
Das Ergebnis der Studie (mit @anninahermes.bsky.social) "ist eindeutig:"
"Regierungsbeteiligung schwächt die radikale Rechte nicht, sondern stärkt sie".
"Und wer diese Gefahr verharmlost, trägt Mitverantwortung für ihre Ausbreitung." 1/6
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@heikekluever.bsky.social in der heutigen SZ zur Brandmauer. Die Empirie spricht eine klare Sprache: Wenn die extreme Rechte mitregiert, wird sie größer und entzaubert sich nicht. Alles andere ist Wunschdenken und gefährliche politische Folklore.
📣 New op-ed in Süddeutsche Zeitung: What the data say about the “Brandmauer”
I summarize key findings from a study with @anninahermes.bsky.social across 57 democracies
➡️ Far-right parties don’t get weaker in government, they get stronger (~6 points by the next election)
tinyurl.com/4j6jaud2
I summarize key findings from a study with @anninahermes.bsky.social across 57 democracies
➡️ Far-right parties don’t get weaker in government, they get stronger (~6 points by the next election)
tinyurl.com/4j6jaud2
Demokratie: Wenn die Rechte mitregiert, wird sie nicht geschwächt – im Gegenteil
Eine Untersuchung von 57 Ländern zeigt: Wenn die Rechte in Verantwortung kommt, gewinnt sie dazu. Daraus lässt sich für Deutschland lernen.
www.sueddeutsche.de
November 21, 2025 at 6:44 AM
@heikekluever.bsky.social in der heutigen SZ zur Brandmauer. Die Empirie spricht eine klare Sprache: Wenn die extreme Rechte mitregiert, wird sie größer und entzaubert sich nicht. Alles andere ist Wunschdenken und gefährliche politische Folklore.
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Published today—at the start of Transgender Awareness Week—in the American Journal of International Law, my new book review, "International Law as a Site for Queer Joy?" arrives at a moment that feels both personal and profound.
Now up at @ssrn.bsky.social : papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Now up at @ssrn.bsky.social : papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
International Law as a Site for Queer Joy?
This essay reviews two recent edited volumes—Queer Engagements with International Law: Times, Spaces, Imaginings and Queer Encounters with International Law: Li
papers.ssrn.com
November 14, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Published today—at the start of Transgender Awareness Week—in the American Journal of International Law, my new book review, "International Law as a Site for Queer Joy?" arrives at a moment that feels both personal and profound.
Now up at @ssrn.bsky.social : papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Now up at @ssrn.bsky.social : papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
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When academics talk about scholarly impact I don’t think they are thinking about messages like these, but more than anything else they are what keep me writing.
Thank you so much, Cris, for this motivation to keep pushing!
Thank you so much, Cris, for this motivation to keep pushing!
Goddamn, this is a book review. Why am I emotional. This is a *book review* why am I crying-
November 21, 2025 at 12:07 PM
When academics talk about scholarly impact I don’t think they are thinking about messages like these, but more than anything else they are what keep me writing.
Thank you so much, Cris, for this motivation to keep pushing!
Thank you so much, Cris, for this motivation to keep pushing!
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