MoiraEve

A 30-year career in communication arts and digital publishing. Now I volunteer at my local Indivisible and Spread the Vote to make the change I want to see. I'm for #GreatPublicSchools in every zip code, #CriminalJusticeReform, #FightingGlobalWarming. Erasmus: "I believe in one aristocracy--the aristocracy of intellect." Faith in the power of thought.

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2024-08-04 15:05:55

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@npub10zv…nz7m Wonderful!

2024-06-01 17:16:07

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@npub139m…6cf9 I like it! And I don’t stay away from politics, so it’s perfect. 👍

2023-10-21 02:55:57

NYT Gift Article | U.S. forecasters said they expect El Niño to bring a warmer winter in the North and a wetter one across the South. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/19/us/winter-us-weather-el-nino.html?unlocked_article_code=1.4Uw.KQk_.rDPPtqIAfzab&smid=url-share

2023-10-05 01:48:17

WaPo Gift Article | Man who attacked reporter on #Jan6 sentenced to more than 4 years
https://wapo.st/45hhnRB

2023-10-03 13:39:01

Republican #MAGA want Putin to win and that’s the only reason they don’t want to fund Ukraine support (less than 1% of US federal spending). #MAGA is an enemy of democracy, which is why they support trump. Nothing could be more obvious. There’s a clear choice in #2024, and I’m gonna vote for the guy not out on bail.

2023-10-03 13:14:26

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@npub176z…22we I love Lily’s often-repeated joke about how in Salt Lake school district, diversity meant there were some Presbyterians in the class.

2023-10-03 13:02:18

"If Putin thinks he can outlast us, he is wrong," White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said in response to Kremlin talking points that US is getting “fatigue” on helping Ukraine. (via Axios)

2023-10-03 01:33:23

What was Elon Musk’s strategy for Twitter? Article written by Ben Collins https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/was-elon-musks-strategy-twitter-rcna118490 A year after the world's richest man acquired the social media platform, a game plan published by a fired Trump White House staffer provides a clue.

2023-10-01 13:41:46

Snippet of the October 2023 The Nation cover | Fall Books
https://s3.eu-central-2.wasabisys.com/mastodonworld/media_attachments/files/111/160/041/639/682/185/original/2d0ecb10dc351598.png

2023-10-01 13:23:20

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Joan Walsh also write: "All the big outlets have multiple reporters covering the latest Trump idiocy and the Hunter Biden nonsense. Is nobody tuned into what matters?”

2023-10-01 13:18:03

The Immortal Life of Dr. Roland Pattillo https://www.thenation.com/article/society/roland-pattillo-henrietta-lacks-obituary/ The man who preserved the legacy of medical hero Henrietta Lacks died in May, but big media missed the story.Journalist #JoanWalsh (The Nation) couldn’t.

2023-10-01 12:57:31

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@npub1e0g…3wlv creative!

2023-10-01 12:56:34

Barney and Sons #Tea is made in Milltown New York and they do a damn fine job. Today I’m drinking Black Cask Bourbon tea, and it’s wonderful. (No alcohol, 🙂 says it contains natural bourbon flavor.)

2023-10-01 12:43:17

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@npub1vkt…pu76 Some fire alarm control units DO open doors.
They can also be used to control other systems such as elevator recall, door closers, and smoke control systems. I will wait until investigations are complete b/f making accusations.

2023-10-01 12:36:44

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@npub1vkt…pu76 I admit Bowman’s explanation strains credibility. But the media articles stir the pot and provide no useful information.

2023-10-01 09:22:10

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@npub1xj8…egqe Quitting is a sure sign people are unhappy and close to the edge.

2023-09-22 11:20:52

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@npub12t4…5nu4 I appreciate your toot @npub18r7…xrw4

2023-09-22 11:05:44

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@npub1t7u…zdhu No one is surprised. The point of providing investigative news such as this is confirmation, not gee, what a surprise. I wish people would STOP saying this—it’s such a waste of effort. @npub154j…k988

2023-09-22 10:43:25

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@npub19w5…83fq great work! Nice!

2023-09-22 10:41:29

The 18 Republican-held House districts won by Biden in 2020 election are particularly in the hot spot w/ failing to fund the government. You can help fund their opponents by contributing to this Indivisible campaign which was 100% effective in the midterms, so it’s being repeated https://www.unrepresentative18.org/ #FlipTheHouse #UnRepresentatives #AchillesHeel

2023-09-22 10:29:46

China is giving away biotech DNA sequencing labs globally https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/interactive/2023/china-dna-sequencing-bgi-covid/ Way easier for China to collect DNA info b/c they have little data privacy laws. During height of COVID, countries like Serbia were desperate for help.

2023-09-21 16:17:24

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@npub15an…thlk I think I can write about whatever I want to, Thomas. There’s a mute or block button if you don’t want to see it.
@npub1gmx…atcq

2023-09-21 15:57:28

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@npub1nhd…sd3w nice! Can you tell me what’s MacOS shortcut for em-dash? (pretty please!)

2023-09-21 15:55:49

McCarthy: Congress 'didn't have time' for Zelenskyy to address a joint session //
Zelenskyy comes all the way from Ukraine, his country under siege by Russia, at risk of his life, and has vital things to say to the American people. But McCarthy is too busy to allow him to speak b/f Congress, b/c McCarthy is being paddled by the “Freedom” Caucus.

2023-09-21 15:43:40

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@npub18r7…xrw4 Hep B is a risky behavior thing… or can be spread to infants/children by pregnant infected women. They are recommending the vaccine to ages 19-59. It’s great to read up on it. My best to you!

2023-09-21 15:35:25

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@npub18r7…xrw4 Always good to do the research.

2023-09-20 21:53:28

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@npub1v6n…hpfx no, no one is surprised.

2023-09-20 21:50:02

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@npub12ez…uyf6 Stephen Stills says he was there to support his friend Eric Clapton. Unfortunately, Eric Clapton HAS gone down the anti-vax, Republican road (like another ex-fav of mine, Van Morrison, in fact, I think Morrison had an effect on Clapton).

2023-09-20 21:26:40

Cassidy Hutchinson’s new book says Rudy Giuliani groped her on #Jan6, no less. https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2023/09/cassidy-hutchinson-says-giuliani-groped-her-on-january-6.html

2023-09-20 10:02:20

WaPo Gift article | Louisiana police held detainees in ‘torture warehouse,’ lawsuits say
https://wapo.st/3EMlc6u

2023-09-19 08:36:32

WaPo Gift Article | At Japan’s dementia cafes, forgotten orders are all part of the service
https://wapo.st/3PqAtyC // This is fabulous!

2023-09-19 08:35:38

At Japan’s dementia cafes, forgotten orders are all part of the service
https://wapo.st/3PqAtyC // This is fabulous!

2023-09-17 11:42:16

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@npub1l2q…r4mv Totally.

2023-09-17 11:11:32

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@npub16mj…alcf You are so right. American car manufacturers are years behind in innovation, and this has been a consistent pattern over decades.

2023-09-17 10:51:22

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@npub1pwx…xk5j The suit needs to pull his head out of his ass, but I fear it's been years too late.

2023-09-17 10:44:54

Two white District Attorneys who stood up to white supremacists. https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/attorney-general-of-alabama-told-the-klan/ Did the Attorney General of Alabama Once Tell the Ku Klux Klan to 'Kiss My Ass’?

2023-09-17 01:58:38

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@npub10r2…w6yx No, no! One must see Austria.

2023-09-16 13:14:22

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@npub1aq2…4nfw Well I learned something new. Ana Navarro is on The View (which I’ve never watched). But I liked her *SNAP* at de la Portilla.

2023-09-15 23:16:39

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@npub16vg…lgkr People should have respect for the workers! Yes, including the M.D.’s.

2023-09-15 23:05:00

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@npub1ujw…z49n Another nugget!

2023-09-15 16:50:36

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@npub1fs2…97ag Not to mention beautiful! In the American Southwest, we used to (still do?) build w/ adobe. the look is very similar.

2023-09-15 15:35:43

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@npub1ahq…wjwd I agree we have multiple URGENT problems to solve. You are a smart, patient man who communicates beautifully and your powers of persuasion are right up there. It’s up to each of us to try to reach a few of our friends w/ “the wolf is at the door” message. Cheers!

2023-09-15 15:28:13

WaPo: Republicans are blaming the auto strike on Biden foisting EVs on consumers. // Of course they are.

2023-09-15 13:51:20

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@npub1ahq…wjwd “For those who pay attention” — there you’ve hit it. There are passages in our lives when we don’t have the luxury of paying attn b/c we are so busy. The young and the old are often the ones who have that luxury or regain it.

2023-09-15 13:49:10

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@npub1ahq…wjwd You’re certainly right that people in different stages of their lives react differently. I know when I was raising kids and holding down FT job I didn’t always pay attn to news.

2023-09-15 13:41:05

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@npub1ahq…wjwd Well, would you prefer these articles not be published, then? The Atlantic has been around since the late 1850’s; somebody is reading it. It also gets circulation beyond its actual subscriber numbers. Educators use it in classrooms, for instance.

2023-09-15 13:36:43

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@npub1ahq…wjwd We all need confirmation bias checks, and beyond the “savvy” of those of us online (a scant percentage of Americans) there are many who are NOT tuned in, who are confused, or fooled by surface impressions. These articles are for them.

2023-09-15 13:32:01

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@npub1ahq…wjwd It’s not so much surprise, as confirmation of what we have observed w/ our own eyes and ears. Those in power works SO HARD to keep facts at bay, and sometimes, you want EVIDENCE beyond your own gut instinct.

2023-09-15 13:30:25

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All are old management ploys designed to keep workers down and ultimately, to break unions.

2023-09-15 13:28:32

From Robert Reich: 5 big reasons the UAW went on strike against the Big Three | 1-The Big Three have made $250 billion over the last decade, $21 billion in the first six months of 2023 alone; 2-CEO pay at the Big Three is out of sight; 3-Unionized auto workers have largely been excluded from the fruits of this prosperity; 4-New battery plants being built won’t require union workers (Biden WH hasn’t helped in this regard!); 5-Two-tier pay system between new hires/older workers drives wedge. >

2023-09-15 13:13:52

Looking at the woebegone faces of Bloomberg newscaster this AM, I thought WW3 had started. But no, they were just talking about giant corporations being “hit” by labor strikes. Stop paying your CEOs so much and distribute the savings to your rank-and-file workers. #unions #labor

2023-09-15 09:38:53

TODAY US Supreme Court Justice Jackson to speak at church bombing anniversary in Birmingham https://apnews.com/article/birmingham-church-bombing-justice-ketanji-brown-jackson-38252db47e67cb148615e0275311d3c8

2023-09-15 09:13:28

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@npub1drc…s7v5 OK. Got it!

2023-09-15 09:02:12

According to excerpts from a forthcoming biography of Romney by McKay Coppins, the Senate had been well-briefed on coming violence and coup planning for #Jan6. They just didn’t do anything about it.

2023-09-15 08:58:26

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Romney’s main objective in life is his own longevity and to live as long and as well as he can.
However, there are some juicy nuggets in this excerpt from a forthcoming biography of Romney by McKay Coppins.

2023-09-15 08:37:18

The Atlantic Gift Article | What Mitt Romney Saw in the Senate https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2023/11/mitt-romney-retiring-senate-trump-mcconnell/675306/?gift=DHORiodPkQfJFBxKWi-ba8IXUT-CIAVvxvYC8klhpWM&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share Romney expressed disgust with his Republican colleagues for feeding Trump’s lies to their voters in exchange for power and acknowledged that “[a] very large portion of my party really doesn’t believe in the Constitution.”

2023-09-15 08:28:43

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@npub1qg4…augv The global war on terror is a contributor to climate change. And Putin’s invasion of Ukraine is another, a crime against humanity.

2023-09-15 08:27:06

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@npub1drc…s7v5 Take back the House. Indivisible’s got a plan to secure a Democratic trifecta. https://www.unrepresentative18.org/

2023-09-15 08:15:38

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@npub1sat…8vnx
A picture’s worth a thousand words!

2023-09-15 07:52:35

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@npub1sum…3mxq I totally agree. The race to monetize everything and everybody is a scourge on humanity.

2023-09-15 07:34:38

It’s Now Clearer Than Ever: The US Is Choosing to Impoverish Children https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/child-poverty-rise-census/ by John Nichols

2023-09-14 15:47:25

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@npub1xj8…egqe incredibly disturbing.

2023-09-13 15:40:46

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@npub1lag…58rt Same old playbook!

2023-09-13 12:29:41

@npub1f4d…gauz I read your Friday Night Lights security measures story (9/12/2023). It was very good and informative.

2023-09-13 12:12:11

Virginia is one of 10 states without a formal shield law for journalists. The PRESS ACT would protect a reporter’s sources and would protect data from being seized by a telecomm company. In D.C., both the House and Senate versions of the bill have bipartisan support. U.S. Rep. Ben Cline, R-Virginia, is a cosponsor of the current iteration of the House bill. #press

2023-09-12 13:36:37

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@npub1sh6…hchr Good morning, Travis!

2023-09-12 13:28:55

NYT Gift article (my own headline) | The Trouble With Zealots | https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/11/us/politics/mccarthy-house-spending-fight.html?unlocked_article_code=xsBHVjP1VgGe6VOzZDQORYzxu4IRRoz9FqJxIthBDpRNtsS4YVungCCOaPs7OzyYFkxEf71QexhZy4juFAruUcoOhtH6i_RPydN026nD89C2ymAZlafaVfHh42AtGXeoGorgvZs2p_tmGo55reWQigXZkYnnGHqn9sCxDM59jHi-033VSCUv2fJ2kR3VUJBs_yq-FZy62EVgrkBYdyt59GobFb1ZhpJ3mK8mNifudJnsO6Z6H_TaUTh8xsOLRh0KSgPOKMhXxQ77Enb5QPqTB_g36ErXqWOg9jalQ50G0uQvLCpBJOwzdF_QC6q9aRKAar0IuAwkNVxUA0T1KljTTzWqfTZwSQ0Bh5dw&smid=url-share | Speaker Kevin McCarthy faces his biggest test since the debt ceiling showdown as right-wing Republicans demand deep spending cuts and tougher border policies opposed by the White House and Senate.

2023-09-12 13:22:27

NYT Gift article | Thousands Feared Dead in Libya as Dam Collapses Deepen Flood Disaster https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/12/world/middleeast/libya-floods.html?unlocked_article_code=EVihY1Ffwv-EjAl_aofZgxrdWx1wTPOTomazVop2ryKEW9u-V2attyNtAII9K8di5WXmOgqk2wk6OTCUTuratkzYYPSmVED0-lEf8SHu2S3SGlGOgCTS92O1peoXOhYf5oVlfs2Kp8OZAGiTix7eTxRa6aPwav6gb3Kq33cuYp2_dI1MS_nKM1FCXkMsiWwciLUQwHRjNIYYeIWe6IMZ5b4RcnnDCZHwC8w_puSKHZyR52mup_gbmwJoa4kGQDY-Qo9te1GXnQb0xwhbIeA9rVgCM8b0I0CWAEzB_9M_PW3ERYx7Ev_FGlYVAtsuWIl8oLfAw5RBJCG3jOwiQAUO&smid=url-share The authorities in the country’s east said that two dams unleashed their waters on the city of Derna during a heavy storm this weekend, sweeping entire neighborhoods into the sea.

2023-09-11 15:04:13

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@npub1wsw…569c super peaceful place!

2023-09-11 14:56:47

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@npub1m43…pfmx Coalition groups like yours make sense, esp. for comprehensive solutions.

2023-09-11 14:52:39

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@npub1p0w…rlrh I really appreciate your smart take on this!

2023-09-11 14:51:17

From prime time to lurid tales in a shed: the rapid descent of Tucker Carlson
by Adam Gabbatt // Great headline!

2023-09-11 14:33:18

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@npub1p0w…rlrh Unintended consequences!

2023-09-11 13:13:12

I love it. Michael Moore explains to frightened liberals in his current podcast why the monster is not going to reappear.
Episode 301: Rumble with Michael Moore
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2023-08-31 18:43:18

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@npub1867…mfsf Could not be more perfect!

2023-08-31 13:51:04

President Biden: “The U.S. intelligence community has determined that domestic terrorism, rooted in #whiteSupremacy, is the greatest terrorist threat we face in the homeland—the greatest threat.”

2023-08-24 15:24:10

Seems like we’re past the “tipping point” of #globalWarming, that was supposed to be 20-30 years away, according to some rosy, optimistic predictors.

2023-08-21 21:21:19

Elon Musk has admitted he’s talked to Putin personally about Starlink. At the time Starlink communications broke down, throwing Ukrainian lines into chaos, the outages were likely the result of SpaceX intentionally cutting the cord via geofencing. This is according to the New Yorker’s sources. #PutinsWar

2023-08-21 15:49:31

Two law professors active in the Federalist Society wrote that the original meaning of the 14th Amendment makes Donald Trump ineligible to hold government office. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/10/us/trump-jan-6-insurrection-conservatives.html?unlocked_article_code=jY7PpdvXprpiNqZvjT66Ix1gjcWy727DKbj0E22KPJMXDEDE8VZ9aCEK68slh1J9uDF2KWbLn-U707rToN7SJYiJwoiciAcFlOw6lFrnpdmyzGzkbf-ZOc8SbFAoXxmkM20CGPEYF0EZ8utCZ9-maXWfVKVdk4uVl9tAunkrfKiBOOfpaXLJG57XF61uCgg0g7qpbi3jkjFiZKGf1lmPenlWmHxpwUHmGckYfT0v15rbxcI1eyuxT7hcbTDaz3453e0kTrgI6z2KDkGsalUAaeuFREkl68yESGnvAw4qFWe6eGGwKm6Gq7XbDaran8FJ5EuB8i9RP7yp0I8x-0OoJZepKEA2O0EFY5xe&smid=url-share This notion is picking up speed! Don’t let traitors serve in government!

2023-08-17 18:33:13

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@npub1gmx…atcq May he languish in the 8th circle of hell for eternity.

2023-08-17 11:43:17

WaPo gift article https://wapo.st/3KKNjGF Clues point to identities of ‘unindicted co-conspirators’ in alleged Coffee County Georgia election breach. Coffee County was home to the most extensive of the early covert efforts that have come to light. The Republican tactic was to claim there was election fraud, but they were the ones actually committing the fraud. #TheBigLie

2023-08-16 13:44:22

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@npub1ahq…wjwd They’ve always been among us. Always, always. That’s why we rely on good people like yourself to write about them and bring awareness to the rest of us.

2023-08-16 13:34:01

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@npub1ahq…wjwd The military swears to protect the citizens and the land of the US, and I believe many of them mean it profoundly. Lawyers, government officials and the courts also swear to protect and defend, and while it’s popular today to bash all 3 groups, esp. among the cynical and chronically online, I think most do an admirable job of upholding their oaths.

2023-08-16 13:14:10

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@npub1ahq…wjwd For me, it’s ok if taking an oath is aspirational. The symbol is important.

2023-08-13 15:06:52

Zoom is now mandating you use their service w/o an opt-out clause to Forced Arbitration. They also state in their Terms of Service (TOS): You and Zoom will arbitrate certain claims instead of going to court and that you will not bring class-action claims against Zoom.
I want people to realize as more and more corporations use #ForcedArbitration, we are losing an important component of democracy.

2023-07-03 02:33:36

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@npub1wjh…6adp @npub1wl6…5hu7 But SCOTUS's staff don't have that problem and should have done the research! And/or the lower courts b/f it got to SCOTUS.