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\textup{A big thing} \rar& B\\
C & D
\intertext[10pt]{The homology groups of these spectra $C(0)$ and $C(2)$ are more complicated than just that
of $S^0$, and we will draw them according to the following conventions: each dot in the
row labelled $[ j ]$ indicates an $F_2$-summand in the $j$th $HF_2$-homology of the spectrum.
Applying homology to these cofiber sequences and drawing the results, these again appear
to be identical:}
E \rar& \textup{We are aligned!}\\
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