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+// ponytail: three ships an `exports` map with no "types" condition, so
+// TS's bundler resolution can't fall back to the installed @types/three
+// (transitive dep of electrobun/bun, which we don't use directly). Shim it
+// away rather than fighting module resolution for a package we never call.
+declare module 'three';