ERRATUM: The original version of this puzzle had no clue in column 5, and more than one solution. Happy Quantity-Not-Quality Month!
March Mutant 19: Cross the Streams / Tetra Firma (arbitrarily inverted)
Shade in tetrominoes such that the black cells are all connected to      each other through their edges, and no 2x2 cell area within  the   grid    contains all black cells. No two congruent tetrominoes may share an 
edge, even if they are rotated or reflected versions of each other. 
In a normal Cross the Streams, numbers   to the left of a row or  above a    column represent the groups of   consecutive black cells which are in    that row  or column. For   example, a clue of "3" means the row or column    has three  consecutive   black cells, and a clue of "3 1" means that the    row or  column has a   group of three consecutive black cells followed  by  a   single black   cell, separated by at least one white cell. A  question    mark (?) represents a group of consecutive black cells  whose  size is    unknown; an asterisk (*) represents any number of  unknown  groups of    black cells, including none at all. However, in this puzzle, some of the clues are inverted, and refer to the groups of white cells in that row or column. (A clue may coincidentally function as both a normal clue and an inverted one simultaneously.)
When will the arbitrary madness end???
ERRATUM: The original version of this puzzle had no clue in column 5, and more than one solution. Happy Quantity-Not-Quality Month!
ERRATUM: The original version of this puzzle had no clue in column 5, and more than one solution. Happy Quantity-Not-Quality Month!
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