I'm so grateful and fortunate to work in this fascinating industry.
PSA: Please never use Smart Quotes in any text you paste anywhere. E.g., “” vs. "". It's beautiful and appropriate when printed on paper. But it breaks important parts of the Internet. Ok, thanks.
public-key.asc$ python3 >>>import base64 >>>base64.b64decode(b'bHNoZXBAZ21haWwuY29t')