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Hi all!

I'm doing some minor operational work tonight. It should be transparent, but there's always a chance that something goes wrong. The main thing I'm touching is testing a replacement for Apache2 (our web server software) in one area of the site.

Thank you!

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If you know anyone opening a restaurant or bulk ordering their food staples : https://www.webstaurantstore.com/

Recipe I made this afternoon, bc Mom wanted to make a sourdough starter last week so we did: https://www.pantrymama.com/best-banana-sourdough-muffins/ I guesstimated amounts bc we don’t have a kitchen scale, and they came out slightly sweet but Mom and Stepdad love them, so yay!

We’re currently making jambalaya out of leftovers and I just finished the swatch for making the Melt The ICE protest hat for charity. I’m not sure who it will get given to once it’s done, but I’m making one. https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/melt-the-ice-hat

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( 19 Anti-ICE protest links )
Tumblr user daysanddangerousbits:

If you're in Maine or Philly or wherever the fuck Vance claimed DHS is going next, I BEG you to look at the rapid response and mutual aid networks and how they've been built in Portland, Chicago, and the Twin Cities, and start building your own version NOW.

Download signal if you haven't already. Pick a resistance pseudonym. Make a proton email that has no indicators to your real name. Start buying and printing whistles and whistle zines.

Organize your school patrols and foot patrols NOW. Talk to your community and your mercados and your Hmong and Somali grocery stores, ask them what support they need. Get "ICE are not welcome here" signage for businesses and homes. Familiarize yourself with the difference between an administrative warrant and a judicial warrant.

Learn how to take down a SALUTE report. PRACTICE salute reports. Learn, memorize, and embody radio etiquette for rapid response work.

Pick your lane: rapid response or mutual aid-- you can't do both, because rapid response often puts you in direct contact with ICE. They've been taking down plate numbers and leading responders back to their own homes here in the Twin Cities.

Remember that being under siege is a marathon, not a race. ( Explicit talk of dehumanizing ICE tactics )

Tumblr user kawaiiabetic:

Hey, Angeleno here to add: look for or start mutual aid groups that buy out your vendors, jardineros, tradespeople, helping support the most vulnerable members of your community from making the choice to stay home and safe or provide for family. We’re still doing this here and it helps.

“ICE NOT WELCOME” signs are great for solidarity and breaking morale, but please make and help pass out signs stating a home or business is private property. Make sure your business has an area explicitly for employees only. What we’ve seen in the last week makes all this seem like sticking a post-it on a viper and none of us know where we’re headed now, but it’s easy to do and could make a difference. It’s made a difference here.

Stay safe and take care of each other 🫡

Current Location: throw more links in the comments y'all

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PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT- Shoveling Snow In Icy Conditions Raises Heart Attack Risk

Things I’m reading/thinking about today:
https://truthout.org/articles/equal-employment-opportunity-commission-rescinds-workplace-harassment-guidance/

https://eathealthy365.com/rich-smoky-cocoa-powder-chili/

https://novelhand.com/restorative-and-transformative-justice/

https://parentingadhdandautism.com/2025/05/313-build-resilience-and-joy-with-awe-and-wonder/

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This is the bare bones of a post bc I’m not feeling up to much today.

Challenge #12

Make an appreciation post to those who enhance your fandom life. Appreciate them in bullet points, prose, poetry, a moodboard, a song... whatever moves you!

Queen - “You’re My Best Friend”
Pentatonix - “I Just Called To Say I Love You”

*offers hugs and gf cupcakes*

Challenge #13

TALK ABOUT A COMMUNITY SPACE YOU LIKE. It doesn’t need to be your favorite, or the one where you spend the most time (although it certainly can be). Maybe it’s even one that you’ve barely visited. But talk about that space and how it helps support fannish community.

Is the #Batfamily Crack tag on tumblr a community? I mean we riff off one another enough to possibly qualify?

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It's been a week of not much, or so it feels. A lot of going to work and being told to go home early because there's nothing to do and there's no sense in wasting the budget to have me sitting around doing nothing but studying. (We're not usually paid for CE, so I'm really getting as much in as I can while it's quiet and I'm getting paid, lol.) My appointment who rescheduled flaked again - I even called him and was like, hey, what's the what, and he said "oh I thought it was at four" so I said, cool see you at 4. And did he show up at 4? No, no he did not.

Health stuff has gone nowhere, other than me booking my blood test - there weren't any morning appointments until next week though, which kinda sucks. No word on referrals for anything yet though.

Good-ish news - the Methodists aren't closing just yet, so I will probably have one more month of playing piano there, which is good for my bank account. Especially since my hours at the tax office are lacking and I have no appointments scheduled. I can't even do my OWN taxes (or mom's for that matter) because I don't have W-2s or 1099s.

Started looking into info on power of attorney since the parentals are both getting older and actually admitting to forgetting things now. It seems both simple and complicated at the same time. I should probably talk to the bro-ski about it too. It's not something I want to have on my own plate all by my lonesome.

Shakes this week, and then Hamlet at the end of the week, and no official work until Wednesday. Might do some work for the other gig I picked up, might do some work for mom, might try to get some stuff together for the Escapade art show. Do have plans to get rocks identified tomorrow afternoon, which means I will then be able to get rid of them hopefully.

Still watching The Immortal Ascension, which continues to be amusing. Finally finished Vengeance of the Mountain Deity, the ending of which was very WTF after a relatively reasonable storyline. Where was my mountain deity? Ah well, it was fluffy and fun.

Goals for the Week: Survive. Write up talking points for new tax laws. Let myself enjoy the Hamlet experience.

Good Things: warm laundry. Ginger snaps (I caved and bought some). New Z1L photos.

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Today I wanted to stay home from work, so I did. To celebrate myself, I made my favorite vegetarian tortilla soup and ate it with Wisconsin Organic Fontina that I got at HEB (before people panicking over the weather cleared the shelves).

It’s pretty good. It is extremely smooth and mild when you first bite into it, but then you find that it’s a bit crumbly and has a slightly sharp flavor. I actually really liked it. I had it with Hatch green chili pita chips and spicy pumpkin tortilla soup and it was a good combo.

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