With Microsoft Office integrating AI into itself ANNNND charging subscription fees, I'm finding myself using LibreOffice for almost everything now. LibreOffice is free. Period. But! Nothing saying you can't take that MS subscription fee and do an annual recurring donation to LibreOffice 😅 Good way to increase LibreOffice's already great functionality. https://www.libreoffice.org/donate/ #FOSS #solarPunk

- Can you link to when Signal was used in court and what was turned over?

- Signal is literally the only thing keeping me on my current phone. It took so much for me to get folks onto it and I use it as my main messaging app, phone app, conference call / video app. I really wish there was a way to pitch in for support for this.

- Cheers! Thank you for the encouragement!

- yeah. turf war when the core goal is just feeding people. I don't get it. I mean.. I get it, kinda... I understand where it comes from. But I'm all for moving past that. The Food Bank here in town is solid.

- It did! We both approach food rescue in slightly different ways. They're good at areas we aren't and we're good at areas they aren't. We're going to start working together to get full gap closure in our town.

The meeting with the local food bank with really really well!!! They have solid relationships with a bunch of grocery stores already and they already do "big haul" food rescues as it is. That's good. That means I dont have to waste time going out and "cold calling" those folks. But here's the thing... they are really struggling with the "small haul" food rescues. While they have trucks and even paid drivers who can pick up large food rescues, they don't have the bandwidth to send someone to a small grocery store (think your dollar stores or small convenience stores and gas stations). Those places dont always have food rescue and if they do, its small enough to only fit in the back of an SUV or similar. Buuuuut... that's what my group is really good at!!! We *focus* on rescues that a single person can do with their car, truck, or even their bicycle / trailer! In fact, the food bank has FOURTEEN!!! stores lined up already that just need people to pick up the food! They have the relationship already set up. They have the places to receive the food rescue and distribute it out already set up. They just need people to pick up from point A and drop off at point B. Well dang. Let's do it! I've set up a next meeting with the food bank's food rescue coordinator. We'll sit down and hash out requirements. My plan is to then get one or two "test routes" put out to see if we can handle those. Once we do, we'll scale up. I'M SO EXCITED!!! #foodRescue #foodBank #foodSecurity #postScarcity #solarPunk

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Got a meeting with the local food bank here shortly. One other person and myself from the food rescue group are meeting with the food bank to sort out where they're currently doing food rescue from. A couple reasons behind this: 1) We dont want to duplicate efforts. If they're already rescuing food, then we can move on to the next place. 2) If they are rescuing food but not all of it (say they're only grabbing canned food but not bread from a bakery) we can close the gap. 3) If they've got an agreement in place but need help with logistics (pick up and drop off), we can assist there. Should be a good meeting. Lots of folks in town trying to feed each other. #foodRescue #foodBank #foodSecurity #postScarcity #solarPunk

When the level of chaos in the world and in your life reaches a certain threshold... ...that you achieve a very restful calm and peace. Today and this week feel hopeful or at least relaxed. I'm sincerely looking forward to it. Come what may.