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I've been working on the next techno-mage issue, which will come out as a complete story sometime in April. I like to think this will result in a more enjoyable experience as opposed to rushing out parts and pages individually. It will be centered around everyone's most beloved character.

In unrelated news, I am also continuously working on the comic series Creatures and my passion project Kitty Odysseus. Which you may or may not enjoy in the meanwhile. I have since decided that Kitty Odysseus does in fact take place in the Techno-Mage's universe.

They can be found, along with Japanese Jesus, on my (other) website or in lemmy's Funhole.

• https://triapul.cz/creatures
• https://triapul.cz/japanese_jesus
• https://triapul.cz/kitty_odysseus
• !funhole@lemmy.sdf.org

I can't tell you what takes precedence, but it will all get made eventually.

If you enjoy what I make, or have some other use for it, please consider supporting my work financially.

https://analognowhere.com/support/

Either way, thank you! And happy Japanese Easter. Stay prayed up.

cross-posted from: https://literature.cafe/post/30101046

I hope this fits the community, I noticed that compared to the lemmy.world community this one doesn't mention memes in it's name

Hey comrades :)<3!!!,

I wanted to share this hopeful update here too because I know this community cares deeply about queer people, refugees and those of us trying to survive difficult situations.

For anyone reading us for the first time, we are a small group of trans and queer sisters currently living together in Juba, South Sudan. We were forced to flee our home country Uganda after anti-LGBTQ violence, discrimination and threats made it impossible for us to remain safe. Since then, we have spent the past 5 good years under UNHCR protection moving through refugee camps and trying to survive day by day.

We spent years in Kakuma Refugee Camp in Kenya and later in Gorom Refugee Camp here in South Sudan. Those years were some of the hardest of our lives. We faced violence, police brutality, discrimination and constant insecurity and sometimes it truly felt impossible to imagine a future beyond survival.

Today I finally have some hopeful news. Three of my sisters Charity, Pretty and Model have now reached the final stage of their asylum process and are preparing for their flight to Canada on the 18th of next month.

I still can’t quite believe I’m writing these words. After everything they have been through, they are finally this close to safety and a chance to begin a new life.

Right now we are trying to raise $489 total to cover the required medical vaccinations for all three of them before the flight. These vaccinations and the vaccine cards are mandatory parts of their travel documents.

Any extra support beyond that will help with simple travel needs like clean clothes, shoes, jackets and a small bag so they can start this new chapter with dignity.

Even $5 or $10 or a share or boost, helps bring them closer to this new beginning.

Thank you for taking a moment to read our story and for any solidarity you can offer Support link is in my profile.

Hi everyone! I'm still pretty new to the foss world and am actively working to de-google my life. I got a cheap used laptop and just installed Linux Mint so I can get some practice with Linux in general (raised as a Windows kid) and I have definitely appreciated the ease of Linux Mint, but I do plan to explore many other distros in the future as well.

I currently have the following:

Email: ProtonMail (and looking into Thunderbird and Tuta).

Messaging: Signal as my main, but I also have Molly that I am planning to migrate over once I can get my family on board.

Browser: Been heavily experimenting with this as I used to use the default browser (I have a Galaxy S23FE) and then switched to Firefox Focus while simultaneously checking out Brave (no, it's not still on my phone), however I am currently using IronFox as my main on my phone and LibreWolf as my main on my computers.

File storage: Proton Drive

Calendar: TimeTree (for friends/family) and Proton Calendar for personal.

VPN: Proton (I have the package deal) but have also been researching Mullvad as a possible future alternative.

Password Manager: Proton Pass (would be open to suggestions on others. I've heard BitWarden thrown around)

YouTube alternatives: Still playing around with LibreTube, FreeTube, and PeerTube, but I really like LibreTube's layout, just wish they'd pull the comments section too :/

Images/Videos: Also Proton Drive, but that's more of just a backup of them. Any suggestions in this area would be appreciated too!

I haven't had a chance to look heavily into it yet, but does anyone have any resources/knowledge on any banks that are foss-friendly? I'm in the US and there's plenty of laws around mandatory data, but if anyone knows of a bank that stops at that, I'd love to hear! I do eventually plan to go all-cash/pre-paid gift/credit cards, but a bank account seems necessary for now...

Anyways, please feel free to give me any and all suggestions! Thanks!

Free chicken thighs went into this but after cooking it I'm convinced that they were completely unnecessary because the sun dried tomatoes did all the lifting here.

This is the recipe I worked from but instead of a slow cooker I did it as a one pot. Browned the chicken. Deglazeed with some stock, added the onions and deglazeed again after they were just barely going clear.

Then the garlic, carrots, seasoning, stock, and sun dried tomatoes, chicken powder went in. Simmer all that for as much time as you've got, minimum 30 minutes.

Add the potatoes, bring to a boil, reduce to simmer. Once they are not fully fork tender I added the beans and spinach. Once the spinach is wilted its serving time.

We talked about different versions for the future.
No chicken.
No chicken but yes mushrooms.
No chicken, potatoes or beans. I like this because it would be like an Italian miso soup with spinach instead of seaweed.

Pasta instead of potatoes for a more cold soup method.

You are going to want some bread. You gotta soak up the broth. If you don't make some then store bought exists. It represents about 35¢ of the cost here because I made it in the morning.

Cost per person: $2.67.
Cost per person with the chicken: $3.65 This also took a lot of stock so add that in because I used homemade that I canned up with years ago from free turkey. Figure in buying bread and stock and realistically you are probably looking at closer to $5 a person.

By Lauren Wasescha and Mary Ford

St. Paul, MN – On Thursday, March 26, 20 members of the MN Anti-War Committee (AWC)turned out to a midday rally outside Minnesota’s Retirement Systems Building, where Minnesota’s State Board of Investment (SBI) was holding its quarterly meeting.

Members of the AWC gave public testimony at the meeting. AWC members demanded divestment from apartheid Israel and weapons companies, but focused particularly on Palantir, a company whose AI surveillance software has directly facilitated human rights violations in Palestine, Iran, and Minnesota itself. As of June 2025, the book value of the SBI’s investments in Palantir was $55 million.

This marked the board’s first open quarterly meeting in nearly a year, and the first attendance of the AWC since 11 of its members were arrested during a sit-in at the Retirement Systems Building last fall — a sit-in prompted by the board declining to hold in-person, public hearings over many months. Public admittance to the meeting room was limited to just eight members of the community, not including speakers.

As of the 2025 fiscal year, Minnesota SBI managed a total of $161 billion in assets. It is funded by Minnesota public employees’ salary contributions and taxpayer dollars, and serves workers in the Teachers’ Retirement Association, Minnesota State Retirement Association, and many of the union members of AFSCME, SEIU, Education Minnesota, and the Minnesota Association of Professional Employees (MAPE), among others.

The board emphasizes their fiduciary responsibility to pension holders and evaluates what is an “acceptable risk” investment. Governor Tim Walz serves as the board’s chair, along with Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison, State Auditor Julie Blaha, and the Secretary of State Steve Simon. The SBI currently invests over $586 million in weapons companies, including Elbit Systems, Raytheon, Lockheed Martin and Boeing.

“This board has defended its continued investment in death-dealing companies like Palantir with the claim that it is a wholly apolitical body that merely does its financial duty to the state. But I have to ask, in what sense is funding the Trump administration’s agenda an apolitical act?” questioned Andrew Josefchak, union member and organizer with the Anti-War Committee. During the meeting Josefchak submitted into the record thousands of physical signatures collected from constituents who agree that Minnesota must divest from Israel and companies that facilitate war and genocide.

Public employee and MAPE member Kevin Snyder testified during the meeting and asked how the board could claim to be taking into account the interests of Minnesotans while ICE actively weaponizes Palantir tech against residents of the state.

While the AWC’s DivestMN campaign specifically demands that the SBI divest from entities and companies complicit in Israel’s crimes of genocide and apartheid in Palestine, its researchers have found that many of the same companies are complicit in ICE violence in Minnesota and across the country. Palantir is contracted by Israel’s Ministry of Defense, ICE and the U.S. military. Palantir’s products track populations on a massive scale and maintain large databases of intrusive personal information. Its software can be integrated into surveillance and weapons systems, including drones, and company executives have told concerned staff that Palantir places no restrictions on client use of its tools.

Even before October 7, the AWC’s DivestMN campaign demanded that the SBI divest from Israel (in the form of Israeli stocks and bonds) and weapons manufacturers that directly enable Israel’s destruction and genocide in Palestine. The same corporations are now profiting off of the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran, which commenced with the bombing and murder of at least 175 school children in Minab.

AWC member Naveen Borojerdi, who testified before the SBI, is an Iranian American public employee and a member of MAPE. Borojerdi urged the board “to do better,” adding, “My people have a right to self-defense against joint American/Israeli terrorism, and I have the right to not have my own money facilitating that same terrorism against my own people.”

Jill Schurtz, the executive director of the SBI and its chief investment officer, admitted during the March 26 meeting that the “conflict in the Middle East” is “eroding gains” in their portfolio. “War destroys the working class,” Andrew Josefchak said as he took the mic outside the building and shared this information with demonstrators who had not been allowed into the meeting.

Throughout the meeting, members who were refused entry were heard and seen chanting from outside the first-floor windows. The silence and order in the room, maintained by the presence of no less than a half dozen police and state patrol officers, was broken by continuous calls directed at the SBI from outside: “Money for murder? No! Money for workers? Yes! Money for schools? Yes! Money for Palantir? No!”

The AWC will maintain their presence at SBI meetings until total divestment is reached.

#StPaulMN #MN #AntiWarMovement #AWC #AntiWarCommittee #SBI #DivestMN #Palestine #Palantir

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