Each month, we create a post to keep you abreast of news and happenings regarding the server, discuss recent events, and to act as town square for the community.


๐ŸŒŸ Community Highlights ๐ŸŒŸ

๐Ÿ“ธ Meta Post Image: Community Aid Network ๐ŸŽž๏ธ

This month's meta image is another Story Seed Library banger, 'Community Aid Network' created by Daniele Turturici (CC BY-SA 4.0).

"A united, compassionate, and resilient community comes together in times of crisis. A coordinated network of volunteers provides rescue efforts, medical assistance, and warm meals to people displaced by an environmental disaster. Everyone can contribute, even those without specialized training. While it is wise not to rely entirely on technology, it can also play a crucial role in managing critical situations by streamlining both physical operations and organizational efforts, helping communities respond more effectively when every moment counts. But thatโ€™s not all. Emotional support is just as important. When people feel safe, protected, and supported by their community, they are more willing to give back and help others in return, creating a positive cycle that benefits everyone."

As a fun bonus, there's also a coloring book version of the image! :)

๐Ÿ”‹ How to Support SLRPNK.net ๐ŸŒฑ

If you'd like to donate to SLRPNK to help cover Internet, electricity, and domain name costs, you can now send a one-time (just select do not auto-renew) or reoccurring donation via Liberapay: https://liberapay.com/F-hub.org/

Currently, F-hub.org and thus SLRPNK is receiving 70.44โ‚ฌ/month in donations from 14 people, which is covering most of our recurring expenses. Thanks a lot!

We are also working on a short transparency report for 2026 of all the income from donations and the expenses for domains and server hardware. Expect it to be shared here later this year.

๐Ÿ’ฌ Open Discussion ๐Ÿ’ฌ

Now itโ€™s your turn to share whatever youโ€™d like down below; your thoughts, ideas, concerns, hopes, or anything related to the server. If you have a new community youโ€™d like to shine a spotlight, shine away! If youโ€™re a new user wanting to say hi, feel free to post an introduction :)

SLRPNK Community Resources:

  • Community Wiki - Moderators, you can create your own Wiki here for your communities!
  • Movim Chat - Open to all members (use your SLRPNK login credentials)
  • Etherpad - Collaborative document editor (we are currently looking for an alternative for this as the Etherpad project has started to use LLMs for development quite heavily).

๐Ÿ—ƒ๏ธ Meta Archive ๐Ÿ“ฐ

Our Monthly Meta posts are sometimes home to more in-depth sections written by our admins. Many of our newer members may not be familiar with some of the past guides, so for those interested, we've compiled a list below.

  • December 2024 - How to Prepare for a Fascist Regime
  • February 2025 - How to avoid Big Tech and maximize your digital security & privacy
  • June 2025 - A brief guide on Security Culture & Adopting FOSS as prefiguration
  • July 2025 - How to build community with fun projects!

โฌ› Union Resources ๐ŸŸฅThese are unions from around the world who can train you to become an effective organizer to form a grassroots union with your co-workers!

  • ๐ŸŒ Global: IWW (Franรงais) - (Espaรฑol)
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ท Argentina: FORA
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡บ Australia: ASF-IWA
  • ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ท Brazil: FOB
  • ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฌ Bulgaria: ARS, CITUB
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช Germany: FAU
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ท Greece: ESE
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น Italy: USI
  • ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑ ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ช Netherlands & Belgium: Vriji Bond
  • ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ Spain: CNT
  • ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ช Sweden: SAC
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง United Kingdom: UVW
Image used: A united, compassionate, and resilient community comes together in times of crisis. A coordinated network of volunteers provides rescue efforts, medical assistance, and warm meals to people displaced by an environmental disaster. Everyone can contribute, even those without specialized training. The foreground is within a large tent. An injured person is being helped on the left by a volunteer medic, in the center is a man showing a child how to fix a radio, to the right 3 engineers are inspecting a holographic map of areas of interest as a cute drone flies overhead. In the background is a community food kitchen, with injured lining up for a hot meal. Behind them, the ruins of a city that is devistated by a natural disaster, likely from climate change.
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[โ€“] 5 points 19 hours ago (1 child)

That pic reminds me of a post I made a while back hoping to brainstorm ways to nudge modern healthcare toward the solarpunk mentality. What we have now, especially in the big-hospital setting like where I work, seems so hopelessly incompatible with solarpunk, which still kinda drives me nuts.

Revisiting that thread, it looks like it got more attention than I realized, but still not much I can act on or forward along to others with some actual authority (of which, I don't really have squat).

Anywho, relinking it here just incase someone more creative than me stumbles across it - always looking for new improvements!

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  • [โ€“] 2 points 13 hours ago

    I think there is little hope reforming huge hospitals from within, but have you looked into mobile clinics and such? I think there are examples of them being operated by local NGOs to help disadvantaged rural communities or maybe seasonal migrant labour?

    I mostly know concepts like that from emergency response though. Like they are relatively common in Ukraine. Most are small and only do basic care and referrals, but you can find larger examples like the mobile field hospital the Red Cross is operating in Gaza.

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