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+- Happy [[2024]] to everybody reading!
+  - My you be happy! May you be free! May you [[thrive]]!
+- [[social coop]]
+  - some discussion about [[Fedipact]] and whether we should be listed as signatories
+  - there were a few polls but the one that voted (majority) block was blocked, so the actual needed fraction of votes wasn't accomplished