I read in another thread that Elon is telling gov employees to stop using Slack due to FOIA…

If you’re being told to get off Slack by your new illegal oberlords the below may be of interest.

Mattermost is a great substitute for self hosting comms. So is Element over Matrix or just the signal app.

https://mattermost.com/download/

https://element.io/matrix-benefits

https://signal.org/download/

If you’re in the government and cannot openly protest and need the pension and paycheck, believe me I understand that this economy is built around the threat of being unhoused to force compliance. You can still do something. Start losing files. Send recursive emails. Enter fork bombs when doing data entry.

https://slate.com/human-interest/2015/12/the-simple-sabotage-field-manual-the-early-spy-manual-from-the-office-of-strategic-services-that-turned-bad-middle-management-into-an-espionage-tactic.html

For those interested in building networks and organizing folks to get together that’s even better. However it carries some risk so if you’re organizing use E2E comms and if you’re researching use Tor Browser. Better yet use a Tails USB on a coffee shop wifi.

https://www.tomsguide.com/how-to/how-to-use-signal

https://www.torproject.org/download/

https://tails.net/doc/first_steps/index.en.html

And don’t communicate over email, even encrypted email. Email needs to be stored and archived for it to work, often in plaintext so it’s never going to be a secure way to communicate.

For a place to start looking for aid and assistance. If there’s a fridge or book or tool share that’s not there, notify them please so they can update the site.

https://mutualaidhub.org/

If you’re looking for a place to help, look up Food Not Bombs plus whatever city is closest to you.

http://foodnotbombs.net/new_site/volunteer.php

I understand it’s an http site. Don’t sign up for anything that doesn’t pass your vibe check.

If you’d like to help undo all these info purges there’s

https://wiki.archiveteam.org/index.php/ArchiveTeam_Warrior

Most of all, talk to loved ones, build community. We keep us safe. If you’re interested you could start a patrol and disrupt ICE stakeouts.

https://www.immigrantdefenseproject.org/raids/

It’s a marathon not a sprint. Sometimes it’s as easy as doing the dishes. Mutual aid helps your neighbors and helps you.

https://afsc.org/news/how-create-mutual-aid-network

Self care and avoiding burnout is most important. They want us harried and worried and feeling like there’s nothing we can do. Fuck that