[hackerspaces] Invitation (was Fwd: Re: Black Highlighter + Important PS)
idnc_sk
idnc_sk at vpslab.org
Tue Jul 11 18:16:07 CEST 2017
:)
I'd like to point that it was the US military who actively removed
almost every single
democratically elected leader in south america, africa and partly in
asia whenever their
pro-people "ideology" interfered with corporate interests. Not "US"
interests, not with
the interests of "US" citizens, with corporate interests.
[Harold Pinter on US foreign policy]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=flvLfSSR1d4
On 07/11/2017 06:09 PM, Matt Joyce wrote:
> I'd like to point out it was the US military that basically built the
> internet.
>
> On Tue, Jul 11, 2017 at 11:29 AM, idnc_sk <idnc_sk at vpslab.org
> <mailto:idnc_sk at vpslab.org>> wrote:
>
> I would definitely dial that enthusiasm down a little. Anyone who
> cared to check
> knows how important of a role Stanford plays as an arm of the
> military industrial
> complex. Regardless of how many "transformations" LTT (claims to
> have) underwent,
> we are not living in some fairyland! Love and music are both
> great, I do enjoy
> SF "yt" lectures, nevertheless there is no room for naivety, no
> time to waste
> on projects / initiatives steered to lead nowhere. Without going
> into details,
> pleas please please don't be this naive, you are actually harming
> people. Let me put
> it clearly, people might *die* because of such naivety. How many
> activists/reporters/
> whistle-blowers died because of people like you? How many hundreds
> if not thousands
> fell victim to wikileaks and all the "good" people knowingly or
> unknowingly propagating
> their carefully constructed image? Do you _know_ who the people in
> that org are?
>
> No, you don't
>
> Please, don't harm people
>
>
> <3 <3 <3
>
> idnc_sk
>
>
> On 07/11/2017 03:38 PM, Cecilia Tanaka wrote:
>> Hi Hi, dear all ! Hope everybody is doing great and feeling
>> fabulous, woohoo!!! :D
>>
>> There are lots of still unknown great projects and ideas in this
>> world, my dear hackers. So I inviting you all to share your
>> projects on the Liberation Tech discussion list. :)
>>
>> For 9 years, until the end of last March, Liberation Tech was a
>> project of Stanford University. Now we are restructuring it to
>> make it independent. Wait for good news, people! ;)
>>
>> It will be great to see interaction among good people with the
>> same interests: building a better future for all, a fairer and
>> more peaceful world, protecting the human rights against the
>> oppression of governments and companies. <3
>>
>> Take care and have a great day, with much music and love, dear
>> all ! <3
>>
>> @cecitanaka & the lovely Liberation Tech Team <3
>>
>>
>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> From: "Cecilia Tanaka" <cecilia.tanaka at gmail.com
>> <mailto:cecilia.tanaka at gmail.com>>
>> Date: Jul 11, 2017 9:14 AM
>> Subject: Re: Black Highlighter + Important PS
>> To: "liberationtech" <liberationtech at lists.stanford.edu
>> <mailto:liberationtech at lists.stanford.edu>>
>> Cc:
>>
>> Oh, the project doesn't need to be written in English only,
>> but please remember that a little review in English can be
>> very, very useful.
>>
>> Sorry everybody for the bad format of the original message.
>> It's ugly, meh again! :((
>>
>>
>> On Jul 11, 2017 8:57 AM, "Cecilia Tanaka"
>> <cecilia.tanaka at gmail.com <mailto:cecilia.tanaka at gmail.com>>
>> wrote:
>>
>> It's one of the projects by Brian Dickens (@hostilefork)
>> and I thought it would be interesting to share it with
>> LibTech community.
>>
>> http://blackhighlighter.hostilefork.com/
>> <http://blackhighlighter.hostilefork.com/>
>> A little excerpt of it:
>> "Blackhighlighter combines novel editing with in-browser
>> cryptography to facilitate new ways of communicating. It
>> was initially designed for a Sunlight Foundation contest
>> to improve transparency in correspondence with elected
>> officials.
>> However, it was later evolved to a widget that helps
>> hybridize redaction with accountability in many possible
>> scenarios. It has applications to open government, but
>> also generally raising the bar for fairness in
>> communications."
>> ==========
>> Important PS: - I was thinking about posting on
>> Liberation Tech's twitter account all the new projects
>> presented on this public list, since they are related to
>> technology and society (human rights, surveillance,
>> privacy, freedom of the press and expression, etc).
>> Sorry, we will *not* make "free merchandising" to
>> companies and, please, no huge ego trips. We just want
>> to share new ideas with the world and hack it, make it
>> much better. :D
>> You can mention projects and institutions you really
>> appreciate, your own projects, interesting posts, news,
>> essays, books, ideas, etc. Just remember you and your
>> project (or other thing) can be criticized, receive some
>> suggestions or - who knows? - good help to become even
>> better, yayyy!!! :D
>> There are hundreds of intelligent and very interesting
>> people on this list. Some projects can be discussed here
>> and receive technical corrections and/or suggestions,
>> support, partnership... So many lovely possibilities! <3
>> Oh, and if possible, share your favorite project with us
>> mentioning your @ on Twitter, please! :)
>> Thank you a lot, dear all! Much love for you and my best
>> wishes! <3
>> Ceci
>> PS's PS: - I survived to hospital, but not my
>> notebook. You know, lots of virus there, hahaha!! ;D
>> Well, try to ignore the crazy auto-corrections of this
>> bizarre new cellphone, please. I bought a "dumbphone"
>> instead of a "smartphone", meh! :(
>>
>>
>>
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