I Work in the Office Carrying Out the Government Purge. Here’s What I Want You to Know.
We’re as freaked out and angry as everyone else.
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We will not repeat the mistakes of Nazi Germany. Do not give in to their demands.
I mean, we're currently making those mistakes. We can stop though. We just have to get together and make the decision to stop.
I'm not a federal employee. I have been protesting to let them know they aren't alone though. I wish I was a furry hacker right now.
Yeah, it's tough. But also everyone can help just by helping. I don't know if you're familiar with mutual aid, and I'm not going to assume your familiarity with the concept of it. However for those that don't know here's a great video series on the nuts and bolts of it. A rising tide raises all boats. We can be our own tide.
https://m.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLlbjNglS2TDKGhXpwMu7gNm4DDU-nPIQ
Organize. Not just with protests, but with coworkers, form a union, get in contact with one. When it gets worse, unions will be a good avenue to fight back in a meaningful fashion.
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
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.
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.
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
Self care and avoiding burnout is most important.
Spite will fuel me all the way to the end.
:3
Unfortunately a lot of unions are frankly backwards tech wise. They don't understand encryption. Especially mine can barely run a website...
You can always stand up a comms network and invite others to it. If you need resources let me know. I'm writing up some how to articles.
Hahaha. I'm too low on the chain for now, got no leverage. The head honcho of my local hates technology with a burning passion, it's not just* ignorance.
I live in a blue state so it's not quite as urgent either way, but it's definitely something I'm going to try to push them to fix.
Do it first ask questions after you give the live demo ;)
Works for smaller organizations, not so much in a local so big and active we get 209+ people every meeting. I should probably talk to my BA either way though
