#Tag · bonfire.cafe

That hyperlocal effort, spun off into dozens of chats on social platforms, has helped create a type of zone defense that - activists say - has slowed down #immigration agents & in some cases forced them to withdraw without making an arrest.

…Over 3,000 people have been detained in #Chicago since early September, acc/to #DHS.

#Trump #law #Constitution #RightToProtest #CivilRights #Authoritarianism #fascism #Tyranny #ICE #CBP #Gestapo

Nonilex

@Nonilex@masto.ai · 4 months ago

In Facebook groups & on Signal chats, tens of thousands of residents regularly #crowdsource information on #immigration agents’ last-known locations, neighborhoods being targeted that day & — importantly — the license plates, makes & models of the rental cars used by agents, which can change daily.

Some #ICE-spotting Facebook pages in #Chicago have up to 50,000 members.

#resist #Trump #law #Constitution #RightToProtest #CivilRights #Authoritarianism #fascism #Tyranny #ICE #CBP #Gestapo

TechAltar

@Techaltar@mas.to · 4 months ago

I've lately been quite obsessed with this app called StreetComplete. It gamifies contributing to OpenStreetMaps in a really nice way by giving you you little quests to do while you walk around. A fun way to get some steps in, to make you look closer at your environment and to do a good thing!

Play Store: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.westnordost.streetcomplete

Fdroid: https://f-droid.org/packages/de.westnordost.streetcomplete/

Screenshot of a map from my phone with quest bubbles on top

...a pleasant rascal

@Nead@social.vivaldi.net · 4 months ago

@Techaltar I forgot about this! I played around with it before, pretty cool indeed. #crowdsource

petersuber

@petersuber@fediscience.org · 12 months ago

Update. "Safeguarding Research & Culture — Distributing Cultural Memory"
https://safeguarding-research.discourse.group/about

"The destruction of knowledge and cultural heritage has happened, and therefore it can happen again. We are in the middle of that happening, whether it is caused by human action or natural causes…Safeguarding Research & Culture (#SRC) is creating an alternative #infrastructure for archiving and disseminating of cultural heritage and scientific knowledge…Together, we can ensure that our cultural, intellectual and scientific heritage exists in multiple copies, in multiple places, and that no single entity or group of entities can make it all disappear. Our archive is built according to the principles of #FAIR and #CARE, based on open technologies and standards, and resilient against loss via meaningfully distributed storage…Everyone, from individuals to institutions, can participate by accessing, contributing, and supporting these archival infrastructures."

#Censorship #Crowdsource #DefendResearch #OpenInfrastructure #OpenSource #Preservation #Takedowns #Trump #USPol #USPolitics