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It's time for another #MutualAidRequest -- for someone other than me for once! "Help Crystal [and her daughter] Escape a Toxic Living Situation" ($258/$2200)

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Privacy is a human right, but getting more people to care about it is frankly (and literally!) a full-time job.

2025 has seen some of the worst attacks on privacy to date, and it has also represented the greatest commitment to our work our team has ever made.

Going into 2026 and beyond, we really need the support from all of our followers to keep our staff fed & housed and to keep our momentum going.

Your membership will directly support @Em0nM4stodon's writing work, @jw's top-quality video content, and @kevpham's work keeping our daily tasks on point. It also helps us find the best guest contributors, and review paid products completely independently.

If we've put out anything you've found helpful this year, this will determine the future of that work. Please read my message on our forum for more info:

🔗 https://discuss.privacyguides.net/t/become-a-member-to-support-independent-media-discount-for-our-og-supporters/30968/1
❤️ Become a member here

#Donate #Privacy #Community #PrivacyGuides #MutualAid #DirectAction #Activism #Solidarity #Capitalism #CrowdFund #Donations

2025 has been a crazy year for Privacy Guides.

In just 9 months we’ve published 15 videos, 21 articles, and we’ve pushed releases to the privacyguides.org website 13 times, with each release typically containing 10–25+ PR submissions from our team and volunteers. Since only July we’ve hosted 10 livestreams of our revived podcast, and there are plenty more on the way.

Since December, 3700+ more people have followed us on Mastodon, and about the same number have subscribed to our new YouTube channel. There are 200 per week more active users on our forum, and pageviews across all our sites have well more than doubled.

All of this is to say that people care about privacy a lot, and I believe we set the example in this space. While other “cybersecurity influencers” promote one-size-fits-all advice, we focus on practical and nuanced recommendations that account for the complexity of your personal situation.

To be real with all of you, the reason all of this is possible is because we hired 3 people to work on a regular basis at the beginning of this year.

Our volunteer team, moderators, and this community have all been doing exceptional work since 2021 which has established the foundation for all of this.

However, the reality is that to get this fantastic content out there and in front of people, there has to be a team doing work day in and day out to stay on top of the news feeds and create content that sticks with people and informs newcomers about why this all matters.

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Our greatest strength is that we have no sponsors or affiliates. We have sent thousands of new subscribers to subscriptions for tools like Proton Mail/VPN, MySudo, Ente, and so many other privacy tools, and we do it purely because we believe in these tools and want them to succeed.

Frankly, many of the companies we recommend regularly send hundreds or thousands in affiliate dollars to other channels that give them far less traffic, while rarely if ever voluntarily making a donation to support our work.

Our choice to only receive income from the people who directly support our work makes us virtually the only review team in this space which has no reliance on the companies we recommend.

We have a handful of regular supporters who we are very grateful for, and we have received a very small number of very generous one-time donations which have made all of our work over the past year possible.

However, one-time donations dry up, and if we want to maintain our great momentum in 2026 and onward, we simply need people to make this work sustainable and give our team the safety of monthly recurring revenue.

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My personal goal is for our membership program to give our members far more value than you will get from any other ~$10/month Patreon or subscription service from other YouTubers, podcasters, and writers in the personal privacy space.

I want anyone pushing privacy forward to be hugely successful, but to tell you the truth, I personally believe we are creating the best content in this space right now, and I hope that you trust Privacy Guides to publish the best version of this information as well.

Going forward, some of the content that we pay to produce will probably have to be restricted to people who are willing to pay for that content in return. Our members will also receive:

Early access to new videos on our channel
Priority Q&A responses on This Week in Privacy
Recognition on our forum and website
Priority response to comments on our articles/videos

We are also constantly considering new ideas in the team and from our members. Part of my commitment to make sure you can get the highest quality version from the Privacy Guides team of anything you can find from anyone else is to work with you all to decide what direction we should go in here.

Some other things we are considering include members-only forums and group chats, more detailed news reports about privacy tools and companies, private chats with team members, or free merch for our supporters. If any of this interests you, or if there’s something else you might want, please let us know.

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Tattoo Circus in Freiburg vom 02.-04. Oktober!

Vom 02.-04. Oktober 2025 findet in Freiburg der zweite Tattoo-Circus in Freiburg statt. Wie die Organisator:innen schreiben: "unkommerziell, politisch und solidarisch".

Drei Tage lang dreht sich alles um Knastkritik, Repression und praktische Unterstützung für Menschen, die von Gefangenschaft betroffen oder bedroht sind. Neben dem Tätowieren durch solidarische Tattoo-Artists sind spannende Vorträge, Diskussionen und Workshops rund ums Thema geplant. Zudem soll es ein buntes Kulturprogramm mit Konzerten, Shows, darunter auch eine Feuershow, geben. Auch für Essen und Getränke ist gesorgt.

Für @RDL sprach ich mit Conny und Jaques, die Teil der Orga-Crew sind darüber, was ein Tattoo Circus überhaupt ist, was die Menschen erwartet und was sie idealerweise davon in ihren Alltag mitnehmen können- außer den Tattoos.

@tattoocircus_fr #freiburg #FreiburgImBreisgau #tattoo #tattoocircus #oktober2025 #samstag #deutschland #emmendingen #lorrach #baden #BadenWurttemberg #bawu #musik #kultur #repression #antifa #antifa4life #budapest #basc #solidarity #SolidarischerHerbst #oktober #TagderDeutschenEinheit

Grafik in lila, weiß und schwar. Zwei Wachbären an einem Kameramast vor einer mit Stacheldraht bewehrten Gefängnismauer. Zu oberst steht "2.-4. Okt". Darunter: Tattoo Circus 2025 Freiburg.
Tattoos, Workshops, Konzerte.

Auf der Gefängnismauer steht zu lesen "don't forget the prisoners!"

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Whoa! It seems like Trump may have messed up by lying about the crowd size at last week's #Detroit rally, where #UAW members were out in force. Their president, Shawn Fain, just dropped a scorching ad going after him and his billionaire overlords. Never in my life have I seen anything like this before. #HarrisWalz2024 #Solidarity #UnionStrong

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New year, new country, new #introduction. Having obtained my #PhD in #computationalmusicology in 🇨🇭 last year, I am now pursuing an academic career in #musicresearch in Linz 🇦🇹. Most music genres and styles have fantastic specimens but I seem to have a general preference for the extremes, be it #deathmetal, #hardtechno, or completely bonkers #ContemporaryMusic. Politically I'm a violent, radical extremist for #solidarity, #cooperation, and #HumanRights. Favourite vegetable: #hokkaido squash

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When #SHTF, I'm sure you will need #community, #solidarity and stable #relationships at a local level a little more than you'll need a 2y supply of freeze-dried meals.

Though it can't hurt to download #books and #information now that you once believed would be treasured as heritage of humankind – and never be burned, or rewritten to suit the needs of fanatics with fragile egos.

Start here:

@gutenberg_org
@kiwix
@internetarchive

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Whelp.. we managed to make it a full calendar week without begposting. Huzzah! So of course I'm back with a huge ask. #MutualAidRequest ($50/$400)

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Margaret Sullivan says she asked friends and relatives in various locations what kind of reporing their local media did about the massive worldwide protests Saturday against Trump:

"Quick answer: Not close to what it deserved."

Then she did her own research, and found:

"In the Wall Street Journal, the story’s placement was the 20th most important."

#Trump #protests #HandsOff #solidarity #resistance #media #WallStreetJournal #NewYorkTimes #WashingtonPost #FOX
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https://margaretsullivan.substack.com/p/big-protests-but-not-big-news

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DID YOU KNOW?
Lots of us actually want to help.
And yes, that probably includes helping you.
So talk to us.
All we need is to be convinced that you have a straightforward, actionable idea that you are committed to.
Tell us your ideas. Ask about ours.
Demonstrate your passion and allyship.
And we will back you with a rabid loyalty that will make kpop fandoms feel inadequate.
#organize #community #solidarity #resistance
#fucknazis #bethechange #change #blackandwhite

A black and white photo of a graffiti reading "you are not alone" with the anarchist "A" as the replacement for the letter "A"

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“Palestinian Liberation has always shown us that everything is interconnected.”

Out today in Deceleration: San Marcos' city council wouldn't acknowledge the genocide in #Gaza, so Amanda Rodriguez ran for city council and won. My interview with her and others from Palestine Solidarity SMTX. https://deceleration.news/gaza-ceasefire-vote-a-first-in-texas-san-marcos/

#Texas #politics #USpol #news #GregAbbott #Palestine #democracy #solidarity #activism

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Aminatta Forna: Creative Conversations X UBelong
16 June, free online

A conversation with Aminatta Forna, award-winning author of the essay collection THE WINDOW SEAT: Notes from a Life in Motion, & more.

This event is part of the Building Solidarity & Kinship programme curated by Esraa Husain at the Refugee Festival Scotland 2025, developed in partnership with Creative Conversations and U Belong Glasgow.

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/aminatta-forna-creative-conversations-x-ubelong-tickets-1387176776079

#Scottish #literature #solidarity #kinship #war #trauma

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#NoKings #Protest #Solidarity #Immigrants #MassDeportation #EndICE #StopICE #Project2025 #Trump #MAGA #ThisIsFascism #ThisIsWhatYouVotedFor #ElectionsHaveConsequences #TrumpParade #SaveDemocracy #USConstitution #DueProcess #FirstAid #JustFollowingOrders #NationalGuard #OathToDefendTheConstitution

A FIELD GUIDE to CIVIL UNREST 2nd Edition

"Peaceful Protestors"
[QAnon Shaman and Jan 6 MAGA with a "Hang Pence" sign]

"Violent Insurrectionists"
[Non-white woman with a sign that says, "Immigrants are Humans," with a child and tear gas all around them]

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#NoKings #Protest #Solidarity #Immigrants #MassDeportation #EndICE #StopICE #Project2025 #Trump #MAGA #ThisIsFascism #ThisIsWhatYouVotedFor #ElectionsHaveConsequences #TrumpParade #SaveDemocracy #USConstitution #DueProcess #FirstAid #JustFollowingOrders #NationalGuard #OathToDefendTheConstitution #FreePress #LetsGoTaco

The Nine Principles of Propaganda:

1. LIE BIG Big lies
work better than small lies
because the masses
won't believe that anyone
would lie “about that.”

2. FOCUS Don't
make it complicated,
ignore history, keep it
simple for simple minds.

3. REPEAT People
cannot tell the difference
between facts and
familiarity. The same
words repeated over and
over will become true in
their minds.

4. BLAME Never
credit the other side,
always blame, debase,
defame, and dehumanize.

5. PROVOKE Outrage,
fear, and resentment are
more powerful than reason,
logic, or facts.

6. CRISIS Issues must
be life or death, good vs evil,
love vs hate, us vs them.
Urgency defeats objection.

7. EMOTION A person
might question facts, but
they will never question their
own feelings. Go emotional.

8. PANDER Praise allies
generously, demonize all
who disagree as having bad
intentions or non-expert.

9. NO LIMIT The victor's
morality won't be questioned.
Morality is for losers.

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#NoKings #Protest #Solidarity #Immigrants #MassDeportation #EndICE #StopICE #Project2025 #Trump #MAGA #ThisIsFascism #ThisIsWhatYouVotedFor #ElectionsHaveConsequences #SaveDemocracy #USConstitution #DueProcess #FirstAid #JustFollowingOrders #NationalGuard #July17 #OathToDefendTheConstitution #FreePress #LetsGoTaco

https://www.instagram.com/bob_almost
https://www.instagram.com/almost_bobby

@Almost_Bobby
@Bob_Almost

Three panel cartoon:

A guy running from a man chasing him with a club, asking the other guy, "HELP!!!"

The other guy says, "Sorry mate, I'm APOLITICAL."

Blood spatters on the Other Guy, implying the club wielder got to the first guy.

Club Wielding guy, fist bumps the Other guy, "Thanks for helping, mate!"

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#NoKings #Protest #Solidarity #Immigrants #MassDeportation #EndICE #StopICE #Project2025 #Trump #MAGA #ThisIsFascism #ThisIsWhatYouVotedFor #ElectionsHaveConsequences #SaveDemocracy #USConstitution #DueProcess #FirstAid #JustFollowingOrders #NationalGuard #AlligatorAuschwitz #OathToDefendTheConstitution #FreePress #LetsGoTaco

Same shit, Different hat:

KKK hood with a Confederate Flag hat, and then a MAGA hat, and then an ICE hat.

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"It’s time we stop pretending this is just a polite disagreement and call it what it is: the #left is the political force for good, and the #right is the political expression of evil. Naming this clearly matters – because when we blur the line between #solidarity and #selfishness, we lose the ground we need to stand on. And note we need to put much of the hierarchical left on the right spectrum, it’s important to say this often as well."

https://hamishcampbell.com/we-dont-need-more-liberal-techno-utopianism/

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