Jen-Mei Wu (8)

I've been involved in movement activism for most of my adult life. Right now I'm focused on cultural work (including through Comrade Lover), making (art and tech), and skillsharing (via PaRTEE and previously through Liberating Ourselves Locally, aka LOL makerspace).

I've been in movement spaces for most of my adult life, and have noticed that some really useful skills – e.g. radio, digital security, sound engineering, screen printing, functional art – are held by a small number of people. And often that small number of people isn't the most diverse group. I've been trying to expand my own skillset in these and other areas, and sharing what I've learned through PaRTEE. 

Re: amateur (ham) radio: check out this post that includes my ham origin story helping w/ wilderness comms for Run4Salmon. I'm not at all an expert, but I love helping other social justice activists get into the hobby, partly because I want more people to practice with.

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Woarn away hole in a door frame where a strike plate used to be
Jen-Mei Wu

Encryption isn't forever

Please don't assume that Signal conversations are safe; they aren't. Encryption is, at best, safe for now. Encrypted data can always be saved to be decrypted later, and it's reasonable to assume that at least some of it is. Here's a poem that sums up…

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