👨‍💻 Are you a software engineer who cares about freedom & privacy? 👩‍💻
Help build the next version of Above Privacy Suite🔺

We'd like to thank everyone for making above.phone a reality this year - the collective consciousness is ready to #TakeBackOurTech by supporting independent software services like Above Privacy Suite.

We are about to cross the 100 member mark for our services, which include VPN, Email, Encrypted Chat, Voice & Video Calls, and Video Conferencing!

But we're not stopping here - we're going to replace every abusive software service we've become accustomed to with a privacy friendly alternative.

Part of this effort will be creating a dashboard or hub for people to see their services, manage their accounts, and top up their subnoscriptions using traditional methods or cryptocurrencies.

Are you a developer who wants to help build this? We're looking to put together a team of full-stack developers with experience in the following areas:

- Full Stack Javanoscript
- Front End Design & Development
- Back End Development & Networking
- CI/CD

This project will be particularly exciting as we'll choose tools & technologies that give our developers & users the most freedom. You'll learn a lot along the way, have ownership of your role, and will get paid in crypto ;)

Interested parties, please send thoughts & relevant experience to team@above-agency.com

~ Our connection is sacred

🇫🇷 Nazi troops in #France go around restaurants checking everyone's social credit system apps.
No jab no food

COVID-19 During Pregnancy Doesn’t Harm Baby’s Brain, Study Finds

📝@COVID19Up: COVID-19 of mild to moderate severity in pregnant women appears to have no effect on the brain of the developing fetus, according to a new study presented on Tuesday (Nov. 30) at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA).

“Women infected with SARS-CoV-2 during pregnancy are concerned that the virus may affect the development of their unborn child, as is the case with some other viral infections,” said study senior author Sophia Stöcklein, M.D., from the Department of Radiology at Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, in Germany. “So far, although there are a few reports of vertical transmission to the fetus, the exact risk and impact remain largely unclear. The aim of our study was to fill this gap in knowledge regarding the impact of a maternal SARS-CoV-2 infection on fetal brain development.”

“In our study, there was no evidence that a maternal SARS-CoV-2 infection has any effect on the brain development of the unborn child,” Dr. Stöcklein said. “This fact should help to reassure affected parents.”

Dr. Stöcklein cautioned that only mothers with mild to moderate symptoms and without hospitalization were included in the study.

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The Beechat Clip will come bundled with a custom open-source cable which allows using the Clip and charging the phone at the same time. Only the internal components are pictured here, while in the release version the cable will have a case. Also note, the black parts are flexible, to suit different phones and attachments. Pictured here is the USB-C version, but a Micro-USB version will also be available at launch. Find out more at https://github.com/BeechatNetworkSystemsLtd/BeechatCable

CDC Addressing Heart Problems After Vaccinations

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/safety/myocarditis.html

What good does this do now after they've been forced on the unaware? Hardly any media reporting on this either.
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What You Need to Know
Cases of myocarditis reported to the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS)external icon have occurred:
After mRNA COVID-19 vaccination (Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna), especially in male adolescents and young adults
More often after the second dose
Usually within a week of vaccination
Most patients with myocarditis or pericarditis who received care responded well to medicine and rest and felt better quickly.
Patients can usually return to their normal daily activities after their symptoms improve. Those who have been diagnosed with myocarditis should consult with their cardiologist (heart doctor) about return to exercise or sports. More information will be shared as it becomes available.
Both myocarditis and pericarditis have the following symptoms:

Chest pain
Shortness of breath
Feelings of having a fast-beating, fluttering, or pounding heart

The Event speaker lineup is 🔥🔥🔥

XMPP❤️Telegram Bridged!
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Today we successfully set up the bridge between our Telegram & XMPP communities. Your #TBOT family just got a lot bigger!

XMPP: tbot@group.chat.above.im
Telegram: https://news.1rj.ru/str/takebackourtech_chat

Tickets are now available for the Greater Getaway Central Texas, one of the live tapings of the Greater Reset Activation.

We have some solid in person speakers this year including Joel Salatin!

If you are planning on coming, get your tickets fast, there are only 90 available!!!

https://thegreaterreset.org/tgr-central-texas/

🤔 Another vaccine? Let's think about this.

If you have questions about whether or not you should get another vaccine or booster, you’re not alone. In fact, you should have questions!

We've created a thorough guide backed by evidence to help answer some of the most important questions about Covid-19 vaccines and boosters.

Please share this new resource with everyone you know that is currently making this important decision.

➡️ worldcouncilforhealth.org/campaign/another-covid-19-vaccine-lets-think

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Germany Imposes Nationwide Lockdown for the Unvaccinated

🇩🇪@COVID19Up: Germany is imposing a lockdown for the unvaccinated nationwide.

Angela Merkel and Olaf Scholz, who will replace her as chancellor next week, are meeting with regional leaders to agree on the measures Thursday (Dec. 2) morning.

Scholz has rejected calls for a new lockdown for everyone in Germany but has agreed to extend restrictions for the unvaccinated.

Under a draft of the new measures leaked to the German press, the unvaccinated will be barred from restaurants, pubs, cinemas, gyms, cultural events and non-essential shops. They will be subject to strict contact restrictions allowing a maximum of two households to meet.

The unvaccinated will also be barred from Christmas markets.

The meeting comes two days after Scholz agreed to put compulsory COVID-19 vaccination to the German parliament.

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“‘Tool to Enforce Orwellian Rules”: 80 House Republicans Vote With Democrats to Fund Federal Vaccination Database

🇺🇸💉@COVID19Up: 80 House Republicans voted with Democrats on Tuesday (Nov. 30) to pass the Immunization Infrastructure Modernization Act, which if signed into law would fund a federal vaccination database.

According to the bill, also called H. R. 550, the government would provide $400 million in taxpayer dollars to fund “immunization system data modernization and expansion,” a system otherwise defined as “a confidential, population-based, computerized database that records immunization doses administered by any health care provider to persons within the geographic area covered by that database.”

In a statement, the bill’s main sponsor, Rep. Ann Kuster (D-NH), said the system would be used to “remind patients when they are due for a recommended vaccine” and identify areas with low vaccination rates to “ensure equitable distribution of vaccines.”

Rep. Mary Miller (R-IL) warned on Wednesday (Dec. 1) that the legislation would enable the federal government to “track” unvaccinated Americans who “will be targeted and forced to comply with Biden’s crazy ‘global vaccination’ vision.”

“These systems are designed to allow for the sharing of crucial information and maintenance of records. Do we really trust the government to protect our medical records?” Miller said. “The bill’s author even bragged in her press release that these systems will help the government remind patients when they are due for a recommended vaccine and identify areas with low vaccination rates to ensure equitable distribution of vaccines. This was clearly a legislative tool to enforce vaccine mandates and force their Orwellian rules onto those who do not comply.”

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Amazing, we just got the first Telegram spam message bridged into XMPP.

Truly pioneering communications here.

PREMIERING NOW:

Presentado por la Red de La Resistencia Consciente:
la Pirámide de Poder - Primera Temporada

Investigado, escrito y narrado por: Derrick Broze
Editado por: Jeremy Martin y Becca Godwin

Subtitulado por: @alecantaynollores

WATCH LIVE:

Odysee: https://odysee.com/@theconsciousresistance:7/POPEspanolPrimeraTemporada:5

Rokfin: https://rokfin.com/stream/11480/La-Piramide-de-Poder-Primera-Temporada

Flote: https://flote.app/consciousresistance/live

Dlive: https://dlive.tv/consciousresistance

My notes from the White House press conference on Vaccines:

- Pushing forward to get 100M eligible Americans boosted
- Creating local family vaccination clinics everywhere
- More vaccines & 'contingency plans' in the works with vaccine manufacturers in case we need even more vaccines...
- Discussing 'testing kids to stay' in a classroom when there is a positive case - increasing regular testing of kids.
- Free at home tests at home, private health insurers cover costs of 'at-home tests'
- Will continue to require masks on all public transport

'Vaccinating the world is a moral obligation'

What a twisted sense of morals these people have.

Its been quite some time since I've written anything original for @neo_network, but I'm wanting to write a piece on viable ways to counter domain censorship as Ice Age Farmer has observed happening.

Domain censorship has been happening since 2016 to counterfeiting and pirating sites over intellectual property issues, and now it could be used to attack any sites that go against the narrative.

However, its not all doom and gloom as there are different top level domains and governing bodies that are further out of Western reaches.

If you're interested in how domain censorship works, check out the article I wrote for @neo_network a while back: https://news.1rj.ru/str/neo_network_chat/1663

U.N. Taking Down Private Websites - Domain Level Censorship

The U.N. Counter Terrorism Executive Directorate (CTED) is now responsible for taking entire privately hosted websites offline, as they seek to take total control of the flow of information and establish their "Great Narrative." CTED notifies domain registrars of "extremist" sites -- i.e., those that promote narratives they don't approve of -- and the sites can no longer be found. This reflects a new level of internet censorship, but it is not just publishers who are in the crosshairs...it is all of us. Christian breaks it down in this Ice Age Farmer broadcast.

via @iceagefarmer

#iafvideo #censorship

FULL SHOW NOTES: https://www.iceagefarmer.com/2021/12/02/u-n-taking-down-private-websites-domain-level-censorship/

https://youtu.be/qFFEI60SThU
https://www.bitchute.com/video/FGgptMetfqWm/

Are We On The Brink Of An Internet Apocalpyse: Part I
@neo_network
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Since 2020 we've become aware of the growing pressure to homogenize discussion across the internet on key issues - all for our safety of course.

The major players in Internet 2.0 have take huge steps to moderate their platforms:

- Youtube removed over 2M channels between January & March 2020 alone
- Twitter has suspended a million accounts in the first half of 2020
- Facebook took action on over 100M+ pieces of content across Q3 and Q4 of 2020,

Although these platforms claim to be upholding common morals rather than subjective guidelines, they do not provide any transparency below aggregate statistics. This leaves plenty of room for truthful content & users to get removed and lumped in with these ban waves. One such case that comes to mind is The Conscious Resistance, which had 150K subscribers in October 2020. It had multiple videos deleted with interviews of doctors talking about the benefits Vitamin C, which eventually led to the channel being taken down entirely.

My point is that it is too hard to tell who is actually getting banned without being a part of the banned groups themselves. There is no independent listing for people to make the case for their channels outside the platforms themselves.

As this pressure has increased, the individuals who valued the right to dissent naturally moved towards alternative platforms where they could communicate freely.

And these alt-media platforms have continued to disappoint us, like Bitchute - which has become overrun with far-right & hateful media channels that kill the signal to noise ratio and stink of a limited hangout. And there are even reports of Bitchute terminating channels (which you can really only hear about if you follow the content creator directly)

This process seems to repeat in a perpetual search of alternative-to-the-alternative platforms. Rather than rely on aggregators (which are convenient), we as truth seekers should interact directly with our content creators.

Still, the nightmare scenario is waking up one day to find our favorite sites de-listed from the internet entirely.

In this 2 part series, I wanted to explore if this nightmare scenario is possible, and what it might look like - to give us a better chance of protecting ourselves:

We need to explore three things:

1. What does the judicial precedent look like for the de-listing of domains on the internet?
2. Why did it happen, for what purposes, and at what scale?
3. How does the seizure of a domain work?

You're In Our Sites

The first major thing to know, is that domain seizures started becoming commonplace in 2010, and operation have continued to ramp up every year since then, all across the world - but mainly in the United States & EU.

There were two laws that served as legal basis for these seizures:

- PRO-IP Act of 2008, which increased civil & criminal penalties for copyright infringement, and was used by record labels & recording agencies to sue individuals for sharing copyrighted material
- The civil forfeiture provision (2323) of Title 18 U.S Criminal Code which amended the PRO-IP act, and allowed the agencies conducting these operations to seize domains, goods, and money from targeted operations.

The National Intellectual Property Rights Coordination Center is a joint-task force agency led by U.S Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). These two organization launched Operation In Our Sites in 2010. This operation ‘targets websites and their operators that distribute counterfeit and pirated items over the Internet, including counterfeit pharmaceuticals and pirated movies, television shows, music, software, electronics, and other merchandise as well as products that threaten public health and safety’.

This global organization encompasses 24 US & international agencies ranging from agencies in multiple branches of the US armed forces, the postal service, and international law enforcement agencies like Europol, and more.

Year after year, NIPRCC & ICE have come up with cute names for their operations to go after sites that sell counterfeit goods. This started at a small scale at first, with tens to a few hundred domain names being seized, and then grew in size after operation Transatlantic, which seized close to 30,000 domain names.

The latest operation which has been publicly released actually seized over a million websites. Again, they target copyright-infringing sites that sell various fake goods which can range from counterfeit clothing to counterfeit airplane parts.

Though only around 33K websites were criminally seized (transferred into the hands of Homeland Security), an additional 1.21 domain names were civilly seized by ‘industry partners'.

What ‘civilly’ seized means isn't fully explained, but one could surmise that the internet service providers or domain registrars for those zones took measures to strip ownership from the targeted sites.

There aren't any details about the monetary seizures from these new operations, but in past operations we've seen sums of up to 1M seized from the criminal organizations.

Is there a monetary incentive for these agencies to conduct seizures? How much have they seized from the latest operations?

Either way, I'm not sure how much safer I feel being protected from the horrors of the counterfeit basketball jersey industry. 🏀🗑

How Does This Work?

Now that we're aware that this happens at a large scale, and why it may occur, let's discuss how it happens.

First of all, the entire seizure process happens before a trial even takes place. This is allowed through the US forfeiture laws (mentioned earlier in this article).

In the case of these copyright domain seizures, a magistrate judge can grant a seizure warrant based on probable cause. (and they can be convinced to do this based on in-person testimony / hearsay).

Here's an example of one of these seizure warrants in the 2018 takedown of ToKnowAll by the FBI. The request was sent in on Tuesday and was granted the next day.

The process is actually simple and outlined in the warrant itself.

1. The government agency finds the domain registrar hosting the target domain, which must be under its jurisdiction.
2. The Magistrate Judge must find probable cause a crime has been committed and agree on the seizure.
3. The agency then serves the registrar with a seizure warrant, in which the registrar is required to shift registration of that domain to the agency

Is This Even Effective?

By now you must realize that this doesn't actually scrub the content off the internet, it merely makes it inaccessible by its domain name. New domains can be registered in its place, and the IP address can be even be bookmarked by individuals for later use.

Additionally, this domain seizure practice is heavy handed and can be inaccurate. The Center for Democracy & Technology pointed out one case of mistaken seizure targeting a parent domain of thousands of other individual & separate sites.

There's even been instances of the operating taking down legal sites in foreign countries. In 2011, ICE seized a domain from RojaDirecta, a sports streaming site which was declared legal in Spain. A international legal battle ensued which led ICE to give it back.

We must wonder why we allow these practices to continue. It is wrong to have domains seized on ‘probable cause’ without due process. It happens without warning from the owners, and destroys the value of the domain by directing users to splash pages accusing the owners of crimes.

In the second & final part of this article, we will discuss how countries like China implement country-wide censorship and how individuals & developers can utilize old & new technologies to avoid being walled in.

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Friends,

Have you heard of Greece, Austria, and Germany initiating lockdowns and fines for the unvaccinated? Austria will make the jab mandatory beginning in February.

Think back to February and March 2020 - did you ever think it would come to this?

I did. I knew it would because these psychopaths plans are out in the open if you pay attention.

Also, while traveling across the United States for The Activation Tour I told every single crowd to not make the mistake of believing this agenda is over. Especially for those in Texas and Florida and elsewhere who feel pretty comfortable.

Specifically, I said that there would be another variant that would be used against us around Winter. Here we are now and this Omicron BS is being used to bring back lockdowns, travel restrictions, mask mandates, and more.

It's not going to go away, and, as much as I love seeing people on the streets, it's not going to stop because of protests, petitions, or lawsuits.

You need to prepare for this inevitable totalitarian technocratic takeover by breaking free from the systems they will use to enslave you in the near term future. That is the answer. Opting out of their systems and building new ones.

Do it. Now. Don't wait. Figure out how to feed your family, how to work, how to live free without their systems. They are going to squeeze you every single way you can imagine.

Bank account, drivers license, veterans check, welfare check, grocery stores. It's going to happen.

Stop waiting around for someone to save you. Stop being afraid or giving in because of discomfort. Think of your children. The future generations.

Taking steps now to save those in the future is the only answer. What are you waiting for?