Links – John Gallias

Art

Adbusters
We are a global network of culture jammers and creatives working to change the way information flows, the way corporations wield power, and the way meaning is produced in our society.
Allied Media Projects
AMP produces the Allied Media Conference and supports art, media, and technology projects working for social change.
David Lanham
Drawings and other creations.
Detroit Institute of Arts
The DIA has been a beacon of culture for the Detroit area for well over a century
Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit (MOCAD)
MOCAD is where adventurous minds encounter the best in contemporary visual, literary, music, and performing arts.
Recycled Propaganda
The brain child of artist and designer Izaac Zevalking. Born 1987 Zevalking is an artist whose work addresses complex problems and issues in recent American and world history, culture, and society.
University of Michigan Museum of Art
Seeks to transform individual and civic life by promoting the discovery, contemplation, and enjoyment of the art of our world.
University of Michigan Museum of Natural History
A dynamic, evolving organization committed to promoting the understanding and appreciation of the natural world and our place in it.
Wasserman Projects (Detroit)
Wasserman projects is a flexible and constantly evolving program of art, design, and music, that brings together artists of all disciplines.

Drug War

Bunk Police
It takes thirty seconds to test your drugs before you take them. Make sure you’re getting what you expect – and avoid disappointment, injury, or worse.
Coalition to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol
2018 ballot initiative to end marijuana prohibition in Michigan and establish a system in which marijuana is regulated and taxed similarly to alcohol.
Drug Policy Alliance (DPA)
Nation's leading organization promoting drug policies that are grounded in science, compassion, health and human rights.
Law Enforcement Action Partnership (LEAP)
501(c)(3) nonprofit composed of police and other criminal justice professionals dedicated to educating the public about the harms of drug prohibition and advocate for solutions across a broader range of drug policy and criminal justice issues.
Marijuana Policy Project (MPP)
Marijuana prohibition has failed. It's time for a new approach, and MPP is leading the way.
Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS)
501(c)(3) non-profit research and educational organization that develops medical, legal, and cultural contexts for people to benefit from the careful uses of psychedelics and marijuana.

Friends

Add On Media Group
Artist collective based in Ann Arbor that lets you broaden your creative palette by using our talent for the betterment of your project
Breanna Hamm
A multifaceted individual who relishes opportunities to create something engaging, visually appealing and user centered.
David Bienenstock
Former Head of Content at HIGH TIMES, as well as columnist, frequent contributor, and video host/producer at VICE Media, where he co-produced the series Bong Appetit.
Elise McDonough
A freelance writer and event producer focusing on intimate, high-end cannabis-related experiences, including brand and product launches, consumer testing, focus groups and infused dining.
Matt Braman
NYU Social Intellectual
Underground Sounds
Independent record store in Ann Arbor, Michigan. We specialize in new release vinyl & compact discs, sold below list price.
Ziggy's
Ziggy's is Ypsilanti's newest downtown cafe, performance space, and arcade! 206 W. Michigan Ave

Human

American Humanist Association
Advocating progressive values and equality for humanists, atheists, and freethinkers.
Asian 4 Black Lives
We are a diverse group of Asian voices coming from the Philippines, Vietnam, India, China, Pakistan, Korea, Burma, Japan, and other nations. We understand that our liberation depends on the liberation of Black people.
Black Lives Matter
Black Lives Matter is a chapter-based national organization working for the validity of Black life. We are working to (re)build the Black liberation movement.
Center for Inquiry - Michigan
Center for Inquiry is working to foster a secular society based on science, reason, freedom of inquiry, and humanist values.
Citizenfour
CITIZENFOUR is a real life thriller, unfolding by the minute, giving audiences unprecedented access to filmmaker Laura Poitras and journalist Glenn Greenwald’s encounters with Edward Snowden in Hong Kong.
International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU)
IHEU is the world union of more than 100 Humanist, rationalist, laïque, ethical culture, atheist and freethought organisations in over 40 countries. Our mission is to represent and support the worldwide Humanist movement.
Our Data Bodies Project
Human Rights and Data Justice: We are a five-person team concerned about the ways our communities’ digital information is collected, stored, and shared by government and corporations.
Rationalist Association
We are the Rationalist Association, a 125-year-old charity dedicated to reason, science & secularism.
The Internet's Own Boy
Depicts the life of American computer programmer, writer, political organizer and Internet activist Aaron Swartz. It features interviews with his family and friends as well as the internet luminaries who worked with him.
We Are Legion: The Story of the Hacktivists
The final release version of "We Are Legion: The Story of the Hacktivists", a documentary about Anonymous and activism.

NetSec

Dumb Password Rules
Shaming sites with dumb password rules.
EFF: Surveillance Self-Defense
Tips, Tools and How-tos for Safer Online Communications
GetProtected.io
Easy options to make your digital habits more private and secure.
Internet of Shit
Whatever, put a chip in it.
J. Alex Halderman
My research focuses on computer security and privacy, with an emphasis on problems that broadly impact society and public policy.
Let's Encrypt
Free, automated, and open certificate authority brought to you by the Internet Security Research Group (ISRG).
Matt Mitchell
Security researcher, operational security trainer, and Hacker in New York
Open Whisper Systems
Large community of volunteer Open Source contributors, as well as a small team of dedicated grant-funded developers. Together, we're working to advance the state of the art for secure communication, while simultaneously making it easy for everyone to use.
passwordistoostrong (@PWTooStrong)
Oh the password policy is IN the computer! (created by @m8urnett). See also: http://passwords.reddit.com
Prism Break
Opt out of global data surveillance programs like PRISM, XKeyscore and Tempora. Stop governments from spying on you by encrypting your communications and ending your reliance on proprietary services.
privacytools.io
Provides knowledge and tools to protect your privacy against global mass surveillance.
SecureDrop
SecureDrop is an open-source whistleblower submission system managed by Freedom of the Press Foundation that media organizations use to securely accept documents from anonymous sources. It was originally coded by the late Aaron Swartz.
Tor Project
Tor prevents people from learning your location or browsing habits.
Turn On 2FA
Provides an explanation of 2FA and how it protects online accounts from compromise as well as a directory of step-by-step tutorials on enabling the security feature on 100s of top websites.
Two Factor Auth (2FA)
List of websites and whether or not they support 2FA.
UM Center for Computer Security and Society (C2S2)
The center is dedicated to the investigation of emerging threats to critical embedded systems and networks, and on the impact of cyber security attacks on critical infrastructure, governments, and sensitive data.

Politics

ACLU
American Civil Liberties Union: Because Freedom Can't Protect Itself.
Campaign Legal Center
Nonpartisan, nonprofit organization that works in the areas of campaign finance and elections, political communication and government ethics.
Democratic Socialists of America
Largest socialist organization in the United States. DSA's members are building progressive movements for social change while establishing an openly democratic socialist presence in American communities and politics.
Freedom of the Press Foundation
Dedicated to helping defend and support aggressive, public-interest journalism focused on exposing mismanagement, corruption, and law-breaking in government.
OpenSecrets
Nation's premier research group tracking money in U.S. politics and its effect on elections and public policy.
Secular Coalition for America
501(c)(4) advocacy organization whose purpose is to amplify the diverse and growing voice of the nontheistic community in the United States.
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR)
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) is a grassroots civil rights and advocacy group.
Voters for Fair Use of Ballot Referendum
Give Michigan Voters Full Rights to Challenge New State Laws!
Voters Not Politicians
The people of Michigan have the power to end partisan redistricting. With the help of other grassroots organizations, Voters Not Politician's vision is to establish an Independent Citizen Redistricting Commission through a state constitutional amendment.

Tech Activism

Cryptoparty Ann Arbor
Community of privacy-minded educators, techies, activists, and enthusiasts working to help you reclaim your privacy. We put people first, and see within technology the potential for liberatory social change.
Demand Progress
A national grassroots group with more than two million affiliated activists who fight for basic rights and freedoms needed for a modern democracy.
Electronic Frontier Foundation
Defending your rights in the digital world.
ExposeFacts
Aims to shed light on concealed activities that are relevant to human rights, corporate malfeasance, the environment, civil liberties and war. Whistleblowers welcome.
Fight For The Future
Dedicated to protecting and expanding the Internet's transformative power in our lives by creating civic campaigns that are engaging for millions of people.
Firefox Friends
Step to the frontline to help us tell the world how awesome Firefox is and about all the important work Mozilla does every day.
Free Network Foundation
Envisions a world where communities build, maintain, and own their own share of the global computer network.
Guerilla Open Access Manifesto
With enough of us, around the world, we'll not just send a strong message opposing the privatization of knowledge — we'll make it a thing of the past. Will you join us?
Internet Archive
Internet Archive is a non-profit library of millions of free books, movies, software, music, websites, and more.
Mozilla
Global community of technologists, thinkers and builders working together to keep the Internet alive and accessible, so people worldwide can be informed contributors and creators of the Web.
Open Wireless Movement
Coalition of Internet freedom advocates, companies, organizations, and technologists working to develop new wireless technologies and to inspire a movement of Internet openness.
Reset the Net
On June 5th, 2014, websites, organizations, and thousands of people made efforts to close the door on mass surveillance by resetting the net.
The Calyx Institute
Mission is to educate the public about privacy in digital communications and to develop and test building blocks that service providers can use to build "privacy by design" into their service offerings.
The Crypto Anarchist Manifesto
A specter is haunting the modern world, the specter of crypto anarchy.
The Day We Fight Back
February 11th, 2014 was The Day We Fought Back against mass surveillance!

Utilities

Backblaze
Never lose a file again. Get unlimited cloud backup for your Mac or PC. Just $5/month.
badssl.com
Memorable site for testing clients against bad SSL configs.
Deluge
Deluge is a lightweight, Free Software, cross-platform BitTorrent client.
Dicerware Generator (@grempe)
Used to generate cryptographically strong passphrases.
Dropbox
A Dropbox Basic account is free and includes 2 GB of space.
Firefox
Firefox is made by Mozilla, the non-profit champions of a healthy internet.
Focus by Firefox
A dedicated privacy browser with tracking protection and content blocking for your smartphone (iOS & Android)
FreeDNS
Free Dynamic DNS Service
Gmvault
Gmail Backup. Backup all your emails on disk.
Microsoft Remote Desktop for macOS
Connect to Microsoft Remote Desktop (RDP) systems on macOS
NeverSSL
This website is for when you try to open Facebook, Google, Amazon, etc on a wifi network, and nothing happens. Type "http://neverssl.com" into your browser's url bar, and you'll be able to log on.
OnionShare
Open source tool that lets you securely and anonymously share a file of any size.
privateinternetaccess
Private Internet Access™ VPN SERVICE encrypts your connection and provides you with an anonymous IP to protect your privacy.
qemu-img for Windows
QEMU disk image utility for Windows.
Qubes OS
A security-oriented operating system (OS). Qubes takes an approach called security by compartmentalization, which allows you to compartmentalize the various parts of your digital life into securely isolated compartments called qubes.
Riseup Pad (Etherpad)
Real-time group collaboration of text documents. Riseup does not store IP addresses, we require https, and pads are automatically destroyed after 30 days of inactivity.
Tails
Tails is a live operating system, that you can start on almost any computer from a DVD, USB stick, or SD card. It aims at preserving your privacy and anonymity.
Termius
Termius is the #1 cross-platform terminal with built-in SSH and Telnet. It's a portable server management system that works for you in any situation.
Whonix
Whonix is a desktop operating system designed for advanced security and privacy.
Windows Subsystem for Linux
The Windows Subsystem for Linux lets developers run Linux environments -- including most command-line tools, utilities, and applications -- directly on Windows, unmodified, without the overhead of a virtual machine.
wpTestDrive
Free service allowing users to TestDrive premium WordPress plugins and themes before purchasing them.