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Kind and cherished FOSS and computing freedom advocate @sleepyowl (Joyce Ng) has gone missing (lemmy.ml)

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Her blog post: https://bitowl.online/about Link to the post in the screenshot: https://social.coop/@cwebber/116249815879392312

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[-] Telorand@reddthat.com 72 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Who, for anyone unaware, is mostly safe at this time.

She was visited by government goons and basically had her entire activism and tech business confiscated, and she said that anyone who wants to support her should purchase the tourist tech-buying guide she's produced over the years. She also said that any further content on her YouTube should be considered suspect, as she's not going to be making more videos for the foreseeable future.

ETA: she has also said that she has the ability to leave China, but because her partner can't, she's opted to stay, because she's also a cool human being.

[-] Crozekiel@lemmy.zip 34 points 1 day ago

While I hope that is true, the only thing we know is she hasn't been active online since July 2023, and that was a text post to Twitter. It's terrifying to think that we will never really know if she is safe or not. I recall several people in the 3d printing space that had previously regularly spoken to her that also mentioned she went radio silent in private as well.

[-] DeadDigger@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 day ago

Hmm big Clive on YouTube reviewed some uv products from her last year if I remember correcty so she is building up different businesses and is still known by other members of the community

[-] Crozekiel@lemmy.zip 1 points 13 hours ago

That's good to know, thank you for mentioning it!

[-] Telorand@reddthat.com 8 points 1 day ago

I wish I had saved those comments' sources, but it took some digging to find them. Apologies to anyone who wants or expects those, but I'm not going to spend time looking again.

Nevertheless, they are out there, and anyone with the drive should be able to find them. I don't imagine she's made much other public commentary, since that would put both her and her partner in danger, so I'm not surprised she's been radio silent since then.

[-] Crozekiel@lemmy.zip 13 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Most everything in your comment is from her "last" tweet, which oddly doesn't show up if you look at her profile on twitter.

https://x.com/RealSexyCyborg/status/1677480809450835969

Ok for those of you that haven't figured it out I got my wings clipped and they weren't gentle about it- so there's not going to be much posting on social media anymore and only on very specific subjects. I can leave but Kaidi can't so we're just going to follow the new rules and that's that. Nothing personal if I don't like and reply like I used to. I'll be focusing on the store and the occasional video. Thanks for understanding, it was fun while it lasted. 7:52 PM · Jul 7, 2023