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I just met on a one way street in #Chicago with an #activist who gave me these #posters and #stickers out of the back of his car.

He's spending $10s of thousands on making prints for protests. But he needs #artists and #graphicdesign folks. His high-end professional contacts are #scared to provide designs because of their ties to big tech, etc. 80% ghosted him. Please boost and reply with #poster designs he can use.

"This machine kills fascists"

#antifa #antifascist #protest
#printmaking

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@belldotbz

Hi ^__^ ✨ I'm Jonas, living in #Edinburgh, #Scotland and #Lübeck, #Germany.

I switched to 100% #Linux / #FOSS a few years back, so if you need anything from #illustration or #logo done in #Inkscape, #GraphicDesign and #layout in #Scribus to #3D #renderings / #animation ( #fulldome) made in #Blender3d (and #Godot) I'd love to work with you!

I love #nature, #science and progressive #fantasy, as well as fighting #capitalism and being #AlwaysAntifascist.

Here is the fourth iteration of my #FediCard . The idea is to hand these out at #protests , political organizations, and anywhere else where people might be receptive to leaving corporate social media behind.

The QR code links to @_elena 's explanatory video of the #Fediverse .

In this iteration, I have included some variants for different front and back sides. There is a front side specifically made for the #NoKings protests.

I've also made various back sides that either lead to the "landing page" of different systems, or which list the user name of specific users (in this case me). You could put your own user name there, and use this to connect to other Fediverse users in the real world.

For the next step I need some more #FediHelp feedback:

1. Are there any other "landing sites" for major #Fediverse systems I should add? I mean "landing sites" in the sense that you can pick a specific server, _not_ how to host your own, since I want to make joining the Fediverse as simple as possible for newbies.

2. Are there any #GraphicDesign issues that I need to take care of with these pages?

3. If you have #Inkscape (you can download it at inkscape.org/ ), can you check if you have any problems with modifying the #SVG files for your own purposes? (Such as making a back side with your own user name.)

Once I am satisfied with this version, I will make a variant with the American 3.5×2 inch size - the current version uses the European 85x55 mm standard.

I am also willing to make translations for other languages but (unless the text is in German) you will have to provide a translation. I am further willing to make variants for specific protests.

Although it is my hope that people will use the files and ideas I have provided, and come up with their own variants.

kai.nl.tab.digital/s/fc9rHL6wx

Here is the third iteration of my #FediCard . The idea is to hand these out at #protests , political organizations, and anywhere else where people might be receptive to leaving corporate social media behind.

The QR code links to @_elena 's explanatory video of the #Fediverse .

I do have some ideas for variants - including one for the upcoming #July4th protests, or back sides linking to different onboarding sites - but before doing them I want to get the basic #GraphicDesign right.

A question, though: Can someone test the #Inkscape #SVG files to see if they can open and modify them on their own devices? I want to encourage modification, after all.

drive.google.com/drive/folders