Free Tools and Other Items Available in NYC (We're Donating Much of Kara's Hacker Gear)

[@dameanvil]

00:14 🗝 Items recovered from Kara's apartment, a significant part of her life, are in storage, awaiting redistribution. 01:53 🏙 The cost of storing Kara's belongings in NYC is prohibitive, prompting a call for help in redistributing these items. 03:20 🥫 Various preserved and freeze-dried foods from Kara's RV project are being donated to food banks and Mutual Aid groups. 04:13 🔧 Kara's tools, including wiring, power tools, soldering equipment, etc., need distribution to hacker spaces or community labs in the NYC area. 05:21 👗 Clothing, makeup, and accessories, primarily women's clothing, are available for donation to shelters and trans support networks. 06:55 🚍 Valuable items for RV/bus conversion projects, like insulation, refrigerators, and air handlers, are open for contribution towards Kara's cause. 08:08 📩 Contact details provided for those willing to help redistribute Kara's belongings, emphasizing the desire for these items to be used for good rather than collecting dust.

[@annakissed3226]

It's not just Transexual women, it true of transexual men as well. I remember transexual mates of mine who were living in buses etc back in the eighties. Some of us couldn't afford a vehicle so being homeless, living in squats & sleeping rough were the norm for us. That's where I was for several years & for all I know I could be again!

[@LakeVermilionDreams]

Dev, I don't see many people in my life as caring and good as you. So I strive to be that for others. Thanks for showing me the way. Your care for your loved ones is an inspiration.

[@Chlorate299]

I can't begin to imagine how horrible Kara's situation is. Being chained to a bed for a year whilst awaiting trial is the very definition of cruel and unusual punishment.

[@stewartj3407]

He said she’s in prison. You don’t await trial in prison. You await trial in the county jail, if she’s in prison she’s already been tried and convicted.

[@ncc74656m]

@@stewartj3407Not the case. Please read back on the story.

[@jessi74]

​@@stewartj3407 Depends on your jurisdiction. Some jails can't handle medical issues and pass them off to prisons. And not everyone always uses the terms precisely. They are often used interchangeably

[@firstlast8114]

​@stewartj3407 varies by state. In Connecticut if you can't post bail you go to prison pre-trial

[@emeraldbonsai]

@@stewartj3407 if you read the description it say "Kara has remained in pretrial detention for over a year now" so no trail no conviction yet and dev has replied to other comments confirming its all-pretrail

[@thelockpickinglebowski633]

Brother Dev...This is more of why you and your wife are some of my favorite people. I hope we get to meet in person some day.

[@Blenster]

Thank you for being a good friend for someone in need.

[@meh.7539]

Big internet-hugs brother. I cannot imagine how difficult all of this must be for you ON TOP of Kara's situation. Sending my all my love and internet-hugs, man.

[@destinodk]

you are a wonderful person for helping as much as you can. keep it up Deviant. thoughts go out to Kara

[@JustLost1030]

I would reach out to Zach Freedman here on youtube. I think he used to be involved with an NYC maker space and may know someone who could use the makerspace stuff.

[@ConnorNolanTech]

My brother is a carpenter/fabricator who's local to the area. Just shared the video with him, hoping he can help out and put some of this to good use.

[@christianp1788]

I'm not gonna lie, I saw the title and feared the worst. I honestly feared, they killed her. This whole situation is just....there are no words. Glad that isn't the case. Give her our love. Also its been a while, so I may have just forgotten. Do we have fund somewhere for her legal fees/commissary/etc?

[@DeviantOllam]

She's healthy and we still talk every few days. We don't have a fund for her yet because she isn't really in a regular BOP facility. So commissary isn't a thing yet.

[@WowCoolHorse]

​@@DeviantOllamno commissary? God that sucks :c

[@DeviantOllam]

@@WowCoolHorse when she is moved to a "proper" facility that will be a factor

[@iyeetsecurity922]

What's the story here? I've watched a few of the updates but still don't know who she is or what happened.

[@christianp1788]

​@@iyeetsecurity922 He talks about it in his "passport, lawyer, gun" talk. But the tldr is that Kara was arrested and placed in the male unit because she is trans. You can imagine how that goes down. She was finally moved to a female unit. However Kara is also disabled and has some medical needs. The system is not really set up to care for people and she ended up a hospital because of poor treatment. All because she couldn't afford bail.

[@FlypperFlop]

Kara's situation breaks my heart. It really feels unfair that it is necessary to give and sell her stuff because of an insane legal and court system. I'm located in Europe, so I can't help with the stuff, but I hope a like and comment will help the algorithm to spread the word ❤

[@ryanwilson_canada]

Such a shitty situation to need to do this. However, such a wholesome thing to do. I wish I lived closer than an 11 hour drive. My sons school has a really fantastic auto tech course, that's of course woefully underfunded. I really hope people appreciate what you, kara, and eveyone else are doing. Take care everyone.

[@DaKink]

there's a damn ocean in the way. Love that you're doing this with your platform, hate that it's necessary.

[@grant_HH]

You are a good human Dev Unable to help, but best wishes to Kara & glad she's got you in her corner

[@P_RO_]

There's the way things should be and then there's the way things are. Sad she's losing what she built up for but wonderful that she's got friends outside taking care of her as best can be done. I'm as poor as a church mouse and too far away but I'd help if I could. Thanks to all who are helping- that's the way things should be ❤

[@AnomadAlaska]

I just did a search. A microscopically small storage unit in Manhattan appears to be over 500 a month!? ¡Ay Dios mio! You'll save money and headaches dumping that stuff and rebuilding later. Kara can't be replaced, but stuff can and will. I'm not against saving a few treasures that can be tucked under your bed or in a closet to bring back some feels later. In a rural area you'd pay 50 dollars a month for something big enough to park a car in. I've rented a lot of storage over the years. I moved around a lot for 20 years or so.

[@GHDEFIANT]

Anyone have any background on this, keeps having updates, but doesn't really explain. Not that I've caught. Any articles that can be forwarded?

[@emeraldbonsai]

im guessing urls are blocked but if you google the name kara and some other keywords youll find it. to sum up what i remeber essentially there was a picture of her peeing on a cop car which afterwards the cops deicded to track her down raid her apartment and charge her with whatever they could find and of course they had pentesting / red teaming stuff fake id makers and other break in tools and the like so they got arrested even though alot of people own the same tools. thats all i can remeber and hopfully its not to far off

[@GHDEFIANT]

Thank you. All I could find was a Russian activist named Kara that's also currently imprisoned.

[@StaYUTI420]

@@emeraldbonsai Thank you for this! I finally understand why everyone is so rightfully mad.

[@lenbones7940]

Ohios only trans sober house and another women's sobriety clinic that's LGBT plus friendly could use the clothes I'm sure we'd pay the shipping upfront if nothing comes up keep it In mind it's called B. Riley house Cleveland ohio... and don't sweat it when u go to any prison system for a visit.. they go outta there way to gaslight you like u didn't do something you should of even when u cross all the Ts and dot all the EYEs... good luck with everything

[@mxpants4884]

Hey, thanks for this comment. I'm in Cleveland too and have some stuff I could donate.

[@johncox9868]

@DeviantOllam Have a link to the video that covers what originally happened? I have looked and cannot find it.

[@Serbokrat]

Maybe Jimmy Diresta can help? Don't know him or anything but he operated out of New York and should have a lot of connections in the area. He at least seems like someone that would be cool with the whole situation. You're a really great dude Dev

[@DavidLeeKersey]

Is there a legal defence fund those of us who are far away from NYC can donate to?

[@DeviantOllam]

she has excellent representation from the Federal Defender's office which in the NY region is a prestigious and highly competitive post. Her counselor is outstanding.

[@karenstein8261]

I know not Kara, nor have I any idea of what she is said to have done. That said, I'm outraged. Why? Because, as I understand it, she is simply accused at this point. I'm nppt even sure if she's been formally charged. She's entitled to a presumption of innocence. Tossing her into GenPop before even a hearing says different. The extreme limits on her contact with the outside deprives her of this basic right. She's entitled to a speedy trial, by a jury of her peers. Has she even made a single court appearance? She's entitled to confront her accusers. It's simply wrong to first lock someone up then take your sweet time digging. Piling on charges, stretching statutes to cover anything, is plainly unjust. Bail is meant only to ensure appearance in court. How is a cripple supposed to flee? This isn't justice -- this is Soviet Gulag type abuse.

[@KiRaShiKReaTiVe]

> Soviet Gulag type abuse. Tis what the US is good at doing under the guise of freedom.

[@zachansen8293]

Kara was denied bail because of the nature of the crime. Fake gov't IDs and an automatic weapon (in addition to a bunch of other firearms that are illegal for kara due to prior convictions). That's scary shit. Kara should not be denied proper healthcare, however.

[@mylifeisajoke1]

At lot of defence lawyers will waive the right to a speedy trail in order to build the best defence possible. That said, it's insane that she's not out on bail.

[@chrism4008]

I have a lot of experience in lock up and the "justice" system and the most surprising thing to me, *always*, is how shocked the normies are at the way it functions when someone they care about is put through it. This is how it works, and believe it or not, it has improved dramatically over time. Another factor, and garauntee its the biggest factor, is that its all going down in NY. Rikers Island is the most notorious jail in the country. Its so overcrowded that 4 to 6 years wait till trial IS speedy. A huge portion of people in Rikers will get sentences that are shorter than the time they waited in jail for trial, and they wont be compensated for any of the extra. Rikers is in such a bad state that the feds are on the verge of taking it over and running it. New York as a whole is so deeply corrupted that the only way to fix it would be to eliminate every elected person and have new elections for people who have no ties to any former anything

[@kinghi]

I sadly am not in the new york area, but the tools could go to a FIRST Robotics Team in the area. I am sure they would be more than happy to have them.

[@jcxtra]

The situation happening with Kara is horrible, such a BS situation... though I'm super glad that she has a good group of people around her, and hopefully will get sorted soon... it breaks my heart.

[@hossmcgregor3853]

The welder is wire feed welder, probably for flux core wire. Some can be used with regular shielding gas as well, hard to tell which from that picture.

[@mina47879]

God every time I hear about this story I want to cry. I, fuck prison sucks in general but seeing it hurt one of my trans kin is heartbreaking and just knowing there are so many other people in this situation is worse.

[@keepyourbilsteins]

Deve. Is Kara in pre-trial detention or is she in the eyes of the state a "convict"? I'll scroll back through your content in the meantime for details. Thanks.

[@DeviantOllam]

all pre-trial

[@drixom9805]

I wish I could help but I'm in the Midwest. Still praying for Kara.

[@joker14n]

You’re a good friend.

[@curtishoffmann6956]

Good luck to Kara!

[@aziztcf]

Didn't know transfem diy RVs are a thing but I do want one now. Thanks for being awesome and tell Kara we're rooting for her!

[@NamesGolden]

If there's a running bus I'd be willing to transport and store it at no cost. then give her a place to stay/do the work when she's out. Only downside is I'm in AL and my trans friends tend to refuse to come here (or leave home if they live here) and I don't blame them. It's easier to get me, the most generic white southern hetero male alive, to travel out of state than go to anything local.

[@AnomadAlaska]

Typical NC generic hetero white dude sounding off for support.

[@randomviewer3494]

This is so insane. I'm not exactly sure what she's charged for, but it can't be anything that warrants a 2 year chaining to a bed...

[@randomviewer3494]

@@graysonwilliams4826 oh? Feel free to expand

[@anon6877]

Hi Deev, are you interested in receiving packages/letters to send on to her with encouragement/aid? Or does she have a BOP inmate number you'd share?

[@DeeSnow97]

this is absolutely insane. there are a lot of things a person could be actually convicted for that don't warrant being chained to a bed for two years _and she hasn't even been tried._ what kind of society deems it fair to dish out that punishment without due process? i hope the institutions dragging her through all this crap one day find themselves on the business end of just as much fairness (or lack thereof) as they're showing Kara right now, and that she gets to repeat her famous photo with their graves in the end.

[@hens0w]

So with a smaller population the US has about the same number of people in pre-trial detention as the entire EU dose with the pre or post trail detention

[@dustin860]

Can someone explain the situation? Sorta remember watching videos on it, but forgot

[@NottIIsa]

Now I know where my van idea came from 😅

[@mavrc]

I really appreciate you, deev

[@iyeetsecurity922]

I've watched these updates, but I've still no idea who Kara is or what she allegedly did.

[@brianredban9393]

What happened to her? Can't find the link

[@brianredban9393]

@@graysonwilliams4826 what's her full name

[@Thyhack.]

@deviantOllam you wouldn't happen to have a oscilloscope there would you? I am the Philly area and can drive up.

[@isheamongus811]

Who's Kara?

[@danielsmith2762]

Im really out of the loop, what happened? What was she accused of? Why is she getting horribly abused?

[@everettc.veilleux6341]

I'm a new locksmith in Elmira, NY. I know I'm late to see this, but I'm only 3 hours from the city. Let me know how I can help. I can be where you need when you need it.

[@wobblysauce]

The US situation is really fun…

[@hermeticmoon8448]

Shipping containers cost just over 1k... just need a spot to park it

[@trioptimum9027]

Well, a spot to park it, and climate control. Oh, and protection from at least direct rain and standing water. And some kind of isolation from pests. And a bit of security would be nice. Ultimately, if "pack everything up and put it in a cheaper storage locker outside the city" wasn't a good option in this case (and I think we can trust Deviant et al to have at least considered that option), "pack everything up and build your own storage facility" probably isn't either.

[@Mudsuitable]

I'm in New York I can store stuff as long as you need, lemme know..

[@baylinkdashyt]

Because I love a good crossover -- and not to say no one's digging the right hole here... but I haven't heard anything about this from either of my other favorite on-topic Tubers, second chancer's Jesse Crosson, and Legal Eagle's Devin Stone -- would it be productive to get either of them involved? I actually hadn't heard anything about it at all, which probably means I'm a bad fan here, too, but... :-}

[@delislejake]

What happened to Kara?

[@FishyBoi1337]

Kara's situation is such a sad but bog-standard america moment™ a 3rd world country with a coat on if you aren't a white heteronormative person from a well-known family

[@heathergomes3552]

Wish I wasn't clear across the country...

[@skydivingcomrade1648]

Love the Cascadia flag.

[@SilentButDescriptive]

Shackled to a bed for a year? What the hell? Since when it is ok to shackle female prisoners to beds? Surely that goes against human rights. Or males for that matter. Surely that can't be an allowed, approved thing?!

[@LokasennaCole]

So. Something D.O. has apparently neglected to tell people is why this is all going down. The short version is that Kara humiliated her local government by taking a picture of herself urinating on a police car. The long version is that your government is vindictive and evil, and if you cross them in any way they were find a way to destroy you. Does she deserve this? No. Is any of this justified? Absolutely not. Does she bear some of the responsibility for what happened? That's a tricky question. As I said in the earlier post, Taking a picture of herself standing on the hood of a cop car and pissing on it is sort of like walking into a cage full of starving bears wearing a suit made out of steaks. She taunted powerful corrupt people, and those powerful corrupt people went after her for it. D.O. likes to talk about the lessons he learned from this experience but one thing he doesn't seem to talk about is being responsible for your own safety. If you walk up to a row of harleys owned by hells angels, and kick them over, You are going to suffer bad consequences. If you walk up to someone three times your size and punch them in the face, things will not go well for you. Kara does not DESERVE any of this. All of this is horrifying and disgusting, but Kara made an unwise decision of going after powerful people while having skeletons in her closet and those powerful people used those skeletons to destroy her in horrific ways.

[@SirNoLifer]

I work with two non profits out here in new Hampshire, nh mutual aid relief fund and the manchester soup kitchen, if there is survival gear, clothing or food i can make my way out there or pay for shipping. Whatever you have left our teams out here can go through it. I also work with rehabs and the recovery field out here. Like I said I wouldnt mind setting up a day to look through the stuff or paying for shipping. I personally am taking a few cyber security certifications and could use any electronics, I am willing to pay a dicount to help you guys recoop. I do apologize for whats been happening with your friend. New york isnt that far. Ill send this as an email as well. I do have to say, I love your content.

[@StaYUTI420]

I'm just confused on what happened. I have no previous knowledge of this at all.

[@OrginalDravas]

A high school shop class or college shop / engineering class might be able to help with the tools and RV stuff.

[@Biokemist-o3k]

Good Job Dev. I wish I was closer to help....

[@ok9nja741]

That's almost good news, I hope this whole thing ends well for Kara.

[@TheSilentFool]

#freekara

[@RecoveryHacker]

This is heartbreaking. All the love and respect to Kara.

[@MarkATrombley]

What is Kara accused of and why is she locked to a bed?

[@user-mn8lz7gf6d]

The american penal system is fucking horrible.

[@xxDADDYDAYCARExx]

Mother of Jesus !!!!!

[@Local11-m9r]

So heartbreaking....

[@tohothewriter8002]

I pray to RNGsus for her to recover and be acquitted as soon as possible. No one should ever have to go through that and rebuild back their life from scratch.

[@phozy7333]

Need lishi spacers in stock😭😭😭

[@skydivingcomrade1648]

NY is not free, nor are many states.

[@XerrolAvengerII]

That story is heartbreaking. Soo abusive.

[@steveninman2706]

oh how i super wish i could get the time off to pick up and donate. ive been working tossing around the schooie thought in my head and this is almost a sign. throw up something for us to throw some coin if you could.

[@alaricsnellpym]

I'm so sorry this is even necessary :-(

[@johnstuckaiii]

@DeviantOllum I really need the soldering equipment and supplies for my own use and repairs to potentially make extra $$ for myself. I'm disabled (complications from a c4/c5 fracture and fusion) and live below the poverty line on disability on $ 1009 / month.

[@ProfessorDopefiend]

Pr

[@paperburn]

This worries me, devesting of personal Items can be a sign of desperation and sometimes desperate people sometimes do self harm.

[@sproutpits]

Except for the weapons charges, had a right-wing person been charged with the same things she was, you'd call them a terrorist. You're being ridiculous, man.

[@bear4278]

Come on dude. Have some compassion. Have you ever done anything stupid in your life? What if that stupid thing resulted in a situation like this? I’m not saying I think what she did is right or wrong, just that we are all just people at the end of the day and this “us vs them” shit needs to stop. How about we all join forces to fight the real fucked up shit going on in the world rather than just bickering about small shit and separating ourselves into ever smaller groups based on our politics.

[@bear4278]

@@acmhfmggruand how does that change the situation? Sure she might have a harder time at trial because of that but this is all pretrial. Again, I’m not arguing what she did is good or bad, or even if she is a good or bad person, just that this is a pretty fucked up situation for any human being to through.

[@sproutpits]

@@bear4278 I don't see how what I said is us vs. them. I'm not right-wing. I'm just calling out the biases that I see. Have you read the charges? They're serious, and except for a very favorable interpretation of intent, suggest involvement in organized crime. This person is a career criminal. You're all being hornswaggled by a victim narrative. I'm not defending the jail. Not at all. But I also realize that two things can be true at the same time.

[@trioptimum9027]

@@sproutpits Dunno if this is your first time taking a close look at Federal prosecution, but the way this works is that they load up every imaginable charge that's even kinda related to somewhere you might have been. When you are reading those charges, you should assume as a baseline that the WHOLE TOP HALF are just false. If someone is charged with, say, assault with a deadly weapon, battery, affray, attempted murder in the second, and attempted murder in the first, the likeliest scenario is that the prosecutor thinks they can definitely prove you were involved in a fight, and they can probably prove that you had a bat, and they're hoping a jury will believe that you hit a guy with that bat, and also hoping that your attorney doesn't convince the jury that the whole thing was self-defense considering the four of them chased you to your yard. You have to understand that those charges aren't the basis for a trial. They're the basis for a *plea bargain.* The bar is not "can I prove this in a court of law," it's "is it possible that a defense attorney who doesn't yet have all the facts might possibly think that there's a 1% chance that a really bad jury might believe this kinda technically happened by a twisted interpretation of the letter of the law?"

[@bear4278]

@@sproutpits I can understand you pointing out Dev’s bias, and I have pulled him up in the past and said pretty much the same thing I am saying here (and to his credit, I haven’t seen him bring it up again since then in his videos). My point is that I don’t think we should be trying to seperate people into groups on issues when that really doesn’t matter. That goes for both “sides”. I just figure we are doing ourselves a disservice by continuing to bring up politics in situations where they shouldn’t be a factor. As for Kara, of course Dev is a bit biased. But that is most likely because she is his friend, not because of politics. As I mentioned in my reply to the now deleted comment, yes, she may have a harder time at trial due to the severity of the claims and her history but I think we should believe in due process and justice and all this stuff happening pretrial is super fucked. I hope that makes sense.

[@stewartj3407]

I don’t know who Kara is but it sounds like she did something she shouldn’t have.

[@HaralHeisto]

She got picked up by the police, bundled off to jail and then beaten within an inch of her life by a prison guard. She's spent the last *year* chained to a hospital bed recovering. As yet, she hasn't even had the chance to argue her case for whatever situation she was originally in. It doesn't matter what she was originally arrested for - this is not justice.

[@gakulon]

It sounds to me like you need to educate yourself on the realities of the United States legal system and how it does not stand for justice.

[@knghtbrd]

Sounds like you should know what the fuck you're talking about before you do so out your ass. INNOCENT UNTIL PROVEN GUILTY does not mean some animal with a badge gets to beat someone behind bars to within an inch of her life because he doesn't like trans people.

[@trioptimum9027]

I don't know who you are, but it sounds like there's something really empty inside you. I know it can be scary to recognize that bad things sometimes happen to good people, but telling yourself comforting lies about how they must have done "something" wrong so *you're* safe because *you* only do good things WILL NOT PROTECT YOU. The good news is that yes, sometimes it's scary, but having compassion for other human beings is also incredibly rewarding. Give it a try.

[@stewartj3407]

@@gakulon yea I know everybody is innocent in prison.

[@jhondoe8169]

THANK YOU DEVIANTOLLAM