cross-posted from: https://merv.news/post/130483
After the last post publicly by Naomi Wu being
“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”
Naomi Wu mentions briefly on her silencing and how she is not nearly as safe as she was before now that it’s obvious to the Chinese government her disappearance won’t cause an uproar of bad press making China look bad.
Cross-post from !Technology@lemmy.ml (credit to @Nix@merv.news).
Naomi is probably one of the more inventive and prolific members of the global maker community. She helped develop the CR-30 (3DPrintMill), among many other projects.
I doubt anything practical can be done to help with her current situation, but I think the community should be more aware of her work and the pressure she’s under from the Chinese government.
I sincerely hope she is doing well.
Well thats horrifying 😐
I randomly saw her outside of Shenzhen back in like 2018. She is the real deal and you could tell is super passionate about all thing tech.
And this has to do with 3d printing how?
Here’s a good reason:
I love Naomi wu / sexy cyborg. I’ve been watching her for years and she helped encourage me to setup my own 3d printer. It hurts to see someone who’s been so inspirational to me be silenced like this. I hope she can stay safe and have a productive makerspace still
From samwise@kbin.social
https://kbin.social/m/technology@lemmy.ml/t/350126/-/comment/1678118
Her wiki page is probably better credentials, but honestly anyone who’s been in this hobby more than a few years should know of her reputation. She helped design the CR-30 if nothing else.
I’m hoping it’s just people knew to the hobby and not her being silenced taking a toll on her presence.
I had the same question, and found the answer in the thread.
It would be like if Steve from GN was detained during a fab visit by the Chinese government. That would be tech news regardless of whether or not they mentioned GN.
She’s been meaningful to the community both as an engineer/designer and as a public figure.
You really don’t deserve down votes for not knowing that, but I think a lot of people were just triggered by the way you asked the question.
We’ll leave that for you to figure out.
As far as i can tell there is nothing regarding 3d printing in the article. I don’t think it is too much to ask to keep a community for 3d printing on topic. This seems to be some news piece about someone who had influence on / contributed to the 3d printing community, but as it’s not directly about 3d printing, I honestly fail to see the relevance.
No. This is very relevant to this community. Naomi has been a great member of this community. She is an engineer and is known for bringing innovative products to market; many with her name on them.
Furthermore she is being targeted for LGBTQ+. That makes the issue doubly relevant to all real humans.
