[Qgis-psc] Fwd: [LAStools] Re: U.S. Department of Interior (DoI) scared of Laser Chickens

Tue Jul 7 19:48:19 PDT 2020

Dear QGIS Project Steering Committee,

I am a first-time writer here. However I am a long time user of QGIS and an
OSGEO advocate.

I would like to highlight a series of online harassment in the OSGEO
community.

Martin Isenburg has waged an online harassment campaign against several
prominent members of the lidar and geospatial communities for the last
several weeks. Although his claims were over-the-top and borderline
threatening, he did not directly violate any well accepted norms of healthy
online communities.

Yesterday it appears Martin escalated his threats to doxx a US Civil
Servant in an effort to extract an apology for pointing out Martin's
increasingly erratic behaviour. The erratic behaviour the US Civil Servant
highlighted in a series of social media posts and public emails that
include lots of references to bombs, explosions, nuclear weapons, and
lasers. Alongside this imagery Martin also likes to name names of people
and institutions. Martin claims this is all a joke, however it is obvious
that he is embracing a growing, toxic trend in social media where you can
say whatever you want- as long as you were "just joking" in the end.

I bring this to you all as Martin's current target (an unamed US Civil
Servant at BLM described by Martin as "mid-level management") was brought
into his crosshairs by a WhatsApp message sent from Marco (QGIS Chair).
Although this may be an unattended consequence, it is a consequence
nonetheless.

I implore the QGIS Steering Commitee to speak with Martin and do everything
in your ability to prevent Martin from publishing a private individual's
name and information on the internet. Martin is escalating his harassment
campaign to try and recruit other members of the OSGEO community to do his
dirty work.

On a final note, thank you for all the hard work you all put in on the QGIS
project. I benefit everyday. I only raise these concerns because I think
the OSGEO is better without doxxing, harassment, and bullying of any form.
I hope you will agree and take action.

Aloha,
Ross
---------- Forwarded message ---------
From: Martin Isenburg <martin.isenburg at gmail.com>
Date: Tue, Jul 7, 2020 at 4:00 PM
Subject: Re: [LAStools] Re: U.S. Department of Interior (DoI) scared of
Laser Chickens
To: LAStools - efficient command line tools for LIDAR processing <
lastools at googlegroups.com>

Hi Ross,

what happened? Did you not get your favorite ice cream flavor today? Did
your partner make you sleep on the living room sofa again? Or were they out
of your favorite pizza topping this week? Either way. This does not seem to
be a game that you are cut out for playing, so I suggest you go back to
your Netflix playlist, tough boy! This is something for the Knights
of Cydonia like yours truly, Sir Martin.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=G_sBOsh-vyI

I am REALLY DONE getting trodden on by US bullies. Some douchebag mid-level
manager who has no idea who I am and how I do things must have miss-read a
sentence of mine. He must have assumed that me stating something like
"creating LASzip and LAStools to get back at my former employers LLNL and
those who facilitated my abuse such as DoD, DoE, DHS, and DoI" would mean
that I had "planted some malicious code into the software". Chicken Poop. I
would never do such a thing. Unlike these dorks I am a man of class and
integrity. This is not how this sentence was meant. I created LASzip and
LAStools so I would have the financial freedom and the community
recognition to LEGALLY get back at them someday via a LAWSUIT and the
DEMAND of DAMAGES for EMPLOYEE ABUSE in a COURT of LAW. And that day is
near.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=uelHwf8o7_U

I guess he or she thinks like that because he or she knows that it is
exactly these kind of UNSPORTSMAN, UNFAIR and MEAN methods of ABUSE and
DESTRUCTION that the US agencies that were named would be using against me,
if the roles were reversed. You know nothing, Ross Nans! I know how your
agencies operate. I was on the receiving end before. So you tell me I
should "SHUT UP" when - deja vu - a mere 10 years later they again come at
me with FALSE ACCUSATIONS and SLANDER. Poop on you, Ross Nans! I am
standing up for my rights this time. Either help me tame the monster that
these agencies have become or crawl back under your rock.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=BMOcXu-JheA

I would like them to apologize to me for suggesting that I have planted
malicious code inside of LAStools. This is defamation and slander of the
LAStools brand and can lead to a libel lawsuit. Unlike my "funny yet tough
talking" that is merely me training my lines for the upcoming reality show
(here some greetings to Steve Colbert, Trevor Noah, Jon Steward, Jim
Fallon, Jan Boehmermann, and John Oliver. thanks for all your inspiration)
and that is completely legal. However what the BLM and the DoI are doing at
the moment that is actually HIGHLY ILLEGAL!!!

https://youtube.com/watch?v=HTj8EoVNqhw

I may talk tough. But I am  - as always - well intended, forgive quickly
and very loving. My "lust for revenge" has long faded. But my "passion for
justice" still burns strong. LLNL and DoD raped my heart and brain to the
point that I tried to kill myself. Three times. Turns out I am very hard to
kill.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=VlbaJA7aO9M

Now that I am finally strong enough again, now I want justice.

Loving Regards,

Martin @rapidlasso

PS: Any suggestion in human rights lawyers for employee abuse cases? Lisa
Bloom? Harmeet Dhillon? Gloria Allred? Or Amal ... well, she married that
toyboi-actor that makes commercials for an abusive coffee company. Sure he
is cute. But is she now compromised? Can she still be trusted ... ?

On Wed, Jul 8, 2020 at 3:13 AM 'Ross Winans - NOAA Affiliate' via LAStools
- efficient tools for LiDAR processing <lastools at googlegroups.com> wrote:

> This is really growing out of hand.
>
> Shame on you, Martin. And shame on ANYONE who is going to stand by while a
> US Civil Servant is targeted in an online doxxing campaign. That behavior
> should be unacceptable in ANY online community. This community should be NO
> EXCEPTION.
>
> What do you hope to achieve by doxxing this person, Martin? Like,
> seriously, let's think through the ideal outcome from this action... what
> are you trying to inflict upon them? Anxiety? Fear?
>
> On Mon, Jul 6, 2020 at 3:42 AM Martin Isenburg <martin.isenburg at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> seems to me the culprit is with the Bureau of Land Management. I will not
>> use any names (for now) but I will name them if they do not apologize to
>> me. I assume some mid-level manager found this page here:
>>
>>
>> https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/from-us-deportation-llnl-via-dod-lidar-based-3d-reality-isenburg/
>>
>>
>> This mid-level manager may have had the idea that I might be resorting to
>> the same mean and evil methods as his own government. No. I will not. I
>> fight my battles fair. Not by sneaking malicious code into my software. If
>> I wanted to do that I would have done it years ago when I was still angry
>> at LLNL / DoD. The anger has long gone. But the desire for justice has not.
>>
>> This mid-level manager may have had the hope for a pay raise by
>> denouncing this "threat to the homeland" to his superiors who have
>> similarly small balls or bulbs. You need to understand something. I am
>> standing up to bullies from now on.
>>
>> I will not name names yet. But I will do so soon. Here is what I wrote
>> them:
>>
>> ================
>>
>> Dear BLM hero or heroine.
>>
>> feeling proud to have served your motherland, you amazing homeland
>> security defender? Feeling like a tough guy or gal after riding in on his
>> or her donkey and roughing up the saloon? What a joke of a mid-level
>> manager you are wanting to play rough with me. This ain't no country for
>> old men (or women). Want to play with me, BLM Cowboy? Indeed, I am
>> somewhere between Blazing Saddles and Quentin Tarantino tough but I bet you
>> cannot handle a dark horse like me, can you?
>>
>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0KSOMA3QBU0
>>
>> Since 2010 I have become a comedian, get it already? It started here and
>> I have gotten a lot better since.
>>
>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4DHKmpR0JY
>>
>> I am both a rockstar scientist of LiDAR and I do stand-up. So loosen up
>> greenhorn. No need to poop your pants or panties. Just realize that you
>> fell for my funny ways of getting ready for a lawsuit against an abusive
>> employer (both fun and lawsuits are legal or should I remind you of #MeToo)
>> and apologize nicely to the Laser Farmboi, before the chicken poop really
>> hits the laser fan. Have you watched stand-up before? And Jan Boehmermann's
>> humor definitely has been helping me to train lines for my show.
>>
>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZc8tBtIDhI
>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMQkV5cTuoY
>>
>> Happy Covidollydays!
>>
>> Martin
>>
>> PS: It's a well-read article (see stats). You can be reader #6 at BLM or
>> #2000 world-wide.
>>
>>
>> https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/from-us-deportation-llnl-via-dod-lidar-based-3d-reality-isenburg/
>>
>> ================
>>
>> ---
>> Holographic and Holistic 3D reality show host
>> http://laserchickens.com
>> Crossing norms. Creating thoughts. Changing minds.
>>
>> On Thu, Jul 2, 2020 at 10:13 PM Martin Isenburg <
>> martin.isenburg at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> It seems the U.S. Department of the Interior (DoI) is scared of Laser
>>> Chickens. Check out the news bulletin that was sent out to all offices
>>> affiliated with the U.S. Department of the Interior today (see attached
>>> picture). I assume they came across this article:
>>>
>>>
>>> https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/from-us-deportation-llnl-via-dod-lidar-based-3d-reality-isenburg/
>>>
>>>
>>> Is Dr. Martin Isenburg that bad ass? Really? Not to worry. Unlike
>>> Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Sandia National
>>> Laboratories, and the United States Department of Defense (DoD) we will not
>>> use "unfair" methods. When we "strike back" to get justice for the abuse
>>> that the CEO of rapidlasso GmbH, Martin Isenburg, has suffered at the hands
>>> of these military agencies in 2010, we will use a court of law, likely even
>>> the The Supreme Court of the United States as we have to challenge the
>>> "statute of limitations" for wrongful termination and abuse of an employee
>>> in an "alleged mental health crisis" as LLNL's own medical staff had
>>> concluded it when they put him of forced medical leave in the summer of
>>> 2010. So bring it on, U.S. Department of the Interior, bring it on! ☢️💚🐥
>>> ... 😉
>>>
>>> No worries. LAStools is not a threat. The software is clean.
>>>
>>> Me too. I just took a mud bath on my new farm "Granja Gavilanes
>>> <https://www.facebook.com/GranjaGavilanes>" :
>>>
>>> https://www.instagram.com/tv/CCHbAddHaq5/
>>> https://www.facebook.com/GranjaGavilanes
>>>
>>> (-;
>>>
>>> Martin
>>>
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