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... which reminds me: RESISTANT STRAINS. Not just sexually
transmitted but other as well.<br>
<br>
Resistant gonorrhea, and other resistant bugs, for which the
treatments that worked in the past are now not working.<br>
<br>
Thanks to massive abuse of antibiotics in agriculture, and also
thanks to humans who misuse antibiotics in various ways, we are
rapidly heading for the "pre-antibiotic" era all over again. The
whole topic of antibiotics and resistance ought to be on our agenda,
including non-sexually-transmitted resistant bacteria such as MRSA
(methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus) and MDRTB
(multi-drug-resistant and massively-drug-resistant tuberculosis),
and XDRTB (extremely drug-resistant tuberculosis).<br>
<br>
Tuberculosis is a big deal in certain parts of the Bay Area
including San Francisco and Oakland. There are certain bus lines in
SF that doctors & nurses call "TB runs" because taking those
buses entails a high risk of exposure to TB. <br>
<br>
For that matter we should also be thinking about emerging influenza
strains such as the new variant of avian flu (H5N9 if I recall
correctly) that's just killed five people in China, and the other
new virus that's killed a half dozen or so in the Middle East and
England: right now these seem like tiny isolated events, but any new
flu strain has the risk of turning out to be another monster
pandemic that causes millions of deaths in months. Viruses of
course are not treated with antibiotics, but are relevant because
they are infectious/contagious.<br>
<br>
These things are killers, and death by untreatable infection is
nasty in the utmost.<br>
<br>
Minus antibiotics again, sanitation & hygiene, safe food
preparation, and safe sexual practices, become that much more
important. <br>
<br>
One thing everyone can do starting right now, is wash hands a) after
using the toilet, b) before preparing food, and c) before eating:
every time, no exceptions. Toward that end we can make sure that
the bathrooms and kitchen in the common spaces, and the industrial
sink in our space, all have bottles of hand-washing soap and paper
towels at all times.<br>
<br>
-G.<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 13-04-04-Thu 9:53 AM, Vicky Knox
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<div dir="ltr">WOW. OK, where to start?
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<div>First off: <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://sudoroom.org/wiki/page/Today_I_Learned#May_4">https://sudoroom.org/wiki/page/Today_I_Learned#May_4</a></div>
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<div style="">Table of Contents</div>
<div style="">@Masturbation Lib and Teledildonics</div>
<div style="">@Men</div>
<div style="">@Gonorrhea</div>
<div style="">@Sudo Room Donations</div>
<div style="">@Community Infrastructure</div>
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<div style="">@Masturbation Liberation and Teledildonics:
Anon195's ideas are amaaaazing! I've been fascinated by
teledildonics ever since I heard of the existence of Ted
Nelson. <<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teledildonics">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teledildonics</a>>
<<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_Nelson">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_Nelson</a>></div>
<div style="">The closest thing to that that I've run into via
the hackerspaces has been the Dongiverse, which is cool except
that I wouldn't want a sharp, porous plastic dong up any of my
orifices. <<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://dongiverse.com/">http://dongiverse.com/</a>></div>
<div style="">Maybe a class field trip to Arse Elektronica 2013?
(AE is an annual SF sex and technology
event/conference/thingy.) Or how about getting in touch with
their organizers to see if they'd like to collaborate on a
workshop? Ooh ideas! <<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.monochrom.at/arse-elektronika/">http://www.monochrom.at/arse-elektronika/</a>></div>
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<div>Masturbation liberation: Fuck yeah! I think this should
be its own TIL and I'm ready to make it happen. Wanna chose
a date, Anon195? Or would you like to wait on that until we
talk more and/or contact our contacts (such as AE)? </div>
<div>**So who's got the teledildonics connection?</div>
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<div style="">@Men: Would there be any interest in formulating a
men's meetup to talk about, you know, stuff? </div>
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<div style="">@Gonorrhea: I think the greatest workshops I've
ever been to have been variety hours. It's absolutely lovely
and fascinating to have educational interludes, kind of like
exploring Wikipedia's intertwingularity (see Ted Nelson
article). May 4th is reserved! Does anyone else have an
educational interlude they'd like to add to Hacking
Menstruation? </div>
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<div style="">@Sudo Room Donations: These events are the perfect
opportunity for us to pounce upon unsuspecting donors. Please
reach far and wide into your networks to advertise this. I'll
send a follow-up reminder!</div>
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<div style="">@Community infrastructure: A random hack of
kindness will soon be making its way toward Sudo Room. </div>
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<div class="gmail_quote">2013/4/4 Marina Kukso <span
dir="ltr"><<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:marina.kukso@gmail.com" target="_blank">marina.kukso@gmail.com</a>></span><br>
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<div>excellent.<br>
<br>
i think this also presents an excellent opportunity
for discussing what kind of (light) infrastructure
would facilitate reproductive and sexual health at the
space - very basic stuff, tampons etc., but also
community infrastructure - are we living up to our
goal of being inclusive by providing options in both
the physical and community dimensions of the space
that allow everyone to feel at home. everyone should
be a part of this discussion and i would love to speak
more with women, queer folks, people of all stripes
about it.<span class=""><font color="#888888"><br>
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<span class=""><font color="#888888">- marina<br>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Apr 4, 2013 at 8:25
AM, Craig Rouskey <span dir="ltr"><<a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:craigrouskey@gmail.com"
target="_blank">craigrouskey@gmail.com</a>></span>
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<p>I would be down to talk about Gonorrhea and
plug our program to eradicate the antibiotic
resistant strains! May 4 th</p>
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<p>On Thu, Apr 4, 2013 at 3:46 AM,
Anon195714 <span dir="ltr"><<a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:anon195714@sbcglobal.net"
target="_blank">anon195714@sbcglobal.net</a>></span>
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Yo's-<br>
<br>
Re. "What does it mean to hack sexual
health...?"<br>
<br>
Here's one example. For years I've had
a slogan I tell people (typically guys)
whose sex drive is on overdrive to the
point where it warps their attitude
toward others (typically gals):<br>
<br>
"Masturbate and keep your objectivity."<br>
<br>
70% of guys "admit" that they play with
themselves, and the other 30% are
lying. Yet the hypocrisy around this
subject is just astounding, and the
result is that physical needs become
conflated with social attitudes and
generate oppression of self and
oppression of others.<br>
<br>
Envision a culture where relationships
are based on partners feeding each other
(as in, holding the forks and spoons
full of food up to each others' mouths
during a meal) instead of on people
having sex with each other. People
would run around frantically seeking
partners because otherwise they'd either
have to feed themselves (oh!, the
embarrassment!) or go hungry and die. <br>
<br>
That's where our culture is about sex.
It's crazy. <br>
<br>
So I'd suggest "masturbation liberation"
as a sexuality hacking topic. <br>
<br>
It even has major potential for
cybernetic devices and interfaces and
online communication enhancements. <br>
<br>
"Did you try building the new
Orgasmatron?"<br>
<br>
"Yeah. The interface works pretty well,
but there's a bug in the code, so I
patched it. Wanna' download my version,
see what you think?"<br>
<br>
Later.... "Hey, your version's a lot
better than the original. Now I was
thinking, the interface could be
improved. Here, I'll make one for you
on the 3D printer."<br>
<br>
"Oh, cool, yeah I like your CAD diagram,
I think it'll work, so go ahead and
print one for me..."<br>
<br>
Here's another potential topic:<br>
<br>
Chastity belts for men in cultures that
oppress women (for example by making
women wear oppressive shapeless garments
from head to toe, that barely leave
enough of an opening for their eyes to
see the world). <br>
<br>
Even one decent prototype would stir up
a bunch of publicity about the subject,
and hopefully generate some
embarrassment on the part of men whose
answer to their own weaknesses is to
oppress women. "Stop the problem at its
source: the dirty minds of men!"<br>
<br>
OK, enough for one night;-)<br>
<br>
-G.<br>
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<div>On 13-04-04-Thu 12:18 AM, Vicky
Knox wrote:<br>
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<div dir="ltr">Tonight during the
general meeting I proposed the Today
I Learned event "Hacking Sexual
Health". I'd like to open up the
floor to multiple facilitators
interested in this topic area to
help me lead either one TIL
workshop, or a series of workshops
if there is sufficient excitement.
Hacking Sexual Health is intended
for sexual and asexual people
alike.
<div> <br>
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<div>So what does it mean to hack
sexual health? Ruminate on it. :]<br>
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<div>My personal interest is
hacking menstruation. I'd like
to lead a workshop for
creating cloth pads out of
recycled clothing. The
workshop is intended both for
people who menstruate and for
people who have friends who
menstruate (and want to make
them lovely presents!). We
will go over different lady
product options and have fun
cost-comparisons for different
products and unproducts. </div>
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</div>
<div>I will be reserving either
April 27th or May 4th upon
consulting my secretary. :P</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>Please contact me if you
are interested in developing
your own workshop or helping
me to facilitate menstruation
hacking! </div>
</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>ykciV</div>
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<div>PS: Clothing hackers, you
know who you are! </div>
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