sudo-discuss February 2014

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Call for Facilitators / Participants in a sudo Men's Group

by Matthew Senate

Hey all, I wanted to reach out for some feedback. Seeking folks who would want to facilitate or participate in a men's group. I've previously participated in small groups like this and found them beneficial for various reasons. I would like to see if folks have had similar or different experiences. The way I'm thinking about this would culminate in something like a regular meeting for men in the sudo room community to discuss relevant issues including those of identity, oppression, privilege, patriarchy, gender, sexuality, stereotypes, safe space, and mutual support. This may not be the best or even a viable path to approach these topics, but I wanted to throw it out there to see if there is any interest. Thanks, Matt

4 years, 11 months

Re: [sudo-discuss] Tiny houses made for homeless in West Oak

by Mark Perlin

Fantastic example of making a difference! I wonder, how many tiny homes a community can build together in one weekend? http://www.mercurynews.com/bay-area-news/ci_24869274/oakland-artist-turns-t… > > Message: 10 > Date: Sat, 22 Feb 2014 18:01:18 -0800 > From: Vicky Knox <vknoxsironi(a)gmail.com> > To: Sudo Room discuss <sudo-discuss(a)lists.sudoroom.org> > Subject: [sudo-discuss] > Tiny houses made for homeless in West Oak by > artist! > Message-ID: > < > CAPwEF4rkTw+Of5-Z9+oLkGJeGvTMOqtB0xJtYmEBtFefv3jXPw(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > People. 8| Do any of you know more about this person? > > > http://www.mercurynews.com/bay-area-news/ci_24869274/oakland-artist-turns-t… > >

9 years, 10 months

Re: [sudo-discuss] Breaking: Oakland to lead country in, diverting anti-terror funding to ubiquitous warrantless surveillance

by Shawn Lesniak

On 2013-10-13 22:49, sudo-discuss-request(a)lists.sudoroom.org wrote: > Lastly, shot-spotters shouldn't be controversial, even among those of us > who support the personal rights interpretation of the 2nd Amendment. A > gunshot on a city street means one of two things: a criminal has just > shot a victim, or a criminal's would-be victim has just shot their > attacker in self-defense. Either of those things merits getting the > police and paramedics on the scene, pronto. Shotspotters are microphones. They can capture other sounds and it is not clear how many other sounds and how long those sounds are retained. Their use would be less controversial if they were an oracle that just spit out 4 .40 caliber rounds were fired at the intersection of Grand and Broadway at 23:12:32 (15 seconds ago) instead of capturing any audio at all.

10 years, 1 month

Friday Filosophy: Software as Speech

by Eddan Katz

Dear Kopimists and the People who Love Them. For the featured Filo delicacy for Friday Filosophy, we will have potato burekas. I propose we talk about the difference between source code, object code, and executable code in regards to 1st Amendment protection. In other words, when is code speech and when is it a speech-act subject to less legal protection? Below is an excerpt from an essay by Lee Tien, a brilliant EFF attorney for more than a decade, on Software as Speech (2000). These two paragraphs are in the section: Viruses and other "dangerous" software. Of course, as always, we can talk about whatever else. Such as conscience and the unconscionable, perhaps. Lee Tien, Publishing Software as a Speech Act, Vol. 15 Berkeley Tech. Law Journal (2000) http://www.law.berkeley.edu/journals/btlj/articles/vol15/tien/tien.html > Let’s return to the virus hypothetical.192 The main concern lies in the fact that the software may be “diverted” toward unlawful purposes, regardless of the speaker’s intent. This concern is, however, not unique to software. It also applies to other types of information usable for mischief or harassment, whether highly technical like information about nuclear weapons, or utterly mundane like a person’s name, address or telephone number. > Even if the virus author merely posts the source code and fails to release it in active form, the issue remains whether the posting was done with an intent to communicate. If the author claims that she intended it to communicate, we would need to examine the context to decide the plausibility of that claim. There will often be a plausible claim. There is no question that people study viruses and other dangerous software in order to prevent or relieve harm.193 One way to control a virus is to publish its source code so that systems operators can disable or protect against it. Communicating a virus’ source code as part of such an effort qualifies as a speech act because the publisher intends to communicate how the virus works in a conventional way. In fact, one could imagine entire journals or Internet sites devoted to viruses and other dangerous software.194 When such publications aim to alert the world to these dangers, their intent is clearly communicative. sent from eddan.com

10 years, 1 month

blog post: troy visits RPS Collective down the street

by Romy Ilano

new blog post > Troy our librarian visited RPS Collective. we chatted about potentially selling our electronics kits + other stuff at RPS Collective retail space. - There's a potential for us to sell stuff at their next art show, which will be a full retail show in the whole space. Lots of potential for exposure since they are the first storefront at First Friday Plus they have collaborated with us before! https://sudoroom.org/sudoroom-connects-with-rock-paper-scissors-down-the-st… [image: SudoRoom Librarian Troy visits SudoRoom]<https://sudoroom.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Photo-Nov-02-1-33-01-PM1.jpg> SudoRoom Librarian Troy visits SudoRoom Troy, the SudoRoom librarian, visits our neighbors The Rock Paper Scissors Collective <http://www.rpscollective.com/>down the street. The RPS Collective was one of the worker’s collectives that helped start the Oakland Art Murmur. Here he checks out the zine library and is already coming up with ideas for different community projects. A recent SudoRoom collaboration involved SudoRoom donating Linux computers to RPS Collective in exchange for a beautiful sign painting. It’s pretty cool seeing the different volunteer-run collectives creating and helping each other out! [image: RPS Collective interns draw temporary tattoos on people for the Oakland Art Murmur]<https://sudoroom.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Photo-Nov-01-8-06-59-PM1.jpg> RPS Collective interns draw temporary tattoos on people for the Oakland Art Murmur [image: Terrarium Project at RPS Collective - so many happy people]<https://sudoroom.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Photo-Nov-02-1-33-43-PM-11.…> Terrarium Project at RPS Collective – so many happy people

10 years, 3 months

Russian bathhouse SudoRoom Bonding Experience

by Romy Ilano

Hi, My broken ankle is healing. When the time comes I will soon shed my walking boot, and in return for all that SudoRoom has given to me I would like to organize the first: *Russian bathhouse SudoRoom Bonding Experience* Praveen has discovered a suitable Russian bathhouse in San Francisco. Is anyone interested? I think a safe environment in which we can all be *naked* and talk about important things like powerpoint slides, arduinos, cooperatives, DAC, and feminist porn amid half-naked 50 year old russian men pouring steaming water on themselves grunting is *TOTALLY AWESOME.* ============================= Romy Ilano romy(a)snowyla.com

10 years, 8 months

hacker schools discussion

by Romy Ilano

FYI: I know a lot of the people running the hacker schools and who have graduated from them. I think most of these schools are legit, but I'm wondering if that is because it is due to the location (SF Bay Area) and the very high talent pool here. None of these bootcamps claims to replace a university education, they are offering a very different thing. I'm spooked by people who would advocate replacing an education with vocational bootcamps. I don't see these bootcamps competing with computer science departments at universities. I can see a lot of potential abuse occurring as well: - 1997 New Yorker article on the University of Phoneix, a for-profit institution: http://www.newyorker.com/archive/1997/10/20/1997_10_20_114_TNY_CARDS_000379… >>> Message: 10 Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2014 18:22:50 -0800 From: Pete Forsyth <peteforsyth(a)gmail.com> To: GtwoG PublicOhOne <g2g-public01(a)att.net> Cc: Sudo room <sudo-discuss(a)lists.sudoroom.org> Subject: Re: [sudo-discuss] "learn to code" events subject to full-WTF scale crackdown...any ideas? Message-ID: <CAGWts0Gg0pb- Gw4mLX9DdVxkcSNR2iEsksf1okHOKbpuKD=-Zg(a)mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" I think Sudo Room has a stake in the existence of effective hacker-training programs, regardless of whether they are offered *by* Sudo Room. So, thanks Hol for posting the link. I agree with GtwoG that there is some possibility for abuse; but neither the article nor the agency's web site offer a concise presentation of what it means to "be in compliance". Is the agency throwing up regulations that will deter good work? It's hard to tell! I posted this to a couple email lists in the Wikipedia space, so check out these discussions too if interested: * http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/gendergap/2014-January/thread.html * http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimedia-sf/2014-January/thread.html -Pete peteforsyth.com ============================= Romy Ilano romy(a)snowyla.com

10 years, 9 months

Fwd: STATE FARM: GENERAL LIABILITY QUOTE AND RENTERS INSURANCE BROCHURE

by Matthew Senate

Hey all, I got a quote from State Farm for insurance that should meet the requirements from the landlords. I wanted to pass it along and show it to folks. If we buy this, we can change the lease to be held by Sudo Room as an entity rather than myself and Eddan. I plan to pay for this tomorrow, unless we have a clear alternative or any really strong reason not to. Cost is $73.67 / month right now. Additionally and however, State Farm needs us to give at least some coverage for Personal Property along with the General Liability insurance we need. You'll see the quote lists $5,000 right now. We toggled the variables to cover $10,000 for personal property plus $5,000 in computer property, which raised the quote to $87.92 / mo, which isn't that much of a difference given tripling the coverage ($14.75). Hence it seems the bulk of this quote is the General Liability costs. Given the $1,000 deductible, it's unclear to me the best way to assess and then state an insured value for stuff at sudo room. I'd like to see this play out in a parallel thread. What do you think? For the time being, I think we can stick with the $5,000 and change it later when we have more data / insight. // Matt ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Kelly Wright <kelly.wright.ujnp(a)statefarm.com> Date: Thu, Feb 27, 2014 at 4:47 PM Subject: STATE FARM: GENERAL LIABILITY QUOTE AND RENTERS INSURANCE BROCHURE To: "MATTSENATE(a)GMAIL.COM" <MATTSENATE(a)gmail.com> Cc: Thomas Kleinsmith <thomas.kleinsmith.u0t1(a)statefarm.com>, Marquetta J Hunter <marquetta.j.hunter.uwrn(a)statefarm.com> Hello Matt, So nice to speak with you today and learning more about the Sudo Room and what you all do! Please find attached the quote that we discussed and a brochure on our renters insurance. We look forward to hearing back from you. Kelly S. Wright, Agent 3645 Grand Ave.,Ste. 105 Oakland, CA 94610 (P)510.488.3505 (F) 510.628.0388 License #: 0F69851 *kelly(a)kellyswright.com* <kelly(a)kellyswright.com> *www.kellyswright.com* <http://www.kellyswright.com/> <http://www.facebook.com/>

10 years, 9 months

Re: [sudo-discuss] TONIGHT: Counter Culture Labs vs Sudo Room: No Competition!

by mattsenate＠gmail.com

I would typically love to participate, but will be attending a prior engagement listed on the sudo room calendar: the 1 year anniversary of VolxKuche (VoKuSF), a free dinner with entertainment, "peoples kitchen" project. https://sudoroom.org/calendar Perhaps we can gather again next month? // Matt ----- Reply message ----- From: "ahnon" <ahnon(a)ahnon.org> To: "cclabs" <counterculturelabs(a)googlegroups.com>, <sudo-discuss(a)lists.sudoroom.org> Subject: [sudo-discuss] TONIGHT: Counter Culture Labs vs Sudo Room: No Competition! Date: Fri, Feb 28, 2014 14:04 Tonight Friday February 28 7:00 PM Telegraph Beer Garden (which also has kombucha and coffee) 2318 Telegraph Avenue, Oakland, CA Biohackers and hackers getting along splendidly and making things peacefully whilst sipping kombucha. Let's put an end to February with circuits and enzymes! Open to all - stop in and say hello, bend our ears with your latest idea, or just drink coffe and circuit hack a furby!

10 years, 9 months

Fwd: FW: Ada Allies

by Marina Kukso

hi everyone, ada initiative is hosting 2 upcoming workshops in SF on making the workplace more inclusive to women. seems like a great opportunity for anyone who might be interested in the mens' group and/or interested in cutting through what might seem like confusion regarding what exactly creates unwelcoming environments, how we can create them without seeming to be assholes ourselves, and how to destroy them. :) - marina ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Jeri Wright <jwright(a)plos.org> Date: Thu, Feb 27, 2014 at 9:23 AM Subject: FW: Ada Allies To: "marina.kukso(a)gmail.com" <marina.kukso(a)gmail.com> Best, Jeri Marie Wright *PLOS *I *OPEN FOR DISCOVERY* Jeri Marie Wright I Publications Manager, PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases 1160 Battery Street, Suite 100, San Francisco, CA 94111 jwright(a)plos.org I Main +1 415-624-1200 I Direct +1 415-568-3175 I Fax +1 415-546-4090 plos.org <http://www.plos.org/> I Facebook<http://www.facebook.com/PLoS.org>I Twitter <http://twitter.com/PLOS> I Blog <http://blogs.plos.org/> *From:* Katie Hickling *Sent:* Thursday, February 27, 2014 4:14 AM *To:* Conferences *Subject:* Ada Allies Hi Conferences! The Ada initiative (An initiative supporting women in open technology and culture) is running two "Allies" workshops in the SF Bay area which I thought I'd send onto this list in case of interest. https://adainitiative.org/ http://adainitiative.org/2014/02/allies-workshops-in-the-san-francisco-bay-… https://adainitiative.org/what-we-do/workshops-and-training/ *PLOS* I *OPEN FOR DISCOVERY* Katie Hickling I Editorial Manager, PLOS Medicine & PLOS Biology Carlyle House, Carlyle Road, Cambridge CB4 3DN | United Kingdom khickling(a)plos.org I Main +44 (0) 1223-442810 I Direct +44 (0) 1223-442814I Fax +44 (0)1223-442833 plos.org <http://www.plos.org/> I Facebook<http://www.facebook.com/PLoS.org>I Twitter <http://twitter.com/plosmedicine> I Blog<http://blogs.plos.org/speakingofmedicine/>

10 years, 9 months

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sudo-discuss February 2014