Hey Sudoers,
I just learned that Oakland's city planners are being pressured by AC
Transit to curtail their bikable city plan on Grand Avenue! And there's a
public hearing meeting on *Tuesday, July 25 at 6:30 - 7:30* here:
https://meet.google.com/tzk-sbcu-uwk
You can read more details here (SF Streetsblog)
<https://sf.streetsblog.org/2023/07/18/oakdot-killing-grand-avenue-road-diet…>,
but the short version is that the city said it wants to make Grand Avenue
look more like Telegraph, which I love, and instead the bus company is
like, "No, fuck that, add in another lane of high speed traffic through an
urban neighborhood. We might want it in the future. Fuck parks and
restaurants, we want concrete and steel suffocating the community.
If you've got a minute during Hardware Hacking Tuesday, drop in and be
heard. This is crazy, and I really hope we can speak loudly enough to keep
AC Transit from fucking up a good plan.
Lots of love,
*Andrew R Gross, (he/him)*
412.657.5332 - shrad.org <http://www.shrad.org>
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Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2023 18:26:45 +0000
From: Gabriell Valentine <gvalentine(a)sfaf.org>
To: "info(a)sudoroom.org" <info(a)sudoroom.org>
Subject: [sudo-info] Computer Donation
Good morning!
I work for the San Franciso AIDS Foundation's IT department, I'm reaching out
because my org is restructuring, and we will be clearing out our inventory
soon. We have a large collection of micro form-factor desktops (2-5 year old
ThinkCentre's and HP Pro Desks mostly) that will get e-wasted if no one has
any interest in them, which I think is a waste. Would your collective have any
interest in this hardware or know anyone else that would? The hardware is
business class, and is good for small scale projects, project servers,
automation, ect.
Cheers,
Gabriell Valentine (it /its)
Business Process & Automation Specialist
San Francisco AIDS Foundation
1035 Market St., San Francisco, CA 94103
gvalentine(a)sfaf.org | https://www.sfaf.org
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Find updates about SFAF programs and services at https://sfaf.org/covid19
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Wow! You have to be pretty old to have ever even heard of an Osborne 1! A
revolution in portable computing -- a 30 lb suitcase! :) I knew Adam
Osborne slightly, he was a member of the Berkeley Amnesty International
chapter for a while. He became frustrated because Amnesty decision-making
moves so slowly -- not nimble and adventurous like innovative
entrepreneurial types like Adam.
It should be an interesting evening, sorry I can't make it.
cheers
Hilary
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Date: Tue, 1 Aug 2023 01:18:39 -0700
From: Paige P <pgeplan(a)gmail.com>
Subject: [sudo-discuss] old, old computer donation today
To: SudoRoom <sudo-discuss(a)sudoroom.org>
Hey everyone,
Heads up that a donation of really old computers came today. We have good
contact with owner and he is coming by tomorrow. I am leaving it out on the
main table for the hw hacking crowd to check out, but I will be in tomorrow
to move as required for hacking workspace needs. But should be fun to talk
with the donor about all this gear tomorrow night. His name is Tom and he
said he'd come by at 7 and is happy to take back whatever we dont want.
So we should figure out what we want now. Or later and deal with it some
time soon along with all are other ewaste (another discussion...). The big
one todays crowd was excited about was the Osborne 1. But the other stuff
seems sellable but depends on if we can get it turning on.
Paige
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Hilary Naylor, Ph.D.
www.a2zed.us
Oakland CA