sudo-discuss May 2024

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by Andrew R Gross

This artist is visiting town and wanted to know if he could speak at Sudo Room or give away any art. I told him that we don't have anyone dedicated to organizing this kind of event, but that I'd ask if anyone wants to. If you'd like to host him during November, put it on the calendar and go for it. *Andrew R Gross, (he/him)* 412.657.5332 - shrad.org <http://www.shrad.org> ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Jared Sofoifa <j.a.sofoifa(a)gmail.com> Date: Fri, Oct 6, 2023 at 10:44 AM Subject: [sudo-info] An idea To: <info(a)sudoroom.org> Good Morning, I am a Guatemalan Artist in Canada. I am wondering if your space would want to be part of a project I've been Working on. https://jaredarmandosofoifa.com/the-ocean-gives/ This is my largest painting to date. It spans roughly four feet by five feet. I want to give it away in a raffle to anyone that shares a smile. This year being in a position of comfort, it pained me greatly to see everyone around me struggling with the rising costs of everything. Being from Guatemala I have a deep knowledge of plants and how to cultivate them. I volunteered my time at a giant garden in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, operated by the local food bank. I realized that I was focusing on the wrong things, while it was great to feed people, as a painter I couldn't stand by and not feed their souls. Given that fine Art is mostly out of reach from the working class, I decided that I would rather "sell" my painting for smiles. I want to provide people struggling for survival, to have some kind of hope. In our politicized world it is hard to be kind to others and not guarded. What we need is community and unity. I feel like this project gets at the core of what future artists will provide the world. If you would like I can provide files for ready-to-print media including a poster with a QR code and printable raffle tickets from anyone that does not have a 'smart' telephone. As well as the poem about the painting. I will be in the Bay Area during Nov.8th-Nov.23rd promoting my Art and the seven works of writing I completed during COVID lockdowns in Canada, while also working on my stand-up comedy and music at any open mics I can get into. I would be happy to give a brief Artists talk outlining the project and the future role of Artists as we fight to stay relevant in a world where AI threatens all our livelihoods. Attached are some media provided to me from the Saskatoon food bank while my painting was in their space. It's not required, but as a working Artist I would greatly appreciate any honorarium (if your organization can afford it) to help me with my travel expenses and shipping cost for the painting. Let me know your thoughts, Sincerely, Jared Armando Sofoifa ps I'm the one in the pink hat. Also attached some additional paintings of mine. The Ocean Gives Promo 2.JPG <https://drive.google.com/file/d/1NgnL99us5n177f1hw0iRpcO6htjGowsC/view?usp=…> The Ocean Gives promo 3.JPG <https://drive.google.com/file/d/1uourVkx_kbk6BbkOtQfPMZFSEJx8wIND/view?usp=…> The Ocean Gives Promo.JPG <https://drive.google.com/file/d/1hC_1IlgtTLOuxK1DCyVMHUEnneJePUMp/view?usp=…> TheOceanGives-Testimonial.docx <https://drive.google.com/file/d/1EkL-JIBLIpL9BuicgypxjTTw_-TXNwVR/view?usp=…> Construct Deconstruct Adjust Readjust.png <https://drive.google.com/file/d/1comztlfaDInSj4Z-xMfLN8LRYk6yLQry/view?usp=…> Covid and the Seven Deadly Sins.JPG <https://drive.google.com/file/d/1k-l_od_QFX20yZSEO91Q_jRD30CCh7fa/view?usp=…> Our Tree of Life and Death.jpg <https://drive.google.com/file/d/11ZkaeA3XiO96fqsHF-vU8tnSXrCL5Ig7/view?usp=…> PXL_20221106_164346113.jpg <https://drive.google.com/file/d/1xCcsE9kVE-Q4sN8cV0nJLQ7XBvAGZFt_/view?usp=…> The birds, the lady, and the caterpillar.jpg <https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Z-lWY91fz3M4Nl1f1Wx-xghCDk_8OA24/view?usp=…> The Illusive Raven.JPG <https://drive.google.com/file/d/1QkI8GaT4Sh5qkacd7NThJSQwSsPsURc3/view?usp=…> The Moon and the Sun.JPG <https://drive.google.com/file/d/1tLOvcNh0YR9g9PlDEt2ZBTauxXX96G5B/view?usp=…> The Sunken Afterlife.jpg <https://drive.google.com/file/d/1qUkfk34C5V-z03fiYcBwIFxeZOgUsdwf/view?usp=…> NOTE: emails to the Info list were sent to an individual email address (such as info(a)sudoroom.org) with the PRESUMPTION OF PRIVACY. They may include personal information which the sender would not have sent to a public list (such as sudo-discuss). If you must forward messages to a public list, please take great care to REMOVE SENSITIVE INFORMATION! _______________________________________________ Info mailing list -- info(a)sudoroom.org To unsubscribe send an email to info-leave(a)sudoroom.org

4 months, 3 weeks

Sudoroom meeting tonight

by Jake Watters

Let's have a sudoroom meeting tonight at 7pm Lots of stuff to talk about! Unfortunately our delegate William is not available but we can take notes

1 year, 11 months

Update on Foreclosure

by William Myers

Hello SUDO Community, I have an update on the foreclosure, I have attached a letter from CAST, which also summarizes all of the updates. Basically Mulberry has told us: 1. X organization intends to pay off Mulberry Trusts’s loan to Omni Commons of approximately $873,973.00 2. Here is a $10,000 non-refundable deposit to show we are serious. 3. Attach a copy of Omni's Board Resolution noting the agreement between Omni and the organization paying off the loan. 4. If we do not hear from you by Tuesday, May 14th at 12pm, we will direct the foreclosure trustee to file the paperwork. CAST appears to be willing to work with us even if the foreclosure is filed. But we also have the option to comply with Mulberry's requirements and fundraise to purchase the building with funding from another source within the 1 week timeframe. We will likely be entertaining proposals from Peoples Programs and City In Motion at tomorrow's board meeting. Please let me know if you have any questions, or ideas or insights. Best William > I’m sorry for the delay on this. It turns out that the LOI should be submitted by CAST to Omni Commons. We will turn around and submit this for consideration by Omi Commons. I wanted to highlight a few things: - I believe we have till Sunday evening or early Monday morning to share a signed LOI for purchase to the Trust. This is to be accompanied by a $10,000 check. We then have 24 additional hours to submit the full payment to the Trust at which time the title is released to Omni Commons. - If this timing cannot be met, the foreclosure action will be undertaken and there is 90 days to pay down the loan. The clock would essentially start on Tuesday the 14th. CAST has the ability to pay $10,000 for the deposit but not the balance within 24 hours after that. Given this reality, we will let the Trust know of our plans to pursue an LOI with Omni Commons and the need for additional time to secure the balance of funds. This assumes that they advance to foreclose. - CAST would like to sign an LOI with Omni Commons as quickly as possible so we can pursue funding to meet the 90 day foreclosure window. We will not negotiate to assemble a partnership for purchase. We encourage Omni Commons to explore all options. - People’s Program and City In Motion have both expressed interest and have reached out to CAST. I will respond to both and encourage them to speak with Omni Commons directly. - We recommend that you determine, separate from CAST, if their offers are viable and you wish to sell the building to either of them. We don’t want to hold you up if you are able and prefer to resolve the matter immediately.

1 year, 11 months

June 2nd Resource Fair(See yall Sunday!)

by July Tenenbaum

Hi All! I'm writing to thank you all for your willingness to attend Wod Street's resource fair and block party. We'd love it if people tabling can show up by noon but we also totally understand time constraints- if you can only join us for a few hours you are still hugely welcome and appreciated. If you need a table or chairs, I think there is some limited tables available but we're a little short on those so if you are bring your own, that's amazing. See you soon! -July [image: Wood st flyer.png]

2 years, 1 month

Hackable door lock recommendations

by Arthur Ulfeldt

I’ve been using a home made electric door lock for years, it’s got that exposed wires delight ♥️ I’m looking for an actually reliable electric door lock that I can reasonably easily hack to use my own software or replace the microcontroller entirely. Do any of you have a recommendation?

2 years, 1 month

BBQ invite

by July Tenenbaum

Hi all, A little off topic from normal but we're having a community BBQ for the holiday on June 19th. Anyone who's interested is invited! [image: Screen Shot 2024-05-29 at 10.37.58 PM.png]

2 years, 1 month

Re: Need funds for May Mulberry mortgage payment

by Paige P

> > Can collectives be prepared to prepay April *June *if necessary? Given the time it takes for external transfers to come in, the only way to pay this in time to my understanding is to transfer money from either the SR and/or SMAC account to pay this bill [because SR and SMAC also have funds in Unify account, so its not external]. The amount transferred could be quickly returned after other collectives pay rent + from a donation that was offered. The amount still needed to transfer temporarily from SR/SMAC would need to total around $1800. Is this okay with collectives, especially SR and SMAC? It is very crucial we pay our mortgage payment, especially given that Mulberry is still deliberating whether or not to foreclose on us. Paige On Tue, Apr 30, 2024 at 11:06 PM Paige P <pgeplan(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Jesse, our lawyer, has said "Once the foreclosure is filed, [Mulberry] > won't be able to accept any further payments." I checked the mail and see > no foreclosure letter, so I believe we still need to be paying our mortgage > payment for May sometime in the next couple days. > > Our current balance in our checking account is $153 + $3200 pending SR and > SMAC rent that was just sent this night. > > The mortgage payment is $5,677.89. So we are short $2324.89... > > I do not know what other bills are due or if we are waiting on rent from > other collectives. > > Can collectives be prepared to prepay April if necessary? > > Paige > >

2 years, 1 month

Hardware Hacking Tuesday is tonight

by Jake Watters

Hi everyone, You're getting this email either because 1) you're on the sudoroom discuss email list, or 2) because I BCC'd you directly Tonight I'll be hosting Sudoroom for those who want to come hack on whatever, in person, or through telepresence (see the last link in this email) in the past few weeks, we've had about 10-20 people over the course of the evening Here it is on the sudoroom page: https://sudoroom.org/events/categories/sudo-room-events/ I am usually there by 8PM but people do show up before me! if you get to the door (at the corner of 48th and shattuck) and you can't get in, call our telephone to get someone to let you in! (442)252-8386 is our phone number, which spells "I HACK AT FUN" We don't always hear the doorbell and I don't answer it anyway! You should get on this sudoroom discuss mailing list! click here: https://sudoroom.org/lists/postorius/lists/sudo-discuss.sudoroom.org/ and you should donate monthly to sudoroom, monthly, by signing up here: https://sudoroom.org/humans and if you want to make a one-time donation, you can go here: https://sudoroom.org/donate We'll be having a Sudoroom meeting tomorrow night (Wednesday) at 7PM. Show up! see you soon! -jake

2 years, 1 month

Trump Satire

by Ira Brightman

Hi All, I've written a Donald Trump satire, and would like to get it out into the public as quickly as possible for obvious reasons. It's an update of a previous version that I self-published on Amazon (KDP). Below are reviews from that book (it's been updated). I also included a copy of the cover. The work is ostensibly a briefing and guide book written for DJT by staff for when he becomes the president again in 2025. I've been a professional comedian and comedy-writer, but I'm a technical moron and can't figure out how to put this book up on a website, or on Substack. Since time is short, my plan is to offer it for free and ask for donations at the end. I would like to hire someone to get it up on an appropriate venue. If interested, contact me, I'll email you the entire book (about 80 pages) and we can discuss. Best, Ira Brightman Amazon Reviews: Top reviews from the United States Roberta Spike (Berkeley, CA) 5.0 out of 5 stars Fun to read <https://www.amazon.com/gp/customer-reviews/R7HPCM270AZ79/ref=cm_cr_dp_d_rvw…> Reviewed in the United States on October 21, 2022 Good for a laugh - but unfortunately too true! Ira really gets it! Michael Singer (Boston, MA) 4.0 out of 5 stars Never too late <https://www.amazon.com/gp/customer-reviews/R3TOSTSNEYPY4O/ref=cm_cr_dp_d_rv…> Reviewed in the United States on April 29, 2021 This spoof of the Trump presidency is still a hysterical reminder of the danger that the former president posed, and that his surrogates are still out there. Though this book is very funny, it also points out that Trump really isn’t a laughing matter. Jennifer Sappington (Richmond, VA) 5.0 out of 5 stars Laughter really is the best medicine - thank you, Dr. Ira! <https://www.amazon.com/gp/customer-reviews/RYU9ZU9Y4CO7W/ref=cm_cr_dp_d_rvw…> Reviewed in the United States on August 23, 2018 There’s a lot of Trump humor out there, but Ira’s stands out because it’s clever, and unique (the “Meet [insert dictator/world leader]” sections were my favorite), and just a delight to read. Also, if you don’t laugh at Ira’s “suggestions” to Trump for cabinet members, it’s probably because you’re unconscious or wearing Q-anon pajamas. [image: image.png]

2 years, 1 month

Memorial Day Monday - we're still hosting the women & nonbinary Monday hack night!

by Romy Mimi Ilano

https://www.meetup.com/sudoroom/events/301185976/?isFirstPublish=true Thanks Paige for stepping up! I accidentally deleted the first meetup posting, this is the new one. Share and pass around! *Romy Mimi Ilano* *romy.ilano(a)gmail.com <romy.ilano(a)gmail.com>*

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