the black vending machine (closest to the exit sign and bathroom) is
nearly operational.
Thanks to Lesley for helping with the power cord and networking cables!
There is a beaglebone black inside which is on the network, and I am
working on software to get it to be able to dispense whatever we put in
there.
We need a quality combination lock for the thing, so that multiple people
can add goodies to it.
and of course there is a lot of software to write. At first, you will
only be able to pay using your sudo-humans account, and any money you put
into it.
I am only working on the software for the hardware - making the internal
electronics able to dispense product when the software triggers it. If
anyone wants to help with that, let me know - it's just arduino C.
Of course if you want to work on it, I will set you up with access codez.
-jake
Hello sudoers,
I'm trying to build a pseudo-docking station for my laptop, that would
enclose the power, hdmi and thunderbolt plugs that I currently have to plug
in separately (all are right next to each other).
The best idea I've had for how to do this has been to create a 3-d computer
model of the plugs, and then 3-d print an enclosure that can house all
three of them.
Do you have a laser scanner that could make such a model? I have some
experience with 3d printing, but I've never used a laser scanner before, so
I'd need some help with that, as I understand they can be quite finicky.
I would plan on making a monetary donation to sudoroom, and/or becoming a
member.
Alternatively, if anyone has any other ideas about how to do this, I'd
welcome them.
Thanks!
-Matt Bush
I know it's not -- are there other biohacker spaces around the world?
In Spain or Greece? I know that a lot of those places are great for time
banks & wifi sudomesh style projects due to the economy.
Is there a way to get a map of other hackerspaces up on the website? I'd
like to help put it up in my spare time.
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Romy Ilano
romy(a)snowyla.com
Recent events in the news in both Europe and the USA are quite alarming
I knew this was always true, but it's especially important for all educated
and like-minded folks to stick together!
Hope we can all resolve our differences, find common ground, and
collaborate intelligently. There are evil times going on in politics all
over!
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Romy Ilano
romy(a)snowyla.com
At last week's Sudo meeting, we signed up for Hacker Happy Hour
shifts. I took March 4, but now realize that's first friday. I usually
help run the Omni booth at FF. Can someone else take this date?
Thanks.
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From: Laura Turiano <scylla(a)riseup.net>
Date: Tue, Feb 23, 2016 at 8:12 PM
Subject: [omni-commons] Thursday 7pm Emergency Omni Meeting
To: "consensus(a)lists.omnicommons.org"
<consensus(a)lists.omnicommons.org>, "discuss(a)lists.omnicommons.org"
<discuss(a)lists.omnicommons.org>, commons
<commons(a)lists.omnicommons.org>
Everyone,
As you may have heard, there shooting on 48th and Shattuck this past
Saturday. I was the point person for the party at the end of which it
occurred. Several Omni organizers who were present afterwards have
invited neighbors to a meeting on Sunday at 7 to discuss what
happened. We hope many of you will also attend, and to prepare for
that we want to have an internal Omni meeting on Thursday at 7pm. We
want to be sure that everyone is as clear about what happened as we
can be, based upon talking to the people who were there, and to
develop a shared approach to communicating about it.
Thanks everyone and hope to see you on Thursday and Sunday.
Laura
Dear beloved Sudo,
This is PAT XU here,
TLDR – Myself and 3 other organizers are facing some serious political
repression for our activism! Come support us in court, 9 am, April 1st:
https://www.facebook.com/events/1515732032065377/
The District Attorney (DA) is aggressively prosecuting four Land Action
organizers, Kelly Jewett, Steven DeCaprio, Wren Hyde, and myself, for our
involvement in a recent adverse possession project. There are seven
criminal charges, including three felony counts and four misdemeanors.
Contrary to established precedent from similar cases in Oakland in recent
years, the DA has deliberately, and in violation of the law, pushed this
civil dispute into criminal court.
Why?
The case was brought to the DA’s attention because the property’s owner of
record was personally connected to the DA’s office. By taking advantage of
this backdoor connection, the owner persuaded the DA to drastically
overreach its jurisdiction and use public funding to intervene on the
owner’s behalf; a clear case of nepotism.
But the DA has its own political motives for attacking Land Action. In
recent years, Land Action has achieved significant victories around squat
law and adverse possession. By dragging Land Action through the mud, the DA
intends to put the entire history of squatting and adverse possession in
Oakland on trial – with the aim of criminalizing these activities.
These tactics are time-honored forms of direct action that have played a
significant role in social movements worldwide. In the past decade, squats
have housed thousands of people in the Bay Area. Adverse possession,
enshrined in the legal code of all 50 States, is as old as property law
itself. It allows people to acquire full ownership of real property with
very little capital investment, which makes it antithetical to the
ruling-class agenda of keeping working people enmeshed in the cycle of
rent-wage-exploitation.
In short, the DA is defending the commonly held belief that home ownership
should be very, extremely, prohibitively expensive—a perception that plays
right into the interests of capital.
The DA’s aggressive prosecution of Land Action’s organizers is occurring at
a time when local government has developed exceedingly cozy relations with
gentrifying forces. Last year, Oakland City Council came under fire for
offering a luxury housing developer the acre-sized 12th Street Remainder
Parcel for much less than its market value. In a confidential memo, the
City Attorney informed the Council that state law requires them to first
offer surplus land to low-income housing agencies, park agencies, school
districts, and other entities that serve the public interest. But against
the advice of their own attorney, the Council proceeded with their illegal
plan, which was already underway when the City Attorney’s memo was leaked
to the East Bay Express. Only then did public scrutiny force the Council
to bring their actions into compliance with state law.
Local government is all too willing to disregard the law in the service of
Capital and at the expense of the poor. The DA has aligned itself with
this agenda, using public funding to defend the property interests of the
land-holding class. The DA has chosen to flout the very laws it is charged
with upholding, for the sake of consolidating property rights and
maintaining access barriers to home ownership. IT IS TIME TO HOLD THEM
ACCOUNTABLE!!!
Please come pack the courthouse with us for our initial hearing! And
please forward this message to interested friends!
Time: April 1st, 9 a.m. (no foolin!)
Place:
Department 115
Wiley W. Manuel Courthouse
661 Washington St (at the intersection with 7th St.)
Oakland 94607
Free parking:
There is plenty of 4-hour parking available, south of the 880 freeway on 4th,
3rd, and 2nd Streets, within walking distance of the Courthouse.
