For wide distribution.
On Monday, January 27, 2014 at 10:00 AM, Miguel Vargas wrote:
> This is the press release that just went out. Brian is delivering the Cease and Desist letter to city hall personally this morning.
>
>
> On Mon, Jan 27, 2014 at 9:55 AM, Miguel Vargas <unroar(a)gmail.com (mailto:unroar@gmail.com)> wrote:
>
> > Oakland Privacy Group Press Release
> > Contact: Brian Hofer
> > Cell: (510) 303-2871 (tel:%28510%29%20303-2871)
> > Email: brian.hofer(a)gmail.com (mailto:brian.hofer@gmail.com)
> >
> > FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
> > ACTIVISTS POISED TO SUE CITY OVER CREEPY SPY CENTER’S NUCLEAR WEAPONS CONTRACTORS
> >
> > The Oakland Privacy Group today demanded through counsel that Oakland city government immediately Cease and Desist building the Domain Awareness Center and stop working with military contractors in violation of Oakland’s Nuclear Free Zone ordinance or face a lawsuit.
> >
> > City staff is currently urging city council to move forward with building the DAC by signing a contract with military contractor Schneider Electric. Signing such a contract would be a clear violation of Oakland’s Nuclear Free Zone ordinance.The council's next vote on this issue is on Tuesday, January 28.
> >
> > In their recommendation, city staff states that they are satisfied that Schneider Electric is not in violation of the Nuclear Free Zone ordinance based on their Google searches. Yet it is hard to believe that city staff missed the many webpages where Schneider markets their nuclear weapons experience. For example, Schneider states on their Naval Technology page (http://www.naval-technology.com/contractors/electrical/schneider-energy/%20) http://www.naval-technology.com/contractors/electrical/schneider-energy/
> >
> > Our main application domains include:
> >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Weapon launching control system for nuclear submarines
> > > Nuclear weapon handling system
> > Oakland has a long tradition of taking strong progressive stands on national issues with legislation such as South African divestment, establishing the City of Refuge (anti-ICE raids), leadership on cannabis normalization, standing against Arizona’s racist anti-immigrant law, and many others.
> >
> > It is from this proud tradition that the Nuclear Free Zone ordinance originates. Oakland has for decades declared that it will in no way be complicit in building nuclear weapons and has refused to work with any nuclear weapons contractors.
> >
> > These are Oakland values.
> >
> > Unfortunately, it seems that our current crop of city leaders do not share these values.
> >
> > Since the beginning of the DAC project city staff has been looking for ways to use nuclear weapons contractors to build their vision of an all-knowing Orwellian surveillance apparatus.
> >
> > The city’s first contractor to work on the DAC, military giant SAIC, was removed from the contract after it’s work on nuclear weapons became public. SAIC also perjured themselves by signing a statement that they did not violate the Nuclear Free Zone ordinance. But public records request documents indicate that city staff knew all along that SAIC was in violation of the ordinance. When they were found out staff were searching for ways to help SAIC bypass the ordinance, they then helped SAIC finish building a major phase of the DAC project and paid them the full $2.6 million for their illegal work before the contract was ended.
> >
> > The Oakland Privacy Group believes city staff are attempting similar maneuvers with Schneider Electric to get the spy center completed in violation of the Nuclear Free Zone ordinance.
> >
> > If the city moves forward with these plans legal action will be taken to stop it.
> >
> > About the Oakland Privacy Working Group
> > The Oakland Privacy Group is a grassroots community organization concerned with the encroaching threat of high-tech surveillance. It has been organizing the swelling grassroots opposition to the DAC since the issue was first noticed at a city council meeting in July of 2013. They have an online presence Twitter @OaklandPrivacy and at http://oaklandprivacy.wordpress.com/
> >
> > About the DAC
> >
> > The DAC is a multi-million dollar data and video spy center funded with federal anti-terrorism dollars originally intended for the port but then turned against the residents of Oakland. The most comprehensive information on the DAC is available on Oakland Wiki at http://oaklandwiki.org/Domain_Awareness_Center
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
Hey I had an idea...
during meetings, when not using the projector for powerpoint-y stuff, why
not project walk throughs and non-narrated videos from around the world?
Especially anything non narrated, with atmospheric sound
It would be a way to bring the world "Closer to SudoRoom" and realize we
are part of a larger orange besides the orange slice we currently live on
Stuff is blowing up in Ukraine and Cambodia right now:
- a walk through Guadalajara City in mexico during one of their bike
days -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZZlr8dTcu8&feature=share&list=PLIXYZQ--adya…
- riot police put down a peaceful protest -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rHCNuyCYiX0
- uncommented walk through other hackerspaces in New York, Berlin, the
world...
What do you think?
=============================
Romy Ilano
romy(a)snowyla.com
I saw that you're looking at bookkeeping software, including Gnucash. I've been using it for a good couple+ years and wanted to offer my thoughts.
I love it generally. Pretty easy to use double-entry system, kind of like Quicken.
Make sure you have your accounts set up to match your tax and reporting requirements, and so that anyone putting entries in will understand which account includes what kind of expenses.
Easy to reconcile with bank statements. It's not a "connect to my bank" kind of system like Quicken used to be (and may still be) to update your account and reconcile all at once, but if you keep up with your entries, end of month is a breeze.
Nice reporting once you figure out what you need to know and which menu choice does it.
It's apparently really easy to screw things up and not notice. By the end of every year I have had to go back and re-balance at least one or two of my bank statements because some transaction disappeared somewhere and balancing against a statement becomes a problem (tho' prior balances have worked out fine).
Because of that last point, I'm considering another option this year.
j.
well my point wasn't that I would come to SudoRoom and do only working and
not talk to anyone. I would like to have a super focus area so that we
could isolate ourselves for short bursts, then come back like half-naked
pearl divers coming up for air out of the ocean, our diving knives in our
teeth, so that during breaks we could flop around and relax supine on the
couches, just as divers would half-naked in the bright sun...
before diving down into the depths again, the depths of hyperfocus, clad
only in loinclothes, searching for pearls of wisdom.
>>
Message: 8
Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2014 17:13:56 -0800
From: Max Klein <isalix(a)gmail.com>1"
I've come to accept that this is not possible at sudo. I tried the "I'm
busy" sombrero, and the corner. Sometimes the problem is that I distract
myself too. But I still want focus. Super focus, without the anonymity or
expense of the coffee shop, and the separation from my house.
The way I imagined the happening was renting one of the other rooms next to
sudo and making "SUPER FOCUS CLUB". It'd be very minimally run, and cost to
go in (I think paying for it would also help bring ones self to
superfocus). So it'd be a spartan "coworking" space, which you can have as
premium feature to sudo's freemium model. I kind of was thinking about
trying this out for a month starting in April when I also plan to quit my
job and shake my life like a purse and I was looking for keys.
-notconfusing
=============================
Romy Ilano
romy(a)snowyla.com
Hey all,
Thanks to Mackenzie and her housemate, sudo room has a new trailer, already tagged and ready to roll. The hitch attaches to your rear triangle, near the rear wheel dropout, should fit on most bikes, even with some crud in the way.
Please bring it back, don't leave it out or at your house, it's an invaluable resource for everyone to share.
// Matt
Im trying get ahold of existing media / political group contact lists to
build Oakland Privacy Working Group's for our outreach purposes. Does sudo
have, or know anyone sympathetic who has, such a list? Ie, mainstream and
alternative print, tv, radio contacts, as well as at unions, leagues, or
other political groups like democratic committes/clubs, etc?
Such a lost could help sudo and baps' outreach as well -
Sort of a compressed timeframe, so any help is hugely appreciated.
Best,
David
Hi there,
This is Shimaa again, I haven't heard from anybody since I communicated with you. Can you please get back to me?
The event is Friday and I want to make sure you're still on. I invited people already and spread the word out about it.
You can also give me a call on my cell phone: 917-615-8899
Shimaa
https://www.facebook.com/events/424246587705844/
concur -
-d
On Wednesday, January 22, 2014, David Keenan <dkeenan44(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> concur -
> -d
>
> On Wednesday, January 22, 2014, Gregg Horton <greggahorton(a)gmail.com<javascript:_e({}, 'cvml', 'greggahorton(a)gmail.com');>>
> wrote:
>
>> This
>> On Jan 22, 2014 10:03 AM, "Romy Snowyla" <romy(a)snowyla.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Did anyone start a quiet work area at SudoRoom? This is ideally a table
>>> where people can focus, not be interrupted, or people near this area would
>>> be mindful & not talk too loudly.
>>>
>>> I think I witnessed something like this one afternoon.
>>>
>>> Noisebridge has a similar set up.. I like it a lot,
>>>
>>> I'd like to go to sudoroom and have a small mindful area free of
>>> people's phone conversations, or be interrupted by someone pitching their
>>> political movement or solar energy start up.
>>>
>>> (I've been interrupted constantly in the past this way and this is a
>>> constructive idea to solve that problem)
>>>
>>> To the folks who had a quiet mindfulness area: could we do this again?
>>> It's a good idea and in alignment with sudoroom values;: "a hackerspace is
>>> for hacking "
>>>
>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> sudo-discuss mailing list
>>> sudo-discuss(a)lists.sudoroom.org
>>> http://lists.sudoroom.org/listinfo/sudo-discuss
>>>
>>
Reposted for posterity at:
https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Meeting_Notes_2014-01-22
==Intros==
Q: What are you currently hacking on?
A: Mac is hacking sewing machines, making a hat rack, and bikes, and fixing
sudo sewing machines!; Arnas is currently not hacking on anything; Chris
Bee is currently hacking sound (all of it); Matt is hacking on his camper
trailer, and fixing sudo sewing machines!; Daniel hacking on Cisco
switches; Nathan is hacking on Indian food. and the public school system;
Ryan hacking on a fuel tank. with fiberglass. and sanding.; Sam is hacking
on automation; Gaurav hacking on his laptop here; Jordan hacking health;
Jenny hacking on networks; James hacking on modules
==Announcements==
* Calendar https://sudoroom.org/calendar
* #Jan25: Daylong educational event on the ongoing Egyptian revolution -
this Friday starting at 3pm
* This Saturday's Today We Learned involves building compost toilets!
* Machine Learning Meetup at noon in Berkeley on Saturday. (Now on the
sudoroom calendar)
* Stop the Domain Awareness Center event - Feb. 4th @ Oakland City Hall
* Next Omni meeting is Thursday, Feb. 6th from 7-10pm
* Oakland Makers meetup was today; organizing the makers of Oakland
==Past Action Items==
* Ink donation jar - Juul - not done
* Investigate integrating Stripe and/or Balanced Payments [Jenny, Bill]
** Seems Stripe is better for recurring billing (Balanced's recurring
billing system is still in beta: https://github.com/balanced/billy) - this
is essential for us. Let's try Stripe!)
* Look into other hackerspaces'<3 accounting system [Jenny]
** GNU Cash looks most interesting - otherwise not much in the way of FOSS
tools for finances: http://www.gnucash.org/
* Get new lease for 2141 Broadway (update to sign with "sudo room" as an
entity) - Matt - pending response from George
* Reword proposal on problematic non-members (Jenny, Brendan)
* slay zombie events that show up when importing from calendar
* follow up on the stuff here https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Articles
==Fiscal Solvency==
* $204.11/week from Gittip!
* Minimum membership dues: $2.50/wk; Recommended: $15/wk; Endless
gratitude: $25/wk, high-fives from a million angels: $100/wk.
* Current balance: at least $7700
* Daniel suggests a visual aid to show visitors our fiscal needs and
current status
==Amendments to Articles of Association==
1. [Postponed] Final consensus on yar's filming proposal, which was
unanimously approved on Dec. 18th meeting:
https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Filming_at_sudo_room
*Discussion around the wording of #1B (alternative wordings in the link
above)
*Philip suggests looking into the 'Right to Delete' policies of various
European countries - + tight windows for keeping data - Privacy by Design
The following were not discussed this week, but will go on the agenda for
next week:
2. [Postponed] That members don't ever have to show up in person if they
don't want voting rights.
*Brendan proposes to strike this as unnecessary
3. [Postponed] To empower members to deal with problematic non-members,
non-members can be thrown out at any time by a member if that members feel
they are being a problem, _unless_ some other member present in the space
is willing to vouch for the member as a guest. Non-members being asked to
leave must be told that they can further discuss the incident at a
Wednesday meeting or on the mailing list.
*We need to have a policy on this, but should be written in a more
nonviolent manner.
4. [Postponed] Non-members can use the space as much as they want when
other members are present, but cannot access the space when no members are
there and have to leave when the last member leaves.
*Not enough members to reach quorum, push to next week
==conflict resolution==
== new members==
* Mack [cleaning, organizing, fixing sewing machines]
* Gaurav [Gittip]
==Discussion==
*Yar suggests we rotate bureacracy meetings with hacknights!
*Jenny suggests we add a 'New Members' section to the meeting agenda - Matt
done
*Calendar situation
*Jordan suggests a 'sudo diff' approach to hacking the Articles of
Incorporation [delete liberally, add succinctly]
==Action Items==
* Move to Stripe [Jenny / Matt]
* Poke Laurie re: new lease [Matt]
* Reword proposal on problematic non-members (Jenny, Brendan)
* fill out statement of information sometime soon
https://businessfilings.sos.ca.gov/ [Jenny, ?]
* finish setting up bank acct [Matt, friends]
* Publish the new member minimum dues policy to the Articles of Association
on-wiki. [Mack] - DONE
* Hack on Bylaws / Articles of Assoc [Mac / Jordan / Marina, friends]
---------
Jenny
http://jennyryan.nethttp://thepyre.orghttp://thevirtualcampfire.orghttp://technomadic.tumblr.com
Hi everyone,
The Tribune article about Oakland Wiki <http://oaklandwiki.org> is out!
http://www.insidebayarea.com/my-town/ci_24937953/website-aims-record-everyt…
Thanks to everyone who spoke with Matt Artz from the Tribune about what
we're trying to do.
Also, we've just tipped past 5,000 entries! Thanks to everyone who has ever
contributed!
And thanks to Sudo Room for being the IRL home of Oakland Wiki!
- Marina
Subject: Need Biologist with Bioinformatic knowledge, Yesterday
Entrepreneur, U.C. Berkeley social science Ph.D., is starting a biotech company specializing in environmental (ecological) microbial analysis. Affiliated with QB3 incubator, needs co-founders. Looking for bioinformatic programmer, knowledgeable in databases and tools (e.g., AWS, GenBank, GreenGenes, specialized R protocols) to work with me toward developing a front-end and user-facing interface (will find separate web designer and software developer for this). NDA required. I don’t have funding yet, so I can only pay with equity to start. Please contact: rstartupcofounder(a)outlook.com.
Hey guys,
a friend of mine who works for the city of Oakland and is meeting with the
ACLU on DAC stuff (to fix this nightnare) has asked me for
- a coherent, semi-formal argument against the DAC.
- Language against specific aspects of the DAC like the shot spotters,
facial recognition, etc. What they will be used for vs what they say they
will be used for, etc.
What resources do we have on hand that I can forward or write up for them?
Thanks!
David
Last week tunabanas and I went to represent sudo at Southern Exposure's
grantees ceremony. (We hacked the acceptance speech, and showed artists
they are probably hackers too.) It got me thinking, and I wrote this poem
for sudo.
After and before, all the silenced outcasts leave their trace,
I myself learn electronics and genetics at sudo hackerspace.
Well not quite, but then intentions are there
An eager post-work brain doing what it can to care.
And the movement's building, more people join us to rock-it,
The latest anacho-syndicalists with a California nonprofit.
When only a year ago we were crash test dummies,
2 grants in a row makes us flush with ca$h monies.
-notconfusing
Hi,
I just had ankle surgery so I'm not sure if I can help organize the
upcoming post Art Murmur Artmaking party.
*I'm about to strike it out of the calendar... *
*Is anyone interested in running the event on February 7 still? *
Organizing it isn't a big problem, and there are still leftover art
supplies (probably in the radio room) from the last event.
- At the last event the work I had to do to get it going was minimal.
- People just sort of showed up with their own supplies as well, it was
very collaborative.
https://sudoroom.org/wiki/ArtMakingParty#February_2014
*February 7, 2014*
https://sudoroom.org/ai1ec_event/art-making-party/?instance_id=78850
*SudoRoom Art Making Party*
*As the Oakland Art Mrumur ends, artmaking werewolves converge on the
SudoRoom hackerspace to jam to music, make art, and collaborate in all
sorts of crazy werewolf ways.*
*If you are an artist, performer, genius of ways to set up collaborative
artmaking stations, or have films and videos to show, contact us! We’d like
to see your stuff.*
=============================
Romy Ilano
romy(a)snowyla.com
Since it will be outside 24/7, maybe we should install a weatherized
or skinnable keyboard? as if we dont, that may invite yet more keypad
fails down the road -
On Tuesday, January 21, 2014, Max Klein <isalix(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> On Tue, Jan 21, 2014 at 2:39 PM, Andrew <andrew(a)roshambomedia.com<javascript:_e({}, 'cvml', 'andrew(a)roshambomedia.com');>
> > wrote:
>
>> "Replace the keypad with a usb-keyboard." <-- this is an awesome idea.
>> Actually we can just use a usb numpad if we want to keep it simple.
>>
>
> I actually I completely forgot, I got stole a usb 10key numpad from work
> for this purpose. i'll try and bring it in this weekend, but that shouldn't
> stop anyone from screwing a keyboard to the wall.
>
>
> I'd also love to see the RFID working again, or atleast repurpuse that for
> something else. It's just sitting there right now (if it's even still
> there).
>
>
> On Tue, Jan 21, 2014 at 1:37 PM, Max Klein <isalix(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>
> whoops, forgot to include niki
>
> oh and to get into sudoor 192.168.1.42 (from the sudo network) you need to
> have your key added by Jordan or William buddington. Or I guess i have
> root, I can also do that if you send me your key.
> M
>
>
> On Tue, Jan 21, 2014 at 1:30 PM, Max Klein <isalix(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
>
> All of you receiving this want to breathe new life into the door.
> Just to let you know, right now the raspberry pi that control the keypad
> and the electronic latch mechanism, I set it to reboot itself every 4pm and
> 4am. That's been happening for the last few months.
>
> My recommendation, without totally re-engineering it - which you are
> welcome to do by the way - is this: Replace the keypad with a usb-keyboard.
> Most of the errors come from the keypad disconnecting, not the uptime of
> the Rasperrby pi. We know the pi is more stable than the keypad because
> even when the keypad doesn't work, the web-interface unlock usually still
> works.
>
> Web interface unlock is a webserver running on "tamale" which is another
> pi upstairs in sudo. And it calls the opendoor.py script which runs on the
> downstairs doorpi, i call this pi "sudoor" by the way.
>
> So. The quickest hack that i've been meaning to do for a while, is replace
> the keypad, with a usb-keyboard.
> That involves:
> 1. physical installation of a keyboard outside (screwing it to the wall
> somehow)
> 2. tweaking the code baron.py in /root/sudoor/keypad/ (or some such on
> sudoor) to take use the raw_input() command rather than the get_serial()
> (because the keypad works over serial).
> 2.1 I also had this idea that we could use the caps lock key light as an
> indicator, you can make it flash if the code is incorrect or whatever.
> 2.2 just thinking now too, if we use the raw_input() then we should also
> catch the Keyboard_interrupt() exception and ignore it, so people can't
> exit hte baron program cos they have the keyboard.
> 2,3 this will allow non numeric passwords if we want.
>
>
> I don't mind consulting a bit, but my intentions have just been left for
> too long, so ask me any questions you need, and be bold.
> Max 707 478 7023
>
>
>
> On Mon, Jan 20, 2014 at 3:32 PM, David Keenan <dkeenan44(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Lori seemed open in the past for paying for a low-cost (ie, hacked
> together & installed by us) intercom system that worked for us & others on
> the second floor.
>
> As good excuse as any to hit up Al's..
>
>
> On Monday, January 20, 2014, David Keenan <dkeenan44(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>
> until we nail down the cause, if theres a usb power issue might a dumb
> workaround be a scheduled power cycle every N hours? i.e., connect the pi
> to an outlet timer..if we/anyone haz one of those to donate?
>
> On Monday, January 20, 2014, Dan Krol <orblivion(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Not knowing anything about the specific application, I'll risk asking a
> naive question - any reason not to just get a powered USB hub? Though I'd
> caution against plugging
>
>
>
wonderful, daniel - and great work, marc! thank you both so much! y'all are
just super.
besos!
david
On Tuesday, January 21, 2014, Somebody <somebody(a)riseup.net> wrote:
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> Awesome work Marc!
>
> I am Super-Ultra-Mega pleased that the Server is in good hands/group
> and for a noble cause.
>
> Mesh El Planeta!
>
> Daniel
>
>
> On 1/21/14 2:02 AM, Marc Juul wrote:
> > Hi meshers!
> >
> > As you may already know, we received a donation of a 10 TB storage
> > server from the Novato Unified School District (!)
> >
> > We'll soon write a proper thank you post and put them on our list
> > of sponsors.
> >
> > For now, I wanted to announce that it was picked up in Novato with
> > the help of Pete, and over the past two days Daniel (who was the
> > main force behind making this donation happen) and myself have set
> > up the storage server. It's at sudo room for now and it's running
> > GNU Mediagoblin. Until we find a better spot for it, you can reach
> > it at:
> >
> > http://datasink.sudomesh.org:8000/
> >
> > So far I've heard two suggestions for uses of this server:
> >
> > * A community-curated library of free and open media. * Encrypted
> > storage for folks using the mesh.
> >
> > Let's see how we like mediagoblin for the first use. Right now
> > I've installed plugins for: Video, audio, pdf, stl (3d models) and
> > ascii art :)
> >
> > Some specs:
> >
> > * 2 dual-core 2 GHz Xeon processors * 4 GB ram (and four more slots
> > to fill) * 2x 160 GB sata drives in raid 1 for operating system *
> > 10x 1 TB sata drives in raid 5 for storage * 15 total hot-pluggable
> > harddrive slots * Debian 7
> >
> > We could likely fit a few more sata drives inside, if we're ok with
> > them not being hot-pluggable. If we filled it with 3 TB drives,
> > then we could probably upgrade it to about 55 TB for about $2000
> > worth of drives.
> >
> > I also set up a phpbb support forum. The idea is that the stickers
> > that go on the power supply will list the address h.sudomesh.org
> > <http://h.sudomesh.org> and that url will take them to a page
> > (that doesn't yet exist) that links to user documentation, node
> > operators documentation, developer documentation and a support
> > forum. For now there is just the support forum at:
> >
> > http://h.sudomesh.org
> >
> > aliases are: help.sudomesh.org <http://help.sudomesh.org> and
> > support.sudomesh.org <http://support.sudomesh.org>
> >
> > I was tweaking the phpbb theme and was planning on switching the
> > color scheme to something more in line with the sudo mesh colors
> > (and maybe remove the jagged edges), but ran out of steam.
> >
> > More work to be don!
> >
> > Mesh The Planet!
> >
> > -- marc/juul
> >
> >
> > _______________________________________________ mesh mailing list
> > mesh(a)lists.sudoroom.org <javascript:;>
> http://lists.sudoroom.org/listinfo/mesh
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Did anyone start a quiet work area at SudoRoom? This is ideally a table where people can focus, not be interrupted, or people near this area would be mindful & not talk too loudly.
I think I witnessed something like this one afternoon.
Noisebridge has a similar set up.. I like it a lot,
I'd like to go to sudoroom and have a small mindful area free of people's phone conversations, or be interrupted by someone pitching their political movement or solar energy start up.
(I've been interrupted constantly in the past this way and this is a constructive idea to solve that problem)
To the folks who had a quiet mindfulness area: could we do this again? It's a good idea and in alignment with sudoroom values;: "a hackerspace is for hacking "
Sent from my iPhone
from the EFF-intl team.
> The Snowden revelations have provided us with disturbing details and
> confirmation of some of our worst fears about the NSA and its partners
> spying practices. Indeed, the NSA and its five allies in five
> English-speaking countries have been building a global surveillance
> infrastructure to “master the internet” and spy on the worlds
> communications.
>
> They are undermining basic encryption standards, the very backbone of
> the Internet. It has collected the phone records of hundreds of millions
> of people not suspected of any crime. It has swept up the electronic
> communications of millions of people at home and abroad
> indiscriminately, exploiting the digital technologies we use to connect
> and inform. They have secretive data sharing agreements to bypass
> domestic privacy protections and outside of the rule of law.
>
> But we aren’t going to let the NSA and its five allies to ruin the
> Internet. Inspired by the memory of Aaron, fueled by our victory against
> SOPA and ACTA, we are joining the DayWeFightBack campaign to fight back
> against mass surveillance at home and abroad.
>
> To that end, we are asking you to join the campaign by:
>
> 1. Sending an email to rights(a)eff.org (mailto:rights@eff.org) confirming your interest to
> participate in this action;
> 2. Letting us know what you can do in your own country.
>
> I'm hoping to have your answer as soon as possible so we can take the
> next steps.
>
> And if you have a huge newsletter database that can reach out to
> thousands of individuals, please let us know that too. There might be
> other ways where you can collaborate in the global campaign.
>
> The SOPA and ACTA protests were successful because we all took part, as
> a community. As Aaron put it, everybody "made themselves the hero of
> their own story." We can set a date, but we need all of you, the users
> of the Internet, to make it a movement.
>
> More information
>
> Timing
>
> The public-facing side of this campaign, based on the timing suggested
> by The Day We Fight Back organizers is February 11th.
>
> Here's how you can join the effort:
>
> 1. Visit TheDayWeFightBack.org (http://TheDayWeFightBack.org).
>
> 2. If you are a citizen of the world, sign the 13 Necessary and
> Proportionate Principles here:
> https://en.necessaryandproportionate.org/take-action:
>
> Note: We are currently revamping the site of the Necessary and
> Proportionate Principles.
>
> 3. Sign up to indicate that you'll participate and receive updates.
>
> 4. If you have a website, install a banner on February 11th.
> If you work at a company with a website, let them know you think your
> company should join the protest.
>
> 5. Use social media tools on the site to announce your participation.
>
> 6. Develop memes, tools, websites, and do whatever else you can to
> participate and encourage others to do so.
>
> 7. Be creative. Organize your own action -- Call for the end of mass
> surveillance at home and abroad.
>
> Katitza Rodriguez
> EFF International Rights Director
>
>
>
Do you want to be lavished with stress, anguish and minimal praise for the
the thankless task of maintaining the sudo door "sudoor"? Well now is your
chance.
Imagine a your mirth at suddenly being responsible for a critical but
poorly working access mechanism!
Why isn't the door electric door opening working reliably? I don't know,
but I can tell you how its supposed to work, which parts are the most
reliable, and the full history. Then you can fix it.
Requirements: None except patience, and I will teach you whatever relevant
skills are necessary to make as poorly a working door as already exists.
Contact me,
notconfusing
I'm working on a small SudoRoom game.
Are there any sound libraries on the server / are there any sounds that
anyone at SudoRoom has made that could be used in a small educational game?
If it's on the SudoRoom server, can I easily access this from my home while
I'm not at the space? [I'm currently disabled and unable to get there
physically]
=============================
Romy Ilano
romy(a)snowyla.com
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TL;DR: The folks making the documentary on the commons have agreed to
produce it under a CC-BY-NC-SA 4.0 license (yay!). They plan to shoot
b-roll at the space on Tuesday and Friday, and do filming and
interviews on Wednesday and Thursday. Please reach out to Bunker
(number and email below) if you have questions or concerns, are
interested in being interviewed, or have ideas for the film!
- -jnny
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Subject: Re: Documentary Filming at Sudo Room
Date: Mon, 20 Jan 2014 14:18:13 -0800
From: Bunker Films <mail(a)bunkerfilms.com>
To: Jenny Ryan <jenny(a)thepyre.org>
Thanks so much Jenny.
It would be great to e-mail everyone. Feel free to share my e-mail and
number (215-971-0837) in the communication so anyone that wants to be
interviewed, has ideas, or specifically doesn't want to be filmed can
contact me. I'll create an account later today as well.
I'm thinking Wednesday and Thursday will be the main days we come by and
interview and film with tomorrow and Friday being possible b-roll days
(days I just show up with a camera and film some of the behind the scenes
activities).
The things we want to focus on are:
1) What is the impact of declining freedom of communication?
2) How is Sudo working to improve things? (especially the mesh network)
Thanks again, see you tomorrow or Wednesday.
- -bunker
On Sun, Jan 19, 2014 at 8:18 PM, Jenny Ryan <jenny(a)thepyre.org> wrote:
> On Fri 17 Jan 2014 03:47:45 PM PST, Bunker Films wrote:
>> OpenPGP: *Parts of the message have NOT been signed or
>> encrypted*
>
>> Hi Jenny,
>
>> I responded to the wiki you made by saying "CC-BY-NC-SA 4.0
> International"
>> as the type of creative commons the director is looking at. I
>> hope this satisfies the sudo room's request for the film to be
>> creative
> commons
>> and I wanted to move forward with planning a few days to come by
>> and
> film.
>
> That is so exciting to hear! I will pass this news along to the
> group - do I have permission to forward this email?
>
>
>> I wanted to plan on coming by next week Tuesday, Wednesday
>> and/or
> Thursday
>> (jan 21st - 23rd) as those days seem to be filled with Sudo Room
>> activity in the evening. Are there any specific events or times
>> you would
> recommend
>> me coming by to film.
>
>
> Awesome. On Tuesday there's an event being held by the Public
> School in the common space, but there is 3D printing happening in
> sudo room proper all evening. Jordan's pretty wary about cameras,
> so she may not be down... but then again, she may!
>
> Wednesday is a good day as there'll be both the sudo room weekly
> general meeting happening (starting at 7) as well as some folks
> who're organizing the protests against the Domain Awareness Center
> (Oakland's new multi-million dollar surveillance system).
> Thursdays are always great, as there's East Bay Javascript (7pm)
> and Mesh (7:30), and generally a bunch of folks working on other
> projects.
>
> On Friday we're having an all-day educational event around the
> anniversary of the Egyptian revolution. That starts at 3. On
> Saturday afternoon there's weekly co-learning sessions starting at
> 2pm
>
>> I was thinking I could come early, do a sit down interview with
>> you and some of the members of Sudo Room to get an idea of what
>> you are up to and to answer some of the questions from the wiki
>> and then film during the event in the background to see the
>> process working.
>
>
> It'd be great if you could post to the list asking if anyone would
> like to be interviewed! Are you subscribed? I can also ask if
> you'd rather I just forward this email. Here is the link to
> subscribe to the mailing list:
> http://lists.sudoroom.org/listinfo/sudo-discuss
>
> I for one would happily interview with you. Best time for me would
> be after the sudo room meeting on Wednesday (I usually work until
> 6:30).
>
>> Thanks for your time, reach out to me anytime anyway. -bunker
>
> Thank you! Looking forward to working together and hearing more
> about your vision for the film!
>
> Cheers, Jenny
>
>
- --
BunkerFilms.com
+1 215 971 0837
skype: bunkof
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