- sudo-discuss - sudoroom.org

by J.C.

This is a cross post from nb-discuss, any sudoers interested, maybe a talk on gezi gardens... You know the place, Noisebridge, you know the time, third Thursday at 8pm, you know who, could be you? https://www.noisebridge.net/wiki/5moF It's FIVE MINUTES OF FAME, hosted by me, the hard hat hacker "J.C." and presented by Noisebridge and any or all of you that wish to partake in this fabulous FREE event, donations always welcome as well. This month will be trying something new, talks will be limited to 300 seconds, otherwise known as 5 minutes. Is there something in particular you think is a must have talk, someone you know brimming with bountiful brilliance, well now's the time to send them my way and get in the queue. This month is already shaping up to delight, featuring some mind reading and chip tuning. And if anyone can explain DNSSEC in 5 minutes, I have a spot with your name on it. In the past month's we've had talks by: * The creators of the modem, the open source webservers, and Usenet * A guy who builds octoyurts in Oakland * Mozilla bugs, Wiki seats, and MUNI routing * The launch of "q" the world's shortest Python library * The first glance of Post-Waste Nexus, SF's new recycling posse * Giant Dangerous X-Ray Devices, Live * Small children and Egyptian Gods * Tunes about hacking, hacking about tunes If you built it, want to build it, knew when it was built or just like talking to builders, come to Noisebridge and show off. It all goes down Thrusday June 20th 8pm, 2169 Mission St. -- ThanX, ;+) https://www.noisebridge.net/wiki/Fort

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Inspiration for our SudoRoom writers group: a RPS Collective Scene Report

by Romy Ilano

I thought this would be inspiring for our SudoRoom writers! This is a scene report about our neighbors down the street, the RPS Collective. They're also the ones who worked with Max and a few others to paint our cool new clapboard sign that we put out on the street! http://poczineproject.tumblr.com/post/44088110529/scene-report-rock-paper-s… <http://poczineproject.tumblr.com/post/44088110529/scene-report-rock-paper-s…> *Words and photos by Itoro Udofia<http://poczineproject.tumblr.com/tagged/Itoro-Udofia> , Legacy Series Intern<http://poczineproject.tumblr.com/post/41868602951/meet-poczps-first-legacy-…> * [image: Rock Paper Scissors Collective Feb 2013]<http://www.flickr.com/photos/poczineproject/8511298932/> The Rock Paper Scissors Collective (RPS)<http://rock%20paper%20scissors%20collective/> is located in the heart of downtown Oakland’s cultural district. RPS holds one of the largest zine libraries on the West Coast and, as its mission statement says, it *“fosters creativity and collaboration in order to strengthen local communities and encourage sustainable practices and alternative models.”* RPS uses its space to hold many different aspects of creativity - from zines; to visual art; to performances; to art making workshops and (most importantly) forming collaborative relationships with the community. During my visit I immediately noticed the friendly and open atmosphere. I was able to connect with Kristi, a collective member at RPS. [image: EDIT: POCZP intern Itoro Udofia & RPS collective member]<http://www.flickr.com/photos/poczineproject/8510217039/> Kristi does a lot of community work and coordinates the youth intern program. I observed several young women of color at RPC making zines as part of their internship. [image: Teen zinester of color at RPS, February 2013]<http://www.flickr.com/photos/poczineproject/8511309124/> [image: RPS Collective 20]<http://www.flickr.com/photos/poczineproject/8511354170/> Kristi informed me that RPS is in the middle of cataloging all their zines. This made finding zines by POC during my visit challenging - but not impossible, and we understand their constraints as a grassroots, volunteer entity. Kristi was able to help me locate some zines by POC, which are listed at the bottom of this post. RPS is an example of what a thriving, deeply grassroots alternative space can look like. This alone made the visit worth it, and I will be back again. Here are five more things that you should know about Rock Paper Scissors Collective’s community space: *It’s a YOUTH SPACE* Part of what makes RPS so vital to the community is that it creates a safe and inclusive space for youth - specifically, I saw youth of color making zines and coming in for the youth intern programing. RPS is known for its youth programming, and thankfully it’s free or low cost. To see youth coming in on a Thursday afternoon and having a free space to hang out was a sight to behold. *POCZP:* How does RPS serve the community? *Kristi:* Everyone’s welcome here. It doesn’t matter who you are. We’re not a museum/hands off gallery…We only showcase emerging artists, we do open calls, group shows…everything is free and affordable…Anyone can teach classes. Community collaborations are a major component here. We also run programs at high schools and have a zine fest (East Bay Alternative Express and Zine Expo). RPS focuses on the need for art within the community. Zines are a facet of that as, it is super alternative and accessible. *BAY AREA COMMUNITY: RPS is **looking for volunteers to help catalog the zine library on Sunday. Contact them if you’re interested in helping out! <3 * *It’s an ACCESSIBLE SPACE* The classes offered at RPS’s are free or low cost. Anyone can teach a class, volunteer, and access the zine library. Its store sells clothing, artwork and zines from local artists. It also gives an open call to artists for exhibits. When inquiring further about zines, the staff member on site spoke of zines being “alternative” and “a way for anyone to get their voice out.” I was struck most by its accessibility in making art that responds to the*community’s need* and fostering dialogue. That was my biggest take away while being there. *It’s a COLLABORATIVE SPACE* RPS thrives most when it can collaborate and form relationships within the community. They do work with schools, offer free workshops to the public, and work with local artists (just to name a few of their collaborations). Also, they can be seen at the East Bay Alternative Book and Zine Fest where they are showcased every year! *It’s a COMMUNITY SPACE* A community space in the sense that it seeks to be a non-hierarchal, inclusive organization, that turns no one who wants to volunteer or become a member away. From speaking with some of the staff, the energy of wanting to build and form a sustaining community was present. A volunteer came in to paint the steps and there was an overall sense of camaraderie and joy for the work. *It’s a STRUGGLING AND OPEN SPACE* I am always aware of the need for a space where there can be love and struggle. And I would be remiss if I acted like everything is always *“a walk in the park”* within the movement. Or more importantly, that our spaces of struggle and those deep places where we need to decolonize cannot be openly talked about. So here it is: RPS is a grassroots collective trying to do a lot with a little. Its zine library needs a lot of love and cataloguing. It also needs to have a space where zines by POC can be easily accessed, located and shared. Within our movement, this is a struggle, and I was happy at the level of openness and receptiveness to having support in that. If you’re on the West Coast and in the Bay area, walking around in Oakland, check out the Rock Paper Scissors Collective. They are open on Wednesday-Sunday, from 12-7 and located at 2278 Telegraph Avenue. See for yourself and make your own assessment. Also, they are looking for Sunday volunteers to help catalogue with the zine library. If you’re looking for a place to support that is doing much needed community work, consider going to RPS. In the meantime, here are five zines by or about POC that I would recommend. If you are ever at RPS please check them out. 1. *The Combination b*y Ashley Nelson<http://www.amazon.com/The-Combination-Neighborhood-Story-Project/dp/1933368…> in collaboration with the Neighborhood Story Project A moving personal-political soul trip of one of the oldest housing complexes in New Orleans. [image: RPS zine library item: The Combination by Ashley Nelson]<http://www.flickr.com/photos/poczineproject/8511432754/> 2.* Polarity* <http://www.endlesscanvas.bigcartel.com/product/polarity> by Ras Terms A metaphysical mind trip that explores the duality of spirituality and its metaphysical roots. [image: Polarity by Ras Terms]<http://www.flickr.com/photos/poczineproject/8510478441/> Ras Terms was born and raised in Miami. As part of the BSK and FS crews, he was a pivotal figure in the Miami graffiti scene. Terms is a gifted illustrator and painter who has provided many images for the Rastafarian community. Since his arrival in the Bay Area he has established himself as a character graffiti artist and has lent his talents to serve the community. 3. *EZLN Communiques: Memory from Below*<https://secure.leftwingbooks.net/index.php?l=product_detail&p=246> A zine about the Zapatista movement in Chiapas Mexico. Zapatista thought and knowledge on the struggle against neoliberalism and predatory financial institutions. Published by Agit Press (formerly known as Porcupine Press) [image: EZLN Comminques: Memory from Below]<http://www.flickr.com/photos/poczineproject/8510438421/> 4. *ML* <http://marcoslafarga.com/> A zine featuring the distinctive artwork and design from West Coast based visual artist Marcus La Farga. http://marcoslafarga.com [image: RPS 44] <http://www.flickr.com/photos/poczineproject/8511494812/> 5. *Murder Dollhouse* <http://murderdollhouse.com/> by Teppei Ando Based in the 1920s, a beautifully illustrated comic book thriller about a man who lives in an attic. Published by Volcano Productions. http://murderdollhouse.com [image: Murder Dollhouse by Teppei Ando]<http://www.flickr.com/photos/poczineproject/8511453630/> ——————————————————— [image: Rock Paper Scissors Collective]<http://www.flickr.com/photos/poczineproject/8511315660/> “*rock paper scissors collective* <http://rpscollective.org/> is a volunteer-run organization that fosters creativity and collaboration in order to strengthen local communities and encourage sustainable practices and alternative models. We promote the sharing of ideas, skills, and resources through the celebration of art, craft, education, and performance.” questions -[at]- rpscollective -[dot]- org 510.238.9171 2278 Telegraph ave., Oakland, CA 94612 Hours: 12 - 7pm, Wednesday - Sunday. Closed Monday and Tuesday. *ABOUT ITORO UDOFIA* *Itoro *is the first dedicated intern for the POC Zine Project’s Legacy Series<http://poczineproject.tumblr.com/post/37042077000/legacy-zine-series-announ…> . Itoro’s excited to support POCZP because ”it is *a collective that uplifts and cares about what people of color have to say and acknowledges what they have always said.” *Learn more about her here<http://poczineproject.tumblr.com/post/41868602951/meet-poczps-first-legacy-…> . *ABOUT ‘SCENE REPORTS’ * *Would you like to help us create Scene Reports for every state? Contact us: poczineproject(a)gmail.com.* If you would like to invite POC Zine Project to your upcoming event, or collaborate on a joint event, let us know! *Editor’s Note: Itoro will be creating weekly Scene Report round ups. Make sure to send us your zine event details so we can share! If it’s not zine-related but possibly of interest to zinesters of color, we will share that as well.*

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Fwd: Marina, registration for Workshop Weekend, June 22 and 23, is now open!

by Marina Kukso

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Workshop Weekend Updates <updates(a)workshopweekend.net> Date: Sun, Jun 9, 2013 at 8:07 PM Subject: Marina, registration for Workshop Weekend, June 22 and 23, is now open! To: marina.kukso(a)gmail.com Hi Marina, Workshop Weekend Oakland registration is now open! Join us on June 22 & 23 to solder, craft, program, build, make and explore. At Workshop Weekend, a flat $40 admission gets you as many workshops as you can handle! Register online by Wednesday, June 12 and get $10 off with code EARLYBIRD0613. Select your workshops at https://workshopweekend.net/oakland/catalog<http://workshopweekend.net/er?url=https%3A%2F%2Fworkshopweekend.net%2Foakla…> For families coming to Workshop Weekend together, we're keeping our $10 discount for all parent admissions with the purchase of two or more admissions for children (under 18). Sign up on the same account and the discount will be automatically applied. We have over 30 workshops to choose from at this Workshop Weekend -- a few old favorites coming back alongside new crafts, computer, and music workshops -- and more! Join us for: - Hands-on Genetic Engineering - Robots: Build a Beetlebot - DIY Doll-making - Taste Hacking - Computer Dissection - Arduino Automation Basics - Hands-on Nutrition - Exploring Electronics: Speakers from Scratch - DIY Coffee Roasting - Hands-on Anatomy - Liquid Nitrogen Ice Cream - Arduino Programming ...and many more! Register and select workshops online at https://workshopweekend.net/oakland/catalog<http://workshopweekend.net/er?url=https%3A%2F%2Fworkshopweekend.net%2Foakla…> I hope we'll see you in just a few weeks! Cheers, Gil, J.D., and the rest of the team at Workshop Weekend To unsubscribe from future mailings, visit http://workshopweekend.net/learn/unsub?id=bWFyaW5hLmt1a3NvQGdtYWlsLmNvbQ

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more on sudo kids - interest in after-school activities?

by Marina Kukso

hi all, ray and i are very happy doing sudo kids tuesday nights, but as i'm sure many of you can guess, the holy grail of child participation involves the dreaded "after school" hours which are characterized by terrible tv programming and many of us being at work. are there any sudoers who would be interested and/or available in doing lightly structured kids activities on a weekday in the 3-6PM range? tuesdays would be best, but really any weekday will do. - marina

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Anyone going near San Jose soon?

by Marc Juul

The mesh networking group is buying a small piece of gear from Craiglist and it needs to be picked up in San Jose. Is anyone driving by San Jose next week and would you be willing to pick this up for us? -- Marc Juul

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Oakland nighs live cleaned.

by Max Klein

Let it be known that ONL just played and the living room is fully cleaned by my inspection. Max

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SudoRoom discussion on class portrayal in tv

by Romy Ilano

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xIJENf-s6r4 http://www.mediaed.org/cgi-bin/commerce.cgi?preadd=action&key=411 Class Dismissed How TV Frames the Working Class Narrated by *Ed Asner* Based on the forthcoming book by Pepi Leistyna, *Class Dismissed* navigates the steady stream of narrow working class representations from American television's beginnings to today's sitcoms, reality shows, police dramas, and daytime talk shows. Featuring interviews with media analysts and cultural historians, this documentary examines the patterns inherent in TV's disturbing depictions of working class people as either clowns or social deviants -- stereotypical portrayals that reinforce the myth of meritocracy. *Class Dismissed* breaks important new ground in exploring the ways in which race, gender, and sexuality intersect with class, offering a more complex reading of television's often one-dimensional representations. The video also links television portrayals to negative cultural attitudes and public policies that directly affect the lives of working class people. Featuring interviews with Stanley Aronowitz, (City University of New York); *Nickel and Dimed* author, Barbara Ehrenreich; Herman Gray (University of California-Santa Cruz); Robin Kelley (Columbia University); Pepi Leistyna (University of Massachusetts-Boston) and Michael Zweig (State University of New York-Stony Brook). Also with Arlene Davila, Susan Douglas, Bambi Haggins, Lisa Henderson, and Andrea Press.

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assume good faith - lessons for collaboration from the collective wisdom of wikipedia

by Marina Kukso

hi everyone, i love the perspective in these: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Assume_good_faith http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Please_do_not_bite_the_newcomers http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Etiquette and my own addendum: do your part to ensure that the space remains usable for everyone and remains a place where people feel welcome. i find these to be helpful perspectives to keep in mind as we all work together to ensure that sudo room continues to exist as a shared resource for all of us to enjoy the fruits of! - marina

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Do any of you want to write a political opinion email that a public officer has to read?

by Sonja Trauss

http://www.bart.gov/news/articles/2013/news20130605.aspx The federal transportation administration released new, slightly different guidelines for public transportation providers. Basically what they say is that the civil rights office of each Public Transit Agency has to make up some criteria to test whether proposed route changes or fare increases disproportionally affect minority riders. For instance, if a transit agency were to cancel a bus line (and replace it with nothing) where 35% of the riders were black, but the overall ridership of the transit system was 12% black, then that service change would be have a disproportionate impact on black riders by 35-12=23% NOW, if the public wanted to sue the agency to stop the discontinuation of the bus line, but the agency's guidelines said the disproportionate impact had to be greater than, say, 25%, then the lawsuit would fail. The FTA mandates the creation of some guidelines, but doesn't say what should be in them. Another example would be fare increases. If a transit agency increases regular fare by 10%, but senior fares by 50%, and 21% of seniors are some certain race, as opposed to 6% of the general population being that race, that would be a disproportionate impact of 15%. The FTA notes that low-income people are not a protected class for the federal civil rights laws, but, (progressively) it encourages Transit Agencies to include low-income populations as a protected class in their guidelines because minorities are generally over represented in the lower incomes. In the fare raising example above therefore, if seniors are not disproportionately some particular race, but if they are disproportionally poor, a transit agency could create guidelines that would recognize that. So if 13% of the general transit population earns 200% or less of the national poverty level, but 20% of the senior population earns that or less, than that would be a disproportionate impact of 7%. If the transit agency prohibited disparate impacts of more than 5% (for instance) that change would be a no go. So, maybe stupidly, I submitted the following comment to officeofcivilrights(a)bart.gov and copied boardofdirectors(a)bart.gov: First of all, the policy needs more examples of how to find disparate impacts, like the example on pg 45 of FTA C 4702.1B, or the examples in appendix K. Second of all, the BART DIDB Policy should explicitly take into account the relative nature of the price of a fare (relative, that is, to the rider's overall income) and therefore the relative nature of a fare increase. For instance, if you earn $10/ hour, then a dollar is equivalent to 6 minutes. If you earn $30/ hour, than a dollar is 2 minutes. That means if fares increase by, say, $10/ month, (5% of a monthly BART bill of $200) and you earn $10/ hour, then your fare increase is equivalent to an hour of your time. If you earn $30/ hour, the fare increase is 20 minutes. Measured in dollars, the increases appear to be the same for the two riders, but measured in man-hours, the poorer rider is facing an increase that is 300% bigger than the fare increase for the less poor rider. That is a disparate impact, so the policy should reflect that. Thanks for your attn in this matter. The number of people submitting comments on this policy will be very small. Like under 30, maybe 10 people. There will be a couple of legal services attys, some law students, some BART staff members ... basically no one. So every letter will be read. If there is anyone in the organization that has the opinion you have, they will cite your letter many times in trying to get their (and your) opinion heard. That is why I write letters like this, just in case there is some staff member who has my same thought. :/

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popcorn machine

by Jake

http://spaz.org/~jake/pix/popcorn.gif my friend is selling this popcorn machine. if you think sudoroom should have it, make an offer. it's like 2 or 3 feet tall but apparently it makes really good popcorn, continuously. -jake

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Give us $$ for decent shelving

by Yardena Cohen

Sudoroom is a mess and one solution is more efficient use of vertical space in our closet. After some research I've concluded the ideal fit for Sudoroom's walk-in closet area are the 5-shelf 36x18x72 heavy duty units which are $67 at Home Depot. I believe these can be stacked (hacked) to turn, for example, three of them into two 36x18x108 towers. 36 inches is just the right width to reach from the wall to the edges of the doors. A hypothetical array of 8 towers would still leave a clear path to the radio room. I'm not saying we need that many (yet) but I'd like to try a few. This is a humble request for your cash. I will put $50 towards this, and Romy has pledged $50. If we can raise a matching $100, we can buy three of them! In fact, if we can raise it today, Romy's offered her car to get them today. Three units would be enough to A) significantly improve our storage/mess situation and B) test my stackability hypothesis. We'll be here all afternoon, accepting cash :)

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I'm making a book on DIY electronics

by Romy Ilano

Does anyone have contributions? I'm making a book for sudoroom It has to be around sudoroom stuff.. This isn't for kick starter projects or instructables. It's for sudoroom No porn or sex toys might give it to kids Cheers --- Romy Ilano Founder of Snowyla http://www.snowyla.com romy(a)snowyla.com

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Art Murmur did not clean up

by Yardena Cohen

I appear to be the first person at Sudoroom today. Here's some of what I've found: - Furniture in disarray - Door not locked all the way (deadbolt but the knob turns freely) - Dishes, food scraps & beer bottles everywhere - beer bottles stuffed in trash cans (landlord HATES this as he can get fined) - dishwasher full, but not clean (I loaded it mostly-full before I left last night) - Rice cooker left plugged in and on "warm" - rice inside burned - 3D printer left on, its computer also left on - A thousand paper cuts which can be summed up as "fucking put things away" I won't editorialize. I just want to document this, rather than clean in silence.

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Fwd: EastSide Cultural Center - E. Oak Bike Coop Stuff All Day this Sat!

by Marina Kukso

Relevant to our interests: Saturday, June 8th 10:00am-4:00pm EastSide Cultural Center 2277 International Blvd, Oakland In this day-long training we will learn about the racial and economic inequities built into the Bay Area's public transit system as well as current social justice campaigns working to reclaim public transit for our communities. We will also highlight the movement for building, fixing and riding bikes as one mode of transportation that can provide free, ecological and self-reliant transportation for many folks in our communities, both young and adult. There will be a skill-share on basic bike maintenance and rider safety with instructors from the Bikery and Bikes 4 Life, two people-of-color led bike cooperatives in Oakland. Earth Skills Trainings are FREE and open to the public. Donations are encouraged, but not required. Childcare & translation available upon request! ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: EastSide Arts Alliance Staff <eastsideculturalcenter(a)gmail.com> Date: Fri, Jun 7, 2013 at 11:45 AM Subject: June News from EastSide Cultural Center To: marina.kukso(a)gmail.com [image: EastSide Arts Alliance & Cultural Center] *Come Visit Us!* EastSide Cultural Center 2277 International Boulevard Oakland, California 94606 (510) 533-6629 www.eastsideartsalliance.org<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001PmdccivhKtCvC7AOAmofJlViXXd9H95DeZ-4dt_sY-vY…> eastsideculturalcenter(a)gmail.com *Become an EastSide Roots Supporter*[image: Roots Supporter Logo] <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001PmdccivhKtCD_WlAjmxe27eryBpmv5PSQ14qMSiTCZKS…> Just like roots nourish a tree, our Roots Supporters are our foundation of support at EastSide. As an EastSide Roots Supporter, you pledge to give a small gift each month, which is deducted from your credit card automatically. Whether $10 or $50, your monthly gift provides critical support to help EastSide grow and flourish. Yes, I want to support EastSide!<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001PmdccivhKtCD_WlAjmxe27eryBpmv5PSQ14qMSiTCZKS…> * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * TOP TEN LIST What EastSide Staff is Reading & Listening to: Greg is reading... Island World: A History of Hawaii & the U.S. - Gary Okihiro *and listening to... * Banyana (Children of Africa) - Abdullah Ibrahim Maisha is reading... History of the Voice - Kamau Brathwaite and listening to... Here Comes the King - Snoop Lion Elena is Reading... The Orphan Master's Son - Adam Johnson and listening to... Alien Art Gang - Bicasso * * *Peps is reading...* The Rose That Grew from Concrete - Tupac Shakur *and listening to... * Headphone Masterpiece - Cody Chestntt *Traci is reading... * Katherine Dunham: A Biography - Ruth Beckford *and listening to...* Love is the Hero - Martin Luther McCoy *Susanne is reading...* Revolucion! Cuban Poster Art - Licoln Cushing *and listening to...* Homage To Cuba - Idris Ackamoor Ensemble with Chico Freeman *Saudah is reading...* Dacadence - Eric Jerome Dickey *and listening to...* Still Grazing - Hugh Masekela *Jose N is reading...* The Diary of Friday Kahlo - Carlos Fuentes *and listening to...* Filosofia Caribena - John Santos *Githinji is reading...* Petals of Blood - Ngugi wa Thiong'o *and listening to...* Zombie - Fela Kuti * * [image: Join Our Mailing List]<http://visitor.r20.constantcontact.com/email.jsp?m=1101884984446> *Dear Friends of EastSide, * [image: Thank You from EastSide and the Malcolm X Jazz Festival] Photos by Tasin Sabir Malcolm X Jazz Festival Original Artwork for Sale...Support EastSide Artists and Projects We have two original large pieces of artwork made for and during the Malcolm X Jazz Festival that is for sale. Please contact directly for inquiries! Thank you for supporting our artists and projects! Malcolm X Africa - by Omiiroo 5 feet Tall. Created for the Malcolm X Jazz Festival Poster and Flyers Contact omiiroo(a)gmail.com for details and inquiries Childrens Art Piece - by Rice and Beans and the Kids of the Malcolm X Jazz Festival This piece is approximately 4 ft tall, and was created in the Kids Zone at the Festival. Proceeds go to the Rice and Beans Childcare Cooperative, a project of EastSide Arts Alliance. Contact projectbrave(a)yahoo.com for details and inquiries *In Struggle,* *The EastSide Arts Collective* *EastSide Arts Alliance Presents... * Reclaiming Transit Freedom [image: movement generation] Saturday, June 8th 10:00am-4:00pm EastSide Cultural Center 2277 International Blvd, Oakland In this day-long training we will learn about the racial and economic inequities built into the Bay Area's public transit system as well as current social justice campaigns working to reclaim public transit for our communities. We will also highlight the movement for building, fixing and riding bikes as one mode of transportation that can provide free, ecological and self-reliant transportation for many folks in our communities, both young and adult. There will be a skill-share on basic bike maintenance and rider safety with instructors from the Bikery and Bikes 4 Life, two people-of-color led bike cooperatives in Oakland. Earth Skills Trainings are FREE and open to the public. Donations are encouraged, but not required. Childcare & translation available upon request! For more information, please contact Carla M. Pérez at: 510.649.1475 or carla(a)movementgeneration.org Banteay Srei's End of the Year Showcase [image: bantey srei] Sunday, June 9th 2:00-4:00pm EastSide Cultural Center 2277 International Blvd, Oakland The young women of Banteay Srei have been focusing on their individual photo-documentary, exploring meanings and stories of culture. Banteay Srei young women identify their cultures as -young Cambodian, Mien, Vietnamese, and Chinese women from Oakland, California. Banteay Srei's young women captured their culture, struggles and love through the lens of the Holga camera. Please join us as we celebrate 6 years of storytelling, culture, and resiliency through photography. Food provided. And don't forget... HOLLA BACK! OPEN MIC POETRY SERIES [image: hollaback] Every Thursday night 8:30pm sign ups begin at 8 donations accepted at the door Come check out one of the only open mic spots in East Oakland! Here's a video of a recent open mic<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001PmdccivhKtDOmEt43bq6dLTTofWBMlJi8vkRtXZL4VCa…> Our Wish List · High quality mural paints · Funds to send students to conferences & performances · Scaffolding · Monthly calendar printing · Food and wine for receptions and special events If anyone can donate a high quality 3-chip digital video camera, please do! Many thanks. 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writing group - how about version control writing over github or gittorious?

by Romy Ilano

have any of the writer folks tried working on a writing project (book /magazine) using version control? I'd love the idea of a sudoroom magazine being written using git.

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Sat. June 8th: Today I Learned: Infographics: Convince with Pictures

by Marina Kukso

Please join us this Saturday June 8th at 2pm at Sudo Room<http://sudoroom.org>(2141 Broadway, entrance on 22nd St., upstairs) for the FREE workshop “ *Today I Learned: Infographics: Convince with Pictures*<https://sudoroom.org/sat-june-8th-today-i-learned-infographics-convince-wit…> .” Learn to take complex data and condense information into powerful graphics that spur action resulting in positive economic and social change. We’ll take data from data.gov + turn it into a touchable 3D Printout! (WHAT IN THE WHAT???). If you have anything that you’d like to communicate with images or if you’d like to learn how to draw comics or other things, please join us! *This workshop is part of the series “Today I Learned,” a series of free workshops that take place every Saturday at 2PM at Sudo Room, a creative community and hackerspace in downtown Oakland. Check out the full schedule at http://sudoroom.org/wiki/Today_I_Learned and please forward widely!*

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June Sound Art Meetup: Circuit Bending

by Gregg Horton

We took a break in may, but coming back with a bang in june. We are going to do Circuit bending! Please bring noisy kids toys, keyboards, furbys and anything else you want to pull apart and hack away at. we also will need some potentiometers, alligator clips and switches, i have a bunch but if you have some please bring them We will be busting out the soldering irons as well. So come down for some hacky goodness! https://www.facebook.com/events/523687061000170/?context=create

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Anyone have interesting statistics for tomorows today I learned infographics session

by Romy Ilano

I will give you credit and get the slides up! Fame and fortune will be yours!

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Who's bike is in the sudo antechamber?

by Max Klein

Its blocking the trash, and getting in the way generally has been for morn than 3 weeks. What do you suggest I do?

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Sorry about the sudoroom.org downtime

by Yardena Cohen

We had the bad luck of setting up our server right before the host decides to move the entire datacenter across the street. So they shut us down for an hour. Sadly unavoidable, but over now. https://blog.linode.com/2013/05/17/fremont-upgrades/

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Fwd: HUB Oakland's June Jump-Off!

by Eddan Katz

New neighbors. > From: Hub Oakland <info(a)huboakland.net> > Date: June 6, 2013, 4:37:42 PM PDT > To: <eddank(a)aya.yale.edu> > Subject: HUB Oakland's June Jump-Off! > Reply-To: Hub Oakland <info(a)huboakland.net> > > > Use this area to offer a short preview of your email's content. > View this email in your browser > > > Party People in the House! > WOW what a great party - We DID IT! Big love and gratitude to all of our backers, new members & community peeps who joined us at Era Bar & Lounge last week for our Kickstarter celebration! Y'all really know how to celebrate! Special thanks go out to Alfonso Dominguez, Kevin Best & Gary Jacques who opened up their venue to us, and the amazing staff who graciously helped us and served us! Yummy shout outs also due to: House Kombucha, Fearless Chocolate, Brilliant Elixers, and Moussa at Billy's Deli for making it all delicious! And of course, big ups to DJ Ron Tofanelli who worked us on that dancefloor!! Lastly, but never ever the least, we thank our fabulous VOLUNTEERS who expertly executed every task with beauty and grace. HUB Oakland will only continue to move forward with the continued gifts of service from our community - we love you and thank you for coming alive with us! More parties to come! > > Here We Come! > Meanwhile, we are working hard to create an amazing space for you to connect, collaborate and grow…starting with opening our doors for co-working at 1423 Broadway on June 26 (woot!). If you are one of our 73 Pop-Up members from Kickstarter, stay tuned for a communication about our member on-boarding process (and if you want to get in on the Pop-Up co-working action but didn’t go through Kickstarter -- please hang on until early July when we will know our capacity for new members, but drop us a line now to get on the waiting list). The last piece of big news is that we’ve also begun construction in our Uptown space at 2323 Broadway, so it’s all happening...! > Looking forward to seeing you soon at all the awesome events...and growing this vibrant community called HUB Oakland, together. > > > > > > Where to Find Us This Month > > Friday, June 7, 5-10pm > Assata Teach-In > Learn how and why Assata's status affects us all! > HUB Oakland > 1423 Broadway, Oakland > FREE > > Produced and curated by HUB Oakland, Betti Ono and Kin Folkz (Spectrum/Sankofa Events) and hosted by HUB co-founder Ashara Ekundayo. > > On Thursday May 2, 2013, the FBI announced that it was increasing its bounty for the capture of Assata Shakur (born JoAnne Deborah Byron) from 1 million to 2 million dollars. The agency also included Assata on the FBI’s Most Wanted Terrorist list, the first time that a woman has ever appeared on the list. Forty years earlier, a shootout occurred on the New Jersey Turnpike, which left Assata wounded, a state trooper, Werner Foerster, and her companion, Zayd Shakur, dead. > > HUB Oakland will be live streaming the event. If you can't make it down, stay tuned for a link. > > Monday, June 10, 6pm > "Occupy Love"-The Movie, Oakland Premier > The New Parkway > 474 24th st., Oakland > $10 Tickets > > HUB Oakland and Fierce Love Films present the community screening of Occupy Love--which explores the growing realization that the dominant system of power is failing to provide us with health, happiness or meaning. The film connects the dots in this era of rapidly evolving social change, featuring captivating insider scenes from the Egyptian Revolution, the Indignado uprising in Spain, Occupy Wall Street in New York, Indigenous activists at the Alberta Tar Sands, the climate justice movement, and beyond. > > Woven throughout the action oriented backbone of the film is a deep exploration of public love, and compelling stories of an emerging new paradigm. It features some of the world’s key visionaries on alternative systems of economics, sustainability, and empathy, including Naomi Klein, Bill McKibben, Jeremy Rifkin, bell hooks and Charles Eisenstein. > > Tuesday, June 11, 6pm > Black Girls Code Film Premier & Indiegogo Party > The New Parkway > 474 24th st., Oakland > Free, RSVP Required > > Join Hub Oakland and our community partner Black Girls Code for the launch of their crowdfunding campaign to expand their Summer of CODE 2013 to bring their award-winning mobile lab to 10 new cities and reach 2,000 more girls! Plus see the documentary film on them w/ filmmaker Shanice Johnson in-person! > > Wednesday, June 12, 6-9pm > ICA's All In Party > Fox Theater > 1807 Telegraph Ave, Oakland > HUB Oakland members: $25 tickets with the code ICAHUB > > Inner City Advisors (ICA) All In 2013 is an epic celebration of mission-driven entrepreneurship and job creation. ICA is rallying the region's most passionate business, community and political leaders to invest in the growth of local entrepreneurs as an effective job creation strategy. The grand vision is to build a Bay Area economy that works for everybody. > > Tuesday, June 18, 5-6pm PST > Live Webcast w/David Korten: Exploring Sacred Activism > Free, Register Now > > The Pachamama Alliance in collaboration with HUB Oakland and YES! Magazine is presenting a live video conversation and book club series. > > We hope that you can join us for this rare opportunity to engage in a live interactive dialogue with one of the foremost visionaries of our time. The video conference will be moderated by HUB Oakland co-founder, CEO Konda Mason. > > To foster a deeper conversation, join the book club! Check out David Korten' s essay, Religion, Science, and Spirit: A Sacred Story of Our Time before the call. > > Make your way to HUB Oakland at 1423 Broadway to participate in a group setting for this extraordinary event! HUB Oakland will be projecting the live video conference and encouraging group dialog after the call. You can also participate in the privacy of your own home…it just won’t be as much fun! > Cultivating Inspiration & Innovation, > > Konda, Lisa, Ashara, Zakiya, Kristin, Edward, Ahmed & Jeff! > (HUB Oakland co-Founders) > > > > Copyright © 2013 HUB Oakland, All rights reserved. > Our mailing address is: > info(a)huboakland.net unsubscribe from this list update subscription preferences

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EFF on NSA | EFFector 26.14

by Eddan Katz

For those of you who are not signed up to receive the EFFector, you might want to consider subscribing today. > View as a web page > > > > > In our 641st issue: > > In most issues of EFFector, we give an overview of all the work we're doing at EFF right now. This week, we’re taking a deep dive into a single issue: new revelations of a massive domestic surveillance program leaked to the Guardian and Washington Post. > > > Last night, we received confirmation from a report in the Guardian that the National Security Agency (NSA) is currently collecting the call records of every Verizon customer in America. The NSA order forces Verizon to provide "on an ongoing daily basis" all call records for any call "wholly within the United States, including local telephone calls” and any call made "between the United States and abroad." > > And that’s not all. Today, the Washington Post and the Guardian published reports based on information provided by a career intelligence officer showing how the NSA and the FBI are tapping directly into the central servers of nine leading U.S. Internet companies. The government is extracting audio, video, photographs, e-mails, documents, and connection logs that enable analysts to track a person’s movements and contacts over time. > > Mounting Evidence of the NSA Warrantless Surveillance > > EFF has so much evidence of the surveillance now that we've created a timeline. > > In brief, America first learned about the secret surveillance in a 2005 New York Times exposé which disclosed one aspect of the NSA’s domestic surveillance program. We learned that the Bush Administration had been illegally tapping phone lines in the U.S. without warrants or court permission immediately following the 9/11 attacks. President Bush himself admitted at least some of what the government was doing. > > In early 2006, EFF received photos and blueprints from former AT&T technician Mark Klein. These undisputed documents show that AT&T installed a fiberoptic splitter at its facility in San Francisco which sends copies of all AT&T customers’ emails, web browsing, and other Internet traffic to the NSA. > > Later in 2006, USA Today and a number of other newspapers published a story disclosing that the NSA had compiled a massive database of call records from American telecommunications companies, which included AT&T, Verizon, and Bell South. This was confirmed by a number of members of Congress. > > Information has continued to trickle out over time. In 2009, the New York Times reported the NSA was still collecting purely domestic communications in a "significant and systematic" way after the FISA Amendments Act was passed in 2008. > > Section 215 of the Patriot Act and Verizon > > The news of the last few days has confirmed the records portion of the surveillance, and gave us some additional hints about the government’s arguments in support of its actions. The secret court order issued to Verizon was a Section 215 order (50 U.S.C. sec. 1861), a controversial legal instrument greatly expanded when George Bush signed the USA PATRIOT Act into law on October 26, 2001. It allows the government to seek "any tangible things" in connection with an authorized investigation and is often known as the "business records" provision of FISA. > > > Section 215 allows for secret court orders to records that are "relevant" to a government investigation – a far lower threshold and more expansive reach than a warrant based on probable cause. The list of possible "tangible things" the government can obtain is seemingly limitless, and could include everything from driver’s license records to Internet browsing history. > > We've long suspected that the government has been using Section 215 to conduct dragnet surveillance. Now we have incontrovertible evidence. Senator Ron Wyden has warned that "when the American people find out how their government has secretly interpreted the Patriot Act, they will be stunned and they will be angry." > > Senator Wyden is right. > > What EFF is Doing > > First of all, we're leading the charge to stop the NSA’s domestic surveillance program in the courts. Since 2006, EFF has challenged the NSA surveillance in two landmark lawsuits, Hepting v. AT&T and Jewel v. NSA. These cases, in which we represent AT&T customers, include both the wiretapping claims arising from the fiberoptic splitter that Mark Klein found and the scooping up of communications records referred to in the Verizon order. We also have fought back against other PATRIOT Act surveillance abuses, including bringing a case that resulted in National Security Letters being declared unconstitutional -- which is currently on appeal to the Ninth Circuit. > > We’re also fighting for transparency. In 2011, we filed a FOIA lawsuit against the Department of Justice for records about the government’s secret interpretation of Section 215. Last week we submitted a brief to the secret FISA court itself in that case. > > And we're pushing for legislative reform. We've organized tens of thousands of concerned citizens to speak out against the surveillance powers in the PATRIOT Act and the FISA Amendments Act, and now we’re calling on the public to demand a full, public accounting of the government's surveillance programs. > > Join the Fight > > We're asking individuals to email Congress right away to tell them in the strongest possible terms that you do not consent to dragnet domestic surveillance. Tell your elected officials that you object to this mass domestic spying program. Demand that they initiate a full-scale, public investigation immediately with the results of the investigation made public as much as possible. Demand that the public officials responsible for this program are held to account. Click here to speak out now. > > > > And we’re also asking individuals to support our work. Become an EFF member today and join the fight to defend fundamental liberties in the digital world. > > Learn more > > NSA Spying Overview > > Timeline of NSA Spying > > Frequently Asked Questions > > State Secrets Privilege > > Washington Post story on Internet surveillance > > Guardian story on Internet surveillance > > Guardian story on phone record surveillance > > Supported by Members > > Our members make it possible for EFF to bring legal and technological expertise into crucial battles about online rights. Whether defending free speech online or challenging unconstitutional surveillance, your participation makes a difference. Every donation gives technology users who value freedom online a stronger voice and more formidable advocate. > > If you aren't already, please consider becoming an EFF member today. > > Donate Today > > Administrivia > > Editor: Rainey Reitman, Activist > editor(a)eff.org > > EFFector is a publication of the Electronic Frontier Foundation. > eff.org > > Membership & donation queries: membership(a)eff.org > > General EFF, legal, policy, or online resources queries: info(a)eff.org > > Reproduction of this publication in electronic media is encouraged. MiniLinks do not necessarily represent the views of EFF. > > Back issues of EFFector > > Change your email address > > This newsletter is printed from 100% recycled electrons. > > EFF appreciates your support and respects your privacy. 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Hacktivists For Science!

by Lisha Sterling

Hi Sodoers! “Hacktivism is a form of political activism, also referred to as being part of cyberactivism. It is a hybrid expression linking both hacking and activism, whereby hacktivists make use of the internet ... Political hackers are thereby trying to achieve a certain political and societal change, shift, statement, or behaviour by using technical mechanisms against e.g., political parties, governments, organisations, etc. by using this technological tools." There is a young lady named Leonie who lives in Belfast and is working on her Master's Thesis at Queen's University there who would like to talk to some hacktivists to help her understand what hacktivists are, what we do, and how we see ourselves versus how people outside our group see us. This is good research IMO because it helps break down the images of "hacktivism" as being about destruction of websites and DDoS attacks -- concepts that were part of her initial working definition of "hacktivist" when she applied for her human subjects permit a year ago. When I think of "Hacktivism" I think of many people, but I ESPECIALLY think of sudoroom. You guys are super activists in all the ways that I hold dear, so I hope that some of you will reach out to Leonie and take part in her research. You can reach her at Leonie Tanczer <ltanczer01(a)qub.ac.uk>. If you wish to send her encrypted email, her public key is posted on http://pgp.mit.eduand the fingerprint that I have for her in my own keychain is 3AA3 3037 6DF0 A649 63BC FB22 3417 15C5 FF72 36C2 - Lisha PS I miss you guys! -- http://www.alwayssababa.com/

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NSA: All your calls belong to us

by Eddan Katz

The NSA has obtained an FISC order to have Verizon turn over phone data records on all customers until July 19th. Here's the court order: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/interactive/2013/jun/06/verizon-telephone-d… The gist of it from EFF Deeplinks post (https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2013/06/confirmed-nsa-spying-millions-america…) In a report by Glenn Greenwald, the paper published an order from the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (or FISC) that directs Verizon to provide “on an ongoing daily basis” all call records for any call “wholly within the United States, including local telephone calls” and any call made “between the United States and abroad.” In plain language: the order gave the NSA a record of everyVerizon customer’s call history -- every call made, the location of the phone, the time of the call, the duration of the call, and other “identifying information” for the phone and call -- from April 25, 2013 (the date the order was issued) to July 19, 2013. The order does not require content or the name of any subscriber and is issued under 50 USC sec.1861, also known as section 215 of the Patriot Act.

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Meeting Tonight at 7PM: Add to Agenda

by Marina Kukso

Hi everyone, Trying another refinement of the agenda that is hopefully clearer than last time (for those who were there last time, there was confusion about discussion vs action items, so I've separated it out a bit. I've also brought forward items from last week, so if they are resolved, let's delete them. Please feel edit, remove, and add things!). Agenda is here: https://pad.riseup.net/p/sudoroommeeting I am not at the space right now, so can't coordinate dinner, but there should be dinner stuffs in the fridge! - Marina

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