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help with omni commons front door access

by Jake

we need a volunteer to help administer the front door access control system. Someone comfortable with shell commands and vim and ssh, please speak up! extra bonus if someone is available to help with cgi scripts for basic html stuff, in order to make a way for nontechnical people of omni (who have password access) to approve card access. we can collaborate on this of course but i need someone to take over the basic responses to the keycard requests now. -jake

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Omni Winter Maker Fair

by Z Silver Zahn

Hello Everyone! Events working group is organizing a fundraiser on January 20th. An Omni Commons Winter Maker Fair. We encourage all collectives to participate and for folks to spread the sign up sheet to all artists! There will be space for vending , performing, leading workshops and more! If you would like to join the organizing committee let us know! WINTER MAKER FAIR SIGN UP FORM! <https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc3xM1LTMXlDpsAiNTABKP4DnXf5bmk2FQ…>

2 years, 4 months

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Raspberry Pi Meetup Tomorrow (Sunday 11/19) 11AM

by Peter Mui

Hi Sudoers: See below: Sodoroom member Thomas Lopes also runs the Raspberry Pi interest group of the Berkeley Linux Users Group, he'll be holding their meeting from 11am-2pm at Sudoroom, it'd be great to have a bunch of veteran Sudoers present to hang out, help him host and welcome newcomers. Thomas also knows how to flash the locked Dell Chromebooks so if you wanted to unlock some more Chromebooks tomorrow would be a good day as he's around. (We could use some more to hand out as general purpose laptops.) Cheers, -Peter --------- Forwarded message --------- From: tom r lopes <Unknown> Date: Friday, November 17, 2023 at 9:17:40 AM UTC-8 Subject: Pi.BerkeleyLUG: Next meeting this Sunday 19.11.2023 To: BerkeleyLUG <Unknown> Now with Pi 5! I still have one Pi 5 8gb from the launch event last month and a 4gb that I pre ordered from the announcement. The launch event went pretty well. People were interested in how the 5 would work in their projects. And one 8gb Pi 5 was given out (and a couple of 4s). Sorry no giveaways this time. So at SudoRoom in Sunday November 19 from 11 am to 2pm. There is a buzzer at the door or call or txt me at 510-984-2455 for access. I'll be 3d printing some parts and looking at Sudo's little metal lathe. Alan had been checking out the lathe and we have gotten some parts but there is still some things to check. Hope to see you there. Thomas

2 years, 4 months

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OK so now our SudoRoom YouTube channel can post blog posts not only videos.

by Romy Ilano

https://www.youtube.com/@sudoroomhackerspace/community I added a small post to Peter's Fixit clinic article! ============================= Romy Ilano romy(a)snowyla.com

2 years, 4 months

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infrared solder rework station

by Jake

i created a wiki page for the infrared soldering station https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Infrared_rework_station -jake

2 years, 4 months

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Renamed the SudoRoom YouTube channel to @sudoroomhackerspace

by Romy Ilano

https://youtube.com/@sudoroomhackerspace I did the deed! You can post images and polls etc on the youTube channel too fyi. WIll try to recopy the blog posts. If anyone wants to post anything on there just holler. ============================= Romy Ilano romy(a)snowyla.com

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Sudoroom/Omni featured in Craftsmanship.net

by Peter Mui

Hi sudoers: The article Jeff Greenwald was working on is now posted to Craftmanship.net; thanks to everyone who helped make his visit a great success. -Peter https://craftsmanship.net/sidebar/one-night-at-the-fixit-clinic-with-peter-…

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omni statement of solidarity with palestine

by Paige P

Hey Sudo Room, what do you think about this statement that was posted to consensus? The last two paragraphs were taken out by another editor but I prefer them left in. Solidarity for Palestinian Liberation We at Omni Commons demand an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza, an end to the murder and genocide of Gazans, and all forms of apartheid, occupation and ethnic or religious supremacy. We demand full human rights for all people, including the right of return for Palestinians. Israel allows Jews from anywhere in the world to move there, and become full citizens. They give free plane rides and ten-day tours to young Jews age 18-25, full of Zionist propaganda. This trip is called “Birthright Israel” - it preys on ignorant and vulnerable Jewish youth by recruiting them for Israel’s settler colonial project. Young people who fall for this recruitment are then drafted into Israel’s occupation army. Even as war rages, Birthright is shamelessly continuing with all their Winter trips. Meanwhile, Palestinians’ freedom of movement has been restricted since the 1948 war, when Zionist terrorism drove hundreds of thousands to flee their homes. Many of these families, now millions of people, still live in refugee camps in Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, and the West Bank. The largest is Gaza, with almost 2 million refugees. Some elders still carry the keys to houses they left 75 years ago. If Israel was willing to recognize THEIR birthright, we’d have had peace 30 years ago. Time and again, Israel walked away from peace talks over this very issue. Instead, many Palestinians' property was simply given to Jewish immigrants, with no consent or compensation. This is stolen land. Jews have always been the minority in Palestine. It was true in 1923, it’s true in 2023. Israel maintains the illusion of a Jewish “majority” only by brutal suppression of Palestinian human rights. This is Zionism! All human rights should be respected, including Jews, but no government built on minority rule has any right to exist. We do not welcome Zionism at the Omni Commons. We are critical of anybody who accepted Birthright trips to apartheid Israel in their youth, including among our own organizers - but we also recognize that people can learn, grow and change. Peace and justice require us to forgive people for their mistakes. We acknowledge that a stand for Palestine has to be a stand against imperialism as a whole. Biden is sending billions of dollars to fund Israeli settler colonial projects to massacre the Palestinians while millions of us struggle to survive here on the streets. We believe in abolition. The abolition of open air prisons, caging indigenous Palestinians genocide. The abolition of the Zionist state. The abolition of US imperialism and greed for profit. Liberation must be fought for. We must fight to make each other free.

2 years, 4 months

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Learning programming and Spanish

by Romy Ilano

There's an entire slack channel on Women Who Code of women from Latin America learning English through programming chats. I'm learning Spanish (Argentinian but Mexico is cool too) I mentioned this for Women & NonBinary nights... but would it be cool to suggest for SudoRoom in general? I am travelling to Buenos Aires at the end of the month and won't be able to be in a lot of the mondays and Tuesdays in November. I think this would be a cool initiative though - help SudoRoom's wings spread! ============================= Romy Ilano romy(a)snowyla.com

2 years, 4 months

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Bay Area makerspaces and arts co-ops meet up and list

by Jake

---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2023 21:21:40 -0700 From: Dana S. <dsniezko(a)gmail.com> To: info(a)sudoroom.org Hey Sudo Room, I'd like to invite you to join a meetup and mailing list for Bay Area arts co-ops and makerspaces. We're trying to gather organizers from Bay Area makerspaces to build connections, share what's working and where we are struggling, and figure out how we might collaborate across spaces! Here's the link: https://groups.google.com/g/bay-area-makerspaces-arts-coops/about We had a casual chat this month in SF with representatives from Syzygy, Noisebridge, Maker Farm, the Box Shop, and Double Union in attendance. We're planning to do another one in early November, this time in the East Bay! The current meetup plan is for November 9, 6-8pm at Temescal Brewery, 4115 Telegraph Ave (near MacArthur Bart). - D

2 years, 4 months

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sparcstation progress

by Jake

last night I played with the Sparcstation 5 that Phil got working, and tried to get it on The Internet it's plugged into ethernet, and i wanted to get it an IP address and all that...but first i had to figure out why it didn't have a MAC address. Its ethernet port is "le0" (in linux we're used to eth0) and something online said do this: # ifconfig le0 plumb but then its MAC address was 0:0:0:0:0:0 which was not gonna work. Trying to set it from ifconfig like this didn't work: # ifconfig le0 hw ether 1:2:3:4:5:6 bad address so I had to reboot and type a bunch of stuff into the "ok" prompt it boots up to, like it says here https://gist.github.com/amdprophet/e010803d581d676003a90ba36da8a269 after a reboot it started saying the MAC address I entered upon boot (before the "ok" prompt) and actually it was trying to network boot, or access something on the network - i had to press STOP and A to interrupt that, and get the "ok" prompt, where i typed "boot disk" to boot up from disk. Then I set the IP address and gateway route manually and was able to ping and telnet sites by IP address, on the internet!!!! but DNS didn't work. I put this in /etc/resolv.conf: domain jackpumpkin nameserver 8.8.8.8 nameserver 8.8.4.4 and then nslookup worked! But other commands line ping and telnet and the web browser still couldn't resolve DNS names. I went home, but Marc says: what does /etc/nsswitch.conf say? You might have to do: cp /etc/nsswitch.dns /etc/nsswitch.conf if the .conf does not exist Apparently this OS ships with a bunch of example config files with different extensions instead of .conf, and you copy the one you want to .conf and then edit to your liking. That's probably how we should set up the networking, rather than typing ifconfig commands each time. also don't forget to run "bash" in the terminal so you're not stuck in an annoying minimalist shell here's the wiki page i made - if you don't have an account, request one! https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Sparcstation#sparcstation_5 -jake

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I can't make it tonight - can other people edit this Meetup for hardware hack night?

by Romy Ilano

https://www.meetup.com/sudoroom/events/296830134/ I can't make it to this event tonight - can other people make it to this meetup or edit it? for hadrware hack night? We made it so more people could also edi the Omni meetup.com - ============================= Romy Ilano romy(a)snowyla.com

2 years, 4 months

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[omni-consensus] Urgent - Hellman Grant Reallocation Issue for Consensus - Part 1: $ for Gen Ops (fwd)

by Jake

I mentioned in the sudoroom meeting last night that Omni is basically out of money - we had a huge drop in events bookings because of the boycott (and our non-response to it) and that was about 50% of our income. We also lost a couple of tenants and have made zero progress getting new tenants. (For context, TANC and their fellow printshop collective proposed joining us in June, and if CLP had not blocked them we would have had another two tenants with $1300/mo more income per month. CLP never paid us anything) Did you know that Omni has a bunch of rooms available for rent? I think the groups are preferred to be nonprofit (we can offer 501(c)3 umbrella financial sponsorship!) but we'll take what we can get. The sooner we get rooms filled - not only will it be money we can pay bills with, but also it will look better on paper as we're trying to find a new lender, as our present mortgage holder's agreement ends in DECEMBER and they can foreclose on us if we don't have a new lender (or $900K) -jake ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Thu, 2 Nov 2023 16:43:12 -0700 From: Sarah Lockhart <sarah.ee.el(a)gmail.com> To: consensus <consensus(a)lists.omnicommons.org> Subject: [omni-consensus] Urgent - Hellman Grant Reallocation Issue for Consensus - Part 1: $ for Gen Ops Hi there -- as I've mentioned in quite a few communications recently, Omni is in dire need of funds for general operating expenses: mortgage, utilities, insurance. I am humbly proposing that Omni re-allocate $7000 of grant money so that Omni can pay its bills this month. See spreadsheet for details <https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/15qDtnI8P8d3kcuOb_4ZCqNZTVelKTl7I9yd…> *The Version That Takes Up More Space* Omni is currently sitting on about $35k of grant money restricted for "Capacity Building". This money is in the Unify CU Savings Account. I am hoping that Omni can decide to allocate more of the grant to reimburse the general ops account for expenses that weren't paid out of the grant money, but would still be considered Capacity Building expenses. If Omni were to do the legwork and liquidate the savings accounts at other banks (Self Help CU and Beneficial) -- that would free up about $6000. However, Omni is also looking at having to pay approximately $20k in property taxes in December. I would advise holding these other funds that are in other banks at least until then. Here is the spreadsheet showing the current state of grant funds and allocations <https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/15qDtnI8P8d3kcuOb_4ZCqNZTVelKTl7I9yd…>, which has a column for what has already been paid out, and another column for what contractors have billed Omni for but have not been paid yet. This should be considered as "spent" in my humble opinion. The spreadsheet also includes a bit at the bottom showing the detailed expenses the grant could be "re-allocated to cover" - which would thus mean putting more money into the general ops account to be used to pay general operating expenses. When the $50k grant was received, it was understood (by Omni and the funder) that some of the expenses the grant would cover had already been paid out of general funds. When Omni approved the grant budget this summer, there were a number of expenses that grant money was allocated to which had already been paid. Thus the money was "returned to the general fund" to "reimburse" the general ops account. Respectfully submitted, Sarah L

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sudo room meeting today

by Paige P

Hi everyone, Tonight is a sudo room meeting 8PM ( https://meet.waag.org/turtlesturtlesturtles or in o person) and tomorrow night 7PM is an Omni delegates meeting (hybrid...ask for link). Jems is our current delegate now. Lots to talk about, but one better with some preparation is the collective statement discussion. Could people read them (or just the most recent one) and share some comments and ideas about how we can put these goals to action? https://docs.google.com/document/d/1EvFSEvPpY1cCKHKLK1Pqh7f0_hs1NxNlp1_sNPl… Paige

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Fwd: {Heartistic Music} % Fwd: Free piano

by Edwinsaurus

free piano ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Evelie Delfino Såles Posch <evelie511(a)gmail.com> Date: Mon, Oct 30, 2023 at 1:31 PM Subject: {Heartistic Music} % Fwd: Free piano To: Revels News <calrevelers(a)googlegroups.com>, < heartistic-music(a)googlegroups.com>, UUCB Discuss < uucb_discuss(a)googlegroups.com> ---------- Forwarded message --------- Date: Mon, Oct 30, 2023 at 1:27 PM Subject: Free piano ------------------------------ I have a piano I need to find a new home for quickly. It is located in El Cerrito. It is free. It plays well and loud, and is in good condition, but the side has been repaired. Veneer damage on top-see pictures. Beautiful burl wood and turned legs! It is 58” tall and a full keyboard. All the keys work. The middle pedal needs repair, but the action works well. It will need tuning after it is moved. The brand is “New England Piano Co.”It is an antique but not valuable. Bench included. Info for movers:, no stairs, but a lip on the door thru the kitchen. It has wheels. If the receiver is a 503(c) charity, I will pay moving. All others pay for moving. Contact Louise at this email Lfrancolb(a)gmail.com [image: image_67145217.JPG] [image: image_67198721.JPG] [image: image_67154177.JPG] [image: image_67110145.JPG] ***************** *Evelie Delfino Såles Posch 510-684-0654* *Pronouns: her/she/siya* *650-275-3884 {ASK-EVVI}* *Certified Sound Healer and TherapistPO Box 1867, El Cerrito, CA 94530-4867*Join http://groups.google.com/group/heartistic-music <http://groups.google.com/group/heartistic-music> for classes and events announcements* http://www.facebook.com/evelie.posch www.himalayanfair.net Ritual Planning Cell Member, Reclaiming Spiral Dance.org <http://reclaimingspiraldance.org> Facilitator, Women's Meditation Group, UUCB Member, <https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/goog_1350919487> <https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/goog_1350919487> https://www.uua.org/offices/organizations/druumm Member, DRUUMM APIC Steering Committee, Bay Area Events Committee Member, Honoring Indigenous Peoples Group, UUCB Member, Luminescence Choir, UUCB Member, Nigunim Chorus Member, POC Caucus, UUCB Member, Moon Circle, UUCB Member, East Bay Meditation Ctr POC Sangha Member, Spirit Rock Meditation Ctr POC Sangha IDEA page <https://www.californiarevels.org/idea.html> | Adult Chorus Co-coordinator ©2000-2023 Evelie Delfino-Såles Posch -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Heartistic Music" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to heartistic-music+unsubscribe(a)googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/heartistic-music/CAAMBp%2B0GaqurcWWojxNyw… <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/heartistic-music/CAAMBp%2B0GaqurcWWojxNyw…> .

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Tomorrow (Sat Oct 28): Fixit Clinic at South San Francisco Library Grand Opening

by Peter Mui

Hi: Just a friendly reminder of tomorrow’s informal Fixit Clinic at the new South San Francisco Library grand opening: this looks like it’s going to be a really fun event so bring your friends and family e.g. see the two bands playing: https://www.ssf.net/departments/parks-recreation/library-parks-and-recreati… WHAT: New South San Francisco Library Grand Opening WHEN: Saturday Oct 28 anytime between 11:30AM and 3PM WHERE: 901 Civic Campus Way, South San Francisco https://www.ssf.net/departments/parks-recreation/library-parks-and-recreati… We hope to have regular repair programming at this Library soon but Saturday is more of a festive demonstration day and housewarming for the Library’s beautiful new Makerspace. There’s no need to commit to the whole day: just stop by when you can to enjoy the festivities, hang out with other Fixit Coaches, check out the new Library and help Makerspace Librarians Devin, Miriam Hart and Monte Gordon recruit more local Fixit Coaches. You don’t need to bring any tools – they’ve got some tools and sewing machines already – but feel free to bring something you want to take apart or sew as a demonstration. We might end up doing a few repairs if local people go home and bring things back. (And bonus points for wearing a Halloween costume (wink.)) The new Library is a pleasant 3/4 mile walk (or bike) along the Colma Creek Centennial Way Trail from the South San Francisco BART if you want to take public transit. See other options here: https://www.ssf.net/departments/parks-recreation/library-parks-and-recreati… Hope to see you there! -Peter Peter Mui @ Fixit Clinic www.fixitclinic.org – Fortifying exuberant, resilient communities through do-it-together fix-n-learn disassembly and discovery +1 408 647 5790 fixitclinic(a)gmail.com P.S.: And don’t forget our Fixit Clinic next Saturday at Pescadero Elementary School: sign up to Fixit Coach at http://bit.ly/inpersoncoachsignup WHAT: Fixit Clinic MVI (1006) Pescadero Elementary School WHEN: Saturday, Nov 4, 11AM-2PM WHERE: Pescadero Elementary School 620 North Street Pescadero, CA 94060 https://www.facebook.com/events/997718654780160/

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8PM Zoom Tonight (Weds Oct 25)

by Peter Mui

Hi Sudoers: Cross-posted from the #consensus channel in the Omni slack: * Susan Silber 11:06 PM Hi all - friendly reminder about fundraising meeting on Wed. eve, 8-9:30 pm. I will be handing over the work I have done over the past few months and making some suggestions for next steps. Here is the zoom info: 11:06 https://us02web.zoom.us/j/2261744247?pwd=MU9nTWMyYU1aYTg5Y01ZdUs3cUR2QT09 Meeting ID: 226 174 4247 Passcode: B3Lv1s * Cross posted from the #fundraising channel in the Omni slack: Susan Silber 11:07 PM Fundraising meeting on Wed. 8-9:30 pm. I hope ya'll can make it! https://us02web.zoom.us/j/2261744247?pwd=MU9nTWMyYU1aYTg5Y01ZdUs3cUR2QT09 Meeting ID: 226 174 4247 Passcode: B3Lv1s Susan says everyone is welcome. Cheers, -Peter

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[omni-consensus] PROPOSAL: BIPOC and Oppressed Gender Safe Space Committee (BOGSS)

by Jake

Dear Sudoroom, Today I voted in behalf of Sudoroom in favor of the MOP proposal, and they are now a member collective of Omni Commons. I emailed about them on April 20th but didn't hear anything back, so I hope everyone is okay with that decision. Today a proposal was introduced for a new committee to be formed at Omni Commons to value and protect the safety and interests of BIPOC/Non-Men. this is the original proposal in PDF form: https://omnicommons.org/pipermail/consensus/attachments/20220505/ab900701/a… this is an editable "cryptpad" and we are requested to "please leave comments in red" https://cryptpad.fr/pad/#/2/pad/edit/6IhZqwyXxN6CrEvtiljmnqTa/ actually this is a cryptpad copy of their document just for sudoroom, and I will forward our discussion to Rafiq to integrate our input. Other collectives are asking questions too, so if you want to be more engaged in the discussion, please join the [omni-consensus] list! But definitely make discussion here in the sudoroom list and get engaged. If Sudoroom members have concerns or objections, we need to communicate them promptly and work toward agreeable amedments. It is not an option to simply reject the proposal, but rather if you have specific concerns then we need to work with each other to address those concerns and come up with something agreeable. -jake ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Yardena Cohen <yardenack(a)gmail.com> Hey all, I'm boosting this email with a new subject line so that it's clear to readers - this contains an important new proposal!!! Brief summary: this proposal forms a congress of BIPOC and non-men from all Omni's groups, who then elect a small committee which has its own seat on the board, its own delegate, and a few specific powers related to addressing racism and sexism. This is an important step towards making omni representative and accountable! This finally begins to put our Statement of Solidarity into action! ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: rafiq.ali <rafiq.ali(a)protonmail.com> Date: Thu, May 5, 2022 at 12:16 PM To: <consensus(a)lists.omnicommons.org> I added a little note at the beginning on our proposal and the events from 2 weeks ago. Happy to provide a short statement. In general, I appreciate the apologies made and think this can be a growing opportunity to forge a stronger collective. If it's possible, we can open discussion on the proposal this week if enough delegates have had a chance to review with the idea of approving at the next delegate meeting (or worst case, the one after). As mentioned earlier, we are proposing the creation of a safe space Committee (see attached). We appreciate and accept all feedback/comments/concerns. In struggle, Rafiq CLP

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live center for sudoroom lathe

by Jake

Alan was asking about a live center for the lathe in sudoroom. Today my friend Rab was visiting from Austin and immediately recognized a lot of things about our lathe. I created a wiki page for that lathe: https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Emco_Compact_5_Lathe -jake

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blog post on accomplishing in the multimedia room

by Romy Ilano

https://sudoroom.org/hardware-and-software-engineers-explore-multimedia-roo… getting more of the video content up on the blog. rock on ============================= Romy Ilano romy(a)snowyla.com

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Is Scuttlebutt still cool?

by Arthur Ulfeldt

A few years ago I used SSB and Manyverse to chat with cool people interested in new ways of looking at how humans communicate. All my social links (it’s a “social network”, you can’t use it if you don’t know anyone on it) have gone stale and I’m no longer on the network. If anyone here is active, I’d like to reconnect

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Fwd: can someone update Google Chrome on a Linux box?

by Peter Mui

Hi Sudoers: See below: can someone help Diana as below with her Linux box? Feel free to email her directly. If I invite her to come to sudoroom Tuesday night: will you be there? (I think she lives near SF Chinatown.) Many thanks for any reply, -Peter -------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: can someone update Google Chrome on a Linux box? Date: Sat, 21 Oct 2023 23:46:43 +0000 From: Diana Greer <Diana.Greer(a)protonmail.com> To: Fixit Clinic <fixitclinic(a)gmail.com> can someone update Google Chrome on a Linux box? Hello FixIt Clinic Community, It seems simple but when I do the steps (listed below) nothing happens. Aside from the constant notification that Google Chrome needs updating, the pc continues to work fine. I will bring the pc to you. I am not very interested in doing this remotely but you can try to convince me if you want to - I am open to change my mind. update Google Chrome on Ubuntu 20.04 when the installation is done through the .deb file: 1. Open Software Updater. Select and install the available Google Chrome update. 2. Through Terminal. Type sudo apt-get update and then sudo apt-get --only-upgrade install google-chrome-stable. Warmly, Diana Greer

2 years, 5 months

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Omni collective statement re: CLP boycott

by Paige P

Hi Sudo Room, This is a collective statement addressing the CLP boycott, written today after discussion in this last Thursday delegates meeting. If you are interested in reading the many previous drafts over the last few weeks, I can point you where those are, and encourage you to join the omni consensus email where there is more discussion. We hope to make this public Tuesday morning (we've talked about sending it to people who rent Omni, but also may be put on the website? I'm not sure). Dear neighbors, We've been accused of racism - sadly, this has some merit. For nine years omni has tried to include, support and empower communities of color - and often failed. This has led to continued white dominance. We want nothing more than to end this feedback loop, repair this harm, and be a project where all people can take collective ownership of this building and its resources. We are actively seeking accountability processes with those who've been directly harmed at omni. Nonetheless, there are still QTBIPOC and mutual aid groups doing important work at omni, as there always have been. This is the core of what we want omni to be, and the movement to improve omni should be led by people who’ve been doing it all along. We urge the community to stand behind our most vulnerable members. We are determined for this to be a safe space, so that QTBIPOC-centered projects can grow and thrive here. We're also accused of zionism - this we strongly deny. Try to find anybody here to say anything nice about Israel - you'll have a hard time. While some of us may have been complicit with apartheid in the past - because its institutions prey on young Jews especially - all our feelings today range from deeply critical to abolitionist. We want to embrace and center Palestinian community, and welcome accountability to that end. We're now collectively studying the steps to formally comply with BDS and become an "apartheid free zone". Some of these accusations were made by a former member collective. We removed them because their behaviors were causing great harm, actively driving away members of color. Their public "boycott" was a campaign of retaliation, harassment, doxxing and lies. Even so, it has brought attention to our very real mistakes. We wish to focus on those, and center the majority of our community's concerns - without engaging directly with this former group, because the harm is just too fresh. We've taken this opportunity to give long time volunteers a break. Almost all our groups have new delegates. None of the people mentioned in the call outs have any formal power, and all of them are stepping back from decision making roles, to focus on passing institutional memory to new people. Meanwhile, we have a few vacant rooms - we'd love to share ownership with more queer, trans, Black and indigenous led groups! Please contact us if you'd like to help build an anti racist, anti zionist future at Omni Commons.

2 years, 5 months

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public statement discuss meeting

by Paige P

happening nowish (1pm) if anyone wants to join (text copied from omni slack message from natalie/ sketchboard collective delegate) we are constructing + finalizing the accountability statement (virtually) thru the meeting link at 1pm tomorrow: it will take about a few hours, 2-3 at least. @yar + @Paige + myself will be there, and we welcome anyone else who would like to help finish it in an intentional setting. https://meet.google.com/qvr-oeqe-uqa

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Request for a laptop

by Elaine Jeffery

Hi Sudoers, I hang out at Sudo Room, and I also volunteer with Berkeley NEED, a harm reduction program. Through NEED, someone heard that we have free laptops and requested one. Do we have laptops that are ready to hand out? Thanks, --Elaine

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