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CFP: New Media, Global Activism and Politics Vol. 20, no. 3 (August 2014)

by Eddan Katz

thought this CfP would be interesting and maybe even useful in thinking about collaborative writing projects. > From: Carolyn Guertin <carolyn.guertin(a)gmail.com> > Subject: [MEA] CFP: New Media, Global Activism and Politics Vol. 20, no. 3 (August 2014) > Date: May 4, 2013 10:49:48 AM PDT > To: MEA(a)lists.ibiblio.org > Reply-To: MEA(a)lists.ibiblio.org > > *Convergence* > > The International Journal of Research into New Media Technologies > > > > Call for Papers > > > > Special issue on: New Media, Global Activism and Politics > > Vol. 20, no. 3 (August 2014) > > > > Guest editors: Carolyn Guertin (University of North Texas at Dallas) and > Angi Buettner (Victoria University of Wellington) > > > > *Deadline for refereed research articles: *30 August 2013 > > Indignados. Arab Spring. #Occupy. The 99%. Idle No More. #Upsettler. > GlobalNoise. Strike Debt. These are just some of the new terms to emerge > from the global mass protests of the last two years. They are part of a sea > change as political engagement, citizen journalism and tactical media > evolve as tools of protest and communication. These terms mark only one > small part of a much larger shift in media production and distribution that > is the rise of user-generated content or social media. Within digital > culture, the creative act has become a form of activism carried out through > the repurposing of pre-existing materials and media for political > change—and it is a practice that has swayed policy, overturned governments > and politicized subcultures and peoples on a global scale. > > In the 19th century, the crowd emerged as a new social force. It was a > force, it was argued, that shook the foundations of society and led > individuals to commit irrational acts. In the 21st century, we have seen > the power of crowds re-emerge as an ostensibly smarter and more nimble > cultural force empowered by mobile technologies, crowdsourcing > methodologies and networked systems. How has activism changed as a result > of new technologies? How are new media enlisted to assist in the planning > and enactment of socio-political change? How are governments and political > candidates using social media? How has social media altered policies, > elections and the democratic process? > > > > Topics might include: > > - Hacktivism > > - Wikileaks > > - Arab Spring > > - #occupy > > - Indignados > > - Idle No More > > - #upsettlers > > - Global Noise > > Strike Debt > > - Crowdsourcing > > - Lobbying > > - Flashmobs, smart mobs or network armies > > - Riot simulation or protest modeling > > - Microblogging as a form of protest > > - Protest apps, including geolocative ones > > - Eco-activism > > - Activism in education > > - Gaming and new media activism > > - New media and the environment > > - Politics and new media > > - Activist or protest art > > - Appropriation, subvertising, culture jamming or memes > > - Slacktivism > > - Clicktivism > > - Cyberfeminism > > - DIY culture > > - Prototyping > > - Global protest networks > > - Participatory culture > > - eDemocracy > > - Government sponsored social media > > - Public media initiatives > > - Elections and social media > > > > *Queries may be directed to the guest editors, Carolyn Guertin at * > carolyn.guertin(a)gmail.com* or *Angi Buettner at Angi.Buettner(a)vuw.ac.nz > > > > *Convergence* is published by Sage and all contributors must consult > the*guide to manuscript submission at: > * > http://www.uk.sagepub.com/journalsProdDesc.nav?prodId=Journal201774#tabview… > * for details of house style.* > -- > Carolyn Guertin, PhD > Languages and Communications, University of North Texas > author of *Digital Prohibition: Piracy and Authorship in New Media Art > *(Continuum, > 2012) > > Website: http://carolynguertin.com/ > Email: carolyn.guertin(a)gmail.com > Skype: carolyn_guertin > _______________________________________________ > MEA mailing list > MEA(a)lists.ibiblio.org > http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/mea

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Re: [sudo-discuss] Hey writers!

by Vicky Knox

I love all of your responses!sesnopser rouy fo lla evol I It seems that a regular meet-up, projects or workshops are in store. As there seems to be a lot of overlap of ideas and potential for collaboration, we should all meet and put our heads together! **Looking at our compacted calendar, how about a nice chill post-Kopimism pre-Natural Decay meetup, this Sunday, 4p, complete with snacks? Too soon? How about next Sunday?** Below are suggestions I've recorded from your responses on the listserv and AFK conversations. We could talk about these things during the meetup! - Poetry slams and talent showcases (Jenny) - A writers' collective website: LinguisticAlchemystic (Jenny) - Sudo Radio broadcasts (Ray) - Sci-fi writers meetup (Ryan) - Sudo Press: A self-publishing platform with graphic and editorial support focusing on Hacktivism (Eddan) - Book-binding/sewing, book-selling (William, Romy, Ray) - Algorithmic poetry meetup/workshop (Rabbit, Anthony) - Twitter haikus (Patrick) - User generated algorithm seeds *tear* (Ray) - Writers/Comic book artists collab (Romy) - Drop-in writing help workshop (me and a screenwriter I met at Art Murmur) - Screenwriters'/actors' meetup (the screenwriter) ykciV ,sguH 2013/5/7 Vicky Knox <vknoxsironi(a)gmail.com> > I love all of your responses!sesnopser rouy fo lla evol I > > It seems that a regular meet-up, projects or workshops are in store. As > there seems to be a lot of overlap of ideas and potential for > collaboration, we should all meet and put our heads together! > > **Looking at our compacted calendar, how about a nice chill post-Kopimism > pre-Natural Decay meetup, this Sunday, 4p, complete with snacks? Too soon? > How about next Sunday?** > > Below are suggestions I've recorded from your responses on the listserv > and AFK conversations. We could talk about these things during the meetup! > > - Poetry slams and talent showcases (Jenny) > - A writers' collective website: LinguisticAlchemystic (Jenny) > - Sudo Radio broadcasts (Ray) > - Sci-fi writers meetup (Ryan) > - Sudo Press: A self-publishing platform with graphic and editorial > support focusing on Hacktivism (Eddan) > - Book-binding/sewing, book-selling (William, Romy, Ray) > - Algorithmic poetry meetup/workshop (Rabbit, Anthony) > - Twitter haikus (Patrick) > - User generated algorithm seeds *tear* (Ray) > - Writers/Comic book artists collab (Romy) > - Drop-in writing help workshop (me and a screenwriter I met at Art > Murmur) > - Screenwriters'/actors' meetup (the screenwriter) > > ykciV > ,sguH > > > 2013/5/3 Vicky Knox <vknoxsironi(a)gmail.com> > >> I want to respond to you all right now but I need to run to Sudo Room to >> hopefully speak with you all IN PERSON! I will be doing a shoe/bike >> experiment in which I transplant an organ of one into the body of the other >> for a very practical purpose! >> >> V >> >> >> 2013/5/1 Eddan Katz <eddan(a)clear.net> >> >>> It seems as though there is enough talent here to start our own >>> publishing house. Anyone up for sudo-press? A self-publishing platform with >>> graphic and editorial support focusing on Hacktivism? >>> >>> We can share writing opportunities in different fora (book, blog, >>> magazine, conference, etc.) and develop collaborative multidisciplinary >>> writing projects on the wiki. We could host drafting workshops where we >>> give each other feedback on works in progress. Heck, we could even run our >>> own writing contest based on themes we're interested in and build an >>> intellectual community around it. >>> >>> Just my 2 bitcoins. Whatever that's worth these days. >>> >>> >>> sent from eddan.com >>> >>> On May 1, 2013, at 8:28 AM, Ryan Bethencourt <ryan.bethencourt(a)gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>> I've written before for Techdirt.com (during the first dotcom boom) and >>> published in Biotech Business development ( >>> http://www.logos-press.com/books/biotechnology_business_development.php) >>> but I'd love to restart the habit of writing in my blog and also get some >>> hints and tips from anyone that's written sci-fi :) >>> >>> >>> On Wed, May 1, 2013 at 8:23 AM, Anthony Di Franco <di.franco(a)gmail.com>wrote: >>> >>>> Wut >>>> On May 1, 2013 1:53 AM, "Vicky Knox" <vknoxsironi(a)gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> !sretirw yeH >>>>> >>>>> Are we alone in the universe? This is a shout out from someone who >>>>> lives in your star sector requesting a star sector block party! In other >>>>> words: If you are a writer and would like to use your passion-skill for the >>>>> purposes of furthering the grasp of Sudo Room upon the innocent brains of >>>>> unsuspecting learners, please give me/the list a holler. I'd like to get a >>>>> sense of who's out there, and most importantly who's interested in banding >>>>> together to do some siiick writing. >>>>> >>>>> We are not alone. >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> sudo-discuss mailing list >>>>> sudo-discuss(a)lists.sudoroom.org >>>>> http://lists.sudoroom.org/listinfo/sudo-discuss >>>>> >>>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> sudo-discuss mailing list >>>> sudo-discuss(a)lists.sudoroom.org >>>> http://lists.sudoroom.org/listinfo/sudo-discuss >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Ryan Bethencourt >>> >>> Tel: (415) 794 6463 >>> ryan.bethencourt(a)gmail.com >>> >>> www.bamh1.com >>> www.linkedin.com/in/bethencourt >>> www.logos-press.com/books/biotechnology_business_development.php >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> sudo-discuss mailing list >>> sudo-discuss(a)lists.sudoroom.org >>> http://lists.sudoroom.org/listinfo/sudo-discuss >>> >>> >> >

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First 3d Gun Fired

by Ibrahim Moss

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/06/3d-printed-gun-fired_n_3222669.htm… Ibrahim Moss ibrahim.moss(a)gmail.com

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Erotica and women's bodies

by Romy Snowyla

It's interesting to me how porn a Nd erotica always advertise with women's bodies with their faces cut off American apparel digs this etc Lots of art theory discusses this I would love for any Sudo room event to break the mold and show men's bodies in any erotic theme as well ... Also would love to see the male body as the focus of any erotic film or dance to balance out the Imbalance and unnatural obsession with t and a we see on the porn industry Sent from my iPad

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Virtual currency question?

by Ryan Bethencourt

Hi All, I've been reading/following the whole evolution of bitcoins as currency and I'm still a bitcoin skeptic (I prefer potential rather than spent processing power :) ). So I was curious, has anyone in the past tried to create a virtual currency based on a resource value, like future usage of CPU time (i.e. $1 would equal an equivalent amount of electricity and hardware wear and tear for x number of CPU cycles, which could be exchanged either for the cycles, at a super computer bank or for other currencies)? To me it seems that bit coin is like a spent CPU resource rather than a future resource and by flipping the equation to future rather than past value a currency based on this type of commodity would be useful... any thoughts? R -- Ryan Bethencourt Tel: (415) 794 6463 ryan.bethencourt(a)gmail.com www.bamh1.com www.linkedin.com/in/bethencourt www.logos-press.com/books/biotechnology_business_development.php

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Microcontroller Newbie Night @ sudo room - Tomorrow night!

by Hol Gaskill

Hi Folks, Going to change things up a little bit for tomorrow's microcontroller night. I've finished for now with my active microcontroller projects (can it be???) so I'll be doing a few newbie-level projects/experiments myself. On the menu for tomorrow night: -DIY alarm clock w/ RGB LED output. -DIY motion detector w/light and maaaaybe camera -anything you want to bring and work on Of course for total newbies, we will begin with blinking an LED and move rapidly from there - it's easy with a little help! link to the face book: https://www.facebook.com/events/384770284968953/ Also[0] I will be skipping town for a few weeks. Would anyone like to take over hosting this event for the next three sessions? Only involves sending an email, creating a FB event and sending out a few seed invites to FB-enabled sudoers and whoever else you want, and of course welcoming people who arrive. The latter bit is of course the most involved, but if you are friendly and able to direct people to the soldering iron, wire pile, ac adapter bin etc it's a snap. Dates are May 21, June 4, and June 18. You can continue hosting if you get into the swing of it, or anyone can really. I just want it to exist at sudo room. Also[1] A few medium term group projects have been identified in and around the discussion at the last event. If you might like to get involved in these but cannot attend tomorrow night, I'll post some details to controllers(a)lists.sudoroom.org afterward. Hasn't been much traffic there yet, but stay tuned for project info. Hope to see y'all there! Hol

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3D Printing Comics Instructions - reinterpretation of the original Codex! now on the wiki

by Romy Ilano

my dear brothers and sisters, my sudoroom comrades. i have reinterpreted the genius codex of our forerunner jae they are now in an accessible comic book form on the wiki... let us now spread the good word of 3D Printing throughout this fair land... https://sudoroom.org/wiki/page/3DPrinting#New_Interpretation_Comics_of_Jay_… [image: Inline image 1]

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reminder: this email list is Google-able

by Rabbit

Just a reminder that the archives of this list are indexed by Google. (For this reason I'm keeping pretty quiet here. Would anyone else like to have a list which is not indexed? How about "sudo-ephemeral"?) -Rabbit

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Re: [sudo-discuss] should we hire someone to clean up after events?

by mattsenate＠gmail.com

Cleaning is life. But even if each of us tried our best to clean up after ourselves, there will be aggregated filth, incrementally built, plus the cost of natural shuffling, displacement--such is the burden of use and optimization! I think we should: Communicate more clearly the necessary standards for common space. Provide all event holders with a checklist for set up and break down Clean up after ourselves and each other collaboratively Recognize that some additional amount of cleaning is required and therefore create good systems for cleaning natural, aggregate mess.* * my personal politics hope we can do this specific type of work without direct financial incentive. // Matt ----- Reply message ----- From: "Gregg Horton" <greggahorton(a)gmail.com> To: "Romy Ilano" <romy(a)snowyla.com> Cc: "sudo-discuss" <sudo-discuss(a)lists.sudoroom.org> Subject: [sudo-discuss] should we hire someone to clean up after events? Date: Sun, May 5, 2013 9:48 AM I think we should hire a fellow sudoer and use the cash as incentive. Whoever wishes to do it that month can. Or people can learn how to pick up after themselves. On Sun, May 5, 2013 at 8:44 AM, Romy Ilano <romy(a)snowyla.com> wrote: SudoRoom is a hackerspace. Our skillset is not cleaning, especially cleaning the big main room. - Should we put aside $30-60 every time a group holds an event in our space so that we can pay someone to clean up the common room? - Should we pay someone $30-60 once month to clean the common room for us? I brought this up because we are realistically not going to get a lot of members to clean the space. we are hackers. it is not our skillset. There is not going to be a magical day when a hackerspace finds that all of its members find cleaning to be a pleasurable act. We are good at starting projects, drinking beer, looking for new spaces, but we are definitely not great at cleaning. Our landlord G is also receptive to the idea of us hiring someone to clean up the common room after big events. I personally suck at cleaning, I'm into doing it, but I would rather spend my time hacking and working on projects. I spent a bit of time cleaning up the space Saturday morning, wiping down the tables int he main room and vacuuming to prepare the space for the today I learned. _______________________________________________ sudo-discuss mailing list sudo-discuss(a)lists.sudoroom.org http://lists.sudoroom.org/listinfo/sudo-discuss

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Happy Cinco de Mayo and a Gene Roddenberry quote

by Ryan Bethencourt

Hi All, I thought I'd send over a little nerd love to all (in the quote below) and wish you a Happy CInco de Mayo! "Star Trek was an attempt to say that humanity will reach maturity and wisdom on the day that it begins not just to tolerate, but take a special delight in differences in ideas and differences in life forms. [...] If we cannot learn to actually enjoy those small differences, to take a positive delight in those small differences between our own kind, here on this planet, then we do not deserve to go out into space and meet the diversity that is almost certainly out there." -- Gene Roddenberry<http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/43942.Gene_Roddenberry> Live long and Prosper! Ryan -- Ryan Bethencourt Tel: (415) 794 6463 ryan.bethencourt(a)gmail.com www.bamh1.com www.linkedin.com/in/bethencourt www.logos-press.com/books/biotechnology_business_development.php

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How to get in ? Elevator off, stairs locked

by Romy Ilano

Hi is anyone in the front? I'm here for the kopimism service at 1! The elevator is off and the stairs are locked --- Romy Ilano Founder of Snowyla http://www.snowyla.com romy(a)snowyla.com

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should we hire someone to clean up after events?

by Romy Ilano

SudoRoom is a hackerspace. Our skillset is not cleaning, especially cleaning the big main room. *- Should we put aside $30-60 every time a group holds an event in our space so that we can pay someone to clean up the common room?* *- Should we pay someone $30-60 once month to clean the common room for us? * I brought this up because we are realistically not going to get a lot of members to clean the space. we are hackers. it is not our skillset. There is not going to be a magical day when a hackerspace finds that all of its members find cleaning to be a pleasurable act. We are good at starting projects, drinking beer, looking for new spaces, but we are definitely not great at cleaning. Our landlord G is also receptive to the idea of us hiring someone to clean up the common room after big events. I personally suck at cleaning, I'm into doing it, but I would rather spend my time hacking and working on projects. I spent a bit of time cleaning up the space Saturday morning, wiping down the tables int he main room and vacuuming to prepare the space for the today I learned.

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article I found intersting

by Troy Massey

The Call of Our Times Submitted by blietaer <http://www.lietaer.com/author/gael1088/> on September 3, 2010 – 1:38 amNo Comment<http://www.lietaer.com/2010/09/callofourtimes/#respond> <http://www.lietaer.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/trees.jpg>Humanity is at a critical juncture. As Paul Hawken succinctly put it in his *memorable address<http://globalmindshift.wordpress.com/2009/05/21/the-unforgettable-commencem…> * to Portland University’s graduate class in May of 2009, “civilization needs a new operating system,” and fast. Why? Because many of the socio-economic rules under which we operate were created under a worldview that failed to recognize that the earth is a living system and that every form of life has its unique and valuable place and purpose in sustaining the larger web of life. By ignoring the conditions that support the health of our ecosystems and communities, we have inadvertently fouled our nest, and jeopardized the future of our children. We are now awakening to the fact that the ways of thinking, strategies and systems that made the industrial age possible, have also fueled the myriad crises that are now upon us: great financial instability, the breakdown of community, growing disparities of wealth, resource wars, alarming rates of species extinction and ecosystem depletion, and accelerating symptoms of climate change. As our food, energy, health, education, economic and financial systems show increasing signs of failing us, we are being collectively called to harness our creativity and resources to take a major evolutionary leap. *Transitioning from our self-destructive ways to life-affirming understandings, lifestyles and systems is indeed the great work of our times.** * The Great Work * <http://www.lietaer.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/great-work.jpg>* How do we turn things around? How can we reverse the downward spiral in which much of our world has been caught? The good news is that a fast growing movement of communities, businesses, not-for-profits, and governments around the world is hard at work on this very question. Many experiments are under way on all continents, and there are already many success stories and inspiring new models to point to. Neither creativity nor good intentions are lacking, so why is it that so many change makers around the world often feel that they are swimming upstream? Is there a better and more effective way to harness and direct all the creativity and energy unleashed by our current predicament? My answer is ‘yes,’ but only if we start paying attention to a piece of the puzzle that is currently not on our radar: our monetary system. Re-inventing our monetary system For the growing movement of communities, organizations and governments working to turn things around, the most daunting challenge often revolves around money: How do we find the money needed to transform our energy, food and health infrastructures, to eradicate unemployment and create green jobs, clean up the environment, and ensure that people have proper access to housing, education and meaningful work? Have you ever wondered why cash shortage so bottlenecks our best efforts and initiatives when we actually live in a world where there is neither a shortage of things needing to get done, nor a shortage of people wanting to do them? The answer to this question has to do with the monopoly of the kind of money system we use, which is the * <http://www.lietaer.com/2010/09/2010/09/what-is-the-problem-with-our-current…> *source of the scarcity which so many people experience, and the* ** root cause of a great number of our problems<http://www.lietaer.com/2010/09/2010/09/what-is-the-problem-with-our-current…> *. Our money system was designed a long time ago and is now out of date. It is particularly ill equipped to help us solve the pervasive socio-economic and ecological challenges facing us today. In a *bird’s eye view <http://www.lietaer.com/birdseyeview/>* of both my work and this website, I explain why the transformation of our money system is critical to resolving the challenges of our times and many of the issues you care about. I also explain that monetary diversity is just as important to human survival as bio-diversity is to the fate of the earth. A number of pioneering governments, businesses and communities around the world have successfully experimented with new monetary systems for years, and with great results. We have at our disposal all the monetary tools we need to reduce poverty, clean up the environment, and provide access to meaningful work, housing and health care. It is now time to use them on a larger scale. A world of sustainable abundance is actually possible, but only if we are willing to upgrade our monetary system so that we can begin to leverage true human wealth, which is our energy and creativity. Will you please join me in making sure that we do not miss this opportunity? Your own future, the future of your children, and of this extraordinary planet is at stake. *Bernard Lietaer* http://www.lietaer.com/2010/09/callofourtimes ** **

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california-based companies that use open access content?

by Marina Kukso

do any of you know of any california-based companies that use open access content? if you know of any that use open access content exclusively, that would be even better. i imagine there are biotech startups that are in this situation, but i don't know any specifics... any help or directions you could point me in would be really appreciated. thanks, marina

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Re: [sudo-discuss] Erotica and women's bodies

by Andrew

Totally sent this from the wrong email. So bringing it back to the list. I think it basically boils down to homophobia ie. "who will show up if they might see a naked man"?.... Our answer: people who truely unstand sexuality as more than just hetero men getting what they want. On May 4, 2013 7:43 PM, "Romy Ilano" <romy(a)snowyla.com> wrote: > i've nEVER met anyone holding an erotic event who made the male and > stripper female ratio equal > > that is such a no-brainer to me. i don't understand why people don't do > that > > if businessmen go to lunch around strippers, why can't it be 50% hot male > strippers and 50%hot female strippers? that would make the world so much > easier to deal with. > > you rule! > > > On Sat, May 4, 2013 at 7:31 PM, Romy Ilano <romy(a)snowyla.com> wrote: > >> andrew that last commentw as so rad! that's cool. =D >> >> that's the kind of erotic event i'd be into >> >> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >> From: Sonja Trauss <sonja.trauss(a)gmail.com> >> Date: Sat, May 4, 2013 at 7:20 PM >> Subject: Re: [sudo-discuss] Erotica and women's bodies >> To: Andrew <andrew(a)vagabondballroom.com> >> Cc: Sudo Room discuss <sudo-discuss(a)lists.sudoroom.org> >> >> >> Or less representation of sex altogether. What does anyone need porn for? >> On May 4, 2013 7:10 PM, "Andrew" <andrew(a)vagabondballroom.com> wrote: >> >>> When i ran an erotic event in oakland our crew made it a point to >>> balence genders as much as possible. We had male and female co-hosts and >>> male and female strippers. >>> >>> Also. Somthing to keep in mind is that there are more than two genders. >>> In my mind objectification is not the issue. Representation is. Porn is >>> mostly filmed from a hetero-cis-male perspective and because of that, taken >>> as a whole, is exploitive. There is porn that fights this perspective and >>> representation of sex and there needs to be more. >>> On May 4, 2013 6:55 PM, "Sonja Trauss" <sonja.trauss(a)gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> Can I get a link for this gonorreah story? >>>> On May 4, 2013 6:42 PM, "GtwoG PublicOhOne" <g2g-public01(a)att.net> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> >>>>> Romy & Yo's- >>>>> >>>>> Re. "womens' bodies with their faces cut off." >>>>> >>>>> Wow. Thanks for pointing that out. I never noticed that before (OTOH >>>>> attempts to do "sexy" in advertising generally don't get my attention), >>>>> but I vaguely recall seeing ads like that somewhere. >>>>> >>>>> I agree, a torso minus a face is depersonalizing and objectifying as >>>>> hell, unless there's a very good reason for taking a photo that way >>>>> (e.g. medical contexts). Being looked at "that way" produces the >>>>> creepy >>>>> feeling that the looker's intentions are non-consensual. >>>>> >>>>> The only borderline-legit reason I could see for doing it in clothing >>>>> ads is, "we want you to imagine yourself wearing this, and we don't >>>>> want >>>>> to risk putting you off by showing a face that's substantially >>>>> different >>>>> to yours, so imagine your face on this person's body." But it would be >>>>> foolish to think that's what's intended every time that photographic >>>>> method is used. >>>>> >>>>> This brings up the question of what people find sexy in photography. >>>>> For me (gay male), a photo minus a face is a non-starter: there's no >>>>> cue >>>>> for communication with the person. Nudes in general don't do it >>>>> either: >>>>> all the usual contextual cues as to someone's personality are missing, >>>>> so why would I even begin to imagine being in an intimate context with >>>>> someone I don't really know? I've always felt that way but now we have >>>>> the HIV pandemic to reinforce it: in general it's not a good idea to >>>>> get >>>>> intimate with someone you don't know very well, because the outcome >>>>> could be a life-threatening illness. >>>>> >>>>> For that matter, now that massively-drug-resistant gonorrhea is loose >>>>> in >>>>> the USA, which is hella' easier to catch than HIV and can kill you in a >>>>> matter of days through a raging bacterial infection, it's probably a >>>>> darn good idea for everyone to "get smart & play safe" ALL the time, >>>>> zero exceptions, even more so than with HIV. In which case photography >>>>> that portrays an objectified sexuality without communications isn't >>>>> just >>>>> gross and exploitative, it's a public health hazard that reinforces >>>>> attitudes that put people at risk for their lives. >>>>> >>>>> -G. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> ===== >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On 13-05-04-Sat 10:34 AM, Romy Snowyla wrote: >>>>> > It's interesting to me how porn a >>>>> > Nd erotica always advertise with women's bodies with their faces cut >>>>> off >>>>> > American apparel digs this etc >>>>> > Lots of art theory discusses this >>>>> > >>>>> > I would love for any Sudo room event to break the mold and show >>>>> men's bodies in any erotic theme as well ... Also would love to see the >>>>> male body as the focus of any erotic film or dance to balance out the >>>>> Imbalance and unnatural obsession with t and a we see on the porn industry >>>>> > >>>>> > Sent from my iPad >>>>> > _______________________________________________ >>>>> > sudo-discuss mailing list >>>>> > sudo-discuss(a)lists.sudoroom.org >>>>> > http://lists.sudoroom.org/listinfo/sudo-discuss >>>>> > >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> sudo-discuss mailing list >>>>> sudo-discuss(a)lists.sudoroom.org >>>>> http://lists.sudoroom.org/listinfo/sudo-discuss >>>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> sudo-discuss mailing list >>>> sudo-discuss(a)lists.sudoroom.org >>>> http://lists.sudoroom.org/listinfo/sudo-discuss >>>> >>>> >> _______________________________________________ >> sudo-discuss mailing list >> sudo-discuss(a)lists.sudoroom.org >> http://lists.sudoroom.org/listinfo/sudo-discuss >> >> >> >

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report from last week's east bay sound art project> tilo made music!!! yeah!

by Romy Ilano

Did you know that we have a monthly east bay sound art meetup? usually sundays. Did you know that we actually collaborated and tilo interpreted a mormon song and put it online? https://soundcloud.com/tilotilo511/god-be-with-you-until-we-meet ====== >>>> ====== ====== there's a new wiki page on it! <3 https://sudoroom.org/wiki/page/East_Bay_Sound_Art_Meetup Here's the minutes from the last meeting: https://sudoroom.org/wiki/page/EastBaySoundArtMeetup_Minutes_2013-04-28

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giant whiteboard?

by Yardena Cohen

Are there any objections to me hanging that giant whiteboard up on the common wall to the left of sudoroom? It would go in the place of the corkboard, which I would then mount vertically to the right of sudoroom, behind that weird curvy art shelf thing. I have heard the Community Democracy Project like to mount it on an easel for their meetings. But I haven't actually gotten a clear answer about whether the wall mounting would work for them. Thanks!

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educational kits from ewaste / donations ... inspiration from raft

by Romy Ilano

http://www.raftstore.net/index.php?route=product/search&filter_tag=Grade%20… my nerd friend kim is visiting... she used to volunteer at a non-profit called RAFT. They take donations of office supplies, e-waste from tech companies in the Bay Area and create low-cost kits sold to schools (teachers). these kits teach STEM skills (math, science, etc) in a fun and interesting way. they also weave art as well. --> this would be another potentially interesting, fun, honorable way for SudoRoom to acquire funds. similar to the electronics and biohacking DIY kits... many have children, many are teachers... we have patrick, who is into polymer clay teaching toys... we have hacking sexual health... throwing the idea out there.

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tamale opens the door again!

by William Budington

Friends! Let's all thank Jake for doing an awesome job getting the locking mechanism working again with our tamale raspi! Now we can get into the space without having a physical key. Ease of access is the first step in making sudoroom open to the hacker community at large. Thanks Jake!! Getting in: https://sudoroom.org/wiki/page/Door_Access#Inside_Door Bill

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"Money and Life" Screening @ sudo room for First Fridays tonight at 8pm

by Matthew Senate

Join us at 2141 Broadway, entrance on 22nd St in downtown Oakland. Please share with your friends to enjoy wonderful refreshments and an awesome documentary! // Matt

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Sudoroom open Saturday morning

by Romy Snowyla

I'm here right now with Patrick I am happy when people are here early I'm the morning Thinking of putting a green light on the homepage so that its obvious to visitors we are here and they can buzz in Also Saturday after art murmur is officially an art gallery day for people with morning hours and kids etc Sent from my iPad

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Re: [sudo-discuss] cuddling it

by Yardena Cohen

> "killing it" I don't work the kind of industry jobs where I'd ever meet people who use phrases like this to mean the things you're talking about, and while sometimes I complain about not making industry money, it's nice to be reminded of the upside. > Doesn't the civilized psyche secretly crave the things it sets itself apart from and > gives up and projects on its image of the noble savage though? I'm sorry, I respect you Anthony, but someone mentioning AAVE really isn't the time to start meditating on the ideas of civilization and savage. It really isn't. I am still perplexed in my attempt to interpret that as anything other than racist, and the replies about hip-hop and "gangsters" aren't really helping me. Is it really necessary to remind some of you that the words "African American" include people in your own hacker/maker communities, rather than this bizarre dreamscape of philosophical Others? Really? > a bunch of nerds (conventionally thought of as white) are engaging in some kind > of outsider-critique of someone else's community (black). I'm sorry George, I respect you but I can come up with nothing but profanity in response to this sentence. I will try again in 24 hours.

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the "Liberator": 3D-printable CAD gun files

by Eddan Katz

http://www.forbes.com/sites/andygreenberg/2013/05/03/this-is-the-worlds-fir… This Is The World's First Entirely 3D-Printed Gun (Photos) ... Early next week, Wilson, a 25-year University of Texas law student and founder of the non-profit group Defense Distributed, plans to release the 3D-printable CAD files for a gun he calls “the Liberator,” pictured in its initial form above. He’s agreed to let me document the process of the gun’s creation, so long as I don’t publish details of its mechanics or its testing until it’s been proven to work reliably and the file has been uploaded to Defense Distributed’s online collection of printable gun blueprints at Defcad.org. All sixteen pieces of the Liberator prototype were printed in ABS plastic with a Dimension SST printer from 3D printing company Stratasys, with the exception of a single nail that’s used as a firing pin. The gun is designed to fire standard handgun rounds, using interchangeable barrels for different calibers of ammunition. ...

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WHEN AN UNREGISTERED # calls

by Troy

WHEN AN UNREGISTERED # calls "Henderson Morgue. You stab em. we slab em. Eight ball speaking" Nashville sperm bank. you squeeze it we freeze it.How may I help you? "You are the source of Freedom : the price of Freedom is awareness and action"

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ACS Green Chemistry Institute®

by Troy

ACS Green Chemistry Institute® The Twelve Principles of Green Chemistry* Prevention It is better to prevent waste than to treat or clean up waste after it has been created. Atom Economy Synthetic methods should be designed to maximize the incorporation of all materials used in the process into the final product. Less Hazardous Chemical Syntheses Wherever practicable, synthetic methods should be designed to use and generate substances that possess little or no toxicity to human health and the environment. Designing Safer Chemicals Chemical products should be designed to effect their desired function while minimizing their toxicity. Safer Solvents and Auxiliaries The use of auxiliary substances (e.g., solvents, separation agents, etc.) should be made unnecessary wherever possible and innocuous when used. Design for Energy Efficiency Energy requirements of chemical processes should be recognized for their environmental and economic impacts and should be minimized. If possible, synthetic methods should be conducted at ambient temperature and pressure. Use of Renewable Feedstocks A raw material or feedstock should be renewable rather than depleting whenever technically and economically practicable. Reduce Derivatives Unnecessary derivatization (use of blocking groups, protection/ deprotection, temporary modification of physical/chemical processes) should be minimized or avoided if possible, because such steps require additional reagents and can generate waste. Catalysis Catalytic reagents (as selective as possible) are superior to stoichiometric reagents. Design for Degradation Chemical products should be designed so that at the end of their function they break down into innocuous degradation products and do not persist in the environment. Real-time analysis for Pollution Prevention Analytical methodologies need to be further developed to allow for real-time, in-process monitoring and control prior to the formation of hazardous substances. Inherently Safer Chemistry for Accident Prevention Substances and the form of a substance used in a chemical process should be chosen to minimize the potential for chemical accidents, including releases, explosions, and fires. *Anastas, P. T.; Warner, J. C. Green Chemistry: Theory and Practice, Oxford University Press: New York, 1998, p.30. By permission of Oxford University Press. "You are the source of Freedom : the price of Freedom is awareness and action"

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