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javascript thursdays / software thursdays?

by Jake

We used to have a regular event every week - years ago - called JavaScript Thursdays! Wouldn't it be neat if we had another regular weekly event? It doesn't have to be focused on a particular type of activity but having a regular event for a while really makes things happen. anyone interested? -jake

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Meeting to Discuss the Future of SUDO

by William Myers

Hi friends, I was thinking of calling a meeting to optimistically discuss the future of the Sudo Room. For a while I have been discussing with friends how I feel sudo should launch and support initiatives which directly improve the material conditions of the people in the Oakland Community. And I think it should be done with a focus on inclusivity of Black and Brown folks. *I would be excited if we had initiatives like:* - An initiative to provide Direct support for local families and individuals - An initiative to Support prison abolition efforts - An initiative to oppose to war crimes in Gaza or assistance for recent undocumented immigrants I have a lot of my own Ideas, but I am super interested in hearing everyone's Ideas about different services we can offer! Secondly I think it is important we have an actual *Mission Statement* for who we are and what we want to accomplish. This will be great to provide clarity for what are needs are assuming everything goes well with CAST. This will allow us to plan for the growth and success of our projects and services in the future. If we can have a meeting this Weds we could discuss these two Items, and maybe we could bring some food and make it a bit of a party. Please reply with ideas if you like. William

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New to Fix-It Night, want to say thanks and I'm not ghosting you!

by scottmosch＠gmail.com

Hi Sudoroom folks! I'm blown away by the kindness and generosity you all have shown me in my first couple of visits to the Sudoroom for fix it night. I haven't had as much fun (and haven't been nearly as productive) in quite a while. I'm the guy who showed up with all the Nintendo games. Anyway, all this is to say that I'm grateful for the access to the space and the great, interesting and knowledgeable people that inhabit it during the fix it hours. Unfortunately, I recently contracted the flu and it's really been bad - fatigue, headaches, the works. I'll need to take another week to recuperate, but I expect to be back next week with all the parts for my current project. xoxoxo Scott

1 year, 10 months

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Lap Top Reformatting Project

by July Tenenbaum

Hi all, On Tuesday, myself and a couple other people are gonna be spending our Fix it Clinic time reformatting laptops to give to students (I am hoping to do the giving through The Unity Council and the Displacement Avoidance Project). This is, in part, to assist in opening up Sudo Room's resources to our Oakland community more, and in part to help us offload some of the laptops sitting around Sudo to make more room in the space/prevent them from sitting forever and becoming Ewaste. In order to ensure Sudo and Omni get acknowledged for doing this (which is important for grants) and also making sure the recipients know where to take the laptops for the purpose of getting repairs, are there any Sudo Room or Omni stickers with the address to the building on them? If you'd like to join us for this, I plan to be there by no later than 8:15, with cookies for anyone who would like to help. Hope to see you all there, -July

1 year, 11 months

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OC WiFi Signal to Noise Ratio in 2015

by danarauz

Looking into a web server that most likely got hacked... (ahaha) I came across these images: https://danielarauz.com/sudoroom/mesh/omni-commons-basement-signal-to-noise… https://danielarauz.com/sudoroom/mesh/omni-commons-basement-signal-to-noise… For those interested.. :)

1 year, 11 months

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room for thought on online learning, social media, and reworking how we learn

by Romy Ilano

Starting off a series on learning at SudoRoom and beyond! We had a nice time as I said Monday. I feel it worked best with no hybrid, remote participation, and getting away from our laptop screens was the best possible way of interacting and talking to each other. https://www.kth.se/en/om/nyheter/centrala-nyheter/online-time-can-hobble-br… While you are browsing online, you could be squandering memories – or losing important information. Working memory enables us to filter out information and find what we need in the communication, says Erik Fransén, Professor in Computer Science at KTH. Contrary to common wisdom, an idle brain is in fact doing important work – and in the age of constant information overload, it’s a good idea to go offline on a regular basis, says one KTH researcher. Erik Fransén, whose research focuses on short-term memory and ways to treat diseased neurons, says that a brain exposed to a typical session of social media browsing can easily become hobbled by information overload. The result is that less information gets filed away in your memory. The problem begins in a system of the brain commonly known as the working memory, or what most people know as short-term memory. That’s the system of the brain that we need when we communicate, Fransén says. “Working memory enables us to filter out information and find what we need in the communication,” he says. “It enables us to work online and store what we find online, but it’s also a limited resource.” Models show why it has limits. At any given time, the working memory can carry up to three or four items, Fransén says. When we attempt to stuff more information in the working memory, our capacity for processing information begins to fail. “When you are on Facebook, you are making it harder to keep the things that are ‘online’ in your brain that you need,” he says. “In fact, when you try to process sensory information like speech or video, you are going to need partly the same system of working memory, so you are reducing your own working memory capacity. “And when you try to store many things in your working memory, you get less good at processing information.” Watch Crosstalks TV See Erik Fransén discuss information overload with other experts on Crosstalks TV. <http://crosstalks.tv/talks/have-our-brains-reached-information-overload/> You’re also robbing the brain of time it needs to do some necessary housekeeping. The brain is designed for both activity and relaxation, he says. “The brain is made to go into a less active state, which we might think is wasteful; but probably memory consolidation, and transferring information into memory takes place in this state. Theories of how memory works explain why these two different states are needed. “When we max out our active states with technology equipment, just because we can, we remove from the brain part of the processing, and it can’t work.” *David Callahan* *Want to know more about information overload and its implications on the human brain? **Check out Crosstalks TV <http://crosstalks.tv/talks/have-our-brains-reached-information-overload/>. * Erik Fransén’s ongoing work includes research on the link between disease and properties of nerve cells (ion channels). The project is a collaboration with Stockholm Brain Institute <http://stockholmbrain.se/> and a clinical consortium led by Martin Schmelz <http://www.uni-heidelberg.de/izn/researchgroups/schmelz/>, from the Department of Anesthesiology, University of Heidelberg. Learn about the computational modelling <http://www.csc.kth.se/~erikf/Ion%20channels%20HighRes.pdf>Fransén is contributing to the study: ============================= Romy Ilano romy(a)snowyla.com

1 year, 11 months

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last night we started our learning module ... initial wiki set up!

by Romy Ilano

https://sudoroom.org/wiki/LearningToLearn hey mr. maroukis (sorry I'm bad with names) - I set up a wiki. I'm swamped right now but will find a way to do online as well in the coming months! I am not against software learning and edtech, but I find that overreliance on this stuff leads to people promoting a company or start-up, plus were trying to incorporate creative analog learning as well. But we can have segments that are just on laptop learning as well. https://x.com/sudoroom/status/1798058428344177059 ============================= Romy Ilano romy(a)snowyla.com

1 year, 11 months

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June 2nd Resource Fair(See yall Sunday!)

by July Tenenbaum

Hi All! I'm writing to thank you all for your willingness to attend Wod Street's resource fair and block party. We'd love it if people tabling can show up by noon but we also totally understand time constraints- if you can only join us for a few hours you are still hugely welcome and appreciated. If you need a table or chairs, I think there is some limited tables available but we're a little short on those so if you are bring your own, that's amazing. See you soon! -July [image: Wood st flyer.png]

1 year, 11 months

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Hackable door lock recommendations

by Arthur Ulfeldt

I’ve been using a home made electric door lock for years, it’s got that exposed wires delight ♥️ I’m looking for an actually reliable electric door lock that I can reasonably easily hack to use my own software or replace the microcontroller entirely. Do any of you have a recommendation?

1 year, 11 months

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BBQ invite

by July Tenenbaum

Hi all, A little off topic from normal but we're having a community BBQ for the holiday on June 19th. Anyone who's interested is invited! [image: Screen Shot 2024-05-29 at 10.37.58 PM.png]

1 year, 11 months

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Re: Need funds for May Mulberry mortgage payment

by Paige P

> > Can collectives be prepared to prepay April *June *if necessary? Given the time it takes for external transfers to come in, the only way to pay this in time to my understanding is to transfer money from either the SR and/or SMAC account to pay this bill [because SR and SMAC also have funds in Unify account, so its not external]. The amount transferred could be quickly returned after other collectives pay rent + from a donation that was offered. The amount still needed to transfer temporarily from SR/SMAC would need to total around $1800. Is this okay with collectives, especially SR and SMAC? It is very crucial we pay our mortgage payment, especially given that Mulberry is still deliberating whether or not to foreclose on us. Paige On Tue, Apr 30, 2024 at 11:06 PM Paige P <pgeplan(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Jesse, our lawyer, has said "Once the foreclosure is filed, [Mulberry] > won't be able to accept any further payments." I checked the mail and see > no foreclosure letter, so I believe we still need to be paying our mortgage > payment for May sometime in the next couple days. > > Our current balance in our checking account is $153 + $3200 pending SR and > SMAC rent that was just sent this night. > > The mortgage payment is $5,677.89. So we are short $2324.89... > > I do not know what other bills are due or if we are waiting on rent from > other collectives. > > Can collectives be prepared to prepay April if necessary? > > Paige > >

1 year, 11 months

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Hardware Hacking Tuesday is tonight

by Jake Watters

Hi everyone, You're getting this email either because 1) you're on the sudoroom discuss email list, or 2) because I BCC'd you directly Tonight I'll be hosting Sudoroom for those who want to come hack on whatever, in person, or through telepresence (see the last link in this email) in the past few weeks, we've had about 10-20 people over the course of the evening Here it is on the sudoroom page: https://sudoroom.org/events/categories/sudo-room-events/ I am usually there by 8PM but people do show up before me! if you get to the door (at the corner of 48th and shattuck) and you can't get in, call our telephone to get someone to let you in! (442)252-8386 is our phone number, which spells "I HACK AT FUN" We don't always hear the doorbell and I don't answer it anyway! You should get on this sudoroom discuss mailing list! click here: https://sudoroom.org/lists/postorius/lists/sudo-discuss.sudoroom.org/ and you should donate monthly to sudoroom, monthly, by signing up here: https://sudoroom.org/humans and if you want to make a one-time donation, you can go here: https://sudoroom.org/donate We'll be having a Sudoroom meeting tomorrow night (Wednesday) at 7PM. Show up! see you soon! -jake

1 year, 11 months

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Trump Satire

by Ira Brightman

Hi All, I've written a Donald Trump satire, and would like to get it out into the public as quickly as possible for obvious reasons. It's an update of a previous version that I self-published on Amazon (KDP). Below are reviews from that book (it's been updated). I also included a copy of the cover. The work is ostensibly a briefing and guide book written for DJT by staff for when he becomes the president again in 2025. I've been a professional comedian and comedy-writer, but I'm a technical moron and can't figure out how to put this book up on a website, or on Substack. Since time is short, my plan is to offer it for free and ask for donations at the end. I would like to hire someone to get it up on an appropriate venue. If interested, contact me, I'll email you the entire book (about 80 pages) and we can discuss. Best, Ira Brightman Amazon Reviews: Top reviews from the United States Roberta Spike (Berkeley, CA) 5.0 out of 5 stars Fun to read <https://www.amazon.com/gp/customer-reviews/R7HPCM270AZ79/ref=cm_cr_dp_d_rvw…> Reviewed in the United States on October 21, 2022 Good for a laugh - but unfortunately too true! Ira really gets it! Michael Singer (Boston, MA) 4.0 out of 5 stars Never too late <https://www.amazon.com/gp/customer-reviews/R3TOSTSNEYPY4O/ref=cm_cr_dp_d_rv…> Reviewed in the United States on April 29, 2021 This spoof of the Trump presidency is still a hysterical reminder of the danger that the former president posed, and that his surrogates are still out there. Though this book is very funny, it also points out that Trump really isn’t a laughing matter. Jennifer Sappington (Richmond, VA) 5.0 out of 5 stars Laughter really is the best medicine - thank you, Dr. Ira! <https://www.amazon.com/gp/customer-reviews/RYU9ZU9Y4CO7W/ref=cm_cr_dp_d_rvw…> Reviewed in the United States on August 23, 2018 There’s a lot of Trump humor out there, but Ira’s stands out because it’s clever, and unique (the “Meet [insert dictator/world leader]” sections were my favorite), and just a delight to read. Also, if you don’t laugh at Ira’s “suggestions” to Trump for cabinet members, it’s probably because you’re unconscious or wearing Q-anon pajamas. [image: image.png]

1 year, 11 months

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Memorial Day Monday - we're still hosting the women & nonbinary Monday hack night!

by Romy Mimi Ilano

https://www.meetup.com/sudoroom/events/301185976/?isFirstPublish=true Thanks Paige for stepping up! I accidentally deleted the first meetup posting, this is the new one. Share and pass around! *Romy Mimi Ilano* *romy.ilano(a)gmail.com <romy.ilano(a)gmail.com>*

1 year, 11 months

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hacked emails/text messages from Sierk

by Jake Watters

On May 6th, Sierk's computer was hacked by someone in Omni Commons who accessed his computer when he left it unattended. They took over his Facebook account, replacing it with a "Dillinger - Public Enemy No1" logo and sent direct messages to me, and to another person at Omni who was hacked in the same way a few weeks earlier. They also took over Sierk's Google account including his telephone number, and created a Signal account with his number, and communicated to me from all those accounts claiming to be Sierk. I finally talked with Sierk in person (on May 7th) and confirmed that none of the accounts were in his control, and he had no way of getting back control of his Google account. Last night he asked me (in person) to tell people at the Omni that they should disregard messages appearing to come from him (including over SMS/text messaging), which are now asking for money. *Sierk says that people should ONLY trust in-person communications with him for the time being. *He can often be found at Omni, working on his computer upstairs. -Jake

1 year, 11 months

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Cancelling next Monday's Memorial Day meetup for women and non binary

by Romy Ilano

I'm going to cancel next Monday's Memorial Day meetup for women and nonbinary folks at SudoRoom because... it's Memorial Day! Does anyone have any objections? I'll email the two people who joined on the meetup. https://www.meetup.com/sudoroom/events/300893905/ ============================= Romy Ilano romy(a)snowyla.com

1 year, 11 months

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Space Clean out?

by July Tenenbaum

Hello! Was hoping a day could get picked to do a major space clean out and Mop Removal? Would love to have the space to get the woodworking corner working and I’m sure there are valuable parts that we could set up an Ebay corner for that we just haven’t sorted through- I’d be happy to volunteer a few days for that! -July

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Women and nonbinary meetup tonight 5/20

by Romy Ilano

Thanks to Paige for hosting !!! https://x.com/sudoroom/status/1788644015619137570?s=46 Sent from my iPhone

1 year, 11 months

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Break in at scraper bikes

by Juliana Tenenbaum

Hey all As you may know I also volunteer with scraper bikes. They recently had a break in and lost all their tools. Can I come by with a box and we could put together some tools for donation? Thank you! -July Sent from my iPhone

1 year, 11 months

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Fwd: sudo-discuss Digest, Vol 139, Issue 9

by Romy Ilano

Spencer, Sorry I missed this thread from a few weeks ago. I'm wondering if we can take this to a wiki (I get a digest of SudoDiscuss and it's not easy to thread these conversations!) ============================= Romy Ilano romy(a)snowyla.com Awesome, I would love to hear more about your japanese notecard approach. I'm an unabashed Obsidian + Anki user - and I think there are tools/scripts/plugings that can resurface content "just in time" -- but there is a danger of throwing everything in a digital file never to be seen again. How about a show and tell of current systems, would you be able to do a recording at Sudoroom and I will set one up at THS? For me it will have to be next month. Some other questions: - how do you begin to know what you don't know? How to create a syllabus for a new domain of knowledge - what is too deep and what is too shallow - mind mapping, skill trees etc - how to organize analog notes - how to do "analog search" - gamifying learning so that you actually want to review the things you studied - project based learning - how can you learn something new through a project, but not get frustrated that you don't know the thing you are trying to learn through the project... - sharing list of resources, hackerspace wikis etc ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: <sudo-discuss-request(a)sudoroom.org> Date: Tue, May 7, 2024 at 1:07 PM Subject: sudo-discuss Digest, Vol 139, Issue 9 To: <sudo-discuss(a)sudoroom.org> Send sudo-discuss mailing list submissions to sudo-discuss(a)sudoroom.org To subscribe or unsubscribe via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to sudo-discuss-request(a)sudoroom.org You can reach the person managing the list at sudo-discuss-owner(a)sudoroom.org When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of sudo-discuss digest..." Today's Topics: 1. Re: Foreclosure (Kent Leech) 2. Re: Need pictures of sudoroom in action! (Kent Leech) 3. Re: sudo-discuss Digest, Vol 139, Issue 7 (s maroukis) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Tue, 07 May 2024 09:47:08 -0700 From: Kent Leech <kent(a)kentleech.com> Subject: [sudo-discuss] Re: Foreclosure To: Jake <jake(a)spaz.org>, William Myers <williamrmyers(a)gmail.com> Cc: sudo-discuss(a)sudoroom.org Message-ID: <E25FA904.1958BE%kent(a)kentleech.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" I also prefer Option 1. CAST- https://cast-sf.org/ -Kent ----- Kent Leech Illustration http://www.kentleech.com kent(a)kentleech.com +1 (510) 504-0634 -- -----Original Message----- From: Jake via sudo-discuss <sudo-discuss(a)sudoroom.org> Reply-To: Jake <jake(a)spaz.org> Date: Thu, May 2, 2024 at 6:09 PM To: William Myers <williamrmyers(a)gmail.com> Cc: <sudo-discuss(a)sudoroom.org> Subject: [sudo-discuss] Re: Foreclosure >That's great that we're working with CAST! > >Option #1 looks great, and state law already gives us 90 days after any >notice >of default is filed by our lender. Even if that formally happened last >week, >we still have plenty of time to keep the building with CAST. > >Regarding the other options 2 and 3: >Three months ago, Sudoroom discussed and formally voted not to move >forward with people's programs and nothing has changed since then. >If they want to try again, they'll have to propose it (along with >explaining >whatever has changed since last time) and then we can call a meeting to >talk >about it. I don't think Sudoroom will decide any differently than before. > >For context, the people wanting us to join with Peoples Programs have >pushed >really hard for that partnership but several collectives have given a >clear No >for an answer, and it's inappropriate that they keep trying to pressure us >into that relationship. Unfortunately they have a pattern of trying to >mobilize concern over timelines and the emergency of foreclosure to >pressure >us, along with other pressure tactics. > >Fortunately we should be able to easily move forward with just CAST! > >-jake > >On Thu, 2 May 2024, William Myers via sudo-discuss wrote: > >> Hello SUDOers, >> >> Tonight we are having our third meeting with CAST and we will be >>discussing >> moving forward on the 3 following plans. >> >> >> 1. Work with CAST. They will try to get an extension for 90 days from >> Mulberry, then CAST will use the time to fundraise to buy the building >> outright. Afterward we would be subject to more strict rules imposed >>by >> CAST about Zoning laws, maintenance, firecodes etc. >> >> >> 2. People program buys the building outright in the next 2 days and >>they >> run the ballroom, and manage the building. >> >> >> 3. A combination of 1 and 2, CAST buys the building and People >>Programs >> supply's the funds. We would be subject to the CAST’s rules as in 1 >>but >> would also provide people programs some ownership. >> >> I favor 1 as a sure thing, but will be considering all options, I would >> like to get feedback on how SUDO would vote to support these options. >>Feel >> free to reply to the thread, or reply to me directly. >> >> Best >> William >> >> On Fri, Apr 26, 2024 at 4:57 PM William Myers <williamrmyers(a)gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>> Hello SUDO, >>> >>> I'm sorry to announce that the Foreclosure is moving forward and will >>>have >>> ~ 90 days to come up with around 1 million dollars or the building can >>>be >>> sold. >>> >>> - We will keep the ball rolling with our conversations with CAST to >>> potentially come up with the needed funds >>> - We will of course be looking into any other funding options, ideas >>>are >>> always welcome >>> >>> >>> Best >>> William >>> >>> *Below is correspondence and some notes from our Lawyer: * >>> >>> >>> *Just wanted to let you know that the Mulberry Trust will be proceeding >>> with foreclosing on the property. A new trustee will be taking over the >>> work and proceed with the foreclosure. Mulberry Trust also wanted to >>>let >>> you know that they'll be adding a late fee of $283.90 to the principal >>> since Omni didn't make a payment for April. Once the foreclosure is >>>filed, >>> they won't be able to accept any further payments. It's truly >>>unfortunate >>> that this happened but the MT did not have any other choice given the >>> circumstances, and it does not look like there will be an assignment >>>of the >>> note to another individual or entity. * >>> >>> >>> >>> *Below is an email I sent you previously regarding the timeline and >>>Omni's >>> right to pay the debt even after foreclosure begins. Note that the >>>longer >>> you wait, the more legal incurred by lender Omni will have to pay. >>>Let me >>> know if there's any way I can help.* >>> >>> *----* >>> >>> *If they proceed as quickly as possible, they can schedule a* >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> *foreclosure sale no sooner than 90 days after the date on which >>> theyrecord a notice of default. Because the loan is a commercial loan, >>> itis on a fast timeline.1. They have to give you notice of recording >>>the >>> notice of default.After the notice of default is recorded, the lender >>>has >>> to mail, post,record and publish a notice of sale.Omni has a right to >>>pay >>> the debt up to 5 business days before theforeclosure sale date. (See >>>Civil >>> Code Section 2924c(e). The dateis extended in various ways if the >>> foreclosure sale doesn't happen.* >>> >>_______________________________________________ >sudo-discuss mailing list -- sudo-discuss(a)sudoroom.org >To unsubscribe send an email to sudo-discuss-leave(a)sudoroom.org >More options at >https://sudoroom.org/lists/postorius/lists/sudo-discuss.sudoroom.org/ ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Tue, 07 May 2024 12:05:30 -0700 From: Kent Leech <kent(a)kentleech.com> Subject: [sudo-discuss] Re: Need pictures of sudoroom in action! To: Jake Watters <typeinthenumber(a)gmail.com>, SudoRoom <sudo-discuss(a)sudoroom.org> Message-ID: <E25FA962.1958C4%kent(a)kentleech.com> Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="B_3797928336_12686863" Have you scraped Sudo¹s instagram feed? I¹ll see what I can dig up on my phone and send it over. Peter Mui should have some good pics as well. Here¹s some key things Cere and I thought of that Sudo has brought to the community- Fixit clinic; empowering the right to repair Hacking synthesizers, electronic music Bicycle lighting party Women/Non-binary coding night Fixing/hacking scientific equipment Women who code Free laptops Solar power storage battery design Laser cutting projects Open lab for folks to create Free Access to electronic materials Incubator for a variety of art projects Repair for sound equipment used for events -Kent ----- Kent Leech Illustration http://www.kentleech.com kent(a)kentleech.com +1 (510) 504-0634 -- From: Jake Watters via sudo-discuss <sudo-discuss(a)sudoroom.org> Reply-To: Jake Watters <typeinthenumber(a)gmail.com> Date: Mon, May 6, 2024 at 11:20 PM To: SudoRoom <sudo-discuss(a)sudoroom.org> Subject: [sudo-discuss] Need pictures of sudoroom in action! > We need pictures of sudoroom and the people in it doing cool stuff! We're > making a presentation for potential lenders who need to see how awesome > sudoroom is! > > Presently missing pictures of people hacking raw electronics, using the laser > cutter, and the wood shop and lathe! > > Try to upload links to pictures, rather than the pictures themselves, if you > have a Google photos link for example. Or if you only are able to email the > pictures, just email them to me not to the list! > _______________________________________________ sudo-discuss mailing list -- > sudo-discuss(a)sudoroom.org To unsubscribe send an email to > sudo-discuss-leave(a)sudoroom.org More options at > https://sudoroom.org/lists/postorius/lists/sudo-discuss.sudoroom.org/

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Ban Update

by William Myers

I want to say that I’m sorry for the inappropriate email I sent out banning Trevor. I thoughtlessly sent out an email full of complaints from a third party which should have been kept private. This was a violation of both parties' privacy, and contains a lot of harmful and dehumanizing language that no one should have to experience. And worse, the unequal treatment of a POC constitutes a racist double standard. I want to apologize for the harm I’ve caused, and the damage and trauma I’ve caused by making POC in our community feel unwelcome and targeted. I sent out the message after receiving multiple complaints on multiple channels, giving it a sense of intensity and urgency and was concerned there was some immediate ongoing incident which now doesn’t seem to be true. We have caught a lot of flack for not having a way to respond to urgent issues, but I was not in a good mental state to be responding to incidents, and was irresponsible for me to share this information. It was illogical for me to respond at all, Safe Space Bans are only for people in the building who feel unsafe, and other longer term bans are handled in committee. Again I want to say that I’m sorry for the harm that I’ve caused and endangering our community. I hope I can regain the trust of those affected by my actions. - William

1 year, 12 months

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Digital de-escalation

by Romy Ilano

I like this article. Nice points here the term "Digital de escalation" I am rethinking my way of learning and using technology. While I cannot live without tablets and laptops, and my electronic pencil, reintroducing paper notebooks, flashcards and print books has improved my productivity greatly. I think digital deescalation and working out ways to reduce online learning is going to be a new future trend! https://ethic.es/english/tech-savvy-sweden-leads-global-push-to-ban-screens… "Dans adds that in the case of Spain, in many places «the tablet and the pad or the traditional book already coexist. Many teachers will tell you how drawing, touch, handwriting help development, memory and creativity. Digital tools are useful, but we must combine them with handwriting and traditional reading. Learning to ride an electric scooter is fine, but you have to know how to walk first»." ============================= Romy Ilano romy(a)snowyla.com

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Re: sudo-discuss Digest, Vol 139, Issue 7

by Romy Ilano

Spencer this is awesome! Let's connect SudoRoom with Tokyo Hackerspace and beyond! On a side note I found that my study has become much more effective after picking up some paper flashcards and Japanese style study notes in analog. >>> Hi, chiming in from Tokyo here https://www.tokyohackerspace.jp/ , I'm very interested in this topic and have been thinking about it a lot recently with the new copilot tools. >>> re: what do you do with analog notes Yes I'm fascinated by this too. I find electronic notetaking much too ephemeral for true learning, it's also dangerous to pack all your knowledge in the same device that has your social media, LinkedIn, etc. I am experimenting with locking my iPad, having two tablets. There are settings where you can remove social media etc. as well. I use Goodnotes and Notion heavily, I know people use Obsidian. How do we use these systems effectively? I'm starting to believe that it's harmful to rely entirely on ebooks and electronics though. ============================= Romy Ilano romy(a)snowyla.com On Mon, May 6, 2024 at 4:28 PM <sudo-discuss-request(a)sudoroom.org> wrote: > Send sudo-discuss mailing list submissions to > sudo-discuss(a)sudoroom.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via email, send a message with subject or > body 'help' to > sudo-discuss-request(a)sudoroom.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > sudo-discuss-owner(a)sudoroom.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of sudo-discuss digest..." > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: test of sending (Charley Sheets) > 2. Re: Learning how to learn / hacking learning and note taking > subgroup at SudoRoom > (s maroukis) > 3. Re: Need funds for May Mulberry mortgage payment > (Omni Commons Bookkeeper) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Mon, 06 May 2024 19:42:23 +0000 > From: Charley Sheets <sudo(a)rcsheets.com> > Subject: [sudo-discuss] Re: test of sending > To: Ira Brightman <ira997(a)gmail.com> > Cc: sudo-discuss <sudo-discuss(a)sudoroom.org> > Message-ID: <Q-Sme-QVzzI9-cHYoqbCBLhvlzJvfLyeR15bqTWZVtV8sJXwutWgXCSZD > HFsplbSS51Bi-fmvpkgdwWAniB7u7yXjbDxTQ1G0YcWMw4BZps=(a)rcsheets.com> > Content-Type: multipart/alternative; > boundary="b1_GVovOsexvJbLJvHczALmBhsf5IR1ubpWBwYyK4RwWYg" > > Seems successful to me. > > Sent from [Proton Mail](https://proton.me/mail/home) for iOS > > On Mon, May 6, 2024 at 12:39 PM, Ira Brightman via sudo-discuss <[ > sudo-discuss@sudoroom.org](mailto:On Mon, May 6, 2024 at 12:39 PM, Ira > Brightman via sudo-discuss <<a href=)> wrote: > > > Just testing if I can send correctly-------------- next part > -------------- > A message part incompatible with plain text digests has been removed ... > Name: not available > Type: text/html > Size: 603 bytes > Desc: not available > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Mon, 6 May 2024 16:46:44 -0400 > From: s maroukis <smaroukis(a)gmail.com> > Subject: [sudo-discuss] Re: Learning how to learn / hacking learning > and note taking subgroup at SudoRoom > To: Romy Ilano <romy(a)snowyla.com> > Cc: sudo-discuss <sudo-discuss(a)sudoroom.org> > Message-ID: > < > CA+1eipGTTdwK6WcnMsOwbsy16zFLscQDuL3C5iZ6xDPsT8WLJQ(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: multipart/alternative; > boundary="0000000000008a24be0617cf2b2d" > > Hi, chiming in from Tokyo here https://www.tokyohackerspace.jp/ , I'm very > interested in this topic and have been thinking about it a lot recently > with the new copilot tools. > > I was looking to set up a similar meeting at Tokyo Hackerspace, although I > think I'm more interested in using digital tools to point to gaps in > knowledge (which would require a digital knowledgebase / PKM to scan) than > a focus on why analog tools are useful. I definitely agree with the > benefits of handwriting notes especially for drawing diagrams/etc while > learning, but what do you do once you've taken all the handwritten notes? > You need to process them still - I think digital tools are great for that. > Would love to talk more and see what topics come up at sudo. > > If people show interest I'd love to join a group chat/ discussion thread on > it and maybe I can host one in Tokyo with sudo's discussions as fodder. > > Spencer > https://maroukis.net > > > On Mon, May 6, 2024 at 1:46 PM Romy Ilano via sudo-discuss < > sudo-discuss(a)sudoroom.org> wrote: > > > Speaking to folks at Noisebridge, but I'm thinking of starting a learning > > how to learn subgroup at SudoRoom. > > > > This would include topics such as: > > - Switching back to analog for notetaking and learning > > - Mixing analog notes and ebooks > > - doing digital detox on your laptops and phones and tablets so that they > > become learning devices instead of consumption devices > > - Creating a picture of new technologies like AI which seem to be > > constantly changing > > > > I'm not sure what a good time to meet for this would be... I'm guessing > > Tuesday? I am not sure I can come in this week though! I have job > > interviews. But I think cross meeting between SudoRoom, Noisebridge and > > other spaces is ideal! > > > > > > ============================= > > > > Romy Ilano > > romy(a)snowyla.com > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > sudo-discuss mailing list -- sudo-discuss(a)sudoroom.org > > To unsubscribe send an email to sudo-discuss-leave(a)sudoroom.org > > More options at > > https://sudoroom.org/lists/postorius/lists/sudo-discuss.sudoroom.org/ > > >

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Need pictures of sudoroom in action!

by Jake Watters

We need pictures of sudoroom and the people in it doing cool stuff! We're making a presentation for potential lenders who need to see how awesome sudoroom is! Presently missing pictures of people hacking raw electronics, using the laser cutter, and the wood shop and lathe! Try to upload links to pictures, rather than the pictures themselves, if you have a Google photos link for example. Or if you only are able to email the pictures, just email them to me not to the list!

1 year, 12 months

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Foreclosure

by William Myers

Hello SUDO, I'm sorry to announce that the Foreclosure is moving forward and will have ~ 90 days to come up with around 1 million dollars or the building can be sold. - We will keep the ball rolling with our conversations with CAST to potentially come up with the needed funds - We will of course be looking into any other funding options, ideas are always welcome Best William *Below is correspondence and some notes from our Lawyer: * *Just wanted to let you know that the Mulberry Trust will be proceeding with foreclosing on the property. A new trustee will be taking over the work and proceed with the foreclosure. Mulberry Trust also wanted to let you know that they'll be adding a late fee of $283.90 to the principal since Omni didn't make a payment for April. Once the foreclosure is filed, they won't be able to accept any further payments. It's truly unfortunate that this happened but the MT did not have any other choice given the circumstances, and it does not look like there will be an assignment of the note to another individual or entity. * *Below is an email I sent you previously regarding the timeline and Omni's right to pay the debt even after foreclosure begins. Note that the longer you wait, the more legal incurred by lender Omni will have to pay. Let me know if there's any way I can help.* *----* *If they proceed as quickly as possible, they can schedule a* *foreclosure sale no sooner than 90 days after the date on which theyrecord a notice of default. Because the loan is a commercial loan, itis on a fast timeline.1. They have to give you notice of recording the notice of default.After the notice of default is recorded, the lender has to mail, post,record and publish a notice of sale.Omni has a right to pay the debt up to 5 business days before theforeclosure sale date. (See Civil Code Section 2924c(e). The dateis extended in various ways if the foreclosure sale doesn't happen.*

1 year, 12 months

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Learning how to learn / hacking learning and note taking subgroup at SudoRoom

by Romy Ilano

Speaking to folks at Noisebridge, but I'm thinking of starting a learning how to learn subgroup at SudoRoom. This would include topics such as: - Switching back to analog for notetaking and learning - Mixing analog notes and ebooks - doing digital detox on your laptops and phones and tablets so that they become learning devices instead of consumption devices - Creating a picture of new technologies like AI which seem to be constantly changing I'm not sure what a good time to meet for this would be... I'm guessing Tuesday? I am not sure I can come in this week though! I have job interviews. But I think cross meeting between SudoRoom, Noisebridge and other spaces is ideal! ============================= Romy Ilano romy(a)snowyla.com

1 year, 12 months

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test of sending

by Ira Brightman

Just testing if I can send correctly

1 year, 12 months

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Trump Satire

by Ira Brightman

*Hi All,* *I'm trying to hire someone to create a website where I can put up my recently-completed Trump satire -- updated for 2024. (And/or put it on Substack which I can't figure out how to do either.) I will offer it for free and ask for donations at the end. Happy to pay you whatever is required. Prefer a fellow Trump-hater (but what cognizant person isn't?).* *You can contact me at my more private email (preferred) IraBrightman900(a)yahoo.com <IraBrightman900(a)yahoo.com> or if you must by return email here. * *Below are reviews from the original work that was on Amazon (essentially the same but now updated and improved).* *Best,* *Ira Brightman* *Top reviews from the United States* * <https://www.amazon.com/gp/profile/amzn1.account.AGX7VTOEIXAJIIKT73XTFZSZPBU…>* *Roberta Spike* <https://www.amazon.com/gp/profile/amzn1.account.AGX7VTOEIXAJIIKT73XTFZSZPBU…> *5.0 out of 5 stars Fun to read* <https://www.amazon.com/gp/customer-reviews/R7HPCM270AZ79/ref=cm_cr_dp_d_rvw…> *Reviewed in the United States on October 21, 2022* *Good for a laugh - but unfortunately too true! Ira really gets it!* *Michael Singer* *4.0 out of 5 stars Never too late* <https://www.amazon.com/gp/customer-reviews/R3TOSTSNEYPY4O/ref=cm_cr_dp_d_rv…> *Reviewed in the United States on April 29, 2021* *This spoof of the Trump presidency is still a hysterical reminder of the danger that the former president posed, and that his surrogates are still out there. Though this book is very funny, it also points out that Trump really isn’t a laughing matter.* * Jennifer Sappington* *5.0 out of 5 stars Laughter really is the best medicine - thank you, Dr. Ira!* <https://www.amazon.com/gp/customer-reviews/RYU9ZU9Y4CO7W/ref=cm_cr_dp_d_rvw…> *Reviewed in the United States on August 23, 2018* *There’s a lot of Trump humor out there, but Ira’s stands out because it’s clever, and unique (the “Meet [insert dictator/world leader]” sections were my favorite), and just a delight to read. Also, if you don’t laugh at Ira’s “suggestions” to Trump for cabinet members, it’s probably because you’re unconscious or wearing Q-anon pajamas. *

1 year, 12 months

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Please check out Noisebridge 86 page (people banned from Noisebridge)

by Omni Commons Anon

https://www.noisebridge.net/wiki/86 Recently updated with five people banned in the last couple of months ! I just noticed that Sudo Room and Omni Commons have reciprocal Banned list in relation to Noisebridge. ALF

2 years

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Sudoroom video from 2013

by Jake Watters

A blast from the past! November 28th 2013 video of Sudoroom during first Friday (at our previous location of course) https://youtu.be/oAP4ygtM37s?t=317

2 years

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CCL website compromised?

by Edwinsaurus

Can someone who knows malware please check out the CCL website: https://www.counterculturelabs.org/ There appears to be malware generating pop ups infecting the site. I'm sure that someone at Sudo will know exactly what bugspray to use, thanks.

2 years

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Mission Bit looking for volunteer mentors to tutor youth of color in computer science in the bay area

by Romy Ilano

Hi everyone! Mission Bit is looking for volunteer mentors! The commitment is 1-2 hours with the option to extend mentorship!*Mentoring Mission Bit alumni in SF* - Description: - Share a bio or your linkedin and be paired with a Mission Bit alumni. - During the Mentorship Mixer, talk about your experience and knowledge and hear about their interests and goals, play a game with other mentor pairs, and plan whether or not and how to extend the mentorship. - Date: Tuesday, May 28 - Time: 4-6 pm - Location: Google Community Space, 188 The Embarcadero, San Francisco, 94105 - Skills: - Our alumni have varied interests are at different places in their education and career journeys, so please sign up if you’re interested and would like to share some advice! - Sign up: Email zoe(a)missionbit.org *Mentoring Mission Bit Tech Start program participants* - Description: Share a bio or your LinkedIn and be paired with an 18-26 year old student in our Tech Start 2-week program. During the Mentor Hour, talk about your experience and knowledge and hear about their interests and goals Option to extend the mentorship with a student by completing a form after the session NEEDED: 20 volunteers - Date: Thursday, June 13 - Time: 5-6 pm PT - Location: Remote on Zoom - Skills: Students are interested in starting their journey in tech, but some are also interested in other fields. We welcome a variety of mentors! - Sign up: Email zoe(a)missionbit.org ============================= Romy Ilano romy(a)snowyla.com

2 years

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Japanese study on how analog. / handwriting learning trumps digital only learning and note taking

by Romy Ilano

https://www.pocketprep.com/posts/should-you-study-with-paper-or-screens/ Especially sobering since so many elementary and high schools are switching to stuff like Chrom Books and online distance learning instead of tactile learning with notecards and paper "Our take-home message is to use paper notebooks for information we need to learn or memorize. Professor Kuniyoshi L. Sakai, a neuroscientist at the University of Tokyo " ============================= Romy Ilano romy(a)snowyla.com

2 years

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SudoRoom report last week (April)

by Romy Ilano

Last week was pretty great! - I held down the fort and explored web-based virtual reality projects during the women and nonbinary hack and do whatever nights. In the middle of job searching so can't do much more but I plan a workshop on Blender + web virtual reality between all headsets. Tuesday hacker night Continues to be cool. I went and haven't had time to mess with the robot, but Jake is making progress. Had a dream of one day hooking up a virtual reality headset with a game controller to the robot so that people with a Quest or VisionPro could view the space with their headsets and interact with people. Maybe there's a cheaper open source way to do it with webcams. That would be cool! Might be a future project. More people coming to the space that I met at Augmented reality hackathons. It's cool! Hope we can get more artsy people in too. It's just great to be able to socialize and talk in the space. While we do talk start-up shop talk, it's nice to have a space where you're not pressured to monetize by VCs. The last sessions at SudoRoom have been fun, I had time to explore and hack. While it's nice to see presentations by outside people, it's nice to return to the roots of sudoroom, which is using it as a hackerspace. For orientation maybe we can have "here's how to contribute to the wiki" We had a nice session two weeks back where many people expressed interest in using Blender. So a "Blender for noobies" event. The MADE game museum in Old oakland has meetups wednesdays for digital creators. Would like to involve them with SudoRomo, especially around light projectors Just don't have time lately. Women who code has disbanded, which leaves a big spaces for people who want to meet. Fortunately and unfortunately most women's groups revolve around people who are looking for a job =P While I'm an idealist and want to have spaces for people who love programming for the fun of it (long term I think these people are also more employable) will probably plan some "get a job" leetcode heck meetups for the women and non binary night. Some not so fun stuff: There are a number of VC-funded "third space" "hackerspaces" popping up in San Francisco mostly. They are great, but I've noticed some of them are planting people in SudoRoom sometimes to get them to go to those for profit spaces. It's a strong hunch I believe to be true, but if you are doing so, please be transparent. Have had encounters with people who come to hackerspaces (they won't be named) using it as a dating service. FYI sudoroom and Noisebridge are not dating services for guys desperate to have a girlfriend. I have yet to meet a cool woman who comes to hackerspaces who is hot to date guys there. Dating apps are great for that kind of thing, and there are speed-dating meetups in the city. ============================= Romy Ilano romy(a)snowyla.com

2 years

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Fwd: RPSC May Newsletter ❤️

by Romy Ilano

Here is the latest RPS Collective newsletter. I used to be a member and they started the Oakland Art Murmur (which became the First Fridays). They are very active, have a space and I hope to involve them more in SudoRoom and Nosiebridge hackerspaces in the year after I get a dang job! https://mailchi.mp/rpscollective/lt4u0evd8n-16530417?e=7146f52f19 ============================= Romy Ilano romy(a)snowyla.com ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Rock Paper Scissors Collective <info(a)rpscollective.org> Date: Mon, Apr 29, 2024 at 9:29 AM Subject: RPSC May Newsletter ❤️ To: <romy(a)snowyla.com> News + Events from Rock Paper Scissors Collective View this email in your browser <https://mailchi.mp/rpscollective/lt4u0evd8n-16530417?e=7146f52f19> May 2024 May the art be with you! Check out our upcoming events and ways for you to engage with our community. We look forward to the art you will create this month. - Workshops - Events - Volunteer - Zines - Ara Jo Memorial Fund Workshops * All activities take place at 2120 MLK Jr. Way in Oakland, unless otherwise noted. * *Masking not required but suggested for all workshops.* * ASL interpreters and SSPS available upon request. If an ASL interpreter or SSP is desired, please email leslie(a)rpscollective.org <leslie(a)rpscollective.org> one week before the workshop or event*. *Creating a Visual Diary* *Saturday, May 4th from 2:00-4:00pm* Join us for this art journaling class with our awesome guide Lisa. Discover a valuable tool to develop your creative voice. Register on Eventbrite <https://rpscollective.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=0e541f258945afffea9…> *Pine Needle Basket Weaving* *Saturday, May 11th from 1:00-3:30pm* Learn some basic weaving techniques and create your own little basket. Talented instructor Ramona leads this very popular workshop. Register on Eventbrite <https://rpscollective.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=0e541f258945afffea9…> *Share Your Story!* *Saturday, May 18th from 1:30-3:30pm* The shortest distance between two people is a story. Paula will help you build the skills to craft a story from your own life. Register on Eventbrite <https://rpscollective.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=0e541f258945afffea9…> Want to share a skill? Teach a workshop with us! Fill out the *Teach a Workshop form* <https://rpscollective.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=0e541f258945afffea9…> or contact us at workshops(a)rpscollective.org Events *Art Ride* On Hiatus. Check our Instagram for updates. *Friday, May 10th & 24th* *4:30 - 7:00 PM* 2120 Martin Luther King Jr. Way, Oakland Email:nic@rpscollective.org Join us to drop in, play chess, and celebrate queerness. Don’t know how to play chess? No problem, we’ll teach you how! All materials provided. No experience or registration necessary! *Be the first to know about new workshops!* Follow us on Eventbrite! <https://rpscollective.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=0e541f258945afffea9…> Workshop sizes are small and often sell out, so it’s best to register quickly. Don’t forget to bring a friend! *Teach a workshop or host an event at RPSC!* We’re always looking for new workshops and events to offer at our gallery space in downtown Oakland. Let’s make it happen in 2023! Get in touch! <workshops(a)rpscollective.org?subject=Teaching%20a%20Workshop%20at%20RPSC&body=null> ✂️ *Zines* 🖊️ *Calling All Zinesters! * Join us to make, trade, and talk zines! Contact us at zines(a)rpscollective.org to find out how you can plan zine things like events, zine library organization, or whatever else you can think of! Contribute to our Zine Library! You may send one copy of your zine to our PO box address, provided at the bottom of this email. Sell your zine(s) through RPSC! If you’re local to the Bay Area and you’d like to sell your zine(s) through RPSC, send us an email <zines(a)rpscollective.org?subject=Zines%20Committee%20Question&body=null>. Please don’t send zines without first arranging a sales agreement with the Zines department. Click Here to Sign Up <https://rpscollective.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=0e541f258945afffea9…> Ara Jo Memorial Fund We’re excited about the Ara Jo Memorial Fund’s 2024 rolling application! The application <https://rpscollective.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=0e541f258945afffea9…> will remain open until all funds budgeted for this year are allocated. As usual, selected projects may receive up to $500 to support production and presentation of work in all media. 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CAST Introduction

by William Myers

Hello Folks, The meeting with CAST was incredibly sweet and wholesome. They shared more about their values. We shared a number of our existing problems OMNI has had in the past, we also shared the essence of who we are, what we do, and what we believe. They appeared to be genuinely impressed and excited. We also gave them a tour of the building. While they didn’t give us much information on whether they have intention to help us with our many needs, I believe they see hard work that has gone into the OMNI, the positive outcomes it has delivered in the past, as well as the potential it has for great things in the future. The next meeting is on May 1 (6:30-8PM) to discuss representation and experience for QTBIPOC Collective Members. If you are QTBIPOC and would like to attend please reach out. We should invite QTBIPOC folks to represent their experience at SUDO, if you know someone who you feel would be at this please reach out to them directly. *Feel free to:* - Invite members to this event personally - Reply to this thread if you are interested in attending. - Email Directly to confirm attendance (williamrmyers(a)gmail.com) I'm Looking forward to working with them to make great things happen! Best William

2 years

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Last night some more explorations of WebXR (virtual reality on the web)

by Romy Ilano

Hung out at SudoRoom last night, met some cool people and am continuing to bring new and fresh faces to the hackerspace! I'm still exploring web hosting of virtual reality. Aframe is a promising framework and this would make for a clean and easy workshop! https://github.com/aframevr/aframe It's great socializing with folks. ============================= Romy Ilano romy(a)snowyla.com

2 years

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How is everyone doing? What have you worked on this week?

by Romy Ilano

I'm all in on augmented reality. I'm still thinking a lot about light projection. I have been busy, haven't had time to stop by. Will try to make it to hardware hack night Tuesdays! One positive change is that I've been minimizing as much as possible the presentations I've had to look at this week. I think I just saw too many. Another thing is, I'd like to come to sudoroom and focus entirely on hacking. I feel like I was on that track, but really cool people would distract me and try to get me into that the past few weeks. ============================= Romy Ilano romy(a)snowyla.com

2 years

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volunteers wanted for Omni eco exchange, Saturday april 27

by Paige P

Omni Commons is having an eco-exchange event this Saturday. I will be around during the event, but if others can join too, let me know. If enough people are willing, we could advertise a fixit clinic session in sudo room. event info https://www.eventbrite.com/e/oakland-eco-exchange-tickets-882712897037 volunteer sign up https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScl4IIH60nPHbLsz1wF2EkUUnzNpT3UKxD…

2 years

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wheeeeee did my first virtual reality capture of sudoroom in webxr

by Romy Ilano

https://fancy-charming-physician.glitch.me It's surprisingly easy with glitch! If you have vision Pro or a quest headset and have your web XR enabled, jump straight into SudoRoom at this very moment :) https://fancy-charming-physician.glitch.me I think this capture has peter in it =D This is fun, looking forward to building more webXR / virtual reality web environments in the future! ============================= Romy Ilano romy(a)snowyla.com

2 years

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Safety Volunteers at SUDO/OMNI

by William Myers

Recently the OMNI has experienced some serious safety issues, including a situation that resulted in police being called into the space. The delegates are asking for volunteers that can be available generally to respond to safety issues relating to Safe Space Bans, and other safety issues... - responding quickly to Safe Space bans - making sure building access is revoked for banned people - making sure that the Process's for safe space bans, as well as and a process for reporting unsafe behavior, are publicly visible and available in the space. This will likely be formalized into an official committee later on, which will include de-escalation training, but for now we would like to ask for more volunteers. If you have time for helping improve Safety at SUDO and OMNI please reach out! Thanks William

2 years

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tuesday hardware hack night was magical!

by Romy Ilano

Last night was quite magical! It reminded me of why I love hackerspaces so much. I invited 5 or 6 cool people from AI and augmented reality / virtual reality meetups and hackathons I knew. I think most of them had never been to a hackerspace before. three new people showed up, and none of them had ever been to SudoRoom before. We got an exhibiting artist to visit! I'd like to get more painters, artists etc. to be visiting SudoRoom. Talked about paintings, and making 3D models, and using the light projectors to project art. Introduced them to the media lab with CeCe (sic) and the sewing machines. Dane put up a light projector (I'm face palming becusa I keep talking about this but never bring the ones I have, one of them is a loaner from SudoRoom that I need to leave at SudoRoom), and he projected the hackers movie onto the wall. A cool new person came and we did multiplayer augmented reality with our headsets. Augmented reality is at a nascent stage right now, but I love creating art on it the most. We mirrored what we were seeing for others. We talked about doing an ongoing blender class and I learned how to do Booleans to cut shapes out of others shapes. I think since I'm time constrained I might as well run a small pod of people Tuesday evenings. Went over kitbashing. Had some great green goddess pizza with Paige and folks. Thanks Paige for supporting the pizza! Explored the neighborhood (Temescal) with the folks who had never been to SudoRoom before. AN ongoing theme is that we never seem to grab the awesome foot traffic of the neighborhood. There were so many people walking to restaraunts last night even though the area has relatively little parking. More than you might see in a lot of downtown oakland There were regular community gatherings at the board game store across the street (is it called it's your move) there's a kitchen appliance store that was having a cooking workshop (they could be at omni commons!) Only took a quick look at the new telepresence robot. I spoke to Jake, i will have to email the company that made the robot, hopefully we can connect to them and get a free software update since we are a non profit While I was there I got an AI APi to work, might make something fun for a hackathon or sudoroom demos. I'm very interested in using AI to help people create art manually instead of replacing artists. It was nice to see the dance event going on tuesday nights. wonder if I should reach out to them and interact with them more! we talked about fundraising for sudoroom, omnicommons and the MADE game museum in old oakland. A lot of the stuff at Sudoroom is suitable for a museum - it'd be nicve to have augmented reality exhibits of what stuff is and "educate people" step by step beased on their engineering level and computer history knowledge what things are. There are going to be great things ahead this month! ============================= Romy Ilano romy(a)snowyla.com

2 years

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tool lending request for car repair

by Paige P

Hi, Freeway (Wood Street Commons member) is requesting the following. "Joel needs the following tools to fix our brakes: 14 mm socket,a jack, 21mm socket, a wire brush, a large flathead screwdriver... if anyone can loan him these tools for the day, we can return them as soon as he's done... thanks in advance!" does anyone have a jack to lend them? I believe the rest of the items we could lend from Omni's supplies Thanks, Paige

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Yeah! tons of new folks coming to hardware hack night for the first time tonight!

by Romy Ilano

Yeah! tons of new folks coming to hardware hack night for the first time tonight! ============================= Romy Ilano romy(a)snowyla.com

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I forgot how to turn on the lights again!

by Romy Ilano

it's cozee and romantic here Monday next to the counterculture labs folks. But how do I turn on the lights? I always forget! ============================= Romy Ilano romy(a)snowyla.com

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I'm psyched to return to Hardware Hacking Tuesdays!

by Romy Ilano

It's been so long! I'm going to show up a little early - Got 1 person from the (dead) Virtual Reality /AR group at Noisebridge to come (tentative) He's new in town and actually working on his own AR / neurology headset - Getting 2 people who are collaborating on AI to come, one of them actually has a Quest Headset - I have my own Augemnted reality projects related to light projection as well. Think I might make an effort to bring one of the light projectors to NB! What have you been working on this week? ============================= Romy Ilano romy(a)snowyla.com

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Upcoming night this Tuesday hardware hacking night - strictly light projection for me!

by Romy Ilano

Here's my only project I'm interested in at SudoRoom! https://sudoroom.org/wiki/User:Romyilano#Bestest_Most_Current_Things Sorry, no time to listen to people make presentations on stuff going on outside of sudoroom! No things where I have to click on a link to see some kind of project. no presentations! no powerpoints! No involvement in anything that is not light projection! No multimedia room even, just don't got time for it. My only involvement is going to be working on a hardware hack project and learning. I'm bringing the VR and AR folks over, and maybe some AI Folks! ============================= Romy Ilano romy(a)snowyla.com

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Next Tuesday hardware hack night - themed VR + AI as well!

by Romy Ilano

Hey, I haven't been able to come by SudoRoom in a while! Next tUesday hardware hack night I invited folks from the VR and AR community as well as some cool AI folks to come by. I've been going to a lot of hackathons, and I want to promote the "stay gold" vibe by inviting folks to a space. https://www.meetup.com/sudoroom/events/300064981/ I guess if you know anyone who has a VR headset especially, that would be really cool! We can also check out the robot and update the wiki. I'm debating bringin my light projector (actually the sudoroom light proejctor) I'll check with jake but looking into installing something permanently in the balcony. ============================= Romy Ilano romy(a)snowyla.com

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Re: [omni-consensus] Safe space bans on both Ian and Trevor

by Toan Nguyen

Hey everyone, Earlier today I've met with several Omni volunteers and touched on this topic. After meeting with volunteers I initiated a conversation with Trevor. Our chat was mutual and it helped us understand the situation more. *I have requested to Trevor that he temporarily stay away from Omni and take that time to process and reflect on his reaction for assaulting Ian.* *Trevor was receptive to leave and stay away from Omni for a one week period begining today.* *(April 6 - April 13)* For clarity - this is a modified safer space ban and I did not include any mediations nor did I felt the need to escort him out of Omni. This ban was initiated as an individual Omni volunteer and not on behalf of East Bay Food Not Bombs. Thanks, Toan On Mon, Apr 1, 2024, 10:25 PM Yardena Cohen <yardenack(a)gmail.com> wrote: > I am still shaken, but after some reflection I want to say this: > > I've felt that Ian was harassing, abusing, gaslighting and boundary > pushing people at omni for a long time, but was reluctant to say or do > anything about it because I didn't feel like it would be taken seriously. > Then last night he yelled some absolutely horrible violent and sexualized > threats, making the entire building very unsafe. > > In his few months at omni, Trevor never witnessed any safe space bans > happen, but DID witness attempts to use the safe space policy end in > failure. From his perspective, it was reasonable to believe that nobody at > omni actually took safe space seriously, the policy was a toothless joke, > and the only way to address the intense levels of harm coming from Ian was > to slap him in the face. > > Honestly, Trevor made the wrong decision to do this, but his heart was in > the right place. Any restorative justice process needs to show great > compassion. > > After thinking it over, I want to rescind my call for a safe space ban on > Trevor. I made a rash call in the heat of the moment. I think our community > failed him, and many others, by allowing Ian to remain for so long. I think > a ban on Trevor would be disproportionate and needlessly punitive. I > encourage the community to figure out a way to welcome him back asap. > > This is bigger than me and I'm not the boss of omni. I don't think it > should be my decision. But I just wanted to say how I'm feeling now. > > On Mon, Apr 1, 2024 at 1:18 PM Yardena Cohen <yardenack(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >> I am calling for safe space bans on Ian and Trevor. >> >> Trevor physically assaulted Ian, and then Ian called OPD on Trevor and >> let them into Omni. I think both of these things were dangerous escalations >> and violations of our community agreements. I also don't feel they were >> equivalently dangerous, but they both meet the threshold for at least >> temporary bans on both people while we figure out what repair and justice >> look like. >> >> Trevor is not in the building, but Ian still is. I'm currently waiting >> outside for Ian to collect his things. After he leaves, I will accompany >> Trevor to collect his things also. >> > _______________________________________________ > consensus mailing list > consensus(a)lists.omnicommons.org > https://omnicommons.org/lists/listinfo/consensus >

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URGENT: Omni needs a $120k loan

by Jake

Hi everyone. The Omni Commons, the building that sudo mesh co-owns with sudo room, Counter Culture Labs, Food not Bombs and several other collectives just had a private lender back out of a loan last minute and now it cannot pay its $120k property taxes due tomorrow. If anyone is willing to lend us $120k, even if it's for just three months until we to sort out another loan, please contact me. This needs to happen before tomorrow at 4 pm pacific time. The loan would be secured by the building as a second mortgage so it should be fairly low risk. -jake

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