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Re: [sudo-discuss] Requests from the landlord

by Yardena Cohen

>> George, our landlord, has requested that all "revolutionary >> literature", and anything with a political theme, including flyers and >> papers and posters, be removed from the common area and restricted to >> inside Sudoroom only. He also has the usual complaints about too much >> furniture, a messy kitchen, crap being left on tables, sleepers, and a >> general "lack of understanding about what common area means." The >> usual threats to "either charge you more or evict you" were made. He >> also complained that somebody was rude to him one time. Now he's threatening to start throwing things in the garbage if I don't go and help him clean up immediately. As much as I don't like things being thrown in the garbage, I'm not going to take orders from him. I helped clean the common area thoroughly only a week ago, especially the kitchen area. I came here to do actual work today. If he tries to talk to me again, I am going to leave.

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Re: [sudo-discuss] shotspotter will be discontinued

by Jake

i can't tell if you replied to the list or just privately to me. that sounds like it would be fun, but it would be more worthwhile if there were a larger goal to be accomplished, ideally with funding. it wouldn't be trivial - what is the right way to record timestamps onto an audio recording from a GPS? perhaps use one of the two audio channels as a SMPTE timing track? that's kinda ridiculous but there's probably lots of code already written... On Fri, 14 Mar 2014, Hol Gaskill wrote: > I'd be down to make a few time of flight receivers with you. > > on Mar 14, 2014, Jake <jake(a)spaz.org> wrote: > what do people think of the shotspotter system installed in oakland? > > it's a network of microphones on telephone poles, each with a GPS (for > a precise clock) and a network connection. When a gunshot-like sound is > detected, they send the sound and its precise timing to a central server > that determines the location of the shot, and tells the police to go > there. > > some people have expressed concern that the microphones are used to spy on > people, but it would be impossible to hear a conversation from the top of > a telephone pole that wasnt already loud enough to be heard inside nearby > houses (or the phone in your pocket). > > apparently the city pays $264,000 per year to keep shotspotter going. I > think sudoroom people could do it for much less if they thought it was a > useful thing. They would be discontinuing it to save money, or perhaps to > avoid having to send cops to do actual work once in a while... > > i mean.. sending police toward the gunfire? sounds like a good idea... > > http://www.sfgate.com/crime/article/Oakland-cops-aim-to-scrap-gunfire-detec… > _______________________________________________ > sudo-discuss mailing list > sudo-discuss(a)lists.sudoroom.org > https://lists.sudoroom.org/listinfo/sudo-discuss > > > >

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Security certificate expired on the sudoroom wiki

by Romy Snowyla

Anyone know how to deal or fix the expired security certificate on the sudoroom website? I can't log in or view it from any of the Linux laptops or desktops at sudoroom // Sent from my iPhone

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membership reboot?

by Danny Spitzberg

I was super-d-delighted to see Sudoers out at First Friday AND I'm jazzed about the reboot on April 4th/5th AND curious to know what's being prototyped for membership. I'm currently renewing my HUB membership (already 3 years in, a really open-minded organizer is has their community engagement role) and was prompted to click agree/disagree with the following: *I am joining Hub Oakland to become a member of a community of entrepreneurs, activists, artists, purpose-driven seekers and professionals acting on our passions and unleashing creativity in ways that make us come alive! Our aim is to leave a legacy of a thriving, just and sustainable world. We envision a future where each individual understands that they are inextricably interconnected to all other beings and the Earth; a future where every business, organization, or company will take courageous and mindful action to become a part of the solution and use their potential to create positive impact and equity for all.* *As a part of this community, I understand that it is my responsibility to maintain, and advance the following 8 Hub Oakland Principles:* - *Authenticity*: We invite the whole person into the space and create a container for authenticity to emerge. - *Radical Inclusivity*: We believe in order to create a thriving and resilient community all voices and perspectives must be invited to the conversation. We thrive because we are diverse and multicultural. - *Creativity & Expression*: We believe at the core of transformation is creativity. We inspire each other to express our creativity and purpose. - *Collaboration*: Our meme is innovation through collaboration. We embody the African proverb: “If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together”. - *Inspiration*: We believe a spark of inspiration has the ability to change the world. We consciously create an atmosphere of inspiration. - *Respect*: We honor each other’s special gifts and differences and keep sacred our physical environment. - *Reciprocity*: We value the opportunity to give to our community and receive from it. - *Effectiveness*: We leverage each other’s strengths and resources and gain the knowledge we need to effectively contribute to making a better world. Then I went back and re-read the Sudo purpose/values and membership sections of the articles at https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Articles_of_Association#Article_1._Purpose So, my question: has there been any discussion around membership recruitment/ retention/ rebooting? Curious, Danny p.s. after a raft of raft of other Wednesday commitments, I'm finally done and will see y'all next Wednesday

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Re: [sudo-discuss] shotspotter will be discontinued

by Jake

well i think it would be obvious to combine city funds and the mesh network with shotspotter, but i wouldn't be surprised if a lot of people were opposed for various reasons. i feel that if our lisence is strong enough, we could accept money and utility poles (and electricity) from the city without being forced to do anything unethical. On Fri, 14 Mar 2014, X wrote: > Is there a map and count of how many of these there are, how would those positions overlay as part of a mesh network. If there's a bunch of spots with power on a > pole, that seems quite useful. > > > On Fri, Mar 14, 2014 at 3:23 PM, Jake <jake(a)spaz.org> wrote: > what do people think of the shotspotter system installed in oakland? > > it's a network of microphones on telephone poles, each with a GPS (for a precise clock) and a network connection. When a gunshot-like sound is detected, > they send the sound and its precise timing to a central server that determines the location of the shot, and tells the police to go there. > > some people have expressed concern that the microphones are used to spy on people, but it would be impossible to hear a conversation from the top of a > telephone pole that wasnt already loud enough to be heard inside nearby houses (or the phone in your pocket). > > apparently the city pays $264,000 per year to keep shotspotter going. I think sudoroom people could do it for much less if they thought it was a useful > thing. They would be discontinuing it to save money, or perhaps to avoid having to send cops to do actual work once in a while... > > i mean.. sending police toward the gunfire? sounds like a good idea... > > http://www.sfgate.com/crime/article/Oakland-cops-aim-to-scrap-gunfire-detec… > _______________________________________________ > sudo-discuss mailing list > sudo-discuss(a)lists.sudoroom.org > https://lists.sudoroom.org/listinfo/sudo-discuss > > > > > -- > ThanX, > ;+) > > nburl.net/fort > >

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Fwd: [Wikimedia-SF] CC Salon in San Francisco Thursday, March 27: free culture and social justice

by Marina Kukso

FYI! ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Kat Walsh <kat(a)mindspillage.org> Date: Fri, Mar 14, 2014 at 3:06 PM Subject: [Wikimedia-SF] CC Salon in San Francisco Thursday, March 27: free culture and social justice To: San Francisco Wikimedians <wikimedia-sf(a)lists.wikimedia.org> https://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/42332 CC Salons are coming back March 27! Come join us: Thursday, March 27, 2014 6:00 - 7:30 PM PST Cafe Royale, 800 Post St, San Francisco, CA >From the blog post: Creative Commons is thrilled to announce that we will be reviving CC salons on a quarterly basis starting March 27! Years ago, CC ran a series of CC Salon events in the Bay Area, informal events that brought together creators of all kinds to talk about how and why they choose open in their fields. CC salons continue to occur all over the world, but on March 27, CC will host a salon on social justice and open innovation right here in San Francisco. This informal event will feature short talks from guests in local nonprofits and the free culture community, as well as lots of interesting people to network and socialize with. It's free and open to everyone. Speakers: Joshua Knox, Brute Labs Niki Korth, Writer and Free Culture Activist Supriya Misra, TeachAIDS Rachel Weidinger, Upwell -Kat -- Your donations keep Wikipedia free: https://donate.wikimedia.org _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-SF mailing list Wikimedia-SF(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-sf

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Move cleaning weekend to 29-30

by Yardena Cohen

I formally propose we move cleaning weekend to the 29th/30th. The Public School was going to host a talk in our common area on Saturday night, the 22nd: "Sylvia Federici and George Caffentzis on Capital, Labor and Reproduction at the Bay Area Public School" Because of our landlord's rave plans, they had to find another venue. So it's going to happen 7pm at the Omni. The "Collective of Collectives" is going to use this as an opportunity to introduce more people to that building earlier in the day. It will be a great chance to see the Omni for anyone who hasn't already, and to meet other interested people and groups who want to move in with Sudoroom. I want to be there as well. I think a lot of Sudoers should come too. So are there any objections to pushing cleaning weekend another week to the 29th and 30th?

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Fwd: Now accepting proposals for Open Source Bridge 2014!

by Jenny Ryan

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: "Open Source Bridge" <info(a)opensourcebridge.org> Date: Mar 13, 2014 1:09 PM Subject: Now accepting proposals for Open Source Bridge 2014! To: "Jenny Ryan" <jenny(a)thepyre.org> Cc: Submit your Open Source Bridge proposal today! View this email in your browser<http://us2.campaign-archive1.com/?u=46d72c6c2733a75b61cfcf5ad&id=293aeaf32f…> Submit your talk proposal today! We're thrilled to announce the opening of our 2014 Call for Proposals. From now through April 4th, we are looking for people from all backgrounds and areas of experience to submit talk proposals. If you work or play in open source, we want to hear from you. Let us know how you are building your communities, small or large. All speaking experience levels are welcome. View the Call for Proposals<http://opensourcebridge.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=46d72c6c2733a75b6…> Find inspiration and leave feedback Want to see what other folks are submitting? With our public proposal process, you can read all the talk ideas as they come in on our proposals page<http://opensourcebridge.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=46d72c6c2733a75b6…>. While you're there, leave us some comments or click the star next to proposals that interest you. This feedback is indispensable during the selection process. *The conference for open source citizens June 24-27, 2014 Portland, Oregon* Register Now<http://opensourcebridge.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=46d72c6c2733a75b6…> *Sponsor us!* Interested in sponsoring Open Source Bridge? See our sponsorship page<http://opensourcebridge.us2.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=46d72c6c2733a75b…> or email us <sponsorship(a)opensourcebridge.org>. *Copyright (c) 2014 Stumptown Syndicate, All rights reserved.* You are receiving this email because you have previously attended, are attending or otherwise expressed an interest in Open Source Bridge. *Our mailing address is:* Stumptown Syndicate PO Box 28398 Portland, OR 97228 Add us to your address book<http://opensourcebridge.us2.list-manage1.com/vcard?u=46d72c6c2733a75b61cfcf…> unsubscribe from this list<http://opensourcebridge.us2.list-manage.com/unsubscribe?u=46d72c6c2733a75b6…> update subscription preferences<http://opensourcebridge.us2.list-manage.com/profile?u=46d72c6c2733a75b61cfc…>

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Re: [sudo-discuss] $ sudo reboot

by Yardena Cohen

On Tue, Mar 11, 2014 at 2:14 PM, Hol Gaskill <hol(a)gaskill.com> wrote: > Also relevant to reboot and an ongoing concern of mine - the shop area. Is > it big enough to be useful as a shop? How does it compare to other > hackerspaces? Does it need to be co-located with the main space or does it > make sense to have it offsite? If we added a satellite workshop somewhere > else, would the space be more usable for other purposes and make moving > everything less of a priority? Thanks for asking this, Hol. I've been sad about the shop area for a while. Some parts have been getting some love recently, and I'm very happy about that! Other things have disappeared and become harder to find. My last straw was last night, when one of our community members came by with a simple need, to file and hacksaw something. We found one very large file but not the smaller file we used to have at some point. We could not find any hacksaws at all. I know we had some before. It felt very symbolic. How can a hackerspace not have a hacksaw? We literally cannot hack! Personally, having all of these different elements in one physical space greatly increases the value of everything. While he was visiting he told us about the exciting solar panel project he was working on, and found potential leads for writing controller software for it. This was a conversation that wouldn't have happened if the shop were offsite, and I can't help but wonder how many more of these interactions we miss out on, by not having a good enough shop area. While there are challenges to having sawdust and metal shavings in the vicinity of laptops and food preparation, I think it's well worth meeting them. Noisebridge has a wonderful shop area - at last month's reprap building party, Miloh showed me some wonderful tools that had stayed around since 2008! All they had to do was enclose it. I think for our new space, an enclosed work area is a must. I'm afraid of sawing anything at Sudo because it commits me to then spending 10 minutes trying to track dust down behind a thousand nooks & crannies. And I'll still never get it all. People who came just to hack on some Javscript will leave coughing and rightfully upset. We took the cheap-upfront route, and we've been in debt ever since. Another example: our particle-board floor has been a huge limitation. I can count a number of projects, including a metal-printing one, which didn't happen or moved elsewhere because you just can't do it safely over our floor. It's unsanitary, a dust/germ/toxin magnet, hard to sweep, hard to vacuum, hard to find things you drop, easy to dent... We could learn something from Double Union, a space that recently opened in SF. When they rented their room, the very first thing they did was tear out the carpet and seal the floor in hard resin. Imagine the pain we would have avoided if we'd done that in our current "Art Studio"! Well worth the money, IMO. Which, speaking of money, my observation is that a lot of people who were involved in Sudo's early stages - 2011 & 2012 - were hoping for the fab & maker angle, and were disappointed by our meager facilities and started putting their money & energy elsewhere. I think reaching out to this crowd should be a component of our reboot. Our values and energy are so important - let's try this again. :)

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#FreeBassel Day SF Event this Saturday @ Wikimedia

by Stephen LaPorte

Greetings Sudoers, This Saturday, March 15, is a #FreeBassel <http://freebassel.org/> Day event in San Francisco at the Wikimedia Foundation offices. If you don't know Bassel Khartabil<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bassel_Khartabil> (known online as Bassel Safadi): he is an open web developer and dedicated Internet volunteer who has been imprisoned (without charge) in Syria since March 2012. He was Creative Commons lead in Syria, played a large role in the translation of CC licenses into Arabic, and started the first hackerspace (Aiki Lab, Damascus) in the so-called Arab world. You can hear him discuss the hackerspace as well as the role of open source and maker culture in Syria in this podcast from early 2011<http://www.talkinganthropology.com/2011/01/28/ta24-arabic-hackerspaces/> . Following the outbreak of violence in Syria in spring 2011, he converted the hackerspace into a triage center, using it to provide first aid care and training until it was no longer safe to do so. This Saturday 15 March marks the second anniversary of his arrest, as well as the third anniversary of the Syrian uprising. In support of Bassel and in efforts to raise the profile of his case, #FreeBassel Day events are being held around the world to mark this date. Here in SF, the event will involve a Wikipedia edit-a-thon<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/San_Francisco_19>, a potluck, the sharing of art, stories, and conversation about Bassel, and whatever else you might bring. Given Bassel's involvement with hackerspaces, making culture, and open source projects, we hope that NB folks will attend - to learn about Bassel, discuss common interests, and/or improve Wikipedia's coverage of hackerspaces and making culture. Read more about the event here<http://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/42267> Learn more about Bassel through letters and videos from his friends<http://lettersforbassel.tumblr.com/> == Details == * Date: Saturday, March 15 * Time: 12-4 pm * Location: Wikimedia Foundation offices (149 New Montgomery Street, 3rd Floor, San Francisco, CA 94105), near Montgomery Bart * Event: An edit-a-thon, pot luck, and more! Learn how to contribute to Wikipedia and collaborate with others to show your support for Bassel. * Hashtag: #freebassel If you have any questions, please let me know. Hope to see some of you on Saturday. Cheers, Stephen

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Fwd: [sudo-info] invite to tweet at #radicalcolophon + open mic event on friday!

by Marc Juul

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: anna moreno <contact(a)annamoreno.net> Date: Wed, Mar 12, 2014 at 11:10 PM Subject: [sudo-info] invite to tweet at #radicalcolophon + open mic event on friday! To: info(a)sudoroom.org Hello everyone, My name is Anna Moreno. I am an artist from Barcelona, Spain. I am in SF now, I have been invited by SFMOMA to make an edition of my project Radical Colophon for the symposium Visual Activism. It will take place this weekend in the Mission. My contribution to the program will be an event on Friday from 5-7PM at the Will Brown Gallery (3041 24th Street, San Francisco, California 94110). As part of the piece, we are looking for folks to TWEET about the intersection of TECH, ART, and GENTRIFICATION. I have been looking into your website and I'm sure you guys have some feelings on this subject. I believe the alternative tech world is usually left out of the discussion that is why I think your contribution would be very appreciated. If you're willing use the hashtag #radicalcolophon and your tweets will be used as part of a live performance on Friday. We're feeling challenged to find tweeters so your support would be an amazing launch into a full blown conversation! Check out the open call here: https://www.facebook.com/events/1467119466849573/ It is also still possible to sign up for a slot in the open mic. The event will also be open to the public, and there will be free drinks and food. You're very welcome to join! Thanks a lot in advance for your help. All the best, Anna _ Anna Moreno _ visual artist _ teacher 'Artistic Research' Royal Academy of Art (The Hague) www.annamoreno.net _______________________________________________ Info mailing list Info(a)lists.sudoroom.org https://lists.sudoroom.org/listinfo/info

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Sudo Room WordPress social networks blast! + PAGE NOT FOUND :[

by Vicky Knox

I love it! That said, does someone know how to fix the PAGE NOT FOUND that shows up in the "Social" plugin on the WP? If yes, could you show me how? THX!

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Things that happened at tonight's meeting

by Yardena Cohen

* The landlord's rave plans for the 22nd are looking like a more serious conflict than we thought. We floated the idea of postponing this cleaning weekend to the 29th/30th, but haven't made a decision. * On the next First Friday (April 4, 8pm-2am) we have the opportunity to share the space with a fundraiser for TWAC, "Trans & Womyn's Action Camp": https://twac.wordpress.com/ They'll have a pay-what-you-can policy, it will be compatible with our values and with the open-house component of First Friday. I think this is a great idea. Any objections? * The meeting included a lengthy section which began as conflict resolution between Elliot and Xavier but became an issue of safe space. I personally asked Xavier to leave at the end, which he did. He says he will be back for his "three shelves of stuff" tomorrow. We didn't have a quorum to ban him, but there was an informal understanding that multiple people are uncomfortable with him, which he seems at this time to be respecting. Full notes here: https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Meeting_Notes_2014-03-12

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Join BORDC & EFF for a screening of: Terms & Conditions May Apply

by David Keenan

Wish I could go, but y'all should! My/our comrade Matt Kellegrew is panelling. Should be good! [image: Bill of Rights Defense Committee] This Thursday, March 13, come out see BORDC Legal Fellow Matthew Kellegrew and EFF Activism Director Rainey Reitman discuss civil liberties after a screening of the groundbreaking documentary <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4taIHAaLdKE>*Terms and Conditions May Apply <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4taIHAaLdKE>** <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4taIHAaLdKE>**.* The film exposes how seemingly free online resources like Facebook or Google undermine our privacy, and how the NSA has co-opted Silicon Valley to abuse the rights of Americans. The film is an excellent resource for grassroots coalitions seeking materials to share at public education events. *Event details:* Thurs., March 13, 2014 6:30 - 8:30 PM PST Historic Fellowship Hall 1924 Cedar Street, Berkeley *(at Bonita Ave, one block east of MLK Way & three blocks west of Shattuck Ave) * *This location is wheelchair accessible via the ramp on the Bonita Avenue side of the building.* There is a suggested donation of $5-10. No one turned away for lack of funds. *Co-Sponsors:* - Bill Of Rights Defense Committee - Electronic Frontier Foundation - Berkeley Fellowship of Unitarian Universalists - CODEPINK Women For Peace *See you there.* Matthew Kellegrew Legal Fellow *Bill of Rights Defense Committee* 8 Bridge Street, Suite A, Northampton, MA 01060 www.bordc.org info(a)bordc.org Telephone: 413-582-0110 Fax: 413-582-0116 ------------------------------ We apologize if you have received this communication in error. Unsubscribe<http://org.salsalabs.com/o/498/p/salsa/supporter/unsubscribe/public/index.s…>|| Subscribe<http://org.salsalabs.com/o/498/p/salsa/web/common/public/signup?signup_page…>

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Feminist 3D printing art project

by Vicky Knox

Anyone familiar with this art project? I pulled the link from the Strike Debt Party email I just sent to the list, and PMd the sender seeing if they knew about us or Double Union. http://wemakemeteorsnotmoney.tumblr.com/

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Fwd: [sfchalkboard] 3/24 STRIKE DEBT PARTY || Release Party for Debt Resistors' Operations Manual, 2nd Edition

by Vicky Knox

fyi ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Cassie Thornton Date: 2014-03-11 22:53 GMT-07:00 Subject: [sfchalkboard] 3/24 STRIKE DEBT PARTY || Release Party for Debt Resistors' Operations Manual, 2nd Edition To: sfchalkboard lists.riseup.net Hi Chalkboard! Strike Debt Bay Area would like to invite you to party with us as we celebrate the release of our second debt resistance manual. MARCH 23 3:30-6PM The Alan Blueford Center For Justice <https://www.facebook.com/ABC4JUSTICE> 2434 Telegraph, Oakland, California 94612 The first version of the Debt Resistors' Operations Manual can be seen here<http://strikedebt.org/The-Debt-Resistors-Operations-Manual.pdf>, it reads: *This operations manual--written by an anonymous collective of resistors, defaulters and allies from Strike Debt and Occupy Wall Street--is for all those being crushed under the weight of debt. It aims to provide specific tactics for understanding and fighting against the debt system so that we can all reclaim our lives and our communities. It contains practical information, resources and insider tips for individuals dealing with the dilemma of indebtedness in the United States today and also introduces ideas for those who have made the decision to take collective action. * To celebrate the next edition, a few of the authors will be among us, as well as lifelong writers, activists, and heroes George Caffentzis and Silvia Federici. We'll have some readings, but also local beer, independent food vendors, music, live screen printing, and A DEBT FLAVORED PINATA TO DESTROY. Curious? See you there. Yours, Cassie <http://cassiethornton.com> + Strike Debt <http://strikedebt.org> -- *+whatever it takes+* STRIKE DEBT BAY AREA http://strike-debt-bay-area.tumblr.com FEMINIST REPRODUCTION W/ 3-D PRINTER http://wemakemeteorsnotmoney.tumblr.com POETS' SECURITY FORCE www.poetsecurity.net

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onion article reminds me of the awesome men of sudoroom

by Romy Ilano

this onion article reminds me of the awesome men of SudoRoom. One of the reasons I enjoy spending my time & donating my energy to promote SudoRoom is because so many of the men at SudoRoom are pretty much like this weird guy in the onion article. A lot of the things I love are pretty sexist and hostile to women so it's rad being able to go to SudoRoom and have one less thing to deal with! <3 http://www.theonion.com/articles/man-who-treats-women-with-respect-asked-wh… Man Who Treats Women With Respect Asked What His Secret Is Mar 10, 2014 MINNEAPOLIS--Commenting upon his seemingly effortless ability to interact with all kinds of women, friends of local financial analyst Matt Brownlow, a man who regularly treats members of the opposite sex with respect, reportedly asked the 28-year-old Monday what his secret is. "You just seem to have such a way with women--what's your trick?" friend Alex Stegman inquired of the considerate man who sustains healthy, meaningful relationships with women by consistently listening to them and not treating them as utilitarian instruments for male gratification. "I don't know how you do it. It seems like talking to women is so easy for you, and you're always able to get them smiling and engaged in conversation with you. Man, I wish I could do that." At press time, sources confirmed Brownlow could be overheard working his magic on a female coworker by thoughtfully asking about her weekend. ============================= Romy Ilano romy(a)snowyla.com

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Your first GMO kit on indiegogo: 53 hours left

by Marc Juul

You should all totally get one of Cathal's awesome biohacking kits before the indiegogo expires! http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/indiebb-your-first-gmo You'll get everything you need to genetically modify E. coli with green fluorescent protein so they glow under a blacklight! -- marc/juul

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$ sudo reboot

by Yardena Cohen

Tonight we had a special edition of the Sudoroom weekly meeting, focused on upgrading to a new, bigger space, outreach to future members, and fundraising to enable this. We decided on a SUDO REBOOT with 3 components: 1) Cleanup Weekend March 22 & 23 This is a roll-up-your-sleeves event for major cleaning, gutting, e-wasting & inventory. 2) Reboot Weekend one month from now, April 4th, 5th & 6th This is a fun party with raffle, donations, and unconference for new & old community members to talk more in-depth about what we want from our future Sudo. 3) Hard work This starts right now. We create lasting campaign materials, write a lot of emails, and make a lot of phone calls. We are going to have regular planning meetings on an aggressive schedule, TBA. Our meeting notes are here: https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Meeting_Notes_2014-03-05 Further reboot planning will happen here: https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Reboot More info to come in this thread!

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Fwd: [P2P-F] #P2PDataJam - Mapping the Commons - Wed 12th

by Jenny Ryan

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: "Kevin Flanagan" <kev.flanagan(a)gmail.com> Date: Mar 11, 2014 2:49 PM Subject: [P2P-F] #P2PDataJam - Mapping the Commons - Wed 12th To: "P2P Foundation mailing list" <p2p-foundation(a)lists.ourproject.org> Cc: *Hello,* Please spread the word and join us tomorrow Wed 12th mapping the commons for the #P2PDataJam, with live discussion on the P2PValue project streamed throughout the day. Kevin *(ENGLISH, CATALAN, SPANISH)* * Launch and Data Jam of the P2Pvalue Directory of Commons Based Peer Production* *Join us Wednesday March 12th for the launch and Data Jam (hackathon) of the P2Pvalue Directory of Commons Based Peer Production* *Commons Based Peer Production (CBPP)* means collaborative production and sharing of resources among peers under commons settings. From the initial cases, such as Wikipedia and FLOSS, recently there has been an expansion to other areas of activity, such as citizen science, product design, management of common spaces and open data sources. The mission of the *Directory of Commons Based Peer Production *is mapping the diffusion and hybridization of peer production by collecting and typifying digital platforms or projects that are Commons Based Peer Productions (CBPP). The directory currently holds more than *300 cases* of CBPP such as platforms for collective research, citizen journalism, peer to peer financing, and hackerspaces. Projects that produce software, hardware, texts, images, videos, music or sounds, collaborative research projects that give access to the data, and produce resources for public use. The directory serves as a valuable *tool for anyone* interested on CBPP such as "commoners", "prosumers" or researchers. It also aims to give visibility to the CBPP and support the networking among CBPP projects. The directory itself is *based on collaborative production. *Join the collaborative mapping of CBPP: Reuse and remix the data, insert new cases, send your feedback on the directory design, etc. The data contributed to the directory is published with an open license and accessible through our API or for downloaded in various formats. To celebrate the launch we will be hosting a P2Pvalue *Data Jam *12th March 2014, a collective effort to populate the directory and document as many examples of CBPP as possible. Additionally, on the day we will be having a live streamed program with introduction to the P2Pvalue project, and with instruction on how to use the directory and discussion around CBPP issues. Starting at 11:30 am (+1 GMT), Mayo Fuster Morell (IGOPnet.cc) will talk about the P2Pvalue research on delimitation criteria of CBPP and the conditions that favor CBPP. (12:34h) David Rozas (University of Surrey) will explain the directory from a technical perspective. (13:45h) Antonio Tenorio (UCM) will present Kune, a decentralized platform also resulting from the P2Pvalue project. (17h) There will be presentations of cases such as Guifi.net (by Jaume Barcelo and Pedro) and (18h) Goteo.org (by Maria G. Perulero). Finally (19h), there will be a discussion group on "Analyzing value in CBPP experiences" moderated by Mayo Fuster Morell and with interventions by Michel Bauwens (P2PFoundation), Marco Berlinguer (IGOPnet.cc) and Marcos García (Medialab Prado). *How to join the Data Jam (12th March 2014)?* *Directory:* *http://directory.p2pvalue.eu* <http://directory.p2pvalue.eu/> *Live streaming link:* *https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRE7D1CHamQ*<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRE7D1CHamQ> * Twitter: *@P2Pvalue Hash tags #P2PDATAJAM and #P2PVALUE * Local Data Jam: *Local Data Jam will take place in Barcelona, Madrid, and Quito*MailScanner has detected a possible fraud attempt from "p2pdatajam.titanpad.com" claiming to be* (timetable and physical address availeble here *http://p2pdatajam.titanpad.com/1*<http://p2pdatajam.titanpad.com/1>) Organize a local Data Jam also if you like around your place! <http://p2pdatajam.titanpad.com/1> * Mailing list:* *http://lists.p2pvalue.eu/wws/info/datajam*<http://lists.p2pvalue.eu/wws/info/datajam> The directory development is supported by the *European Project* <http://www.p2pvalue.eu/>*P2Pvalue.eu* (Techno-social platform for sustainable models and value generation in commons-based peer production in the Future Internet), and promoted by a consortium of organizations including P2Pvalue project partner members (mainly: IGOPnet.cc (conceptualization and coordination of CBPP Directory), University of Surrey (technical development of the Directory) and P2P Foundation (dissemination of the Directory)), and the contribution of the other partners of the project GRASIA - Complutense University of Madrid, CNRS and University of Milan), and the support of the Spanish Chapter of Open Knowledge Foundation, among others. The *P2P Data Jam Team *are (coordination) Ruben Martinez (IGOPnet.cc) ruben(a)leyseca.net @RubenMartinez David Rozas (University of Surrey) david.rozas(a)gmail.com @drozas and Kevin Flanagan (P2P Foundation) kevin(a)p2pvalue.eu @flgnk Plus, Mayo Fuster Morell (IGOPnet.cc) mayo.fuster(a)eui.eu @lilaroja Jorge Salcedo (IGOPnet.cc) @jorgelsalcedo and Antonio Tapiador (UCM) atapiador(a)ucm.es @atapiador *(CATALA)* *Llançament i Data Jam (hackathon) del Directori de producció col·laborativa entre iguals procomú - 12 març 2014* La producció col·laborativa entre iguals procomú (CBPP) és una modalitat emergent de producció i compartició de recursos entre iguals sota una lògica procomú. A partir dels casos inicials, com ara Wikipedia i el programari lliure, recentment ha hagut una expansió de la CBPP a altres àrees d'activitat, com ara la ciència ciutadana, disseny de productes, la gestió dels espais comuns i les fonts de dades obertes. La missió del Directori de CBPP és el mapatge de la difusió i la hibridació de la producció entre iguals mitjançant la recopilació i tipificant de plataformes digitals o projectes. El directori té actualment més de *300 casos *de CBPP com ara plataformes per a la investigació col·lectiva, periodisme ciutadà, finançament P2P i hackerspaces. Projectes que produeixen de forma col·laborativa i oberta programari, maquinaria, textos, imatges, vídeos, o música, que donen accés a les dades generades i produeixen recursos per a l'ús públic. El directori serveix com una eina valuosa per a qualsevol persona interessada en la CBPP , com ara "comuners", " prosumidors" o persones investigadores. El directori així mateix vol ajudar a donar visibilitat a la CBPP i donar suport al enxarxament entre projectes CBPP. El directori en si es basa en producció col·laborativa. Uneix-te a la cartografia col·laborativa de CBPP : Reutilitzant i remesclant les dades, inserint nous casos, enviant els teus suggeriments sobre el disseny del directori, unint-se com a organització al consorci promotor del directori, etc La base de dades del directori es publica amb una llicència oberta i les dades estan accessible a través d'API o descarregables en diversos formats. Per celebrar el llançament del directori el 12 de Març celebrarem un Data Jam (hackathon), un esforç col·lectiu per poblar el directori amb el major nombre de casos de CBPP possible. A més d'incorporar casos al directori, durant el dia celebrarem un programa via streaming en directe. Iniciant a les (11:30h) Mayo Fuster Morell (IGOPnet.cc) presentarà la investigació P2Pvalue sobre els criteris de delimitació de la CBPP i les condicions que l'afavoreixen . (12:34h) David Rozas (Universitat de Surrey) explicarà el directori des d'una perspectiva tècnica. (13:45 h) Antonio Tenorio ( UCM ) presentarà Kune, una plataforma descentralitzada on també esta contribuint el projecte P2Pvalue. (17h) Hi haurà presentacions de casos com Guifi.net (per Jaume Barceló i Pedro) i (18h) Goteo.org (per Maria G. Perulero). Finalment (19h), celebrarem un debat sobre el "dimensions de valor a les experiències de CBPP" moderat per Mayo Fuster Morell i amb intervencions de Michel Bauwens (P2PFoundation), Marco Berlinguer (IGOPnet.cc) i Marcos García (Medialab Prado). *Com unir-se al Data Jam (12 de març 2014)?* *Directori: *http://directory.p2pvalue.eu *Enllaç de streaming en viu: *https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRE7D1CHamQ * Twitter:* @ P2Pvalue hashtag # P2PDATAJAM # P2PVALUE * Data Jam locals: *Data Jam locals es duran a terme a Barcelona, Madrid i Quito (horari i adreça física de les trobades accessible aquí http://p2pdatajam.titanpad.com/1). Organitza un Data Jam a la teva localitat també si vols! * Llista de correu: *http://lists.p2pvalue.eu/wws/info/datajam El desenvolupament del directori es porta a terme amb el suport del Projecte Europeu P2Pvalue.eu (Plataforma Tecno - social pel desenvolupament de models sostenibles i la generació de valor en la producció entre iguals basada en el procomu a l'Internet del Futur), i promogut per un consorci d'organitzacions, entre aquestes, els socis del projecte P2Pvalue (principalment: IGOPnet.cc (conceptualització i coordinació del CBPP), Universitat de Surrey (desenvolupament tècnic del Directori) i la Fundació P2P (difusió del Directori)) , i el suport dels altres socis GRASIA - Universitat Complutense de Madrid, CNRS i la Universitat de Milà), i la col·laboració del Capítol Espanyol de la Fundació pel coneixement obert, entre d'altres. L'Equip del Data Jam esta compost per (coordinació) Rubén Martínez (IGOPnet.cc) ruben(a)leyseca.net @RubenMartinez David Rozas (Universitat de Surrey) david.rozas(a)gmail.com @drozas i Kevin Flanagan (Fundació P2P) kevin(a)p2pvalue.eu @flgnk Amb el suport de Mayo Fuster Morell (IGOPnet.cc) mayo.fuster(a)eui.eu @lilaroja Jorge Salcedo (IGOPnet.cc) @jorgelsalcedo i Antonio Tapiador (UCM) atapiador(a)ucm.es @ atapiador *(CASTELLANO) * *Lanzamiento y Data Jam (hackathon) del Directorio de producción colaborativa entre iguales procomún - 12 de Marzo 2014 * *La producción colaborativa entre iguales procomún* (CBPP) es una modalidad emergente de producción y compartición de recursos entre iguales bajo una lógica procomún. A partir de los casos iniciales, tales como Wikipedia y el software libre, recientemente ha habido una expansión de la CBPP a otras áreas de actividad, tales como la ciencia ciudadana, diseño de productos, la gestión de los espacios comunes y las fuentes de datos abiertas. La misión del Directorio de CBPP es el mapeo de la difusión y la hibridación de la producción entre iguales mediante la recopilación y tipificando de plataformas digitales o proyectos. El directorio tiene actualmente más de 300 casos de CBPP como plataformas para la investigación colectiva, periodismo ciudadano, financiamiento P2P y hackerspaces. Proyectos que producen de forma colaborativa y abierta software, hardware, textos, imágenes, vídeos, música o sonidos, que dan acceso a los datos generados y producen recursos para el uso público. El directorio sirve como una herramienta valiosa para cualquier persona interesada en la CBPP, como "comuner@s", "prosumidores" o personas investigadoras. El directorio así mismo quiere ayudar a dar visibilidad a la CBPP y apoyar el enredamiento entre proyectos CBPP. El directorio en sí se basa en producción colaborativa. ¡Únete a la cartografía colaborativa de CBPP: Reutilizando y remezclando los datos, insertando nuevos casos, enviando tus sugerencias sobre el diseño del directorio, uniéndoos como organización al consorcio promotor del directorio, etc La base de datos del directorio se publica con una licencia abierta y los datos están accesible a través de API o descargables en varios formatos. Para celebrar el lanzamiento del directorio el 12 de Marzo celebraremos un Data Jam (hackathon), un esfuerzo colectivo para poblar el directorio con el mayor número de casos de CBPP posible. Ademas de incorporar casos en el directorio, durante el día celebraremos un programa via streaming en directo. Iniciando a las (11:30 h) Mayo Fuster Morell (IGOPnet.cc) presentará la investigación P2Pvalue sobre los criterios de delimitación de la CBPP y las condiciones que la favorecen. (12:34h) David Rozas (Universidad de Surrey) explicará el directorio desde una perspectiva técnica. (13:45h) Antonio Tenorio (UCM) presentará Kune, una plataforma descentralizada a cuyo desarrollo también contribuye el proyecto P2Pvalue. (17h) Habrá presentaciones de casos como Guifi.net (por Jaume Barceló y Pedro) y (18h) Goteo.org (por Maria G. Perulero). Finalmente (19h), celebraremos un debate sobre el "valor Analizar experiencias en la CBPP" moderado por Mayo Fuster Morell y con intervenciones de Michel Bauwens (P2PFoundation), Marco Berlinguer (IGOPnet.cc) y Marcos García (Medialab Prado) . *¿Cómo unirse a la Data Jam (12 de marzo 2014)?* *Directorio:* http://directory.p2pvalue.eu * Enlace de streaming en vivo:* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRE7D1CHamQ * Twitter:* @ P2Pvalue etiquetas hash # P2PDATAJAM y # P2PVALUE * Data Jam locales: * Data Jam locales se llevaran a cabo en Barcelona, Madrid y Quito (horario y dirección física de los encuentros *http://p2pdatajam.titanpad.com/1* <http://p2pdatajam.titanpad.com/1>). Organiza un Data Jam en tu localidad tambien si quieres! * Lista de correo: *http://lists.p2pvalue.eu/wws/info/datajam El desarrollo de directorio se lleva a cabo con el apoyo del Proyecto Europeo P2Pvalue.eu (Plataforma Tecno - social para el desarrollo de modelos sostenibles y la generación de valor en la producción entre iguales basada en el procomun en el Internet del Futuro), y promovido por un consorcio de organizaciones, entre estas, los socios del proyecto P2Pvalue (principalmente: IGOPnet.cc (conceptualización y coordinación del CBPP), Universidad de Surrey (desarrollo técnico del Directorio) y la Fundación P2P (difusión del Directorio)), y el apoyo de los otros socios GRASIA - Universidad Complutense de Madrid, CNRS y la Universidad de Milán), y la colaboración del Capítulo Español de la Fundación por el conocimiento abierto, entre otros. El Equipo del Data Jam esta compuesto por (coordinación) Rubén Martínez (IGOPnet.cc) ruben(a)leyseca.net @RubenMartinez David Rozas (Universidad de Surrey) david.rozas(a)gmail.com @drozas y Kevin Flanagan (Fundación P2P) kevin(a)p2pvalue.eu @flgnk Con el apoyo de Mayo Fuster Morell (IGOPnet.cc) mayo.fuster(a)eui.eu @lilaroja Jorge Salcedo (IGOPnet.cc) @jorgelsalcedo y Antonio Tapiador (UCM) atapiador(a)ucm.es @atapiador _______________________________________________ P2P Foundation - Mailing list http://www.p2pfoundation.net https://lists.ourproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/p2p-foundation

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Open Access: Rethinking Resource Access in the Food System

by refugia

http://berkeleyfoodinstitute.org/open-access/ Open Access: Rethinking Resource Access in the Food System Monday, March 17, 2014, 3-5pm In this panel, we explore the frontiers of “open access regimes” within the food system, using seeds and land as starting points from which to reassess resource ownership and property rights in agriculture. We also consider how open access regimes connect to food sovereignty – the rights of local people to define their own food systems. In recent years, open-source licensing has emerged as a new approach to protect the seed innovations of farmers and plant breeders and provide them with access to diversified germplasm. Like open-source software, open-source seeds would create a protected commons in which materials are freely available and widely exchanged, but are protected from appropriation by monopoly interests. Similarly, land has become the focus of redoubled efforts to facilitate open access to resources for food production – the Landless Workers Movement in Brazil is one prominent example. We ask: what are the ways in which managing access to agricultural resources – whether plant genes or land –can promote the common good, and how might these ways change in different cultural and political contexts? A panel discussion moderated by David Winickoff, Associate Professor of Bioethics and Society in CNR, and Director of the Berkeley Program in Science and Technology Studies. The panel will feature: Jack Kloppenburg, Professor of Community and Environmental Sociology, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Co-Director of the Center for Integrated Agriculture Systems Kloppenburg specializes in the social impacts of biotechnology and the global controversy over access to and control over genetic resources. He is interested in applying “open source” principles in the biosciences. Wendy Wolford, Associate Professor of Sociology, Cornell University Wolford focuses on issues within and between the political economy of development, agrarian studies, social mobilization, land reform, and political ecologies of conservation.

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Re: [sudo-discuss] $ sudo reboot

by Yardena Cohen

On Sun, Mar 9, 2014 at 5:36 PM, David Keenan <dkeenan44(a)gmail.com> wrote: > So just re: the common area, I'm not sure it makes sense spending any time > cleaning it Sat 3/22. And on Sun 3/23, you/we will be cleaning up after an > all-night rave. Y'all might ask george if he is getting a janitorial crew in > on 3/23, as he really should. And focus solely on cleaning sudo's space.. We're mostly talking about cleaning inside Sudoroom, so I don't know if it has to be a conflict.

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Words of Resistance: If You Surveil Me I'll Yell At You

by Vicky Knox

Friday March 14th | 7-9PM Rock Paper Scissors Collective 2278 Telegraph Ave. Gather your words to destroy the surveillance state, poetry style, rhymes so good they shatter camera lenses.

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Impromptu mushroom foray tomorrow, Leona Heights/Merritt College

by Peter Werner

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: Impromptu mushroom foray tomorrow, Leona Heights/Merritt College Date: 2014-03-09 17:57 From: Peter Werner <germpore(a)sonic.net> To: Merritt Microscopy list <MerrittMicroscopy(a)yahoogroups.com>, BAMS List <BayAreaMushrooms(a)yahoogroups.com>, Nerds for Nature BioBlitz group <nfn-bioblitz(a)googlegroups.com>, Ron Felzer <rfelzer(a)peralta.edu>, Loralei Dewe <lldewe(a)gmail.com> Hi - I'll be leading a mushroom foray in Leona Heights Park and perhaps the main portion of Merritt College campus tomorrow (Monday) at 10 AM to Noon. It's a short-notice, strike-while-the-iron-is-hot event, scouting out the possibility of a more formal and widely-announced event next week. Meeting place: York Trailhead, across Campus Drive from Merritt College. Map here: https://goo.gl/maps/CJw08 NOTE: The first part of the foray is "Leona Heights Park", NOT "Leona Canyon Regional Open Space", the latter of which has a trailhead on the other side of Merritt College, a considerable source of confusion. Leona Heights Park is a benignly neglected property of City of Oakland, and generally a place where amateur naturalists can operate without official sanction. Various Merritt classes take advantage of its proximity as a site for nature walks. Afterward (noon) - for those who are interested, I might be able to lead a small group through mushroom microscopy at the Merritt College Microscopy classroom if there is interest. For those who are not familiar with wild mushrooms in California - wild mushroom fruiting follows a definite seasonal pattern, analogous to the large scale blooming of flowering plants during a given time in Spring, and is variable dependent on weather conditions during a given year. The majority of mushrooms in California fruit in late Autumn, after the first large rains of saturated the dry soil, and generally before temperatures become their coldest. Smaller fruitings of often different species of mushrooms generally follow through Winter and into Spring. This year, due to extremely unusual weather conditions, we are having a full scale fruiting of fall mushroom species some 3 months late. We are probably at the peak of our mushroom season now, and it may or may not extend further depending on if more rain will come in the next week or not. Peter

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Re: [sudo-discuss] [sudo-announce] Sudo at TeenZone, Wed 3pm

by Yardena Cohen

On Sat, Mar 8, 2014 at 12:59 PM, Vicky Knox <vknoxsironi(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> How did 3D's public appearance go last night at Art Murmur/1st Friday? That >> was CLASSIC! On Sat, Mar 8, 2014 at 3:31 PM, Marc Juul <juul(a)labitat.dk> wrote: > It went great! For those who weren't at sudo last night: Jordan, Jake > and myself set up the 3D printer on a movable cart with a car battery > and some lights and rolled it to first friday and used the attention > to talk about sudo room. Picture! https://twitter.com/marinakukso/status/442150164803760128

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Need more stickers & flyers!

by Yardena Cohen

We had a very successful Art Murmur last night and it cleaned us out of stickers. Who made these stickers? What can we do to get more? We also made a stack of quarter-sheet flyers but almost all of those got taken as well. Who wants to design new, even better ones? :)

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Sudo at TeenZone, Wed 3pm

by Yardena Cohen

Sudoroom's 3D printer is travelling to the library this week, for Teen Tech Week! Main branch, downtown 14th St bw Madison & Oak/Lakeside Wednesday March 12, 3:00 PM http://oaklandlibrary.org/events/main-library/sudoroom-presents-3-d-printing

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Tonight during Art Murmur: Draw Oakland at Sudo Room!

by Marina Kukso

Hi everyone, Drop by Sudo Room during art murmur tonight to Draw Oakland<http://oaklandwiki.org/Draw_Oakland>with us. We'll get started around 7PM and will just be there throughout the evening. Paper and drawing supplies will be provided but you are, of course, welcome to bring your own materials. We'll be scanning our images and adding them to Oakland Wiki <http://oaklandwiki.org> to illustrate entries, like all of these neighborhoods<http://oaklandwiki.org/neighborhoods>which would be significantly improved with beautiful drawings. Best, Marina

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RARP: RAVE ACTION ROLE PLAY - THE NEW RAVE TREND Behind the RAVE | DJBROADCAST

by Romy Snowyla

http://www.djbroadcast.net/features/featureitem_id=243/RARP_Rave_Action_Rol… This is so awesome RARP: RAVE ACTION ROLE PLAY - THE NEW RAVE TREND BEHIND THE RAVE 110 Thursday 6 March, 2014. Text: Maria Mouk. RARPing is a fresh and somewhat secretive new rave form that involves costuming, hidden identities, and random missions while being an off-shoot of LARPing (live action role playing.) Those we interviewed about the subject were not very forthcoming, fearing they would be ousted by their RARP community. Read on to find out more. The History of LARP Live Action Role Playing, more commonly known as “LARPing,” is a free form of (mostly) unscripted role-playing (or live acting) that ranges from the purely theatrical through to combative, political or historical. Dozens or hundreds of characters meet in a decided location to freestyle through a framework of accepted scenarios, and live out an abstraction of their appointed avatar, whether it be magician, warrior, or other deviation from their everyday self. Gaining most of it’s momentum across the globe in the 70s with the invent of tabletop role-playing games. LARP identities or genres have since included science fiction, historical recreations, dystopian or zombie apocalypses, and even gender reconstruction scenarios. "...reconstructed realities aim to suspend or even rewrite normal rules of behavior..." Typically LARPing participants have identified with Medieval themes and battlefield scenarios, but as electronic music gains value in the 21st century, so LAPRing has spread a larger and more raving, music party goer.  This is where I stumbled across a story about RARPing. Rave Action Role Playing; a re-reality where electronic music forms the backbone for leaving your real name and day-to-day personality behind. Of course it was only a matter of time until the more bookish genres of LARPing were re-appropriated into more approachable models for a younger social generation. So what exactly is RARPing? Isn’t that just a veil for further party themes? Actually yes. Modes of this experience have often been portrayed by dedicated festival goers, people living in squats or communes, and other alternative scenarios in the vein of USA’s Burning Man Festival/City, where the variety-show and counter-culture freak-flag flies high. (I can attest to being one of the freaks). The details that tie any of this to the LARPing category are that these reconstructed realities aim to suspend or even rewrite normal rules of behavior, through unscripted acting and deviation from those day-to-day identities the person possessed normally. However even these communities have steered away from the complete submersion into the LARPing ethos, since there is not just one organized game under one scenario but too many, and rarely can the events be considered forms of interactive literature, as are many LARPing prompts. (I did however once sit in on a Last Supper at Burning Man, and many attendees there are actually living out “tribal” fantasies, but this was more impromptu than some long lasting role-play.) CONTINUE READING (1 of 2) Next 110 Thursday 6 March, 2014. Text: Maria Mouk. RARPing goes more niche, subtly scripted, and inclusive (or is that reclusive?) An insider told me about his ritual weekend of attending such RARP Festivals. He said that once on site at a secret location, where only former attendees can invite the new, everyone adjusts to the character and “power” they have chosen for themselves. Real names are never revealed. Upon entering the event, the characters are split into “families” and group activities, plots, and assignments throughout the day are supported by notes with clues to help one get through the various tasks. It’s kind of like a psychedelic team building, except no one is able to reveal their identities. At some point during this fantasy rave, the whole thing breaks into a party, where you, the Space Cowboy or whatever you have come as, dances with your “family”, maintaining your secret identity, never to reveal your name, or participate with the society outside of this setting. "...maybe our over stimulated minds need more context than familiar party models can deliver...?" There are also not-so-secretive breakouts of RARP. Take the performative group Micro Rave for example, you might just see them at your next music camp-out. Born as an experiment in 2009, with a focus on “Free-party Rave scenes, Live Action Role-playing, Computer Games, Immersive Theatre and 8-bit Music” this micro-hub of RARPing focuses on creating mini, dance party, experiences at festivals with missions that include “8-bit sounds / 2-bit costumes / Inferior AI / Boss Battles” and of course “Rave Challenges.“ So what role do these modern re-appropriations serve? Certainly it’s an opportunity for interacting with a community more geared to your musical and social interests than the Game Of Thrones model. But is it a form of escapism or extended meaning? Maybe our over stimulated minds need more context than familiar party models can deliver? Maybe we need to add theater and characters to our nights out? Just look at the British for example - they need the barest of excuses to dress up at any occassion. An art theorist researching game theory and LARPing recently suggested that “the terrible beauty of LARP's promise: “[is] you can play whatever rules you like, whenever you like, wherever you like. All you have to do is define them,” but well “we're all playing, and so involved... that we've forgotten that the rules are all our own creation.” This refreshing reminder in real life philosophy serves to ask “who do you want to be today?” The answer: Whoever you want to be. This is no 90s rave, it’s 2014, and these are the questions that push the box past limitations, be it in music or other creative pursuits. Previous CONTINUE READING (2 of 2) Sent from my iPhone

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Executive Assistant/ Event Planner, Breakthrough Institute, downtown Oak

by Danny Spitzberg

Here's one more for anyone who thinks in post-partisan pragmatist terms and believes in smart public investment... and can do outstanding work as an executive assistant/events coordinator, too http://thebreakthrough.org/about/jobs/ :Danny *Executive Assistant/Events Coordinator. * Background: The Breakthrough Institute is a paradigm-shifting think tank committed to modernizing environmentalism for the 21st century. Our core values are integrity, imagination and audacity. Our goal is to accelerate the transition to a future where all the world's inhabitants can enjoy secure, free, prosperous, and fulfilling lives on an ecologically vibrant planet. Job Description: Breakthrough is looking to hire a full-time Executive Assistant/Events Coordinator to provide support to the executive staff and to help plan various events, including our annual June conference. This is a great entry-level position for a smart, capable person interested in a career in nonprofit events management and nonprofit operations. As Breakthrough is a small and growing organization, the Executive Assistant/Events Coordinator will have the opportunity to contribute to a number of different areas related to the operation of the think tank. Ideally, the candidate would be available to start in March. Responsibilities include: - Assistance to the Breakthrough principals running the day to day operations of the think tank - Planning and providing support for various events and dinners throughout the year - General administrative support, including filing expenses, handling invoices and billing, taking notes during staff meetings, scheduling travel - Office maintenance and organization, including answering phones, supply maintenance, communicating with the building managers, setting up work spaces for fellows and new hires - Working with our Director of Development, Events, and Operations and outside events consultant to plan and execute the Breakthrough Dialogue, Breakthrough's annual June conference - Serve as a liaison for attendees of the Breakthrough Dialogue, helping them arrange travel to the conference, answering questions, and processing registrations Qualifications: - Four year college degree - Experience in event planning preferred (college experience okay) - Excellent verbal and written communication skills - Keen attention to detail and high level of organization - High level of proficiency on Macs - An interest in Breakthrough's core mission Salary commensurate with experience.

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Fwd: [nobawc-announce] Part-time job announcement for Urban Tilth's Cooperative Facilitator

by Danny Spitzberg

Urban Tilth is awesome; this is an awesome opportunity ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Dave Karoly <dave(a)nobawc.org> Date: Mon, Mar 3, 2014 at 5:33 PM Subject: [nobawc-announce] Part-time job announcement for Urban Tilth's Cooperative Facilitator To: NoBAWC Announcements list <nobawc-announce(a)lists.nobawc.org> Hi, Urban Tilth cultivates agriculture in west Contra Costa County to help the community build a more sustainable, healthy, and just food system. The Cooperative Facilitator position (50% time, 1 year contract) will work within a cooperative business incubator that aims to start new democratically governed businesses in Richmond. The position will begin by working intensely with a recently started food business. The facilitator works directly with members to increase their capacity to independently run the business successfully. For more info, see the attached job posting. The deadline to submit an application is Monday, March 10. -Dave (NoBAWC staff) ____________________________________________________________ You received this message as a subscriber on the list: nobawc-announce(a)lists.nobawc.org To be removed from the list, send any message to: nobawc-announce-unsubscribe(a)lists.nobawc.org For all list information and functions, see: http://lists.nobawc.org/lists/info/nobawc-announce

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Fwd: [sfchalkboard] Hiring for Raw Juice Mixologist

by Danny Spitzberg

Anybody interested in (part-time) work as a Rad Marxologist... I mean, Raw Juice Mixologist? ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: <createchange(a)rocketmail.com> Date: Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at 11:41 AM Subject: [sfchalkboard] Hiring for Raw Juice Mixologist To: sfchalkboard(a)lists.riseup.net Project Juice is looking for a master juice mixologist at our production facility in South San Francisco. This is a incredibly important job! All of the ingredients for our juices get juiced separately, and are later mixed in large batches later to create our various blends. This is not a difficult job, but the stakes are high as you are ensuring that the flavor of the juices in our store are consistent week to week and taste delicious. We need someone with a strong palate! *being a new juice company, there is a lot of room to grow within this company if you are someone who can take initiative. There is opportunity to create your own new juice blends and drinks as well. skills required: -background in food or beverage, specifically having the ability to follow recipes -discerning palate -knowledge of recipe conversions (4 C=1qt) -Following detailed juice recipes (these will be provided) -ability to memorize the flavor of our juices to ensure batches are consistent week by week -being able to take charge and tweak the recipe if flavor is off (ie. lemon is extra sour one week) - able to lift 25 lbs -slight flexibility in hours (some days you might need to come in an hour earlier or later mixing days are M,T,W starting at aprox 9am-4pm, Please contact me if you have any questions, and feel free to send over a resume!

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Oakland Wiki edit parties at Oakland Public Library branches this Spring!

by Marina Kukso

Hi everyone, Oakland Wiki <http://oaklandwiki.org> has partnered with Oakland Public Library <http://oaklandlibrary.org/> to host a series of edit parties at different branches of the library this spring! See the event dates and locations at http://oaklandwiki.org/Oakland_Wiki_Events There's also a rad flyer that the wonderful librarians have made with all the necessary info attached here. FINALLY, if you're in Oakland tomorrow for first friday, drop by Sudo Room<http://sudoroom.org>where we'll be Drawing Oakland <http://oaklandwiki.org/Draw_Oakland>. We'll have art supplies and will be drawing whatever we want about Oakland - its neighborhoods, people, etc. We'll be scanning our drawings and uploading them to the wiki to illustrate entries. If you want to draw a logo or illustration of your neighborhood or a favorite park or taco truck, this is your chance :) Best, Marina

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Fwd: [sfchalkboard] got an old pc laying around, anyone?

by Vicky Knox

Anyone? Anyone? ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: ... Date: 2014-03-03 10:56 GMT-08:00 Subject: [sfchalkboard] got an old pc laying around, anyone? To: sfchalkboard(a)lists.riseup.net Hello hello-- I'm trying to find an old PC (preferably a laptop, for the size) to set up as a shared computer for my house. Nothing fancy, just reasonably reliable. We need to run some software on it that's windows-specific, so macs are out. Got one in the bottom of your closet? If so we can try to work out some sort of trade or price, possibly. Let me know... ...

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using the CNC mill

by Sébastien Bourdeauducq

Hi, I'm the founder of Milkymist (now M-Labs) and the http://ehsm.eu conference, and I'm in Oakland for a while. I'm building an open source hardware video mixer called Mixxeo (http://m-labs.hk/mixxeo.html) and would like to experiment with/prototype the case design. My current approach is to take a die-cast aluminum enclosure (Hammond 1590F) and CNC-mill that. Could someone show me around the CNC machine at Sudoroom and if it sounds possible to use it for this project, explain me how to operate the machine? I'm not a Sudoroom member, but I will of course make a donation to Sudoroom if things work out. Thanks! Sébastien

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Webinar platform with good privacy practices?

by Vicky Knox

Hi all! I was recently invited to join a webinar using Fuzebox, and am concerned about their privacy practices. The particulars: I was given an access link that went to the inviting party's website and was required to give a full name and ZIP Code in order to be granted access to the webinar on Fuze. On the Fuze webinar site itself, I would have had to have downloaded their proprietary software to my desktop if I desired to stream the webinar and not supply my phone number. Umm...no thanks. I'd like to be able to recommend an alternative platform. Any recommendations, cryptolovelies? <3s, V

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Fwd: USACYC IS HIRING! :)

by Matthew Senate

Interesting cooperatunities! ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: E Lippold Cheney <e.m.lippold.cheney(a)gmail.com> Date: Wed, Mar 5, 2014 at 6:26 PM Subject: USACYC IS HIRING! :) To: usacyc(a)googlegroups.com *USA Cooperative Youth Council is seeking to hire* *youth! *We are seeking to contract with three different individuals or groups who identify as "youth" in the areas of technology development, membership services, and research. *We are thrilled to be able to provide meaningful cooperative employment for young people in the movement. *Please share this widely with your networks. Attached to this email are RFPs for the three contracts, or you can view them online here: TECHNOLOGY<https://docs.google.com/document/d/1QC-aJJMR-2gXERrsigcynue952RY3Wr5QjiAXb8…>, MEMBERSHIP<https://docs.google.com/document/d/19eksSzfJiMcXl7QvE8lGT-0s8MWg7WvGHwEmENn…>, & RESEARCH<https://docs.google.com/document/d/1xEjO_SL70AXxkvmOfXEwB-o0PCeNhKqef5k--iO…> . *Remember to follow & "like" us here:* http://www.facebook.com/usacyc SUBMISSION INFORMATION AND DEADLINE The first decisions on submitted proposals will take place on April 2nd. Submit proposals and any questions/comments regarding the RFP to: USACYC Staff Liaison Emily M Lippold Cheney e.m.lippold.cheney(a)gmail.com If you are unable to submit by email, please call Emily at 515.442.0749 to make other arrangements. Proposals will be accepted on a rolling basis, with the contract being available until awarded. USACYC will let all those submitting proposals know of their decision when it has been made. -- Emily M Lippold Cheney Cooperative Organizer Midwest, USA 515.442.0749 @eamlc -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "USACYC GoogleGroup" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to usacyc+unsubscribe(a)googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.

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Rootstrikers (Larry Lessig's Nonprofit) Democracy Hackathon in SF 3/29-30

by Marina Kukso

Hi all, Thought this might be relevant to your interests: http://www.nhrebellion.org/hackathon - Marina

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Fwd: Bryan Parker Hosts Oakland Tech Competition - Apply Online Today

by eddan.com

Of possible interest to Oakland-based tech projects and initiatives. Deadline for submissions is Apr. 1. Vator Splash takes place May 6-7 at the Jack London Market space. I am also organizing an UnConvention aspect of the event, if anyone would like to get in touch directly about helping out with and/or thoughts about that. > > Like Tweet > > Calling All Start-Ups! > > We are looking for the best and brightest Oakland and East Bay-based startups to participate in the first-ever Oaktown Tech Start-Up Competition! > > Finalists will be eligible for prizes and winners will gain access to top VCs. High School students are also welcome to participate and win top internships. > > With the goal of establishing Oakland as a viable tech hub, we have partnered with Vator, a vibrant social network, event and news platform for the modern entrepreneur to bring Splash, the premier startup event and competition toOakland in Jack London Square on May 6th and 7th. > > Oakland has the emerging talent and infrastructure to become a major spoke in the tech hub and needs the right leadership to support that ecosystem, which can become an economic driver for the city. Economic development is a major component in our battle for a safer Oakland, and I am starting that engagement today. > > Winners > > The top five finalists in the Oaktown Tech Start-Up Competition will qualify to present on stage during Vator Splash Oakland. Three finalists also receive a free demo table during the conference to present their services and products to the 1,000-plus attendees in the entrepreneur and investor community. > > The winners receives sit-down meetings with at least five VCs, including Javelin Venture Partners, plus $30,000 in-kind prizes, such as an Apple iPad Mini for two team members, one-year subscription to Rackspace, a two-hour consultation with KPMG, $10,000 worth of free processing fees, courtesy of Braintree, a video of their 3-minute presentation on stage, a profile on VatorNews, and much more. > > Apply Online > > The deadline for applications is April 1. > > It is free to enter and free for the top five finalists to present. Interested parties can apply online at Vator Splash Oakland. > > Let's send a message to the country: Oakland is Open for business! > > Bryan Parker > @BryanParker2014 > > > Sign Up Online > > Paid for by Parker for Oakland Mayor 2014 > > Contributions are not tax deductible. > > The Oakland Campaign Reform Act limits campaign contributions by all persons (OMC §§3.12.050 and 3.12.060) and prohibits contributions during specified time periods from contractors doing business with the City of Oakland, the Oakland Redevelopment Agency or the Oakland Unified School District (OMC §3.12.140 paragraphs A, B and C.). > > > ©2014 Bryan Parker For Oakland Mayor 2014 | Oakland, CA 94611 > Web Version Forward Unsubscribe > > Powered by Mad Mimi ® > >

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What happenend to Eudea Village Wikitown? Unmonastery Invite

by Max Klein

Wikiaks, What happened to http://eudea.liminoidforest.org/ ? It's down to me. Edgeryderz are obessing me these days. I have been in touch with theUnMonastery<http://edgeryders.eu/unmonastery>and Beautiful Community Wiki <http://bwcd.vdcn.org/doku.php> people on EdgeRyderz. They want to know what happeend to Eudea. So what's the update? And is anyone interested in going to the unmonastery this summer? Max Klein http://notconfusing.com/

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Fwd: [sfchalkboard] Anyone Filter WVO? I've got some! :D

by Vicky Knox

If you'd like to get in touch with this person, please let me know! ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: ... Date: 2014-03-02 17:45 GMT-08:00 Subject: [sfchalkboard] Anyone Filter WVO? I've got some! :D To: sfchalkboard(a)lists.riseup.net Hello Chalkboarders! I've been running my truck, Greasy Cowboy, on used vegetable oil now for 5 years. I currently pick up used oil from a couple restaurants every few weeks. I pick up anywhere between 50-100 gallons in 5 gallon cubies. For the last couple years I've had an arrangement with someone where I give them all my crude oil, and they give me back 50% of the oil filtered. This individual can no longer filter the oil, hence this email! I'm looking for someone who has a filtering setup. The setup should be able to dewater the oil completely. I would prefer filtering capabilities to 1 micron, but could settle for 5 micron. I live in North Oakland! I could bring the oil to you or you could come pick it up. Cheers, ...

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Fwd: STATE FARM: GENERAL LIABILITY QUOTE AND RENTERS INSURANCE BROCHURE

by Matthew Senate

Hey all, I got a quote from State Farm for insurance that should meet the requirements from the landlords. I wanted to pass it along and show it to folks. If we buy this, we can change the lease to be held by Sudo Room as an entity rather than myself and Eddan. I plan to pay for this tomorrow, unless we have a clear alternative or any really strong reason not to. Cost is $73.67 / month right now. Additionally and however, State Farm needs us to give at least some coverage for Personal Property along with the General Liability insurance we need. You'll see the quote lists $5,000 right now. We toggled the variables to cover $10,000 for personal property plus $5,000 in computer property, which raised the quote to $87.92 / mo, which isn't that much of a difference given tripling the coverage ($14.75). Hence it seems the bulk of this quote is the General Liability costs. Given the $1,000 deductible, it's unclear to me the best way to assess and then state an insured value for stuff at sudo room. I'd like to see this play out in a parallel thread. What do you think? For the time being, I think we can stick with the $5,000 and change it later when we have more data / insight. // Matt ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Kelly Wright <kelly.wright.ujnp(a)statefarm.com> Date: Thu, Feb 27, 2014 at 4:47 PM Subject: STATE FARM: GENERAL LIABILITY QUOTE AND RENTERS INSURANCE BROCHURE To: "MATTSENATE(a)GMAIL.COM" <MATTSENATE(a)gmail.com> Cc: Thomas Kleinsmith <thomas.kleinsmith.u0t1(a)statefarm.com>, Marquetta J Hunter <marquetta.j.hunter.uwrn(a)statefarm.com> Hello Matt, So nice to speak with you today and learning more about the Sudo Room and what you all do! Please find attached the quote that we discussed and a brochure on our renters insurance. We look forward to hearing back from you. Kelly S. Wright, Agent 3645 Grand Ave.,Ste. 105 Oakland, CA 94610 (P)510.488.3505 (F) 510.628.0388 License #: 0F69851 *kelly(a)kellyswright.com* <kelly(a)kellyswright.com> *www.kellyswright.com* <http://www.kellyswright.com/> <http://www.facebook.com/>

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Surface-mount Arduino Leonardo clones soldering workshop monday!

by Jake

Come learn surface-mount soldering and put together an Arduino Leonardo clone from scratch! I and others will be doing Surface-mount CHM tomorrow with LeOlympia boards (an Arduino Leonardo clone made by Olympia Circuits) these boards are great because they have USB built-in and can be programmed with only a mini-USB cable. In addition to working like a normal arduino they can also pretend to be a USB keyboard or mouse or MIDI controller or whatever you want. they also have an RGB LED and a general-purpose button, and a second row of pins to be compatible with standard breadboards. 0. What do we provide: (approximately 15 kits available) - Circuit Board and components for a complete LeOlymplia board (an Arduino Leonardo Clone) - solder paste, solder mask, a squeegee, a few sets of tweezers - a hot plate for soldering everything that way - soldering irons and solder and flux for finishing up the board 1. What do you need: - Previous experience with soldering, so you can fix imperfect connections on very small components - Patience to populate the board with small components with tweezers - good eyesight or reading glasses to be able to see small parts 3. When: Monday, March 3rd, 2014 starting at 6:00 PM 4. Where: Noisebridge, 2169 Mission St., 3rd floor If you have any questions, contact jake at spaz dot org Here's information about the kits we will be building: LeOlympia parts list: leolympia_v1-0_parts_list.pdf LeOlympia schematic: leolympia_v1-0_-_schematic.pdf LeOlympia circuitboard diagram: leolympia_v1-0_-_pcb.pdf

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Sunset panorama can

by Danny Spitzberg

Friends, I have an intention to install a sunset panorama camera up near the Lawrence Hall of Science that would post a handful of photographs every evening to the www. Ideally, this woul couple with an interactive element, such as a disclaimer that says this is not what the sunset actually looks like - and perhaps a filter that enhances the photos to get closer to real-vision. Anyone have any input or feedback on this public gimmick initiative?

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Fwd: [sfchalkboard] Actors & Extras Needed Monday: Anti-DAC Skit!

by Vicky Knox

8] If you're interested I can send you this person's contact. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: ... Date: 2014-03-01 11:58 GMT-08:00 Subject: [sfchalkboard] Actors & Extras Needed Monday: Anti-DAC Skit! To: sfchalkboard <sfchalkboard(a)lists.riseup.net> Hi Folks! We have recently launched our production company and blog, Aberrant Films. The goal of Aberrant Films is to raise awareness about social issues in an entertaining way. The blog will include both articles/journalistic pieces on things happening in our community, and entertaining fiction, videos and short films with powerful messages inspired by things happening in our community and culture. We've recently been getting involved in the fight against the Domain Awareness Center that the Dept. of Homeland Security is trying to build in Oakland. If we don't speak up, it could end up being a city-wide surveillance hub which has 24/7 surveillance on Oakland and surrounding areas. There are so many things wrong with the DAC and what it could mean for the privacy rights of everyone in the Bay Area. We recently attended a meeting at Oakland City Hall, which was officially the one chance for the public to voice their concerns and opinions about a privacy policy for the Domain Awareness Center, and to get questions answered. The meeting itself was honestly quite comical, in terms of how obvious it was that no one with any decision power was listening to us and the answer to every single question was a very upbeat "I don't know." *There were many very tragic yet funny elements about the meeting, and we'd like to shoot a comedic skit which both makes fun of the way that meeting was handled, and raises important questions about the DAC that people should be asking.* For more info on the DAC, here are some links: http://oaklandwiki.org/Domain_Awareness_Center http://publicintelligence.net/tag/domain-awareness-center/ http://occupyoakland.org/ai1ec_event/dont-sell-people-oakland-dept-homeland… The big vote and protest on the DAC is on Tuesday the 4th and we'd like to get this skit out by then. *We will be shooting the skit on Monday (3/3), 12pm-4pm near 18th and Mission in San Francisco. We unfortunately cannot offer pay for this project, but it's going to be a lot of fun, for a great cause that affects our community, and a lot of people are going to see it.* *The roles we need to cast are:* *-- The Moderator: An upbeat good-looking middle-aged man with a gameshow host attitude and absolutely no knowledge or decision power on the DAC. Must have a suit and tie.* *-- Two more City Council Members: Both men, middle-aged, serious looking, did very little talking aside from the occasional "we don't know" and hid in the shadows of the audience. Preferably one latin and one black as it was at the real meeting. Very few lines if any, but plenty of screen time. Must have a suit and tie.* *-- Five Anti-DAC Speakers: Largely members of Occupy Oakland, regular citizens, protestors, etc. who spoke in opposition of the DAC. Each speaker will get several lines. Casual or semi-professional wear.* *-- 10+ Anti-DAC Audience Members: Anti-DAC people who attended the meeting but do not speak in the skit. Casual or semi-professional wear.* If you're available and interested, please contact me and we'll give you more details. And if you know anyone else who might be interested, whether they would like to play a role or just be an audience member, please send them our way. Thanks! Sincerely, ... Aberrant Films

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Re: [sudo-discuss] [Food Crisis] Planned food safety rules rile organic farmers

by Eddie Che

Fuck.... seriously? On 3/2/14, Rudy Arredondo <hola_5(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > Planned food safety rules rile organic farmersLocal growers are discovering > that proposed FDA regulations would > curtail many common techniques, such as using house-made fertilizers and > irrigating from creeks. > http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-food-safety-20140223,0,6831660.story#ix… > > > > > > HUSTONTOWN, Pa. -- Jim > Crawford was rushing to load crates of freshly picked organic tomatoes > onto trucks heading for an urban farmers market when he noticed the > federal agent. > > > A tense conversation followed as > the visitor to his farm -- an inspector from the Food and Drug > Administration -- warned him that some organic-growing techniques he had > honed over four decades could soon be outlawed. > > "This is my badge. These are the fines. This is what is hanging over > your head, and we want you to know that," Crawford says the official > told him. > > > > > Crawford's popular farm may > seem a curious place for the FDA to move ahead with a long-planned > federal assault on deadly food poisoning. To Crawford's knowledge, none > of the kohlrabi, fennel, sugar snap peas or other crops from his New Morning > Farm have ever sickened anyone. But he is not the only organic grower to > suddenly discover federal inspectors on his land. > > In 2010, after a years-long campaign, food-safety activists persuaded > Congress to give the FDA authority to regulate farm practices. > The next year, an outbreak of food poisoning that killed 33 people who > ate tainted cantaloupes put pressure on the FDA to be aggressive. > > Now, farmers are discovering that the FDA's proposed rules would > curtail many techniques that are common among organic growers, including > spreading house-made fertilizers, tilling cropland with grazing > animals, and irrigating from open creeks. > > Suddenly, from small family operations nestled in the foothills of > Appalachia to the sophisticated organic-grower networks that serve Los > Angeles and San Francisco, the farms that celebrity chefs and > food-conscious consumers jostle to buy from are facing an unexpected > adversary. > > They're fighting back. Even though full enforcement of the rules is > still years away, they are warning customers that some farms would have > to close. > > "They are going to drive farms out of business," said Dave Runsten, policy > director for Community Alliance with Family Farmers in Davis, Calif. > > "The consumer groups behind this don't understand farming," Runsten > says. "They talk out of both sides of their mouth. They demand these > one-size-fits-all regulations, then say, 'I don't want to hurt those > cute little farmers at the farmers market. I shop at the farmers > market.' It is frustrating." > > Many farmers who take part in the locally grown food movement argue > that contamination is a problem of industrial-sized farms and that some > of the practices the FDA might ban actually make consumers safer. > > Food safety advocates have urged regulators to hang tough. "We don't > believe large facilities are the only place where outbreaks are > happening," said Caroline Smith DeWaal, food safety director at the Center > for Science in the Public Interest in Washington. Farm-to-fork growers, she > said, need to accept that emerging strains of E. coli > and other bacteria can just as easily seep into the produce sold at a > farmers market as into the batches of salad bagged at giant processing > plants, and they need to tweak their methods to protect against it. > > "At the end of the day, consumers will be paying a little bit more > for this. But a few cents here may help avoid a severe illness," Smith > DeWaal says. > > Congress passed the landmark Food Safety Modernization Act amid > alarming reports from public health agencies about widespread food > contamination. Tens of millions of consumers are sickened by tainted > food each year, and some 3,000 die annually as a result, according to the > Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. > > Parents of children who died from drinking contaminated juice or > eating unsafe spinach rallied lawmakers with horrifying stories. > Concerns about bioterrorism also played a role. The new rules are meant, > in part, to make the nation's food supply less susceptible to > tampering. > > The century-old FDA has ample experience breaking up unsafe > pharmaceutical factories and food processors but is still finding its > way around family farms. At a recent congressional hearing, Rep. Marsha > Blackburn (R-Tenn.) seized on one draft set of rules in which the FDA > declared kale is "never consumed raw." > > "I was going to offer to make a kale salad for you," she said to > Michael Taylor, a deputy commissioner. "It causes you to wonder if those > who are writing these rules have ever set foot on a farm." > > Over the summer, the owner of the last working farm in Akron, Ohio, > which had been supplying produce to locals for 117 years, said he was > throwing in the towel and blamed the FDA's new rules. Don Bessemer > told the Akron Beacon Journal that he was up for fighting pests and > even drought, but not bureaucrats. Thirty workers lost jobs. > > Federal regulators have been scrambling to find the right balance > ever since the draft rules set off controversy. The FDA has backed away > from some of its positions, and Taylor points out that thousands of the > smallest farms would be exempt from new inspections under an agreement > negotiated in Congress. > > "This is the first time that the FDA will have regulated produce safety on > the farm," he said in an interview. > > "It is understandable people have concerns and questions," he added. "We > have learned a lot during this last year." > > Regulators have been poring over comments from some 20,000 groups and > individuals. On listening tours at farms, they have gotten an earful > from growers such as Judith Redmond, one of the owners of the 350-acre Full > Belly Farm > in the scenic Capay Valley northwest of Sacramento. Redmond says she is > bewildered by proposed restrictions on compost that could make it > impossible to use on some crops. > > "We think they should be encouraging people to use compost," she > said. "To consider it dangerous or potentially harboring pathogens is > the wrong message to be sending." > > While the FDA is striking a conciliatory tone, protest is sure to > follow when revised rules emerge this summer. That much is clear just > from listening to both sides on issues as esoteric as how long farmers > should be required to leave manure in a compost pile. > > Farmers say they simply don't have the facilities to do what food-safety > groups are demanding. > > Crawford, for example, fertilizes his farm with manure made from the > waste of his 300 chickens. Composting it for as long a period as the > draft FDA rules require would be impossible, he says. > > He worries, too, about rules requiring him to keep animals away from the > crops. > > The Center for Science in the Public Interest will be pushing the FDA not to > yield. > > "Necessity is the mother of invention," Smith DeWaal said. "Why not > create a cooperative whose sole job it is to truck this stuff to a > composting facility and truck it back? It's an expense, but way better > than the unexpected expense of a major recall and implications to your > farm if an outbreak is traced to your product. There are costs either > way." > > That might make sense to Crawford, the farmer, if he saw convincing > evidence the manure he is using is dangerous. But he hasn't. What he > sees is an added expense that will give another reason for farmers > operating on the margins to call it quits. > > "The public loves to love and idealize us little family farmers," he > said. "But the vast majority of us are hanging by a thread. Now, the > government is saying, 'We are going to put a lot more weight on that > thread.'" > > evan.halper(a)latimes.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-food-safety-20140223,0,6831660.story#ix… > > > The National Latino Farmers & Ranchers Trade Association > 717 D Street, NW, Suite 400 > Washington, DC 20004 > 202-628-8833-General > 202-628-1440-Direct > > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Food Crisis" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to food_crisis+unsubscribe(a)googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to food_crisis(a)googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/food_crisis. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > -- Eddie Miller, BU '10 eddiemill(a)gmail.com | 440-935-5434 Facebook.com/eddiemill | Twitter.com/eddiemill

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Re: [sudo-discuss] TONIGHT: Counter Culture Labs vs Sudo Room: No Competition!

by mattsenate＠gmail.com

I would typically love to participate, but will be attending a prior engagement listed on the sudo room calendar: the 1 year anniversary of VolxKuche (VoKuSF), a free dinner with entertainment, "peoples kitchen" project. https://sudoroom.org/calendar Perhaps we can gather again next month? // Matt ----- Reply message ----- From: "ahnon" <ahnon(a)ahnon.org> To: "cclabs" <counterculturelabs(a)googlegroups.com>, <sudo-discuss(a)lists.sudoroom.org> Subject: [sudo-discuss] TONIGHT: Counter Culture Labs vs Sudo Room: No Competition! Date: Fri, Feb 28, 2014 14:04 Tonight Friday February 28 7:00 PM Telegraph Beer Garden (which also has kombucha and coffee) 2318 Telegraph Avenue, Oakland, CA Biohackers and hackers getting along splendidly and making things peacefully whilst sipping kombucha. Let's put an end to February with circuits and enzymes! Open to all - stop in and say hello, bend our ears with your latest idea, or just drink coffe and circuit hack a furby!

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Fwd: FW: Ada Allies

by Marina Kukso

hi everyone, ada initiative is hosting 2 upcoming workshops in SF on making the workplace more inclusive to women. seems like a great opportunity for anyone who might be interested in the mens' group and/or interested in cutting through what might seem like confusion regarding what exactly creates unwelcoming environments, how we can create them without seeming to be assholes ourselves, and how to destroy them. :) - marina ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Jeri Wright <jwright(a)plos.org> Date: Thu, Feb 27, 2014 at 9:23 AM Subject: FW: Ada Allies To: "marina.kukso(a)gmail.com" <marina.kukso(a)gmail.com> Best, Jeri Marie Wright *PLOS *I *OPEN FOR DISCOVERY* Jeri Marie Wright I Publications Manager, PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases 1160 Battery Street, Suite 100, San Francisco, CA 94111 jwright(a)plos.org I Main +1 415-624-1200 I Direct +1 415-568-3175 I Fax +1 415-546-4090 plos.org <http://www.plos.org/> I Facebook<http://www.facebook.com/PLoS.org>I Twitter <http://twitter.com/PLOS> I Blog <http://blogs.plos.org/> *From:* Katie Hickling *Sent:* Thursday, February 27, 2014 4:14 AM *To:* Conferences *Subject:* Ada Allies Hi Conferences! The Ada initiative (An initiative supporting women in open technology and culture) is running two "Allies" workshops in the SF Bay area which I thought I'd send onto this list in case of interest. https://adainitiative.org/ http://adainitiative.org/2014/02/allies-workshops-in-the-san-francisco-bay-… https://adainitiative.org/what-we-do/workshops-and-training/ *PLOS* I *OPEN FOR DISCOVERY* Katie Hickling I Editorial Manager, PLOS Medicine & PLOS Biology Carlyle House, Carlyle Road, Cambridge CB4 3DN | United Kingdom khickling(a)plos.org I Main +44 (0) 1223-442810 I Direct +44 (0) 1223-442814I Fax +44 (0)1223-442833 plos.org <http://www.plos.org/> I Facebook<http://www.facebook.com/PLoS.org>I Twitter <http://twitter.com/plosmedicine> I Blog<http://blogs.plos.org/speakingofmedicine/>

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by The Doctor

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