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Fwd: Code for America's Government Fellowship Applications Open

by Tony Barreca

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Kapital & ideas (long posts), was Re: Sudo! Wanna co-host this surveillance event?

by Romy Ilano

The problem with ideas is that they are a dime a dozen. There are many brilliant ideas out there. Implementing ideas, realizing them and getting buy-in are actually what holds most people back. In any given project there are a lot of people who talk, but very few people who actually roll their sleeves up and get things done. I'm pretty guilty of talking a lot! When was the last time I was at SudoRoom on a clean-up day? (smile) If you want to succeed you have to find a way to find people who actually implement things and do things, and find a way to make these things happen in a way that is as or more effective than capitalism's incentives. I think Mass Effect is on the right track. Message: 8 Date: Wed, 05 Feb 2014 00:16:28 -0800 From: GtwoG PublicOhOne <g2g-public01(a)att.net> To: David Keenan <dkeenan44(a)gmail.com> Cc: "sudo-discuss(a)lists.sudoroom.org" <sudo-discuss(a)lists.sudoroom.org> Subject: [sudo-discuss] Kapital & ideas (long posts), was Re: Sudo! Wanna co-host this surveillance event? Message-ID: <52F1F35C.7020507(a)att.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" >>>>>> Agreed, there are times when one has to choose one's fights, and not everyone chooses the same fights at the same times. Looks like we agree about fair use, anonymity, mesh, and the movement for self-ownership of personal data. Fighting back with ideas: Majorly agreed re. "fight back ...with ideas." And "...all the tech in the world won't help if people don't give a hoot because they're too exhausted by the Spectacle-induced trance of capital etc. to care, or don't see why its necessary or in their self-interest." This point is HUGE, and it's rare to find others in the tech universe who get it. Too often we confuse the tools with which we build, and the things we build, with the purposes for which we build. Martin Luther King had a dial phone and a typewriter. He changed the world with the power of his ideas. Today each of us has a supercomputer on our desk and/or in our pocket, and can reach an audience of millions in the time it takes to blow our noses. What we lack is an idea: but not just "an" idea, rather a set of ideas, an ecosystem of ideas that, taken together, open a new view of the world and ourselves in it, and inspire people to think deeply and act courageously. We've inherited a fortune in ideas from all of history, and yet it appears that something is missing, something that could form a bridge over which we can walk from the past and present into the future. Perhaps it has something to do with the fact that happiness is not identical with meaning. The Spectacle and the circuses can produce happiness, but what they don't produce is a sense of meaning. Instead we're told, often by our peers, that the most rational view is that life is meaningless, that the universe has no purpose, and that only a religious or romantic fool would believe otherwise. But two NOTs don't make an AND: so what we're left with is a proverbial hole in our soul and nothing to fill it. "The universe is DEAD!" is hardly a rallying cry for sustainability, much less for revolution. ============================= Romy Ilano romy(a)snowyla.com

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Soil & compost microbiology workshops [was Fwd: Soil & Saving the World]

by Patrik D'haeseleer

Sounds interesting, although a bit pricy. Probably aimed more at amateur organic gardeners than amateur scientist, but we can go heckle her with sciencey questions. :-) Patrik ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Living Mandala <livingmandala(a)livingmandala.com> Date: Tue, Feb 4, 2014 at 4:15 PM Subject: Soil & Saving the World To: "east-bay-diybio(a)googlegroups.com" <east-bay-diybio(a)googlegroups.com> *Soil Food Web IntensiveAn Intensive Course With Dr. Elaine InghamMarch 17 - 21, 2014* GreenFriends Farm / MA Center, Castro Valley, CA *For More Information Click Here*<http://www.livingmandala.com/Living_Mandala/Soil_Food_Web_Intensive_March_2…> *Course Description* There is a whole world under the soil - and no one knows this cast of characters better than Elaine Ingham! Elaine is one of the world's leading soil microbiologists, with 30 years of experience researching and teaching and an easy and enthusiastic style that brings the soil food web to life. Elaine literally wrote the book on compost teas: The Compost Tea Brewing Manual. Healthy soil has all the interconnected elements of a "web" - which can retain nutrients, cycle nutrients into the right forms at the right rates for the plant desired, build soil structure, suppress disease-causing organisms, protect plant surfaces, produce plant-growth-promoting hormones and chemicals, and decompose toxic compounds. In this course, you'll look at the elements of a healthy soil food web, learn how to analyze and improve your own soil, and learn how to make composts and extracts to strengthen the soil food web. The course will cover the soil food web, soil food web analysis, composts and compost extracts, and the use of microscopes. *Format & Modules* - Day 1 & 2 (March 17-18): Soil Food Web Fundamentals ~ $275 - Day 3 (March 19): Compost Technology ~ $145 - Day 4 (March 20): Compost Tea Technology ~ $145 - Day 5 (March 21): Light Microscope Training ~ $166 * Participants can sign up for the entire course or specific modules as outlined below: *Schedule & Module Description* The course daily schedule is from 9:00 am - 5:30 pm. *Day 1 & 2: Soil Food Web Fundamentals (March 17-18)** - *Dr. Elaine Ingham uncovers the basic principles of the Soil Foodweb, plant relationships, and bacterial to fungi ratios in this in-depth two day primer. Not only will you gain a fundamental understanding of the way soil biology drives plant nutrition, you will learn how modern agriculture selects for disease and pests. A must for anyone wanting a complete understanding of soil health and healthy plants. *Day 3: Compost Technology (March 19)* - Not all compost is created equal. There is a big difference between good compost and reduced waste. One of the biggest mistakes people make when building a compost pile is not selecting the different Carbon:Nitrogen ratios for the plants they're growing. Learn how to select the proper ratios that will give your plants the exact biology they need to thrive. *Day 4: Compost Tea Technology (March 20)* - We cover the processes that will maximize biological diversity to get the most bang for your buck. Actively Aerated Compost Tea (AACT) and Liquid Compost Extract (LCE) are the most efficient methods for bringing back micobe diversity. This allows you to eliminate inorganic fertilizers and herbicides which decrease diversity and degrade soil health. *Day 5: Light Microscope Training (March 21) *- Dr. Elaine Ignham leads this very special day of training on effective light microscope techniques and identification. Learn from the master herself about what constituents good compost and compost tea on a microscopic level. This part of the class is essential for anyone who wishes to gain "eyes on" knowledge of the soil universe and what really goes on under our feet. Get the necessary training to identify the bacteria, fungi, protozoa, and nematodes that drive the health and well being of our plants. Students are encouraged to bring their own microscope. Microscopes will also be available for a group discount at the workshop. *Who Should Attend? * Class is suitable for beginners to advanced practitioners. This intensive course is for farmers, landscapers, ranchers, creators and distributors of agricultural products, waste management professionals, soil and garden enthusiasts of all types, and anyone who touches the earth. Simply put, this information needs to be central to any sustainable agriculture or land management. Participants receive a certification of completion. This course will give you the tools you need to make healthy, site-specific compost for beautiful results every time! *For More Information Click Here <http://www.livingmandala.com/Living_Mandala/Soil_Food_Web_Intensive_March_2…>* http://www.livingmandala.com/Living_Mandala/Soil_Food_Web_Intensive_March_2… *e-mail: education(a)livingmandala.com <education(a)livingmandala.com>Phone: (707) 634-1461 <%28707%29%20634-1461>* *Living Mandala* Organizing Education, Events & Initiatives for Personal & Planetary Transformation *www.LivingMandala.com <http://www.livingmandala.com/>* *Find Living Mandala on Facebook! <http://www.facebook.com/LivingMandala.org>* -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "East Bay DIYbio (OLD - join Counter Culture Labs instead!)" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to east-bay-diybio+unsubscribe(a)googlegroups.com. 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Domain Awareness Center check

by mattsenate＠gmail.com

The city council seeks a check in hand, residents of Oakland sold out for a pittance. // Matt

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Sudo! Wanna co-host this surveillance event?

by David Keenan

Hey all, The Bay Area Public School has scheduled a surveillance awareness event on Friday 2/21 7-9pm in the common room entitled Spied Upon: Surveillance & Resistance. I was hoping we (sudo) could co-host this event with BAPS, because I think it'd be really cool if we start doing more events together. BAPS can do most all of the setup, but it'd be great if Sudo can do outreach too, since I think it'd be in the interest of both communities. What do you think? There's a twofold focus on informants and technological surveillance. Here's the Sudo Room calendar *event link <https://sudoroom.org/ai1ec_event/spied-upon-bay-area-premiere-baps/>*. Details are below - *Spied Upon: Surveillance and Resistance* Join us Friday February 21st 7-9 pm at the Bay Area Public School<http://thepublicschool.org/node/36455> & Sudo Room 2141 Broadway (enter on 22nd), Oakland - three blocks from 19th St. Bart! Between the ever-present fear of informants to the profusion of metadata collection and the construction of the Domain Awareness Center<http://oaklandwiki.org/Domain_Awareness_Center> (DAC) in Oakland, the growing problem of surveillance has made it into the mainstream dialog, but the people and communities most affected are sometimes being left out of the conversation. Join us for an evening of ideas, discussion and questions about solidarity in the face of this intimidation. How do we support one another and our movements when being targeted by police, surveillance and informants? What are the legal, community and political responses that can best keep the larger "us" safe and allow our movements to flourish? *- SPEAKERS -* *Jason Kirkpatrick*, filmmaker and activist, will show clips of and discuss his upcoming film, *Spied Upon* <http://spiedupon.com/>. Interviewing activists across the world and telling his own personal story, Jason will take us on a journey into one of Europe's biggest political surveillance scandals, documenting growing movements of resistance to surveillance along the way. *Zahra Billoo*, Civil rights attorney and Executive Director at the Bay Area *Council on American-Islamic Relations* <http://www.cair.com/> (CAIR), speaks on the use of informants in a post-9/11 context, their impact, the community's resistance and lessons learned. *Richard Brown*, Black Panther and member of the *SF8*<http://www.freethesf8.org/who.html>, will share his history with undercover police and surveillance, imparting the 'long view' of solidarity learned from a lifetime of activism. *- Panel Discussion -* Q & A with the speakers will follow in conversation with representatives from: *Bay Area Anti-Repression Committee*<https://oaklandantirepression.wordpress.com/> *Bay Area Coalition to Stop Political Repression*<http://araborganizing.org/campaigns-our-work/coalition-to-stop-political-re…> (at AROC) *Legal Workers of the National Lawyers Guild*<http://www.nlgsf.org/national-lawyers-guild-mission-statement> (NLG) *Oakland Privacy Working Group* <https://oaklandprivacy.wordpress.com/> (OPWG / anti-DAC) All donations gratefully received will go to the Bay Area Anti-Repression Committee and the Legal Workers at the Bay Area chapter of the NLG - two groups long supporting the Bay Area radical community with legal and educational assistance. Thank you!

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Reporting in an Age of Eavesdropping - Feb 5 @ UC Berkeley

by Danny Spitzberg

UC Berkeley pravda says: A discussion with Trevor Timm, Jillian C. York and Cyrus Farivar on the new challenges journalists face to report news and protect whistleblowers. Moderated by Jeremy Rue with introductory remarks by Edward Wasserman. Event details can be found here: http://journalism.berkeley.edu/events/details/805/ good: night! D

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1 billion rising for justice

by J Clark

Sudoers, Wanted to share with you several 1 Billion Rising events in Oakland on Valentine's Day http://onebillionrising.org "1 in 3 women will be beaten or raped in her lifetime. That's One Billion Women." http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3WrT8HG4wY Looks like there's one at Holy Names College, one at West Oakland BART, one down the street at B'way and 26th: http://www.onebillionrising.org/events/stand-for-real-love-a-community-perf… Peace, j.

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Tom in Oakland from February 13-or-14 to 23

by Thomas Levine

Hi, I left town in November after discovering how little stuff I needed. I've further reduced the stuff. http://thomaslevine.com/!/stuff-2014-02/ I've continued messing with tons of spreadsheets and pondering what cool things we can do with them. http://thomaslevine.com/open-data I'm going to Oakland on February 13 or 14, and I'm leaving on February 23. Could I crash with anyone for a couple of days at the beginning of that range? Actually, the whole range would be great too, but I have a system for finding good deals on short-term housing. http://github.com/tlevine/undervalued-sublets Tom

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Fwd: [SVEC] Fwd: SVEC Education Awards

by Romy Mimi Ilano

Pass along to any awesome high school or college students you know! *Romy Mimi Ilano* *romy.ilano(a)gmail.com <romy.ilano(a)gmail.com>* *http://www.romyilano.com <http://www.romyilano.com>* +1 (415) 779-6237 skype: romy.ilano ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Elise Engelhardt <techelise(a)gmail.com> Date: Wed, Jan 15, 2014 at 1:35 PM Subject: [SVEC] Fwd: SVEC Education Awards To: svec(a)sbay.org From: Kiran Gunnam <kgunnam(a)ieee.org> *SVEC Education Awards for High School, College Students* *Deadline is February 7, 2014* mailing date. *Awards Eligibility and Criteria* The Silicon Valley Engineering Council Engineering Education awards recognize young engineering and technology students for their dedication, focus, and commitment to engineering. Engineering and Technology students graduating from high school or presently enrolled in undergraduate community college or university programs are eligible to apply. Fulltime and part-time students are eligible. Students may receive an SVEC Education award only once. Graduate students are not eligible. Applications have details and required specifics. Some of the details listed below. Download 2014 application form in PDF here<http://svec.org/files/SVECEducationAwardsApplication2014.pdf> Download 2014 application form in MS Word here<http://svec.org/files/SVECEducationAwardsApplication2014.doc> _______________________________________________ SVEC mailing list SVEC(a)sbay.org http://www.sbay.org/mailman/listinfo/svec

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need for datasets: education, public health, sustainability, restorative justice

by Mike Schachter

Hi everyone, I wanted to make people aware of an event coming up this weekend and try to get some help. I'm volunteering to mentor Data Science at the Black Male Achievement Startup Weekend this weekend: http://bmaoakland.startupweekend.org/ The attendees will form teams to try and address issues related to public health, sustainability, education, restorative justice, and gaming. As a mentor, it's my job to go around and help the teams. I would like to be able to facilitate progress with each group by providing the tools and data they need to enhance work on their focus areas. If you know of some good open datasets that fall into the areas of health care, sustainability, education, restorative justice, or gaming, could you please recommend them to me? Also, if you are interested in coming out as a volunteer and helping me, or others at the event, consider registering! mike

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Re: [sudo-discuss] "learn to code" events subject to full-WTF scale crackdown...any ideas?

by Romy Ilano

Well to play devil's advocate: creative, qusetioning students with computer science skills are valued by the industrialists nowadays. They actually seek out people who are a little rebellious. I read that some of the more innovative Chinese high schools are ditching standardized tests, encuraging more creative education, as they see it as their only ticket to becoming an economy on the high end of the value chain (more creative, more design-focused) What if the evil capitalists support a more intelliectual, creative education free of rote education? >>>>>>>>>> Message: 11 Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2014 18:23:34 -0800 From: Anthony Di Franco <di.franco(a)gmail.com> To: GtwoG PublicOhOne <g2g-public01(a)att.net> Cc: sudo-discuss <sudo-discuss(a)lists.sudoroom.org> Subject: Re: [sudo-discuss] "learn to code" events subject to full-WTF scale crackdown...any ideas? Message-ID: <CAOJkv1pDK2k_oPcbssg42MHZOkSzfqANQPxfoTNmx7wWF4wLSw(a)mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Outside of the narrow regulatory question, this reminds me of another relating to the vocationalization of programming to supply commoditized labor to large corporations, which is something I am uneasy around and which I think reflects a shifting power balance that deserves to be opposed. Here is a line of criticism that I think is right on, running from Seymour Papert to Bret Victor to this< http://programmingisterrible.com/post/73056840109/paperts-dreams-and-our-gr… > : *"In ?Meanwhile, at code.org <http://worrydream.com/MeanwhileAtCodeOrg/>?, Bret juxtaposes the ideals of Seymour Papert and the dreams of entrepreneurs and venture capitalists. Papert wanted to use programming as a way to let children explore powerful ideas and let their imagination run wild. The agenda of the political, wealthy, and powerful is to build a new generation of worker bees to fuel their startups. One sees code as a liberation, and the other as a vocation..."* ============================= Romy Ilano romy(a)snowyla.com

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Re: [sudo-discuss] Sudo! Wanna co-host this surveillance event?

by mattsenate＠gmail.com

I'll sponsor it, but can't do much leg work. Perhaps BAPS should consider whether it is inclined to support events billed as fundraisers for worthy groups and individuals, but reserve asking for funds for all other events? This way a fundraiser is a rare and exceptional event, where it is clear the purpose and the flow of funds, versus the general expectation of completely free events hosted by BAPS. Does this produce an ethical and moral consistency with the motivation of the policy? Would this make the policy more cleat to event collaborators: "either free or it's a full-blown fundraiser"? // Matt ----- Reply message ----- From: "David Keenan" <dkeenan44(a)gmail.com> To: "sudo-discuss(a)lists.sudoroom.org" <sudo-discuss(a)lists.sudoroom.org> Subject: [sudo-discuss] Sudo! Wanna co-host this surveillance event? Date: Mon, Feb 3, 2014 00:07 Hi all.. I know there hasn't been much activity on this thread, but I was wondering if I could up the ante. Because sometimes, life's just like that. Would we (sudo) be willing to entirely host this event? Without BAPS.. I ask because the event's organizers would really like for there to be a simple donation box somewhere off to the side in the space, for folks to be able to donate directly at the event. This money would go to Oakland's Anti-Repression Committee and National Lawyer Guild's Legal Workers (the non-lawyer workforce part of the NLG). Within BAPS, there has emerged some reservation amongst organizers that having any other group (that is not BAPS) accept donations at an event BAPS hosts, might abrogate our statement of financial principles that there be no solicitation at the event. There's a confusion here that can't work itself out until our next general meeting at the earliest, which isn't for a while, and in the meantime.. the event needs to be promoted and have a home that is assured. So having Sudo solely host this event instead of BAPS, would solve a real headache for us. Are we down for this? I've already set the speakers and logistics up.. we just need a home, and hopefully, be able to put it on Sudo's facebook. alla best,David On Sun, Feb 2, 2014 at 3:05 PM, johanna faust <female.faust(a)gmail.com> wrote: i agree awesome idea. and second the mention. keenly watching this thread. On 2/2/14, David Keenan <dkeenan44(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Jeremy - Of course! And we should. > > what does the rest of sudo think? > > On Sunday, February 2, 2014, Jeremy Entwistle <jwentwistle(a)cryptolab.net> > wrote: > >> I think that's an amazing idea. How to do you feel about the mesh and our >> cryptoparty (2/23) being mentioned? As both are very practical methods of >> promoting secure and decentralized communications. >> >> On 2014-02-01 21:58, David Keenan wrote: >> >>> Hey all, >>> >>> The Bay Area Public School has scheduled a surveillance awareness >>> event on Friday 2/21 7-9pm in the common room entitled Spied Upon: >>> Surveillance & Resistance. I was hoping we (sudo) could co-host this >>> event with BAPS, because I think it'd be really cool if we start doing >>> more events together. BAPS can do most all of the setup, but it'd be >>> great if Sudo can do outreach too, since I think it'd be in the >>> interest of both communities. >>> >>> What do you think? >>> >>> There's a twofold focus on informants and technological surveillance. >>> Here's the Sudo Room calendar EVENT LINK [1]. Details are below - >>> >>> SPIED UPON: SURVEILLANCE AND RESISTANCE >>> Join us Friday February 21st 7-9 pm at the Bay Area Public School [2] >>> & Sudo Room >>> 2141 Broadway (enter on 22nd), Oakland - three blocks from 19th St. >>> Bart! >>> >>> Between the ever-present fear of informants to the profusion of >>> metadata collection and the construction of the Domain Awareness >>> Center [3] (DAC) in Oakland, the growing problem of surveillance has >>> made it into the mainstream dialog, but the people and communities >>> most affected are sometimes being left out of the conversation. >>> >>> Join us for an evening of ideas, discussion and questions about >>> solidarity in the face of this intimidation. How do we support one >>> another and our movements when being targeted by police, surveillance >>> and informants? What are the legal, community and political responses >>> that can best keep the larger "us" safe and allow our movements to >>> flourish? >>> >>> - SPEAKERS - >>> JASON KIRKPATRICK, filmmaker and activist, will show clips of and >>> discuss his upcoming film, _SPIED UPON_ [4]. Interviewing activists >>> across the world and telling his own personal story, Jason will take >>> us on a journey into one of Europe's biggest political surveillance >>> scandals, documenting growing movements of resistance to surveillance >>> along the way. >>> >>> ZAHRA BILLOO, Civil rights attorney and Executive Director at the Bay >>> Area COUNCIL ON AMERICAN-ISLAMIC RELATIONS [5] (CAIR), speaks on the >>> use of informants in a post-9/11 context, their impact, the >>> community's resistance and lessons learned. >>> >>> RICHARD BROWN, Black Panther and member of the SF8 [6], will share his >>> history with undercover police and surveillance, imparting the 'long >>> view' of solidarity learned from a lifetime of activism. >>> >>> - PANEL DISCUSSION - >>> Q & A with the speakers will follow in conversation with >>> representatives from: >>> BAY AREA ANTI-REPRESSION COMMITTEE [7] >>> BAY AREA COALITION TO STOP POLITICAL REPRESSION [8] (at AROC) >>> LEGAL WORKERS OF THE NATIONAL LAWYERS GUILD [9] (NLG) >>> OAKLAND PRIVACY WORKING GROUP [10] (OPWG / anti-DAC) >>> >>> All donations gratefully received will go to the Bay Area >>> Anti-Repression Committee and the Legal Workers at the Bay Area >>> chapter of the NLG - two groups long supporting the Bay Area radical >>> community with legal and educational assistance. Thank you! >>> >>> Links: >>> ------ >>> [1] https://sudoroom.org/ai1ec_event/spied-upon-bay-area-premiere-baps/ >>> [2] http://thepublicschool.org/node/36455 >>> [3] http://oaklandwiki.org/Domain_Awareness_Center >>> [4] http://spiedupon.com/ >>> [5] http://www.cair.com/ >>> [6] http://www.freethesf8.org/who.html >>> [7] https://oaklandantirepression.wordpress.com/ >>> [8] >>> http://araborganizing.org/campaigns-our-work/coalition- >>> to-stop-political-repression/ >>> [9] http://www.nlgsf.org/national-lawyers-guild-mission-statement >>> [10] https://oaklandprivacy.wordpress.com/ >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> sudo-discuss mailing list >>> sudo-discuss(a)lists.sudoroom.org >>> http://lists.sudoroom.org/listinfo/sudo-discuss >>> >> >> -- >> https://twitter.com/jwentwistle >> _______________________________________________ >> sudo-discuss mailing list >> sudo-discuss(a)lists.sudoroom.org >> http://lists.sudoroom.org/listinfo/sudo-discuss >> > -- *Be seeing you.*

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Re: [sudo-discuss] laptop swap

by mattsenate＠gmail.com

Couldn't get it working, status code reads motherboard issue, scrapping all for parts. Keep the RAM if you need it. If not, we can use it. // Matt ----- Reply message ----- From: ""Løng$hanks"" <longshanks(a)spaz.org> To: <longshanks(a)spaz.org> Cc: <sudo-discuss(a)lists.sudoroom.org> Subject: [sudo-discuss] laptop swap Date: Sun, Feb 2, 2014 13:51 I also have another new-out-of-the-box adapter & 2G RAM stick for that laptop.... On Fri, January 31, 2014 6:45 pm, "Løng$hanks" wrote: > Greetings, > > Tony here, visitor to SR several times now, most recently this Wednesday > night + Thursday morning. Wednesday evening (Jan. 29) in the vicinity of > 530pm (PST) I swapped my unworking Dell Latitude D531 laptop for an even > older, yet reportedly functional Dell laptop with a gentleman whose name I > was told, & promptly forgot. I wanted to inquire, since I was unable to > come back to SR Wednesday night after my Spanish class as I had originally > promised, whether said gentleman was able to get the D531 working, & also > to let him know that I left a dock intended for use with said laptop in > the Sudo Room closet Thursday afternoon. Or, rather my friend Carl left it > there as I had to leave that morning before anyone w/ a key arrived to > open the back hack-chamber. > > Please feel free to get in touch with me at this e-address > (longshanks(a)spaz.org). > > Thanks & congrats on the great space-in-progress! > > T. > > -- Løng$h@nk$ Not all who wander are lost. _______________________________________________ sudo-discuss mailing list sudo-discuss(a)lists.sudoroom.org http://lists.sudoroom.org/listinfo/sudo-discuss

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Re: [sudo-discuss] Sudo! Wanna co-host this surveillance event?

by David Keenan

Hi all.. I know there hasn't been much activity on this thread, but I was wondering if I could up the ante. Because sometimes, life's just like that. Would we (sudo) be willing to entirely host this event? Without BAPS.. I ask because the event's organizers would really like for there to be a simple donation box somewhere off to the side in the space, for folks to be able to donate directly at the event. This money would go to Oakland's Anti-Repression Committee and National Lawyer Guild's Legal Workers (the non-lawyer workforce part of the NLG). Within BAPS, there has emerged some reservation amongst organizers that having any other group (that is not BAPS) accept donations at an event BAPS hosts, might abrogate our statement of financial principles that there be no solicitation at the event. There's a confusion here that can't work itself out until our next general meeting at the earliest, which isn't for a while, and in the meantime.. the event needs to be promoted and have a home that is assured. So having Sudo solely host this event instead of BAPS, would solve a real headache for us. Are we down for this? I've already set the speakers and logistics up.. we just need a home, and hopefully, be able to put it on Sudo's facebook. alla best, David On Sun, Feb 2, 2014 at 3:05 PM, johanna faust <female.faust(a)gmail.com>wrote: > i agree awesome idea. and second the mention. keenly watching this > thread. > > On 2/2/14, David Keenan <dkeenan44(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > Jeremy - Of course! And we should. > > > > what does the rest of sudo think? > > > > On Sunday, February 2, 2014, Jeremy Entwistle <jwentwistle(a)cryptolab.net > > > > wrote: > > > >> I think that's an amazing idea. How to do you feel about the mesh and > our > >> cryptoparty (2/23) being mentioned? As both are very practical methods > of > >> promoting secure and decentralized communications. > >> > >> On 2014-02-01 21:58, David Keenan wrote: > >> > >>> Hey all, > >>> > >>> The Bay Area Public School has scheduled a surveillance awareness > >>> event on Friday 2/21 7-9pm in the common room entitled Spied Upon: > >>> Surveillance & Resistance. I was hoping we (sudo) could co-host this > >>> event with BAPS, because I think it'd be really cool if we start doing > >>> more events together. BAPS can do most all of the setup, but it'd be > >>> great if Sudo can do outreach too, since I think it'd be in the > >>> interest of both communities. > >>> > >>> What do you think? > >>> > >>> There's a twofold focus on informants and technological surveillance. > >>> Here's the Sudo Room calendar EVENT LINK [1]. Details are below - > >>> > >>> SPIED UPON: SURVEILLANCE AND RESISTANCE > >>> Join us Friday February 21st 7-9 pm at the Bay Area Public School [2] > >>> & Sudo Room > >>> 2141 Broadway (enter on 22nd), Oakland - three blocks from 19th St. > >>> Bart! > >>> > >>> Between the ever-present fear of informants to the profusion of > >>> metadata collection and the construction of the Domain Awareness > >>> Center [3] (DAC) in Oakland, the growing problem of surveillance has > >>> made it into the mainstream dialog, but the people and communities > >>> most affected are sometimes being left out of the conversation. > >>> > >>> Join us for an evening of ideas, discussion and questions about > >>> solidarity in the face of this intimidation. How do we support one > >>> another and our movements when being targeted by police, surveillance > >>> and informants? What are the legal, community and political responses > >>> that can best keep the larger "us" safe and allow our movements to > >>> flourish? > >>> > >>> - SPEAKERS - > >>> JASON KIRKPATRICK, filmmaker and activist, will show clips of and > >>> discuss his upcoming film, _SPIED UPON_ [4]. Interviewing activists > >>> across the world and telling his own personal story, Jason will take > >>> us on a journey into one of Europe's biggest political surveillance > >>> scandals, documenting growing movements of resistance to surveillance > >>> along the way. > >>> > >>> ZAHRA BILLOO, Civil rights attorney and Executive Director at the Bay > >>> Area COUNCIL ON AMERICAN-ISLAMIC RELATIONS [5] (CAIR), speaks on the > >>> use of informants in a post-9/11 context, their impact, the > >>> community's resistance and lessons learned. > >>> > >>> RICHARD BROWN, Black Panther and member of the SF8 [6], will share his > >>> history with undercover police and surveillance, imparting the 'long > >>> view' of solidarity learned from a lifetime of activism. > >>> > >>> - PANEL DISCUSSION - > >>> Q & A with the speakers will follow in conversation with > >>> representatives from: > >>> BAY AREA ANTI-REPRESSION COMMITTEE [7] > >>> BAY AREA COALITION TO STOP POLITICAL REPRESSION [8] (at AROC) > >>> LEGAL WORKERS OF THE NATIONAL LAWYERS GUILD [9] (NLG) > >>> OAKLAND PRIVACY WORKING GROUP [10] (OPWG / anti-DAC) > >>> > >>> All donations gratefully received will go to the Bay Area > >>> Anti-Repression Committee and the Legal Workers at the Bay Area > >>> chapter of the NLG - two groups long supporting the Bay Area radical > >>> community with legal and educational assistance. Thank you! > >>> > >>> Links: > >>> ------ > >>> [1] > https://sudoroom.org/ai1ec_event/spied-upon-bay-area-premiere-baps/ > >>> [2] http://thepublicschool.org/node/36455 > >>> [3] http://oaklandwiki.org/Domain_Awareness_Center > >>> [4] http://spiedupon.com/ > >>> [5] http://www.cair.com/ > >>> [6] http://www.freethesf8.org/who.html > >>> [7] https://oaklandantirepression.wordpress.com/ > >>> [8] > >>> http://araborganizing.org/campaigns-our-work/coalition- > >>> to-stop-political-repression/ > >>> [9] http://www.nlgsf.org/national-lawyers-guild-mission-statement > >>> [10] https://oaklandprivacy.wordpress.com/ > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> sudo-discuss mailing list > >>> sudo-discuss(a)lists.sudoroom.org > >>> http://lists.sudoroom.org/listinfo/sudo-discuss > >>> > >> > >> -- > >> https://twitter.com/jwentwistle > >> _______________________________________________ > >> sudo-discuss mailing list > >> sudo-discuss(a)lists.sudoroom.org > >> http://lists.sudoroom.org/listinfo/sudo-discuss > >> > > > > > -- > *Be seeing you.* >

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Fwd: [OpenOakland Brigade] Data day is alive!

by Marina Kukso

Hi everyone, Open Data Day coming up in Oakland! Hooray! - Marina ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Spike <spjika(a)gmail.com> Date: Fri, Jan 31, 2014 at 2:41 PM Subject: [OpenOakland Brigade] Data day is alive! To: "openoakland(a)googlegroups.com" <openoakland(a)googlegroups.com> https://oaklanddataday.eventbrite.com Sign up, spread the word and we'll be sending out a list of city commissions, boards and staff to connect to for new projects! Spike openoakland.org www.stealingbeautyphotography.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "OpenOakland" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to openoakland+unsubscribe(a)googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to openoakland(a)googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/openoakland/CAGqpMYAQJ7KfBQ0dBU0LfucduC2f… . For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.

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ml class feb 13 (Thurs): Bayesian Inference for everyone: The (Best) Probability of Causes

by Sam Tepper

Join us for a night of statistics and machine learning for all levels of skill and comfort at the fabled hacker heritage site in SF, Noisebridge. Bayes rule "cracked the Enigma code, hunted down Russian submarines, and emerged...from two centuries of controversy"! Bayesian inference is about how to use Bayes rule (and its generalizations) to make decisions and conduct optimal rational inquiry. We'll be looking at data sets of your choice. Add you info here <https://noisebridge.net/index.php?title=Machine_Learning&action=edit&sectio…> or contact Mike <cubicgoats(a)gmail.com> if you want to add your data set to our git repository, and discuss/collaborate on your data for the class. I may also provide data I've acquired from some interesting external sources. If you're using Bayesian statistics or would like to use Bayesian statistics on your own, we will also talk about best practices and powerful tools that everyone can use (such as may be found in some Python libraries and AI algorithms). Class starts at 6:30 (7 sharp). Please bring food, beer, and/or good cheer. -Sam

12 years, 3 months

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laptop swap

by "Løng$hanks"

Greetings, Tony here, visitor to SR several times now, most recently this Wednesday night + Thursday morning. Wednesday evening (Jan. 29) in the vicinity of 530pm (PST) I swapped my unworking Dell Latitude D531 laptop for an even older, yet reportedly functional Dell laptop with a gentleman whose name I was told, & promptly forgot. I wanted to inquire, since I was unable to come back to SR Wednesday night after my Spanish class as I had originally promised, whether said gentleman was able to get the D531 working, & also to let him know that I left a dock intended for use with said laptop in the Sudo Room closet Thursday afternoon. Or, rather my friend Carl left it there as I had to leave that morning before anyone w/ a key arrived to open the back hack-chamber. Please feel free to get in touch with me at this e-address (longshanks(a)spaz.org). Thanks & congrats on the great space-in-progress! T. -- Løng$h@nk$ Not all who wander are lost.

12 years, 3 months

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Computer vision and biomedical research - looking for a researcher

by Ryan Bethencourt

Hi All, One of my friends is building a company which is utilizing computer vision/ml to transform biomedical research. Theyre funded and looking to bring someone in with experience in computer vision/machine learning, is anyone interested? I've cc'd Joe in this email who's the hiring manager. Ryan

12 years, 3 months

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recreation of the Hungarian Bubble Sort Folk Dance

by Romy Ilano

At some point when I am able to walk again we have to recreate this amazing Hungarian Bubble Sort Folk Dance during a SudoRoom meeting. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lyZQPjUT5B4 WE MUST MAKE IT HAPPEN. I'm sure the biohacking people could also suggest creative dance performances simluating mitosis, meiosis in a way that is not sexually offensive and PG-13 for children to watch too. ============================= Romy Ilano romy(a)snowyla.com

12 years, 3 months

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Free Montgomery Benefit - Feb 15th @ Ground Zero

by Romy Ilano

Free Montgomery is an amazing organization that builds shelters for the homeless and paints them beautifully. They do this from recycled building materials... they're so neat! They are having a benefit concert February 15th at Ground Zero in West Oakland. https://www.facebook.com/freemontgomeryart Coming Soon To "Free Montgomery West Oakland". Playing a benefit BluesFor the Homeless. The "See Them Support Them" Concert. The Great Fillmore Slim, Bobby Spider Webb And The Free Montgomery Blues Band. All to help and Support the Homeless.... When?....Saturday The 15th of Feb. at 8pm @ "Ground Zero" 16th & Campbell St, In West Oakland.........................................................gO! ============================= Romy Ilano romy(a)snowyla.com

12 years, 3 months

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Cleaning Day and Meeting tomorrow (Weds 1/29)

by Matthew Senate

Hey all, A few of us are planning to clean the space tomorrow, if you can lend a hand at any time, during the day, or either before or after the meeting (starts at 7pm or so) would be excellent. On the table: * Fridge * Radio Room * Tool wall and workshop corner * Closet organization * Removal of excess furniture * Etc Love and solidarity, Matt

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Fridge is clean

by mattsenate＠gmail.com

Please, someone clean the freezer. // Matt

12 years, 3 months

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mchawking brain-control round 3

by Steve Castellotti

Hello all- Is anyone interested in more brain-control hacking on McHawking (or wheelchairs in general) on February 22nd? Emotiv is hosting a hackathon specifically for EEG control of wheelchair, to benefit a young man in Malaysia, named Albert Wong. Venture Beat has even covered it: http://venturebeat.com/2014/01/20/wearables-with-a-purpose-emotiv-rallies-t… We've been getting contacted a few times about it and are hoping to attend. I did the original hack with Jake back in 2010 at Noisebridge: http://www.instructables.com/id/Brain-Controlled-Wheelchair/ And of course followed up this past August when McHawking was moved to Sudo Room. Here's the wiki page: https://sudoroom.org/wiki/McHawking_Robot_Hacking I'd be curious if anyone else would like to attend and collaborate. I guess the second (and bigger) question though would be how would people feel about loaning out McHawking for the day? It looks like the event is being held at 875 Howard Street: http://www.eventbrite.com/e/designathon-for-the-emotiv-insight-wearable-eeg… Anyway that decision is of course up to members and I wouldn't feel comfortable unless at least one member was in attendance too! I'd be willing to spring for a van rental (or whatever was necessary for transport, BART might even be possible if the batteries are up to the distance). Curious to hear everyone's thoughts and feedback. Cheers Steve Castellotti

12 years, 3 months

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ABS filament

by J Clark

Sudoers, Some of you use the Sudo 3D printer. We got a line on some reasonably priced ABS--1 pound spools for $13.50 each. These are the smaller spools, not the big 2 pounders. We have LOTS of colors, so if you're interested just ask and we'll see if we have it. We've tested the natural and it's pretty nice, strong. I haven't tested many of the colors yet, so would appreciate feedback. judi East Bay Maker Labs

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Data Privacy Legal Hackathon, Feb 8-9 in SF

by J Clark

Hi Sudoers, I wanted to share info with you about the Data Privacy Legal Hackathon, which is happening NEXT WEEKEND, Feb. 8-9, locally in San Francisco at the Mozilla offices on Embarcadero. The entire hackathon has three locations: SF, NYC and London, all with the same format. In San Francisco we need hackers, makers, engineers, legal scholars, and product folks interested in privacy and personal data issues to participate in whatever way you'd like to. If you have an idea or want to join an existing project team, that would be great! We also need mentors for teams (smaller time commitment), or join us for presentations and prizes at the end Sunday, from 4-6pm. Did we mention that there are prizes? …and that we're looking for hackers, coders, and UI designers, among others? The aim of this announcement is to fire up a call to action to legally hack data privacy. We all know it's past time to collaborate and start doing something about the state of privacy and personal data, including the notice and consent work that some of our groups propose. As part of this project, Open Notice is sponsoring a pre-hackathon project to create a Legal Map for hackers to use at the event. We are also working ton a project based on a "use case" called the Consent Receipt Scenario to enable ‘customisers' to control personal information. The links will take you to the current state of that work. Follow the links below to register, look at projects, and propose your own! If questions, please don't hesitate to ask. https://www.hackerleague.org/hackathons/data-privacy-legal-hackathon Thank you! Mary Hodder & Judi Clark

12 years, 3 months

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Fwd: Feb Invoice, 2141 Broadway

by Matthew Senate

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Laurie Cooperman Rosen <Lscoop(a)comcast.net> Date: Tue, Jan 28, 2014 at 4:41 PM Subject: Feb Invoice, 2141 Broadway To: mattsenate(a)gmail.com Cc: exchequer(a)sudoroom.org, eddan(a)eddan.com Hi Matt- Attached please find the Feb. Invoice. Utilities were nice and low this month thanks to the warm weather. See you soon! Laurie

12 years, 3 months

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Door cables disengaged

by mattsenate＠gmail.com

You can see in the attached photo. This makes the inside door unable to open. Who can explain, investigate and or repair this? // Matt

12 years, 3 months

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Re: [sudo-discuss] Brand SynBio Vanilla Flavor Competition

by mattsenate＠gmail.com

Hey Ali, I'm skeptical given the lack of cited references that can help us determine if there are detrimental elements or aspects worth further investigation of this new vanilla. I will say I have great respect for some of the work of Friends of the Earth (we can also thank them for our board room table, wall-mounted steel cabinets and a few other items of furniture that Tracy, Marina, and my brother retrieved), and if Patrik's assessment is true, I would be very much inclined to get back in touch with them and help build a better pipeline for assessing the environmental threats and impacts of new technology developments and corporate maneuvers. This being said, I would be more inclined to engage in creative work as resistance of: (A) Proprietary, exclusive knowledge of the building blocks and patterns of life. (B) An exploitative practice that directly and negatively affects workers. (C) An unfair abuse of the commons. (D) The use of genetic modification to fuel industrial farming that limits biodiversity, maintains corporate exclusive rights regimes (enforced in the courts), and introduces large-scale changes in the practice of agriculture. I believe in these circumstances, private interests unjustly are held above that of the commons and of the people of Earth. // Matt ----- Reply message ----- From: "ali" <ali(a)riseup.net> To: <sudo-discuss(a)lists.sudoroom.org> Subject: [sudo-discuss] Brand SynBio Vanilla Flavor Competition Date: Mon, Jan 27, 2014 15:39 hey everyone, i'm very new to the worlds of the sudo room but i thought that there might be interest in this design competition on this listserv. http://www.etcgroup.org/vanilla-competition unfortunately the deadline is in 5 days, but hey, grants have been won in less time! best, ali _______________________________________________ sudo-discuss mailing list sudo-discuss(a)lists.sudoroom.org http://lists.sudoroom.org/listinfo/sudo-discuss

12 years, 3 months

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Re: [sudo-discuss] super focus club

by johanna faust

dude, wait, what? i have never thought that this would be impossible at sudo, and in fact have acheived it, albeit not upstairs, and not for longer than forty five minutes at a time. still in the cherished image i have formed in my heart of hearts this is what sudo is *for*, so how could it not be possible there? remind me to tell y'all the oddly haunting joke about "spoiledmilktown" -- it pertains. in any event, why not bring the force of all the tech know how we have to bear upon the issue? create a cone of silence with white noise makers and or fans aimed crossways along the perimeter of whatever platonic shape describes our raum zum schärfen eigenen Gedanken, or is it eigenen Scharfengedankenraum? God bless google translate. this employs the incredible silencing qualities of the stream of noise at tangent to the area to be protected. works wonders, even at noisy parties, and not as uncomfortable as earplugs. then there are always earplugs. alternately, could we not soundproof a small section, with a pad of paper outside where notes describing what no doubt emerged of importance may be recorded for eventual delivery to & retrieval by their Sudoer Of Interest? > > > On 1/25/14, Romy Ilano <romy(a)snowyla.com> wrote: >> well my point wasn't that I would come to SudoRoom and do only working >> and >> not talk to anyone. I would like to have a super focus area so that we >> could isolate ourselves for short bursts, then come back like half-naked >> pearl divers coming up for air out of the ocean, our diving knives in our >> teeth, so that during breaks we could flop around and relax supine on the >> couches, just as divers would half-naked in the bright sun... >> >> before diving down into the depths again, the depths of hyperfocus, clad >> only in loinclothes, searching for pearls of wisdom. >> >>>> >> Message: 8 >> Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2014 17:13:56 -0800 >> From: Max Klein <isalix(a)gmail.com>1" >> >> I've come to accept that this is not possible at sudo. I tried the "I'm >> busy" sombrero, and the corner. Sometimes the problem is that I distract >> myself too. But I still want focus. Super focus, without the anonymity or >> expense of the coffee shop, and the separation from my house. >> >> The way I imagined the happening was renting one of the other rooms next >> to >> sudo and making "SUPER FOCUS CLUB". It'd be very minimally run, and cost >> to >> go in (I think paying for it would also help bring ones self to >> superfocus). So it'd be a spartan "coworking" space, which you can have >> as >> premium feature to sudo's freemium model. I kind of was thinking about >> trying this out for a month starting in April when I also plan to quit my >> job and shake my life like a purse and I was looking for keys. >> >> -notconfusing >> >> >> ============================= >> >> Romy Ilano >> romy(a)snowyla.com >> > > > -- > *Be seeing you.* > -- *Be seeing you.*

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Re: [sudo-discuss] hacking broken ankles (knee scooters, etc)

by Jake

oh no romy that sucks! well, people used to use prosthetic legs which were basically a lower leg that you kneel on top of. so picture an upside-down L and your bad leg is bent at the knee 90 degrees. your lower leg is strapped onto the top part of the upside down L. you put a bunch of padding on the top, and use padding on the back of your calf, and then you can wear it for hours and walk on it just fine. people whose feet or legs were chopped below the knee walked around on such things their whole life. like this: http://gajitz.com/running-start-temporary-prosthetic-for-lower-leg-injuries/

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Bottles

by mattsenate＠gmail.com

All the beer bottles are leaving. Who wants them? // Matt

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CCL: Craig's DIY Molecular Design & Cloning video

by Louis Huang

Hey all, Here is the video on DIY Molecular Design & Cloning by Craig that was held by CounterCultureLabs at sudoroom on 1/14/14. Video can be found here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKiqh-FhyNo Lecture details a basic overview of designing and cloning microorganisms using open access databases. Subjects discussed include: - Primer design -- tricks, tools and resources - PCR-based cloning -- methods and means for the DIYer - Purification, Isolation and Verification - Databases and software used for design and cloning Join us for part II of this lecture series on cloning. Craig Rouskey will talk in depth on PCR: a. PCR Principle b. Components/role of each component c. setting up PCR/Making adjustments to reagents d. making PCR buffers (Maniatis) e. Reconstituting Primers f. Working the thermocycler Sign up for the event here: http://www.meetup.com/Counter-Culture-Labs/events/161499622/ Held on 2/11/14 6:30PM @ sudoroom For more CounterCultureLabs events visit the meet up schedule @ http://www.meetup.com/Counter-Culture-Labs/ Happy sciencing, Louis

12 years, 3 months

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Decentralized Tech Lightning Talks this Wednesday @ 20Mission

by Jenny Ryan

Greetings! I work for a startup, Open Garden, that builds mobile mesh networking technology (for sharing internet between mobile devices). We've held a couple of community meetups so far, and this Wednesday we're trying out a Lightning Talks model! Come talk about a project you're working on and meet others developing peer-to-peer technologies and services - or just come enjoy the 'beer garden' and learn about some cool projects! Free. RSVP at: http://www.meetup.com/Tech-Garden-SF/events/160432902/ Jenny http://jennyryan.net http://sudomesh.org http://thevirtualcampfire.org http://technomadic.tumblr.com

12 years, 3 months

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Brand SynBio Vanilla Flavor Competition

by ali

hey everyone, i'm very new to the worlds of the sudo room but i thought that there might be interest in this design competition on this listserv. http://www.etcgroup.org/vanilla-competition unfortunately the deadline is in 5 days, but hey, grants have been won in less time! best, ali

12 years, 3 months

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Brand SynBio Vanilla Flavor Competition

by ali

hey everyone, i'm very new to the worlds of the sudo room but i thought that there might be interest in this design competition on this listserv. http://www.etcgroup.org/vanilla-competition unfortunately the deadline is in 5 days, but hey, grants have been won in less time! best, ali

12 years, 3 months

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Recommended OSM app for Android?

by Vicky Knox

Help! I am lost in a never-ending list of OpenStreetMap apps showcased on their wiki <https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Android>! Does anyone here have any recommendations for a particular one? I have two requirements: no proprietary software and yes navigation functionality (BONUS: topographic features). I would also be down to team up with interested parties to split the task of doing a systematic review of all apps listed. w00t! yiVkc

12 years, 3 months

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looking for front end and and stats hackers for anti-eviction

by Praveen Sinha

Hello! I've been working with the fine folks who have put out the anti-eviction maps and been doing some of the counter-displacement organizing lately. Looking for some volunteers, particularly people who are able to put together front end animations for critical pieces of legislation that are coming up. But also stats and backend people as well. There is an immediate need, but also some upcoming hackathons, which I'll announce later. If you or someone you know is interested in understanding and transforming housing and income inequality in the bay area and has 133t skillz0rs, please put me in touch! Love! Praveen

12 years, 3 months

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Re: [sudo-discuss] Everything is freedom passportbook can we work this into an art project ?

by Eddie Che

Hi there! I'm working on this concept, and could use feedback on some good ideas of what's been done before This is, so me, and you. I love you, Sudo.... All the thing we've worked on before. So, I'm looking for some good ideas here as to how we can do this right, I am designing the transition to not using money and so, would be nice to have something that explained this paradigm better and more appropriately to folks one would meet: http://freeworldcharter.org/ . Maybe these books could have the concepts from the charter？ Ed Che. On Fri, Jan 10, 2014 at 2:31 AM, Eddie Che <eddiemill(a)gmail.com> wrote: Freedom paradigm and Anticapitalism on the SudoRoom wiki, have a gander@? > I hope you guys have been keeping up on the wiki, it's going to be awesome > hub for some cool change-the-world design ideas, process innovation, > creative commons, free speech and as always, anarchy! > > https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Anticapitalism > https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Freedom_Paradigm > > Hack and question, call me out, or contribute, @here, emailing me, in > comments, or on page :) > <3. > EC > > -- Eddie Miller, BU '10 eddiemill(a)gmail.com | 440-935-5434 Facebook.com/eddiemill | Twitter.com/eddiemill

12 years, 3 months

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Fw: [oaklandprivacyworkinggroup] Activists are poised to sue Oakland over creepy spy center

by eddan.com

For wide distribution. On Monday, January 27, 2014 at 10:00 AM, Miguel Vargas wrote: > This is the press release that just went out. Brian is delivering the Cease and Desist letter to city hall personally this morning. > > > On Mon, Jan 27, 2014 at 9:55 AM, Miguel Vargas <unroar(a)gmail.com (mailto:unroar@gmail.com)> wrote: > > > Oakland Privacy Group Press Release > > Contact: Brian Hofer > > Cell: (510) 303-2871 (tel:%28510%29%20303-2871) > > Email: brian.hofer(a)gmail.com (mailto:brian.hofer@gmail.com) > > > > FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE > > ACTIVISTS POISED TO SUE CITY OVER CREEPY SPY CENTER’S NUCLEAR WEAPONS CONTRACTORS > > > > The Oakland Privacy Group today demanded through counsel that Oakland city government immediately Cease and Desist building the Domain Awareness Center and stop working with military contractors in violation of Oakland’s Nuclear Free Zone ordinance or face a lawsuit. > > > > City staff is currently urging city council to move forward with building the DAC by signing a contract with military contractor Schneider Electric. Signing such a contract would be a clear violation of Oakland’s Nuclear Free Zone ordinance.The council's next vote on this issue is on Tuesday, January 28. > > > > In their recommendation, city staff states that they are satisfied that Schneider Electric is not in violation of the Nuclear Free Zone ordinance based on their Google searches. Yet it is hard to believe that city staff missed the many webpages where Schneider markets their nuclear weapons experience. For example, Schneider states on their Naval Technology page (http://www.naval-technology.com/contractors/electrical/schneider-energy/%20) http://www.naval-technology.com/contractors/electrical/schneider-energy/ > > > > Our main application domains include: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Weapon launching control system for nuclear submarines > > > Nuclear weapon handling system > > Oakland has a long tradition of taking strong progressive stands on national issues with legislation such as South African divestment, establishing the City of Refuge (anti-ICE raids), leadership on cannabis normalization, standing against Arizona’s racist anti-immigrant law, and many others. > > > > It is from this proud tradition that the Nuclear Free Zone ordinance originates. Oakland has for decades declared that it will in no way be complicit in building nuclear weapons and has refused to work with any nuclear weapons contractors. > > > > These are Oakland values. > > > > Unfortunately, it seems that our current crop of city leaders do not share these values. > > > > Since the beginning of the DAC project city staff has been looking for ways to use nuclear weapons contractors to build their vision of an all-knowing Orwellian surveillance apparatus. > > > > The city’s first contractor to work on the DAC, military giant SAIC, was removed from the contract after it’s work on nuclear weapons became public. SAIC also perjured themselves by signing a statement that they did not violate the Nuclear Free Zone ordinance. But public records request documents indicate that city staff knew all along that SAIC was in violation of the ordinance. When they were found out staff were searching for ways to help SAIC bypass the ordinance, they then helped SAIC finish building a major phase of the DAC project and paid them the full $2.6 million for their illegal work before the contract was ended. > > > > The Oakland Privacy Group believes city staff are attempting similar maneuvers with Schneider Electric to get the spy center completed in violation of the Nuclear Free Zone ordinance. > > > > If the city moves forward with these plans legal action will be taken to stop it. > > > > About the Oakland Privacy Working Group > > The Oakland Privacy Group is a grassroots community organization concerned with the encroaching threat of high-tech surveillance. It has been organizing the swelling grassroots opposition to the DAC since the issue was first noticed at a city council meeting in July of 2013. They have an online presence Twitter @OaklandPrivacy and at http://oaklandprivacy.wordpress.com/ > > > > About the DAC > > > > The DAC is a multi-million dollar data and video spy center funded with federal anti-terrorism dollars originally intended for the port but then turned against the residents of Oakland. The most comprehensive information on the DAC is available on Oakland Wiki at http://oaklandwiki.org/Domain_Awareness_Center > > > > > > > > > >

12 years, 3 months

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Mayoral Candidate exploratory committee (Invite only)

by Shake Anderson

Morning Sudo Room, Shake Anderson (invite only) Mayoral Candidate exploratory committee meeting tonite at 6pm @ Uptown Studio 1738 Telegragh Ave. Oakland,Ca ...pls come -- Shake Anderson OMY Enterprises 510.221.7609510.221.7609510.221.7609510.221.7609 Omy.ent(a)gmail.com

12 years, 3 months

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sudoroom projector during meetings: bringing the world to SudoRoom

by Romy Ilano

Hey I had an idea... during meetings, when not using the projector for powerpoint-y stuff, why not project walk throughs and non-narrated videos from around the world? Especially anything non narrated, with atmospheric sound It would be a way to bring the world "Closer to SudoRoom" and realize we are part of a larger orange besides the orange slice we currently live on Stuff is blowing up in Ukraine and Cambodia right now: - a walk through Guadalajara City in mexico during one of their bike days - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZZlr8dTcu8&feature=share&list=PLIXYZQ--adya… - riot police put down a peaceful protest - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rHCNuyCYiX0 - uncommented walk through other hackerspaces in New York, Berlin, the world... What do you think? ============================= Romy Ilano romy(a)snowyla.com

12 years, 3 months

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gnucash review

by J Clark

I saw that you're looking at bookkeeping software, including Gnucash. I've been using it for a good couple+ years and wanted to offer my thoughts. I love it generally. Pretty easy to use double-entry system, kind of like Quicken. Make sure you have your accounts set up to match your tax and reporting requirements, and so that anyone putting entries in will understand which account includes what kind of expenses. Easy to reconcile with bank statements. It's not a "connect to my bank" kind of system like Quicken used to be (and may still be) to update your account and reconcile all at once, but if you keep up with your entries, end of month is a breeze. Nice reporting once you figure out what you need to know and which menu choice does it. It's apparently really easy to screw things up and not notice. By the end of every year I have had to go back and re-balance at least one or two of my bank statements because some transaction disappeared somewhere and balancing against a statement becomes a problem (tho' prior balances have worked out fine). Because of that last point, I'm considering another option this year. j.

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super focus club

by Romy Ilano

well my point wasn't that I would come to SudoRoom and do only working and not talk to anyone. I would like to have a super focus area so that we could isolate ourselves for short bursts, then come back like half-naked pearl divers coming up for air out of the ocean, our diving knives in our teeth, so that during breaks we could flop around and relax supine on the couches, just as divers would half-naked in the bright sun... before diving down into the depths again, the depths of hyperfocus, clad only in loinclothes, searching for pearls of wisdom. >> Message: 8 Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2014 17:13:56 -0800 From: Max Klein <isalix(a)gmail.com>1" I've come to accept that this is not possible at sudo. I tried the "I'm busy" sombrero, and the corner. Sometimes the problem is that I distract myself too. But I still want focus. Super focus, without the anonymity or expense of the coffee shop, and the separation from my house. The way I imagined the happening was renting one of the other rooms next to sudo and making "SUPER FOCUS CLUB". It'd be very minimally run, and cost to go in (I think paying for it would also help bring ones self to superfocus). So it'd be a spartan "coworking" space, which you can have as premium feature to sudo's freemium model. I kind of was thinking about trying this out for a month starting in April when I also plan to quit my job and shake my life like a purse and I was looking for keys. -notconfusing ============================= Romy Ilano romy(a)snowyla.com

12 years, 3 months

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Sudo room trailer

by mattsenate＠gmail.com

Hey all, Thanks to Mackenzie and her housemate, sudo room has a new trailer, already tagged and ready to roll. The hitch attaches to your rear triangle, near the rear wheel dropout, should fit on most bikes, even with some crud in the way. Please bring it back, don't leave it out or at your house, it's an invaluable resource for everyone to share. // Matt

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media / outreach contacts?

by David Keenan

Im trying get ahold of existing media / political group contact lists to build Oakland Privacy Working Group's for our outreach purposes. Does sudo have, or know anyone sympathetic who has, such a list? Ie, mainstream and alternative print, tv, radio contacts, as well as at unions, leagues, or other political groups like democratic committes/clubs, etc? Such a lost could help sudo and baps' outreach as well - Sort of a compressed timeframe, so any help is hugely appreciated. Best, David

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Regarding the event on Egypt Friday

by tahmina mahrzad

Hi there, This is Shimaa again, I haven't heard from anybody since I communicated with you. Can you please get back to me? The event is Friday and I want to make sure you're still on. I invited people already and spread the word out about it. You can also give me a call on my cell phone: 917-615-8899 Shimaa https://www.facebook.com/events/424246587705844/

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Re: [sudo-discuss] Quiet work area

by David Keenan

concur - -d On Wednesday, January 22, 2014, David Keenan <dkeenan44(a)gmail.com> wrote: > concur - > -d > > On Wednesday, January 22, 2014, Gregg Horton <greggahorton(a)gmail.com<javascript:_e({}, 'cvml', 'greggahorton(a)gmail.com');>> > wrote: > >> This >> On Jan 22, 2014 10:03 AM, "Romy Snowyla" <romy(a)snowyla.com> wrote: >> >>> Did anyone start a quiet work area at SudoRoom? This is ideally a table >>> where people can focus, not be interrupted, or people near this area would >>> be mindful & not talk too loudly. >>> >>> I think I witnessed something like this one afternoon. >>> >>> Noisebridge has a similar set up.. I like it a lot, >>> >>> I'd like to go to sudoroom and have a small mindful area free of >>> people's phone conversations, or be interrupted by someone pitching their >>> political movement or solar energy start up. >>> >>> (I've been interrupted constantly in the past this way and this is a >>> constructive idea to solve that problem) >>> >>> To the folks who had a quiet mindfulness area: could we do this again? >>> It's a good idea and in alignment with sudoroom values;: "a hackerspace is >>> for hacking " >>> >>> Sent from my iPhone >>> _______________________________________________ >>> sudo-discuss mailing list >>> sudo-discuss(a)lists.sudoroom.org >>> http://lists.sudoroom.org/listinfo/sudo-discuss >>> >>

12 years, 3 months

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Meeting Minutes 1/22

by Jenny Ryan

Reposted for posterity at: https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Meeting_Notes_2014-01-22 ==Intros== Q: What are you currently hacking on? A: Mac is hacking sewing machines, making a hat rack, and bikes, and fixing sudo sewing machines!; Arnas is currently not hacking on anything; Chris Bee is currently hacking sound (all of it); Matt is hacking on his camper trailer, and fixing sudo sewing machines!; Daniel hacking on Cisco switches; Nathan is hacking on Indian food. and the public school system; Ryan hacking on a fuel tank. with fiberglass. and sanding.; Sam is hacking on automation; Gaurav hacking on his laptop here; Jordan hacking health; Jenny hacking on networks; James hacking on modules ==Announcements== * Calendar https://sudoroom.org/calendar * #Jan25: Daylong educational event on the ongoing Egyptian revolution - this Friday starting at 3pm * This Saturday's Today We Learned involves building compost toilets! * Machine Learning Meetup at noon in Berkeley on Saturday. (Now on the sudoroom calendar) * Stop the Domain Awareness Center event - Feb. 4th @ Oakland City Hall * Next Omni meeting is Thursday, Feb. 6th from 7-10pm * Oakland Makers meetup was today; organizing the makers of Oakland ==Past Action Items== * Ink donation jar - Juul - not done * Investigate integrating Stripe and/or Balanced Payments [Jenny, Bill] ** Seems Stripe is better for recurring billing (Balanced's recurring billing system is still in beta: https://github.com/balanced/billy) - this is essential for us. Let's try Stripe!) * Look into other hackerspaces'<3 accounting system [Jenny] ** GNU Cash looks most interesting - otherwise not much in the way of FOSS tools for finances: http://www.gnucash.org/ * Get new lease for 2141 Broadway (update to sign with "sudo room" as an entity) - Matt - pending response from George * Reword proposal on problematic non-members (Jenny, Brendan) * slay zombie events that show up when importing from calendar * follow up on the stuff here https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Articles ==Fiscal Solvency== * $204.11/week from Gittip! * Minimum membership dues: $2.50/wk; Recommended: $15/wk; Endless gratitude: $25/wk, high-fives from a million angels: $100/wk. * Current balance: at least $7700 * Daniel suggests a visual aid to show visitors our fiscal needs and current status ==Amendments to Articles of Association== 1. [Postponed] Final consensus on yar's filming proposal, which was unanimously approved on Dec. 18th meeting: https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Filming_at_sudo_room *Discussion around the wording of #1B (alternative wordings in the link above) *Philip suggests looking into the 'Right to Delete' policies of various European countries - + tight windows for keeping data - Privacy by Design The following were not discussed this week, but will go on the agenda for next week: 2. [Postponed] That members don't ever have to show up in person if they don't want voting rights. *Brendan proposes to strike this as unnecessary 3. [Postponed] To empower members to deal with problematic non-members, non-members can be thrown out at any time by a member if that members feel they are being a problem, _unless_ some other member present in the space is willing to vouch for the member as a guest. Non-members being asked to leave must be told that they can further discuss the incident at a Wednesday meeting or on the mailing list. *We need to have a policy on this, but should be written in a more nonviolent manner. 4. [Postponed] Non-members can use the space as much as they want when other members are present, but cannot access the space when no members are there and have to leave when the last member leaves. *Not enough members to reach quorum, push to next week ==conflict resolution== == new members== * Mack [cleaning, organizing, fixing sewing machines] * Gaurav [Gittip] ==Discussion== *Yar suggests we rotate bureacracy meetings with hacknights! *Jenny suggests we add a 'New Members' section to the meeting agenda - Matt done *Calendar situation *Jordan suggests a 'sudo diff' approach to hacking the Articles of Incorporation [delete liberally, add succinctly] ==Action Items== * Move to Stripe [Jenny / Matt] * Poke Laurie re: new lease [Matt] * Reword proposal on problematic non-members (Jenny, Brendan) * fill out statement of information sometime soon https://businessfilings.sos.ca.gov/ [Jenny, ?] * finish setting up bank acct [Matt, friends] * Publish the new member minimum dues policy to the Articles of Association on-wiki. [Mack] - DONE * Hack on Bylaws / Articles of Assoc [Mac / Jordan / Marina, friends] --------- Jenny http://jennyryan.net http://thepyre.org http://thevirtualcampfire.org http://technomadic.tumblr.com

12 years, 3 months

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Oakland Wiki in the Oakland Tribune :)

by Marina Kukso

Hi everyone, The Tribune article about Oakland Wiki <http://oaklandwiki.org> is out! http://www.insidebayarea.com/my-town/ci_24937953/website-aims-record-everyt… Thanks to everyone who spoke with Matt Artz from the Tribune about what we're trying to do. Also, we've just tipped past 5,000 entries! Thanks to everyone who has ever contributed! And thanks to Sudo Room for being the IRL home of Oakland Wiki! - Marina

12 years, 3 months

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[To: Announce]

by Rebecca E. Skinner

Subject: Need Biologist with Bioinformatic knowledge, Yesterday Entrepreneur, U.C. Berkeley social science Ph.D., is starting a biotech company specializing in environmental (ecological) microbial analysis. Affiliated with QB3 incubator, needs co-founders. Looking for bioinformatic programmer, knowledgeable in databases and tools (e.g., AWS, GenBank, GreenGenes, specialized R protocols) to work with me toward developing a front-end and user-facing interface (will find separate web designer and software developer for this). NDA required. I don’t have funding yet, so I can only pay with equity to start. Please contact: rstartupcofounder(a)outlook.com.

12 years, 3 months

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