Hello Everyone,
Linda Grant needs our help.
WHO IS LINDA GRANT?
For those that don't know Linda, Linda Grant is a mother and local Activist
here in Oakland.
Linda is a comrade that has been in the front line so many times helping
different causes that includes supporting mothers who had lost their
children due to Police brutality, etc. Now, Linda is the one suffering a
lost and needs support.
WHAT HAPPENED?
Last week Linda's grandson, a 2 year old, was killed in a car accident, and
her daughter lost one of her arms.
TWO WAYS TO HELP:
1- She reached out to me if we, at Omni Commons, can help her by providing
space where the repass can be taking place. They need to know this answer
desperately, and if it can be for free if possible. I offered my help to
find out, so that's why I am writing this email and I will follow up in
person with some of the working group that handle the events. -I asked
Linda for the date and time, but they don't know this yet, but they will be
providing that information by Monday at the latest.
2- While in communication I requested her any link to the fund rising for
the funeral so that I can share it with us here; so perhaps some of us can
help her with some money. Please help if you can. I know Linda from the
Occupy days, and she deserves all the help that we can give to her and her
family.
So, while the date and time comes to us, please, please, reach out to the
gofundme page: https://www.gofundme.com/b8922mp8 and donate what you can.
Many thanks in advance,
Daniel
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can someone set up a webpage voip client on the sudoroom router computer,
so that one can web in and telephone the sudophone (or CCL or liberated
lens or the payphone or fnb...)
if you need credentials i can grant them if i trust you. if you're a
member.
I have several large boxes of fresh persimmons to donate. I'd like to drop
them by SudoRoom or the Omni. Probably stopping by Sunday evening. Miss the
place!
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Romy Ilano
romy(a)snowyla.com
On Sun, Nov 8, 2015 at 9:20 AM, Romy Ilano <romy(a)snowyla.com> wrote:
> He can do a lot in a day but I'm not sure if the collective decision making and slower tempo to enable full democracy even from people with little experience in these maters would make this sense . I'll do what I can to help but yes it was just a thought !
The building WG is not embroiled in any democratic process right now.
At this point it's a few skilled people with a long list of
noncontroversial tasks to do, and not enough time in the day to
organize new volunteers to do them. Help wanted.
Hi all!
We're looking for two new housemates in our community house in the
Fruitvale district of Oakland. Rent is 740 + utils.
We're having a small social hacking and music playing social time this
evening, so if you'd like to check out the house and meet everyone, please
come by, or alternatively message me offlist to work out another time.
3276 Logan St
~8PMish
Hey guys!
I apologize for postponing my involvement in Sudo Hack. I've been suffering
from severe asthma and needed to time in an allergen free environment to
recover. I'm feeling a bit better and I should ok within the next few weeks.
Last Sudo Hack, I didn't do too good of job getting people's individual
contact information so when I sent emails to Sudo-Discuss, I didn't get a
response back.
These are some dates that are available taking into account the holidays:
Dec 5th
Dec 19th
Jan 4th
Please email me with contact info and which date you're available if you'd
like to come help clean the space. :)
Stop by sudo this Thursday at 8pm and meet Musti, inventor of the open
hardware optical wireless system KORUZA <http://koruza.net>. KORUZA is a
1Gbps wireless optical system for locations up to 100m apart, using an
eye-safe infrared light beam. A low cost, open source and open hardware,
wireless optical system, making the free space optical (FSO) technology
available to masses and providing an alternative to Wi-Fi networks for RF
spectrum congested urban areas.
*Design for imperfect manufacturing and challenges of making wireless
optical system KORUZA*
Complicated and precise systems can be designed more smartly with imperfect
tools and machines, demonstrated by the example of KORUZA, a low-cost
wireless optical and open source open-hardware system for gigabit 100m
wireless communication in urban areas. Motivation for developing this
project comes from Wi-Fi, which is the most popular choice for creating
low-cost networks these days. However, a large number of such networks fail
to co-exist in urban environments due to RF spectrum congestion. KORUZA
solves this problem by using a highly collimated optical beam for
bi-directional communication. In this talk I will discuss the use of 3D
printing for development of precise optical setup with imperfect parts, how
to design a system using and re-purposing mass-produced off-the-shelf
components, discuss impacts of setting up a global distributed experiment
World Wide Koruza l experiment and observing the developed product in
real-life. I will also demonstrate the latest KORUZA 1.0 prototype now
suitable to make wireless optical gigabit links between buildings.
*Bio:*
Luka Mustafa is a Shuttleworth Foundation Fellow and working full-time on
developing the wireless optical system, KORUZA, at Institute IRNAS Rače in
Slovenia, which he founded in 2014. He is also working on his PhD at
University College London. For the past year he has led a keen young team
at IRNAS to develop open hardware manufacturing solutions ranging from
precise 3D printing of plastics and other more unusual materials to
large-scale CNC and plasma cutters for heavier metalwork, innovating on the
use of optical fibres for these applications. He promotes and deploys open
wireless networks with the "wlan slovenia" project, manages national and
international wireless backbones and contributes to several open-hardware
and electronics projects worldwide. He has wide experience interning on
projects from sound-systems to particle accelerator control systems. (
http://koruza.net )
Sudo Calendar:
https://sudoroom.org/events/design-for-imperfect-manufacturing-and-challeng…
Facebook Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/427453017463929/
Can't make it this Thursday? You can also attend KORUZA event at
Noisebridge on the 16th:
https://www.noisebridge.net/wiki/Noisebridge_Koruza_event
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Rachel Sadd <crafty.avenger(a)acemonstertoys.org>
Date: Thu, Nov 12, 2015 at 3:32 PM
Subject: [sudo-info] Ace Monster Toys Hackerspace Holiday Party! December 12th
To: info(a)sudoroom.org
Dear Sudo Room,
Ace Monster Toys loves that you are using the maker movement to strive
for social justice, and we want to invite you and your members to join
us for a night of music, making, and monster refreshments, all while
exploring hands-on activities in our space.
Our first-ever holiday party will include maker labs geared toward
grown-ups, such as laser-cutting your own snowflakes and 3D printing
lacy ornaments. 'Tis also an excuse for us to do what we
love...Experimental Science Time! We'll create instant ice cream using
liquid nitrogen and find out if cookie cutters can be made on a CNC
mill. A jolly good time is sure to be had.
Please join us, and let you members know about our party.
Saturday, December 12 — 6 - 9:30pm
Ace Monster Toys | 6050 Lowell Street. Ste. 214. |
Oakland, CA 94608
Click here to RSVP:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ace-monster-toys-hackerspace-holiday-party-tic…
Learn more about Ace Monster Toys here: http://acemonstertoys.org/
Crafty Rachel
President, Director
acemonstertoys.orgmeetup.com/Ace-Monster-Toysfacebook.com/acemonstertoys
San Francisco's Techno-Activism Third Mondays shifts 24 hours into the
(hopefully not too dystopian) future next week.
We're teaming up with colleagues in Washington DC for a special on the
Trans-Pacific Partnership with the:
>> FLUSH THE TPP HACKATHON
Join us for an evening of hacking, building, and meme-making as part of
a week of action against the Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement!
The TPP, a trade agreement whose text was released just this month:
https://www.eff.org/issues/tpp . Its e-commerce and intellectual
property chapters would extend copyright terms in many countries, limit
governments' ability to require source code, place bans on circumventing
DRM, increase ISP liability, and strip away privacy for domain owners.
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2015/10/final-leaked-tpp-text-all-we-feared
At this Tuesday hackathon, we'll be working on making new online tools,
resources, and graphics for people to use and spread the word about the
threats of the TPP.
IN WASHINGTON D.C:
WHEN: Tuesday, November 17 5:00pm ~ late
WHERE: First Trinity Lutheran Church, 4th and E Sts., NW and worldwide*
WHO: Activists, hackers, artists, and tinkerers. Some technical
background encouraged but not required.
IN SAN FRANCISCO, CA:
WHEN: Tuesday, November 17 3PM-7PM
WHERE: Noisebridge Hackerspace, 2629 Mission St, San Francisco
WHO: Techno-activist regulars, and anyone else with an interest in
learning more about how the Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement
affects the Internet and innovation.
This will be a hands-on session, where you can participate in projects being
developed in both spaces.
Here are some sample project ideas:
* TPP Quiz: A way for people to become acquainted with the problems of
these deals and help them become better at conveying the threats to
their friends and family.
* Inspect the Text: A tool to highlight portions of the text and how
they would affect the public interest, so that people can see what
language in the actual text translates to specific regulatory concerns.
It could also reveal which industries may have lobbied for or would
benefit from this language.
* Media/Graphic Repository: A platform where all shareable images,
videos, and other media can be put in one place for ease of reference
and use. Ideally, this would also have share buttons and also have a way
to specify usage via Creative Commons licenses.
Hope to see you there!
Want to receive these TA3M-SF updates regularly? Join our mailing list at:
https://lists.eff.org/mailman/listinfo/ta3m-sf
This last Monday the first Sort & Snack event went really well and we'd
like to have another before the holidays! Your help is invaluable. Bring
snacks, a laptop, or just yourself!
Monday, November 16, 19:00: Sort & Snack - Help organize the electrical
components at Noisebridge, Two hours of sorting and snacking! Bring drinks,
snacks or just yourself. No experience necessary! Together we will organize
the electronics components and input them into our swanky database.
Enthusiasm and curiosity encouraged. Please RSVP to our Hardware
Mailinglist with
your name and whether you can sort (no xp needed) or input (xp encouraged).
Link to the Noisebridge Hardware Mailinglist follows:
https://www.noisebridge.net/mailman/listinfo/hardware/%7Chardware