Dear community,
Greetings and happy 2023! Sharing a few open positions at eQualitie, a
wonderful org that works for digital freedom via a combination of
technical services, infrastructure, educational trainings and hackathons
in censorship-prone countries around the world:
*1. **Regional Ambassadors for Deflect + CENO Browser
<https://equalit.ie/job-post/regional-ambassadors-for-ceno-deflect/>**:*
We are looking for informed and motivated individuals to promote our
tools and services to local media, civil society, democratic movements
and activist organizations. You will help us define and lead outreach
strategies in your country/ies of focus, offer onboarding support and
help users coordinate with our helpdesks. In turn, you will receive
training on the given tools and services. We are looking for regional
ambassadors from the 2023 priority list (see bottom of this email).
*2. **CENO Chrome Extension Developer
<https://equalit.ie/job-post/chrome-extension-developer-for-the-dweb/>**: *
eQualit.ie is seeking an experienced developer for the decentralized web
who is motivated by FOSS solutions for defending freedom of expression
and association online. The short contract is to create a Chrome
extension that will replicate the functionality of *CENO Browser*
<https://censorship.no> on desktop environments. CENO (short for
Censorship.no!) is a tool designed to circumvent the most repressive
forms of Internet censorship and provide content distribution continuity
during network shutdowns. Built on Mozilla for Android, CENO Browser
utilizes the *Ouinet library <https://ouinet.work>* (also built by the
eQualitie team) to retrieve and then share web content peer-to-peer over
BitTorrent’s DHT.
Your responsibilities would include:
* Research and development of a prototype Chrome extension for Ouinet,
the peer-to-peer library powering CENO Browser;
* Technical feasibility analysis and project roadmapping for future
stable release;
* Documenting work toward long-term maintenance and reproducibility.
*3. **iOS Developer for OuiSync + Briar:
<https://equalit.ie/job-post/ios-developer-for-the-decentralized-web/>***
Working within a tight-knit team on OuiSync <https://ouisync.net/>,
Briar <https://briarproject.org/> and [potentially] CENO Browser
<https://censorship.no/>, your responsibilities would include
identifying, prototyping and documenting methods for an iOS app to
achieve the following goals:
* Discover and connect to nearby peers (iOS and Android) without
needing internet access (e.g. Bluetooth, local multicast);
* Investigate use of mDNS and DNS-SD on iOS and its interoperability
with Android;
* Investigate options for the app to run in the background under
various networking conditions;
* Sharing application data as files with other iOS applications.
Please share with your networks and feel free to email me privately if
you have any questions. eQ is a remote-first organization. Please apply
via the links above.
Warmly,
Jenny Ryan
CENO / OuiSync Project Manager, eQualitie
https://censorship.no ||https://ouisync.net ||https://equalitie.org
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*Priority language groups and regions for 2023:*
*1. Portuguese*
* Angola
* Brazil
* Mozambique
* Timor Leste
*2. Spanish*
* Bolivia
* Colombia
* Ecuador
* Guatemala
* Honduras
* Nicaragua
* Venezuela
*3. English*
* Tanzania
* Zimbabwe
* Uganda
* Zambia
*4. Arabic*
* Iraq
*5. Urdu*
* Pakistan
*6. Turkish and/or Azerbaijani*
* Azerbaijan
* Turkey
*7. Farsi*
* Afghanistan
* Iran
*8. French*
* Djibouti
* DR Congo
* Mali
*9. Russian*
* Belarus
* Russia
The New York governor just signed a rate repair bill. It’s the first one, I
think, and apparently the industry groups came down on her, super hard
after the legislature passed it overwhelmingly. I honestly didn’t expect
she had that chutzpah!
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2022/12/weakened-right-to-repair-bill-is-si…
Now let’s do one here!
--
*Andrew R Gross, (he/him)*
412.657.5332 - shrad.org <http://www.shrad.org>
Hi:
Sudoroom’s back and better than ever: sign in or sign up and
start/restart your membership (or just donate): https://sudoroom.org/donate/
Here are some sample photos of what you could be doing:
https://photos.app.goo.gl/7vZq61EE5oaHFeak7
-We’re holding Hardware and SoftWEAR Hacking Tuesdays
-We’ve activated the Media Lab/Sewing Lab for fabric and textile
clothing and soft goods repair and hacking.
-We’re holding regular Fixit Clinics
-We’re repairing and upgrading bicycle lights – both for safety and for
ornamentation
-We’ve been holding Women and Non-Binary Coding Night Mondays
C’mon back and join us: we’d love to see you!
-Peter
Hi Sudoers: See below: Jack Soares heads the Oakland Tool Lending
Library Volunteers and gets calls for estate clean-outs regularly:
contact him directly for more details if you're interested. -Peter
-------- Forwarded Message --------
Subject: Of Possible Interest: Miscellaneous Electronics
Date: Wed, 28 Dec 2022 23:51:21 +0000 (UTC)
From: Jack Soares <jacksoares(a)sbcglobal.net>
To: petermui(a)gmail.com <petermui(a)gmail.com>
Peter--
A real estate agent who contacts me when she have a house with tools to
empty has a place in the Elwood District that has to be cleaned out by
January 4. Celena and I visited today. The owners had a load of
electronic gear and cables that might be of interest to your crew. If
not, it's headed to e-waste. I'll be there tomorrow at about 10:30, if
you or any of the FixIt folk want to join us.
On a Related Front: Years ago I picked up some electronics that had
been used to install solar hot water systems. Nice-looking old-style
meters that I'd intended to install in our grandkids' treehouse to give
it a second life as a space ship or submarine. They weren't interested
and the stuff has been gathering dust in my shop. Does that sort of
thing hold any interest for you?
On a Related Front #2: Picked up many bolts of cloth from an upholstery
shop cleaning its warehouse. Four or five of them didn't pass my wife's
inspection. Would your sewing shop be interested?
And so on like that...
--Jack.
Dear Sudo Room,
Just a reminder that we have not received a payment for this invoice yet. Let us know if you have questions.
Thanks for your business!
Omni Commons
---------------------------------- Invoice ---------------------------------
4799 Shattuck Ave
Oakland, CA 94609 US
+1 5105456582
https://omnicommons.org
Invoice #: 2637
Date: 12/01/2022
Due Date: 12/25/2022
Terms: Net 25
Amount Due: $8,000.00
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Bill To:
Sudo Room
4799 Shattuck Ave
Oakland, CA 94607
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****************************** Account Summary *****************************
11/01/2022 Balance Forward $6,000.00
Other payments and credits after 11/01/2022 0.00
New charges (details below) 2,000.00
Total Amount Due (activity through 12/01/202 8,000.00
****************************************************************************
<u> Date </u><u> Activity </u><u> Qty </u><u> Rate </u><u> Amount </u>
12/01/2022 Furnishing Fa 1 2,000.00 2,000.00T
____________________________________________________________________________
SubTotal: $2,000.00
Tax: $0.00
--------------------------------------
Total Of New Charges: $2,000.00
Total Amount Due: $8,000.00
Greetings Sudo Room!
This is your monthly donation invoice. Thank you for stewarding the
commons!
Love and solidarity,
Omni Commons Finance Working Group
Dear Sudo Room,
Just a reminder that we have not received a payment for this invoice yet. Let us know if you have questions.
Thanks for your business!
Omni Commons
---------------------------------- Invoice ---------------------------------
4799 Shattuck Ave
Oakland, CA 94609 US
+1 5105456582
https://omnicommons.org
Invoice #: 2637
Date: 12/01/2022
Due Date: 12/25/2022
Terms: Net 25
Amount Due: $8,000.00
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Bill To:
Sudo Room
4799 Shattuck Ave
Oakland, CA 94607
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
****************************** Account Summary *****************************
11/01/2022 Balance Forward $6,000.00
Other payments and credits after 11/01/2022 0.00
New charges (details below) 2,000.00
Total Amount Due (activity through 12/01/202 8,000.00
****************************************************************************
<u> Date </u><u> Activity </u><u> Qty </u><u> Rate </u><u> Amount </u>
12/01/2022 Furnishing Fa 1 2,000.00 2,000.00T
____________________________________________________________________________
SubTotal: $2,000.00
Tax: $0.00
--------------------------------------
Total Of New Charges: $2,000.00
Total Amount Due: $8,000.00
Greetings Sudo Room!
This is your monthly donation invoice. Thank you for stewarding the
commons!
Love and solidarity,
Omni Commons Finance Working Group
if you go to https://omnicommons.org/blog/calendar/
you see a "sign up for our newsletter: Email address ______________ Subscribe"
banner, partially covering up Ashley, 26 (who is online now) but not covering
her boobs.
It's been like this for weeks apparently (I just noticed) and we don't know
what's going on.
Does anyone know wordpress and IT security and can take a look and figure out
what's going wrong in there?
-jake
Hi all 👋
I’ve used the laser cutter at noisebridge a bunch of times but never at sudo room. Instructions here look pretty good! https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Big_red_laser_cutter Do people prefer if I get a training from someone at sudo room to use it? I need to do some last minute laser Xmas gifts, hoping to come by tmw afternoon and give it a shot. Thoughts?
Alternatively, is there anyone who is comfortable with the laser printer and might be around tomorrow afternoon?
Kyle/Max
I've mentioned this before, but there are cool crafts, board games, and
thrift stores just across the street from the Omni Commons. I know that the
fix it clinic was trying to get some workshops organized with the east bay
depot for reuse too.
When I bicycle to SudoRoom (as opposed to driving) I usually spend more
time at the neighboring shops since they're ont he protected bike lane.
(When I'm in the car i just park my car and beeline fro sudoroom heh!).
I usually notice each of the shops has a community class night. There was a
kitchenware crafts store that had an educational night for learning how to
grow mushrooms. The board game shop has community board game nights... an
event that we have plenty of tables and equipment for!
I don't think we have to be too commercial but there has to be a way to
bring all that foot traffic to sudoroom somehow. and not just during
special community events.
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Romy Ilano
romy(a)snowyla.com
