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by Troy Massey

Some valuable connections within the state of our global economy and actions by the established powers that currently reign in our desires and work for a better world for all. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Bay Area News & Letters <banandl(a)yahoo.com> Date: Tue, May 7, 2013 at 8:25 PM Subject: Bay Area News & Letters Update To: BA local N&L <banandl(a)yahoo.com> Dear Friends, This Sunday, May 12, at 6:30 p.m. we will discuss our 2013-14 draft perspectives: "Capitalism's violence, masses' revolt show need for total view" which is available in full in our May-June issue online at: http://www.newsandletters.org/issues/2013/May-Jun/DPMayJun_13.asp We hope you join us at Niebyl-Proctor Marxist Library (come up the back staircase). 6501 Telegraph Ave. (at Alcatraz) Oakland, Ca. In Solidarity, Bay Area News & Letters

13 years

CFP: New Media, Global Activism and Politics Vol. 20, no. 3 (August 2014)

by Eddan Katz

thought this CfP would be interesting and maybe even useful in thinking about collaborative writing projects. > From: Carolyn Guertin <carolyn.guertin(a)gmail.com> > Subject: [MEA] CFP: New Media, Global Activism and Politics Vol. 20, no. 3 (August 2014) > Date: May 4, 2013 10:49:48 AM PDT > To: MEA(a)lists.ibiblio.org > Reply-To: MEA(a)lists.ibiblio.org > > *Convergence* > > The International Journal of Research into New Media Technologies > > > > Call for Papers > > > > Special issue on: New Media, Global Activism and Politics > > Vol. 20, no. 3 (August 2014) > > > > Guest editors: Carolyn Guertin (University of North Texas at Dallas) and > Angi Buettner (Victoria University of Wellington) > > > > *Deadline for refereed research articles: *30 August 2013 > > Indignados. Arab Spring. #Occupy. The 99%. Idle No More. #Upsettler. > GlobalNoise. Strike Debt. These are just some of the new terms to emerge > from the global mass protests of the last two years. They are part of a sea > change as political engagement, citizen journalism and tactical media > evolve as tools of protest and communication. These terms mark only one > small part of a much larger shift in media production and distribution that > is the rise of user-generated content or social media. Within digital > culture, the creative act has become a form of activism carried out through > the repurposing of pre-existing materials and media for political > change—and it is a practice that has swayed policy, overturned governments > and politicized subcultures and peoples on a global scale. > > In the 19th century, the crowd emerged as a new social force. It was a > force, it was argued, that shook the foundations of society and led > individuals to commit irrational acts. In the 21st century, we have seen > the power of crowds re-emerge as an ostensibly smarter and more nimble > cultural force empowered by mobile technologies, crowdsourcing > methodologies and networked systems. How has activism changed as a result > of new technologies? How are new media enlisted to assist in the planning > and enactment of socio-political change? How are governments and political > candidates using social media? How has social media altered policies, > elections and the democratic process? > > > > Topics might include: > > - Hacktivism > > - Wikileaks > > - Arab Spring > > - #occupy > > - Indignados > > - Idle No More > > - #upsettlers > > - Global Noise > > Strike Debt > > - Crowdsourcing > > - Lobbying > > - Flashmobs, smart mobs or network armies > > - Riot simulation or protest modeling > > - Microblogging as a form of protest > > - Protest apps, including geolocative ones > > - Eco-activism > > - Activism in education > > - Gaming and new media activism > > - New media and the environment > > - Politics and new media > > - Activist or protest art > > - Appropriation, subvertising, culture jamming or memes > > - Slacktivism > > - Clicktivism > > - Cyberfeminism > > - DIY culture > > - Prototyping > > - Global protest networks > > - Participatory culture > > - eDemocracy > > - Government sponsored social media > > - Public media initiatives > > - Elections and social media > > > > *Queries may be directed to the guest editors, Carolyn Guertin at * > carolyn.guertin(a)gmail.com* or *Angi Buettner at Angi.Buettner(a)vuw.ac.nz > > > > *Convergence* is published by Sage and all contributors must consult > the*guide to manuscript submission at: > * > http://www.uk.sagepub.com/journalsProdDesc.nav?prodId=Journal201774#tabview… > * for details of house style.* > -- > Carolyn Guertin, PhD > Languages and Communications, University of North Texas > author of *Digital Prohibition: Piracy and Authorship in New Media Art > *(Continuum, > 2012) > > Website: http://carolynguertin.com/ > Email: carolyn.guertin(a)gmail.com > Skype: carolyn_guertin > _______________________________________________ > MEA mailing list > MEA(a)lists.ibiblio.org > http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/mea

13 years

Re: [sudo-discuss] Hey writers!

by Vicky Knox

I love all of your responses!sesnopser rouy fo lla evol I It seems that a regular meet-up, projects or workshops are in store. As there seems to be a lot of overlap of ideas and potential for collaboration, we should all meet and put our heads together! **Looking at our compacted calendar, how about a nice chill post-Kopimism pre-Natural Decay meetup, this Sunday, 4p, complete with snacks? Too soon? How about next Sunday?** Below are suggestions I've recorded from your responses on the listserv and AFK conversations. We could talk about these things during the meetup! - Poetry slams and talent showcases (Jenny) - A writers' collective website: LinguisticAlchemystic (Jenny) - Sudo Radio broadcasts (Ray) - Sci-fi writers meetup (Ryan) - Sudo Press: A self-publishing platform with graphic and editorial support focusing on Hacktivism (Eddan) - Book-binding/sewing, book-selling (William, Romy, Ray) - Algorithmic poetry meetup/workshop (Rabbit, Anthony) - Twitter haikus (Patrick) - User generated algorithm seeds *tear* (Ray) - Writers/Comic book artists collab (Romy) - Drop-in writing help workshop (me and a screenwriter I met at Art Murmur) - Screenwriters'/actors' meetup (the screenwriter) ykciV ,sguH 2013/5/7 Vicky Knox <vknoxsironi(a)gmail.com> > I love all of your responses!sesnopser rouy fo lla evol I > > It seems that a regular meet-up, projects or workshops are in store. As > there seems to be a lot of overlap of ideas and potential for > collaboration, we should all meet and put our heads together! > > **Looking at our compacted calendar, how about a nice chill post-Kopimism > pre-Natural Decay meetup, this Sunday, 4p, complete with snacks? Too soon? > How about next Sunday?** > > Below are suggestions I've recorded from your responses on the listserv > and AFK conversations. We could talk about these things during the meetup! > > - Poetry slams and talent showcases (Jenny) > - A writers' collective website: LinguisticAlchemystic (Jenny) > - Sudo Radio broadcasts (Ray) > - Sci-fi writers meetup (Ryan) > - Sudo Press: A self-publishing platform with graphic and editorial > support focusing on Hacktivism (Eddan) > - Book-binding/sewing, book-selling (William, Romy, Ray) > - Algorithmic poetry meetup/workshop (Rabbit, Anthony) > - Twitter haikus (Patrick) > - User generated algorithm seeds *tear* (Ray) > - Writers/Comic book artists collab (Romy) > - Drop-in writing help workshop (me and a screenwriter I met at Art > Murmur) > - Screenwriters'/actors' meetup (the screenwriter) > > ykciV > ,sguH > > > 2013/5/3 Vicky Knox <vknoxsironi(a)gmail.com> > >> I want to respond to you all right now but I need to run to Sudo Room to >> hopefully speak with you all IN PERSON! I will be doing a shoe/bike >> experiment in which I transplant an organ of one into the body of the other >> for a very practical purpose! >> >> V >> >> >> 2013/5/1 Eddan Katz <eddan(a)clear.net> >> >>> It seems as though there is enough talent here to start our own >>> publishing house. Anyone up for sudo-press? A self-publishing platform with >>> graphic and editorial support focusing on Hacktivism? >>> >>> We can share writing opportunities in different fora (book, blog, >>> magazine, conference, etc.) and develop collaborative multidisciplinary >>> writing projects on the wiki. We could host drafting workshops where we >>> give each other feedback on works in progress. Heck, we could even run our >>> own writing contest based on themes we're interested in and build an >>> intellectual community around it. >>> >>> Just my 2 bitcoins. Whatever that's worth these days. >>> >>> >>> sent from eddan.com >>> >>> On May 1, 2013, at 8:28 AM, Ryan Bethencourt <ryan.bethencourt(a)gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>> I've written before for Techdirt.com (during the first dotcom boom) and >>> published in Biotech Business development ( >>> http://www.logos-press.com/books/biotechnology_business_development.php) >>> but I'd love to restart the habit of writing in my blog and also get some >>> hints and tips from anyone that's written sci-fi :) >>> >>> >>> On Wed, May 1, 2013 at 8:23 AM, Anthony Di Franco <di.franco(a)gmail.com>wrote: >>> >>>> Wut >>>> On May 1, 2013 1:53 AM, "Vicky Knox" <vknoxsironi(a)gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> !sretirw yeH >>>>> >>>>> Are we alone in the universe? This is a shout out from someone who >>>>> lives in your star sector requesting a star sector block party! In other >>>>> words: If you are a writer and would like to use your passion-skill for the >>>>> purposes of furthering the grasp of Sudo Room upon the innocent brains of >>>>> unsuspecting learners, please give me/the list a holler. I'd like to get a >>>>> sense of who's out there, and most importantly who's interested in banding >>>>> together to do some siiick writing. >>>>> >>>>> We are not alone. >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> sudo-discuss mailing list >>>>> sudo-discuss(a)lists.sudoroom.org >>>>> http://lists.sudoroom.org/listinfo/sudo-discuss >>>>> >>>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> sudo-discuss mailing list >>>> sudo-discuss(a)lists.sudoroom.org >>>> http://lists.sudoroom.org/listinfo/sudo-discuss >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Ryan Bethencourt >>> >>> Tel: (415) 794 6463 >>> ryan.bethencourt(a)gmail.com >>> >>> www.bamh1.com >>> www.linkedin.com/in/bethencourt >>> www.logos-press.com/books/biotechnology_business_development.php >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> sudo-discuss mailing list >>> sudo-discuss(a)lists.sudoroom.org >>> http://lists.sudoroom.org/listinfo/sudo-discuss >>> >>> >> >

13 years

First 3d Gun Fired

by Ibrahim Moss

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/06/3d-printed-gun-fired_n_3222669.htm… Ibrahim Moss ibrahim.moss(a)gmail.com

13 years

Erotica and women's bodies

by Romy Snowyla

It's interesting to me how porn a Nd erotica always advertise with women's bodies with their faces cut off American apparel digs this etc Lots of art theory discusses this I would love for any Sudo room event to break the mold and show men's bodies in any erotic theme as well ... Also would love to see the male body as the focus of any erotic film or dance to balance out the Imbalance and unnatural obsession with t and a we see on the porn industry Sent from my iPad

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Virtual currency question?

by Ryan Bethencourt

Hi All, I've been reading/following the whole evolution of bitcoins as currency and I'm still a bitcoin skeptic (I prefer potential rather than spent processing power :) ). So I was curious, has anyone in the past tried to create a virtual currency based on a resource value, like future usage of CPU time (i.e. $1 would equal an equivalent amount of electricity and hardware wear and tear for x number of CPU cycles, which could be exchanged either for the cycles, at a super computer bank or for other currencies)? To me it seems that bit coin is like a spent CPU resource rather than a future resource and by flipping the equation to future rather than past value a currency based on this type of commodity would be useful... any thoughts? R -- Ryan Bethencourt Tel: (415) 794 6463 ryan.bethencourt(a)gmail.com www.bamh1.com www.linkedin.com/in/bethencourt www.logos-press.com/books/biotechnology_business_development.php

13 years

Microcontroller Newbie Night @ sudo room - Tomorrow night!

by Hol Gaskill

Hi Folks, Going to change things up a little bit for tomorrow's microcontroller night. I've finished for now with my active microcontroller projects (can it be???) so I'll be doing a few newbie-level projects/experiments myself. On the menu for tomorrow night: -DIY alarm clock w/ RGB LED output. -DIY motion detector w/light and maaaaybe camera -anything you want to bring and work on Of course for total newbies, we will begin with blinking an LED and move rapidly from there - it's easy with a little help! link to the face book: https://www.facebook.com/events/384770284968953/ Also[0] I will be skipping town for a few weeks. Would anyone like to take over hosting this event for the next three sessions? Only involves sending an email, creating a FB event and sending out a few seed invites to FB-enabled sudoers and whoever else you want, and of course welcoming people who arrive. The latter bit is of course the most involved, but if you are friendly and able to direct people to the soldering iron, wire pile, ac adapter bin etc it's a snap. Dates are May 21, June 4, and June 18. You can continue hosting if you get into the swing of it, or anyone can really. I just want it to exist at sudo room. Also[1] A few medium term group projects have been identified in and around the discussion at the last event. If you might like to get involved in these but cannot attend tomorrow night, I'll post some details to controllers(a)lists.sudoroom.org afterward. Hasn't been much traffic there yet, but stay tuned for project info. Hope to see y'all there! Hol

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3D Printing Comics Instructions - reinterpretation of the original Codex! now on the wiki

by Romy Ilano

my dear brothers and sisters, my sudoroom comrades. i have reinterpreted the genius codex of our forerunner jae they are now in an accessible comic book form on the wiki... let us now spread the good word of 3D Printing throughout this fair land... https://sudoroom.org/wiki/page/3DPrinting#New_Interpretation_Comics_of_Jay_… [image: Inline image 1]

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reminder: this email list is Google-able

by Rabbit

Just a reminder that the archives of this list are indexed by Google. (For this reason I'm keeping pretty quiet here. Would anyone else like to have a list which is not indexed? How about "sudo-ephemeral"?) -Rabbit

13 years

Re: [sudo-discuss] should we hire someone to clean up after events?

by mattsenate＠gmail.com

Cleaning is life. But even if each of us tried our best to clean up after ourselves, there will be aggregated filth, incrementally built, plus the cost of natural shuffling, displacement--such is the burden of use and optimization! I think we should: Communicate more clearly the necessary standards for common space. Provide all event holders with a checklist for set up and break down Clean up after ourselves and each other collaboratively Recognize that some additional amount of cleaning is required and therefore create good systems for cleaning natural, aggregate mess.* * my personal politics hope we can do this specific type of work without direct financial incentive. // Matt ----- Reply message ----- From: "Gregg Horton" <greggahorton(a)gmail.com> To: "Romy Ilano" <romy(a)snowyla.com> Cc: "sudo-discuss" <sudo-discuss(a)lists.sudoroom.org> Subject: [sudo-discuss] should we hire someone to clean up after events? Date: Sun, May 5, 2013 9:48 AM I think we should hire a fellow sudoer and use the cash as incentive. Whoever wishes to do it that month can. Or people can learn how to pick up after themselves. On Sun, May 5, 2013 at 8:44 AM, Romy Ilano <romy(a)snowyla.com> wrote: SudoRoom is a hackerspace. Our skillset is not cleaning, especially cleaning the big main room. - Should we put aside $30-60 every time a group holds an event in our space so that we can pay someone to clean up the common room? - Should we pay someone $30-60 once month to clean the common room for us? I brought this up because we are realistically not going to get a lot of members to clean the space. we are hackers. it is not our skillset. There is not going to be a magical day when a hackerspace finds that all of its members find cleaning to be a pleasurable act. We are good at starting projects, drinking beer, looking for new spaces, but we are definitely not great at cleaning. Our landlord G is also receptive to the idea of us hiring someone to clean up the common room after big events. I personally suck at cleaning, I'm into doing it, but I would rather spend my time hacking and working on projects. I spent a bit of time cleaning up the space Saturday morning, wiping down the tables int he main room and vacuuming to prepare the space for the today I learned. _______________________________________________ sudo-discuss mailing list sudo-discuss(a)lists.sudoroom.org http://lists.sudoroom.org/listinfo/sudo-discuss

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