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revolutionaries and the creation of new language

by Romy Ilano

There is a yin and a yang to everything. Here are a few examples of the "dark side" of reshaping language... I've read a lot of history about the Chinese Cultural Revolution and the Cambodian Khmer Rouge... these groups were very interested in reforming a corrupt society, finding new ways of doing things. They are not shining examples but I can say that their intentions started out pure. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khmer_Rouge_rule_of_Cambodia#Establishing_the_… On the surface, society in Democratic Kampuchea was strictly egalitarian<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egalitarian>. The Khmer language <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khmer_language>, like many in Southeast Asia, has a complex system of usages to define speakers' rank and social status. These usages were abandoned. People were encouraged to call each other "friend", or "comrade" (in Khmer, មិត្ដ mitt), and to avoid traditional signs of deference such as bowing or folding the hands in salutation. Language was transformed in other ways. The Khmer Rouge invented new terms. People were told they must "forge" (*lot dam*) a new revolutionary character, that they were the "instruments" (*opokar*) of the Angkar, and that nostalgia for pre-revolutionary times (*chheu satek arom*, or "memory sickness") could result in their receiving Angkar's "invitation" to be deindustrialised and to live in a concentration camp.

13 years, 4 months

Re: [sudo-discuss] Hey writers! (MEETING THE 19TH!)

by Vicky Knox

Thank you Marina for your proactivation, but the 19th will actually be the day! In the previous email Rabbit said that date would work from him. I was waiting for other people to reply, but since they haven't and it doesn't conflict with anything else I have gone ahead and scheduled a writers' meetup for the 19th at 4p!

13 years, 4 months

Does sudoroom have an offiicial youtube, or do you know of an alternative video service?

by Max Klein

Sudomate video tutorials need to be uploaded. Do we have a youtube or vimeo? Or is there a good alternative for us to use? Best, notconfusing

13 years, 4 months

Re: [sudo-discuss] Hey writers!

by Rabbit

Sunday the 19th works for me! I can show people how to make Twitter bots that generate random poetry like the famous horse_ebooks. https://twitter.com/horse_ebooks And I'll read selections from my own army of Twitter poetry-bots. P.S. Romy, these can make excellent comic ideas :) On Tue, May 7, 2013 at 2:10 PM, Vicky Knox <vknoxsironi(a)gmail.com> wrote: > 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 >>>> >>>> >>> >> > > _______________________________________________ > sudo-discuss mailing list > sudo-discuss(a)lists.sudoroom.org > http://lists.sudoroom.org/listinfo/sudo-discuss > >

13 years, 4 months

Sudo Room Meeting Wed @ 7pm @ 2141 Broadway, entrance on 22nd

by Matthew Senate

Meeting minutes from last week: https://sudoroom.org/wiki/page/Meeting_Notes_2013-05-01 Add to the agenda: https://pad.riseup.net/p/sudoroommeeting ACTION ITEMS: New Business: - Blurb of short description to be used at different events - OPEN - *Tommy:* Projection of reasonable term income - For next agenda: discussion to share some of the ongoing initiatives that are going on to bring money into sudo room - ON AGENDA PLEASE ADD ASAP https://pad.riseup.net/p/sudoroommeeting - *Matt* and *Jenny* will encourage Sudoers to think about and prepare for this. - sudo-fund mailing list http://lists.sudoroom.org/listinfo/sudo-fund - Survey membership -* Matt* and *Bill* will do online and paper survey - *Vicky* has emailed the listserv asking people if they are interested in writing. The goal is to organize people to collaborate on writing marketing-type materials. - *Sam* - New video for blog and wiki (next happy hour? or meeting, happy hour and wiki/blog workshop in one!) - Can it be like this? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s0S-HOOp_VY - Would like to have an event where people collaboratively create videos and learn how to do videos. Possibly next Friday. Please coordinate with *Sam*. - *Rusty* and *Ryan* will follow up with Dan on printing t-shirts. Old Business: - *[Postponed] **Jenny* sync with *Troy* on library - Not yet but they will - Set up date for label-printing organizing of stuff event - *Jenny*!1 -* troy* - still need to set a date - [Working on this tonight] *Tommy* and *Shane*: write a blurb for soliciting donations that can easily be read to people using the space for meetups, workshops etc. - *Matt* will follow up with *Max*: Installing Linux on a second laptop for rock paper scissors collective (first was bad :() - *Ryan* B will bring in a laptop?(coordinate with *Wolf**y* on getting laptop) - [Postponed] Talk to *Danny O'Brien*, intro from *JC* to *Jordan*, invite him to come to a future sudo meeting to share insight! - Straight to the source--but out of the country :( Will be back later this month and Jordan will follow up then. - [Skipping this week as it will be Art Mumur and we have a movie screening] Add Hacky Happer Hour to the calendar - *Romy* hosted Hacker Happy Hour - *[Postponed] **Romy* to lead diagram for Articles of Association amendment - *Romy* to work with *Troy* to turn the articles into a flow diagram. Diagrams and drawings of sudo room members being passed around. - [Postponed] Add articles to github (gitorious!!!!!!!? - https://gitorious.org/+sudo-room) <https://gitorious.org/+sudo-room%29>- *Yardena* is going to put these articles up - *[Vicky will do this] **Vicky* - follow up with Public School about Oakland Nights Live. - *[Working on this tonight] **Jenny* - Set expectations for sudo events, make this available to internal & external - -Ensure doors are closed - -Trash and recycling - -Running the dishwasher - -Putting furniture back where it belongs - -Vacuum! - Jenny will discuss with Public School this Thurs. - *[Postponed until necessary] **Eddan* - Reference letter from George

13 years, 4 months

Any keybearers around?

by Marina Kukso

A few of us are locked out :( - marina

13 years, 4 months

Re: [sudo-discuss] cuddling it

by Yardena Cohen

On Wed, May 8, 2013 at 11:23 AM, Eddan Katz <eddan(a)clear.net> wrote: > In the article you link to below, the objections described are from black > women who thought that the song gave particular lower status to black women. No kidding. If by "gave lower status to" you mean "erase entirely". > It is an unfortunate interpretation of the song and a depressing admission > of how deeply engrained the word nigger is in our culture. You think you know better than any black woman on that subject? > But it is my understanding of the intent of the songwriters to expose the > degrading aspects of sexism that were being dismissed in response to the > mainstreaming of feminism at the time. "I was trying to fight sexism" is not at all incompatible with something being racist.

13 years, 4 months

Re: [sudo-discuss] cuddling it

by Yardena Cohen

On Wed, May 8, 2013 at 10:58 AM, Eddan Katz <eddan(a)clear.net> wrote: > A couple of examples that come to mind to challenge the Re-Appropriation > trump card rules you described below. Granted, they are both examples of > extraordinary artists piercing through dominant culture in provocative ways. > John Lennon co-wrote "Woman is the Nigger of the World" with Yoko Ono > (http://www.songmeanings.net/m/songs/view/3458764513820543055/), neither of > whom were black. You REALLY do not want to cite that song as a positive example of antiracism.

13 years, 4 months

CfP: Open Knowledge Conference - Geneva (9/17-18)

by Eddan Katz

http://blog.okfn.org/2013/05/07/okcon-2013-call-for-proposals-out-now/ > The Open Knowledge Foundation is pleased to announce that the 2013 Open Knowledge Conference (OKCon) will take place in Geneva, Switzerland on 17th -18th September. The theme of this year’s edition will be Open Data – Broad, Deep, Connected. > When: 17th – 18th September 2013 > Where: Geneva, Switzerland at the CICG – Centre International de Conférence de Genève > Official Website: http://okcon.org/ – register at http://okcon.org/tickets/ > Social media: http://twitter.com/okfn with hashtag #OKCon and on Facebook > Press: http://okcon.org/press – Press Release for event Announcement > > > The world’s leading open data and open knowledge event, OKCon is the latest in an annual series run since 2005. Last year’s installment in Helsinki had more than 1000 participantsfrom over 50 countries and was the largest event of its kind to date. Previous speakers have included inventor of the World Wide Web Sir Tim Berners-Lee, Hans Rosling of Gapminder, Brewster Kahle of the Internet Archive, and Ellen Miller of the Sunlight Foundation. > > Located in Geneva, a major site for the United Nations and many other international institutions, this year’s event will focus on coordinating and strengthening public policy around the world to support a truly global and interconnected ecosystem of open data. > > Open Data – Broad, Deep, Connected > In the last few years we’ve seen government open data initiatives grow from a handful to hundreds, and we’ve seen open data become important in areas such as research, culture and international development. This event will explore how open data is not only expanding geographically but also touching new sectors and new areas. How should governments and international institutions such as the UN react to these changes? How should business take advantage of new opportunities and contribute to the open data economy? How do citizens and civil society organizations turn data into accountability and into change? > > This year’s OKCon will focus on the following questions: > > How do we broaden open data – not only geographically across countries and regions, but also across domains and institutions? For example, whilst open data is now firmly on the agenda for government, in business its potential is only just starting to be explored. Similarly, though “open” is prominent in some areas of research, such as genomics, in others it is still barely known. > > How do we deepen open data – ensuring a commitment not only for today but for the long term, and ensuring that open data is fully embedded into processes and policies? For example, though many governments have now signed up to the Open Government Partnership and announced open government data initiatives, in many cases the amount of data actually released remains limited. > > How do we ensure the open data ecosystem is connected? Much of the value of open data will be lost if open data ends up locked into isolated silos – whether these are legal, technical or social. In today’s globalized world it makes no sense if open data ‘stops at the border’: we need data that extends across countries and institutions, and is easy to interconnect thanks to common standards and interoperable infrastructure. > > Organizers > The event is jointly organized by the Open Knowledge Foundation, Open Knowledge Foundation Switzerland with the support of the Federal Councillor Alain Berset and the Canton of Geneva and with Lift Events as an organizing partner. > > FAQs > Will there be other events in town during the Conference week? > Yes, we’re planning satellite workshops on Monday 16th September and Thursday 19th September. Please consider this when booking your travel! > > When will the Call for Proposals be launched? > We will launch a Call for Proposals inviting you to send us your ideas for talks, panels and workshops in April. We can’t wait to make this happen together with you! > > I’d like to offer my support as a volunteer. How can I apply? > We expect to welcome around 30 stewards in our team. Applications for these positions will be opening shortly, with preference given to those already in the Open Knowledge Foundation Task Force. Stewards will receive a free ticket. > > Tips or support for travel and accommodation? > We’re planning to provide a travel bursary programme, and details of recommended hotels and hostels with good connections to the OKCon venue will be announced in the coming weeks. > > What’s Happening with OKFestival? > Last year our annual Open Knowledge Conference expanded into the inaugural Open Knowledge Festival (OKFestival) which took place in Helsinki in September. This was a great event with a broad structure and festival atmosphere, and we look forward to future Open Knowledge Festivals. With their expanded format we’ll likely be running these in alternate years, giving plenty of time to plan and bring the community together.

13 years, 4 months

Fwd: [noise@ischool] Fwd: 24 hours left to apply for AdaCamp San Francisco (June 8&9)

by mattsenate＠gmail.com

// Matt ----- Forwarded message ----- From: "Megan Finn" <megfinn(a)ischool.berkeley.edu> To: "noise@ischool" <noise(a)ischool.berkeley.edu> Subject: [noise@ischool] Fwd: 24 hours left to apply for AdaCamp San Francisco (June 8&9) Date: Wed, May 8, 2013 6:20 AM ---------- Forwarded message ---------- AdaCamp San Francisco: June 8&9 "AdaCamp DC was a fantastic experience, one of the best conferences I've been to!" - AdaCamp DC attendee AdaCamp attendees Applications for AdaCamp San Francisco are still open but closing today! AdaCamp SF is a two-day unconference for supporters of women in open technology and culture held on Saturday June 8 & Sunday June 9, 2013, in San Francisco, California. At an unconference, the topics of conference sessions are chosen by the conference participants on the day of the conference. Topics may include fan fiction and fan culture, open education, open source, Wikipedia and related projects, open data, open government, social justice, recruiting and retaining women, activism, parenting, any intersectional topics, career development, and of course, feminism. This year AdaCamp has two tracks. The main track is for people who identify as significantly female, and includes unconference sessions, an Impostor Syndrome workshop, tutorials, lightning talks, and a hackathon (several hours for group collaboration on projects, not necessarily coding or hacking). The allies track is for people of any gender, and consists of a 2 hour Allies Workshop on Saturday morning, teaching simple ways to support women in open technology and culture, followed by an unconference for the rest of the day. AdaCamp is invitation-only, but we encourage everyone interested in attending to apply. You do not have to write code, have a job in open tech/culture, be a certain age, or be anything other than a supporter of women in open tech/culture. We value diversity of all sorts: age, race, geographical locations, language, sexuality, gender identity, educational background, hobbies, spiritual or religious beliefs, and other areas. Find out more about the diversity of previous AdaCamp attendees by reading the final report for the most recent AdaCamp. Child-feeding parents are welcome. Unfortunately no further travel funding is available. If you want to know more about whether AdaCamp SF is right for you, read the final report from the most recent AdaCamp, AdaCamp DC. Applications to AdaCamp San Francisco will close in 24 hours on Wednesday May 8 11:59 PM California time (06:59AM Thursday UTC). "The experience profoundly changed me. I'm looking into volunteer and educational opportunities that I would not have considered before attending AdaCamp. And I really want to share what I'm doing." - AdaCamp attendee We thank our gold level sponsors Mozilla, Automattic and Google Site Reliability Engineering; and our silver level sponsors Linux Foundation, Red Hat, Intel, and Puppet Labs; for their support of AdaCamp San Francisco. To learn more about sponsoring AdaCamp, email sponsors(a)adainitiative.org. Forward this email This email was sent to megfinn(a)ischool.berkeley.edu by contact(a)adainitiative.org | Update Profile/Email Address | Instant removal with SafeUnsubscribe™ | Privacy Policy. Ada Initiative Inc | 1117 Geary Blvd #311 | San Francisco | CA | 94109

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