[sudo-discuss] had a rat issue Thursday morning at coffee & algorithms - please clean out!

Hey folks - the not so fun stuff! Whenever you have a creative space like SudoRoom, there are risks. However without the risks, you cannot have the rewards, and we certainly have something different from more corporately run creative spaces. I ran into a problem with two rats Thursday morning - I am against banning or killing rats, but they do their best to cause mischief, distract, and hijack a lot of good things from happening! I think the problem was in ignoring the issue (my fault) and also not being more disciplined. So I made sure to take out the trash. Someone had left some rotting fruit out the past few days, and had avoided the problem - I was one of those people! There has been rotting fruit on the SudoRoom table. Usually this isn't a problem during tuesday or Monday when there is a large group of cool people together in one place, but when a few cool people go to the space alone outside of those days - you're bound to run into rats! I realize I was part of the problem and cleaned house, and the rotting fruit is now in the trash. Anyway on a brighter note: here are some notes from the last few sessions of cofee and whiteboarding - it was really great divorcing algorithms from soulless and ineffective youtube videos to become something delightfcul! https://sudoroom.org/coffee-and-algorithms-bringing-the-soul-back/ rats are people too, and I don't want to kill them, but the unneecesary drama they bring can be probably quarantined. we are thinking of creating separate rat cages to sandbox these creatures to make the space safer for godo things... who knows? we'll figure it out! ============================= Romy Ilano romy(a)snowyla.com