sudo-discuss

sudo-discuss@sudoroom.org

9 participants
7554 discussions

Fwd: Code for America's Government Fellowship Applications Open

by Tony Barreca

12 years, 8 months

Kapital & ideas (long posts), was Re: Sudo! Wanna co-host this surveillance event?

by Romy Ilano

The problem with ideas is that they are a dime a dozen. There are many brilliant ideas out there. Implementing ideas, realizing them and getting buy-in are actually what holds most people back. In any given project there are a lot of people who talk, but very few people who actually roll their sleeves up and get things done. I'm pretty guilty of talking a lot! When was the last time I was at SudoRoom on a clean-up day? (smile) If you want to succeed you have to find a way to find people who actually implement things and do things, and find a way to make these things happen in a way that is as or more effective than capitalism's incentives. I think Mass Effect is on the right track. Message: 8 Date: Wed, 05 Feb 2014 00:16:28 -0800 From: GtwoG PublicOhOne <g2g-public01(a)att.net> To: David Keenan <dkeenan44(a)gmail.com> Cc: "sudo-discuss(a)lists.sudoroom.org" <sudo-discuss(a)lists.sudoroom.org> Subject: [sudo-discuss] Kapital & ideas (long posts), was Re: Sudo! Wanna co-host this surveillance event? Message-ID: <52F1F35C.7020507(a)att.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" >>>>>> Agreed, there are times when one has to choose one's fights, and not everyone chooses the same fights at the same times. Looks like we agree about fair use, anonymity, mesh, and the movement for self-ownership of personal data. Fighting back with ideas: Majorly agreed re. "fight back ...with ideas." And "...all the tech in the world won't help if people don't give a hoot because they're too exhausted by the Spectacle-induced trance of capital etc. to care, or don't see why its necessary or in their self-interest." This point is HUGE, and it's rare to find others in the tech universe who get it. Too often we confuse the tools with which we build, and the things we build, with the purposes for which we build. Martin Luther King had a dial phone and a typewriter. He changed the world with the power of his ideas. Today each of us has a supercomputer on our desk and/or in our pocket, and can reach an audience of millions in the time it takes to blow our noses. What we lack is an idea: but not just "an" idea, rather a set of ideas, an ecosystem of ideas that, taken together, open a new view of the world and ourselves in it, and inspire people to think deeply and act courageously. We've inherited a fortune in ideas from all of history, and yet it appears that something is missing, something that could form a bridge over which we can walk from the past and present into the future. Perhaps it has something to do with the fact that happiness is not identical with meaning. The Spectacle and the circuses can produce happiness, but what they don't produce is a sense of meaning. Instead we're told, often by our peers, that the most rational view is that life is meaningless, that the universe has no purpose, and that only a religious or romantic fool would believe otherwise. But two NOTs don't make an AND: so what we're left with is a proverbial hole in our soul and nothing to fill it. "The universe is DEAD!" is hardly a rallying cry for sustainability, much less for revolution. ============================= Romy Ilano romy(a)snowyla.com

12 years, 8 months

Soil & compost microbiology workshops [was Fwd: Soil & Saving the World]

by Patrik D'haeseleer

Sounds interesting, although a bit pricy. Probably aimed more at amateur organic gardeners than amateur scientist, but we can go heckle her with sciencey questions. :-) Patrik ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Living Mandala <livingmandala(a)livingmandala.com> Date: Tue, Feb 4, 2014 at 4:15 PM Subject: Soil & Saving the World To: "east-bay-diybio(a)googlegroups.com" <east-bay-diybio(a)googlegroups.com> *Soil Food Web IntensiveAn Intensive Course With Dr. Elaine InghamMarch 17 - 21, 2014* GreenFriends Farm / MA Center, Castro Valley, CA *For More Information Click Here*<http://www.livingmandala.com/Living_Mandala/Soil_Food_Web_Intensive_March_2…> *Course Description* There is a whole world under the soil - and no one knows this cast of characters better than Elaine Ingham! Elaine is one of the world's leading soil microbiologists, with 30 years of experience researching and teaching and an easy and enthusiastic style that brings the soil food web to life. Elaine literally wrote the book on compost teas: The Compost Tea Brewing Manual. Healthy soil has all the interconnected elements of a "web" - which can retain nutrients, cycle nutrients into the right forms at the right rates for the plant desired, build soil structure, suppress disease-causing organisms, protect plant surfaces, produce plant-growth-promoting hormones and chemicals, and decompose toxic compounds. In this course, you'll look at the elements of a healthy soil food web, learn how to analyze and improve your own soil, and learn how to make composts and extracts to strengthen the soil food web. The course will cover the soil food web, soil food web analysis, composts and compost extracts, and the use of microscopes. *Format & Modules* - Day 1 & 2 (March 17-18): Soil Food Web Fundamentals ~ $275 - Day 3 (March 19): Compost Technology ~ $145 - Day 4 (March 20): Compost Tea Technology ~ $145 - Day 5 (March 21): Light Microscope Training ~ $166 * Participants can sign up for the entire course or specific modules as outlined below: *Schedule & Module Description* The course daily schedule is from 9:00 am - 5:30 pm. *Day 1 & 2: Soil Food Web Fundamentals (March 17-18)** - *Dr. Elaine Ingham uncovers the basic principles of the Soil Foodweb, plant relationships, and bacterial to fungi ratios in this in-depth two day primer. Not only will you gain a fundamental understanding of the way soil biology drives plant nutrition, you will learn how modern agriculture selects for disease and pests. A must for anyone wanting a complete understanding of soil health and healthy plants. *Day 3: Compost Technology (March 19)* - Not all compost is created equal. There is a big difference between good compost and reduced waste. One of the biggest mistakes people make when building a compost pile is not selecting the different Carbon:Nitrogen ratios for the plants they're growing. Learn how to select the proper ratios that will give your plants the exact biology they need to thrive. *Day 4: Compost Tea Technology (March 20)* - We cover the processes that will maximize biological diversity to get the most bang for your buck. Actively Aerated Compost Tea (AACT) and Liquid Compost Extract (LCE) are the most efficient methods for bringing back micobe diversity. This allows you to eliminate inorganic fertilizers and herbicides which decrease diversity and degrade soil health. *Day 5: Light Microscope Training (March 21) *- Dr. Elaine Ignham leads this very special day of training on effective light microscope techniques and identification. Learn from the master herself about what constituents good compost and compost tea on a microscopic level. This part of the class is essential for anyone who wishes to gain "eyes on" knowledge of the soil universe and what really goes on under our feet. Get the necessary training to identify the bacteria, fungi, protozoa, and nematodes that drive the health and well being of our plants. Students are encouraged to bring their own microscope. Microscopes will also be available for a group discount at the workshop. *Who Should Attend? * Class is suitable for beginners to advanced practitioners. This intensive course is for farmers, landscapers, ranchers, creators and distributors of agricultural products, waste management professionals, soil and garden enthusiasts of all types, and anyone who touches the earth. Simply put, this information needs to be central to any sustainable agriculture or land management. Participants receive a certification of completion. This course will give you the tools you need to make healthy, site-specific compost for beautiful results every time! *For More Information Click Here <http://www.livingmandala.com/Living_Mandala/Soil_Food_Web_Intensive_March_2…>* http://www.livingmandala.com/Living_Mandala/Soil_Food_Web_Intensive_March_2… *e-mail: education(a)livingmandala.com <education(a)livingmandala.com>Phone: (707) 634-1461 <%28707%29%20634-1461>* *Living Mandala* Organizing Education, Events & Initiatives for Personal & Planetary Transformation *www.LivingMandala.com <http://www.livingmandala.com/>* *Find Living Mandala on Facebook! <http://www.facebook.com/LivingMandala.org>* -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "East Bay DIYbio (OLD - join Counter Culture Labs instead!)" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to east-bay-diybio+unsubscribe(a)googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.

12 years, 8 months

Domain Awareness Center check

by mattsenate＠gmail.com

The city council seeks a check in hand, residents of Oakland sold out for a pittance. // Matt

12 years, 8 months

Sudo! Wanna co-host this surveillance event?

by David Keenan

Hey all, The Bay Area Public School has scheduled a surveillance awareness event on Friday 2/21 7-9pm in the common room entitled Spied Upon: Surveillance & Resistance. I was hoping we (sudo) could co-host this event with BAPS, because I think it'd be really cool if we start doing more events together. BAPS can do most all of the setup, but it'd be great if Sudo can do outreach too, since I think it'd be in the interest of both communities. What do you think? There's a twofold focus on informants and technological surveillance. Here's the Sudo Room calendar *event link <https://sudoroom.org/ai1ec_event/spied-upon-bay-area-premiere-baps/>*. Details are below - *Spied Upon: Surveillance and Resistance* Join us Friday February 21st 7-9 pm at the Bay Area Public School<http://thepublicschool.org/node/36455> & Sudo Room 2141 Broadway (enter on 22nd), Oakland - three blocks from 19th St. Bart! Between the ever-present fear of informants to the profusion of metadata collection and the construction of the Domain Awareness Center<http://oaklandwiki.org/Domain_Awareness_Center> (DAC) in Oakland, the growing problem of surveillance has made it into the mainstream dialog, but the people and communities most affected are sometimes being left out of the conversation. Join us for an evening of ideas, discussion and questions about solidarity in the face of this intimidation. How do we support one another and our movements when being targeted by police, surveillance and informants? What are the legal, community and political responses that can best keep the larger "us" safe and allow our movements to flourish? *- SPEAKERS -* *Jason Kirkpatrick*, filmmaker and activist, will show clips of and discuss his upcoming film, *Spied Upon* <http://spiedupon.com/>. Interviewing activists across the world and telling his own personal story, Jason will take us on a journey into one of Europe's biggest political surveillance scandals, documenting growing movements of resistance to surveillance along the way. *Zahra Billoo*, Civil rights attorney and Executive Director at the Bay Area *Council on American-Islamic Relations* <http://www.cair.com/> (CAIR), speaks on the use of informants in a post-9/11 context, their impact, the community's resistance and lessons learned. *Richard Brown*, Black Panther and member of the *SF8*<http://www.freethesf8.org/who.html>, will share his history with undercover police and surveillance, imparting the 'long view' of solidarity learned from a lifetime of activism. *- Panel Discussion -* Q & A with the speakers will follow in conversation with representatives from: *Bay Area Anti-Repression Committee*<https://oaklandantirepression.wordpress.com/> *Bay Area Coalition to Stop Political Repression*<http://araborganizing.org/campaigns-our-work/coalition-to-stop-political-re…> (at AROC) *Legal Workers of the National Lawyers Guild*<http://www.nlgsf.org/national-lawyers-guild-mission-statement> (NLG) *Oakland Privacy Working Group* <https://oaklandprivacy.wordpress.com/> (OPWG / anti-DAC) All donations gratefully received will go to the Bay Area Anti-Repression Committee and the Legal Workers at the Bay Area chapter of the NLG - two groups long supporting the Bay Area radical community with legal and educational assistance. Thank you!

12 years, 8 months

Reporting in an Age of Eavesdropping - Feb 5 @ UC Berkeley

by Danny Spitzberg

UC Berkeley pravda says: A discussion with Trevor Timm, Jillian C. York and Cyrus Farivar on the new challenges journalists face to report news and protect whistleblowers. Moderated by Jeremy Rue with introductory remarks by Edward Wasserman. Event details can be found here: http://journalism.berkeley.edu/events/details/805/ good: night! D

12 years, 8 months

1 billion rising for justice

by J Clark

Sudoers, Wanted to share with you several 1 Billion Rising events in Oakland on Valentine's Day http://onebillionrising.org "1 in 3 women will be beaten or raped in her lifetime. That's One Billion Women." http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3WrT8HG4wY Looks like there's one at Holy Names College, one at West Oakland BART, one down the street at B'way and 26th: http://www.onebillionrising.org/events/stand-for-real-love-a-community-perf… Peace, j.

12 years, 8 months

Tom in Oakland from February 13-or-14 to 23

by Thomas Levine

Hi, I left town in November after discovering how little stuff I needed. I've further reduced the stuff. http://thomaslevine.com/!/stuff-2014-02/ I've continued messing with tons of spreadsheets and pondering what cool things we can do with them. http://thomaslevine.com/open-data I'm going to Oakland on February 13 or 14, and I'm leaving on February 23. Could I crash with anyone for a couple of days at the beginning of that range? Actually, the whole range would be great too, but I have a system for finding good deals on short-term housing. http://github.com/tlevine/undervalued-sublets Tom

12 years, 8 months

Fwd: [SVEC] Fwd: SVEC Education Awards

by Romy Mimi Ilano

Pass along to any awesome high school or college students you know! *Romy Mimi Ilano* *romy.ilano(a)gmail.com <romy.ilano(a)gmail.com>* *http://www.romyilano.com <http://www.romyilano.com>* +1 (415) 779-6237 skype: romy.ilano ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Elise Engelhardt <techelise(a)gmail.com> Date: Wed, Jan 15, 2014 at 1:35 PM Subject: [SVEC] Fwd: SVEC Education Awards To: svec(a)sbay.org From: Kiran Gunnam <kgunnam(a)ieee.org> *SVEC Education Awards for High School, College Students* *Deadline is February 7, 2014* mailing date. *Awards Eligibility and Criteria* The Silicon Valley Engineering Council Engineering Education awards recognize young engineering and technology students for their dedication, focus, and commitment to engineering. Engineering and Technology students graduating from high school or presently enrolled in undergraduate community college or university programs are eligible to apply. Fulltime and part-time students are eligible. Students may receive an SVEC Education award only once. Graduate students are not eligible. Applications have details and required specifics. Some of the details listed below. Download 2014 application form in PDF here<http://svec.org/files/SVECEducationAwardsApplication2014.pdf> Download 2014 application form in MS Word here<http://svec.org/files/SVECEducationAwardsApplication2014.doc> _______________________________________________ SVEC mailing list SVEC(a)sbay.org http://www.sbay.org/mailman/listinfo/svec

12 years, 8 months

need for datasets: education, public health, sustainability, restorative justice

by Mike Schachter

Hi everyone, I wanted to make people aware of an event coming up this weekend and try to get some help. I'm volunteering to mentor Data Science at the Black Male Achievement Startup Weekend this weekend: http://bmaoakland.startupweekend.org/ The attendees will form teams to try and address issues related to public health, sustainability, education, restorative justice, and gaming. As a mentor, it's my job to go around and help the teams. I would like to be able to facilitate progress with each group by providing the tools and data they need to enhance work on their focus areas. If you know of some good open datasets that fall into the areas of health care, sustainability, education, restorative justice, or gaming, could you please recommend them to me? Also, if you are interested in coming out as a volunteer and helping me, or others at the event, consider registering! mike

12 years, 8 months

Jump to page:

2026

2025

2024

2023

2022

2021

2020

2019

2018

2017

2016

2015

2014

2013

sudo-discuss