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  • Flyer with the following text: The Captain's Vintage Presents Punk Rock Flea Market 23rd Street Armory 22 S. 23rd Street Philly, PA $10 entry all weekend $5 starts 1 pm on Sunday Different vendors different days! Admission good all weekend PhillyPRFM.com

    🧷 Punk Rock Flea Market: Night Market on 12/20

    23rd St. Armory 22 S. 23rd St., Philadelphia, PA, United States

    On Friday, December 20th we'll be at the Punk Rock Flea Market at the 23rd Street Armory (22 S. 23rd St.) from 4 to 10 p.m. See y'all there!

  • The logo for The Open Organization of Lockpickers, with the acronym TOOOL at the top in red. Each letter O in the acronym is designed to look like the keyway of a lock.

    πŸ”“ TΜΆOΜΆOΜΆOΜΆLΜΆ ΜΆLΜΆoΜΆcΜΆkΜΆ ΜΆPΜΆiΜΆcΜΆkΜΆiΜΆnΜΆgΜΆ ΜΆMΜΆeΜΆeΜΆtΜΆuΜΆpΜΆ (Join us next month!)

    πŸ”“ TOOOL Lock Picking Meetup
    Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, United States

    This month's lock picking meetup is canceled. Sorry about that! The next one is on January 17th. Original description: The third Friday of every month from 6–8 p.m. we host a meetup run by the Philadelphia Chapter of the Open Organization of Lockpickers. > Come join us for our monthly open pick night at Iffy […]

  • The Meshtastic logo, with the word "Meshtastic" in black

    πŸ“‘ Meshtastic 101

    πŸ“‘ Meshtastic 101
    Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, United States

    Join us for an introduction to Meshtastic, an application that lets you send private text messages over the air using pocket-sizedΒ LoRa radio transceivers. We’ll show you how to flash the latest Meshtastic firmware to the device, customize the settings, and start chatting with your friends. Here’s a link to our zine on LoRa + Meshtastic. […]

  • Photo of a snow person half-buried in a snowy field

    ❄️ Closed Dec 25!

    Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, United States

    We'll be closed all day on Wednesday, December 25th. Sorry for the inconvenience! We'll be back on the 26th. If you need a last-minute gift, we have online gift cards. Photo source

  • Flyer image with two 1/4" phone plugs, four lightning-shaped electricity icons, and the following text: Make a DIY Guitar Cable Beginner soldering class! Mon, December 30: 11 a.m. – 12 p.m. Mon, January 6: 12 p.m. – 1 p.m. Weds, January 8: 1 p.m. – 2 p.m.

    ⚑ Beginner Soldering: Make a DIY Guitar Cable

    ⚑ Beginner Soldering
    Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, United States

    On Monday, December 30th at 11 a.m. we're running a relatively quick and easy soldering workshop, suitable for total beginners. You'll strip some wires and solder 1/4-inch plugs to the ends, creating your own guitar cable. You can get a kit with 6 inches of cable for $4.25, or 4 feet for $13.50. We're suggesting […]

  • Original alt text: Orbits of the Planets. All eight major planets orbit the Sun in roughly the same plane. The five currently known dwarf planets are also shown: Eris, Haumea, Pluto, Ceres, and Makemake. Note that Pluto’s orbit is not in the plane of the planets.

    πŸŽ‰ Closed Jan 1!

    We’ll be closed all day on Wednesday, January 1st, 2025. Sorry for the inconvenience! We’ll be back on the 2nd. Image source

  • A painting of several factory buildings by Vincent van Gogh. There's matted hay on the ground in the foreground. A person dressed in black in the middle distance is carrying a long yellow object

    πŸ“š Capital Reading Group

    πŸ“š Capital Reading Group
    Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, United States

    Join us on the first and third Thursday of every month at 7 p.m. for a reading group on Capital by Karl Marx. We'll be reading Paul Reitter's recent translation (Princeton University Press, 2024). October 17: β€’ The Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith, Chapters 1–5 β€’ Principles of Political Economy by John Stuart Mill, […]

  • The words "Philly 2600" in an old-school digital font

    πŸ’» Philly 2600 Meetup

    πŸ’» Philly 2600 Meetup
    Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, United States

    > The Philly 2600 meeting is a monthly gathering of local hackers, phreaks, nerds, geeks, activists, tinkerers, developers, infosec professionals, and other interesting people.

  • Flyer image with two 1/4" phone plugs, four lightning-shaped electricity icons, and the following text: Make a DIY Guitar Cable Beginner soldering class! Mon, December 30: 11 a.m. – 12 p.m. Mon, January 6: 12 p.m. – 1 p.m. Weds, January 8: 1 p.m. – 2 p.m.

    ⚑ ̢B̢e̢g̢i̢n̢n̢e̢r̢ ̢S̢o̢l̢d̢e̢r̢i̢n̢g̢:̢ ̢M̢a̢k̢e̢ ̢a̢ ̢D̢I̢Y̢ ̢G̢u̢i̢t̢a̢r̢ ̢C̢a̢b̢l̢e̢ (canceled due to weather!)

    ⚑ Beginner Soldering
    Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, United States

    On ΜΆMΜΆoΜΆnΜΆdΜΆaΜΆyΜΆ,ΜΆ ΜΆJΜΆaΜΆnΜΆuΜΆaΜΆrΜΆyΜΆ ΜΆ6ΜΆtΜΆhΜΆ ΜΆaΜΆtΜΆ ΜΆnΜΆoΜΆoΜΆnΜΆΒ  we're running a relatively quick and easy soldering workshop, suitable for total beginners. You'll strip some wires and solder 1/4-inch plugs to the ends, creating your own guitar cable. You can get a kit with 6 inches of cable for $4.25, or 4 feet for $13.50. We're suggesting a […]

  • Flyer with a green background and the following text: The Writing Room @ Iffy Books / Every Tuesday 5-7:30 PM / Come co-work with other writers in three 4-minute units of silent writing. Writers and projects of any type welcome. 10-minute breaks and accountability check-ins between units. BYO coffee, water, computer chargers, notepads, etc.

    ✏️ The Writing Room

    ✏️ The Writing Room
    Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, United States

    Come co-work with other writers in three 40-minute units of silent writing. Writers and projects of any type welcome. 10-minute breaks and accountability check-ins between units. BYO coffee, water, computer chargers, notepads, etc.

  • Flyer image with two 1/4" phone plugs, four lightning-shaped electricity icons, and the following text: Make a DIY Guitar Cable Beginner soldering class! Mon, December 30: 11 a.m. – 12 p.m. Mon, January 6: 12 p.m. – 1 p.m. Weds, January 8: 1 p.m. – 2 p.m.

    ⚑ Beginner Soldering: Make a DIY Guitar Cable

    ⚑ Beginner Soldering
    Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, United States

    On Wednesday, January 8th at 1:00 p.m. we're running a relatively quick and easy soldering workshop, suitable for total beginners. You'll strip some wires and solder 1/4-inch plugs to the ends, creating your own guitar cable. You can get a kit with 6 inches of cable for $4.25, or 4 feet for $13.50. We're also […]

  • Flyer image with a book cover and the following text: Neo-Luddite Reading Group: The Age of Surveillance Capitalism by Shoshana Zuboff 2nd Wednesdays! 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM Weds, December 11th: Introduction & Part I Weds, January 8th: Part II Weds, Feb 12th: Part III & Conclusion Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., PHL

    βš™οΈ Neo-Luddite Reading Group: ‘The Age of Surveillance Capitalism’ by Shoshana Zuboff

    βš™οΈ Neo-Luddite Reading Group
    Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, United States

    Our next book for the Neo-Luddite Reading Group is The Age of Surveillance Capitalism by Shoshana Zuboff (2019). ➑️ Virtual Meetup Link Discord: Email neoluddite@victorgom.es for an invite! Full schedule: victorgom.es/neoluddite If you're joining for the first time, I'd suggest you read this before anything else for brief context: What the Luddites Really Fought Against […]

  • Flyer image with a row of ten 1/4-inch phone plugs and the following text in blue: Beginner Soldering: Make a DIY Guitar Cable

    ⚑ Beginner Soldering: Make a DIY Guitar Cable

    ⚑ Beginner Soldering
    Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, United States

    On Thursday, January 9th at noon we're running a relatively quick and easy soldering workshop, suitable for total beginners. You'll strip some wires and solder 1/4-inch plugs to the ends, creating your own guitar cable. You can get a kit with 6 inches of cable for $4.25, or 4 feet for $13.50. We're suggesting a […]

  • Flyer with blue and purple snowflakes in the background, an illutration of a spooky mushroom growing out of a zine, and the following text: Winter QT Zine Jam! A zine-making workshop for Queer & Trans identifying folx Sat, January 11th 1:00 PM – 3:30 PM Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., PHL Sign up at iffybooks.net

    ❄️ Winter QT Zine Jam!

    Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, United States

    A Zine Jam for Queer and Trans identifying folx led by Pixel. Not sure what zines are? Wishing to become a zinester? You’ve come to the right place! This beginner-friendly zine jam will include a workshop component where we will peruse and learn about what zines are, how to make them, and how our QT […]

  • Flyer with a green background and the following text: The Writing Room @ Iffy Books / Every Tuesday 5-7:30 PM / Come co-work with other writers in three 4-minute units of silent writing. Writers and projects of any type welcome. 10-minute breaks and accountability check-ins between units. BYO coffee, water, computer chargers, notepads, etc.

    ✏️ The Writing Room

    ✏️ The Writing Room
    Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, United States

    Come co-work with other writers in three 40-minute units of silent writing. Writers and projects of any type welcome. 10-minute breaks and accountability check-ins between units. BYO coffee, water, computer chargers, notepads, etc.

  • A photo of a Bostitch booklet stapler, with the following text overlaid with a rainbow gradient: Volunteer Zine Folding Session

    πŸ–‡οΈ Volunteer Zine Folding Session

    πŸ–‡οΈ Volunteer Zine Folding Session
    Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, United States

    We print a *lot* of zines at Iffy Books, which we distribute for free or by donation. That means we’re constantly folding and stapling, which takes patience. And we’re currently having a hard time keeping all 150+ titles in stock. So we’re running a volunteer zine folding session every other Wednesday afternoon! If you’ve been […]

  • Painting of workers and enormous machines in a Detroit auto plant, painted by Diego Rivera

    πŸ“š Capital Reading Group

    πŸ“š Capital Reading Group
    Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, United States

    Join us on the first and third Thursday of every month at 7 p.m. for a reading group on Capital by Karl Marx. We'll post the sections we're covering before each meeting. We'll be reading Paul Reitter's recent translation (Princeton University Press, 2024).

  • Flyer with a photo of a small cardboard box with three buttons on top and a white USB cable attached, with the following text: Solder & Code: Make a 3-Button Keyboard with a Pi Pico Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., PHL Fri, Jan 17th at 1 p.m. Sat, Jan 18th at 11 a.m. Mon, Jan 20th at 2 p.m. Tues, Jan 21st at 12 p.m. Sign up at iffybooks.net

    πŸ’‘ Solder & Code: Make a 3-Button Keyboard with a Pi Pico

    πŸ’‘ Solder & Code: Make a 3-Button Keyboard with a Pi Pico
    Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, United States

    In this workshop you'll build and program a customizable 3-button USB keyboard using a Pi Pico microcontroller. You can program each button to type a chunk of text (e.g., your email signature), enter a keyboard shortcut, or launch an application. It's easier than it sounds! Here's what we'll do: β€’ Solder three push button switches […]

  • The logo for The Open Organization of Lockpickers, with the acronym TOOOL at the top in red. Each letter O in the acronym is designed to look like the keyway of a lock.

    πŸ”“ TOOOL Lock Picking Meetup

    πŸ”“ TOOOL Lock Picking Meetup
    Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, United States

    The third Friday of every month from 6–8 p.m. we host a meetup run by the Philadelphia Chapter of the Open Organization of Lockpickers. > Come join us for our monthly open pick night at Iffy Books! Whether you’re a novice who just stumbled upon LockpickingLawyer, a seasoned safecracker, or somewhere in between, come join […]

  • Flyer with a photo of a small cardboard box with three buttons on top and a white USB cable attached, with the following text: Solder & Code: Make a 3-Button Keyboard with a Pi Pico Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., PHL Fri, Jan 17th at 1 p.m. Sat, Jan 18th at 11 a.m. Mon, Jan 20th at 2 p.m. Tues, Jan 21st at 12 p.m. Sign up at iffybooks.net

    πŸ’‘ Solder & Code: Make a 3-Button Keyboard with a Pi Pico

    πŸ’‘ Solder & Code: Make a 3-Button Keyboard with a Pi Pico
    Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, United States

    In this workshop you'll build and program a customizable 3-button USB keyboard using a Pi Pico microcontroller. You can program each button to type a chunk of text (e.g., your email signature), enter a keyboard shortcut, or launch an application. It's easier than it sounds! Here's what we'll do: β€’ Solder three push button switches […]

  • Flyer image with a row of ten 1/4-inch phone plugs and the following text in blue: Beginner Soldering: Make a DIY Guitar Cable

    ⚑ Beginner Soldering: Make a DIY Guitar Cable

    ⚑ Beginner Soldering
    Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, United States

    On Monday, January 20th at 10 a.m. & 11:30 a.m. we're running a relatively quick and easy soldering workshop, suitable for total beginners. You'll strip some wires and solder 1/4-inch plugs to the ends, creating your own guitar cable. You can get a kit with 6 inches of cable for $4.25, or 4 feet for […]

  • Flyer image with a row of ten 1/4-inch phone plugs and the following text in blue: Beginner Soldering: Make a DIY Guitar Cable

    ⚑ Beginner Soldering: Make a DIY Guitar Cable

    ⚑ Beginner Soldering
    Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, United States

    On Monday, January 20th at 10 a.m. & 11:30 a.m. we're running a relatively quick and easy soldering workshop, suitable for total beginners. You'll strip some wires and solder 1/4-inch plugs to the ends, creating your own guitar cable. You can get a kit with 6 inches of cable for $4.25, or 4 feet for […]

  • Flyer with a photo of a small cardboard box with three buttons on top and a white USB cable attached, with the following text: Solder & Code: Make a 3-Button Keyboard with a Pi Pico Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., PHL Fri, Jan 17th at 1 p.m. Sat, Jan 18th at 11 a.m. Mon, Jan 20th at 2 p.m. Tues, Jan 21st at 12 p.m. Sign up at iffybooks.net

    πŸ’‘ Solder & Code: Make a 3-Button Keyboard with a Pi Pico

    πŸ’‘ Solder & Code: Make a 3-Button Keyboard with a Pi Pico
    Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, United States

    In this workshop you'll build and program a customizable 3-button USB keyboard using a Pi Pico microcontroller. You can program each button to type a chunk of text (e.g., your email signature), enter a keyboard shortcut, or launch an application. It's easier than it sounds! Here's what we'll do: β€’ Solder three push button switches […]

  • The symbol of the permacomputing movement, a pixel art flower 7 pixels wide and 9 pixels tall, in white on a black background.

    πŸ’ΎπŸŒΎ Permacomputing Meetup

    Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, United States

    The Iffy Books Permacomputing Meetup returns on Monday, January 20th from 6:30–8:30 p.m. EST. You can join us in person at Iffy Books (404 S. 20th St., PHL) or via Jitsi Meet. ➑️ Meetup Link From Permacomputing.net: Permacomputing is a more sustainable approach to computer and network technology inspired by permaculture. Permacomputing is both a concept and a […]

  • Flyer with a photo of a small cardboard box with three buttons on top and a white USB cable attached, with the following text: Solder & Code: Make a 3-Button Keyboard with a Pi Pico Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., PHL Fri, Jan 17th at 1 p.m. Sat, Jan 18th at 11 a.m. Mon, Jan 20th at 2 p.m. Tues, Jan 21st at 12 p.m. Sign up at iffybooks.net

    πŸ’‘ Solder & Code: Make a 3-Button Keyboard with a Pi Pico

    πŸ’‘ Solder & Code: Make a 3-Button Keyboard with a Pi Pico
    Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, United States

    In this workshop you'll build and program a customizable 3-button USB keyboard using a Pi Pico microcontroller. You can program each button to type a chunk of text (e.g., your email signature), enter a keyboard shortcut, or launch an application. It's easier than it sounds! Here's what we'll do: β€’ Solder three push button switches […]

  • Flyer with a green background and the following text: The Writing Room @ Iffy Books / Every Tuesday 5-7:30 PM / Come co-work with other writers in three 4-minute units of silent writing. Writers and projects of any type welcome. 10-minute breaks and accountability check-ins between units. BYO coffee, water, computer chargers, notepads, etc.

    ✏️ The Writing Room

    ✏️ The Writing Room
    Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, United States

    Come co-work with other writers in three 40-minute units of silent writing. Writers and projects of any type welcome. 10-minute breaks and accountability check-ins between units. BYO coffee, water, computer chargers, notepads, etc.

  • Flyer with a green background and the following text: The Writing Room @ Iffy Books / Every Tuesday 5-7:30 PM / Come co-work with other writers in three 4-minute units of silent writing. Writers and projects of any type welcome. 10-minute breaks and accountability check-ins between units. BYO coffee, water, computer chargers, notepads, etc.

    ✏️ The Writing Room

    ✏️ The Writing Room
    Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, United States

    Come co-work with other writers in three 40-minute units of silent writing. Writers and projects of any type welcome. 10-minute breaks and accountability check-ins between units. BYO coffee, water, computer chargers, notepads, etc.

  • A photo of a Bostitch booklet stapler, with the following text overlaid with a rainbow gradient: Volunteer Zine Folding Session

    πŸ–‡οΈ Volunteer Zine Folding Session

    πŸ–‡οΈ Volunteer Zine Folding Session
    Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, United States

    We print a *lot* of zines at Iffy Books, which we distribute for free or by donation. That means we’re constantly folding and stapling, which takes patience. And we’re currently having a hard time keeping all 150+ titles in stock. So we’re running a volunteer zine folding session every other Wednesday afternoon! If you’ve been […]

  • Animated GIF of a heart-shaped printed circuit board with red LEDs around the edge, slowly turning on and off

    ❀️ Soldering Practice: LED Heart Board

    ❀️ Soldering Practice: LED Heart Board
    Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, United States

    Come out and get some soldering practice! This time we're making a heart-shaped board with 22 LEDs, using an oscillator circuit to dim and brighten them at the speed you choose. This project is ideal for folks who have soldered at least once before. Beginners are welcome to join us, but it may take you […]

  • The front cover of 'The Stone Sky' by N. K. Jemisin, with a green-blue photo of intricate stone carving in the background

    πŸͺ Speculative Futures Reading Group: ‘The Stone Sky’ by N. K. Jemisin

    Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, United States

    Join us Wednesday, January 29th at 7 p.m. to discuss The Stone Sky by N. K. Jemisin, book three in the Broken Earth trilogy. The Moon will soon return. Whether this heralds the destruction of humankind or something worse will depend on two women. Essun has inherited the power of Alabaster Tenring. With it, she […]

  • πŸ’‘ Solder & Code: Make a 3-Button Keyboard with a Pi Pico

    πŸ’‘ Solder & Code: Make a 3-Button Keyboard with a Pi Pico
    Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, United States

    In this workshop you'll build and program a customizable 3-button USB keyboard using a Pi Pico microcontroller. You can program each button to type a chunk of text (e.g., your email signature), enter a keyboard shortcut, or launch an application. It's easier than it sounds! Here's what we'll do: β€’ Solder three push button switches […]