Iffy Books | 404 S. 20th St., PHL

🩹 Bleeding Control Basics
2024-03-20 18:00 - 19:30 (America/New_York) | Iffy Books, 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, 19146, United States
Wednesday, March 20th, 2024 at 6 p.m.
Face masks required!
Presented by Untitled Medical Collective in association with Philly SRA, Bleeding Control Basics will go over first aid as it applies to severe bleeding. We will cover scene safety, injury assessment, basic bleeding control, and tourniquet application. This class doesn’t provide any kind of certification, and is just meant to provide essential information to as many people as possible.
If you have any questions about class content, reach out to untitledmedical@proton.me.
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✏️ The Writing Room
2024-03-21 17:00 - 19:30, 2024-04-04 17:00 - 19:30, 2024-04-18 17:00 - 19:30 | Iffy Books, 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, 19146, 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.

🌺 Let’s Make Wildflower Seed Balls!
2024-03-23 13:00 - 17:00 | Iffy Books, 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, 19146, United States
Stop by Iffy Books on Saturday, March 23rd from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. and make your own seed balls with native wildflower seeds. We’ll have plenty of supplies to share!

💾🌾 Iffy Books Permacomputing Meetup
2024-03-24 13:00 - 15:00 | Iffy Books, 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, 19146, United States
Our next permacomputing meetup is on Sunday, March 24th at 1:00 PM EDT. You can join us in person at Iffy Books (404 S. 20th St., PHL) or via Jitsi Meet.
➡️ 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 community of practice oriented around issues of resilience and regenerativity in digital technology. In a time where computing epitomizes industrial waste, permacomputing encourages a more sustainable approach, maximizing hardware lifespans, minimizing energy use and focussing on the use of already available computational resources. We do this because humans are part of nature and technology is an extension of humans, and we acknowledge that technology has been used to harm nature. We want to find out how we can practice good relations with the Earth by learning from ecological systems to leverage and re-center existing technologies and practices. We are also interested in investigating what a permacomputing way of life could be, and what sort of transformative computational culture and aesthetics it could bring forward. If you want to know more, please start reading about what is permacomputing in essence, and then dive into its principles.
Permacomputing Aesthetics: Potential and Limits of Design Constraints in Computational Culture by Mansoux, Howell, Barok, and Heikkilä (2023)

🪐 Speculative Futures Reading Group: 'Native Tongue' by Suzette Haden Elgin
2024-03-27 19:00 - 20:30 | Iffy Books, 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, 19146, United States
On Wednesday, March 27th at 7:00 p.m. we’ll meet to discuss the novel Native Tongue by Suzette Haden Elgin. Hope to see you there!

⚡️ Intermediate Soldering Session
2024-03-28 18:00 - 19:30 | Iffy Books, 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, 19146, United States
On Thursday, March 28th at 6 p.m. we’re hosting an intermediate soldering class. We’ll have soldering irons and solder to share for free, as well as DIY electronics kits for sale. Or bring your own project!
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💥 Laser Stamp & Stencil Session with Hive76
2024-03-30 13:00 - 15:00 | Iffy Books, 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, 19146, United States
Join us on Saturday, March 30th from 1–3 p.m. and create your own custom stencil or rubber stamp, up to 4″x4″! We’ll be using a tabletop laser cutter provided by the folks at Hive76. It’s free! You’ll need to bring a vector graphic or a high-res black-and-white image file to create your stencil/stamp.
Space is limited, so email iffybooks@iffybooks.net if you sign up but can’t make it.
Register for 1 p.m.

Register for 2 p.m.

👾 DC215 Meetup: Blue Team Village talk with Chris Maenner
2024-04-03 18:00 - 20:00 | Iffy Books, 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, 19146, United States
Join us Wednesday, April 3rd at 6 p.m. for a DC215 talk with Chris Maenner!
Seamless Security: Automating Cross-Cloud Defenses with Kubernetes Operators
In the rapidly evolving cloud landscape, startups face unique security challenges that demand innovative and scalable solutions. This presentation explores the pivotal role of Kubernetes Operators in automating security practices within startups’ platforms across different cloud environments. We’ll dive into how Kubernetes Operators can be leveraged to seamlessly integrate security measures, ensuring that startups not only accelerate their time to market but also maintain rigorous security standards. Through practical examples and insights drawn from real-world implementations, attendees will learn about the strategies, benefits, and considerations involved in adopting Kubernetes Operators for security automation.

💻 Philly 2600 Meetup
2024-04-05 18:00 - 20:30 | Iffy Books, 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, 19146, 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.

📼 Free VHS Swap
2024-04-06 13:00 - 16:00 | Iffy Books, 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, 19146, United States
April 6th 1-4pm
404 S. 20th Street
Bring some VHS tapes to trade & bring some new ones home 🙂
VHS players & camcorders are welcome too!
masks recommended
organized by @iffybooks @bee__daddy @freshlittlesalad

🌞 Closed Sunday, April 7th
2024-04-07 | Iffy Books, 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, 19146, United States
We’re closed Sunday, April 7th because we’re traveling to see the eclipse. We apologize for the inconvenience!
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📚 Philly Socialists Reading Group: ‘Hinterland: America’s New Landscape of Class and Conflict’ by Phil A. Neel (through chapter 4)
2024-04-07 16:00 - 17:30 | Iffy Books, 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, 19146, United States
(Rescheduled from March 31st)
We’ll finish discussing the book Hinterland: America’s New Landscape of Class and Conflict by Phil A. Neel. Email us at admin@phillysocialists.org for more details.
This group is open to anyone committed to collective learning and liberation whether they are a member of Philly Socialists or not. We aim to tackle challenging theoretical texts together. Rather than finding ‘the correct reading’ of a text, the goal of group is to collectively find tools from texts for creating a better world.
Philly Socialists is a political organization committed to creating a just and sustainable future for ourselves and our planet. As socialists, we believe in freedom, democracy, and the right to basic human dignity. Capitalism denies us all these. Only revolutionary change that ends capitalism will win us the future we deserve. And only a massive, organized force can get us there. If you are interested in finding out more, please find us at our website https://phillysocialists.org

🚂 Model Internet Club
2024-04-10 17:00 - 19:30 | Iffy Books, 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, 19146, United States
(Rescheduled from the 17th. Sorry about that!)
The Model Internet Club meets again on Wednesday, April 10th, 5:00–7:30 p.m. Newcomers are welcome.
The network is up and running! We now have a DHCP server, a DNS server with custom domain names, and handful of websites running as virtual hosts in Apache. And we now have a wi-fi access point!
We’re looking for websites to run on our local network. If you have an idea, email iffybooks@iffybooks.net or join us for our next meeting. If you’ve never created a website with HTML before, here’s a guide to get you started.

⚡️ Beginner Soldering Workshop
2024-04-11 18:00 - 19:30 | Iffy Books, 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, 19146, United States
On Thursday, April 11th at 6:00 p.m. we’re running a soldering workshop for beginners! Anyone can attend for free, but you’ll need to buy a circuit board with components for $6 to complete the project. Here’s what’s included in the kit:

1 x Weevil-shaped PCB
2 x LEDs
1 x 47k Ohm resistor
1 x miniature photocell
1 x 2N3904 transistor
2 x 220 Ohm resistors
1 x CR2032 coin cell battery
1 x 20mm coin cell battery holder

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🌺 Let’s Make Wildflower Seed Balls!
2024-04-12 14:00 - 18:00 | Iffy Books, 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, 19146, United States
Stop by Iffy Books on Friday, April 12th from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. and make your own seed balls with native wildflower seeds. We’ll have plenty of supplies to share!

😻 Are you anarcho-curious?
2024-04-13 13:00 - 15:00 | Iffy Books, 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, 19146, United States
Are you anarcho-curious? Bring your thoughts and questions to an open discussion!
This is a joint event with Wooden Shoe Books.

🎤 Collide Zine Open Mic
2024-04-13 18:00 - 20:00 | Iffy Books, 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, 19146, United States
Join us on Saturday, April 13th at 6 p.m. for an open mic reading from the folks at Collide Zine. Stay tuned for more details.
In the meantime, stop by the shop and get issue 6 for $10!

🏄 IP Addressing Basics
2024-04-14 15:30 - 17:30 | Iffy Books, 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, 19146, United States
Sunday, April 14th at 3:30 p.m. | A talk by Gaia
Ever been curious as to how your home WiFi works? Maybe you’ve heard of an IP address, but don’t really know where to start. Maybe you want to know why your IP address can tell a website where you live? If any of these apply, this event is for you! This is a beginner-focused event which will go introduce attendees to what an IP Address is, IP address types, the components of an IP address, how IP addresses are distributed, and how these apply to the way you use the internet or any other IP-based network. This session’s focus is IPv4 addressing and protocols that leverage it, but there is some IPv6 content as well.

🩹 Bleeding Control Basics
2024-04-17 18:00 - 19:30 | Iffy Books, 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, 19146, United States
Face masks required!
Presented by Untitled Medical Collective in association with Philly SRA, Bleeding Control Basics will go over first aid as it applies to severe bleeding. We will cover scene safety, injury assessment, basic bleeding control, and tourniquet application. This class doesn’t provide any kind of certification, and is just meant to provide essential information to as many people as possible.
If you have any questions about class content, reach out to untitledmedical@proton.me.
Register:

📻 Software-Defined Radio Demo Day
2024-04-20 13:00 - 18:00 | Iffy Books, 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, 19146, United States
On Saturday, April 20th we’ll spend all day scanning through the RF spectrum with a software-defined radio device and a large discone antenna. We don’t have a plan, aside from exploring and listening all day. Stop by any time!
Here’s our zine on software-defined radio.
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🌻 Everyday Futures Fest Block Party
2024-04-21 12:00 - 17:00 | 7th and Catharine St., PHL
We’ll be tabling at the DVAA Everyday Futures Fest block party!

📄 Open Zine Printing Session
2024-04-24 13:00 - 17:00 | Iffy Books, 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, 19146, United States
We’re hosting an open zine printing session on Wednesday, April 24th from 1–5 p.m.! We’ll help you turn your zine design into a print-imposed PDF and print ~200 sheets for free.
(Registration coming soon!)

🪐 Speculative Futures Reading Group: 'The Hard Tomorrow' by Eleanor Davis
2024-04-24 19:00 - 20:30 | Iffy Books, 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, 19146, United States
Stay tuned for more details!

⚡️ Intermediate Soldering Session
2024-04-25 18:00 - 19:30
We host an intermediate soldering class on the fourth Thursday of every month. We’ll have soldering irons and solder to share for free, as well as DIY electronics kits for sale. Or bring your own project!
Register for April

Register for May
(coming soon)

🤖 Electronics Faire at the Temple Library
2024-04-26 09:00 - 16:00 | Charles Library at Temple Universiy, 1900 N 13th St., Philadelphia, 19122, United States
Electronics Faire: a day dedicated to radical practices with electronics
April 26th, 2024
9:00 AM – 4:00 PM
Charles Library at Temple University (1900 N. 13th St., PHL)
lecture series
a/v preservation tours
sit & tinker faire
workshops
More details

👀 How-To Zine Swap
2024-04-27 12:00 - 18:00 | Iffy Books, 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, 19146, United States
Stop by on Saturday, April 27th from noon to 6 p.m. for a zine swap focused on DIY skills. Leave a zine if you have one! Take a handful regardless!

💾🌾 Iffy Books Permacomputing Meetup
2024-04-28 13:00 - 15:00 | Iffy Books, 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, 19146, United States
The Iffy Books Permacomputing Meetup is every fourth Sunday at 1:00 PM ET. You can join us in person at Iffy Books (404 S. 20th St., PHL) or via Jitsi Meet.
➡️ 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 community of practice oriented around issues of resilience and regenerativity in digital technology. In a time where computing epitomizes industrial waste, permacomputing encourages a more sustainable approach, maximizing hardware lifespans, minimizing energy use and focussing on the use of already available computational resources. We do this because humans are part of nature and technology is an extension of humans, and we acknowledge that technology has been used to harm nature. We want to find out how we can practice good relations with the Earth by learning from ecological systems to leverage and re-center existing technologies and practices. We are also interested in investigating what a permacomputing way of life could be, and what sort of transformative computational culture and aesthetics it could bring forward. If you want to know more, please start reading about what is permacomputing in essence, and then dive into its principles.
Permacomputing Aesthetics: Potential and Limits of Design Constraints in Computational Culture by Mansoux, Howell, Barok, and Heikkilä (2023)

💬 Comics Workshop with Eleanor Barba
2024-04-28 15:30 - 17:30 | Iffy Books, 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, 19146, United States
This workshop is for every level of drawing skill and is over the age of 16. Materials will be provided but feel free to bring your favorite drawing implements and sketchbooks.
When my grandmother passed away, I found sharing memories of her through comics helped my grieving process. In this workshop, you can represent your grief or share a meaningful memory through sequential art. At the end, you’ll have a simple but significant four-panel comic.
First, we will brainstorm a story or memory. It doesn’t have to be a memorial of a loved one, but it could be the passing of a friendship or a job. We will take time to share and workshop our story. Then, we’ll create a quick storyboard from your story and start with the final pieces, sketching with pencils and detailing with markers.
Before I started creating comics, I felt intimidated. Traditional forms and details in comics are outside my usual practice. This entry-level workshop will demystify the art format in a way that is personal to workshop attendees. Leaving the workshop, you should feel encouraged that making comics, or sequential art, is not complicated and can be a way to journal, process emotions, and capture memories.
As a collective, we don’t grieve enough. Part of resiliency is caring for ourselves and others during valleys so we can be stronger at our peaks. Writing, drawing, or combining both will help people process grief for a more resilient and softer future.
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