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

✏️ The Writing Room
2023-08-30 17:00 - 19:00, 2023-08-23 17:00 - 20:00, 2023-08-16 17:00 - 20:00, 2023-08-09 17:00 - 20:00, 2023-08-02 17:00 - 20:00, 2023-07-26 17:00 - 19:00 (America/New_York) | Iffy Books (319 N. 11th St.), 319 N. 11th St. #2I, Philadelphia, PA, 19107, United States
Wednesdays 5–8 p.m.
(5–7 p.m. the last Wednesday of the month)
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.

🐢 The Philly Bookstore Crawl
2023-08-26 12:00 - 20:00 | Iffy Books (319 N. 11th St.), 319 N. 11th St. #2I, Philadelphia, PA, 19107, United States
For the Philly Bookstore Crawl on Saturday, August 26th, we’re hosting an all-day workshop called Draw with Code: An intro to turtle graphics using Python. Stop by any time from 12 to 8 p.m. and learn to use Python Turtle, a drawing tool based on the educational programming language Logo. All ages and experience levels are welcome, and computers are provided. Everyone who attends will get a free zine and sticker!
We’ll also be giving out of free Philly Bookstore Maps, as well as copies of Highlights and Blackouts by Heather Bowlan.
➡️ Here’s a link to the zine, including a printable PDF
The Philadelphia Bookstore Crawl is a yearly (at least, that’s the plan!) celebration of Philadelphia’s wildly vibrant and wonderful bookstore scene, the last Saturday of every August. This year’s will take place on Saturday, August 26th.
The concept is simple. On the date of the crawl, at the end of the summer, participating bookstores around town are hosting unique and special events. Discounted books? Exciting giveaways? In-store author signings? You’ll see!
There’s no specific trail to follow. No route. Just a bundle of bookshops around town, all doing something special on one given day. Though who knows. Maybe in future years we’ll have a trolley. *wink*
You can check out what shops are participating and what they are doing via the Interactive Bookstore Crawl Map, as well as the list below.
And if you’re a bookstore or author who wants to participate, or someone who wants to join us as a sponsor of the crawl, please reach out!
Participating bookstores:
A NOVEL IDEA
1726 E PASSYUNK AVE, PHILADELPHIA, PA 19148
BIG BLUE MARBLE
551 CARPENTER LN, PHILADELPHIA, PA 19119
BINDLESTIFF
4530 BALTIMORE AVE, PHILADELPHIA, PA 19143
BOOKED
8511 GERMANTOWN AVENUE, PHILADELPHIA PA 19118
THE BOOK TRADER
7 N 2ND ST, PHILADELPHIA, PA 19106
CHILDREN’S BOOK WORLD
17 HAVERFORD STATION RD, HAVERFORD, PA 19041
DU BOIS-ROBESON PEOPLE’S CENTER
4515 BALTIMORE AVE, HAVERFORD, PA 19041
PAT AT GIOVANNI’S ROOM
345 S 12TH ST, PHILADELPHIA, PA 19107
HARRIETT’S BOOKSHOP
258 E GIRARD AVE, PHILADELPHIA, PA 19125
H&H BOOKS
2230 FRANKFORD AVE, PHILADELPHIA, PA 19125
HEADHOUSE BOOKS
619 S 2ND ST, PHILADELPHIA, PA 19147
HILLTOP BOOKS
84 BETHLEHEM PIKE REAR, PHILADELPHIA, PA 19118
IFFY BOOKS
319 N 11TH ST ROOM 2I, PHILADELPHIA, PA 19107
THE LAST WORD BOOKSHOP
220 S 40TH ST, PHILADELPHIA, PA 19104
MAIN POINT BOOKS
116 N WAYNE AVE, WAYNE, PA 19087
MAKING WORLDS
210 S 45TH ST, PHILADELPHIA, PA 19104
MISCELLANEA LIBRI
454 E GIRARD AVE, PHILADELPHIA, PA 19125
MOLLY’S BOOKS & RECORDS
1010 S 9TH ST, PHILADELPHIA, PA 19147
MOSTLY BOOKS
529 BAINBRIDGE ST, PHILADELPHIA, PA 19147
NEIGHBORHOOD BOOKS
1906 SOUTH ST, PHILADELPHIA, PA 19146
PARTNERS & SON
618 S 6TH ST, PHILADELPHIA, PA 19147
THE SPIRAL BOOKCASE
4257 MAIN ST, PHILADELPHIA, PA 19127
WOODEN SHOE BOOKS
704 SOUTH ST, PHILADELPHIA, PA 19147
UNCLE BOBBIE’S
5445 GERMANTOWN AVE, PHILADELPHIA, PA 19144

💻 Philly JS Club Hack Night
2023-08-25 17:00 - 20:00 | Iffy Books (319 N. 11th St.), 319 N. 11th St. #2I, Philadelphia, PA, 19107, United States
Bring your laptops and hang out with fellow community members of Philly JS Club for an evening of hacking on personal projects.
The Philadelphia JavaScript Club, founded in 2022, is a place for developers of all skill and experience levels to connect, show off their work, and learn new things.
We are devoted to being good citizens: we’re here to help support individual and organizational development, to connect developers with the events going on in Philadelphia, and to provide a safe space for people to try new things. We want to empower everyone who joins us to build the best things they can build; we want to help make instant friends amongst the developers who call Philadelphia home.
We’re happy for you to join us.

⚡️ Intermediate Soldering Session
2023-08-24 18:00 - 20:00 | Iffy Books (319 N. 11th St.), 319 N. 11th St. #2I, Philadelphia, PA, 19107, United States
On Thursday, August 24th from 6–8 p.m. we’re hosting an intermediate soldering session. 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:

⚙️ Neo-Luddite Reading Group: 'Resisting AI' by Dan McQuillan
2023-08-22 18:30 - 20:30 | Iffy Books (319 N. 11th St.), 319 N. 11th St. #2I, Philadelphia, PA, 19107, United States
Time and Place:
2nd & 4th Tuesday each month
6:30–8:30 p.m. @ Iffy Books
➡️ Virtual Meetup Link
Contact:
neoluddite@victorgom.es
@notnaughtknot
Discord:
Email neoluddite@victorgom.es for an invite!
You may have played around with chatGPT, or perhaps even used DALL-e to generate images from text. Though Large Language Models have been around since 2018, they’re currently dominating the news thanks to the public release of these newer, even larger models. While impressive, like many technologies, they come at a cost and introduce new risks. However, there are specific issues related to the sheer scale of these models and they highlight the dangers of machines which allow for the consolidation of labor.
These issues are especially concerning given the lack of regulation in the tech industry generally, and the tendency of productivity-increasing technology to further concentrate power in the hands of the few. This reading group will explore these risks and engage with how they work in the hopes of better organizing to protect the rights of workers and individuals. The goal is to have a better understanding of the costs (data, carbon, human labor) and risks (misinformation, unpredictability, bias) of making these machines, as well as limitations in what they can learn about the world primarily through text. We will begin with “Resisting AI: An Anti-fascist Approach to Artificial Intelligence” by Dan McQuillan, with additional optional readings. If you’d like to learn more about me, you can visit victorgom.es for a bio.
Schedule
The only expectation is that you read the chapter(s) of the book that’s listed for that meeting. I tried keeping it around 30 pages on average. Even if you don’t read the assigned chapters, you’re still welcome to participate as long as you are mindful.
For each chapter, I’ve also noted some optional readings for context, so I’d suggest checking those out rather than reading ahead in the book! Optional readings are by no means required, but they may add to and deepen our conversation. They’re a mix of news articles, essays, and journal articles, so you can pick from type of text is most engaging to you. They pull from a range of disciplines and schools of thought, which I hope serves to highlight and survey how many different people conceptualize issues with AI, though it is by no means exhaustive. If you ever find yourself struggling, reach out! Either directly or over discord to the group.
I’d suggest you read this before anything else for some historical context: What the Luddites Really Fought Against by Richard Conniff. The Luddites will also comes up in Chapter 6.
Meeting 5 (August 22nd): Resisting AI

Chapter 6. People’s Council

Robot Rights? Let’s Talk about Human Welfare Instead by Abeba Birhane & Jelle van Dijk
Effective Altruism Is Pushing a Dangerous Brand of ‘AI Safety’ by Timnit Gebru
Notes toward a Neo-Luddite Manifesto by Chellis Glendinning

➡️ Complete reading schedule
Register (optional):

💾🌾 Iffy Books Permacomputing Meetup
2023-08-20 13:00 - 15:00 | Iffy Books (319 N. 11th St.), 319 N. 11th St. #2I, Philadelphia, PA, 19107, United States
Our monthly permacomputing meetup is on Sunday, August 20th at 1:00 PM EDT. You can join us in person at Iffy Books (319 N. 11th St. #2I, PHL) or via Jitsi Meet. See you there!
➡️ 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)

Collide Zine Live Reading + Open Mic
2023-08-19 18:00 - 21:00 | Iffy Books (319 N. 11th St.), 319 N. 11th St. #2I, Philadelphia, PA, 19107, United States
Join us for a night to celebrate COLLIDE zine’s fourth issue at Iffy Books in the Vox Populi Art Gallery building in Chinatown.
Enjoy light refreshments and Iffy’s charming new space which hosts monthly events for avant-garde artists, poets and internet techies! Open-mic sign-ups will be available for anyone that wants to read from the zine or test a new piece in a small setting.
Stay tuned for more details!

🚂 Model Internet Club
2023-08-19 13:00 - 17:00 | Iffy Books (319 N. 11th St.), 319 N. 11th St. #2I, Philadelphia, PA, 19107, United States
The Model Internet Club meets again on Saturday, August 19th, 1–5 p.m. Our goal is to build an offline network for fun and learning. Newcomers are welcome!
At our last meeting we set up a DHCP server, which will handle assigning IP addresses when new devices join the network. We have two or three websites running locally at the moment, with a bulletin board and various other projects in the works. Our next challenge is setting up a DNS server.

🎥 Videos from the Trash Dimension
2023-08-18 19:00 - 21:00 | Iffy Books (319 N. 11th St.), 319 N. 11th St. #2I, Philadelphia, PA, 19107, United States
Join us Friday, August 18th at 7 p.m. for a screening of Videos from the Trash Dimension Episode 1. It’s free!

🩹 Bleeding Control Basics
2023-08-15 18:00 - 20:00 | Iffy Books (319 N. 11th St.), 319 N. 11th St. #2I, Philadelphia, PA, 19107, 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:

🎛 DJ Mixing 101 with PILLAR 5
2023-08-12 18:00 - 20:00 | Iffy Books (319 N. 11th St.), 319 N. 11th St. #2I, Philadelphia, PA, 19107, United States
On Saturday, August 12th, 6–8 p.m. we’re pleased to present DJ Mixing 101, a workshop led by PILLAR 5. You’ll learn the basics using the free program VirtualDJ (available for macOS & Windows) and you’ll get to see a TRAKTOR DJ controller in action. You’ll need to bring a laptop to participate in the hands-on portion of this event.
We’re suggesting a $5–$10 donation at the door. No one will be turned away if they can’t afford it.
Register:

🐝 Hive76 Open Demo at Iffy Books: Laser Cutting & 3D Printing
2023-08-12 12:00 - 16:00 | Iffy Books (319 N. 11th St.), 319 N. 11th St. #2I, Philadelphia, PA, 19107, United States
Saturday, August 12th, 12–4 p.m. at Iffy Books
Unlock your making potential with the Hive76, Philly’s member owned and operated makerspace! Learn how to use laser cutters, 3D printers, and electronic equipment to cut, fabricate, and wire up your next project.
Hive76 is a community of makers and crafters organized around a shared workspace. We enable our members to invent, build, collaborate, and share skills. We promote science education and the do-it-yourself spirit in our greater community to enable people to create cool projects and make awesome things.

📙 Poetry reading with Danielle LaFrance, Jeremy Hoevenaar, Cecily Chen & Léon Pradeau
2023-08-11 19:00 - 21:00 | Iffy Books (319 N. 11th St.), 319 N. 11th St. #2I, Philadelphia, PA, 19107, United States
Hello Philly friends,
I hope all of you are managing to stay cool at the moment— the hallucinatory heat of high summer is truly upon us. Stay hydrated!
I’m very excited to be hosting a phenomenal reading in a few weeks at Philly’s best radical bookstore, Iffy Books.
Joining us will be Danielle LaFrance, a writer of the poetry-research-theory books JUST LIKE I LIKE IT (Talonbooks, 2019), Friendly + Fire (Talonbooks, 2016), species branding (Capilano University Editions, 2010), and #postdildo (Talonbooks, 2022), a component of a larger project that thinks and writes through the fantasised limitlessness and constructed limitations of sexuality, communication, and desire. Other poetry and critical writing have appeared in such magazines and journals as ASAP/Journal, The Capilano Review, LESTE, Tripwire, and Organism for Poetic Research. They collaborated on a feminist materialist co-reading and journal making endeavour About a Bicycle (with Anahita Jamali Rad) and currently on an intertextual sound project Yes, Sydo (with Josh Rose). Yes, Sydo has recently commenced with a reading + listening group, which invites all to collectively critique the cultural significance of Homer’s Odyssey as it is intervened by other texts and sounds and presently unfolding contexts. They live deliciously and hate to rent and work on the sovereign, yet still occupied lands, of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm, Sḵwx̱wú7mesh, and Səl̓ílwətaʔ peoples.
Danielle will be joined by our very own Jeremy Hoevenaar. Jeremy lives in a barrel with his beautiful family. There is a book called Our Insolvency, published by Golias Books.
As if that duo wasn’t enough, two Chicago denizens will be joining the lineup. Cecily Chen (she/her/hers) is a PhD student in English and sexuality studies at the University of Chicago. Her work focuses on fucked up Chinese women and bad sex. She is the resident gremlin & poetry editor at Chicago Review.
Léon Pradeau is a poet, translator, and PhD candidate at the University of Chicago. Born in France, he is now wondering what it means to be American and has naturally started with the small world of midwestern body shops, where flesh, steel and plastic are mutually commodified. A resulting chapbook, titled body shop, is in progress. His research and writing explore the erotic, technical, and political assemblages of poetic bodies. With his colleague Clara Nizard, he has recently translated a volume by Cécile Mainardi, Rose Mortal Activity. Parts of it are forthcoming in FENCE this Summer.
We’ll be arriving at Iffy (319 N. 11th St #2I) around 7p, with readings to follow shortly thereafter. It would be great to see you! See attached flyer in my typical style, featuring a very sultry Scotty.
Until then, love and solidarity to you all!
ted

⚡️ Beginner Soldering Workshop
2023-08-10 18:00 - 20:00 | Iffy Books (319 N. 11th St.), 319 N. 11th St. #2I, Philadelphia, PA, 19107, United States
On Thursday, August 10th 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

Register:

⚙️ Neo-Luddite Reading Group: 'Resisting AI' by Dan McQuillan
2023-08-08 18:30 - 20:30 | Iffy Books (319 N. 11th St.), 319 N. 11th St. #2I, Philadelphia, PA, 19107, United States
Time and Place:
2nd & 4th Tuesday each month
6:30–8:30 p.m. @ Iffy Books
➡️ Virtual Meetup Link
Contact:
neoluddite@victorgom.es
@notnaughtknot
Discord:
Email neoluddite@victorgom.es for an invite!
You may have played around with chatGPT, or perhaps even used DALL-e to generate images from text. Though Large Language Models have been around since 2018, they’re currently dominating the news thanks to the public release of these newer, even larger models. While impressive, like many technologies, they come at a cost and introduce new risks. However, there are specific issues related to the sheer scale of these models and they highlight the dangers of machines which allow for the consolidation of labor.
These issues are especially concerning given the lack of regulation in the tech industry generally, and the tendency of productivity-increasing technology to further concentrate power in the hands of the few. This reading group will explore these risks and engage with how they work in the hopes of better organizing to protect the rights of workers and individuals. The goal is to have a better understanding of the costs (data, carbon, human labor) and risks (misinformation, unpredictability, bias) of making these machines, as well as limitations in what they can learn about the world primarily through text. We will begin with “Resisting AI: An Anti-fascist Approach to Artificial Intelligence” by Dan McQuillan, with additional optional readings. If you’d like to learn more about me, you can visit victorgom.es for a bio.
Schedule
The only expectation is that you read the chapter(s) of the book that’s listed for that meeting. I tried keeping it around 30 pages on average. Even if you don’t read the assigned chapters, you’re still welcome to participate as long as you are mindful.
For each chapter, I’ve also noted some optional readings for context, so I’d suggest checking those out rather than reading ahead in the book! Optional readings are by no means required, but they may add to and deepen our conversation. They’re a mix of news articles, essays, and journal articles, so you can pick from type of text is most engaging to you. They pull from a range of disciplines and schools of thought, which I hope serves to highlight and survey how many different people conceptualize issues with AI, though it is by no means exhaustive. If you ever find yourself struggling, reach out! Either directly or over discord to the group.
I’d suggest you read this before anything else for some historical context: What the Luddites Really Fought Against by Richard Conniff. The Luddites will also comes up in Chapter 6.
Meeting 4 (August 8th): Resisting AI

Chapter 5. Post-Machine Learning

Pygmalion Displacement, When Humanising AI Dehumanises Women by Lelia Erscoi, Annelies Kleinherenbrink, & Olivia Guest
Everyone should decide how their digital data are used – not just tech companies by Jathan Sadowski, Salomé Viljoen, & Meredith Whittaker
What is the point of fairness? Disability, AI, and the Complexity of Justice by Cynthia L. Bennet & Os Keyes
Automating autism: Disability, discourse, and Artificial Intelligence by Os Keyes

➡️ Complete reading schedule
Register (optional):

✨ A Reading by Wonder at Iffy Books
2023-08-05 19:00 | Iffy Books (319 N. 11th St.), 319 N. 11th St. #2I, Philadelphia, PA, 19107, United States
🌻 Wonder is coming to Iffy Books in Philly Aug 5, catch Ted Dodson, Liza Kotlar, Bridget Talone, Josef Kaplan and Ben Fama. There might even be a surprise laureate or two. Hope to see you there 🌻
Doors at 7:00, reading at 7:30.
Ted Dodson is the author of An Orange (Pioneer Works / Wonder, 2021) and co-translator of Death at the Very Touch / The Cold by Jaime Sáenz (Action Books, forthcoming 2025). He works for BOMB, is an editor-at-large for Futurepoem, and is a former editor of The Poetry Project Newsletter.
Ben Fama is the author of the full length poetry collections Fantasy (Ugly Duckling Presse, 2015) and Deathwish (Newest York, 2018). His debut novel If I Close My Eyes is forthcoming in fall 2023 from Sarka Press. He is the editor of Wonder Books and lives in New York City.
Liza Kotlar is the author of HAIL (Wonder 2023). Their poetry has appeared in Sarka, Denver Quarterly, & elsewhere … & is forthcoming in Fence. They live & work in New York City.
Bridget Talone is the author of The Soft Life (Wonder, 2018). She lives in Philadelphia.
Josef Kaplan is the author of Loser, recently out on Make Now Books. His other books include Poem Without Suffering; All Nightmare: Introductions, 2011-2012; Kill List; and Democracy Is Not for the People. He lives in Philadelphia.

🚂 Model Internet Club
2023-08-05 13:00 - 17:00 | Iffy Books (319 N. 11th St.), 319 N. 11th St. #2I, Philadelphia, PA, 19107, United States
The Model Internet Club meets again on Saturday, August 5th, 1–5 p.m. Our goal is to build an offline network for fun and learning.
We’re just getting started on building it, so newcomers are welcome!

💻 Philly 2600 Meetup
2023-08-04 18:00 - 21:00 | Iffy Books (319 N. 11th St.), 319 N. 11th St. #2I, Philadelphia, PA, 19107, United States
The Philly 2600 meetup will be at Iffy Books on Friday, August 4th, starting at 6:00 p.m.
> The Philly 2600 meeting is a monthly gathering of local hackers, phreaks, nerds, geeks, activists, tinkerers, developers, infosec professionals, and other interesting people.
There won’t be a Philly TOOOL Meetup this month. Sorry about that! The next one will be on Friday, September 1st.

📡 Virtual Meshtastic Meetup
2023-08-03 19:00 - 21:00 | Jitsi Meet (iffybooks.club), 19107
We’re hosting a virtual meetup on Thursday, August 3rd at 7 p.m. to help Meshtastic users get connected. Our goal is to make a wireless chat network across the PHL area using low-power LoRa radios.
To join the network, you’ll need a LoRa radio such as a Heltec LoRa32, LILYGO LoRa32, or LILYGO T-Beam. Here’s a full list of compatible devices.
➡️ Meetup link
Here’s a link to our updated zine on LoRa + Meshtastic.

📡 Meshtastic 101
2023-07-30 13:00 - 15:00 | Iffy Books (319 N. 11th St.), 319 N. 11th St. #2I, Philadelphia, PA, 19107, United States
On Sunday, July 30th at 1:00 p.m. we’re hosting an introduction to Meshtastic, an application that lets you send private text messages over the air using pocket-sized LoRa radios.
Here’s a link to our updated zine on LoRa + Meshtastic.
If you have a LoRa radio (or reserve one below), we’ll show you how to flash the latest Meshtastic firmware to the device and customize the settings. If you don’t have a LoRa radio, you’re still welcome to attend!
Register:

💻 Router Hack Day III
2023-07-29 13:00 - 17:00 | Iffy Books (319 N. 11th St.), 319 N. 11th St. #2I, Philadelphia, PA, 19107, United States
Router Hack Day III is Saturday, July 29th! Now that we have a working OpenWRT firmware build for the routers we’ve been working on, we’ll show everyone how to install it. And then the fun begins!
Here’s our how-to guide for Saturday:➡️ Install OpenWrt on your Atlas Media Router

💻 Philly JS Club Hack Night
2023-07-28 18:00 - 21:00 | Iffy Books (319 N. 11th St.), 319 N. 11th St. #2I, Philadelphia, PA, 19107, United States
Bring your laptops and hang out with fellow community members of Philly JS Club for an evening of hacking on personal projects.
➡️ Register on Eventbrite
The Philadelphia JavaScript Club, founded in 2022, is a place for developers of all skill and experience levels to connect, show off their work, and learn new things.
We are devoted to being good citizens: we’re here to help support individual and organizational development, to connect developers with the events going on in Philadelphia, and to provide a safe space for people to try new things. We want to empower everyone who joins us to build the best things they can build; we want to help make instant friends amongst the developers who call Philadelphia home.
We’re happy for you to join us.

📡 Virtual Meshtastic Meetup
2023-07-27 19:00 - 21:00 | Jitsi Meet (iffybooks.club), 19107
We’re hosting a virtual meetup on Thursday, July 27th at 7 p.m. to help Meshtastic users get connected. Our goal is to make a wireless chat network across the PHL area using low-power LoRa radios.
To join the network, you’ll need a LoRa radio such as a Heltec LoRa32, LILYGO LoRa32, or LILYGO T-Beam. Here’s a full list of compatible devices.
➡️ Meetup link
Here’s a link to our updated zine on LoRa + Meshtastic.

⚡️ Open Soldering Session
2023-07-27 18:00 - 20:00 | Iffy Books (319 N. 11th St.), 319 N. 11th St. #2I, Philadelphia, PA, 19107, United States
On Thursday, July 27th from 6–8 p.m. we’re hosting an open soldering session. If you’ve been meaning to get a soldering project done, now’s your chance! We’ll have soldering irons and solder to share for free, as well as DIY electronics kits for sale.
If you’re looking for a step-by-step introduction to soldering, we’re hosting a beginner class on August 10th.
Register:

📚 Speculative Futures Reading Group: The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. LeGuin
2023-07-26 19:00 - 21:00 | Iffy Books (319 N. 11th St.), 319 N. 11th St. #2I, Philadelphia, PA, 19107, United States
On Wednesday, July 26th at 7:oo p.m. we’ll meet to discuss The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. LeGuin. See you there!
Get the audiobook on Libro.fm.
