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SUMMARY:🧸 Toy Quieting Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Does your kid have a toy that’s so loud it’s driving you up the wall? Are you just curious about electronics and sound? Join us Sunday\, December 10th from 1–3 p.m. for a hands-on workshop on how to quiet or silence kids’ electronic toys. Bring an electronic toy to modify and we’ll walk you through the steps. \nRegister:
URL:https://iffybooks.net/event/toy-quieting-dec-10/
LOCATION:Iffy Books\, 404 S. 20th St.\, Philadelphia\, 19146\, United States
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ORGANIZER;CN="Iffy Books":MAILTO:iffybooks@iffybooks.net
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231209T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231209T150000
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SUMMARY:📡 In-Person Meshtastic Meetup
DESCRIPTION:On Saturday\, December 9th from 1–3 p.m. we’re hosting an informal meetup at Iffy Books for Meshtastic users. Stay tuned for details! \nMeshtastic: An open source\, off-grid\, decentralized\, mesh network built to run on affordable\, low-power devices
URL:https://iffybooks.net/event/meshtastic-december-9/
LOCATION:Iffy Books\, 404 S. 20th St.\, Philadelphia\, 19146\, United States
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ORGANIZER;CN="Iffy Books":MAILTO:iffybooks@iffybooks.net
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231208T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231208T180000
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SUMMARY:🔔 BSidesPhilly 2023
DESCRIPTION:We’ll be at BSidesPhilly 2023 on Friday\, December 8th! Stay tuned for more details. \n➡️ Call for Speakers
URL:https://iffybooks.net/event/bsidesphilly-2023/
LOCATION:Netrality Data Center\, 401 N Broad St\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19108\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231206T120000
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SUMMARY:🎊 First Day at 404 S. 20th Street!
DESCRIPTION:Iffy Books is moving to a storefront! Very exciting! Starting on Wednesday\, December 6th we’ll be at 404 S. 20th St.\, half a block from Rittenhouse Hardware. For the rest of December we’ll be open Wednesday–Sunday\, 12–7 p.m. \nSee y’all in the new space!
URL:https://iffybooks.net/event/move-to-404-s-20th/
LOCATION:Iffy Books\, 404 S. 20th St.\, Philadelphia\, 19146\, United States
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ORGANIZER;CN="Iffy Books":MAILTO:iffybooks@iffybooks.net
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231205T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231205T203000
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SUMMARY:⚙️ Neo-Luddite Reading Group: ‘The Human Use of Human Beings’ by Norbert Wiener
DESCRIPTION:Our current book for the Neo-Luddite Reading Group is The Human Use of Human Beings by Norbert Wiener (1950\, revised 1954). On Tuesday\, December 5th we’re meeting to discuss chapter 8 through the end of the book. \nMeetup link\nAfter this book we’ll read Race After Technology by Ruha Benjamin (could maybe pair it with chapters from Artificial Whiteness\, unless we just feel like reading it in its entirety in the future.
URL:https://iffybooks.net/event/neo-luddite-dec-5/
LOCATION:Iffy Books (319 N. 11th St.)\, 319 N. 11th St. #2I\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19107\, United States
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ORGANIZER;CN="Iffy Books":MAILTO:iffybooks@iffybooks.net
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231203T183000
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SUMMARY:🔥 Camp heater assembly & distro organization [canceled]
DESCRIPTION:We had to cancel this event due to unforeseen circumstances. Sorry for the inconvenience!
URL:https://iffybooks.net/event/camp-heater-assembly-dec-3/
LOCATION:Iffy Books (319 N. 11th St.)\, 319 N. 11th St. #2I\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19107\, United States
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SUMMARY:⭐️ PHL Fediverse Meetup
DESCRIPTION:On Sunday\, December 3rd at 1 p.m. we’re hosting a meetup for folks who use federated services like Mastodon\, Lemmy\, and Pixelfed\, as well as anyone who’s curious about learning more. Hope to see you there!
URL:https://iffybooks.net/event/fediverse-dec-3/
LOCATION:Iffy Books (319 N. 11th St.)\, 319 N. 11th St. #2I\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19107\, United States
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SUMMARY:📙 Philly Zine Fest
DESCRIPTION:Philly Zine Fest is on Saturday\, December 2nd from 10–5 p.m. at Temple’s Mitten Hall (1913 N. Broad Street). See you there! \nOrganized by The Soapbox. Sponsored by Temple University Libraries\, with additional support provided by The Center for Humanities at Temple. \n 
URL:https://iffybooks.net/event/philly-zine-fest-dec-2/
LOCATION:Mitten Hall at Temple Univesity\, 1913 N Broad St.\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19122\, United States
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SUMMARY:🔐 Philly 2600 Meetup
DESCRIPTION:This will be the last Philly 2600 meetup at the old Iffy Books location\, 319 N. 11th St. #2I. Should be a good one! \n> The Philly 2600 meeting is a monthly gathering of local hackers\, phreaks\, nerds\, geeks\, activists\, tinkerers\, developers\, infosec professionals\, and other interesting people. \n\nNext week we’re moving Iffy Books to a storefront at 404 S. 20th St. We were originally planning to have this meetup in the new space\, but our move date got pushed back. Sorry for any confusion!
URL:https://iffybooks.net/event/philly-2600-dec-1/
LOCATION:Iffy Books (319 N. 11th St.)\, 319 N. 11th St. #2I\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19107\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231130T183000
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SUMMARY:🐜 Reading & discussion with José Alaniz\, author of 'Puro Pinche True Fictions'
DESCRIPTION:On Thursday\, November 30th we’re hosting an event with José Alaniz\, author of the new book “Puro Pinche True Fictions” (FlowerSong Press). \nAuthor/cartoonist José Alaniz has released a new prose/comics collection titled Puro Pinche True Fictions. The hybrid book collects short stories and comics\, mostly set in the Rio Grande Valley along the Texas/Mexico border. The stories reflect the author’s upbringing in this region as a second-generation Mexican-American\, at times fusing folk beliefs with Bradbury-style science fiction. For example\, “Tamales” sets the immigration narrative on Mars in 2063\, when a migrant family makes the crossing in search of work via (malfunctioning) rocket. \nOther stories\, like “Genoveva” and “Where You Stop the Story\,” retell painful family episodes going back years and generations. The comics section\, “Electric Youth\,” recounts incidents from Alaniz’s childhood in South Texas\, some of them told in Spanglish. These range from nostalgic (like one showing how common and pleasant it used to be to cross the river to Reynosa\, Mexico for family outings) to funny/gross (the author’s memory of stepping on a nail) to self-flagellating (the reimagining of ethnic self-loathing through a Star Wars metaphor). This collection will appeal to readers with an interest in contemporary Chicano fiction and comics. \nAbout the author \nJosé Alaniz was born in Edinburg\, TX\, in the Rio Grande Valley along the US/Mexico border. He graduated from the University of Texas at Austin in 1993 with dual degrees in Radio-Television-Film Production and Russian Studies. He worked in Moscow\, Russia as a journalist from 1993-1994. In 2003 he earned a PhD in Comparative Literature at the University of California\, Berkeley. \nSince 2003 he has worked as a comics scholar and professor at the University of Washington\, Seattle\, in the Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures and the Department of Cinema & Media Studies. He has published three monographs: Komiks: Comic Art in Russia (2010\, University Press of Mississippi); Death\, Disability and the Superhero: The Silver Age and Beyond (UPM\, 2014) and Resurrection: Comics in Post-Soviet Russia (Ohio State University Press\, 2022). He has also co-edited two essay collections\, Comics of the New Europe: Reflections and Intersections (with Martha Kuhlman\, Leuven University Press\, 2020) and Uncanny Bodies: Disability and Superhero Comics (with Scott T. Smith\, Penn State University Press\, 2019). He formerly chaired the Executive Committee of the International Comic Arts Forum (ICAF) and was a founding board member of the Comics Studies Society. \nHe has released three comics/prose collections: The Phantom Zone and Other Stories (2020) and The Compleat Moscow Calling (2023)\, both from Amatl Comix\, and Puro Pinche True Fictions (2023\, FlowerSong Press). His comics have also appeared in The Stranger\, the Seattle anthology Dune\, Tales From La Vida: A Latinx Comics Anthology (2018)\, BorderX: A Crisis in Graphic Detail (2020) and SCARFFF.
URL:https://iffybooks.net/event/jose-alaniz-nov-30/
LOCATION:Iffy Books (319 N. 11th St.)\, 319 N. 11th St. #2I\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19107\, United States
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SUMMARY:🌊 Speculative Futures Reading Group: 'The Great Derangement' by Amitav Ghosh
DESCRIPTION:On Wednesday\, November 29th at 7:00 p.m. we’ll meet to discuss the book The Great Derangement: Climate Change and the Unthinkable (2016) by Amitav Ghosh. Hope to see you there! \nGet the audiobook on Libro.fm. \n  \nAre we deranged? The acclaimed Indian novelist Amitav Ghosh argues that future generations may well think so. How else to explain our imaginative failure in the face of global warming? In his first major book of nonfiction since In an Antique Land\, Ghosh examines our inability—at the level of literature\, history\, and politics—to grasp the scale and violence of climate change. \nThe extreme nature of today’s climate events\, Ghosh asserts\, make them peculiarly resistant to contemporary modes of thinking and imagining. This is particularly true of serious literary fiction: hundred-year storms and freakish tornadoes simply feel too improbable for the novel; they are automatically consigned to other genres. In the writing of history\, too\, the climate crisis has sometimes led to gross simplifications; Ghosh shows that the history of the carbon economy is a tangled global story with many contradictory and counterintuitive elements. \nGhosh ends by suggesting that politics\, much like literature\, has become a matter of personal moral reckoning rather than an arena of collective action. But to limit fiction and politics to individual moral adventure comes at a great cost. The climate crisis asks us to imagine other forms of human existence—a task to which fiction\, Ghosh argues\, is the best suited of all cultural forms. His book serves as a great writer’s summons to confront the most urgent task of our time. \n 
URL:https://iffybooks.net/event/the-great-derangement/
LOCATION:Iffy Books (319 N. 11th St.)\, 319 N. 11th St. #2I\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19107\, United States
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SUMMARY:✏️ The Writing Room
DESCRIPTION:Come co-work with other writers for 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.
URL:https://iffybooks.net/event/writing-room-nov-29/
LOCATION:Iffy Books (319 N. 11th St.)\, 319 N. 11th St. #2I\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19107\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231124T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231124T190000
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LAST-MODIFIED:20231108T152445Z
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SUMMARY:Open 11-7 on Friday the 24th
DESCRIPTION:On Friday\, November 24th we’ll be open from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.\, which means we’re opening and closing a little earlier than usual.
URL:https://iffybooks.net/event/open-november-24/
LOCATION:Iffy Books (319 N. 11th St.)\, 319 N. 11th St. #2I\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19107\, United States
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ORGANIZER;CN="Iffy Books":MAILTO:iffybooks@iffybooks.net
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SUMMARY:Closed November 23
DESCRIPTION:We’ll be closed on Thursday\, November 23rd. Sorry for the inconvenience!
URL:https://iffybooks.net/event/closed-november-23rd/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231122T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231122T200000
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CREATED:20231005T012023Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231005T012023Z
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SUMMARY:✏️ The Writing Room
DESCRIPTION:Wednesdays 5–8 p.m.\n(5–7 p.m. the last Wednesday of the month) \nCome 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.
URL:https://iffybooks.net/event/writing-room-nov-22/
LOCATION:Iffy Books (319 N. 11th St.)\, 319 N. 11th St. #2I\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19107\, United States
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ORGANIZER;CN="Iffy Books":MAILTO:iffybooks@iffybooks.net
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231119T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231119T150000
DTSTAMP:20260414T142646
CREATED:20231013T223923Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231116T000022Z
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SUMMARY:💻 Future of Coding Meetup
DESCRIPTION:Future of Coding is an online community with a welcoming\, cooperative\, and revolutionary spirit. We are unified in the belief that the common practice of programming is tragically less humane than it could be. There’s a world of possibilities that get more beautiful the further away from the norm you go. We’re here to explore this world together\, to discuss ideas about theory and practice\, and to champion and support our members’ research and development efforts to reimagine computing.
URL:https://iffybooks.net/event/future-of-coding-nov-19/
LOCATION:Iffy Books (319 N. 11th St.)\, 319 N. 11th St. #2I\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19107\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231118T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231118T170000
DTSTAMP:20260414T142646
CREATED:20231101T214526Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231101T214901Z
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SUMMARY:🏴 Tabling at the Anarchy Skill Fair
DESCRIPTION:See y’all at the anarchy skill fair on Saturday\, November 18th!
URL:https://iffybooks.net/event/anarchy-skill-fair/
LOCATION:49th & Botanic Ave.
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231117T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231117T210000
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SUMMARY:📙 A reading by Treatbaby\, Silt\, Ferrucci & Skrabalak
DESCRIPTION:Hi Philly poetry pals\, \n\nNext Friday\, November 17th\, four of my favorite people and poets will be in our fair city to give readings. There will also be a surprise! Please join me in welcoming this legendary quartet— seriously\, you won’t want to miss this.\n\nNora Treatbaby is a writer and artist based in New York State. Her first book\, Our Air\, arrives next spring from Nightboat Books. She has published two chapbooks\, I <3 2 Swim (2022) and Hope Is Weird (2020).\n\nIrene Silt writes about power\, anti-work feeling\, joy\, and deviance. Their essays and poems have been published in Mask Magazine\, ANTIGRAVITY\, Spoil\, LESTE\, Trou Noir\, Poiesis Journal and in the Tripwire pamphlet series. They live in New York.\n\n\nRyan Skrabalak is a writer\, worker\, and organizer from upstate “New York” currently based in “Kansas.” He is a member of AFT 6403 and edits the poetry micropress Spiral Editions. \n\nCarolyn Ferrucci is a poet writing lately about misunderstanding\, the weather\, and centers. Work can be found in Works and Days\, Spoil\, the Brooklyn Rail\, Changes\, Fieldnotes UK\, Form IV\, and No Dear. \n\nWe’ll be convening at IFFY BOOKS (319 N. 11th St. #2I) at 7p on Friday\, November 17. Readings will begin at 7:30p or so. Please see attached flyer featuring a windswept Cliff for your pleasure. \n\nSee you soon!\nxoted\n  
URL:https://iffybooks.net/event/poetry-nov-17/
LOCATION:Iffy Books (319 N. 11th St.)\, 319 N. 11th St. #2I\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19107\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231115T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231115T200000
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SUMMARY:✏️ The Writing Room
DESCRIPTION:Wednesdays 5–8 p.m.\n(5–7 p.m. the last Wednesday of the month) \nCome 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.
URL:https://iffybooks.net/event/writing-room-nov-15/
LOCATION:Iffy Books (319 N. 11th St.)\, 319 N. 11th St. #2I\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19107\, United States
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ORGANIZER;CN="Iffy Books":MAILTO:iffybooks@iffybooks.net
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231112T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231112T150000
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SUMMARY:💾🌾 Iffy Books Permacomputing Meetup
DESCRIPTION:Our next permacomputing meetup is on Sunday\, November 12th at 1:00 PM EST. You can join us in person at Iffy Books (319 N. 11th St. #2I\, PHL) or via Jitsi Meet. \nThis month we’re discussing the talk “An approach to computing and sustainability inspired from permaculture” by Devine Lu Linvega. [Video link] \n➡️ Meetup Link\nFrom 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. \nPermacomputing Aesthetics: Potential and Limits of Design Constraints in Computational Culture by Mansoux\, Howell\, Barok\, and Heikkilä (2023)
URL:https://iffybooks.net/event/permacomputing-nov-12/
LOCATION:Iffy Books (319 N. 11th St.)\, 319 N. 11th St. #2I\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19107\, United States
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SUMMARY:🚂 Model Internet Club
DESCRIPTION:The Model Internet Club meets again on Saturday\, November 11th\, 1–5 p.m. Newcomers are welcome. \nThe 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. There’s a local bulletin board in the works\, and we’re considering our options for connecting wi-fi access points. \nWe’re looking for websites to run on our local network! If you have an idea\, email iffybooks@iffybooks.net or join us on November 11th. \nHere’s a photo of our current setup:
URL:https://iffybooks.net/event/model-internet-nov-11/
LOCATION:Iffy Books (319 N. 11th St.)\, 319 N. 11th St. #2I\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19107\, United States
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ORGANIZER;CN="Iffy Books":MAILTO:iffybooks@iffybooks.net
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231109T180000
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SUMMARY:⚡️ Beginner Soldering Workshop
DESCRIPTION:On Thursday\, November 9th 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: \n\n1 x Weevil-shaped PCB\n2 x LEDs\n1 x 47k Ohm resistor\n1 x miniature photocell\n1 x 2N3904 transistor\n2 x 220 Ohm resistors\n1 x CR2032 coin cell battery\n1 x 20mm coin cell battery holder\n\nRegister:
URL:https://iffybooks.net/event/beginner-soldering-nov-9/
LOCATION:Iffy Books (319 N. 11th St.)\, 319 N. 11th St. #2I\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19107\, United States
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ORGANIZER;CN="Iffy Books":MAILTO:iffybooks@iffybooks.net
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SUMMARY:✏️ The Writing Room
DESCRIPTION:Wednesdays 5–8 p.m.\n(5–7 p.m. the last Wednesday of the month) \nCome 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.
URL:https://iffybooks.net/event/writing-room-nov-8/
LOCATION:Iffy Books (319 N. 11th St.)\, 319 N. 11th St. #2I\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19107\, United States
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ORGANIZER;CN="Iffy Books":MAILTO:iffybooks@iffybooks.net
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SUMMARY:⚙️ Neo-Luddite Reading Group: ‘The Human Use of Human Beings’ by Norbert Wiener (Chs. 3–7)
DESCRIPTION:Our current book for the Neo-Luddite Reading Group is The Human Use of Human Beings by Norbert Wiener (1950\, revised 1954). On Tuesday\, November 7th we’re meeting to discuss chapters 3–7. \nMeetup link\nAfter this book we’ll read Race After Technology by Ruha Benjamin (could maybe pair it with chapters from Artificial Whiteness\, unless we just feel like reading it in its entirety in the future.
URL:https://iffybooks.net/event/neo-luddite-nov-7/
LOCATION:Iffy Books (319 N. 11th St.)\, 319 N. 11th St. #2I\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19107\, United States
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ORGANIZER;CN="Iffy Books":MAILTO:iffybooks@iffybooks.net
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231105T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231105T150000
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SUMMARY:Philly Socialists Meetup
DESCRIPTION: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. \nThis is a meeting for new and interested members to learn about Philly Socialists’ history\, organizing style\, and how to get involved in building a base for socialist politics.
URL:https://iffybooks.net/event/philly-socialists-nov-5/
LOCATION:Iffy Books (319 N. 11th St.)\, 319 N. 11th St. #2I\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19107\, United States
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SUMMARY:🎤 Disengineering Society Vape Mic Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Vape Mic: Build a DIY mic using parts from a disposable vape\na workshop led by the Disengineering Society \nIn a world of products planned for obsolescence\, disposable vapes reign supreme as pieces of modern technology that are almost never properly recycled. While the vape juice may run out\, the battery\, sensor\, and sturdy housing are still perfectly usable. Disengineering’s “post-nicotine” design makes use of these would-be disposed-of components by adding a mic element\, some simple DIY engineering\, and an aux output to get the vape mic. \nThis project introduces electret microphones\, waste component rewiring\, and a simple power supply circuit. The goal of this project is to create a microphone housing from a disposable nicotine vape\, using a few of the components inside the vape. \nThe Disengineering Society will have some discarded vape devices to share for this project. But feel free to bring your own if you have one. \nWe’re doing a $5–10 suggested donation for this workshop. It’s fine if you can’t afford it. \nRegister:\n\nThe Disengineering Society is a group that takes a non-conventional approach to the engineering space by facilitating an environment for people to work together to hack hardware\, software\, and e-waste for sonic repurposing and re-engineering. We aim to combat the notion of “planned obsolescence” by pointing to DIY culture as a tool through which awareness can be raised\, people can be educated\, and strange sounds can be made regardless of skill level or prior knowledge pertaining to electronics or music. Throughout the past year (our inaugural year as an official student organization) we have achieved this through hosting weekly workshops\, which we hold in our lab space at Wesleyan\, where we introduce basic DIY audio electronics concepts and provide opportunities for participants to experiment hands-on with these concepts. \n\nWe believe in dispelling the notion often reinforced by the DIY ethos that singular innovations are created by isolated individual geniuses in a linear progression of new objects and styles. Instead\, in our meetings and approach to engineering\, we recognize the outcomes of creative labor as ongoing and adaptive processes that\, in turn\, feed back into community building. 
URL:https://iffybooks.net/event/disengineering-nov-4/
LOCATION:Iffy Books (319 N. 11th St.)\, 319 N. 11th St. #2I\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19107\, United States
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SUMMARY:🔓 First Friday TOOOL Meetup
DESCRIPTION:On Friday\, November 3rd\, 6–9 p.m. we’re hosting a meetup run by the Philadelphia Chapter of the Open Organization of Lockpickers. \n> Come join us for our monthly First Friday 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 us for a evening of fun as we pop some locks.
URL:https://iffybooks.net/event/toool-meetup-nov-3/
LOCATION:Iffy Books (319 N. 11th St.)\, 319 N. 11th St. #2I\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19107\, United States
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SUMMARY:✏️ The Writing Room
DESCRIPTION:Wednesdays 5–8 p.m.\n(5–7 p.m. the last Wednesday of the month) \nCome 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.
URL:https://iffybooks.net/event/writing-room-nov-1/
LOCATION:Iffy Books (319 N. 11th St.)\, 319 N. 11th St. #2I\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19107\, United States
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SUMMARY:⚡️ Beginner Circuit Workshop
DESCRIPTION:On Sunday\, October 29th at 1:30 p.m. we’re hosting an electronics workshop for beginners. No soldering required! We’ll use A Beginner’s Guide to Circuits by Øyvind Nydal Dahl as our guide. \nThis workshop is free to attend\, but you’ll need to buy an electronics kit for $12 to complete the projects. The kit contains the parts you’ll need to complete all nine projects in the book A Beginner’s Guide to Circuits. We’ll also have copies the book for sale for $17.95. (9-volt battery not included. We’ll have batteries to share at the event.) \nRegister:
URL:https://iffybooks.net/event/beginner-circuits-oct-29/
LOCATION:Iffy Books (319 N. 11th St.)\, 319 N. 11th St. #2I\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19107\, United States
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ORGANIZER;CN="Iffy Books":MAILTO:iffybooks@iffybooks.net
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231027T170000
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SUMMARY:💻 Philly JS Club Hack Night
DESCRIPTION:Bring your laptops and hang out with fellow community members of Philly JS Club for an evening of hacking on personal projects. \nThe 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. \nWe 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. \nWe’re happy for you to join us.
URL:https://iffybooks.net/event/philly-js-club-oct-27/
LOCATION:Iffy Books (319 N. 11th St.)\, 319 N. 11th St. #2I\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19107\, United States
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