βš™οΈ Neo-Luddite Reading Group

βš™οΈ Neo-Luddite Reading Group: ‘Slow Down or Die: The Economics of Degrowth’ by TimothΓ©e Parrique

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

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 by Richard Conniff.The only expectation is that you read the chapter(s) of the book that's listed for that […]

β˜€οΈ Solar Music Synth Workshop

β˜€οΈ Solar Music Synth Workshop

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

Join us and build a tiny solar-powered square wave generator on a breadboard. No soldering required! The workshop is free to attend, but you'll need to purchase a kit for $12.50 to complete the project. Here's a link to the how-to zine we'll use. And here's a diagram of the oscillator circuit we'll build: Register:

πŸš‚ Model Internet Club

πŸš‚ Model Internet Club

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

The Model Internet Club is back! Join us every third Saturday from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. for an informal meetup focused on building small-scale computer networks. No registration needed for this event! If we run out of space we can expand into our back yard area.

✏️ 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.

🚫 USB Data Blocker Soldering Class

🚫 USB Data Blocker Soldering Class

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

Charging your phone in a public place can be stressful. What if someone is collecting your metadata for marketing purposes? What if they're copying your files or installing malware? A USB data blocker can help! It's a little adapter with the data terminals left disconnected, so you can charge your phone anywhere without fear. This […]

⚑️ Beginner Soldering: Wire Splicing

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

Join us for a night of stripping and splicing electrical wires! You'll learn several techniques for soldering wires together securely, and you'll use heat shrink tubing to keep your splices looking neat. To complete this project you'll need to buy a kit with materials for $4. We're suggesting a $5–10 donation for the instruction, notaflof. […]

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. […]

✏️ 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.

πŸ’» Make Your First Website

🚧 Make Your First Website

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

Make a home page like it's 1999! Join us at Iffy Books for a new workshop called Make Your First Website, led by Ragman a.k.a. Richard Green. You'll learn the basics of HTML and create a static site on the free hosting service Neocities. No experience necessary! Please bring a laptop if you have one. […]

⌨️ DIY Macro Keyboard Workshop

βš™οΈ DIY Macro Keyboard Workshop

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

For this workshop you'll use a Pi Pico board and CircuitPython to create a programmable mechanical keyboard with two keys. No soldering experience necessary! To complete this project you'll need to buy a kit for $14. Here's what's included: β€’ RP2040/Pi Pico board β€’ 2 mechanical keyboard switches β€’ 2 key caps β€’ oak base […]

β˜€οΈ Solar Music Synth Workshop

β˜€οΈ Solar Music Synth Workshop

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

Join us and build a tiny solar-powered square wave generator on a breadboard. No soldering required! The workshop is free to attend, but you'll need to purchase a kit for $12.50 to complete the project. Here's a link to the how-to zine we'll use. And here's a diagram of the oscillator circuit we'll build: Register:

🎀 Tabling at PPM Fest

Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, United States +1 more

On Saturday, 10/25 we'll be tabling at the People Power Media Fest, presented by PhillyCAM. Stay tuned for details!

✏️ 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.

πŸͺ Speculative Futures Reading Group

πŸͺ Speculative Futures Reading Group: ‘The Tainted Cup’ by Robert Jackson Bennett

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

For our October 29th meeting we'll discuss The Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson Bennett. (We originally planned to read Planetes Book 1 by Makoto Yukimura this month, but we moved it to November 26th.) 🎧 Get the audiobook on Libro.fm In Daretana's greatest mansion, a high imperial officer lies dead--killed, to all appearances, when a […]

πŸ‚ Philly Zine Fest

Mitten Hall at Temple Univesity 1913 N Broad St., Philadelphia, PA, United States

Join us for another Philly zine fest! Saturday November 1st, 2025 at Temple University’s Mitten Hall from 11 a.m. – 5 p.m.! Organized by Philly Soapbox.

✏️ 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.

πŸ’Ύβ˜€οΈ Permacomputing + Solarpunk Meetup

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

The Permacomputing + Solarpunk meetup is the first Wednesday every other monthΒ at Iffy Books! You can join us in person (404 S. 20th St., PHL) or remotely via Jitsi Meet. ➑️ Virtual meetup link FromΒ Permacomputing.net:Β Permacomputing is a more sustainable approach to computer and network technology inspired by permaculture. Permacomputing is both a concept and a […]

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.

πŸš‚ Model Internet Club

πŸš‚ Model Internet Club

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

The Model Internet Club is back! Join us every third Saturday from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. for an informal meetup focused on building small-scale computer networks. No registration needed for this event! If we run out of space we can expand into our back yard area.

🚫 USB Data Blocker Soldering Class

🚫 USB Data Blocker Soldering Class

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

Charging your phone in a public place can be stressful. What if someone is collecting your metadata for marketing purposes? What if they're copying your files or installing malware? A USB data blocker can help! It's a little adapter with the data terminals left disconnected, so you can charge your phone anywhere without fear. This […]

✏️ 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.

βš™οΈ Neo-Luddite Reading Group

βš™οΈ Neo-Luddite Reading Group

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

➑️ Virtual Meetup Link β€œIn an age in which the inexhaustible power of scientific technology makes all things possible, it remains to be seen where we will draw the line, where we will be able to say, here are possibilities that wisdom suggest we avoid.” First published to great acclaim in 1988, Langdon Winner’s groundbreaking […]

❌ Home Ad Blocking with Pi-hole

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

On Thursday, November 13th at 6:30 p.m. we're hosting a presentation on network-wide ad blocking with Pi-hole and AdGuard Home led by Dave Slinger. No registration needed for this one!          

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. […]

✏️ 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.