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SUMMARY:⚙️ Neo-Luddite Reading Group: 'Blood in the Machine' by Brian Merchant
DESCRIPTION:We moved our next meeting to Thursday\, August 29th. See you then! \n2nd and 4th Wednesday each month 6:30-8:30 @  Iffy Books \n➡️ Virtual Meetup Link\nDiscord: Email neoluddite@victorgom.es for an invite! \nThe issues and harms surrounding emerging technologies 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. \nWe’re currently reading Blood in the Machine: The Origins of the Rebellion Against Big Tech by Brian Merchant. Archived pages of our previous books include: Resisting AI\, The Human Use of Human Beings\, Race After Technology. \nIf you’d like to learn more about me\, you can visit victorgom.es for a bio. \nSchedule\nIf 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. \nThe only expectation is that you read the chapter(s) of the book that’s listed for that meeting. You’re still welcome to participate if you haven’t done the readings 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. And remember\, if you ever find yourself struggling with any of the readings or concepts\, reach out! Either directly to me over email or to the entire group over discord. \nMeeting 1 (7/10): 📖 Blood in the Machine \n\nPreface & Introduction\n\n🗞️ Is It O.K. To Be A Luddite? by Thomas Pynchon\n🗞️ A Luddite Library by LibrarianShipwreck\n\n\n1. The Great Comet\n\n🎵 Jersusalem (from Milton) by William Blake (source of the oft-repeated\, “dark satanic mills”)\n📜 Data Capitalism: Redefining the Logics of Surveillance and Privacy by Sarah West\n\n\n\nMeeting 2 (7/24): 📖 Blood in the Machine \n\n2. The Metropolis of Discontent\n\n🎥 Metropolis by Fritz Lang\, of course\n🗞️ It’s the Billionaires’ Internet\, and We’re Just Posting on It by Ed Ongweso Jr.\n\n\n3. Breaking Frames\, Breaking Bones\n\n🎵 Song for The Luddites by Lord Byron\n📜 Ned Ludd & Queen Mab: machine-breaking\, romanticism\, and the several commons of 1811-12 by Peter Linebaugh\n\n\n\nMeeting 3 (8/14): 📖 Blood in the Machine \n\n4. More Value than Work or Gold\n\n🗞️ The AI industry has a battle-tested plan to keep using our content without paying for it by Brian Merchant\n🗞️ Revisiting Mumford’s “megamachine” by LibrarianShipwreck\n\n\n\nMeeting 4 (8/29): 📖 Blood in the Machine \n\n5. The Modern Prometheus\n\n📜 Elon Musk Is Convinced He’s the Future. We Need to Look Beyond Him by Paris Marx\n🎙️ AI Hype Machine w/ Meredith Whittaker\, Ed Ongweso Jr.\, and Sarah West by The Dig\n\n\n6. The Owners of the New Machine Age\n\n🎙️ More Human After All ft. Brian Merchant by TRASHFUTURE\n🗞️ Transport Apps Promised to Eliminate Friction. But at What Cost? by Paris Marx\n\n\n\nAuthor event with Brian Merchant: Wednesday\, September 11th (doors at 6 p.m.\, virtual discussion at 6:30) \nFull schedule at victorgom.es/neoluddite \nSign up for the Neo-Luddite Reading Group email list:
URL:https://iffybooks.net/event/neo-luddite-blood-in-the-machine/2024-07-10/
LOCATION:Iffy Books\, 404 S. 20th St.\, Philadelphia\, 19146\, United States
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SUMMARY:⚡️ Beginner Soldering Workshop
DESCRIPTION:On the second Thursday of every month we run 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. \nHere’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-july-11/
LOCATION:Iffy Books\, 404 S. 20th St.\, Philadelphia\, 19146\, United States
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SUMMARY:📡 Meshtastic 101
DESCRIPTION:On Friday\, July 12th at 2:00 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. We’ll show you how to flash the latest Meshtastic firmware to the device and customize the settings. \nHere’s a link to our zine on LoRa + Meshtastic.\nRegister:
URL:https://iffybooks.net/event/meshtastic-101-july-12/
LOCATION:Iffy Books\, 404 S. 20th St.\, Philadelphia\, 19146\, United States
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SUMMARY:📚 Big Summer Book Sale 2024 at 1400 N. American St.
DESCRIPTION:Our third BIG SUMMER BOOK SALE is here featuring an eclectic mix of bookstores\, print collectives\, artist-run projects — from comics to wearable multiples\, from self-published zines to discounted art books (care of Ulises!) — as we celebrate printed matter among friends and family\, in its many popular\, social\, and liberatory forms. \nCome visit 25 Philly-based vendors plus a few out-of-town guests\, as they share their print wares\, in one place! Sunday\, July 14th from 11AM–5PM\, at Icebox Project Space.
URL:https://iffybooks.net/event/ulises-book-sale-2024/
LOCATION:Iffy Books\, 404 S. 20th St.\, Philadelphia\, 19146\, United States
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SUMMARY:✏️ The Writing Room
DESCRIPTION: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.
URL:https://iffybooks.net/event/the-writing-room-2/2024-07-16/
LOCATION:Iffy Books\, 404 S. 20th St.\, Philadelphia\, 19146\, United States
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SUMMARY:🏠 Host a Website at Home
DESCRIPTION:▶ How-to zine on GitHub \nJoin us on Wednesday\, July 17th from 2–5 p.m. for the workshop Host a Website at Home. You’ll learn to run an Apache web server on a single-board computer\, letting you host a website from your home internet connection. Then you’ll register a domain name (or create a subdomain for a domain you already own) and set up Dynamic DNS\, letting folks access your site even if your home IP address changes. \nWe’ll have home server kits available for $49\, which include an Orange Pi Zero 2W single-board computer and all the hardware you’ll need. If you prefer\, you can bring your own single-board computer (e.g.\, a Raspberry Pi) with Ubuntu Server installed. If you have questions\, email iffybooks@iffybooks.net. \nHere’s what’s in the kit:\n• Orange Pi Zero 2W single-board computer w/1 GB of RAM\n• 32 GB microSD card\n• microSD card reader\n• 2 A USB power supply\n• USB-C power cable\n• Mini HDMI to HDMI adapter\n• USB-C to 2x USB-A adapter\n• USB-A to Ethernet adapter\n• Ethernet cable \nRegister
URL:https://iffybooks.net/event/host-a-website-at-home-july-17/
LOCATION:Iffy Books\, 404 S. 20th St.\, Philadelphia\, 19146\, United States
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SUMMARY:🩹 Bleeding Control Basics
DESCRIPTION:Face masks required! \nPresented 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. \nRegister:
URL:https://iffybooks.net/event/bleeding-control-basics-july-17/
LOCATION:Iffy Books\, 404 S. 20th St.\, Philadelphia\, 19146\, United States
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SUMMARY:🎉 Iffy Books 3rd Anniversary Party
DESCRIPTION:On Saturday\, July 20th we’re having a party from 5–9 p.m. to celebrate 3 years of Iffy Books. We’ll have drinks\, snacks\, and prizes. Hope you can stop by!
URL:https://iffybooks.net/event/iffy-books-3rd-anniversary/
LOCATION:Iffy Books\, 404 S. 20th St.\, Philadelphia\, 19146\, United States
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SUMMARY:📚 Philly Socialists Reading Group: 'Neither Vertical nor Horizontal: A Theory of Political Organization' by Rodrigo Nunes
DESCRIPTION:We’re reading Neither Vertical nor Horizontal: A Theory of Political Organization by Rodrigo Nunes. \n\nHow do we organize in a world after both Occupy and the Sanders campaign? \nA decade ago\, a wave of mass mobilisations described as “horizontal” and “leaderless” swept the planet\, holding the promise of real democracy and justice for the 99%. Many saw its subsequent ebb as proof of the need to go back to what was once called “the question of organisation”. For something so often described as essential\, however\, political organisation remains a surprisingly under-theorised field. In this book\, Rodrigo Nunes proposes to remedy that lack by starting again from scratch. Redefining the terms of the problem\, he rejects the confusion between organisation and any of the forms it can take\, such as the party\, and argues that organisation must be understood as always supposing a diverse ecology of different initiatives and organisational forms. Drawing from a wide array of sources and traditions that include cybernetics\, poststructuralism\, network theory and Marxism\, Nunes develops a grammar that eschews easy oppositions between “verticalism” and “horizontalism”\, centralisation and dispersion\, and offers a fresh approach to enduring issues like spontaneity\, leadership\, democracy\, strategy\, populism\, revolution\, and the relationship between movements and parties. \n\nThis 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. \nPhilly 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 reading website or email us admin@phillysocialists.org \n 
URL:https://iffybooks.net/event/%f0%9f%93%9a-philly-socialists-reading-group-20240721/
LOCATION:Iffy Books\, 404 S. 20th St.\, Philadelphia\, 19146\, United States
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SUMMARY:✏️ The Writing Room
DESCRIPTION: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.
URL:https://iffybooks.net/event/the-writing-room-2/2024-07-23/
LOCATION:Iffy Books\, 404 S. 20th St.\, Philadelphia\, 19146\, United States
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SUMMARY:📡 Meshtastic 101
DESCRIPTION:Join us for an introduction to Meshtastic\, an application that lets you send private text messages over the air using pocket-sized 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. \nHere’s a link to our zine on LoRa + Meshtastic.\nRegister:\n(coming soon!)
URL:https://iffybooks.net/event/meshtastic-101-july-24/
LOCATION:Iffy Books\, 404 S. 20th St.\, Philadelphia\, 19146\, United States
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SUMMARY:⚙️ Neo-Luddite Reading Group: 'Blood in the Machine' by Brian Merchant
DESCRIPTION:We moved our next meeting to Thursday\, August 29th. See you then! \n2nd and 4th Wednesday each month 6:30-8:30 @  Iffy Books \n➡️ Virtual Meetup Link\nDiscord: Email neoluddite@victorgom.es for an invite! \nThe issues and harms surrounding emerging technologies 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. \nWe’re currently reading Blood in the Machine: The Origins of the Rebellion Against Big Tech by Brian Merchant. Archived pages of our previous books include: Resisting AI\, The Human Use of Human Beings\, Race After Technology. \nIf you’d like to learn more about me\, you can visit victorgom.es for a bio. \nSchedule\nIf 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. \nThe only expectation is that you read the chapter(s) of the book that’s listed for that meeting. You’re still welcome to participate if you haven’t done the readings 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. And remember\, if you ever find yourself struggling with any of the readings or concepts\, reach out! Either directly to me over email or to the entire group over discord. \nMeeting 1 (7/10): 📖 Blood in the Machine \n\nPreface & Introduction\n\n🗞️ Is It O.K. To Be A Luddite? by Thomas Pynchon\n🗞️ A Luddite Library by LibrarianShipwreck\n\n\n1. The Great Comet\n\n🎵 Jersusalem (from Milton) by William Blake (source of the oft-repeated\, “dark satanic mills”)\n📜 Data Capitalism: Redefining the Logics of Surveillance and Privacy by Sarah West\n\n\n\nMeeting 2 (7/24): 📖 Blood in the Machine \n\n2. The Metropolis of Discontent\n\n🎥 Metropolis by Fritz Lang\, of course\n🗞️ It’s the Billionaires’ Internet\, and We’re Just Posting on It by Ed Ongweso Jr.\n\n\n3. Breaking Frames\, Breaking Bones\n\n🎵 Song for The Luddites by Lord Byron\n📜 Ned Ludd & Queen Mab: machine-breaking\, romanticism\, and the several commons of 1811-12 by Peter Linebaugh\n\n\n\nMeeting 3 (8/14): 📖 Blood in the Machine \n\n4. More Value than Work or Gold\n\n🗞️ The AI industry has a battle-tested plan to keep using our content without paying for it by Brian Merchant\n🗞️ Revisiting Mumford’s “megamachine” by LibrarianShipwreck\n\n\n\nMeeting 4 (8/29): 📖 Blood in the Machine \n\n5. The Modern Prometheus\n\n📜 Elon Musk Is Convinced He’s the Future. We Need to Look Beyond Him by Paris Marx\n🎙️ AI Hype Machine w/ Meredith Whittaker\, Ed Ongweso Jr.\, and Sarah West by The Dig\n\n\n6. The Owners of the New Machine Age\n\n🎙️ More Human After All ft. Brian Merchant by TRASHFUTURE\n🗞️ Transport Apps Promised to Eliminate Friction. But at What Cost? by Paris Marx\n\n\n\nAuthor event with Brian Merchant: Wednesday\, September 11th (doors at 6 p.m.\, virtual discussion at 6:30) \nFull schedule at victorgom.es/neoluddite \nSign up for the Neo-Luddite Reading Group email list:
URL:https://iffybooks.net/event/neo-luddite-blood-in-the-machine/2024-07-24/
LOCATION:Iffy Books\, 404 S. 20th St.\, Philadelphia\, 19146\, United States
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SUMMARY:⚡️ Intermediate Soldering Session
DESCRIPTION: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! \nRegister:\n(coming soon!)
URL:https://iffybooks.net/event/intermediate-soldering-2/
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SUMMARY:🎤 Audio Recording Basics
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a workshop on the basics of recording audio! We’ll discuss mic technique\, audio hardware\, recording conditions\, and software options. Everyone will get a chance to make a recording with Audacity and start editing with Reaper. \nRegister\n\n 
URL:https://iffybooks.net/event/audio-recording-basics/2024-07-26/
LOCATION:Iffy Books\, 404 S. 20th St.\, Philadelphia\, 19146\, United States
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SUMMARY:📙 Book talk with Rob Drew\, author of 'Unspooled: How the Cassette Made Music Shareable'
DESCRIPTION:Join us to hear Prof. Rob Drew trace the history of the cassette tape\, a cheap\, low-fidelity music medium that fans grew to love. Rob will discuss how cassettes upended the music industry\, inspired independent musicians\, and initiated rituals of music sharing through mix tapes. \nDoors at 6:30\, talk at 7 \n📺 Watch the video stream
URL:https://iffybooks.net/event/rob-drew-talk-july-26/
LOCATION:Iffy Books\, 404 S. 20th St.\, Philadelphia\, 19146\, United States
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240727T150000
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CREATED:20240621T225749Z
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SUMMARY:🎶 Intro to Computer Music: Build an Algorithmic Sequencer in Max with Dr. Matt
DESCRIPTION:This workshop approaches one of the most fundamental components of electronic music-making — the sequencer — as a potential creative collaborator. Leveraging a handful of simple algorithms\, participants will develop their own interactive digital music software application capable of coaxing complex rhythms and melodies from your favorite software-based synthesizers and MIDI-enabled hardware. To accomplish this task\, we will be using the graphical programming platform Max [cycling74.com/downloads/]. No musical or computer programming experience is necessary\, but participants are encouraged to download Max ahead of time and take a look. For questions\, please contact instructor Dr. Matt O’Hare at me@mattohare.com. \nRegister:\n(coming soon!) \n 
URL:https://iffybooks.net/event/computer-music-july-27/
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:20240728T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240728T150000
DTSTAMP:20260414T195538
CREATED:20240321T222909Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240920T140526Z
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SUMMARY:💾🌾 Iffy Books Permacomputing Meetup
DESCRIPTION: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. \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-meetup/2024-07-28/
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:20240730T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240730T193000
DTSTAMP:20260414T195538
CREATED:20240701T174010Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240701T174011Z
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SUMMARY:✏️ The Writing Room
DESCRIPTION: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.
URL:https://iffybooks.net/event/the-writing-room-2/2024-07-30/
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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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240731T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240731T203000
DTSTAMP:20260414T195538
CREATED:20240611T152544Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240611T152544Z
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SUMMARY:🪐 Speculative Futures Reading Group: 'Annihilation' by Jeff VanderMeer
DESCRIPTION:On Wednesday\, July 31st at 7 p.m. we’ll meet to discuss Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer. See you then!
URL:https://iffybooks.net/event/speculative-futures-july-31/
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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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240802T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240802T200000
DTSTAMP:20260414T195538
CREATED:20240624T131022Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240624T131044Z
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SUMMARY:💻 Philly 2600 Meetup
DESCRIPTION:> The Philly 2600 meeting is a monthly gathering of local hackers\, phreaks\, nerds\, geeks\, activists\, tinkerers\, developers\, infosec professionals\, and other interesting people.
URL:https://iffybooks.net/event/philly2600-aug-2-2024/
LOCATION:Iffy Books\, 404 S. 20th St.\, Philadelphia\, 19146\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240804T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240804T173000
DTSTAMP:20260414T195538
CREATED:20240717T144929Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240717T145611Z
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SUMMARY:📚 Philly Socialists Reading Group: 'Neither Vertical nor Horizontal: A Theory of Political Organization' by Rodrigo Nunes
DESCRIPTION:We’re reading Neither Vertical nor Horizontal: A Theory of Political Organization by Rodrigo Nunes. \n\nHow do we organize in a world after both Occupy and the Sanders campaign? \nA decade ago\, a wave of mass mobilisations described as “horizontal” and “leaderless” swept the planet\, holding the promise of real democracy and justice for the 99%. Many saw its subsequent ebb as proof of the need to go back to what was once called “the question of organisation”. For something so often described as essential\, however\, political organisation remains a surprisingly under-theorised field. In this book\, Rodrigo Nunes proposes to remedy that lack by starting again from scratch. Redefining the terms of the problem\, he rejects the confusion between organisation and any of the forms it can take\, such as the party\, and argues that organisation must be understood as always supposing a diverse ecology of different initiatives and organisational forms. Drawing from a wide array of sources and traditions that include cybernetics\, poststructuralism\, network theory and Marxism\, Nunes develops a grammar that eschews easy oppositions between “verticalism” and “horizontalism”\, centralisation and dispersion\, and offers a fresh approach to enduring issues like spontaneity\, leadership\, democracy\, strategy\, populism\, revolution\, and the relationship between movements and parties. \n\nThis 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. \nPhilly 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 reading website or email us admin@phillysocialists.org \n 
URL:https://iffybooks.net/event/%f0%9f%93%9a-philly-socialists-reading-group-20240804/
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:20240806T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240806T193000
DTSTAMP:20260414T195538
CREATED:20240701T174010Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240701T174011Z
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SUMMARY:✏️ The Writing Room
DESCRIPTION: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.
URL:https://iffybooks.net/event/the-writing-room-2/2024-08-06/
LOCATION:Iffy Books\, 404 S. 20th St.\, Philadelphia\, 19146\, United States
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ORGANIZER;CN="Iffy Books":MAILTO:iffybooks@iffybooks.net
END:VEVENT
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240808T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240808T193000
DTSTAMP:20260414T195538
CREATED:20240624T133936Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240624T134050Z
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SUMMARY:⚡️ Beginner Soldering Workshop
DESCRIPTION:On the second Thursday of every month we run 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. \nHere’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-aug-8/
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:20240809T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240809T160000
DTSTAMP:20260414T195538
CREATED:20240806T170736Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240806T170737Z
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SUMMARY:📡 Meshtastic 101
DESCRIPTION:Join us for an introduction to Meshtastic\, an application that lets you send private text messages over the air using pocket-sized 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. \nHere’s a link to our zine on LoRa + Meshtastic.\nRegister:
URL:https://iffybooks.net/event/meshtastic-101-class-2/
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:20240813T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240813T203000
DTSTAMP:20260414T195538
CREATED:20240701T181742Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240802T143339Z
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SUMMARY:📙 Adam Greenfield in conversation with Glenn Wallis\, celebrating the release of 'Lifehouse: Taking Care of Ourselves in a World on Fire'
DESCRIPTION:Join us on Tuesday\, August 13th at 6:30 p.m. for an event with Adam Greenfield\, author of Lifehouse: Taking Care of Ourselves in a World on Fire (Verso\, 2024). He’ll be joined in conversation by Glenn Wallis\, author of An Anarchist’s Manifesto (Warbler Press\, 2020). Hope to see you there! \n> LIFEHOUSE: TAKING CARE OF OURSELVES IN A WORLD ON FIRE\n> AN URGENT AND PRACTICAL GUIDE TO COMMUNITY RESILIENCE IN THE FACE OF CLIMATE CATASTROPHE \nA Lifehouse is an institution at the heart of each neighborhood that responds to the terrifying reality of climate collapse in our own communities. \nIn this book Adam Greenfield\, author of Radical Technologies\, recovers lessons from the Black Panther survival programs\, the astonishingly effective Occupy Sandy disaster-relief effort and the solidarity networks of crisis-era Greece\, as well as municipalist Spain and autonomous Rojava\, to show how practices of mutual care and local power can help shelter us from a future that often feels like it has no place for us or the values we cherish. \n 
URL:https://iffybooks.net/event/adam-greenfield-aug-13/
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:20240814T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240814T203000
DTSTAMP:20260414T195538
CREATED:20240619T182443Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240815T180714Z
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SUMMARY:⚙️ Neo-Luddite Reading Group: 'Blood in the Machine' by Brian Merchant
DESCRIPTION:We moved our next meeting to Thursday\, August 29th. See you then! \n2nd and 4th Wednesday each month 6:30-8:30 @  Iffy Books \n➡️ Virtual Meetup Link\nDiscord: Email neoluddite@victorgom.es for an invite! \nThe issues and harms surrounding emerging technologies 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. \nWe’re currently reading Blood in the Machine: The Origins of the Rebellion Against Big Tech by Brian Merchant. Archived pages of our previous books include: Resisting AI\, The Human Use of Human Beings\, Race After Technology. \nIf you’d like to learn more about me\, you can visit victorgom.es for a bio. \nSchedule\nIf 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. \nThe only expectation is that you read the chapter(s) of the book that’s listed for that meeting. You’re still welcome to participate if you haven’t done the readings 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. And remember\, if you ever find yourself struggling with any of the readings or concepts\, reach out! Either directly to me over email or to the entire group over discord. \nMeeting 1 (7/10): 📖 Blood in the Machine \n\nPreface & Introduction\n\n🗞️ Is It O.K. To Be A Luddite? by Thomas Pynchon\n🗞️ A Luddite Library by LibrarianShipwreck\n\n\n1. The Great Comet\n\n🎵 Jersusalem (from Milton) by William Blake (source of the oft-repeated\, “dark satanic mills”)\n📜 Data Capitalism: Redefining the Logics of Surveillance and Privacy by Sarah West\n\n\n\nMeeting 2 (7/24): 📖 Blood in the Machine \n\n2. The Metropolis of Discontent\n\n🎥 Metropolis by Fritz Lang\, of course\n🗞️ It’s the Billionaires’ Internet\, and We’re Just Posting on It by Ed Ongweso Jr.\n\n\n3. Breaking Frames\, Breaking Bones\n\n🎵 Song for The Luddites by Lord Byron\n📜 Ned Ludd & Queen Mab: machine-breaking\, romanticism\, and the several commons of 1811-12 by Peter Linebaugh\n\n\n\nMeeting 3 (8/14): 📖 Blood in the Machine \n\n4. More Value than Work or Gold\n\n🗞️ The AI industry has a battle-tested plan to keep using our content without paying for it by Brian Merchant\n🗞️ Revisiting Mumford’s “megamachine” by LibrarianShipwreck\n\n\n\nMeeting 4 (8/29): 📖 Blood in the Machine \n\n5. The Modern Prometheus\n\n📜 Elon Musk Is Convinced He’s the Future. We Need to Look Beyond Him by Paris Marx\n🎙️ AI Hype Machine w/ Meredith Whittaker\, Ed Ongweso Jr.\, and Sarah West by The Dig\n\n\n6. The Owners of the New Machine Age\n\n🎙️ More Human After All ft. Brian Merchant by TRASHFUTURE\n🗞️ Transport Apps Promised to Eliminate Friction. But at What Cost? by Paris Marx\n\n\n\nAuthor event with Brian Merchant: Wednesday\, September 11th (doors at 6 p.m.\, virtual discussion at 6:30) \nFull schedule at victorgom.es/neoluddite \nSign up for the Neo-Luddite Reading Group email list:
URL:https://iffybooks.net/event/neo-luddite-blood-in-the-machine/2024-08-14/
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:20240816T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240816T200000
DTSTAMP:20260414T195538
CREATED:20240315T210044Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250404T220621Z
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SUMMARY:🔓 TOOOL Lock Picking Meetup
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. \n> 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 us for a evening of fun as we pop some locks.
URL:https://iffybooks.net/event/toool-meetup/2024-08-16/
LOCATION:Iffy Books\, 404 S. 20th St.\, Philadelphia\, 19146\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240818T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240818T173000
DTSTAMP:20260414T195538
CREATED:20240717T150957Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240717T150957Z
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SUMMARY:📚 Philly Socialists Reading Group: 'Neither Vertical nor Horizontal: A Theory of Political Organization' by Rodrigo Nunes
DESCRIPTION:We’re reading Neither Vertical nor Horizontal: A Theory of Political Organization by Rodrigo Nunes. \n\nHow do we organize in a world after both Occupy and the Sanders campaign? \nA decade ago\, a wave of mass mobilisations described as “horizontal” and “leaderless” swept the planet\, holding the promise of real democracy and justice for the 99%. Many saw its subsequent ebb as proof of the need to go back to what was once called “the question of organisation”. For something so often described as essential\, however\, political organisation remains a surprisingly under-theorised field. In this book\, Rodrigo Nunes proposes to remedy that lack by starting again from scratch. Redefining the terms of the problem\, he rejects the confusion between organisation and any of the forms it can take\, such as the party\, and argues that organisation must be understood as always supposing a diverse ecology of different initiatives and organisational forms. Drawing from a wide array of sources and traditions that include cybernetics\, poststructuralism\, network theory and Marxism\, Nunes develops a grammar that eschews easy oppositions between “verticalism” and “horizontalism”\, centralisation and dispersion\, and offers a fresh approach to enduring issues like spontaneity\, leadership\, democracy\, strategy\, populism\, revolution\, and the relationship between movements and parties. \n\nThis 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. \nPhilly 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 reading website or email us admin@phillysocialists.org \n 
URL:https://iffybooks.net/event/%f0%9f%93%9a-philly-socialists-reading-group-20240818/
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:20240820T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240820T193000
DTSTAMP:20260414T195538
CREATED:20240816T173911Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240816T174100Z
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SUMMARY:✏️ The Writing Room
DESCRIPTION: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.
URL:https://iffybooks.net/event/writing-room/2024-08-20/
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:20240821T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240821T170000
DTSTAMP:20260414T195538
CREATED:20240702T171229Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240702T171244Z
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SUMMARY:🏠 Host a Website at Home
DESCRIPTION:▶ How-to zine on GitHub \nJoin us on Wednesday\, August 21st at 2:00 p.m. for the workshop Host a Website at Home. You’ll learn to run an Apache web server on a single-board computer\, letting you host a website from your home internet connection. Then you’ll register a domain name (or create a subdomain for a domain you already own) and set up Dynamic DNS\, letting folks access your site even if your home IP address changes. \nWe’ll have home server kits available for $49\, which include an Orange Pi Zero 2W single-board computer and all the hardware you’ll need. If you prefer\, you can bring your own single-board computer (e.g.\, a Raspberry Pi) with Ubuntu Server installed. If you have questions\, email iffybooks@iffybooks.net. \nHere’s what’s in the kit:\n• Orange Pi Zero 2W single-board computer w/1 GB of RAM\n• 32 GB microSD card\n• microSD card reader\n• 2 A USB power supply\n• USB-C power cable\n• Mini HDMI to HDMI adapter\n• USB-C to 2x USB-A adapter\n• USB-A to Ethernet adapter\n• Ethernet cable \nRegister
URL:https://iffybooks.net/event/host-a-website-at-home-aug-21/
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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