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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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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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SUMMARY:🎶  Electronic Music Machines: Intro to Modular Synthesizers with Dr. Matt
DESCRIPTION:Once a niche interest of avant-garde electronic musicians\, the practice of modular synthesis has flourished in the hands of a vibrant international community of artists\, hobbyists\, and weirdos. Electronic Music Machines is a workshop specifically geared towards the modular-curious and anyone with a desire to make electronic music and craves an intuitive\, exploratory approach. We will cover many of the basics of modular synthesis while working with actual Eurorack hardware and the free virtual patching environment VCV Rack. No experience necessary! For questions\, please contact instructor Dr. Matt O’Hare at me@mattohare.com. \nRegister:\n\n 
URL:https://iffybooks.net/event/modular-synthesizers-aug-21/
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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:
URL:https://iffybooks.net/event/intermediate-soldering-aug-22/
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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-aug-23/
LOCATION:Iffy Books\, 404 S. 20th St.\, Philadelphia\, 19146\, United States
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SUMMARY:🐛 Philadelphia Bookstore Crawl + Cassette Mixtape Session
DESCRIPTION:Saturday\, August 24th is the Philly Bookstore Crawl! At Iffy Books we’re running an open cassette mixtape session all day\, from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Stop by any time and record a playlist from your phone or laptop to an audio cassette for free. Books in our climate & degrowth section will be 20% off\, and t-shirts and tote bags will be 40% off. See y’all on Saturday at 20th & Pine!
URL:https://iffybooks.net/event/philly-bookstore-crawl-2024/
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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/2024-08-25/
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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/2024-08-27/
LOCATION:Iffy Books\, 404 S. 20th St.\, Philadelphia\, 19146\, United States
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SUMMARY:🪐 Speculative Futures Reading Group: 'All Systems Red' by Martha Wells
DESCRIPTION:On Wednesday\, August 28th at 7 p.m. we’ll meet at Iffy Books to discuss All Systems Red by Martha Wells. See you there! \nIn a corporate-dominated spacefaring future\, planetary missions must be approved and supplied by the Company. Exploratory teams are accompanied by Company-supplied security androids\, for their own safety. \nBut in a society where contracts are awarded to the lowest bidder\, safety isn’t a primary concern. \nOn a distant planet\, a team of scientists are conducting surface tests\, shadowed by their Company-supplied ‘droid ― a self-aware SecUnit that has hacked its own governor module\, and refers to itself (though never out loud) as “Murderbot.” Scornful of humans\, all it really wants is to be left alone long enough to figure out who it is. \nBut when a neighboring mission goes dark\, it’s up to the scientists and their Murderbot to get to the truth.
URL:https://iffybooks.net/event/speculative-futures-august-28/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240829T183000
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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/2024-08-29/
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SUMMARY:💻 Iffy Books Bootleg Hacker Conference
DESCRIPTION:On Saturday\, August 31st we’re hosting a bootleg hacker conference at Iffy Books from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.! We’ll spend the whole day watching recorded talks from this summer’s hacker conferences (HOPE\, DEF CON\, etc.) and having impromptu discussions. We’re also running a de-branding clinic\, helping folks remove unwanted logos from their conference swag. \n\n10:00 Librarians Are Radicalizing Their Communities About Why the Internet Is Broken – Bettinger\, Esmail\, Macrina\, Springer\, Wilson (HOPE XV)\n10:50 The XZ Backdoor Story- The Undercover Operation That Set the Internet on Fire (DC23)\n11:30 Circumventing Prison Tech Censorship – Jeremy Hammond\, Cooper Quintin (HOPE XV)\n12:20 Love\, Hackers\, and Robots: A Reflection of My First Year in the Biohacking Community – Karen Ng (HOPE XV)\n12:50 EOL… RLY? Ending The Epidemic of Bricked and Abandoned Stuff – Bumstead\, Cherne\, Roberts\, Gutterman (HOPE XV)\n1:40 Group Mesh Messaging for Large-Scale Protests – Tushar Jois (HOPE XV)\n2:30 DJ-BSD- DJing and music production in FreeBSD – Charlie Li (BSDCan 2024)\n3:10 The Fundamentals of Veilid: cDc Breaks the Internet\, and You Can Too! – Katelyn “medus4” Bowden\, Paul “The_Gibson” Miller (HOPE XV)\n3:50 Mobile Mesh RF Network Exploitation- Getting the Tea from goTenna – Erwin Karincic (Dollarhyde)\, Clayton Smith (argilo)\, Woody (DC32)\n4:20 Hacks\, Leaks\, and Revelations: The Art of Analyzing Hacked and Leaked Data – Micah Lee (HOPE XV)\n5:10 They’re Still Using Balloons… – Disseminating Information Into North Korea in 2024 – Amon Poston (HOPE XV)\n6:00 Jeremy Hammond – Electronic Civil Disobedience (DC12\, 2004)\n\nStart times may drift slightly\, but we’ll try to stick to the schedule! \n 
URL:https://iffybooks.net/event/bootleg-hacker-conference/
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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/2024-09-03/
LOCATION:Iffy Books\, 404 S. 20th St.\, Philadelphia\, 19146\, United States
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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/philly-2600/2024-09-06/
LOCATION:Iffy Books\, 404 S. 20th St.\, Philadelphia\, 19146\, United States
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SUMMARY:🍄‍🟫 Tabling at Fungadelphia Festival
DESCRIPTION:Philadelphia’s first annual Fungadelphia Festival is coming to the Schuylkill Center this September! 🎉 It’ll be a family-friendly\, fungi fun filled day with lectures\, workshops\, vendors\, food\, crafts\, and more. \nWHEN: Sat.\, Sep. 7\, 11 – 3\nWHERE: Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education\, 8480 Hagy’s Mill Road\, Philadelphia\, PA
URL:https://iffybooks.net/event/fungadelphia-sept-7/
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-20240908/
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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/2024-09-10/
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:20240911T183000
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SUMMARY:⚙️ Virtual discussion with Brian Merchant\, author of 'Blood in the Machine: The Origins of the Rebellion Against Big Tech'
DESCRIPTION:On Wednesday\, September 11th at 6:30 p.m.\, Brian Merchant will join us remotely to discuss his book Blood in the Machine: The Origins of the Rebellion Against Big Tech. You can attend in person at Iffy Books (404 S. 20th St.\, PHL) or join the stream here.\n \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 (8/28): 📖 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
URL:https://iffybooks.net/event/brian-merchant-sept-11/
LOCATION:Iffy Books\, 404 S. 20th St.\, Philadelphia\, 19146\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240912T180000
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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-sept-12/
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:20240913T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240913T170000
DTSTAMP:20260414T183217
CREATED:20240810T183325Z
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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.\nPlease bring a laptop if you have one (Windows/macOS/Linux). If you don’t have a laptop\, send an email and we’ll set up a computer for you. \nRegister:\n \n 
URL:https://iffybooks.net/event/meshtastic-101-sept-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:20240917T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240917T193000
DTSTAMP:20260414T183217
CREATED:20240816T173911Z
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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/2024-09-17/
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:20240918T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240918T170000
DTSTAMP:20260414T183217
CREATED:20240914T173948Z
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SUMMARY:🏠 Host a Website at Home
DESCRIPTION:▶ How-to zine on GitHub \nJoin us 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-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:20240920T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240920T230000
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SUMMARY:📵 Digital Detox at Love City Gardens
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a social experiment / collective action / community building event! A night of no phones. No digital photos. No social media. No FOMO. Just face to face fun with your crew and the chance to engage with someone new. \nWe’ll have plenty of interactive activities\, including \n• Meditation and breathwork with Monarch Yoga \n• Solar Zoetrope workshop with Iffy Books \n• Conversation starters with Touchy / Feely Card Game \nBut how will this work? \nPHONE CHECK (like coat check)! When you arrive\, you’ll silence your phone and put it in a numbered pouch. You’ll get a corresponding ticket. You can leave your phone in a secure area that will be monitored constantly by our staff. Or if you don’t feel comfortable with that\, you can keep the locked-up phone with you. \nSTAY PRESENT AND ENJOY. Engage with whatever you’d like to\, or just hang in a corner with your friends. In addition to the partner activities listed above\, we’ll have art supplies\, playing cards\, and other things to keep you occupied. \nCHECK OUT. When you leave\, give us your phone-check ticket and we’ll return your phone to you. \nEMERGENCIES? We recommend telling your important people that you’ll be out of reach for a few hours. You can give them the Love City phone number in case something really urgent comes up: 215-398-1900. If you need to use your phone for any reason\, please leave the Gardens before doing so. \n**This event is FREE to attend! Pay-as-you-go for drinks\, food\, and extras. \n**Anyone under age 21 must be accompanied by a parent or guardian.
URL:https://iffybooks.net/event/digital-detox-sept-20/
LOCATION:Love City Gardens\, 1023 Hamilton St.\, 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:20240920T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240920T200000
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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/2024-09-20/
LOCATION:Iffy Books\, 404 S. 20th St.\, Philadelphia\, 19146\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240921T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240921T150000
DTSTAMP:20260414T183217
CREATED:20240727T190017Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240918T035959Z
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SUMMARY:🎶 I̶n̶t̶r̶o̶ ̶t̶o̶ ̶C̶o̶m̶p̶u̶t̶e̶r̶ ̶M̶u̶s̶i̶c̶:̶ ̶B̶u̶i̶l̶d̶ ̶a̶n̶ ̶A̶l̶g̶o̶r̶i̶t̶h̶m̶i̶c̶ ̶S̶e̶q̶u̶e̶n̶c̶e̶r̶ ̶i̶n̶ ̶M̶a̶x̶ ̶w̶i̶t̶h̶ ̶D̶r̶.̶ ̶M̶a̶t̶t̶ (Postponed to October 16)
DESCRIPTION:Unfortunately we had to move this workshop to Wednesday\, October 16th at 6 p.m. We apologize for the inconvenience! \nThis 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. \n 
URL:https://iffybooks.net/event/computer-music-sept-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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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240922T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240922T150000
DTSTAMP:20260414T183217
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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/2024-09-22/
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:20240922T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240922T173000
DTSTAMP:20260414T183217
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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-20240922/
LOCATION:Iffy Books\, 404 S. 20th St.\, Philadelphia\, 19146\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240924T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240924T193000
DTSTAMP:20260414T183217
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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/2024-09-24/
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:20240925T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240925T170000
DTSTAMP:20260414T183217
CREATED:20240607T151212Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240824T201607Z
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SUMMARY:🎵 Open Cassette Mixtape Session
DESCRIPTION:Bring a playlist on your phone/computer and we’ll help you record it to an audio cassette tape. We have plenty of tapes! \nStop by any time 1-5 p.m. No registration needed! This event is free/by donation. \n 
URL:https://iffybooks.net/event/cassette-mixtape/
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:20240925T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240925T203000
DTSTAMP:20260414T183217
CREATED:20240824T150529Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240901T181410Z
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SUMMARY:🪐 Speculative Futures Reading Group: 'The Saint of Bright Doors' by Vajra Chandrasekera
DESCRIPTION:Our September book is Vajra Chandrasekera’s The Saint of Bright Doors\, a post-colonial fable that features\, among other things\, a support group for the chosen ones who were\, in the end\, not chosen.
URL:https://iffybooks.net/event/speculative-futures-sept-25/
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:20240926T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240926T193000
DTSTAMP:20260414T183217
CREATED:20240924T164245Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240924T164246Z
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SUMMARY:⚡️ Beginner Soldering Workshop
DESCRIPTION:On the second and fourth Thursday of every month we run a soldering workshop for beginners! You’ll need to buy a circuit board with components for $6 to complete the project. We suggest making a $5–$15 donation for the class\, but no one will be turned away for lack of funds. \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/soldering-4th-thurs-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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