sergiu @snisioi@post.lurk.org

devi is a simple Mastodon bot that will repost whatever comes from a configurable Twitter filtered stream endpoint to a Mastodon account.

I was looking for a simple/lazy way to do that and could not find anything to my liking, or simple enough, so I wrote one :)

you can find it here
https://git.lurk.org/devi/

#python #mastodon #twitter #bot

"Smart gardening without coding - all free and open source" is an interesting and inspiring article about how to set up an automated watering system using a rain barrel to collect #RainWater, a #RaspberryPi Zero W, #FOSS software from nymea.io and some hardware sensors and modules: https://www.hackster.io/michael_zanetti/smart-gardening-without-coding-all-free-and-open-source-76b126

#solarpunk #garden #opensource

Meeting Gaia in La muenstra, BCN Braindancing for next convergencia in august #thf2022 -------
https://zoiahorn.anarchaserver.org/thf2022/

"Technology is the active human interface with the material world.

But the word is consistently misused to mean only the enormously complex and specialised technologies of the past few decades, supported by massive exploitation both of natural and human resources.

This is not an acceptable use of the word. "Technology" and "hi tech" are not synonymous, and a technology that isn't "hi," isn't necessarily "low" in any meaningful sense.

We have been so desensitized by a hundred and fifty years of ceaselessly expanding technical prowess that we think nothing less complex and showy than a computer or a jet bomber deserves to be called "technology " at all. As if linen were the same thing as flax — as if paper, ink, wheels, knives, clocks, chairs, aspirin pills, were natural objects, born with us like our teeth and fingers -- as if steel saucepans with copper bottoms and fleece vests spun from recycled glass grew on trees, and we just picked them when they were ripe..."

http://ursulakleguinarchive.com/Note-Technology.html

Call for participants for a workshop: How to run a small social networking site with your friends

On the 13th and 14th of May, LURK.org will be hosting a two-day workshop for groups interested in setting up and running their own alternative social media server.

Free of charge, but some commitment required! Remote participation is possible and workshop language is English! Limited spots, apply before the 15th of April.

For more details and how to apply see:
https://txt.lurk.org/how-to-run-a-small-social-networking-site/

Boosts appreciated :)

Okay, so: German court decided on Jan. 20th 2022 that sites will need to host Google fonts locally.

Visitors are otherwise entitled to receive 100€ in recompensation for Google fonts transferring IP numbers to Google servers.
Google uses fonts to track users, especially if they are logged into only one other server, where stored personal data might identify them.

Court decision text in German (Landgericht München)

https://rewis.io/urteile/urteil/lhm-20-01-2022-3-o-1749320/

#google #tracking #fonts #liability #germany #funny

"Awards of up to EUR 5000 are available for finding security vulnerabilities in ... Mastodon ... There is a 20% bonus for providing a code fix for the bugs they discover."
https://ec.europa.eu/info/news/european-commissions-open-source-programme-office-starts-bug-bounties-2022-jan-19_en
ht to @Doudouosm

Yesterday, our mail-order space was destroyed in a catastrophic fire in downtown Olympia, Washington. Thousands of our books, posters, and stickers were entirely consumed along with computers and equipment.

Read our full announcement and how to help:

https://cwc.im/burnt

This represents a tremendous setback to us. To resume operations, we will need to replace the books, posters, stickers, computers, printers, packing materials, furniture, and many other things, and to secure a new space.

It's especially rough that this occurs when we are on the cusp of completing a Kickstarter campaign to reprint two of our books. Fortunately, those books are still in the printing queue at the factory, so they will go out as promised.

We are determined to get back on our feet, but we're going to need help. Thank you so much to everyone who has helped us make it this far. If we can get through this, we promise to keep doing this work for decades to come.

aaaaaand today at 18:00 CET I'll have the pleasure to chat with @dv about one of my fav subjects: files and folders! Tune-in here: https://stream.vvvvvvaria.org

We will revisit his 2015 classic https://furtherfield.org/know-your-filesystem-and-how-it-affects-you/
and discuss https://theverge.com/22684730/students-file-folder-directory-structure-education-gen-z by Monica Chin!

More info here: http://varia.zone/en/usercond04.html

Of course Elsevier's "enhanced pdf viewer" tracks where you click, view, if you hide the page, etc. and then transmits a big base64 blob of events along with ID from University proxy when you leave. I'm sure straight to SciVal for sale.
Is this the way we want science to work?

Let's talk about everyday technology and the different ways we engage with this together with Varia!
➦ Today | 17 – 18 | RadioFRO
Stream on:
➦ https://dsignweek.servus.at/

#servusdesignweek

🐠 AQUARIUM 2.0 🦐
A Small Ecosystem for Living Thoughts

29.11-04.12
De Buitenboel, Rotterdam, NL

with #XPUB Clara Gradel, Floor van Meeuwen, Martin Foucaut, Camilo Garcia, Federico Poni, Nami Kim, Euna Lee, Kendal Beynon, Jacopo Lega and Louisa Teichmann

#artisticresearch #art #meme

Love this new text work from Olia Lialina where all mentions of "experience" in Zuck's Meta launch video are replaced by speculations about what they actually mean.

https://pad.profolia.org/s/experience#Oct-28-2021-Meta-Facebook-Connect-2021-Metaverse-Event-Transcript

Bad social media gives you an audience: stuff like reach, personality/celebrity, spectacle, anxiety, alienation, competition.

Good social media gives you community: it’s more like voice, agency, discussion, comradery.

I want a community, not an audience.

Juan Pablo Pacheco Bejarano + Dachen Bao @ Varia with a screening of ~~~~ by Sami Hammana

29/10 17:00 CET

https://varia.zone/en/juan-pablo-dachen-bao-sami-hammana.html

#infrastructure #internet #discussion #varia

It's been out for a few weeks now, but this report by EDRi deserves your attention if you are thinking about "Fair AI":

Beyond Debiasing Regulating AI and its inequalities
https://edri.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/EDRi_Beyond-Debiasing-Report_Online.pdf

"This animation of black raspberries only has three frames because the other frames were too juicy not to eat." from my piece in issue two of @compost https://two.compost.digital/growth-through-replication

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Feminist Hack Meetings #3
Feminist Futurotopixs
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At Varia + online  
Saturday 06/11/2021  
11:00-13:00 CEST

#Spideralex will introduce us to Feminist #Futurotopixs. This workshop will enable participants to dream, invent and desire together feminist #technologies. They will invent narratives, speculative fiction and radical imaginaries that work as alternatives to existing oppressive or dystopian models. The workshop is oriented at co-designing stories and creating new worlds as processes to imagine and #dream together about feminist desired futures.   

More info: 
https://vvvvvvaria.org/en/fhm-3.html   
https://adanewmedia.org/author/spideralex/
https://zoiahorn.anarchaserver.org/specfic/

To register send to: estragonius@protonmail.com

F(eminist)H(ack)M(eetings), organised by Artemis, Angeliki and Julia, are a series of research meetings and workshops that explore the potentialities and imaginaries of feminist technological collectives. These gatherings aim to challenge who counts as a hacker, and what counts as hacking. More: fhm.varia.zone

/This event is made possible with the kind support of the Creative 
Industries Fund NL/  

*Varia's newsletter:* 
https://we.lurk.org/postorius/lists/varia.we.lurk.org/

@estragon #varia #fhm #femimist #hack #meetings #speculativefiction

Hello!

Boosts appreciated!

We testing self-hosted live streaming using #peertube on tv.lumbung.space, and on this occasion we want to invite you again to participate watching today's #stream:
lumbung calling: Regeneration
Saturday, October 2 , 2021
2.30 pm (CET), 3.30 pm (IDT), 6.30 pm (KGT), 7.30 pm (WIB).

About the programme:

"The seventh edition of lumbung calling focuses on #Regeneration. Within the framework of documenta fifteen, regeneration is explored as a way of living and organizing oneself and communities in opposition to extractive practices. This approach also includes generating time and space for mutual support and reflection. It centers care—often made invisible—as a vital part of political activism, enabling the incorporation of many viewpoints within a larger ecosystem."

You can watch it here:
https://tv.lumbung.space/w/f30f53b1-16c2-4d60-8089-d88fca953c9a

To better understand everyone's viewing experience, we appreciate your feedback.Therefore, kindly take a moment to fill in this response form!
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScCLyMJ9IyzQkEnu2kn813UJ4r7WHWN1d5S_iRH6j3knhPEPQ/viewform (I know)