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The next Permacomputing NYC meetup takes place Tuesday April 14 @ 6pm.

https://nyc.permacomputing.net/

Jailbreaking Old Devices

> At this meetup Sam Heckle will lead us in a demo of “jailbreaking” to get old devices hampered by planned obsolescence up and running again (think old phones, media players, game consoles). We will be looking for ways to play around with the existing hardware and re-incorporating them back into serviceable devices, running a web server, media player, and more. We'll also continue our discussions on permacomputing and ways we can hack existing devices to extend their longevity and limit our own production of e-waste. Devices are planned to become obsolete, and it is our job as soft(ware) custodians to maintain, cultivate, and care for these old and forgotten tools. Please bring your old devices/phones/game systems. The talk will demonstrate jailbreaking iOS devices but you are welcome to bring what you have.

Aisha the R211A 7h ago

Relatively minor thing I hate about academia: we have to brag in order to get grants, get papers published, and generally advance our careers. I don't like bragging for it's against my religious and cultural values.

Aisha the R211A 9h ago

r o w . ᚛ᚏᚒᚐᚇᚐᚅ᚜

:labrys-bloody:

2d ago

"""transhumanist""" techbros will literally be like "the singularity will result in such rapid technological change as to be impossible to predict!" and then immediately start making predictions.

Aisha the R211A 9h ago

I'm bewildered by how my university still has the guts to evoke school spirit or pride when they already know the widespread discontent from their crackdown on protests and collaboration with ICE. I don't even bother to read the emails from the top admins.

Aisha the R211A 9h ago

Aisha the R211A 1d ago

Not really political. A bizarre thought crossed my mind. Suppose you meet a young woman who is bald, and she's obviously not a Buddhist nun. Also, we're not in Star Trek so there are no Deltans. Then what's the first thing that comes to your mind?

	Cancer, or some other illness
	She's queer
	She's badass
	She's unique or creative

Poll ends at Apr 8 at 3:35am.

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Aisha the R211A 9h ago

@villebooks I'm bothered by the ableist and pathologizing language surrounding autism here as if it's always an impairment in children. While it's hard to find relevant info from Gaza, in my experience in the imperial core, organizers in radical movements are more likely to be autistic. I think it's because we're more prone to radicalization because we care less about social conformity. So I perceive autism as a superpower, though we do have struggles in an ableist world. Would autistic adults be enriched in the heroes fighting the IOF? Not only the soldiers and commanders, but also educators, archivists, librarians, etc.

Aisha the R211A 10h ago

Wanda ☪️

1d ago

RE: https://infosec.exchange/@paco/116331889217011060

Nah. Pride built on empire isn’t something to celebrate.

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Aisha the R211A 10h ago

@spocko I'm no longer thrilled by that kind of representation. It means nothing if Black people and women don't get treated better on Earth.

Aisha the R211A 10h ago

The Human Capybara 12h ago

One more research in the looong list of studies proving the ultra-rich are parasites hoarding enough money to basically give universal healthcare to everyone on the planet.

With some money to spare.

"The world's ultra-rich have stashed around $2.84 trillion (€2.47tn) in untaxed offshore accounts.
A figure that surpasses the combined wealth of the bottom 50% of the human population."

https://www.euronews.com/business/2026/04/02/untaxed-wealth-of-the-top-01-eclipses-assets-of-the-poorest-half-of-the-world

#taxtherich #economy #media #capitalism #fascism #tax #business

Richest 0.1% hide more wealth than the poorest half of humanity owns

The world's ultra-rich have stashed around $2.84 trillion (€2.47tn) in untaxed offshore accounts, a figure that surpasses the combined wealth of the bottom 50% of the human population, according to a new report.

euronews

Aisha the R211A 10h ago

I didn't grow up in so called Amerika, but I learnt Emperor's New Clothes in school. We learnt it in grade 7, when some students complained that they were too old for fairy tales. After seeing "the Emperor has no clothes" many times in the past year or two, I think it makes some more sense why we learnt this story much later than other fairy tale stories in school in retrospect. It's not like Snow White and Sleeping Beauty, as it's an actual social critique still relevant today.

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