Notices by Devine Lu Linvega (neauoire@merveilles.town)

We were given a pretty e6b mechanical computer.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E6B

Super pretty Blade Runner replicas with wooden handle.

Big Farms Make Big Flu

Many of the most dangerous new diseases in humans can be traced back to such food systems, among them Campylobacter, Nipah virus, Q fever, hepatitis E, and a variety of novel influenza variants.

https://monthlyreview.org/product/big_farms_make_big_flu/

#theLibrary

My favourite neighbours

Eco Anarchists: https://sunbeam.city
Retro Computing devs: https://hackers.town
Glitch artists: https://tilde.town
Indieweb artists: https://xoxo.zone

Louis Vutton computer in 2003.

The trouble is that we have a bad habit, encouraged by pedants and sophisticates, of considering happiness as something rather stupid. Only pain is intellectual, only evil interesting. This is the treason of the artist: a refusal to admit the banality of evil and the terrible boredom of pain.

Ursula K. Le Guin, The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas

Done!

#theWorkshop
Image from: https://mastodon.sdf.org/@smj/101423054553415890

A tour of Acme
https://research.swtch.com/acme
#plan9

Offline-first social platforms please.

@Merristasis Do you know the Sunbeam City wiki? https://wiki.sunbeam.city/doku.php

"Software teams can reduce the environmental impact of device manufacturing, even if they don’t make devices themselves. Durable software not only saves the expense of frequent product overhauls; it also reduces the temptation of unnecessary device upgrades. Why buy a new handset when the old one works just fine?"

https://timkadlec.com/remembers/2019-01-09-the-ethics-of-performance/