User:Kim/Stations, Skills, Resources/Workshops

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Workshops I organized

XPUB
Writing Scripts (Workshop) - Nov 25
Alt Text Workshop - Oct 25
Wiki Website Workshop - Oct 25
HTML/CSS Memo - Nov 24
other
Interfacing time - Nov 24
My website is a ... - Dec 24

Technologies of Solidarity

October 10th 2025 at V2 with Varia

links
https://zim-wiki.org/
https://homebrewserver.club/
https://git.vvvvvvaria.org/explore/repos
https://coopcloud.tech/
https://bonfirenetworks.org/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_crisis
https://autonomic.zone/
https://cc.practices.tools/octomode/technologies%20of%20solidarity/pad/
https://delta.chat/en/

After Varia (Simon and Lukas) introduced themselves and their tools we delved into a round of sharing tools/technologies we use. On the example of Signal (messenger) we made up evaluation parameters of the technology. Important to highlight that nothing is good or bad but on a scale. Many of the parameter sparked further discussions such as the question of safety (for whom, from whom) or the freedom an time to choose more labourous technologies over corporate ones. Here are a few parameter examples: 

free <---(freemium)---> paid for
money comes from good <-------------------------> money comes from evil
libre <-----> locked
open-source <-----> closed-source
stable <-----> precarious
decentralised <-----> centralised
sustainable <-----> unsustainable
ethical <--------> unethical (military, free palestine)
US <-----------> Non-US
made by friends <-------(parasocial relationship)----> made by strangers
we think theyre good <-----------------------------> we think theyre bad
the data/money goes to friends <-------------------------> the data/money goes to strangers
was i forced <-----------------------------------> did i choose to be there
can i express myself the way i want (tech/social) <---------------------> i must conform (tech/social)
do i need a smartphone <-----------------------> do i not need a smartphone
funny           <-------------------------------*--> not funny
made by friends <----*(parasocial relationship)----> made by strangers
easy to use     <----------------------------------> not easy
safe from corporations <--------------------------> unsafe
safe from the state <-----------------------------> unsafe
safe from my peers <------------------------------> unsafe

towards the end the then conversation shifted towards transparency as a tactic encryption, trust (in companies or in your peers) and invisibility

How to cook with Batteries

Septmeber 19th - 21st at IMAL with Marie Verdeil and Dasha Ilina

  • Lemon battery with capacitors

  • diagram of the lemon battery

  • Battery powered race flag with switch

Pen Pals

2 Day Workshop Initiated by Declarations at Varia Rotterdam. We looked at e-mails and forms to write css into this or as correspondence.

  • CSS e-mail (transform each reply in a different radius)

  • CSS e-mail by Kim and Kiara

  • CSS email (hiding text using ::before pseudo elements)

  • CSS e-mail (using unicode-range to target and style specific character)

Not all Mail clients allow to write/ view HTML and CSS. the two we used were Proton mail (which allows inline style tags) or Thunderbird. The later comes with an extension that allows you to open and edit e-mails in HTML so you can easily add a style tag to the head.
Another fun experiment was to add some HTML and styling to an e-mails signature. Some mail clients allow you to either upload a file as signature or add text in HTML or Markup language. The styles in one signature then infect a whole e-mail thread.

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