Radical Sunday School: AI and Discrimination

By: börek - January 16th, 2025  Filed under: Workshop

Sunday January 26, 2025, Radical Sunday School: AI and Discrimination. From 18:00 till 20:00.In recent years, the use of Artificial Intelligence has been growing more and more in our society. This is due to the push for greater efficiency in performing different tasks and, at the same time, the desire to make more objective decisions free from human influence—or so it is claimed. From the judicial and penitentiary systems to tax control, from companies aiming to speed up hiring processes to banks approving loans, AI is being increasingly implemented.

However, the use of AI can often be unfair to certain social groups and may reinforce existing biases, ultimately worsening the living conditions of many people in our society. Just think of the Dutch childcare benefits scandal and its disastrous consequences here in the Netherlands, or the Correctional Offender Management Profiling for Alternative Sanctions (COMPAS) scandal and its damaging effects in the USA.

During this session of Radical Sunday School, we invite you to join us in discussing this growing issue in our society and the concept of Data Ethics, so we can collectively think about the problem and possible solutions.

Radical Sunday School
radicalsundayschool [at] riseup [dot] net
https://radar.squat.net/en/amsterdam/radical-sunday-school
https://radicalsundayschool.noblogs.org/

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Proxy Cafe: mail providers

By: börek - January 16th, 2025  Filed under: Workshop

Wednesday January 22, 2025, Proxy Cafe: mail providers. Door opens at 18:00, discussion about mail servers starts at 19:00.

Which mail providers to use, which ones to avoid? Disroot, Riseup, Autistici, Systemli, Proton, Google, where to open a new mailbox? What do they want from you? Commercial servers, anti-capitalist servers, autonomous servers, learn a bit more about these during this session.

A place and moment where we gather to talk about computers, free and opensource software, to follow or give a workshop, share skills. Feel free to come for a workshop, to have a chat, a drink around a pizza!
Free software workshops. Discussing tech and politics, GNU/Linux, fixing computers and revive old laptops, free and opensource software workshops. Zapatista coffee.
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Proxy Cafe, Amsterdam https://squ.at/r/8i60
https://proxycafe.puscii.nl/

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Radical Sunday School: Should I take a Holiday? Ethical travel and Global capitalism

By: börek - January 16th, 2025  Filed under: Workshop

Sunday January 19, 2025, Radical Sunday School: Should I take a Holiday? Ethical travel and Global capitalism. From 18:00 till 20:00.Travelling is great! You get to see different places, have a different mindset, relax, explore, have great adventures, try new things, make new friends, learn and develop yourself, and reflect on your place in the world.

Except, it also comes with a lot of problems. Here in Amsterdam, we clearly see that the prices are rapidly rising and the city center is almost unlivable because of tourism, with the expansion of hotels, Airbnb, and the tourism industry. This might be even worse in places like Barcelona, Ibiza, or Malaga, and even more so in tourist hotspots in the global south, like in Thailand, Cambodia, or Costa Rica. On top of this, there’s also the immense environmental impact of travelling, like with the air pollution caused by flights.

But on the other hand, maybe only if we travel, we can learn to understand those problems, and understand people from different cultures and their struggles? And maybe we can even contribute to the local economy and local lives by being there?

In this session of Radical Sunday School we would critically look at traveling and tourism, looking at its benefits and its problems. We would then also look at ‘alternative traveling’ – traveling by bike, hitchhiking, or walking, and think if it’s a better way to do it, for us and for the places we visit. In the end, we hope to have a clearer idea of why and how we want to travel.

Radical Sunday School
radicalsundayschool [at] riseup [dot] net
https://radar.squat.net/en/amsterdam/radical-sunday-school
https://radicalsundayschool.noblogs.org/

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Aman molli: Practice of east Mediterranean Music

By: börek - January 16th, 2025  Filed under: Workshop

Friday January 17, 2025, Aman molli: Practice of east Mediterranean Music. From 20:00 to 23:30.

This is a weekly open practice session of east Mediterranean music, in which we play genres such as rebetiko and Greek/Balkan/Turkish/Middle Eastern folk music. Together we explore the melodic pathways, rhythms (e.g. 9/8, 7/8. 5/4) and harmonies of, as well as connections between these musical traditions. We gather to have fun playing music together, to share musical knowledge and experience, and improve our skills on our instruments. We welcome interested newcomers to join in, regardless of musical experience, and using any kind of instrument (strings, percussion, wind, voice).

Aman Molli https://radar.squat.net/en/aman-molli

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Radical Sunday School: Public Intellectuals – Why would anyone listen to Jordan Peterson or Slavoj Žižek?

By: börek - January 7th, 2025  Filed under: Workshop

Sunday January 12, 2025, Radical Sunday School: Public Intellectuals – Why would anyone listen to Jordan Peterson or Slavoj Žižek? From 18:00 till 20:00.By being involved in various leftist and/or educational spaces, I have noticed quite a few recurring behaviours regarding knowledge production and sharing, that I found somewhat toxic, even if the people exhibiting them, had the best intentions. And, in my immediate environment, I heard similar complaints from others over the years. By now, I had enough experiences to understand, interpret, and even handle these issues in my day-to-day life, at least to the extent that I can organise a discussion around the topic.
So, this evening, I invite everyone to share their experiences with toxic behaviours regarding knowledge and learning in communities, and think about potential solutions for these problems together.

Radical Sunday School
radicalsundayschool [at] riseup [dot] net
https://radar.squat.net/en/amsterdam/radical-sunday-school
https://radicalsundayschool.noblogs.org/

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All Crafts Are Beautiful

By: börek - January 7th, 2025  Filed under: Workshop

Sunday January 12, 2025, All Crafts Are Beautiful, from 14:00 till 18:00.

Doe deze zondag met ons mee voor All Crafts Are Beautiful! Er is een tijd om samen de barricades op te gaan en er is een tijd om samen te komen om het samenkomen. Kom en breng je eigen handwerkproject mee of leer nieuwe vaardigheden van anderen zoals breien, haken, repareren enz. Vanaf 14:00 tot 18:00, elke tweede zondag van de maand. Joe’s Garage is op de begane grond en heeft een steile ramp bij de entree. De toilet is erg smal. Qua zitplekken is er 1 comfortabele bank en verder zijn er veel houten stoelen en tafels. Tijdens dit evenement wordt er binnen niet gerookt.

Join us this Sunday for All Crafts Are Beautiful! There is a time to go on the barricades together and the is a time to come together for the sake of coming together. Come and bring your own craft project or learn new skills from others like knitting, crocheting, repairing etc. All Crafts Are Beautiful is from 14:00-18:00 every second sunday of the month. Joe’s Garage is on the ground floor and has a very steep ramp at the entrance. The toilet is very narrow. There is one comfy couch and there are a lot of wooden chairs and tables. During this event there is no smoking inside.

All Crafts Are Beautiful https://radar.squat.net/en/amsterdam/all-crafts-are-beautiful

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Aman molli: Practice of east Mediterranean Music

By: börek - January 7th, 2025  Filed under: Workshop

Friday January 10, 2025, Aman molli: Practice of east Mediterranean Music. From 20:00 to 23:30.

This is a weekly open practice session of east Mediterranean music, in which we play genres such as rebetiko and Greek/Balkan/Turkish/Middle Eastern folk music. Together we explore the melodic pathways, rhythms (e.g. 9/8, 7/8. 5/4) and harmonies of, as well as connections between these musical traditions. We gather to have fun playing music together, to share musical knowledge and experience, and improve our skills on our instruments. We welcome interested newcomers to join in, regardless of musical experience, and using any kind of instrument (strings, percussion, wind, voice).

Aman Molli https://radar.squat.net/en/aman-molli

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Radical Sunday School: Reflections & Resolutions

By: börek - January 5th, 2025  Filed under: Workshop

Sunday January 5, 2025, Radical Sunday School: Reflections & Resolutions. From 18:00 till 20:00.For our first session in 2025, we would like to invite you all to look back on the sessions we did in 2024, and look forward the things you would like to see or do with Radical Sunday School in 2025!
Radical Sunday School
radicalsundayschool [at] riseup [dot] net
https://radar.squat.net/en/amsterdam/radical-sunday-school
https://radicalsundayschool.noblogs.org/

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