Notices by Marta Paciorkowska (marta@oslo.town)

This lady is done with her biweekly gender-affirming ritual. 🥰

Why iTerm, why? 🙃

Ctrl+Alt+Queer er en ny, lavterskel tilbud for skeive IT-folk til å møte hverandre. https://www.kode24.no/artikkel/starter-meetup-for-skeive-utviklere-slitsomt-a-komme-ut-hver-gang-man-spiser-lunsj/81466337

My little #solarpunk indoor gardening project is coming along nicely, and seeing new seeds sprout (here: sunflowers and kohlrabi) fills me with joy. 🥰 Using only things I’ve already had or scavenged, I’m slowly turning a cupboard in my kitchen into an indoor food garden. Once I’m done and figure out energy needs, my final goal will be to try and build a solar panel to power it.

Ps. Seeds to grow and a powertool I got for free at the #library in #Tøyen. Extra wood I had from before, and found some more that I needed on #finn.no. 🥰 The small greenhouse and grow lights I bought new three years ago, but if I need more, there’s enough listings for used ones in my area.

There’s also a little pet zoo here in #Kampen and they have piles of compost they give away for free. 🥰🥰🥰

#Kampen is the best btw, the local florist shop Blomsterenga ❤️ gives away small plastic flower pots instead of throwing them out, so I got me a supply to satisfy my indoor (and balcony) gardening.

Update on my #solarpunk indoor-garden: I added another shelf with a light, and installed a raspberry pi to take soil moisture measurements for a few trickier plants (basil and paprika). Have sunflowers, kohlrabi, beans, parsley, savory, rocket, poppies, and rosemary. Some will be moved to windowsill / balcony once their time comes.

Hey #tech worker, if you want to have any control over what happens to the products you work on and who your employer signs contracts with, you gotta make sure you, your team, and your department is #unionized. Don’t procrastinate this. There is power in a union.

I min siste innlegg for kode24, skriver jeg litt om den viktige jobb norske utviklere må gjøre nedefra og opp til å få IT-bransjen grønnere.
https://www.kode24.no/artikkel/mener-du-ma-ta-ansvar-for-klima-snakk-med-kollegaer-skaff-allianser/81447616

Tenk på at #Akademikerne (#Tekna osv) går på streik fordi de VIL IKKE HA solidaritet. Faen, for en perverse forståelse av #fagforening.

There was a “No #tech for genocide” demo in #Oslo this week, and here’s a list of organizations supporting it. If you haven’t joined a #union yet, there are three on this list (NTL for state workers, Handel og Kontor which won’t really make sense for you as a tech worker, and El og IT for workers in private companies).

Someone saw my dating profile on happn, then found me online and sent me a thirsty-professional email (the worst kind of email).

I min første artikkel publisert på norsk deler jeg noe tanker om Brian Merchant sin nye bok om #ludditene, «Blood in the Machine», og viktigheten av å ha et kritisk blikk på #teknologi. https://www.kode24.no/artikkel/det-er-ikke-robotene-som-tar-jobbene-fra-folk-det-er-oss/80900883

I am happy to say I'll be speaking at the next Green Software Foundation in-person event in Oslo! It's going to be an introduction to measuring your IT organization's carbon footprint with out-of-the-box tools. The event is free! 🙂 https://www.meetup.com/gsf-oslo/events/298048644/

I decided to run an experiment this year that I’m excited about! My goal is to test the #libraryeconomy (it’s the future) in practice. I set up a simple spreadsheet for myself and my friends (and hopefully, friends of friends) to create a “things library”. Whatever’s there, we can borrow from each other, free of charge. Stuff such as instruments or tools, but also things that take up space and are not used often, such as an extra duvet for guests, or hiking gear. #solarpunk #sustainability