User:Becha/COVID-19
Collection of initiatives to help each other in the COVID-19 crisis.
Contact: BECHA @ ripe.net or BECHA @ xs4all.nl / https://wiki.techinc.nl/User:Becha
Feel free & invited to edit this page, it's a wiki.
Contents
COVID-19 Topics
Hackathons
Events
- Hackathons in the Time of Corona 20-03-2020, RIPE NCC hackathon
- Working From Home Hackathons 25-03-2020, my article on RIPE Labs
April 2020
- Global https://labs.ripe.net/Members/becha/hackathons-in-the-time-of-corona
- EU: https://euvsvirus.org 24, 25 and 26 April
- Global: UN call for artists, donations, designers, hackers, philosophers...
- Global https://www.theglobalhack.com From 9th to 12th of April
- Sweden https://www.hackthecrisis.se/
- Denmark https://campaign.greatercph.com/hack-the-crisis
- Switzerland http://versusvirus.ch/
- "From Friday 3rd April 2pm, to (5th April) 4610 participants in 611 teams are hacking against Covid-19; supported by 500 mentors; and working on 187 different challenges. We invite everyone to join our live streamed programme... "
- Holland https://www.hackthecrisis.nl/en/
- UK https://hackquarantine.com
- Norway https://www.hackthecrisisnorway.com/#joinus
- USA https://covid19challenge.mit.edu
- Global: https://app.jogl.io/program/opencovid19 "OpenCovid19 Initiative" from Just One Giant Lab (JOGL)
March 2020
- RIPE NCC / RIPE Community
- 20. March - 20. April
- Info: https://labs.ripe.net/Members/becha/hackathons-in-the-time-of-corona
- Open, no registration needed: contribute here: https://pad.riseup.net/p/ripe-ncc-corona-hackathon-keep
- Finland: https://www.hackthecrisisfinland.com/
- #hackthecrisisfin: Save lives / Save communities / Save businesses
- March 20 - March 22
- Register: https://bit.ly/junctionappcrisis
- Chat: Slack https://bit.ly/slackfin
- My report: https://labs.ripe.net/Members/becha/wfh-hackathons/
- Anotherreport: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/how-crises-trigger-distributed-leadership-why-wont-save-marzavan/
- Germany (in English)
- #HackCorona: An online hackathon for public protection from COVID-19 by DATA NATIVES"
- 20 - 22 March
- Register: https://datanatives.typeform.com/to/Cu9fui
- Chat: Slack https://hackcorona.slack.com/join/shared_invite/zt-ctrpgvd0-9sDqpPNgG~K33t0Ue1AOTQ
- Holland (in Dutch)
- #HackCorona / #flattenthecurve
- March 16 - March 31 / Sprint : 27 - 31 March
- Register: https://www.eventbrite.nl/e/hack-corona-online-hackathon-powered-by-dutch-hacking-health-tickets-99696643344
- Projects: Sparkboard
- Communication: WebEx
- Poland
- 17 - 22. March
- Projects: Guaana https://www.guaana.com/challenge/SaxfAeTSiMWWAom6H
- Chat: Slack https://join.slack.com/t/hackcrisis/shared_invite/zt-clrbb98y-ez_DNEEDMquKyQ6P_1RgMg
- https://www.hackcrisis.com/
- Germany (in German!)
- 20 - 22 March
- https://wirvsvirushackathon.org/
- GREAT COLLECTION OF LINKS!! https://wirvsvirushackathon.org/ressourcen/
NEW
- UK: Hack the Quarantine https://hackquarantine.com
- improving health, remote working and helping vulnerable populations
- 23. March - 12. April
- Platform: Discord
- MIT: https://covid19challenge.mit.edu & https://innovation.mit.edu/rapid_inno_dash_c19/
- UK: Funded challenge: https://techforce19.uk SUPPORTING THE ELDERLY, VULNERABLE AND SELF-ISOLATING
- list of SIXTY+ open initiatives!!! https://www.luminary-labs.com/insight/covid-19-open-innovation-index/
- #HackTheCrisis Norway https://www.hackthecrisisnorway.com/#joinus
- https://www.endcoronavirus.org has about 2,5K people (lots of scientists & engineers) pushing projects forward
- https://www.openideo.com/challenge-briefs/covid19-communication-challenge
- https://civictechhub.netlify.comcivictechhub.netlify.com
One interesting concern is that there are many of these, and you could make an argument that they’d be stronger and faster in working together. Organizing that on global scale is probably impossible though (you’d need loads of marketing) — so I think local initiatives are wonderful! I’d encourage us to do a bit of desk research & reach out to other teams to ‘steal’ their concepts (or contribute). → For example there are ventilator projects in the US, Finland, and Ireland, as I observed in my network. No shame in taking someone’s design and mass manufacturing it for your community. Which is better in the current state? Spending three weeks developing a great, cheap ventilator design or spending three weeks 3D-printing and assembling 2000 pieces of a design made in New York? I’d suggest whoever wants to help to either a) invest in organizing a complete project group well, or b) consider giving up your own idea and contribute what you do best to someone else! Our goal is to share our knowledge to act fast, save lives, and limit economic fallout…. beyond inventing clever things! (Joe Pacal)
- Estonia:
- HackForce: Results: https://www.guaana.com/challenges/boonpEcM32yNYjQQM/results/7echDazGKWQJdQ56b
- 10-12 september <+> Amsterdam
My contributions
- Creatively Connecting Communities
- I want to cross-link all of these separate hackathons!
- Let's combine our strengths & work on this together!
- I'm interested in OPEN communication & sharing of knowledge, data, ideas, results
- RIPE NCC has a wealth of data available, about Internet measurements:
- reachability : https://atlas.ripe.net
- routed prefixes: https://ris.ripe.net
- IP-to-geolocation infrastructure mapping: https://ipmap.ripe.net
- portal & APIs for all of the above: https://stat.ripe.net
- I've helped organise 10 hackathons, resulting in 100's of projects:
- all the code is available on GitHub: https://github.com/RIPE-Atlas-Community/ripe-atlas-community-contrib/blob/master/README.md
- all the reports are available on RIPE Labs https://labs.ripe.net/hackathons
- there's a mailing list with the active community:
hackathon-list@ripe.net & https://www.ripe.net/ripe/mail/archives/hackathon-list/
- here's a HOW TO document: https://wiki.techinc.nl/File:How_to_organise_a_hackathon-January2018.pdf
- My bio & contact details: https://wiki.techinc.nl/User:Becha
Results
- Estonian Results: http://www.garage48.org/blog/hack-the-crisis-from-an-idea-to-an-execution-in-just-6-hours
- Hack the Quarantine results https://hackquarantine.devpost.com/submissions?ref_content=winner_announcement_email
Masks
- https://blog.prusaprinters.org/from-design-to-mass-3d-printing-of-medical-shields-in-three-days/
- https://www.seeedstudio.com/blog/2020/03/19/support-for-the-seeed-community-free-face-masks-for-makerspaces-and-fablabs/
- https://makefacemasks.com
- https://survivopedia.com/covid-19-mask/
- https://covidmedsupply.org/
- https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/making-your-own-face-mask-some-fabrics-work-better-others-n1175966
- The best masks were constructed of two layers of heavyweight "quilters cotton" with a thread count of at least 180, and had thicker and tighter weave.
- Lesser quality fabrics also worked well, as long as they had an internal layer of flannel.
- "You do want to use a woven fabric, like batik," Segal said, "but you don't want to use a knit fabric, because the holes between the knit stitches are bigger."
- In other words, if the fabric allows for a substantial amount of light to shine through, it's probably going to allow tiny viral particles through, as well.
- https://freesewing.org/docs/patterns/fu/needs/
- US Surgeon General folding a t-shirt: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/prevent-getting-sick/cloth-face-cover.html
- Bra-mask https://blog.ncase.me/bra-mask-how-to/
- https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2020/04/coronavirus-pandemic-airborne-go-outside-masks/609235/
- cdc: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/prevent-getting-sick/diy-cloth-face-coverings.html
Ventilators
- HackaDay: Open Source Ventilator &
- http://diyventilators.com
- free breathing.org
- https://opensourceventilator.ie
- https://www.agorize.com/en/challenges/code-life-challenge/agreements?lang=en (detailed requirements!)
- Call for help : Open Knowledge needed! https://www.theverge.com/2020/3/20/21187981/ifixit-medical-device-repair-database-guides-ventilators-coronavirus-covid-19
- SERVICE MANUALS
- Repair Manuals
- https://www.3dprintingmedia.network/covid-19-3d-printed-valve-for-reanimation-device/
- Standards should be GRATIS / FREE now:
- Decathlon mask + 3D printed valve!! https://www.isinnova.it/easy-covid19-eng/
- https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/5dm4mb/people-are-trying-to-make-diy-ventilators-to-meet-coronavirus-demand
- https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/03/20/opinion/doctors-coronavirus-challenge-reimagine-ventilator/
an ICU ventilator is a profoundly simple device. Here’s how it works: the patient is sedated enough to tolerate having a breathing tube secured in the trachea. The breathing tube connects to the ventilator by a hose. As the patient initiates a breath, the machine detects a slight drop in pressure, and a piston-driven cylinder pushes a measured volume of oxygen into the patient’s lungs. If the patient doesn’t or can’t start a breath, the machine will automatically do so after a few seconds. At some point, the machine either successfully delivers the required volume or reaches a maximum safe pressure and automatically cycles so that air can come back out of the patient’s lungs and through a separate hose. Pause. Repeat. Minute after minute, hour after hour. If necessary, for days.
- Commercial product, maybe can be reverse engineered? https://www.vortran.com/go2vent
- Specifications: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/coronavirus-covid-19-ventilator-supply-specification/rapidly-manufactured-ventilator-system-specification
- https://diyventilators.discourse.group/t/could-a-doctor-please-review-this-to-inform-an-engineer-how-to-improve-their-respirator-prototype/26
- https://simulation.health.ufl.edu/technology-development/open-source-ventilator-project/
- https://news.sky.com/story/coronavirus-extraordinary-uk-effort-to-produce-thousands-more-ventilators-11961559
- https://www.gtech.co.uk/ventilators
- https://www.chp.gov.hk/files/pdf/recommendations_on_prevention_of_ventilator_associated_pneumonia.pdf
- https://blog.prusaprinters.org/from-design-to-mass-3d-printing-of-medical-shields-in-three-days/
- DIY shield instructions video https://youtu.be/ZsHncGTPL-Q
- Irish: https://pluralistic.net/2020/03/20/pluralistic-20-mar-2020/#oshw-breathing
- https://freebreathing.org/
- https://airbreak.dev: CPAP firmware modification by @qrs
- https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2020/03/27/822211604/cpap-machines-were-seen-as-ventilator-alternatives-but-could-spread-covid-19
- https://ocm.auburn.edu/newsroom/news_articles/2020/04/081115-cpap-ventilator-animal-test.php
- https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/xwjd4w/im-possibly-alive-because-it-exists-why-sleep-apnea-patients-rely-on-a-cpap-machine-hacker
- https://pluralistic.net/2020/04/15/invigilation/#breathless
- https://www.fda.gov/media/136318/download (Enforcement Policy for Ventilators and Accessories and Other Respiratory Devices During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Public Health Emergency)
Internet Measurements
- https://labs.ripe.net/Members/romain_fontugne/network-delays-in-times-of-corona (31-03-2020)
- https://labs.ripe.net/Members/emileaben/internet-stability-in-times-of-corona (26-03-2020)
- https://labs.ripe.net/Members/becha/internet-measurements-in-the-time-of-corona
Privacy Security Surveillance
- https://www.pepp-pt.org/content
- https://www.ccc.de/en/updates/2020/contact-tracing-requirements
- https://labs.ripe.net/Members/gary_stevens_1/what-covid-19-means-for-network-security
- https://www.ripe.net/ripe/mail/archives/cooperation-wg/2020-April/001361.html
- https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/02/cybergulag-russia-looks-to-surveillance-technology-to-enforce-lockdown
- https://www.europol.europa.eu/publications-documents/pandemic-profiteering-how-criminals-exploit-covid-19-crisis
- https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/92486
- https://github.com/DP-3T/documents/blob/master/DP3T%20-%20Data%20Protection%20and%20Security.pdf
- https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1246352102059847680.html
- & of course, Balkans... https://ifex.org/government-responses-to-covid-19-adversely-affects-digital-rights-in-the-balkans/
Technical Communities Coordinations
- List of "Engineering COVID Groups": https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1PmVIADK94Hmug3wRQXi-K94UrXYsZtSFXpRGwCENoaM/edit#gid=0
- Examples: sharing of the Best Current Practices handbooks; discussion groups; maker-spaces for open-source 3D printing of ventilator hardware; hackathons; regional cross-connections...
- UKNOF (UK NEtwork Operators Forum) members offering their skills & time to help each other: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/150ESj90liWd074Rbe-ZVxsBF5lbVZgwp2-JwtebTOWI/edit#gid=0
- NOGs have mailing lists where they share tips, requests & offers for help: https://labs.ripe.net/nogs
- Internet Freedom Festival https://internetfreedomfestival.org/wiki/index.php/Community_Resources_for_COVID19
- https://labs.ripe.net/Members/job_snijders/dont-terminate-peoples-internet-connections
- https://labs.ripe.net/nogs/how-nog-communities-can-help-during-covid-19
- https://coronavirustechhandbook.com
- https://techforce19.uk
- Donating your CPU (like Seti@Home) = Folding@Home : https://foldingathome.org/2020/03/15/coronavirus-what-were-doing-and-how-you-can-help-in-simple-terms/
- https://www.pepp-pt.org Pan-European Privacy-Preserving Proximity Tracing
Funding
Here are some calls with available funding:
- Information Saves Lives Rapid Response Fund for COVID-19 Coverage / Deadline: Rolling https://internews.org/information-saves-lives-rapid-response-fund-application-guidelines-and-form
- COVID-19 Solutions Fund / Deadline: Rolling https://blog.mozilla.org/blog/2020/03/31/moss-launches-covid-19-solutions-fund/
- https://blog.google/inside-google/company-announcements/commitment-support-small-businesses-and-crisis-response-covid-19
- https://indiebio.co/indiebio-covid-response/
- https://ec.europa.eu/info/news/startups-and-smes-innovative-solutions-welcome-2020-mar-13_en
- https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/portal/screen/opportunities/topic-details/eic-smeinst-2018-2020;freeTextSearchKeyword=EIC%20pilot;typeCodes=0,1;statusCodes=31094501,31094502,31094503;programCode=null;programDivisionCode=null;focusAreaCode=null;crossCuttingPriorityCode=null;callCode=Default;sortQuery=openingDate;orderBy=asc;onlyTenders=false;topicListKey=topicSearchTablePageState
- United Nations Capital Development Fund https://www.uncdf.org/article/5452/covid-19
- Funded challenge: https://techforce19.uk SUPPORTING THE ELDERLY, VULNERABLE AND SELF-ISOLATING
& more (older offers) https://wiki.techinc.nl/MeshNet#Funding
- DONATION of GRATIS SENSORS: https://www.movesense.com/news/2020/03/movesense-offers-free-sensors-for-finding-solutions-to-combat-covid-19/
Open Communication Platforms
- Jitsi (video chat)
- How to set up your own server: https://medium.com/@nomaster/jitsi-self-hosted-e87a66e9e1c0
- Existing server: volunteering-based Jitsi servers used for work, education, or just for social contact https://iorestoacasa.work/
- Existing server: https://jitsi.hamburg.freifunk.net
- RIPE NCC hackathon channel: https://jitsi.hamburg.freifunk.net/WiseGeeseUniteCarefully
- EtherPad (collaborative text editing)
- wiki... like this one!!
- https://fairapps.net/home (fairapps service plan: Free)
fairchat.net messenger for web and as app (Slack & WhatsApp replacement) fairmeeting video or audio conference (Skype replacement) board.net joint editing pad faircloud (like Dropbox) syncing of files, calendar and address book online editor (like in Office 365 / Google Docs) manage group permissions in circles Image gallery 2FA (Two-Factor-Authentication) possible forward secrecy encryption DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 GDPR compliant
DataViz
Dutch Situation
- Dutch official numbers https://www.rivm.nl/nieuws/actuele-informatie-over-coronavirus
- Dutch & the world, Logarithmic scales: https://datagraver.com/case/tracking-the-worldwide-covid-19-pandemic
- CBS (in English) https://www.cbs.nl/en-gb/faq/corona/medisch/how-many-deaths-are-registered-per-week-
- CBS (in Dutch) https://www.cbs.nl/nl-nl/faq/corona/medisch/hoeveel-sterfgevallen-zijn-er-per-week-
- picture: weekly deaths in the last 4 years in Holland
- discrepancies between RIVM & CBS numbers indicate that the deaths are underreported by ~100% (real numbers are twice as high)
- Totale aantal sterfgevallen mogelijk twee keer zo groot https://www.nu.nl/coronavirus/6044344/aantal-nieuwe-sterfgevallen-met-94-op-laagste-niveau-sinds-24-maart.html
- THE NEW APPROACH: https://aatishb.com/covidtrends/
- "This interactive charts the new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the past week vs. the total confirmed cases to date. When plotted in this way, exponential growth is represented as a straight line that slopes upwards. Notice that almost all countries follow a very similar path of exponential growth" - and the DROP shows that the "peak" was reached!
- Interactive tracker , select own data to generate the graph: https://gorkang.shinyapps.io/2020-corona/
- Corrected UK numbers: https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/healthandsocialcare/conditionsanddiseases
- OurWorldInData https://ourworldindata.org/coronavirus
- European Portal: https://qap.ecdc.europa.eu/public/extensions/COVID-19/COVID-19.html
- Teenager's dashboard: https://ncov2019.live/data
- USA: https://covidtracking.com/ (The Atlantic)
- Predictions portal https://neherlab.org/covid19/">https://neherlab.org/covid19/
- (Colourful) Interactive Epidemic Calculator : http://gabgoh.github.io/COVID/index.html
- Epidemiological virus strains: https://nextstrain.org/ncov
- not corona related, but amazingly interesting: gender gap in education! https://www.cgdev.org/blog/gender-gaps-education-what-past-tells-us-about-future
- http://nrg.cs.ucl.ac.uk/mjh/covid19/ (via SDS)
- 30. March paper with predictions models https://www.imperial.ac.uk/media/imperial-college/medicine/sph/ide/gida-fellowships/Imperial-College-COVID19-Europe-estimates-and-NPI-impact-30-03-2020.pdf
- Google's "community visibility" https://www.google.com/covid19/mobility/ & holland: File:2020-03-29_NL_Mobility_Report_en.pdf
- All-age mortality in Europe in the last 4 years (flu-waves) https://www.euromomo.eu
- April 1-10 2020
Articles with visualizations
- Which country has flattened the curve / Where Countries Are on the Curve
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/03/19/world/coronavirus-flatten-the-curve-countries.html
- Simulator of the effects of social distancing : https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2020/world/corona-simulator/
- Article from 10. March: Act Now: https://medium.com/@tomaspueyo/coronavirus-act-today-or-people-will-die-f4d3d9cd99ca
- Great analysis (19. March) The Dance & The Hammer : https://medium.com/@tomaspueyo/coronavirus-the-hammer-and-the-dance-be9337092b56
- "Out of Many, One" (2. April, Tomas Pueyo et.a.) USA, Federal & State Measures (or, even better -> Mutual Aid!)
- https://medium.com/@tomaspueyo/coronavirus-out-of-many-one-36b886af37e9
- great graphs!
- including the graph about discrepancy between registers cases & (higher # of) estimated case due to lack of testing
- Bert Hubert: https://berthub.eu/articles/posts/corona-science/
Videos
- how to tell if we are getting off the exponential growth: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54XLXg4fYsc
- simulating epidemics spread https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gxAaO2rsdIs
- scenarios abut after the peak https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZH0xgc_30M
Tips
General Tips
- Stay the F*** Home: <a href="https://staythefuckhome.com/sfw/">(SFW version)</a> Translated in many languages!!! </li>
- Rop et.al. <a href="https://covid-at-home.info/help">https://covid-at-home.info/help</a> </li>
- Viola from ETH Zurich on the <a href="https://ethz.ch/en/news-and-events/eth-news/news/2020/03/zukunftsblog-viola-vogel-reducing-the-risk-of-infection.html">throat health</a></li>
- How to keep distance (in Dutch) (<a href="https://www.rijksoverheid.nl/actueel/nieuws/2020/03/16/wat-betekent-afstand-houden-vanwege-het-coronavirus">government page</a>) </li>
- <a href="https://www.declercq.com/kennisblog/flexwerkers-en-corona/">Legal</a> advice for workers (in Dutch) & another <a href="https://www.juridischloket.nl/actueel/coronavirus/">legal</a> page </li>
- WHO 15 april guidelines: https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2020/04/15/834021103/who-sets-6-conditions-for-ending-a-coronavirus-lockdown
- to start lifting restrictions, said Tedros of WHO, must first meet six conditions:
- 1. Disease transmission is under control
- 2. Health systems are able to "detect, test, isolate and treat every case and trace every contact"
- 3. Hot spot risks are minimized in vulnerable places, such as nursing homes
- 4. Schools, workplaces and other essential places have established preventive measures
- 5. The risk of importing new cases "can be managed"
- 6. Communities are fully educated, engaged and empowered to live under a new normal
- Harvard paper: https://science.sciencemag.org/content/sci/early/2020/04/14/science.abb5793.full.pdf (Projecting the transmission dynamics of SARS-CoV-2 through the postpandemic period) Science, 14 Apr 2020
Mental Health
- Mental Wellbeing advice
- https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/prepare/managing-stress-anxiety.html
- Scary TED talk from 2006: Help me stop pandemic https://www.ted.com/talks/larry_brilliant_my_wish_help_me_stop_pandemics?language=en
- https://www.wired.com/story/coronavirus-interview-larry-brilliant-smallpox-epidemiologist/
- https://forge.medium.com/100-ways-to-not-freak-the-fuck-out-during-isolation-7dd980584d8b
- https://forge.medium.com/my-anxiety-relief-is-a-5-minute-scream-every-morning-543957da6cde
- https://www.verywellmind.com/managing-coronavirus-anxiety-4798909
- https://www.goodgriefnetwork.org/resources-for-coronavirus/
- https://www.technologyreview.com/s/615437/virtual-happy-hour-introverts-lockdown-coronavirus/
- In Croatian / na HRvatskom https://p-portal.net/zdenka-pantic-kriza-pruza-primjere-solidarnosti/
- https://www.jimcollins.com/media_topics/TheStockdaleParadox.html
- Crip-time https://dsq-sds.org/article/view/5824/4684
- https://www.vox.com/first-person/2020/4/4/21204261/coronavirus-covid-19-disabled-people-disabilities-triage
Physical Health
- Online "checker"
- https://www.protocol.com/vital-coronavirus-checker-symptoms-website
- https://c19check.com/start
- For people in Amsterdam: an app for being in touch with OLGV for checking the symptoms: https://luscii.com/nl/corona-virus
- Doctors Without Borders https://www.msf.org/covid-19
- help and solidarity needed across European borders to protect medical staff https://www.msf.org/covid-19-urgent-help-needed-across-european-borders-protect-medical-staff
- World Health Organisation about using masks: https://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/handle/10665/331498/WHO-2019-nCoV-IPCPPE_use-2020.2-eng.pdf
Community Care
- XR: Regenerative Responses to COVID-19: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1l18xoacLVw1rWnxiVS-q6_xzcPpdXB-7tBJFBHEzRAI/edit
- http://syllabus.pirate.care/topic/coronanotes/
- https://covid-at-home.info
Virtual Events aka Remote Conferences
- https://www.acm.org/virtual-conferences
- https://remotely.green remotely.green]
- https://www.unenvironment.org/events/conference/global-digital-capacity-building
- "NEARLY CARBON-NEUTRAL CONFERENCE" : a practical guide http://hiltner.english.ucsb.edu/index.php/ncnc-guide/#PRACTICAL
- “chaos everywhere” or “Congress everywhere” https://events.ccc.de/congress/2013/wiki/Static:Congress_everywhere
- MENOG remote hubs https://www.menog.org/meetings/remote-hub/
- IETF remote participation https://ietf.org/how/meetings/107/remote/
- Possible steps for SIGPLAN community https://www.cis.upenn.edu/~bcpierce/papers/sigplan-climate-report.pdf
- https://c3voc.de/wiki/distributed-conference
Working From Home
- WFH readiness checklists
- How remote working can help ensure a sustainable comms industry https://www.prca.org.uk/SustainableCommsIndustry
- calculator: https://sparksustainability.com/calculator/
Or not:
& https://wiki.techinc.nl/Hackers_tribes#Working_Less
Corona & Climate
- Eight Emerging Lessons: From Coronavirus to Climate Action https://medium.com/presencing-institute-blog/eight-emerging-lessons-from-coronavirus-to-climate-action-683c39c10e8b
- Can office working save our carbon footprint? https://www.wsp.com/en-GB/insights/office-vs-home-working-how-we-can-save-our-carbon-footprint
- Research from environmental experts at WSP has revealed how adapting our style of working can lower our carbon footprint. https://www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-coronavirus-set-to-cause-largest-ever-annual-fall-in-co2-emissions
- The health crisis is leading us to prepare for climate change by Bruno Latour
- Think This Pandemic Is Bad? We Have Another Crisis Coming : Addressing climate change is a big-enough idea to revive the economy. By Rhiana Gunn-Wright April 15, 2020 https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/15/opinion/climate-change-covid-economy.html?smid=tw-share
Art
- 1995 movie 12 Monkeys https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0114746/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1
- 2011 movie Contagion https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1598778/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1
- 2018 documentary "The Sequel" http://www.bullfrogfilms.com/catalog/sql.html
- What Will Follow Our Troubled Civilization? Daringly re-imagines a thriving, resilient civilization after the collapse of our current economies, drawing on the inspirational work of David Fleming, grandfather of the global Transition Towns movement."
- March 2020: empty Amsterdam https://vimeo.com/400501788
- Monaco Diaries https://www.endsummercamp.org/index.php/MonaCOVID
Politics
... & philosophy & economy & ecology & feminism & tech & anti-capitalism & anarchism ...
"Access to adequate health care, including protective equipment and sufficient testing, will do more good than another hackathon." https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/15/opinion/coronavirus-surveillance-privacy-rights.html
- 20 April 2020 Charlie Stross's predictions : 4-6 waves of quarantine & release, while economy steadily collapses https://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/2020/04/itll-all-be-over-by-christmas.html
- https://www.propublica.org/series/coronavirus
- 2020-2022 https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2020/04/pandemic-summer-coronavirus-reopening-back-normal/609940/ & victim blaming
- https://www.versobooks.com/blogs/4603-capitalism-has-its-limits
- http://davidharvey.org/2020/03/anti-capitalist-politics-in-the-time-of-covid-19/
- https://newrepublic.com/article/156962/green-jobs-answer-coronavirus-recession
- https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/mar/16/womens-coronavirus-domestic-burden
- "There is a growing consensus that free-market capitalism is incapable of addressing this national (UK) emergency" https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/mar/18/coronavirus-exposed-extent-uk-social-crisis#maincontent
- "The financial meltdown of 2008 failed to provoke a fundamental shift in capitalism. Will this moment be different?" https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/mar/24/coronavirus-crisis-change-world-financial-global-capitalism
- https://thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/flattening-the-coronavirus-curve-is-not-enough/
- https://www.thenation.com/article/environment/coronavirus-habitat-loss/
- https://www.bbc.com/news/stories-51857722 (The 'climate doomers' preparing for society to fall apart)
- https://lundi.am/What-the-virus-said
- https://www.ianalanpaul.com/the-corona-reboot/
- Analysis article ("Coronavirus: Why You Must Act Now Politicians, Community Leaders and Business Leaders: What Should You Do and When?" by Tomas Pueyo , Mar 10 2020 ) https://medium.com/@tomaspueyo/coronavirus-act-today-or-people-will-die-f4d3d9cd99ca
- Provocative article about on-line learning during the crisis https://anygoodthing.com/2020/03/12/please-do-a-bad-job-of-putting-your-courses-online/
- https://www.protocol.com/coronavirus-tech-workers-health-insurance
- https://newrepublic.com/article/156962/green-jobs-answer-coronavirus-recession
- https://thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/flattening-the-coronavirus-curve-is-not-enough/
- Social Ecology http://social-ecology.org/wp/2020/03/coronavirus-and-the-need-for-a-social-ecology/
- 25th March: USA predictions https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2020/03/how-will-coronavirus-end/608719/
- South Korea success reasons: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/23/world/asia/coronavirus-south-korea-flatten-curve.html
- Testing: Iceland, Finland, Korea: https://www.buzzfeed.com/albertonardelli/coronavirus-testing-iceland
- SCHOOLS CLOSURE Statistics & overview: https://www.cgdev.org/blog/schools-out-now-what
- 30. March, Holland: https://www.forbes.com/sites/joshuacohen/2020/03/27/caught-between-herd-immunity-and-national-lockdown-holland-hit-hard-by-covid-19/#16c55ab03557
- http://www.usprisonculture.com/blog/2020/04/01/mutual-aid-resources/
- https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2020-04-01/how-much-water-do-google-data-centers-use-billions-of-gallons
- https://www.thecut.com/2020/04/a-familys-fetid-week-with-coronavirus.html
- http://blog.ffii.org/unified-patent-court-halt-sales-of-ventilators-across-europe/
- https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/oureconomy/can-coronavirus-save-planet/
- https://www.wired.com/story/what-you-can-do-solve-climate-change/
- https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2020/04/coronavirus-models-arent-supposed-be-right/609271/
- 25th March 2020: 16 ways... https://singularityhub.com/2020/03/25/16-ways-coronavirus-may-change-the-way-we-look-at-the-world/
- 30 March 2020 https://theconversation.com/what-will-the-world-be-like-after-coronavirus-four-possible-futures-134085 (see image of four quadrants)
- "labor is being strengthened by this crisis" https://nettime.org/Lists-Archives/nettime-l-2004/msg00003.html
Labor is now more crucial than capital to beat the virus, however individual workers are expendable. This has to change and the precariat is rising, from amazon warehouses to instacart supermarkets, from deliveroo to wal-mart. Precarious workers now have the power although they are exposed to so many more risks in comparison to white-collar teleworkers. Health, sanitation, cleaning, retail, delivery, food workers are the ones we depend on to survive during the monadic lockdown. No work must be perfomed without protection. Since capital is callous, the ultimate form of social distancing is the general strike. Labor must strike to protect society from business. Precarious people are owed total health coverage, universal social transfers, hazard and sick pay, protection from anti-union dismissals (see staten island) but especially a doubling of the wage that reflects their social value. Bankers and CEOs have never been more useless, it's the bodies and minds of health temps and gig workers who are saving our asses.
- Zondag Met Lubach! -> FlitsTraders !
- ... & JP Morgan traders... http://archive.is/u5qxz / https://www.wsj.com/articles/anatomy-of-an-outbreak-how-coronavirus-swept-through-jpmorgans-trading-floor-11585946474
- The health crisis is leading us to prepare for climate change by Bruno Latour
- OMG financial times turns socialist!!!
https://www.ft.com/content/7eff769a-74dd-11ea-95fe-fcd274e920ca
Radical reforms — reversing the prevailing policy direction of the last four decades — will need to be put on the table. Governments will have to accept a more active role in the economy. They must see public services as investments rather than liabilities, and look for ways to make labour markets less insecure. Redistribution will again be on the agenda; the privileges of the elderly and wealthy in question. Policies until recently considered eccentric, such as basic income and wealth taxes, will have to be in the mix.”
- Critters, Un-Money, Pleasure https://conversations.e-flux.com/t/beyond-the-breakdown-three-meditations-on-a-possible-aftermath-by-franco-bifo-berardi/9727
- We are all Refugees Now: http://amplife.org/blog/politics_of_arrival_covid_19
- Inequality https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2020/04/two-pandemics-us-coronavirus-inequality/609622/
- https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/27/business/economy/coronavirus-inequality.html
- https://www.technologyreview.com/s/615370/coronavirus-pandemic-social-distancing-18-months/
- https://slate.com/business/2020/03/coronavirus-goodbye-to-the-before-times.html
- https://www.technologyreview.com/s/615442/why-does-it-suddenly-feel-like-1999-on-the-internet/
- NewYork cases arrived in early February, from Europe https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/08/science/new-york-coronavirus-cases-europe-genomes.html?referringSource=articleShare
- Did you ever wonder what you'd be doing during an apocalypse? Frankie Boyle 4th April 2020 https://theovertake.com/~beta/frankie-boyle-did-you-ever-wonder-what-youd-be-doing-during-an-apocalypse/
- Portugal gives citizenship to refugees https://edition.cnn.com/2020/03/30/europe/portugal-migrants-citizenship-rights-coronavirus-intl/index.html
- https://www.chathamhouse.org/expert/comment/covid-19-impact-refugees-also-political
- https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/26/world/asia/coronavirus-refugees-camps-bangladesh.html
- "A Billion People Live in Slums. Can They Survive the Virus? The most important factor in enabling the spread of pandemics in slums is the neglect of these marginalized populations by governing elites." https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/08/opinion/coronavirus-slums.html
- Preppers were not prepared (podcast) https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm/segments/why-preppers-werent-really-prepared-pandemic
Anarchism
- Italian anarchists https://enoughisenough14.org/2020/03/12/against-the-coronavirus-and-the-opportunism-of-the-state-anarchists-in-italy-report-on-the-spread-of-the-virus-and-the-quarantine/ & CrimeThinc & Solidarity Doesn't go into quarantine
- ASK (DIFFERENT) QUESTIONS Canadian anarchists https://north-shore.info/2020/03/20/ask-a-diffferent-question-reclaiming-autonomy-of-action-during-the-virus/
- French Anarchists https://nantes.indymedia.org/articles/49289
- Catalan anarchists http://autonomies.org/2020/03/the-coronavirus-as-a-declaration-of-war/
- Greek anarchists https://actforfree.nostate.net/?p=36822
- Dutch anarchist news: https://www.globalinfo.nl & https://www.vrijebond.org
- http://autonomies.org/2020/03/the-corona-virus-politics-in-times-of-catastrophe-9/
- https://lundi.am/Des-chauve-souris-et-des-hommes-politiques-epidemiques-et-coronavirus
- Stock market crisis happened *before* corona crisis https://www.cadtm.org/The-Capitalist-Pandemic-Coronavirus-and-the-Economic-Crisis
- Poetic, but maybe not very accurate numbers… difficult to check…. https://contratodanocividad.espivblogs.net/analisis-mundo-covid-19-las-epidemias-en-la-era-del-capitalismo/
Collection 1: https://becha.home.xs4all.nl/Anarchist-Analysis-of-Corona-Crisis-Spring-2020.pdf
(& links dump, to be sorted later)
http://www.journal-psychoanalysis.eu/coronavirus-and-philosophers/ From: https://north-shore.info/2020/03/20/ask-a-diffferent-question-reclaiming-autonomy-of-action-during-the-virus/ Original: https://nantes.indymedia.org/articles/49289 From: https://www.vrijebond.org/solidarity-doesnt-go-into-quarantine/ Original: https://www.umanitanova.org/?p=11724 & more: https://crimethinc.com/2020/03/12/against-the-coronavirus-and-the-opportunism-of-the-state-anarchists-in-ital$ https://www.umanitanova.org/?p=11756 From: http://autonomies.org/2020/03/the-coronavirus-as-a-declaration-of-war/ Original: https://www.elcritic.cat/opinio/santiago-lopez-petit/el-coronavirus-com-a-declaracio-de-guerra-52417 https://jacobinmag.com/2020/03/mike-davis-coronavirus-outbreak-capitalism-left-international-solidarity https://www.cadtm.org/The-Capitalist-Pandemic-Coronavirus-and-the-Economic-Crisis & https://www.cadtm.org/No-the-coronavirus-is-not-responsible-for-the-fall-of-stock-prices http://autonomies.org/2020/03/the-corona-virus-politics-in-times-of-catastrophe-9/ https://lundi.am/Des-chauve-souris-et-des-hommes-politiques-epidemiques-et-coronavirus http://www.zones-sensibles.org/frederic-keck-les-sentinelles-des-pandemies/ From: http://internationalviewpoint.org/spip.php?article6454 From: http://links.org.au/coronavirus-pandemic-eight-theses-covid-19 Original: https://www.gaucheanticapitaliste.org/huit-theses-sur-le-coronavirus/ http://www.internationalviewpoint.org/spip.php?article6457 https://nettime.org/Lists-Archives/nettime-l-2003/msg00067.html https://www.wired.com/story/coronavirus-interview-larry-brilliant-smallpox-epidemiologist/ http://www.journal-psychoanalysis.eu/coronavirus-and-philosophers/ https://eand.co/the-upsides-of-a-global-pandemic-4dbb00be4a03 https://eand.co/what-happens-after-capitalism-c990c111273d https://cbmilstein.wordpress.com/2020/03/13/collective-care-is-our-best-weapon-against-covid-19/ & https://covidmutualaid.org/local-groups/ https://www.ianalanpaul.com/the-corona-reboot/ @davidgraeber: on bullshit jobs https://www.strike.coop/bullshit-jobs/ & https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/david-graeber-bullshit-jobs.pdf https://abeautifulresistance.org/site/2017/8/17/white-privilege-in-dutch-anarchism https://kwanj.files.wordpress.com/2016/02/freire-pedagogy-of-the-oppressed.pdf Down to earth: go work on the farm! https://www.farminguk.com/news/call-for-brits-to-pick-fruit-and-veg-amid-corona$ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dispossessed
Collection 2
- https://www.anarchistagency.com/commentary/an-anarchist-response-to-ebola-part-one/
- https://www.anarchistagency.com/critical-voices/crimethinc-surviving-the-virus-an-anarchist-guide/
- https://www.anarchistagency.com/critical-voices/crimethinc-surviving-the-virus-an-anarchist-guide/
- https://www.anarchistagency.com/critical-voices/western-regional-advocacy-project-statement-regarding-covid-19/
- http://davidharvey.org/2020/03/anti-capitalist-politics-in-the-time-of-covid-19/
- http://unevenearth.org/2020/03/pandemic-strike/
- http://unevenearth.org/2020/03/where-did-coronavirus-come-from-and-where-will-it-take-us-an-interview-with-rob-wallace-author-of-big-farms-make-big-flu/
- https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/28/is-factory-farming-to-blame-for-coronavirus
- https://thenewinquiry.com/against-quarantine/
- Unlike source about "communal spirit" (USA/Atlantic) https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/03/inspiring-galvanizing-beautiful-spirit-2020/608308/ , linked from https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2020/03/how-will-coronavirus-end/608719/
- Danish economic "freeze" - or UBI?! https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/03/denmark-freezing-its-economy-should-us/608533/
- https://www.yesmagazine.org/opinion/2020/03/24/coronavirus-prayer-anxiety/
- Mutual Aid https://itsgoingdown.org/autonomous-groups-are-mobilizing-mutual-aid-initiatives-to-combat-the-coronavirus/
- https://mutualaiddisasterrelief.org/when-every-community-is-ground-zero-pulling-each-other-through-a-pandemic/
- https://againstutopia.substack.com/p/the-authorities-have-failed-us-an
- "The Authorities Have Failed Us: An anarchist response to SARS-CoV-2 and Covid-19 based on mutual aid and solidarity
Possibilities in a time of epistemic and institutional crisis / jahed momand / Mar 27
- Tip: Decentralized, Privacy-Preserving, Contact Tracing Without Central Authorities
- Decentralized, Evidence-Based Community Health Guidelines that Actually Work™ https://www.endcoronavirus.org/page/faq
- 3-D Printing Face Shields, Face Masks, and Sterilizable Stethoscopes: Expanding 3-D Printing Infrastructure to Those Most in Need
Solidarity is not charity. It is the recognition that the struggle of one is the struggle of all.
- ^ From GUARDIAN!!! https://www.theguardian.com/world/commentisfree/2020/mar/31/solidarity-members-eurozone-coronavirus-dutch-coronabond
- No going back to "normal" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/31/how-will-the-world-emerge-from-the-coronavirus-crisis
- https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/mar/25/covid-19-is-natures-wake-up-call-to-complacent-civilisation
- https://transversal.at/transversal/0420
- More than basic income. An income of emancipation https://transversal.at/transversal/0420/sanchez/en
- Learning from the Virus https://transversal.at/transversal/0420/preciado/en
- COVID-19 and Circuits of Capital https://transversal.at/transversal/0420/wallace-etal/en
- "You can also embrace corona" Damiaan Denys https://lists.puscii.nl/wws/arc/uncivilization/2020-04/msg00012.html
Mutual Aid
- http://www.usprisonculture.com/blog/2020/04/01/mutual-aid-resources/
- https://wagingnonviolence.org/2020/03/coronavirus-historic-trigger-event-needs-movement-response/
if people really believed they could participate meaningfully in a mass campaign to care for others and pressure public officials to adopt humane emergency policies, we can be confident that hundreds of thousands would quickly join in.
[historically], it was crucial that participants had a sense that they were part of something larger than the sum of individual efforts. Intentional moves toward unity and coordination help build that collective understanding.
mutual aid, a common story, strategy and structure can allow a mass movement to legitimate political demands that might otherwise be deemed impractical or undesirable, and to compel public officials to adopt them (?) .
ideas like emergency universal basic income, free testing and treatment for all, and suspension of rent and mortgage payments for those unable to pay during the crisis. (FOR ALL!)
But true resilience cannot be achieved alone. Disaster resilience is built on community care and mutual aid.
“Disasters are, most basically, terrible, tragic, grievous, and no matter what positive side effects and possibilities they produce, they are not to be desired … . But disaster doesn’t sort us out by preferences; it drags us into emergencies that require we act, and act altruistically, and bravely.” — Rebecca Solnit, “A Paradise Built in Hell: The Extraordinary Communities That Arise in Disaster”
- Mutual Aid https://itsgoingdown.org/autonomous-groups-are-mobilizing-mutual-aid-initiatives-to-combat-the-coronavirus/
- https://mutualaiddisasterrelief.org/when-every-community-is-ground-zero-pulling-each-other-through-a-pandemic/
- https://againstutopia.substack.com/p/the-authorities-have-failed-us-an
- http://www.usprisonculture.com/blog/2020/04/01/mutual-aid-resources/
- Kelly Rose : Mutual Aid (2019) https://briarpatchmagazine.com/articles/view/mutual-aid-for-the-end-of-the-world
- EU Politicians?! "Calling for a “worldwide alliance” of politicians, decision-makers, business leaders, trade unions, and civil society groups to support a green transition after the pandemic." https://www.euractiv.com/section/energy-environment/news/green-recovery-alliance-launched-in-european-parliament/
- https://medium.com/reboot-ideas/how-to-respond-to-a-pandemic-when-our-institutions-cant-1592ed98cde2
Female Voices
- Women's voices!
- Natasha Lennard https://www.anarchistagency.com/critical-voices/natasha-lennard-after-the-quarantine-the-flood/
- Sarah https://www.anarchistagency.com/critical-voices/sarah-lazare-coronavirus-shows-capitalism-is-a-razors-edge/
- Judith https://www.versobooks.com/blogs/4603-capitalism-has-its-limits
- Lucia https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/mar/16/womens-coronavirus-domestic-burden
- Sonia https://www.thenation.com/article/environment/coronavirus-habitat-loss/
- Alice https://blog.alicegoldfuss.com/work-in-the-time-of-corona/
- Anne http://designswarm.com/blog/2020/03/what-anne-frank-can-teach-us/
- Marie Solis https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/5dmqyk/naomi-klein-interview-on-coronavirus-and-disaster-capitalism-shock-doctrine
- Lornet https://www.yesmagazine.org/health-happiness/2020/03/10/coronavirus-covid19-community/
- Jelena https://theconversation.com/7-science-based-strategies-to-cope-with-coronavirus-anxiety-133207
- Kelly Rose : Mutual Aid (2019) https://briarpatchmagazine.com/articles/view/mutual-aid-for-the-end-of-the-world
- Juliette https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/03/there-isnt-going-be-all-clear-signal/608512/
- Helen https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2020/03/feminism-womens-rights-coronavirus-covid19/608302/
- Julia https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/12/us/women-coronavirus-greater-risk.html
- (gender analysis) https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)30526-2/fulltext
- (domestic violence) https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/domestic-violence-coronavirus_uk_5e6b9c9ec5b6bd8156f63d01
- (impact on women) https://www.cgdev.org/blog/how-will-covid-19-affect-women-and-girls-low-and-middle-income-countries
- (about) Rebeca Solnit: https://bookscansavealife.com/2020/03/25/a-paradise-built-in-hell-redux/ & https://wagingnonviolence.org/2020/03/coronavirus-historic-trigger-event-needs-movement-response/ & https://www.times-standard.com/2020/03/09/my-word-resilience-in-the-face-of-covid-19/ && http://www.rebeccasolnit.net/book/a-paradise-built-in-hell/
- by Rebecca Solnit: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/07/what-coronavirus-can-teach-us-about-hope-rebecca-solnit 'The impossible has already happened': what coronavirus can teach us about hope: In the midst of fear and isolation, we are learning that profound, positive change is possible.
I want to live a good life and I want to risk my life, because I can also lose my life in one night.’ You realise that life has to be lived well or is not worth living. It’s a very profound transformation that takes place during catastrophes.” there is meaning as well as pain in sadness, mourning and grief, the emotions born of empathy and solidarity. If you are sad and frightened, it is a sign that you care, that you are connected in spirit. If you are overwhelmed – well, it is overwhelming