"Who wants to get fucked by a robot?"

I'm in SF this weekend going to Arse Electronica. If you're interested in the intersection of art, technology and sex you should definitely drop by the conference.

Last night was the first event and it was really amazing. Even though it was rather disorganized, with lots of improvisation and not so hot scheduling, there were two great performances. The Electronic Orifice Orchestra demonstrated their kegel instruments, which are inserted into orifices and played by varying pressure on your kegel muscles. Their costumes were awesome.

Definitely the highlight of the evening, though, was the Kink.com demo of Fucking Machines...

I'm so excited about Arse Electronica, which I'm going to tomorrow, driving up to sf. But, I had a long day, so I'll just give you a link to read more...

http://www.monochrom.at/arse-elektronika/

I'll be passing out "coming soon" flyers for SharingIsSexy.org, read more here...

A good friend of mine works with the Regeneracíon Radio collective in Mexico City. It was good to hear her voice in this announcement about the situation there. Give it a listen, its an awesome summary of what's going on and its a great reminder of how important autonomous radio is.

to listen | to download

Or, read the full text here

Communication is our weapon

A really comprehensive and good article, I think that a lot of this is relevant to discussions of gender and communication in lots of contexts outside of technology also...

From www.devchix.com...

Join the borderlands Hacklab for a net.talk about streaming media against borders on June 14th at 7pm at CRCA at UCSD, in Atkinson Hall.

about the exhibition: Silent*Observers exhibition was originally produced in September 2005 in Croatia as international project developed in collaboration of Multimedia Institute in Zagreb, TheTHING NYC and UCSD/CRCA San Diego, with support of network of partner institutions. Research and production that proceeded the exhibition was focused on ideas on aesthetics of networked image, distributed audience, technological observation as methodologies and processing of systemic visual data...

Click here to join the action!

Please join in the 24-hour, electronic protest of proposed Michigan medicaid cuts by the Michigan state legislature. The proposed Michigan Medicaid cuts will impact seniors, children with health issues and funding to public schools. Your participation will remind the legislature that they represent us, and preserve current levels of funding.

The Virtual Sit-In begins at 6am EDT on May 17th, 2007 and ends at 6am EDT on May 18th, 2007.

LEARN ABOUT THE FAMILIES PROTESTING THE MICHIGAN MEDICAID CUTS BY WATCHING THESE VIDEOS

http://bang.calit2.net/YES2HealthCare

My new podcast is here! This show will (usually) be co-hosted with onto the ontologist and we plan to talk about things we love and play great music. It'll be a big mashup of hiphop, queer music, electropop, ska, cyberpunk, anarchism, autonomous politics, queer politics, abstract hacktivism, radical cartography, complexity theory, craftivism, anti-corporate-trans-globalization, anti-racism, pro-migration-no-borders, and lots of other phrases with dashes like post-post-post!

Listen and subscribe here: http://feeds.feedburner.com/didm

Or see the latest posted shows here, at radioActive sanDiego's new website:

http://bang.calit2.net/rasd/lotu5

check it out and give us a comment on what you think!

New Indymedia Film Documents the Immigrant Rights Movement of May Day 2006

The Giant Awakens: In 2006, a historic mobilization for immigrant rights swept the US as millions took to the streets. Corporate news media predictably covered the marches with a mix of surprise, ignorance, and racism, yet grassroots media activists were there to document the voices and the stories behind this mass movement.

¡Gigante: Despierta! (Giant: Awake!) is a DVD compilation of short films from around the U.S. documenting the story of May Day 2006, due to hit the streets in the weeks before May 1, 2007. The project was shot, edited, and brought together by a network of independent video activists, graphic designers, community organizers, musicians, and immigrant rights activists.

The film's producers describe it as "a collective memory and a tool to inspire action this May Day 2007, when the Giant will raise its voice again to say: we are one people, without borders; we are here, and we are here to stay!" Immigrant rights organizers have announced another round of massive May Day marches for amnesty this year in San Francisco and other cities across the U.S.