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rude1.blacksky.team
Looking forward to doing workshops on custom feeds and content moderation for the folks at UMD’s African American Digital and Experimental Humanities (AADHum) Initiative in a couple weeks! 🦀
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND April 5, 2025 Dear Rudy, We are so looking forward to welcoming you to AADHum! I am happy to pass along to you some further details about your visit. Your visit includes three events: a 4/22 on-campus content moderation workshop, 4/22 public talk, and a 4/23 off-campus custom feed workshop. We will follow up soon with event times and meal planning, so please let us know if there are any times you need blocked off during your visit, or if there is anyone whom you would like to invite! Also let us know if you have any AV or computing needs.
April 7, 2025 at 9:16 PM
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rude1.blacksky.team
Day 1 with @aadhum-umd.bsky.social was amazing. Introduced folks to @mmasnick.bsky.social’s Trust & Safety Tycoon. Great questions about building decentralized platforms and thinking through content moderation challenges.

And, and, aaaand — I soldered something for the first time!
MEET YOUR MATERIALS Conductive thread We are using Karl Grimm silver-plated thread, but you can also use stainless steel conductive thread. Regular thread Embroidery needle These needles are a little bigger and good for embroidering. Embroidery hoop This will keep the fabric tight as you sew. Fabric Cotton and felt work well, but you should experiment! Beeswax Very helpful to help thread your needle. Amp We're using a Adafruit Mono 2.5W Class D Amp with handy alligator clips, 1/8" jack, and battery pack all soldered in for easy testing. (See the back for instructions on how to make your own!) GOOD VIBRATIONS WHAT IS SOUND?, Sound is a type of energy made when something vibrates. If you hit a drum (or any other object), the air particles around it vibrate. The air carries this energy in all directions in the form of sound When these waves of vibrating particles reach your ears, it causes the hair in your ears to vibrate, which your brain reads as sound. Sound waves keep going until the energy dissipates or it is absorbed by another object. Your guide to soldering By AADHum! FABRIC SPEAKERS Spark Workshop May 22, 2018 liza stark // thesoftcircuiteer.net A wooden loom considered one of the first computers because the woven fabric can be interpreted as binary numbers
April 23, 2025 at 12:00 AM
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rude1.blacksky.team
So much love and gratitude for the @aadhum-umd.bsky.social team. Appreciated them inviting me to spread the good word about decentralized social media as a tool for community building

And as hosts—it was the 1st time I’ve been in a hacker/maker space and really felt seen. Support them & their work!
A goodie bag featuring MITH and AADhum merch as well as a 3d printed Blacksky tag, custom AADhum M&Ms, and an embroidery kit to make a fabric speaker. The cloth is a night sky. The bag says “To: Rudy, From: AADhum”
April 24, 2025 at 12:17 AM
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rude1.blacksky.team
Got some praise about how authentically I carry myself through spaces as a Black technologist and was asked if I’ll dress differently at Harvard

Yes

I’m thuggin’ even harder in Cambridge
Rudy in a Black Girbaud sweatsuit and black Timbs and a black durag with a blade clipped to his hip
April 25, 2025 at 12:21 PM
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rude1.blacksky.team
Act like you’re already free.
April 6, 2025 at 3:13 PM