Friday, 4 Mar 2022

20:00 (08:00 pm) - Greetings, Salutations, Invocation w/David

21:00 (09:00 pm) - Evening Schedule and Community Shart Outs w/Dan and Han

Quick review of the evening schedule followed by whomever would like to do a shart out about…

22:00 (10:00 pm) - A Philosophy of Non-Violent Communication (Part 1) w/“Texas Tom” Webber

23:00 (11:00 pm) - A Philosophy of Non-Violent Communication (Part 2) w/“Texas Tom” Webber

Saturday, 5 Mar 2022

00:00 (00:00 am) - A Guided Tour of the Twilight Zone w/Prof. Jon Donate

01:00 (01:00 am) - Channel Surfin' w/Nick C. Donate

Witching Hours Session⌗

02:00 (02:00 am) - Available

03:00 (03:00 am) - Available

04:00 (04:00 am) - Available

05:00 (05:00 am) - Available

Morning Session⌗

06:00 (06:00 am) - Available

07:00 (07:00 am) - Available

08:00 (08:00 am) - The “Charisma” of Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson w/Lane

09:00 (09:00 am) - Available

10:00 (10:00 am) - FU War Room: Ukraine, Current Events And Group Discussion w/Falco

TRIGGER WARNING: since we are covering a war, expect images of bombings, shootings, etc. Be warned!

11:00 (11:00 am) - Rain or Shine Wok Session w/Joe in Norway Donate

Mouths are in need of salt, sugar, fat, umami and stomachs need filling and I am the conveyor.

Afternoon Session⌗

12:00 (12:00 pm) - Hammer and Sickle w/Andy, Dave in PA, Falco and Sarah

On hammer this week: carving sunflowers, petting porcupines. As always you’re fixit/buildit/hackit/designit quandaries/solutions take precedence! AND outside the shop today, I chanced upon a svelte woodchuck, fresh from his hibernation diet retreat beneath the shop, who reminded me that Sickle (garden talk) must also emerge from it’s winter slumber to greet the spring! Donate to Andy and Sarah

13:00 (01:00 pm) - More Hammer and Sickle

14:00 (02:00 pm) - FU Left Book Union: Persona Non Grata w/Myla

15:00 (03:00 pm) - Book Union, cont’d.

16:00 (04:00 pm) - “Everybody Wants to Rule the World”: Informed Commentary From a Variety of Sources w/Saul

Evening Session⌗

17:00 (05:00 pm) - At Work With The Poor People’s Campaign w/Kelly from Nebraska

The Poor People’s Campaign continues its march toward Washington with a Mobilization Tour virtual stop on Feb. 28 that includes Texas on the eve of the primary election there.

The Mobilization Tour will make at least 10 stops nationwide to Mobilize, Organize, Register and Educate people for a movement that votes.

Donate to The Poor People’s Campaign.

18:00 (06:00 pm) - Available

18:30 (06:30 pm) - Course: Jewish and Muslim Parables and Philosophical Fictions w/Prof. Adnan Husain

Week 5: Fantastical situations: Ibn Tufayl Review

  • Adamson, p. 84-90, 98-105
  • The Case of the Animals versus Man before the King of the Jinn: a Translation from the Epistles of the Brethren of Purity, tr. Lenn E. Goodman and Richard McGregor (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2009), p. 63-65, 99-113, 115-121, 127-131, (131-143 jinn and human history—recommended), 202-221, 230-268, 287-88, 290-5, 311-16
  • Moses Hadas, Berechiah ben Natronai ha-Nakdan (Jewish Aesop)
  • Interpretations of the Song of Songs

Read more information about the course. Syllabus and reading materials can be found in the #files Discord channel.

20:00 (08:00 pm) - Boldly Go Wherever Prof. Jon Wants To Go

21:30 (09:30 pm) - The Wind Down with David Feldman

After-party Session⌗

22:30 (10:30 pm) - Guitar, Music w/Steve Kowalchuk

Bring pencil, paper, guitar. If you’re not a musician, you can just hang/watch.

Note: all times are EST.

Registration⌗

Register for a slot on Office Hours now.

Monetary donations to individual speakers (or their favourite charities) are gladly welcomed to cover the speaker’s time and effort.