Monday
1 January 2024
17:00 (05:00 pm) - TAC Roundtable: Greetings, Salutations and Announcements
18:00 (06:00 pm) - Dis & Datinformation w/Ann Li
Join us for a daily topical conversation about cultural and political economic research subjects plus discussion about scholarly articles posted to the TAC Discord server.
Reading: What to Watch
19:00 (7:00 pm) - Reading and Writing Workshop w/Nancy M.
Bring any writing, old, new, fictional or factual, on any topic, poetry or prose, to read and discuss. For latest writing prompt see the #writing-workshop channel on the Discord.
20:00 (8:00 pm) - Technical Talk: Breaking “DRM” in Polish Trains
We’ve all been there: the trains you’re servicing for a customer suddenly brick themselves and the manufacturer claims that’s because you’ve interfered with a security system. This talk will tell the story of a series of Polish EMUs (Electric Multiple Unit) that all refused to move a few days after arriving at an “unauthorized” service company. We’ll go over how a train control system actually works, how we reverse-engineered one and what sort of magical “security” systems we actually found inside of it. Read Article.
21:00 (09:00 pm) - TAC GameTime Hour w/Cameron, Travis and Henchman
TAC GameTime Hour is your weekly one-stop destination for all things sports. This dynamic news show offers a comprehensive overview of the most thrilling events, remarkable achievements, and compelling stories from the world of sports over the past week. Check our #game-time on Discord.
Tuesday
2 January 2024
18:00 (06:00 pm) - Dis & Datinformation w/Ann Li
Join us for a daily topical conversation about cultural and political economic research subjects plus discussion about scholarly articles posted to the TAC Discord server.
Reading: today
19:00-20:30 (7:00-8:30 pm) - The Read Hour w/Bruce M. (back next week)
20:30 (8:30 pm) - Reading for Palestine w/Kelly in Nebraska
Please join us tonight in considering architecture’s role in shaping, designing, controlling even dividing communities with the book, Weaponized Architecture, The Impossibility of Innocence by Leopold Lambert. This writing highlights architecture’s effects in Palestinian daily life. See book on Discord under #files.
Wednesday
3 January 2024
18:00 (06:00 pm) - Dis & Datinformation Film Night w/Ann Li
Reading: 1900 by Bertolucci , view trailer
20:30-21:30 (08:30 pm) - Spirituality and Activism w/Sean Edward St. Heart #spirituality-and-activism
Agenda: It is my pleasure to welcome you all to an evening of inspiration and forward-thinking ideas. Tonight, we have the opportunity to delve into the mind of a remarkable individual, Darrick Morrison. Darrick stands at the forefront of innovation and progress, bringing a unique perspective on what he calls “the most empowered generation.”
Thursday
4 January 2024
17:00 (05:00 pm) - TAC Roundtable: Greetings, Salutations and Announcements
17:30 (05:30 pm) - After Hours Show Pre-Production Meeting
18:00 (06:00 pm) - Dis & Datinformation w/Ann Li
Dis and Dat and Spectre Haunting reading will take a break this week. The People’s Forum is having a teach-in on the Collective Struggle of Bangladesh and Palestine starting at 6:00 Eastern that night and we will hopefully be able to stream it via TAC Zoom and watch it together. Here are the details from the People’s Forum website.
19:00 (07:00 pm) - Marx Book Club w/Kelly in Nebraska
20:00 (08:00 pm) - Bring the News w/Whomever Brings It
If you come across an article or bit of news that you feel the group would find interesting read it aloud (or ask someone to) and open the floor to discussion.
22:00 (10:00 pm) - “Texas Tom” Webber’s Night Owl Roost
Please check #zoom-links-schedule channel on Discord for separate Zoom link.
Friday
5 January 2024
18:00 (06:00 pm) - Greetings, Salutations and Announcements
19:00 (07:00 pm) - The After Hours Show S01E34
On tonight’s show:
- Joe in Norway picks a peck of pretty butt squash and jalapeños peppers to pickle for Kitchen ASMR
- Prof. Ann Li gives us the Report on Ukraine and blesses us with a rant
- Also, has Joe been making a faux meat faux pas?
- TAC week in review, week looking forward
20:30 (8:30 pm) - A Guided Tour of the Twilight Zone w/Prof. Jon (Donate)
23:00 (11:00 pm) - Bring the News w/Whomever Brings It
If you come across an article or bit of news that you feel the group would find interesting read it aloud (or ask someone to) and open the floor to discussion.
Saturday
6 January 2024
14:00 (2:00 pm) - Reading and Writing Workshop w/Nancy M.
Bring any writing, old, new, fictional or factual, on any topic, poetry or prose, to read and discuss. For latest writing prompt see the #writing-workshop channel on the Discord.
18:00 (06:00 pm) - Dis & Datinformation w/Ann Li
Reading: Turning Japanese
Join us for a daily topical conversation about cultural and political economic research subjects plus discussion about scholarly articles posted to the TAC Discord server.
19:00 (07:00 pm) - Chaos Conf Talk: Synthetic Sentience. Can Artificial Intelligence become conscious? w/Joscha
Despite the rapid progress of AI capabilities, the core question of Artificial Intelligence seems to be still unanswered: What does it take to create a mind? Let us explore the boundaries of AI: sentience, self awareness, and the possibility of machine consciousness.
After many attempts to build AI models that are smarter than human beings, we find ourselves confronted with a family of surprisingly successful systems that match many of our abilities through text prediction and text/image correlation. The limits of these approaches are presently unclear, and while they work in very different ways than our minds, they pose the question whether consciousness, embodiment and motivation are necessary for achieving general intelligence. What are the differences between human (and animal) minds and the current generation of AI models? When we compare perspectives on mind and consciousness that have been developed in neuroscience, philosophy of mind, theoretical and therapeutic psychology, and numerous cultural traditions, and translate them into the metaphysics and conceptual frameworks of artificial intelligence, we may gain insights into this question.
20:00 (08:00 pm) - Bring the Music
Bring tunes you want to share, check #music Discord channel for this week’s theme.
Sunday
7 January 2024
14:00 (02:00 pm) - Art Attack Zoom Group w/Texas Tom (separate Zoom)
14:00 (02:00 pm) - Hammer and Sickle
Join us for shop and garden help and discussion.
15:00 (03:00 pm) - Weekly Marx Reading Group
Reading: Oat Squeezers wanted J6 to replicate the first shot at Lexington by the Whig-hats
17:00 (05:00 pm) - A Colombo Watch Party & Discussion w/Prof. Jon (Donate)
? pm - Sunday Soul Social (Following Columbo) w/Lane
Note: all times are EST.
Registration
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