working 2050: we're all epi-pen makers now ✅

Feednet is a quarterly-ish news roundup on technology, community organizing, and learning how and what to learn. Read old versions here.

Notes on Feednet: how to make an epipen

Hi,  This week I had big dreams of writing a Feednet about emotional narrative in organizing.  Did you know the people who wrote Let It Go (from Pixar's Frozen) wrote it while thinking about being judged by other parents on the playground because their stroller was only $1000 instead of $5000*?  Yet somehow that truth translated into one of the most trans-y songs I've ever heard, especially wild in a children's movie. Live your truth no matter how hard it is to do! It doesn't matter how much your stroller costs!  Anyway, my big dreams for Feednet got overtaken by Working 2050. This new (fiction) episode is called Quality Assurance. It's inspired by this group called the Four Thieves Vinegar Collective that makes blueprints for epipens.  When I wrote it, the idea of makerspaces creating medical supplies/equipment seemed a little fringe, instead of... mandatory, like it is now.   You can listen to Working 2050 this week here.    Stay safe! take more naps!

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