Liberating Ourselves Locally is a
makerspace/hackerspace in the
Fruitvale district of Oakland, California.
It is part of the
Bay Area Consortium of Hackerspaces (BACH).
LOL! is a place where people can learn new skills, from soldering to video game design,
and operates on the principle that members of the local community can be involved in all aspects of creating things that sustain people, such as food, clothing, energy, technology, shelter, and art.
History
LOL! was founded in 2011 by a group of people including Jen-Mei Wu and
software engineer
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Praveen Sinha.
Mentors from many professional fields volunteer their time to share their professional knowledge.
LOL! has close ties with other San Francisco Bay Area hackerspaces including
Sudo Room,
Noisebridge
Noisebridge is an anarchism, anarchistic maker and hackerspace located in San Francisco. It is inspired by the European hackerspaces Metalab in Vienna and c-base in Berlin. Noisebridge describes itself as "''a space for sharing, creation, coll ...
, and
Mothership HackerMoms
Mothership HackerMoms is a nonprofit hackerspace/makerspace in Berkeley, California, founded in 2011. It was the first all-women hackerspace.
The 1000-square-foot space provides space for members to work on projects and hold events while their c ...
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Art
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Computer hardware
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Computer program
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Craft
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Electronics
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Politics
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Sewing
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Software
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Technology
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Textile
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See also
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Double Union
Double Union is a San Francisco hacker/maker space. Double Union was founded by women in 2013 with the explicit goal of fostering a creative safe space. The organization's mission is to be a community workshop where women and nonbinary people ...
References
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Culture of Oakland, California
DIY culture
Hackerspaces
Hackerspaces in the San Francisco Bay Area
Maker Studios
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