This weekend, MSI staff picked up 3D printers from our #FabLab to print masks and parts for face shields at home. We’re proud to join local efforts and the #Maker community in equipping hospitals and medical personnel with PPE, and will continue to update you along this process.

De-escalation strategies exist. They keep everyone safer. But police respond to protesters with force anyway. 53eig.ht/3gHDFDX

I had a professor who always talked about "the necessity of existence." Basically, some things should be created just so that thing will exist in the world. So here's a thread to RT anytime some1 responds to #BlackLivesMatter with "but black on black crime" like this yahoo.

Sublime with Rome Announces Tour with Hologram of Lou Dog thehardtimes.net/music/sublime-…

Masks Save Lives directorsblog.nih.gov/2020/08/25/mas… As this new study shows, face coverings—even those that are far from perfect—really can and do save lives. In fact, IHME data also show that consistent mask-wearing—starting today—could save close to 70,000 lives in the months to come.

The Chicago Mobile Makerspace, by @chimobilemakers bit.ly/2Y91gWj

Two finished #propagationstation by oolretaw made from #cypresssinker logs Chicago Fabrications

Our talented member Chris (matthew wagg) used the hacker space wood shop to make this built-in window seat with underneath storage, shelves for the nook to the left, and repurposed old growth lumber for the shelves on the right. Also a small ladder for his kids to climb up!

If anyone is in the market for a nice 2 bed 1 bath condo in Hyde Park See this home on Redfin! 5219 S Drexel Ave Unit G, Chicago, IL 60615 (MLS #10914464) redfin.com/IL/Chicago/521… #FoundOnRedfin

With the Illinois Department of Public Health announcement today urging people to stay home, we are strongly encouraging members to attend weekly meetings remotely for the next couple of weeks. We are keeping the hackerspace maximum capacity to 10 people and masks are required.

Cool's a word, yeah.....

Happy Monday from our mascot Gearling!

Happy Friday! Gearling wants to know if you’ll celebrate the weekend with pizza tonight? 🍕

Can you believe we're turning 10? Come eat cake and have a beer with us Saturday the 12th from 5pm-9pm at Whiner Taproom! 🎂 WhinerBeer The Plant

Help us eat this cake Saturday at Whiner Taproom, 5pm-9pm!

This Friday 7-10pm, swing through for our Spring Art Show in Bridgeport! Make us a stop on your Third Fridays art walk between BridgeportArtCenter and Zhou B Art Center.

Congratulations NASA on the successful launch of #Artemis1, and having the second Artemis 1 payload to leaves earth's surface behind SouthSide Hackerspace in 2017😛 chicagomag.com/city-life/augu…

This week’s COM Seminar Series will be presented by Leonor García-Bayona, PhD @LGBacteria Postdoctoral Scholar | Comstock Lab | University of Chicago Nov 30, 2022 12:30pm | Cummings Life Science Center Room 119 events.uchicago.edu/event/170677-c…

Max Bobrovskyy, PhD (@gr8hehe) is a Postdoctoral Scholar in Missiakas Lab. He was awarded a K99 this year for his project which focuses on the specialized Type 7b Secretion System (T7bSS) of S. aureus where it supports effector translocation, and facilitates invasive disease.

Here’s a site with all the warming centers in Cook County. Please stay safe and WARM out there. Never hesitate to use resources available to you. cookcountyil.gov/service/warmin…