Services and Events updates #2
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title: "E-Waste Meetup"
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date: 2024-05-11
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tags: [events, ewaste]
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author: LUG Board
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---
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* Date: Thursday, May 16 2024
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* Time: 18:15
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* Location: Boelter 1st Floor entrance, by the dumpsters
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## General Info
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This will be a small meetup where the fourth-year students will pass on their knowledge of the best
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spots on campus to find free e-waste.
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You might get your hands dirty, since we are going to be dumpster diving, but you might also walk
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away with some new hardware! Be ready to do some walking since the locations are fairly spread out.
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Open to all who are interested.
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## What to Expect
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There are almost always free office-grade monitors and keyboards to be found. It's also fairly
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common to see decade-old PCs with RAM and HDDs, provided that no one else scavenged them first.
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Sometimes, valuable stuff gets thrown away like oscilloscopes, Macs from < 10 years ago, CRTs, NVMe
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SSDs, and PCs from the 1980s (as featured at the [Spring Installfest](/events/installfest-s24)).
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The more valuable stuff could require some repairs, but it's not too difficult for a seasoned EE
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student. Actually, it might surprise you how much perfectly working stuff gets thrown out. Lots of
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the hard drives from labs don't even get wiped, and we've found adult content on them before...
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Your chances of finding something cool will go up the more regularly you check!
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---
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title: "Membership"
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author: LUG Board
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---
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## Board
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| Name | Position | Contact |
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| --------------------- | -------------------- | ----------------------- |
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title: News
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---
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- 2024-05-10: Updated list of services and info for upcoming e-waste event.
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- 2024-05-03: Added the [Services](/services) page.
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- 2024-04-03: Site updates. Gitea moved to https://git.linux.ucla.edu.
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- 2023-12-20: Wow I have not written anything in a while. The booru site has been moved to a seperate subdomain and we have a Gitea with the website source code. If you want to suggest any changes please submit a pull request!
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@ -4,17 +4,23 @@ date: 2024-05-02
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---
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Our club hosts various open source web services for the public to use:
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- [Invidious](https://yt.linux.ucla.edu): Privacy-respecting YouTube frontend with no ads
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- [SearXNG](https://searx.linux.ucla.edu): Search engine aggregator with no tracking or ads
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- [Jitsi Meet](https://meet.linux.ucla.edu): Video conferencing platform
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- [Mumble](mumble://linux.ucla.edu): Voice chat platform
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- [Mumble](mumble://linux.ucla.edu?title=LUG%20Mumble%20Server&version=1.2.0): Voice chat platform
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- [SuperTuxKart](https://supertuxkart.net): Racing video game server, connect to `linux.ucla.edu`
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- [XMPP](https://xmpp.link/#main@room.linux.ucla.edu): Instant messaging platform, bridged with our Discord chat. Ask an officer for a `linux.ucla.edu` account.
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- **XMPP**: coming soon!
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- [SuperTuxKart](https://supertuxkart.net): Racing video game server; connect to `linux.ucla.edu`
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- **Mirrors**: coming soon!
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## Planned
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- **Mirrors**: [EndeavourOS](https://github.com/endeavouros-team/mirrors?tab=readme-ov-file) (only one US mirror!), [Arch Linux](https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/DeveloperWiki:NewMirrors) (Tier 2), [Artix](https://wiki.artixlinux.org/Main/Mirrors) (normal), [CRAN](https://cran.r-project.org/mirrors.html).
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- [Minetest](https://www.minetest.net/): Like Minecraft, but free and open source.
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- [Invidious](https://invidious.io/): Privacy-respecting YouTube frontend with no ads
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- [SearXNG](https://docs.searxng.org/): Search engine aggregator with no tracking or ads
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- **Backups**: once our NAS is online, we will automatically back up the contents of our members' VMs.
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## What is Linux about?
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You can find a good introduction to Linux [here](https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/introduction-to-linux-operating-system/).
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You can find a good introduction to Linux
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[here](https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/introduction-to-linux-operating-system/).
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## What does Linux look like?
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@ -21,12 +22,39 @@ by the Gnome and KDE Project.
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## How about software?
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There is a large selection of software for Linux. For quick selection and
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comparison, see the fossfor.us site.
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There is a very large selection of software for Linux. You can
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[look here](https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/List_of_applications) for a start.
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According to [freshmeat.net](https://freshmeat.net) (a large index of software
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for Linux and other Unices), there are currently over 23,000 projects in
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development. Many of these programs are Open Source and/or free.
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According to the now-defunct freshmeat.net (a large index of software
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for Linux and other Unices), there are over 23,000 projects in development.
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Many of these programs are Open Source and/or free.
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## Is it hard to make the switch?
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One of the biggest concerns for prospective Linux users is whether they will
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be able to use the same programs they did on Windows/macOS. People might have
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to use particular software for their jobs, after all. Thankfully, this isn't
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such a big problem anymore.
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Nowadays, more and more software ships with native Linux support, including
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[most](https://code.visualstudio.com/) [code](https://www.jetbrains.com/ides/)
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[IDEs](https://eclipseide.org/), and even some multimedia programs like
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[DaVinci Resolve](https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/products/davinciresolve) and
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[Synthesizer V](https://dreamtonics.com/synthesizerv/).
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Even if this isn't the case for you, you still have options. Plenty of free
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alternatives to popular proprietary software exist (e.g.
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[GIMP](https://www.gimp.org/) instead of Photoshop for image editing,
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[Krita](https://krita.org/en/) instead of PaintTool SAI
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for drawing, or [LibreOffice](https://www.libreoffice.org/) instead of
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Microsoft Office). These programs are often compatible with the same file
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formats, too. Still, if you absolutely must use the same program that you ran
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on your Windows system, [Wine](https://www.winehq.org/) can be used to run
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.EXEs. [Proton](https://www.protondb.com/) works on top of Wine so you can even
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play many of the same PC games.
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Currently, Linux only holds about 4% market share amongst desktop PCs, but as
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the open source software ecosystem continues to evolve, and users get fed up
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with Microsoft and Apple's business practices, this number is sure to climb.
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## Getting Linux
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Here's a short and incomplete list to help you choose:
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### Debian-based
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1. MX Linux
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2. Mint
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3. Ubuntu
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4. Debian
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1. Debian
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2. Ubuntu
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3. Linux Mint
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4. MX Linux
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5. Pop! OS
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6. Elementary OS
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7. Zorin OS
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2. Gentoo
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3. OpenBSD
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4. FreeBSD
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5. Slackware
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## Tips for selecting a distro
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If you are a beginner and you don't want to mess with the terminal that much,
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posts = '/:filename'
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[params]
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subtitle = "UCLA Linux User Group. Free as in Freedom."
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subtitle = "UCLA Linux Users Group. Free as in Freedom."
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logo = "lug-ucla-logo.svg"
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favicon = "/favicon.ico"
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disableDisqusTypes = ["page"]
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url = "/membership"
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weight = 5
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[[menu.main]]
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name = "Events"
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url = "/events"
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weight = 6
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[[menu.main]]
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name = "News"
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url = "/news"
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weight = 6
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weight = 7
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[[menu.main]]
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name = "Photos"
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url = "/zenphoto"
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weight = 7
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weight = 8
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[[menu.main]]
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name = "Switch to Linux 🐧"
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url = "/linux"
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weight = 8
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weight = 9
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[[params.social]]
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name = "Discord"
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icon = "users"
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icon = "message-square"
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url = "https://discord.com/invite/EmGKCa48R6"
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[[params.social]]
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name = "XMPP"
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icon = "users"
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url = "https://xmpp.link/#main@room.linux.ucla.edu"
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[[params.social]]
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name = "X"
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icon = "twitter"
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url = "https://x.com/uclalug"
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[[params.social]]
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name = "Instagram"
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icon = "instagram"
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url = "https://instagram.com/lug.ucla"
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[[params.social]]
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name = "Github"
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icon = "github"
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url = "https://github.com/lug-ucla"
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name = "Git"
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icon = "git-merge"
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url = "https://git.linux.ucla.edu"
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[[params.social]]
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name = "RSS"
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</style>
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<ol>
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<li>
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<a href="#">
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<span class="magic">Week 7 (TBD): E-Waste Meetup</span>
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<a href="/events/ewaste-s24">
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<span class="magic">May 16, 2024: E-Waste Meetup</span>
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</a>
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</li>
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</ol>
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letter-spacing: 1px;
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.recent-posts {
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margin-bottom: 30px;
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}
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.recent-posts .posts .post {
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margin-bottom: 30px;
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