Wow, we just attended the @patio general assembly. 23 organisers from tech worker co-operative worldwide. Very energising.
We demand democracy and freedom instead of authoritarian tech dystopia. Join us in the international struggle!
Hack the planet! :fediverse: 🌏 🏴☠️
Has anyone made or seen a recent (<~2y) survey/review of co-op run data backup options? North America preferred. I'm redoing my home data backup strategy (including digitized media), and I'd like to give strong preference to co-op ownership structures over something investor-focused. Since this is for backup/recovery, general cloud storage is an option but may be more than I need.
Links to individual co-ops okay, but a survey or review of several is better.
Boosts appreciated.
Wir freuen uns auch schon auf den #39c3, wo wir zusammen mit @Jointech, @unicode , @LIT_Local_IT , @datenkollektiv und anderen aus dem #techcoops eine Assembly haben. Wie letztes Jahr werden wir Teil von Komona sein.
We have created a new internationalist Matrix chat for folks looking to start new democratic tech worker co-operatives.
https://matrix.to/#/%23techcoop:autonomic.zone
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Hi folks,
@coopcloud community members made a new Matrix channel for folks looking to start new tech co-ops. Soon to be a Matrix space.
Feel free to come say hi:
https://matrix.to/#/%23techcoop:autonomic.zone
Autonomic gets a lot of people asking if we need new members. We're going to direct them here now to see if they can find networks online to approach starting their own co-ops.
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#coops #techcoops #workercoops #jobs #getfedihired #fedihire
The sudden and unexpected shuttering of mtrx.nz and peertube.nz in the last couple of weeks is a stark reminder of how ephemeral community-hosted services can be. In the absence of third options, people are stuck with technical infrastructure offered either by corporations, or by informal group of volunteers. Who have every right to walk away at any time, leaving the people hosted on their servers scrambling for a replacement.
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Worker Ownership Is Resistance
Morgen, Tag 3, 14 Uhr: Arbeiten im #Kollektiv #TechCoops #38C3 https://events.ccc.de/congress/2024/hub/de/event/tech-coops-arbeiten-im-it-kollektiv/
Chef ist doof, Kolleg*innen nerven :( Lust auf was Anderes? Willkommen in der Welt der kollektiven, herrschaftsfreien Zusammenarbeit! Selbstorganisation oder Selbstausbeutung? Freiheit, Nachhaltigkeit oder Illusion? Diskutiere mit uns über das Arbeiten in Tech-Coops!
Day 3, 14-15:00 @ Komona LAB (Halle H)
https://events.ccc.de/congress/2024/hub/de/event/tech-coops-arbeiten-im-it-kollektiv/
Am Sonntag machen die #techcoops um 14 Uhr ein q&a zum #kollektivenArbeiten im komona tablespace oder kommt zur techcoops assembly. #38C3
Wir haben unsere #techcoops Assembly beim #38C3 in Halle H neben komona.
Wir werden dieses Jahr übrigens beim #38C3 dabei sein. Zusammen mit den anderen #Kollektiv|en aus dem #TechCoops Verband haben wir sogar eine Assembly.
Wenn ihr wollt bekommt ihr schöne Sticker bei uns.
There will be a #techcoops assembly again at #38c3 (part of #Komona). We will also try to have regular FAQ / meetup sessions. It will be organized by the newish german tech-coops network. As always we are very happy to connect with other coops!
https://tech-coops.de
A list of tech co-ops around the world;
Some of them are presumably platform co-ops;
https://directory.platform.coop/
So hopefully the people curating these lists are aware of each other's work.
Vom 4. bis zum 7. Mai findet die erste Vernetzungskonferenz der IT-Kollektivbetriebe im deutschsprachigen Raum statt. Dort wollen wir uns kennenlernen, uns über unsere Arbeit austauschen und über eine Zusammenarbeit in der Zukunft diskutieren.
Programm, Hintergrundinformationen zur Vernetzung und Anmeldung: https://2023.tech-coops.de
Meldet euch gerne bei Fragen. #techcoops #kollektivbetriebe #coops
Excellent interview with Common Knowledge (https://twitter.com/cmmonknowledge) on the General Intellect Unit (https://twitter.com/giunitpod) podcast 👽
http://generalintellectunit.net/e/068-common-knowledge/
rss feed: http://generalintellectunit.net/feed.xml
We've not heard a more honest exploration of #coops #techcoops and #cotech
Absolute goldmine of info. If you're looking for a starting point for learning about co-ops. This is it.
We need to build radical infrastructure NOW. This includes tech infrastructure. There isn't any time to waste. Join the solidarity economy :ecosocialism:
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We're still here 🦄 Still ticking over ♥️ Still cooperating 🌈 Still hacking the planet 🌍
I think we're going to try and be a bit more communicative on our blog/Twitter/Fediverse this year.
Step One, post this question on social.coop. (done!)
Step Two, people ask you lots of questions like: what is the situation? What do you want to do? Why tech/what kind of tech? Users, makers, other? Why a co-op? Have you organized or been a member of a co-op before? What was that like? What are your dreams of success as a cooperative? What do you most want to avoid?...
Would love to get recommendations on people or orgs to follow involved in housing justice, tech co-ops, and scientific computation in general. Any SF Bay Area specific recommendations would be great as well.
#introductions #housingjustice #techcoops #scienctificcomputing #julialang
