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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#cooperatives #TechCoOps #PlatformCoops

Worker Ownership Is Resistance

https://limeleaf.net/blog/worker-ownership-is-resistance/

#Resist #Coops #TechCoops #WorkersRights

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/

#38c3 #techcoops #komona

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;

https://tech-coops.xyz/

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.

#cooperatives #TechCoops #PlatformCooperatives

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:

:boost_ok:

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.

#coops #techcoops #workercoops

@noemi

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?...

#cooperativedevelopment
#socialcoop
#techcoops
#startups

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

Worker #cooperatives often aspire to be more than good places to work, in particular trying to be integral and nurturing parts of the communities they're embedded in.

How much conscious effort have #techcoops made to redefine tech's relationship to communities? Durham, NC, has a serious gentrification problem, and the growing tech industry is a major contributor. What projects and partnerships could tech coops pursue to substantively change this?

Co-op training and research is 'crucial in the age of technology', says @ArielGuarco of @icacoop at his #CoopEdConf18 keynote

#techcoops #coops #digital #technology
https://t.co/hRpfu15ZRg https://twitter.com/coopnews/status/993498246835261441/photo/1

Co-op training and research is 'crucial in the age of technology', said @ArielGuarco of @icacoop at #CoopEdConf18

#techcoops #coops #digital #technology
https://t.co/hRpfu15ZRg

Co-op training and research is 'crucial in the age of technology', says @ArielGuarco of @icacoop at his #CoopEdConf18 keynote

#techcoops #coops #digital #technology
https://t.co/hRpfu15ZRg https://twitter.com/coopnews/status/991674350825852928/photo/1

Ways Forward 6 Conference – What’s next for UK’s #techcoops? @cbccoop @webarchcoop #coops https://www.thenews.coop/126510/sector/ways-forward-6-conference-next-uks-tech-co-ops/ https://twitter.com/coopnews/status/968806960513642496/photo/1