Often times when I think about large-scale solutions, co-ops come to mind.

Imagine if some/many administrations in Europe had invested all their Microsoft licensing fees to fund a co-op that provides Office-like software for administrations.

We would have invested the same amount of money, but would be less dependent on Microsoft (and therefore the US), had established a competitor, could guarantee GDPR compliance, had software tailored to actual needs and so on and so forth.

Just one of very many possible examples if there was more cooperation for the public good.

#Microsoft #CoOps #DigitalSovereignty

:TwinPines: Building a #SolidarityEconomy in Indonesia: Peasant #Cooperatives and Urban Poor Unite
#Coops

https://viacampesina.org/en/2025/06/building-a-solidarity-economy-in-indonesia-peasant-cooperatives-and-urban-poor-unite-for-food-sovereignty/

Enjoyed a great walking tour along Pedersgata in Stavanger #norway with the local historian Gunnar Roalkvam, who introduced us to the history of consumer #coops here. Found a copy of his book on the topic in the used bookstore nearby: «Vårt eget eventyr: Forbruksamvirket i Rogaland» https://gladmat.no/program/byvandring-i-pedersgata-gunnar-roalkvam-onsdag/

Hi folks, we have received feedback about the pricing for our docs.coop instance hosting.

We have decided to drop the price to 30 GBP per month for a small Docs instance.

This comes with an Single Sign On oauth server (such as Keycloak or Authentik).

We think this represents excellent value and will hopefully be enough to support us making this exciting open source Google docs competitor available for the people.

We can offer additional paid support on top of this to integrate further into your existing infrastructure.

Unlock collaborative document editing without the oligarchs.

https://docs.coop/

pls :boost_ok:

#foss #coops #workercoops

5 #cooperative values

🌱 Democracy 🌱 Equality 🌱 Equity 🌱 Self Help 🌱 Solidarity 🌱 Self Responsability - Taken from Everything-coop IG

#coops #CoopValues

We now have tees! Designed by our friends at Transverse Co-operative, featuring a diverse flock of birds 🐦‍⬛ perched as notes on sheet music.

https://mirlo.space/team/merch/bird-notes-t-shirt

Printed by unionized worker co-op Worx Printing. 💪

#Coops #Music #Mirlo #Musicians #Swag

I was just reading @cadey's post about the craft and it echoes a lot of fears I have about the direction of society and the tech industry. But what really hit me was the emotion. It's just so exhausting to deal with the dehumanization that AI is bringing on to of everything else.

https://xeiaso.net/blog/2025/rolling-ladder-behind-us/

I have a hypothesis that community and cooperative are the antidote. We need to be humans first and foremost.

#ai #coops #community #humanity

apply.coop is officially released! Explore over 100 #jobs at Sierra Club, AP, EFF, Kagi, Allbirds, St. Jude's Hospital, and more. Thanks to all who helped us build a platform where good people find great jobs. We’ll be adding more features soon while keeping the site simple and fast. Read more at https://limeleaf.coop/blog/apply-coop-is-released/ #hiring #coops

to constantly hear about not just how much Amazon sucks, but the names/brands of what we want more of in a better world. Please support the co-ops listed in my pinned article! I'll be adding more alternatives to this thread. #cooperatives #economy #democracy #co-ops #economics #boycott #unions

Computers. Can't live with 'em. Can't live without 'em.

“I ordered candy on Wednesday, and normally it comes in on Saturday, but it never came,” Merritt said. “Then I tried to re-order Saturday, but the [barcode-scanning] gun was giving me trouble.”
https://www.startribune.com/unfi-cyberattack-hack-cub-lunds-byerlys-whole-foods-kowalski-seward-coop-stock-empty-shelves-grocery/601371254?utm_source=gift

#computers #coops #Cub

Second option: we will setup a demo instance which we will use for testing and we can provide multiple user account.

However this be wiped nightly and won’t have any expectation of uptime and will also be shared with other interested folks.

It would be great if you could make a one off donation of 70 GBP to contribute towards the costs of us spinning this up.

Reach out to us at boop @ autonomic . zone

#coops #workercoops #foss #docs

Wow 210 boosts and 196 favs. Thank you all so kindly :dizzy_trans:

We had some enquiries in via email and we finally settled on some initial offerings for this beta phase of the project:

First is an instance of your own on an EU based server, which we maintain for you with the latest updates.

You get full access to everything and essentially unlimited users and the option to use external oauth Single Sign On.

This will be 50 GBP per month (with a minimum commitment of 3 months). This is the longer term option that is most supportive of this initiative.

We don't think we can continue this pricing indefinitely so in a slightly 🧀 y sales pitch, we're guaranteeing this for our first 10 or so customers.

#coops #workercoops #foss #docs

On this month-long journey I met with and interviewed six workers coops, five of which are tech-related. They are vastly different, each operating within their unique context.
https://19.coop
https://syndicats.co
https://teknologisk.coop
https://robur.coop
https://ogtall.no
https://kbhck.dk (bike shop)

I met with the workers' union which has Denmarks first 30-hours collective bargaining agreement at/with a tech workers coop.
https://prosa.dk (union)
https://tetrabit.coop (coop)

I met with two data collectives; democratic organizations which among other things run digital services (matrix, nextcloud, etc) for its members.
https://data.coop
https://ukrudt.net

I also met three hackerspaces and one makerspace.
https://labitat.dk
https://hamburg.ccc.de
https://hackeriet.no
https://attraktor.org

Expect a blog post (particularly about the coop related stuff) or extended fedi thread some time this summer.
Feel free to @ me if it takes a while.

#coop #coops #cooperative #techcoop #europe #interrail #democracy #hackerspace #makerspace #union #laborunion #digitalEmancipation #fagforening #arbeiderbevegelse #kooperativ #samvirke #arbeidermakt

This is a fully open source and welcoming community.

If you are interested in testing a docs.coop instance, please get in touch: boop@autonomic.zone

We can't offer the same loss leader mega scale prices as the USian tech mega corps but we do offer full control and privacy over your tech services and a thriving co-operative and public sector partnership that is tackling one of the most pressing missing tools in the #FOSS ecosystem.

#workercoops #coops

We're thrilled to announce our new project:
https://docs.coop/

Building on the great work of Suite Numerique (https://docs.numerique.gouv.fr/home/), we are offering an opportunity to be part of a new collaborative Docs platform as a service, that provides an ethical alternative to Google Docs, Office 365, Notion etc.

Docs is the result of a joint effort lead by the French 🥖 (DINUM) and German 🥨 (ZenDiS) governments which represents a paradigm shift in the way open source software is funded.

#workercoops #coops #FLOSS #privacy

Organising in times of crisis - 2 exciting opportunities to research crisis-resilient organisations & institutions, the role of entrepreneurship, creativity and innovation, and/or questions of time, temporality, future-making, and strategising in crisis. Doctoral and post-doctoral positions as part of the Leuphana Center for Organization and Social Transformation (LOST), Lüneburg, Germany. For more information, see→

Postdoc: https://www.leuphana.de/en/university/open-positions/research-teaching/eng-ansicht-forschung-lehre/2025/05/28/key-subject-area-organizing-in-times-of-crisis-postdoctoral-research-associate-with-a-background-in-management-or-business-administration.html

Doctorate: https://www.leuphana.de/en/university/open-positions/research-teaching/eng-ansicht-forschung-lehre/2025/05/28/key-subject-area-organizing-in-times-of-crisis-doctoral-research-associate-with-a-background-in-management-or-business-administration.html

#coops

apply.coop is on Mastodon! Thanks for hosting us, @SocialCoop .

We have dozens of great jobs for you to browse at https://apply.coop!

#jobs #coops

🏳️‍🌈 Cafe Euphoria got it's start soon after the pandemic closures ended as a welcoming place for trans and gender non-conforming people...and it's still going strong today! Check out this article from YES! Magazine for the inspiring story. #Coops #Pride

https://www.yesmagazine.org/issue/work/2022/08/16/cafe-upending-capitalism

:TwinPines: Worker-Led Media: A virtual panel on building a better media economy. Presented by the Writers Guild of America East, Democracy at Work Institute, CUNY School of Labor and Urban Studies, and the Consortium for Worker Education / Astoria Worker Project.
#Media #Coops

https://www.wgaeast.org/event/worker-led-media-a-virtual-panel-on-building-a-better-media-economy/

You are invited to join us on 14 July, 7pm (GMT +1) for UKSCS Co-operative Conversation with Rebecca Harvey - executive editor of Co-op News - see link for more details for this free online event >>https://www.ukscs.coop/events/co-operative-conversations-14-july-with-rebecca-harvey #coopnews #coops