Josh Davis @GuerillaOntologist@social.coop

I remember MEC locking out its members from a vote intended to cease selling goods made by an Irsaeli military contractor.

It became clear to me then, that MEC aren't interested in democracy and simply weren't a solidarity enterprise. For that reason, I never considered them part of the cooperative movement. This recent sale to a private firm only confirms this.

Last year a record number of mobile home communities (often known as "trailer parks") converted into resident owned cooperatives.

Not a single resident owned cooperatives has ever gone insolvent and research shows the model can provide many benefits.

https://coop.exchange/blog/9be361d4-f6a0-11ea-b711-06ceb0bf34bd/a-boom-in-trailer-parks-converting-into-community-owned-cooperatives

Not providing/removing power user features because "most users won't need it" is having causality *backwards*. Power user features are a space for your users to grow better in using your software (and more invested in it). Your users will never grow if you don't give them space in which to do so.

#UI / #UX

Rare photo of mother wrench feeding her hatchlings in the wild. Breathtaking

Corporations love to talk about empowering people of colour, while crushing their attempts to unionise.

Unionisation reduces racist sentiments, but the elites prefer cosmetic changes that blame the workers.

New article: "Corporations love minorities – unless we try to unionise" on Mutual Interest, a free online media #coop owned by readers & writers.

https://www.mutualinterest.coop/2020/09/corporations-love-minorities-unless-we-try-to-unionise

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Local Villagers Just Waiting Around For American Volunteers To Leave So They Can Rebuild School Correctly https://www.theonion.com/local-villagers-just-waiting-around-for-american-volunt-1844942213 #vol56issue36 #volunteering