Hi everyone, I'd like to make my #introduction!
I'm interested in exploring platform cooperatives as an alternative model for building things, interacting with people, and making change. I'm part of a network that recently (and somewhat unsucessfully) developed a "sharing economy" tool - I'm interested in learning how it might be done better.
Finally, I'm a techie, and I want to learn more about cooperative tools and help others to use them.
My other handle is: @Argus
heh.
#Exxon booted from carbon-tax alliance after lobbying scandal - BNN
https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/exxon-mobil-suspended-from-international-conservation-alliance-1.1637521.amp.html?__twitter_impression=true
Rising Seas Are Coming For Big #Tech Campuses. Who Will Pay To Protect Them? https://www.npr.org/1018393765
The Energy Gang: A New Era for Climate-Focused Venture Capital https://art19.com/shows/the-energy-gang
FOOD 👏 POLICY 👏 IS 👏 ENVIRONMENTAL 👏 AND 👏 HEALTH 👏 POLICY
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/07/16/true-cost-of-american-food-system/
Forgotten Novels of the 19th Century https://blog.archive.org/2021/07/14/forgotten-novels-of-the-19th-century/
How Internet and TV providers get away with jacking up your bill
By Geoffrey A. Fowler
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/07/13/internet-cable-bills/
Nikole Hannah-Jones just proved the correctness of critical race theory
Opinion by Paul Butler
Awesome story about making policy!
How to Save a Planet: An Origin Story of the Blue New Deal https://gimletmedia.com/shows/howtosaveaplanet
Dragonflies - Indicator Species of Environmental Health | Nature
http://www.earthtimes.org/nature/dragonflies-indicator-species-environmental-health/2033/
So! I ran a test of Big Blue Button with some colleagues in Spain. They really liked the functionality and are thinking of joining meet.coop and converting from Zoom.
I had a good time with the tool, but my recording of the session appears to have disappeared into the ether... has anyone encountered this?
On that end, does anyone know any good books/readings about agrarian co-ops, especially outside the US?
"How can Collaboration and Open Source Tech Protect Civil Society Privacy?"
My "3 Takeways" Document from #open2020:
https://cryptpad.fr/pad/#/2/pad/edit/gACH37IejVW347+Ux0Gn2PL4/
* Collaborative ownership of communications tools
* Open protocols to support decentralization efforts
* Cooperative effort governance models
Fascinated the social impact of tech. Product Manager at Tech Matters.
Primary account: @Argus
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