fun while lost @funwhilelost@social.coop

PeerTube is crowdfunding for version 3.0:
https://joinpeertube.org/roadmap

"At a time when no one knows what the future will bring, it didn't seem decent for us to do a crowdfunding campaign threatening to not do our best on PeerTube if we didn't raise the necessary funds ... We still hope that by sharing this roadmap as widely as possible, some of you will support us in our approach with a donation that will allow us to fund this work."

If you can afford to contribute, please consider it.

#PeerTube

This looks cool: https://www.colorado.edu/lab/medlab/2020/05/20/exit-community-community-ownership-pandemic

Check out the website:
https://communityrule.info/

the world computer, a rant: https://p1k3.com/2020/5/14/

I'd love to form more of a community with other designers, especially those focused on #UX and who share #Libre slash #OpenSource values.

If you do too, respond to this thread and we can see where it goes from there.

(boost appreciated!)

#LibreUX #OpenDesign #FreeSoftware #Design

Hide your true nature!... Wear it long enough and YOU will believe it's you.

The GEO weekly newsletter is out. This week we've got an Italian Social #Cooperative and a how-to for creating #MutualAid #Herbal apothecaries, along with a bunch of other cooperative goodness.

https://mailchi.mp/55c0ab30d002/coming-home-to-casa-di-alice-mobile-mutual-aid-herbal-apothecary-how-to

Denizens of the Fediverse:

Those of you who're worried about contracting #covid19... if you need help, you are going to reach out to the Fediverse and ask if you can, right?

Right?

We're here for each other.

#covid19help

Millions are threatened by both the #coronavirus as well as eviction, job loss + lack of access to basic resources. While the State fails to respond, autonomous groups across the US are mobilizing to provide #mutualaid to those most impacted by the crisis. https://itsgoingdown.org/autonomous-groups-are-mobilizing-mutual-aid-initiatives-to-combat-the-coronavirus/

Physical distancing + Social solidarity

#ORCΛ handheld!
https://github.com/Bongorian/ORCAmini_pcb_dev

_Finally_ got around to putting the #ZincCoop operating agreement publicly online: https://www.zinc.coop/operating-agreement/

It's not perfect, but it's reasonably fair. We're planning to apply a number of patches throughout 2020; including one which more broadly opens up consumer membership.

#WorkLog | #ZincCoop | #Governance

Building accountability into startups and avoiding user-serving companies becoming zombies to investors. Strategies:
* user buyout: a trust or co-ops buys all shares on behalf of users. User representation and/or shared profits. #NIO gave shares to user trust.
* federation: #VISA as cooperative of user businesses. Voluntary (#ActivityPub etc.) or through AntiTrust action.
* tokenization: ownership is traded as crypto-tokens, under company control, or permisionless.
#ZebrasUnite.com

One of the bootstrapped founders community I'm in (#ZebrasUnite) is converting to a #Coop!

Super exciting to see the #Coops movement growing!

https://medium.com/@sexandstartups/new-stripes-for-zebras-unite-1f22352b401b

The popularity of Wikipedia article about #workercoops seems to be going up a lot - last month was by far the best month since records began!

By far the worst part of freelancing is having to cosplay as a "business guy"

When so many people use Gmail as their primary email, it's a bit concerning that different candidates' newsletters get classified very differently and nobody really knows why yet

https://www.niemanlab.org/2020/02/ever-wonder-why-gmail-doesnt-put-your-newsletter-in-subscribers-primary-inbox/

#classification
#degoogle
#email
#google
#monopoly
#newsletter
#politics

#SolarpunkActionWeek is less than a month away! Is everyone ready?

The Low Tech New Deal
https://lowtechinstitute.org/2019/03/07/green-new-deal-how-about-a-low-tech-new-deal/