1RG
@1rg.space
1RG cultivates tools, practices and communities that empower people through a humane relationship with technology.
🏡 https://1rg.space
👾 https://labs.1rg.space
📖 https://words.1rg.space
🐣 https://incubator.1rg.space
🏡 https://1rg.space
👾 https://labs.1rg.space
📖 https://words.1rg.space
🐣 https://incubator.1rg.space
We have a very packed calendar before we take a lil break at the end of month luma.com/1rg-calenda...
December 2, 2025 at 9:18 PM
We have a very packed calendar before we take a lil break at the end of month luma.com/1rg-calenda...
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We often get asked how @1rg.space started - here's a sneak peek of that story words.1rg.space/a-brief-hist...
A brief history of community dinner
Community Dinners are at the core of the 1RG origin story. I might go as far as saying that 1RG would not exist if it wasn't for this tradition.
Back in February 2022 Max and I were on a phone call r...
words.1rg.space
November 21, 2025 at 9:17 PM
We often get asked how @1rg.space started - here's a sneak peek of that story words.1rg.space/a-brief-hist...
Membership update! We're folding Friends into regular membership, simplifying our tiers, and making it clearer than ever what you get as part of our community.
3 tiers. same benefits. pick the access level that works for you.
full announcement:
3 tiers. same benefits. pick the access level that works for you.
full announcement:
A new community membership
Have you wondered what the difference is between a 1RG Member and a Friend of 1RG? We have too, and we finally have an answer: there isn’t one.
words.1rg.space
November 5, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Membership update! We're folding Friends into regular membership, simplifying our tiers, and making it clearer than ever what you get as part of our community.
3 tiers. same benefits. pick the access level that works for you.
full announcement:
3 tiers. same benefits. pick the access level that works for you.
full announcement:
A round up of what's happening at 1RG this month - full calendar at 1rg.space/events/
November 3, 2025 at 4:00 PM
A round up of what's happening at 1RG this month - full calendar at 1rg.space/events/
Every last Tuesday of the month we gather to share food and conversations. Our 76th Community Dinner is next week and RSVP is open at luma.com/1rg-dinner-76
Come find your people!
Come find your people!
Community Dinner #76 · Luma
It's your regularly scheduled 1RG community dinner!
As usual, we’ll be serving a home-cooked vegetarian dinner. All you have to bring is yourself, and any…
luma.com
October 24, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Every last Tuesday of the month we gather to share food and conversations. Our 76th Community Dinner is next week and RSVP is open at luma.com/1rg-dinner-76
Come find your people!
Come find your people!
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Very excited to add this to the @1rg.space library!
October 22, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Very excited to add this to the @1rg.space library!
Eric teaching us about his solarpunk Tarot deck this for our first First Wednesday Salon, where we invite interesting people to come to the space and talk to us about what they do.
October 1, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Eric teaching us about his solarpunk Tarot deck this for our first First Wednesday Salon, where we invite interesting people to come to the space and talk to us about what they do.
We're excited to participate in Toronto Climate Week with a screening of documentary “Plastic People: The Hidden Crisis of Microplastics” followed by a Q&A with the director and the editor of the film.
More details and RSVP at luma.com/80ff45jc
More details and RSVP at luma.com/80ff45jc
1RG Presents: Plastic People · Luma
Join us for a 1RG Documentary Insights presentation of “Plastic People: The Hidden Crisis of Microplastics” followed by a panel discussion.
Plastic People is…
luma.com
September 23, 2025 at 3:54 PM
We're excited to participate in Toronto Climate Week with a screening of documentary “Plastic People: The Hidden Crisis of Microplastics” followed by a Q&A with the director and the editor of the film.
More details and RSVP at luma.com/80ff45jc
More details and RSVP at luma.com/80ff45jc
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"The biking groups play a critical role in collecting the donated food and delivering it to community fridges and residents.
"Bikes make the most sense" as they allow faster delivery by bypassing congestion, said" @drcyndind.bsky.social
h/t @thebikinglawyer.bsky.social www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
"Bikes make the most sense" as they allow faster delivery by bypassing congestion, said" @drcyndind.bsky.social
h/t @thebikinglawyer.bsky.social www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
If Ontario removed Toronto bike lanes, aid groups say they could be forced to suspend food deliveries | CBC News
As a legal battle over the province's plans for Ontario's bike lanes continues, some Toronto aid groups say they are at risk of shutting down food delivery programs if key bike lanes in the city are r...
www.cbc.ca
August 19, 2025 at 1:25 PM
"The biking groups play a critical role in collecting the donated food and delivering it to community fridges and residents.
"Bikes make the most sense" as they allow faster delivery by bypassing congestion, said" @drcyndind.bsky.social
h/t @thebikinglawyer.bsky.social www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
"Bikes make the most sense" as they allow faster delivery by bypassing congestion, said" @drcyndind.bsky.social
h/t @thebikinglawyer.bsky.social www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Highly enjoyable (and competitive) game of Parks last night!
August 15, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Highly enjoyable (and competitive) game of Parks last night!
One more sleep to Civic Spark!
You can still join us and our friends at @civictechto.bsky.social for 2 days of talks, panels and conversations about civic tech and shaping the future of public life
civic-spark.com
You can still join us and our friends at @civictechto.bsky.social for 2 days of talks, panels and conversations about civic tech and shaping the future of public life
civic-spark.com
Civic Spark
A conference + unconference for organizers, innovators, and community builders interested in creating a better future of public life.
civic-spark.com
August 15, 2025 at 8:25 PM
One more sleep to Civic Spark!
You can still join us and our friends at @civictechto.bsky.social for 2 days of talks, panels and conversations about civic tech and shaping the future of public life
civic-spark.com
You can still join us and our friends at @civictechto.bsky.social for 2 days of talks, panels and conversations about civic tech and shaping the future of public life
civic-spark.com
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> I wonder if the answer to the original question—how can we harness tech more to do more good?—might actually be less technology
kailahbharath.substack.com/p/a-return-t...
I loved reading this reflection! This is literally why we hosted Fabric @withcodesign.bsky.social @1rg.space
kailahbharath.substack.com/p/a-return-t...
I loved reading this reflection! This is literally why we hosted Fabric @withcodesign.bsky.social @1rg.space
A return to form
Not exactly a call to touch grass — but something like it
kailahbharath.substack.com
August 14, 2025 at 2:44 AM
> I wonder if the answer to the original question—how can we harness tech more to do more good?—might actually be less technology
kailahbharath.substack.com/p/a-return-t...
I loved reading this reflection! This is literally why we hosted Fabric @withcodesign.bsky.social @1rg.space
kailahbharath.substack.com/p/a-return-t...
I loved reading this reflection! This is literally why we hosted Fabric @withcodesign.bsky.social @1rg.space
Out member spotlight on @ilyakreynin.bsky.social is over three minutes long, but I think you can get what he's about in the first 15 seconds.
You can see the full thing here: words.1rg.space/member-spotl...
You can see the full thing here: words.1rg.space/member-spotl...
August 2, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Out member spotlight on @ilyakreynin.bsky.social is over three minutes long, but I think you can get what he's about in the first 15 seconds.
You can see the full thing here: words.1rg.space/member-spotl...
You can see the full thing here: words.1rg.space/member-spotl...
1RG member @ellen.li on how she found out about us, and showing off some 770donmills.com shirts!
Hear her talk about technology, re-choosing Toronto as home after being a digital nomad and attention as a form of worship in our second member spotlight: words.1rg.space/member-spotl...
Hear her talk about technology, re-choosing Toronto as home after being a digital nomad and attention as a form of worship in our second member spotlight: words.1rg.space/member-spotl...
July 18, 2025 at 7:12 PM
1RG member @ellen.li on how she found out about us, and showing off some 770donmills.com shirts!
Hear her talk about technology, re-choosing Toronto as home after being a digital nomad and attention as a form of worship in our second member spotlight: words.1rg.space/member-spotl...
Hear her talk about technology, re-choosing Toronto as home after being a digital nomad and attention as a form of worship in our second member spotlight: words.1rg.space/member-spotl...
1RG is a container for experiments in reimagining the relationship between community and technology.
Our latest experiment, an incubator for community-focussed projects, just concluded.
Read more about our findings in our report:
words.1rg.space/experiment-r...
Our latest experiment, an incubator for community-focussed projects, just concluded.
Read more about our findings in our report:
words.1rg.space/experiment-r...
Experiment report: the 1RG Incubator
1RG is a container for experiments in reimagining the relationship between community and technology. In the first half of this year we dipped our toes into the world of incubators. Here’s how it went ...
words.1rg.space
July 17, 2025 at 3:10 PM
1RG is a container for experiments in reimagining the relationship between community and technology.
Our latest experiment, an incubator for community-focussed projects, just concluded.
Read more about our findings in our report:
words.1rg.space/experiment-r...
Our latest experiment, an incubator for community-focussed projects, just concluded.
Read more about our findings in our report:
words.1rg.space/experiment-r...
Day 1 of Fabric with @withcodesign.bsky.social
July 12, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Day 1 of Fabric with @withcodesign.bsky.social
One week until Fabric! We've partnered with our friends at @withcodesign.bsky.social to bring alternative voices in tech to the forefront.
Join us for a self-organized gathering for practitioners who use technologist to uplift individuals at society.
July 11th & 12th
lu.ma/uvdp3g1j
Join us for a self-organized gathering for practitioners who use technologist to uplift individuals at society.
July 11th & 12th
lu.ma/uvdp3g1j
Fabric: Alternative Futures with Tech Unconference · Luma
Technology is deeply woven into our culture. However too often, the public conversation of tech focuses on either unrestrained hype or outright…
lu.ma
July 4, 2025 at 6:27 PM
One week until Fabric! We've partnered with our friends at @withcodesign.bsky.social to bring alternative voices in tech to the forefront.
Join us for a self-organized gathering for practitioners who use technologist to uplift individuals at society.
July 11th & 12th
lu.ma/uvdp3g1j
Join us for a self-organized gathering for practitioners who use technologist to uplift individuals at society.
July 11th & 12th
lu.ma/uvdp3g1j
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best piece of advice I've been given to date.. also how I keep my sanity
words.1rg.space/talk-to-5-pe...
words.1rg.space/talk-to-5-pe...
Talk to 5 people today
The year was 2015, and I was visiting Berlin with my friend Lyn. She would go on to move there, but at the time we were both job searching after our batch at the Recurse Centre and visiting the city f...
words.1rg.space
July 3, 2025 at 4:11 PM
best piece of advice I've been given to date.. also how I keep my sanity
words.1rg.space/talk-to-5-pe...
words.1rg.space/talk-to-5-pe...
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Tech is woven into our culture, but not all of those threads are apparent. Join us at Fabric, a self-organised, intimate gathering with @1rg.space for practitioners who use technology to uplift individuals and society.
July 11th and 12th. lu.ma/uvdp3g1j
July 11th and 12th. lu.ma/uvdp3g1j
June 27, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Tech is woven into our culture, but not all of those threads are apparent. Join us at Fabric, a self-organised, intimate gathering with @1rg.space for practitioners who use technology to uplift individuals and society.
July 11th and 12th. lu.ma/uvdp3g1j
July 11th and 12th. lu.ma/uvdp3g1j
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This should be the slogan for Gander's mod team
June 26, 2025 at 2:32 PM
This should be the slogan for Gander's mod team
We're really happy to announce that we're a sponsor of the Junction Residents Association's SummerFest this year.
Come hang out in Malta Park (did you know Toronto has a Little Malta?) tomorrow, and you might get a special 1RG postcard!
Come hang out in Malta Park (did you know Toronto has a Little Malta?) tomorrow, and you might get a special 1RG postcard!
June 20, 2025 at 10:39 PM
We're really happy to announce that we're a sponsor of the Junction Residents Association's SummerFest this year.
Come hang out in Malta Park (did you know Toronto has a Little Malta?) tomorrow, and you might get a special 1RG postcard!
Come hang out in Malta Park (did you know Toronto has a Little Malta?) tomorrow, and you might get a special 1RG postcard!
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June 19, 2025 at 8:22 PM
1RG member @wxs.ca on his complicated relationship with tech, returning to the soul of interest of a mathematical and technical orientation towards the world, and the early days of 1RG.
Hear more from Xavier in our first Member Spotlight: words.1rg.space/member-spotl...
Hear more from Xavier in our first Member Spotlight: words.1rg.space/member-spotl...
June 18, 2025 at 9:54 PM
1RG member @wxs.ca on his complicated relationship with tech, returning to the soul of interest of a mathematical and technical orientation towards the world, and the early days of 1RG.
Hear more from Xavier in our first Member Spotlight: words.1rg.space/member-spotl...
Hear more from Xavier in our first Member Spotlight: words.1rg.space/member-spotl...
It's official, we've made it.
We're now the kind of space that has both community-run discord bots and a dedicated "overheard at" account.
We're now the kind of space that has both community-run discord bots and a dedicated "overheard at" account.
📣 Announcing a new Discord bot for the 1RG Community 🎉 🎉
See a funny or interesting message on the discord you want the world to see? React to it with 📤 and it will be posted to BlueSky at https://bsky.app/profile/overheard.1rg.space (this bot asks the message author consents before posting)
See a funny or interesting message on the discord you want the world to see? React to it with 📤 and it will be posted to BlueSky at https://bsky.app/profile/overheard.1rg.space (this bot asks the message author consents before posting)
June 14, 2025 at 8:19 PM
It's official, we've made it.
We're now the kind of space that has both community-run discord bots and a dedicated "overheard at" account.
We're now the kind of space that has both community-run discord bots and a dedicated "overheard at" account.