Autonomic Co-op
@autonomic.zone
Autonomic is a hive mind of 12 people around the world, turning gentle chaos into websites, infrastructure, and design.
🌐 https://autonomic.zone
☁️ https://coopcloud.tech
🌻 http://sunbeam.city/@Autonomic
✉️ boop@autonomic.zone
🌐 https://autonomic.zone
☁️ https://coopcloud.tech
🌻 http://sunbeam.city/@Autonomic
✉️ boop@autonomic.zone
Hi folks!
@coopcloud.social.coop.ap.brid.gy community members made a new Matrix channel for folks looking to start new tech co-ops. Soon to be a Matrix space.
Feel free to come say hi:
matrix.to#/%23techcoop...
@coopcloud.social.coop.ap.brid.gy community members made a new Matrix channel for folks looking to start new tech co-ops. Soon to be a Matrix space.
Feel free to come say hi:
matrix.to#/%23techcoop...
Matrix - Decentralised and secure communication
You're invited to talk on Matrix. If you don't already have a client this link will help you pick one, and join the conversation. If you already have one, this link will help you join the conversation
matrix.to
October 30, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Hi folks!
@coopcloud.social.coop.ap.brid.gy community members made a new Matrix channel for folks looking to start new tech co-ops. Soon to be a Matrix space.
Feel free to come say hi:
matrix.to#/%23techcoop...
@coopcloud.social.coop.ap.brid.gy community members made a new Matrix channel for folks looking to start new tech co-ops. Soon to be a Matrix space.
Feel free to come say hi:
matrix.to#/%23techcoop...
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If you make it to @SeaGL this year, don't miss the RTM talk (https://pretalx.seagl.org/2025/talk/XE8TL3/) and the @coopcloud talk (https://pretalx.seagl.org/2025/talk/BXX88L/)
#seattle #seagl2025 #tech
#seattle #seagl2025 #tech
Resist Tech Monopolies: Community Photo Hosting SeaGL 2025
Resist Tech Monopolies (RTM) is a collective that aims to build & support community alternatives to big tech. One of our projects is a self-hosted and distributed photo sharing application that will be an alternative to proprietary platforms like Google and iCloud Photos. Alternatives already exist; however, there are several barriers to more people adopting these tools, including cost of physical infrastructure, required tech skills, time and energy, and a lack of desired features. In this talk we present the case for resisting tech monopolies like Google Photos, go through the technical details of how we set up a community photo hosting platform, and share our lessons learned on the process.
pretalx.seagl.org
October 24, 2025 at 3:38 PM
If you make it to @SeaGL this year, don't miss the RTM talk (https://pretalx.seagl.org/2025/talk/XE8TL3/) and the @coopcloud talk (https://pretalx.seagl.org/2025/talk/BXX88L/)
#seattle #seagl2025 #tech
#seattle #seagl2025 #tech
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So much of the internet down with the AWS issues. A painful reminder that even some more ethical services rely on Amazon. Who’s got alternatives to recommend? I’ve spotted @autonomic.zone’s Co-op Cloud for small tech providers.
October 20, 2025 at 8:35 AM
So much of the internet down with the AWS issues. A painful reminder that even some more ethical services rely on Amazon. Who’s got alternatives to recommend? I’ve spotted @autonomic.zone’s Co-op Cloud for small tech providers.
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gave a guest lecture for @sfpc.study and one of my revolutionaries was in the audience 🥲 what a well-rounded stepper
& thank you @notplants.bsky.social for the opportunity to share!
& thank you @notplants.bsky.social for the opportunity to share!
Blacksky for sfpc: Computing Infrastructure as Mutual Aid Practice
docs.google.com
October 15, 2025 at 7:55 PM
gave a guest lecture for @sfpc.study and one of my revolutionaries was in the audience 🥲 what a well-rounded stepper
& thank you @notplants.bsky.social for the opportunity to share!
& thank you @notplants.bsky.social for the opportunity to share!
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Meanwhile on the Fediverse - exciting demo of Bonfire for Open Science!
Enables creating highly configurable community spaces & also includes ORCID login + post to DOI conversion with Zenodo
An ATProto integration for this would be 🔥
indieweb.social/@bonfire/115...
Enables creating highly configurable community spaces & also includes ORCID login + post to DOI conversion with Zenodo
An ATProto integration for this would be 🔥
indieweb.social/@bonfire/115...
October 16, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Meanwhile on the Fediverse - exciting demo of Bonfire for Open Science!
Enables creating highly configurable community spaces & also includes ORCID login + post to DOI conversion with Zenodo
An ATProto integration for this would be 🔥
indieweb.social/@bonfire/115...
Enables creating highly configurable community spaces & also includes ORCID login + post to DOI conversion with Zenodo
An ATProto integration for this would be 🔥
indieweb.social/@bonfire/115...
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@laboratoriodemedios is a finalist in the IEEE Connecting the Unconnected Challenge 🎉
Please vote and support our friends at the Red Abya Yala Toolkit project 💗 You can leave a like/comment on the video and it counts as a vote.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yMFdcHD-Z1U
It's a great project […]
Please vote and support our friends at the Red Abya Yala Toolkit project 💗 You can leave a like/comment on the video and it counts as a vote.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yMFdcHD-Z1U
It's a great project […]
Original post on social.coop
social.coop
October 9, 2025 at 10:41 AM
@laboratoriodemedios is a finalist in the IEEE Connecting the Unconnected Challenge 🎉
Please vote and support our friends at the Red Abya Yala Toolkit project 💗 You can leave a like/comment on the video and it counts as a vote.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yMFdcHD-Z1U
It's a great project […]
Please vote and support our friends at the Red Abya Yala Toolkit project 💗 You can leave a like/comment on the video and it counts as a vote.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yMFdcHD-Z1U
It's a great project […]
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We shouldn't need platforms owned by the biggest losers on the planet to live happy, healthy, connected lives. Our fledgling network of technologists and organisers aims to make tech billionaires obsolete by co-creating our own means of production.
gfsc.community/our-plan-to-...
gfsc.community/our-plan-to-...
Building bottom-up resistance to billionaire technology
We shouldn't need platforms owned by the biggest losers on the planet to live happy, healthy, connected lives. Our fledgling network of technologists and organisers aims to make tech billionaires obso...
gfsc.community
October 7, 2025 at 10:44 AM
We shouldn't need platforms owned by the biggest losers on the planet to live happy, healthy, connected lives. Our fledgling network of technologists and organisers aims to make tech billionaires obsolete by co-creating our own means of production.
gfsc.community/our-plan-to-...
gfsc.community/our-plan-to-...
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Working in tech is weird and wobbly right now. So this month I joined a tech union. Maybe you should too?
#uxdesign #techjobs #holdsteady
#uxdesign #techjobs #holdsteady
Designer? Now is the right time to join a tech union | Open UX Design
Now is the time to claim and exercise what power you have as a designer, before it’s too late.
The tech jobs market is changing. For devs and designers this is especially true, and we see it ourselve...
community.openux.design
August 19, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Working in tech is weird and wobbly right now. So this month I joined a tech union. Maybe you should too?
#uxdesign #techjobs #holdsteady
#uxdesign #techjobs #holdsteady
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No Palantir in the NHS and Corporate Watch reveal the real story behind Palantir's NHS data platform rolllout in a NEW REPORT out now!
corporatewatch.org/foi-requests...
#NoPalantirintheNHS
@medact.bsky.social @justtreatment.org @goodlawproject.bsky.social @foxglovelegal.bsky.social
corporatewatch.org/foi-requests...
#NoPalantirintheNHS
@medact.bsky.social @justtreatment.org @goodlawproject.bsky.social @foxglovelegal.bsky.social
August 20, 2025 at 7:37 AM
No Palantir in the NHS and Corporate Watch reveal the real story behind Palantir's NHS data platform rolllout in a NEW REPORT out now!
corporatewatch.org/foi-requests...
#NoPalantirintheNHS
@medact.bsky.social @justtreatment.org @goodlawproject.bsky.social @foxglovelegal.bsky.social
corporatewatch.org/foi-requests...
#NoPalantirintheNHS
@medact.bsky.social @justtreatment.org @goodlawproject.bsky.social @foxglovelegal.bsky.social
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GFSC are a collective imagining hopeful post-billionaire technology and finding scraps of pleasure in a crumbled social order. Read about our new plans and support our tentative (but necessary) optimism in an update from founder @kim.town.
gfsc.community/the-future-o...
gfsc.community/the-future-o...
Introducing the future of Geeks for Social Change!
GFSC are a collective imagining hopeful post-billionaire technology and finding scraps of pleasure in a crumbled social order. Read about our new plans and support our tentative (but necessary) optimi...
gfsc.community
March 4, 2025 at 4:19 PM
GFSC are a collective imagining hopeful post-billionaire technology and finding scraps of pleasure in a crumbled social order. Read about our new plans and support our tentative (but necessary) optimism in an update from founder @kim.town.
gfsc.community/the-future-o...
gfsc.community/the-future-o...
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How do we cultivate infrastructures of solidarity with each other?
Join us in September to explore grassroots ways of building independent tools outside techno-capitalism in Solidarity Infrastructures, taught online by Meghna Mahadevan, @notplants.bsky.social & hushpuppie io
༻ Apply @ sfpc.study
Join us in September to explore grassroots ways of building independent tools outside techno-capitalism in Solidarity Infrastructures, taught online by Meghna Mahadevan, @notplants.bsky.social & hushpuppie io
༻ Apply @ sfpc.study
July 29, 2025 at 4:54 PM
How do we cultivate infrastructures of solidarity with each other?
Join us in September to explore grassroots ways of building independent tools outside techno-capitalism in Solidarity Infrastructures, taught online by Meghna Mahadevan, @notplants.bsky.social & hushpuppie io
༻ Apply @ sfpc.study
Join us in September to explore grassroots ways of building independent tools outside techno-capitalism in Solidarity Infrastructures, taught online by Meghna Mahadevan, @notplants.bsky.social & hushpuppie io
༻ Apply @ sfpc.study
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Most communities have zero experience or capital to self host anything. That's why they all end up on discord.
What are we doing to fix that?
What if your community could pool storage to self host it's own images? What if the network of compute that runs the service was maintained cooperatively?
What are we doing to fix that?
What if your community could pool storage to self host it's own images? What if the network of compute that runs the service was maintained cooperatively?
I want to see this spirit from more self hosters, and those that develop self-hosted software. Designing for communities means lower the barriers to entry for _hosting_, and thinking carefully about identity and on-boarding, more than about what license to use.
I feel that even though self-hosting may be less desirable than a community solution, it’s the best solution _now_ for escaping our oligarchic tech hellhole. Give me the community solution with some real guarantees — not just promises — and I’ll drop my self-hosting solution like a hat.
July 28, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Most communities have zero experience or capital to self host anything. That's why they all end up on discord.
What are we doing to fix that?
What if your community could pool storage to self host it's own images? What if the network of compute that runs the service was maintained cooperatively?
What are we doing to fix that?
What if your community could pool storage to self host it's own images? What if the network of compute that runs the service was maintained cooperatively?
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Thank you to the great Colorado-founded @catalyst.coop for this deep-dive on worker co-op management & governance!
And thank you GEO Collective for publishing: geo.coop/articles/wha...
And thank you GEO Collective for publishing: geo.coop/articles/wha...
What It's Like to Work at a Tech Worker Co-op
Catalyst Cooperative is an all-remote, 8-person, tech worker cooperative based in North America. The coop was founded in 2017 with the mission to make US energy system data more accessible. Catalyst's...
geo.coop
July 23, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Thank you to the great Colorado-founded @catalyst.coop for this deep-dive on worker co-op management & governance!
And thank you GEO Collective for publishing: geo.coop/articles/wha...
And thank you GEO Collective for publishing: geo.coop/articles/wha...
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Keep your alt text short, but don't be afraid to add a little whimsy. Describe colors. And more tips!
https://stefanbohacek.com/blog/polls-about-alt-text-on-social-media/
#alttext #accessibility #socialmedia
https://stefanbohacek.com/blog/polls-about-alt-text-on-social-media/
#alttext #accessibility #socialmedia
stefanbohacek.com
July 20, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Keep your alt text short, but don't be afraid to add a little whimsy. Describe colors. And more tips!
https://stefanbohacek.com/blog/polls-about-alt-text-on-social-media/
#alttext #accessibility #socialmedia
https://stefanbohacek.com/blog/polls-about-alt-text-on-social-media/
#alttext #accessibility #socialmedia
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To the folks who insist worker ownership isn't compatible with "human nature"—we have empirical research over decades that shows the exact opposite. Worker ownership and participation are linked to increases in satisfaction and productivity. Psychological ownership is a real, studied phenomenon.
The Case for Employee Ownership - CLEO
The case for employee ownership is undisputed. As philanthropists and government leaders grapple with how to address both long-entrenched and newly-emerging forms of economic insecurity, there is no b...
cleo.rutgers.edu
July 20, 2025 at 8:13 PM
To the folks who insist worker ownership isn't compatible with "human nature"—we have empirical research over decades that shows the exact opposite. Worker ownership and participation are linked to increases in satisfaction and productivity. Psychological ownership is a real, studied phenomenon.
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Great piece of clear writing on organising from Geeks for Social Change, from political to community activities. Worth a read for anyone in an activist organiser capacity. kim.town/minimum-viab...
Minimum Viable Organisations
Please note this is a work in progress! Basic principle: It should be easy (low emotional labour, low technical labour, zero cost) to start a project with a small group of people with shared goals.
kim.town
December 28, 2023 at 4:47 PM
Great piece of clear writing on organising from Geeks for Social Change, from political to community activities. Worth a read for anyone in an activist organiser capacity. kim.town/minimum-viab...
Hi folks, we've received feedback about the pricing for our docs.coop hosting.
We've decided to drop the price to £30/mo for a small Docs instance. This comes with an SSO provider (such as Keycloak or Authentik).
Hit us up at boop@autonomic.zone if need help deGoogling your office suite!
We've decided to drop the price to £30/mo for a small Docs instance. This comes with an SSO provider (such as Keycloak or Authentik).
Hit us up at boop@autonomic.zone if need help deGoogling your office suite!
We're thrilled to announce our new project: docs.coop!
Building on the great work of Suite Numerique (docs.numerique.gouv.fr), we're 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.
Building on the great work of Suite Numerique (docs.numerique.gouv.fr), we're 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.coop – Co-operatively hosted open source document editing
An ethical and open alternative to Google Docs, Office 365, and other corporate clouds.
docs.coop
July 2, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Hi folks, we've received feedback about the pricing for our docs.coop hosting.
We've decided to drop the price to £30/mo for a small Docs instance. This comes with an SSO provider (such as Keycloak or Authentik).
Hit us up at boop@autonomic.zone if need help deGoogling your office suite!
We've decided to drop the price to £30/mo for a small Docs instance. This comes with an SSO provider (such as Keycloak or Authentik).
Hit us up at boop@autonomic.zone if need help deGoogling your office suite!
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Looking for a research associate to explore societal engagement with forest restoration on digital media – with @lboungr.bsky.social @wildflyingpanda.bsky.social @gabrielecolombo.bsky.social & more. Grateful for help sharing with those who might be interested! jonathangray.org/2025/05/31/s...
June 19, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Looking for a research associate to explore societal engagement with forest restoration on digital media – with @lboungr.bsky.social @wildflyingpanda.bsky.social @gabrielecolombo.bsky.social & more. Grateful for help sharing with those who might be interested! jonathangray.org/2025/05/31/s...
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Hm. A "proof of concept" pull request that adds "preliminary ActivityPub support" to Bluesky.
https://github.com/bluesky-social/atproto/pull/3943
Screenshots via https://bsky.app/profile/distraction.engineer/post/3lql7jiqaac2a
#bluesky #fediverse #socialmedia
https://github.com/bluesky-social/atproto/pull/3943
Screenshots via https://bsky.app/profile/distraction.engineer/post/3lql7jiqaac2a
#bluesky #fediverse #socialmedia
June 15, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Hm. A "proof of concept" pull request that adds "preliminary ActivityPub support" to Bluesky.
https://github.com/bluesky-social/atproto/pull/3943
Screenshots via https://bsky.app/profile/distraction.engineer/post/3lql7jiqaac2a
#bluesky #fediverse #socialmedia
https://github.com/bluesky-social/atproto/pull/3943
Screenshots via https://bsky.app/profile/distraction.engineer/post/3lql7jiqaac2a
#bluesky #fediverse #socialmedia
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One of our fellow worker co-ops @autonomic.zone have developed a new collaborative document platform as alternative to Google, Microsoft etc - check it out docs.coop
Docs.coop – Co-operatively hosted open source document editing
docs.coop
June 12, 2025 at 9:10 AM
One of our fellow worker co-ops @autonomic.zone have developed a new collaborative document platform as alternative to Google, Microsoft etc - check it out docs.coop
We're thrilled to announce our new project: docs.coop!
Building on the great work of Suite Numerique (docs.numerique.gouv.fr), we're 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.
Building on the great work of Suite Numerique (docs.numerique.gouv.fr), we're 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.coop – Co-operatively hosted open source document editing
An ethical and open alternative to Google Docs, Office 365, and other corporate clouds.
docs.coop
June 15, 2025 at 8:11 PM
We're thrilled to announce our new project: docs.coop!
Building on the great work of Suite Numerique (docs.numerique.gouv.fr), we're 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.
Building on the great work of Suite Numerique (docs.numerique.gouv.fr), we're 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.
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Modern computing is made possible by anarchist organizing.
Free software runs the planet, and it's organized by anarchism.
Anarchy works, the proof is all around you.
Free software runs the planet, and it's organized by anarchism.
Anarchy works, the proof is all around you.
June 13, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Modern computing is made possible by anarchist organizing.
Free software runs the planet, and it's organized by anarchism.
Anarchy works, the proof is all around you.
Free software runs the planet, and it's organized by anarchism.
Anarchy works, the proof is all around you.
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excited to share the third round of class projects from solidarity infrastructures: from local archives of neighborhood street art, to an rfc for maintenance dinners, to a self-hosted signal directory, and many other experiments and reflections on servers and infrastructure
infrastructures.us/e...
infrastructures.us/e...
June 11, 2025 at 5:42 PM
excited to share the third round of class projects from solidarity infrastructures: from local archives of neighborhood street art, to an rfc for maintenance dinners, to a self-hosted signal directory, and many other experiments and reflections on servers and infrastructure
infrastructures.us/e...
infrastructures.us/e...