Gemma Copeland
@gemcopeland.bsky.social
Designer & researcher. Part of @commonknowledge.coop, a worker co-op that creates digital tools to help social movements build power.
https://gemmacope.land/
https://commonknowledge.coop/
https://gemmacope.land/
https://commonknowledge.coop/
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We're looking for freelance devs with aligned politics to work on some upcoming projects (TypeScript, Next.js, Python, WordPress) at £275/day.
If you're interested and available to start in the next month, email jobs@commonknowledge.coop with a short intro, relevant experience and project links.
If you're interested and available to start in the next month, email jobs@commonknowledge.coop with a short intro, relevant experience and project links.
July 17, 2025 at 2:02 PM
We're looking for freelance devs with aligned politics to work on some upcoming projects (TypeScript, Next.js, Python, WordPress) at £275/day.
If you're interested and available to start in the next month, email jobs@commonknowledge.coop with a short intro, relevant experience and project links.
If you're interested and available to start in the next month, email jobs@commonknowledge.coop with a short intro, relevant experience and project links.
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Common Knowledge opposes the proscription of Palestine Action as a terrorist organisation. Full thread below
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The Guardian view on Palestine Action: if red paint is terrorism, what isn’t? | Editorial
Editorial: Labelling direct action as an act of terror criminalises dissent, chills speech and redefines nuisance as extremism under the banner of national security
www.theguardian.com
June 26, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Common Knowledge opposes the proscription of Palestine Action as a terrorist organisation. Full thread below
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Thanks to our wonderful organizers and speakers ❤️@janafapa.bsky.social @claraigk.bsky.social
@dscheykopp.bsky.social @annkoster.bsky.social @avilarenata.bsky.social @gemcopeland.bsky.social @franzimartini.bsky.social @atmayer.bsky.social @floprim.bsky.social @naomiappelman.bsky.social
@dscheykopp.bsky.social @annkoster.bsky.social @avilarenata.bsky.social @gemcopeland.bsky.social @franzimartini.bsky.social @atmayer.bsky.social @floprim.bsky.social @naomiappelman.bsky.social
Conference: Who Owns Free Knowledge? Examining Power, Platformization, and the Promise of the Commons.
www.weizenbaum-institut.de
March 27, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Thanks to our wonderful organizers and speakers ❤️@janafapa.bsky.social @claraigk.bsky.social
@dscheykopp.bsky.social @annkoster.bsky.social @avilarenata.bsky.social @gemcopeland.bsky.social @franzimartini.bsky.social @atmayer.bsky.social @floprim.bsky.social @naomiappelman.bsky.social
@dscheykopp.bsky.social @annkoster.bsky.social @avilarenata.bsky.social @gemcopeland.bsky.social @franzimartini.bsky.social @atmayer.bsky.social @floprim.bsky.social @naomiappelman.bsky.social
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We're now on Bluesky! Welcome to workers.coop, the UK based federation of worker-led cooperatives.
Worker cooperatives enable workers to unite and collectively advance their economic, social, and cultural interests.
Worker cooperatives enable workers to unite and collectively advance their economic, social, and cultural interests.
February 25, 2025 at 3:15 PM
We're now on Bluesky! Welcome to workers.coop, the UK based federation of worker-led cooperatives.
Worker cooperatives enable workers to unite and collectively advance their economic, social, and cultural interests.
Worker cooperatives enable workers to unite and collectively advance their economic, social, and cultural interests.
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Btw, another tech “consultancy” I admire is @commonknowledge.coop: “We’re a not-for-profit worker co-op of technologists, dsgnrs, rschrs + facilitators. We work in collaboration with grassroots organisers + communities around the 🌏, using our digital skills to multiply their impact + capacity.”
Common Knowledge
A non-profit workers cooperative using technology to help social movements build power
commonknowledge.coop
March 2, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Btw, another tech “consultancy” I admire is @commonknowledge.coop: “We’re a not-for-profit worker co-op of technologists, dsgnrs, rschrs + facilitators. We work in collaboration with grassroots organisers + communities around the 🌏, using our digital skills to multiply their impact + capacity.”
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Join Energy Embargo for Palestine and Shado Mag this Thursday in London for an event asking “How to win an Energy Embargo for Palestine”, supported by the Progressive International.
🇵🇸 Register now:
🇵🇸 Register now:
shado x EEFP presents: How to win an energy embargo for Palestine
Join us to reflect on a year of research, actions, and the future of Palestine and Climate organising in Britain.
bit.ly
February 17, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Join Energy Embargo for Palestine and Shado Mag this Thursday in London for an event asking “How to win an Energy Embargo for Palestine”, supported by the Progressive International.
🇵🇸 Register now:
🇵🇸 Register now:
Excited to start a short course with the Centre of Planetary Pedagogies this week, exploring different models for regenerative practices at the neighbourhood scale with Mae-ling Lokko:
www.centerforplanetarypedagogies.org/courses/seed... 🪐
www.centerforplanetarypedagogies.org/courses/seed... 🪐
www.centerforplanetarypedagogies.org
February 16, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Excited to start a short course with the Centre of Planetary Pedagogies this week, exploring different models for regenerative practices at the neighbourhood scale with Mae-ling Lokko:
www.centerforplanetarypedagogies.org/courses/seed... 🪐
www.centerforplanetarypedagogies.org/courses/seed... 🪐
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These Emerald Starlings, today's featured bird on the eBird homepage, are completely perfect.
No notes, no revisions.
(Also: stunning photo by Julien Mazenauer)
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No notes, no revisions.
(Also: stunning photo by Julien Mazenauer)
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February 12, 2025 at 4:33 PM
These Emerald Starlings, today's featured bird on the eBird homepage, are completely perfect.
No notes, no revisions.
(Also: stunning photo by Julien Mazenauer)
🪶
No notes, no revisions.
(Also: stunning photo by Julien Mazenauer)
🪶
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The UK could be home to an irresistible culture of innovation if more people had the space to try things out, get support and investment, make mistakes, have a go, share a wild idea with their friends
January 28, 2025 at 7:16 AM
The UK could be home to an irresistible culture of innovation if more people had the space to try things out, get support and investment, make mistakes, have a go, share a wild idea with their friends
Just spent a week on Minjerribah, a sand island off the coast of Brisbane/Meanjin. Admittedly I'm biased but I'm convinced it's one of the most beautiful places on earth. Incredible beaches, teeming with wildlife: in a week we saw kangaroos, wallabies, koalas, turtles, ospreys, gliders...
January 28, 2025 at 6:07 AM
Just spent a week on Minjerribah, a sand island off the coast of Brisbane/Meanjin. Admittedly I'm biased but I'm convinced it's one of the most beautiful places on earth. Incredible beaches, teeming with wildlife: in a week we saw kangaroos, wallabies, koalas, turtles, ospreys, gliders...
Visiting my hometown Brisbane atm and one of the aspects I'm enjoying the most is that all public transport in Queensland is only 50c for everyone.
The policy has been wildly popular and successful since they introduced it and now has bipartisan support 👌
The policy has been wildly popular and successful since they introduced it and now has bipartisan support 👌
January 28, 2025 at 5:59 AM
Visiting my hometown Brisbane atm and one of the aspects I'm enjoying the most is that all public transport in Queensland is only 50c for everyone.
The policy has been wildly popular and successful since they introduced it and now has bipartisan support 👌
The policy has been wildly popular and successful since they introduced it and now has bipartisan support 👌
Particularly proud of this essay, on how design practices developed within capitalism can be redirected towards movements for liberation
Publishing an essay for the 2024 By Design and by Disaster Conference on the theme Power in Transformation: commonknowledge.coop/writing/a-mo...
A movement practice: eco-social design in grounded context — Common Knowledge
An essay written for the 2024 By Design and by Disaster Conference on the theme "Power in Transformation".
commonknowledge.coop
December 24, 2024 at 3:19 AM
Particularly proud of this essay, on how design practices developed within capitalism can be redirected towards movements for liberation
A few of our highlights from this year
December 24, 2024 at 3:18 AM
A few of our highlights from this year