Notices by Mayel - ghost account (mayel@social.coop), page 106

Coworker: I'm tired of being micromanaged.
Me: Let's unionize.
Coworker: I'm tired of working 50 hours a week and being on-call every weekend.
Me: Let's unionize.
Coworker: Our managers are doing some really shady things.
Me: Let's unionize.
Coworker: Why doesn't anybody keep the remote team in the loop?
Me: Let's unionize.
Coworker: Talking to HR isn't fixing anything.
Me: Let's unionize.
Coworker: But I'm scared of getting fired without cause.
Me: Then... Let's unionize.

#techunions

Working on a more thought-out post on this but I thought I'd get some feedback before diving too deep.

How about an Identity #coop ? A simple but solid #oauth identity provider that also advocates for it's inclusion as an idp to the services used by its members.

Convenience of single sign-on with the smallest possible security risk surface area and, being a co-op, members (users) decide what data is collected, shared, etc.

I have more but I'll stop here for now :)

"Me: Alright, brain, we have two tasks to do. One of them is more time sensitive, but working on the other will be more fun. Which should I start on?

My brain: Do fucking nothing for 72 hours

Me: Understandable, have a nice day"

Mondays will be mondays

https://shituationist.tumblr.com/post/167195838066/sumersprkl-me-alright-brain-we-have-two-tasks

Can't argue about this one

https://social.coop/media/60egaXooWG-9u3c5Xs4

Dream job: being part of a #coop where my job is to ramble - I mean "write a column" - about workers' rights and #platformcoops and federation and FLOSS and other nerd-left shit I obsess over anyway. 🐘

Considering writing a primer on decentralization for people with low lech literacy. Any recs on what absolutely needs to be in there? Or even things that would be cool to have. Both specific examples and general info/advice/explanations.

Giving #searx a go.

https://asciimoo.github.io/searx/

It's a decentralized no-track metasearch engine, pretty cool.

I'm using https://search.disroot.org/, an instance run by Let's Encrypt. Can recommend giving it a try.

Share buttons for the #Fediverse.
https://gitlab.com/distributopia/share-connect-support

We need to figure out (or someone needs to introduce me to..) a good alternative to Facebook Events ASAP.

I briefly reactivated my FB account (because reasons) and stumbled across a public lecture about Thomas Sankara, and an event put on by the Chilean embassy about Project Cybersyn. And it's an absolute crime that Facebook is the only way to discover these.

Any #QA #Testers here?

What FLOSS test case management tool do you recommend? We're (Wikimedia Foundation) looking for one. The number of QA people is small (<5), if that matters.

(Please retoot if you think you have a follower who might know!)

@alienghic Obscurity is certainly a factor, but I disagree that cost/difficulty are limiting factors.

I think a lot of effort has gone into convincing people that they are incapable of owning & operating these services but it's nothing compared to some of the other systems people consider essential (automobiles, for example).