Notices by Briar Rose (polymerwitch@toot.cat)

Are there any co-ops that run web hosting? My food co-op is looking at hosting more stuff in the cloud and it is important for us to support other co-ops when we do so.

Also, would there be interest in setting up a co-op web host if I could talk the food co-op into investing in something like that?

Since a lot of techies follow me I would like to remind you that places like Vigilant Solutions may try to hire you to work on technology that ICE has contracted. It is your ethical responsibility to not be a cog in the machine.

https://truthout.org/articles/the-careerists/

This is a long shot, but I have been having a horrible time at my house, and I'm looking for a room in Portland, OR.

So if you have a room for a 34yo quiet, nerdy, far-left, queer, trans, mushroom witch, girl, and her cat lmk.

I have a very steady income, but it's not huge. And one of my work benefits is 19% off everything at People's food co-op for all housemates.

@iiogama I setup my own gitlab instance back in 2012

Github 2008-2017: repeatedly makes international news for having an awful culture. Marginalized people are forced out, founders harass and stalk employees they are mad at, pushes meritocracy as a viable power structure, pretty much the poster child of Silicon Valley decadence.

Response: well, no one's perfect

Github 2018: Microsoft acquires Github

Response: now, this place is ruined

On mastodon, as in meat space, I see people frustrated by being in a position where they seem dis-empowered, and I think: "we need to get organized".

Imagine if mastodon users belonging to marginalized communities started organizing on Loomio. Everyone discusses concerns and teams of tech writers convey those in issues. Then, teams of programmers write pull requests to address them. Those with monetary means support the effort as are able.

"Hello, we value your privacy, and that is why we waited until we were forced by the EU to bring our invasive surveillance practices into compliance."

cooperative.kitchen

Everyone posts recipes and homemade meal photos

I'm going to be writing an article on social network co-op movements for my Grassroots Magazine (you can checkout an example of it here: https://static1.squarespace.com/static/54bf27a0e4b01f6b0cb3d81c/t/59399dffebbd1a5fd4b4b5b1/1496948244689/Grassroots_Summer17.pdf). If you have thoughts or experiences with this topic I'd love to talk to you about it.

@mayel

This "Underground Graduate" class looks so cool. If you are in PDX come with me to this class tonight :)

https://www.pugspdx.com/march-2018-courses/digital-undergrounds

Are you interested in local/natural foods, cooperatives, and/or finance? Come work with me as a Collective Manager/Finance Manager: http://peoples.coop/employment

So... I started a collective! 😺

WAMPUS is a queer/and/or transgender collective that works to meet the basic needs of our community in Portland, OR. We supply weekly food servings, housing support, self defense classes, and education. We have grants in the pipeline, but we have a few minor costs to cover in the meantime.

If you are able to help us out you can donate here: https://www.paypal.me/WAMPUS

I've been orgainizing around stopping fascists in Portland for years, and I've been heavily involved in organizing against the specific groups that the killer belonged to. The stabbing survivor of the three that intervened is an acquaintance of mine. If you have any questions about the incident I can probably answer them. AMA