“No Tariffs on Sharing”: Tool Libraries Offer Resilience Amid Federal Chaos

As Trump imposes tariffs, tool libraries can serve as a sustainable alternative to consuming more products.

Truthout

I've been thinking about #toolLibraries and the role of a #LibraryEconomy in the sustainable #solarPunk future I want to work towards. I wrote a little bit about that idea on my blog: https://underwaterbook.club/2024/01/16/unusual-libraries/

Also I need to learn about fediverse post visibility settings.

Unusual Libraries – Underwater Book Club

Underwater Book Club
I feel like the local #portland #ToolLibraries are specifically trying to keep me from joining them.

@kkarhan yup, interloan isn't a new idea at all!

The only difference here is we'd be looking to make that process much smoother and faster - and especially make it available to very small #toollibraries and #buynothing groups.

A 🧵on the ongoing #meansofproduction project - which is designed to enable #librarysocialism along with #federation of all types of libraries, especially #toollibraries, and even #Housing

You can find more info at https://meansofp.org/, and the codebase is #opensource at https://meansofp.org/.

We have a discord at https://discord.gg/DxUrwhDg - but also moving lots of the discussion here to #mastodon!

Means of Production Library Software