Proposed housing law threatens long-term stability of Quebec co-ops, advocates say
Heidi Miller, who has lived in a Montreal co-op for 20 years, warns income caps will evict stable members and destroy the co-op self-management model.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/co-ops-quebec-bill-20-9.7150818?cmp=rss
Artemis II Astronauts Have ‘Two Microsoft Outlooks’ and Neither Work

In space, no one can hear you scream at Microsoft’s legacy software.

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Havens Food Coop — Havens Community Hub

Havens Community Hub

Content de veure que a l'Assemblea de Som Serveis Energètics hi ha gent que ve amb cotxe elèctric compartit de la cooperativa @ecotxe.

Poc a poc, transformam la societat mallorquina perquè sigui més sostenible i #cooperativa.

#Marratxí #Mallorca #Coop #Coops #Cooperatives #Carsharing #eCarsharing
#Mobilitat

Been working on my website for my new side project co-op.

Pls share with anyone who might need a bit of compassionate tech support and can afford a decent rate. It's not aimed at folks who are highly technically skilled.

https://techcare.coop/

Let me know if you spot any errors in the site. I'm doing it in my spare time often when sleepy.

#coops #workercoop

Tech Care Co-op – Compassionate tech care for social good

A lot of co-ops, charities, unions, and public-interest orgs rely on US Big Tech in ways that only become visible when something goes wrong.

#TechFreedom is a three-session, small-cohort programme, run by @Tom_c_watson and me, to:

✅ Map your dependencies

✅ Assess risks (jurisdiction, continuity, surveillance, lock-in, cost)

✅ Build a realistic roadmap away from fragile, single-vendor setups

Pilot cohort (10 places) runs 22 April, 6 May, 20 May 2026, 13:00–15:00 BST. £300 + VAT per person.​

Details and booking: https://blog.dougbelshaw.com/techfreedom-pilot-booking/

#TechFreedom #DigitalSovereignty #FOSS #Nonprofits #Coops #PublicInterestTech #Privacy

Hey folks, it seems we may be able to offer our hardware in the U.S. now. Possibly also Canada too.

If you would like a fully configured #grapheneos phone or #linux laptop shipped directly to you with compassionate paid support going forward, get in touch via Signal or email

https://signal.me/#eu/HHCMQ620MXZP_fr8ts1LumyAD3ESQSD6lXvqrcze-AqjZseqPMpHZ5mhn8OjUKRX

We currently favour second hand Pixel 8a and the Thinkpad T480s as our target hardware of choice for a nice balance of affordability and features.

https://techcare.coop/

#foss #workercoop #coops #hardware #forsale

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So one thing this post discusses is governance of servers. When I joined Mastodon, joining a server which is cooperatively/democratically governed seemed like the natural and obvious choice, so I found one and joined it. I still think that and hope people create more cooperatively governed servers. But the structure of the activitypub protocol does place natural limitations on how much governance of servers can shape the fediverse. It doesn't use the exact words but a major theme is that everything is about power and it's essential to look at where structures place power.

#governance #ActivityPub #Mastodon #CoOps

https://connectedplaces.online/the-purpose-of-protocols/

The Purpose of Protocols

Every open social protocol generates shared resources, but none has produced a governance framework adequate to those resources. So who fills that vacuum?

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