Notices by Billy Smith (billysmith@social.coop)

@mattl

It's amazing how, at first, people don't notice when you swap them over with the motivational posters in the workplace... :D

@mattl

Have you heard of Demotivators? :D

https://despair.com/collections/demotivators/

@agaric @dee

TY for the offer, but we've got a HP 4700. A similar donation. :D

I'll shout on the mailing list and see if any of the members are interested. :D

@FreeScholar @ntnsndr @beckett @mako @dazinism @sam @Matt_Noyes @Eliot_L @dmokreis @GiacomoSansoni @coopartisans @toddxy @JosephAndriano

This would be useful. :D

Anything that makes it easier to create co-operatives will help everyone.

The docs we create could be used to create simple templates that can be used by other groups without their incurring legal fee's.

CoopsUK have a similar set of model rules and templates docs for co-operatives operating in the UK legal system.

For UK-based people, please contact your MP about the latest court action by Thames Water:

https://weownit.org.uk/ask-your-mp-protect-households-bailing-out-thames-water

Some excellent news for the Open--Source ecosystem. :D

FreeCAD has hit the 1.0 release. :D

https://fosstodon.org/@FreeCAD/113510662013123465

#freecad

Just signed this petition about the continuing corruption in the UK governmental system:

https://goodlawproject.org/petition/remove-the-governments-protest-adviser/

The person that decided that climate protesters, and, pro-Palestine protesters were serious criminals, was receiving bribes from the fossil fuel industry, and, from the arms companies selling munitions to Israel.

@derek

Excellent work :D

@ntnsndr @ethanz @louisbarclay

Archived version here:

https://archive.ph/d3eCc

:D

@ntnsndr @beckett @mako @dazinism @sam @Matt_Noyes @Eliot_L @dmokreis @GiacomoSansoni @coopartisans @FreeScholar @toddxy @JosephAndriano

I'll be happy to help, but i am currently undergoing chemotherapy, so while i can contribute, i won't be at my best for the next few years.

Please let me know when the initial meetings are taking place. :D

@tchambers @J12t @evan @davidslifka @JPEGuin @judell @gabek @snarfed.org@snarfed.org @xtel @mike @pfefferle @manton @haubles @anildash

Another group worth talking with is Founders & Coders, based in London.

They're always looking for interesting programming work for their students.

https://www.foundersandcoders.com/

They work closely with CoTechUK :D

https://www.coops.tech/

@eric

There's also the question of context. :D

Few departments in any bureaucracy will push for an idea that would make those departments obsolete, even if it would benefit the organisation as a whole. :D

This means that there will ALWAYS be idea's that cannot be discussed.

Remember if you're in the UK, you have 6 days to register to vote:

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/article/2024/jun/05/how-do-i-register-to-vote-in-4-july-2024-general-election

And 14 days to get the Voter ID:

https://www.gov.uk/apply-for-photo-id-voter-authority-certificate

:D

@mcc @chris

Or the move from SlashDot to SoylentNews.

Simplest way: If you see a service that has hints of this, warn your friends, and, get a large bucket of popcorn.

@HistoPol @Snowshadow

The early Proofs-Of-Concept for hydrocarbon manufacturing in the laboratory took place in the late 1890's/early-1900's, but electricity was more expensive to generate then. :D

Now... :D

@HistoPol @Snowshadow

The combination of manufacturable hydrocarbons and cheaper electricity from renewables works well. :D

Yes, it does require the roll-out of new infrastructures, but that is already in progress. :D

Though probably not quick enough to avoid the slow mega-deaths via poverty.

The technology is already here. We just need to implement it equitably. :D

@ntnsndr

Have you come across the work done by The Finance Innovation Lab?

https://financeinnovationlab.org/

They have a Lab Fellowship programme:

https://financeinnovationlab.org/our-work/fellowship/

One of the Alumni organisations that grew from there is the Equal Care Co-op:

https://www.equalcare.coop/

They will have a lot of useful experiences to share. :D

@meena

The main difference is that Intel had to do the recall due to the errors costing banks a LOT of money. :D

@MediaActivist @kitoconnell @kolektiva

The most effective sceneshifters are the ones that you don't see, and, don't know that they exist.

@ntnsndr

Discuss Money.

Look at the recommended approaches used by the insurance companies offering anti-hacking insurance.

See what they will offer cover for, and compare with the costs of ID-theft.

It's depressing that it's a necessary motivation, but if it works, then it works.