Autonomic Co-op

a screenshot showing the books page in patchwork

Wrote a little piece about getting back into #SecureScuttlebutt #development. Today marks three months since I decided to fork and improve #Patchwork:

https://andregarzia.com/2026/01/three-months-of-poncho-wonky.html

#SSB still my favourite #decentralization technology :3

We offer managed or collaborative hosting of Matrix, Rocketchat, Mattermost and DeltaChat.

Plenty of options for hosting location (UK, EU, Iceland, a provider of your choice or on prem). No drawbridging or per user pricing. You pay for our time and the server resources used.

#techcoops #hosting

Our Ethical Guidelines At Autonomic we do not work with actors involved in, or significantly tied to, the following industries: Weapons manufacturing Military contracting Surveillance technology Gambling Fos...

No drawbridging or per user pricing. You pay for our time and the server resources used.

We have strict guidelines against working for the military or other harmful industries: autonomic.zone/our-ethical-...

#hosting

We offer managed or collaborative hosting of Matrix, Rocketchat, Mattermost and DeltaChat.

Plenty of options for hosting location (UK, EU, Iceland, a provider of your choice or on prem). No drawbridging or per user pricing. You pay for our time and the server resources used.

#techcoops #hosting

Good news everyone! We hit our first milestone: maintenance is 100% funded. Thank you all ❤️

Next up: unlock the stretch goal to co‑design federated groups: community‑owned spaces to organise across the fediverse, with no server or platform lock‑in.

Read about why this matters and how it can […]

Co Op cloud Website: https://coopcloud.techDocs: https://docs.coopcloud.tech Co-op Cloud aims to make hosting libre software apps simple for small service providers suc...

I’m going to back them and figure out a community to run this for. Maybe a @dwebyvr.org / #CommonsComputer project.

They are working with Co-Op Cloud, a Docker Swarm based cloud infra system built by @autonomic.zone that I still haven’t installed myself bmannconsulting.com/notes/co-op-...

Matrix - Decentralised and secure communication You're invited to talk on Matrix. If you don't already have a client this link will help you pick one, and join the conversation. If you already have one, this link will help you join the conversation

Hi folks!

@coopcloud.social.coop.ap.brid.gy community members made a new Matrix channel for folks looking to start new tech co-ops. Soon to be a Matrix space.

Feel free to come say hi:
matrix.to#/%23techcoop...

Resist Tech Monopolies: Community Photo Hosting SeaGL 2025 Resist Tech Monopolies (RTM) is a collective that aims to build & support community alternatives to big tech. One of our projects is a self-hosted and distributed photo sharing application that will be an alternative to proprietary platforms like Google and iCloud Photos. Alternatives already exist; however, there are several barriers to more people adopting these tools, including cost of physical infrastructure, required tech skills, time and energy, and a lack of desired features. In this talk we present the case for resisting tech monopolies like Google Photos, go through the technical details of how we set up a community photo hosting platform, and share our lessons learned on the process.

If you make it to @SeaGL this year, don't miss the RTM talk (https://pretalx.seagl.org/2025/talk/XE8TL3/) and the @coopcloud talk (https://pretalx.seagl.org/2025/talk/BXX88L/)

#seattle #seagl2025 #tech

So much of the internet down with the AWS issues. A painful reminder that even some more ethical services rely on Amazon. Who’s got alternatives to recommend? I’ve spotted @autonomic.zone’s Co-op Cloud for small tech providers.

Thanks for mentioning us!

Co-op Cloud is actually a cooperatively governed software project that helps collectives spin up and manage their own infrastructure.

If you're looking for non-corporate alternative to AWS run by rad people, we recommend our friends at capsul.org :)

Blacksky for sfpc: Computing Infrastructure as Mutual Aid Practice

gave a guest lecture for @sfpc.study and one of my revolutionaries was in the audience 🥲 what a well-rounded stepper

& thank you @notplants.bsky.social for the opportunity to share!

Meanwhile on the Fediverse - exciting demo of Bonfire for Open Science!
Enables creating highly configurable community spaces & also includes ORCID login + post to DOI conversion with Zenodo
An ATProto integration for this would be 🔥
indieweb.social/@bonfire/115...

@laboratoriodemedios is a finalist in the IEEE Connecting the Unconnected Challenge 🎉

Please vote and support our friends at the Red Abya Yala Toolkit project 💗 You can leave a like/comment on the video and it counts as a vote.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yMFdcHD-Z1U

It's a great project […]

Building bottom-up resistance to billionaire technology We shouldn't need platforms owned by the biggest losers on the planet to live happy, healthy, connected lives. Our fledgling network of technologists and organisers aims to make tech billionaires obso...

We shouldn't need platforms owned by the biggest losers on the planet to live happy, healthy, connected lives. Our fledgling network of technologists and organisers aims to make tech billionaires obsolete by co-creating our own means of production.

gfsc.community/our-plan-to-...

Designer? Now is the right time to join a tech union | Open UX Design Now is the time to claim and exercise what power you have as a designer, before it’s too late. The tech jobs market is changing. For devs and designers this is especially true, and we see it ourselve...

Working in tech is weird and wobbly right now. So this month I joined a tech union. Maybe you should too?

#uxdesign #techjobs #holdsteady

No Palantir in the NHS and Corporate Watch reveal the real story behind Palantir's NHS data platform rolllout in a NEW REPORT out now!
corporatewatch.org/foi-requests...

#NoPalantirintheNHS
@medact.bsky.social @justtreatment.org @goodlawproject.bsky.social @foxglovelegal.bsky.social

Introducing the future of Geeks for Social Change! GFSC are a collective imagining hopeful post-billionaire technology and finding scraps of pleasure in a crumbled social order. Read about our new plans and support our tentative (but necessary) optimi...

GFSC are a collective imagining hopeful post-billionaire technology and finding scraps of pleasure in a crumbled social order. Read about our new plans and support our tentative (but necessary) optimism in an update from founder @kim.town.

gfsc.community/the-future-o...

Poster with a deep purple background and chalk-style drawing of satellites, power lines, mountains, solar panels, and tech equipment forming an imaginative network. The course is titled “Solidarity Infrastructures” and taught by Meghna Mahadevan and Max Fowler with Io Hushpuppie. Description reads: “Build infrastructure outside a techno-capitalist worldview.”

Text on a dreamy purple and yellow background describes the class exploring topics like the slow web, organic internet, data sovereignty, minimal computing, and anti-computing. It highlights how community tech and cultural organizing intersect. The text emphasizes collective values and ecological grounding over traditional high/low-tech dichotomies. At the bottom, there's an oval photo of a person using a wood-burning tool on a craft board with trees in the background.

How do we cultivate infrastructures of solidarity with each other?

Join us in September to explore grassroots ways of building independent tools outside techno-capitalism in Solidarity Infrastructures, taught online by Meghna Mahadevan, @notplants.bsky.social & hushpuppie io

༻ Apply @ sfpc.study

Most communities have zero experience or capital to self host anything. That's why they all end up on discord.

What are we doing to fix that?

What if your community could pool storage to self host it's own images? What if the network of compute that runs the service was maintained cooperatively?

What It's Like to Work at a Tech Worker Co-op Catalyst Cooperative is an all-remote, 8-person, tech worker cooperative based in North America. The coop was founded in 2017 with the mission to make US energy system data more accessible. Catalyst's...

Thank you to the great Colorado-founded @catalyst.coop for this deep-dive on worker co-op management & governance! 

And thank you GEO Collective for publishing: geo.coop/articles/wha...

Keep your alt text short, but don't be afraid to add a little whimsy. Describe colors. And more tips!

https://stefanbohacek.com/blog/polls-about-alt-text-on-social-media/

#AltText #accessibility #SocialMedia

To the folks who insist worker ownership isn't compatible with "human nature"—we have empirical research over decades that shows the exact opposite. Worker ownership and participation are linked to increases in satisfaction and productivity. Psychological ownership is a real, studied phenomenon.

Minimum Viable Organisations Please note this is a work in progress! Basic principle: It should be easy (low emotional labour, low technical labour, zero cost) to start a project with a small group of people with shared goals.

Great piece of clear writing on organising from Geeks for Social Change, from political to community activities. Worth a read for anyone in an activist organiser capacity. kim.town/minimum-viab...

Hi folks, we've received feedback about the pricing for our docs.coop hosting.

We've decided to drop the price to £30/mo for a small Docs instance. This comes with an SSO provider (such as Keycloak or Authentik).

Hit us up at boop@autonomic.zone if need help deGoogling your office suite!

U.S. Federation of Worker Cooperatives Open jobs at U.S. Federation of Worker Cooperatives

The @usworker.coop is #hiring! Check our the positions at apply.coop/workplaces/c... #jobs #coops

screenshot of https://forest-restoration.eu/

Looking for a research associate to explore societal engagement with forest restoration on digital media – with @lboungr.bsky.social @wildflyingpanda.bsky.social @gabrielecolombo.bsky.social & more. Grateful for help sharing with those who might be interested! jonathangray.org/2025/05/31/s...

A side-by-side view of the same account from Bluesky (left) and Mastodon (right). Both screenshots show the same profile picture, header image, and identical description. The Bluesky username shows up as @chaos.distraction.engineer, while on the Mastodon side it's @chaos@distraction.engineer.

Hm. A "proof of concept" pull request that adds "preliminary ActivityPub support" to Bluesky.

https://github.com/bluesky-social/atproto/pull/3943

Screenshots via https://bsky.app/profile/distraction.engineer/post/3lql7jiqaac2a

#bluesky #fediverse #SocialMedia

As far as we can tell, there are no plans for AI integration in the upstream project, and definitely no intention on our side to integrate AI in our hosted version :)

But hey, you can't be too safe🤞

One of our fellow worker co-ops @autonomic.zone have developed a new collaborative document platform as alternative to Google, Microsoft etc - check it out docs.coop

What a great list! I’d also add the excellent resources by radhr.org