The Geeks for Social Change Manifesto v1.0 gfsc.community/the-geeks-fo...

Full Meta Jacket: How corporations colonised queer life and what we can do about it gfsc.community/full-meta-ja...

From earlier this month: The home is the smallest unit of society. If you want to change the world, maybe take the bin out. After all, if we can't be mutually supportive in our own household, how can we dream of a workable society? gfsc.community/society-begi...

"We need our own collectively owned tech infrastructure in the same way we would share a building, a van, or a PA." gfsc.community/we-need-to-t...

"YouTube had belonged to Google pretty much from the start, but this is when we got two unskippable ads per video." gfsc.community/can-you-reme...

"And so there is apocalypse all around us, all the time, and I'm wondering, what if these things that you just read, what if they're not the apocalypse but they're just what happens?" gfsc.community/alternatives...

Alternatives to an Apocalypse: Talking to Friedrich Kirschner gfsc.community/alternatives...

If you've hung around us the last few years you undoubtedly will have heard us go on about PlaceCal. But what is it, why does it matter, how can you and your community benefit, and why has it taken us so long? gfsc.community/whats-happen...

The one way to hear from us that does not depend on an algorithm is the newsletter. Creators like ourselves are heavily penalised by the algorithm, and it's getting harder and harder to get our message out there. gfsc.community#/portal/signup

"We kept putting people in space, so the Mars felt like a realistic destination, and not just for billionaires." gfsc.community/can-you-reme...

One thing on this month, all welcome: Peer Support Drop-in, Tue 22 Sep, 19:00 to 20:00, on Discord gfsc.community/events/

Frederic Jameson famously said, “it’s easier to imagine the end of the world than the end of capitalism”. GFSC believe alternatives are not only possible, they’re already happening. gfsc.community/have-you-not...

From last month: Ben Swithen, editor of GFSC's podcast and former audio-editor of What the Trans gives some practical and personal advice on how to record your podcast, and how to edit and polish it for release. gfsc.community/how-to-recor...

"If we proactively try to do a bit more than what we think is fair, we might end up with the fairest system." gfsc.community/society-begi...

"Anarchist pragmatism cuts both ways: we're brilliant at making do, but over time it means we're always on the back foot and never own our means of production." gfsc.community/we-need-to-t...

PlaceCal is our free, open source community events platform. Our latest update adds a searchable directory of partners and events, with neighbourhood filtering and a page for every group. gfsc.community/placecal-v0-...

"We had, in quick succession, computers in our homes, far better computers in our homes, and the information superhighway." gfsc.community/can-you-reme...

At the start of the Century we fixed the ozone layer and the Internet brought us closer together. It seemed reasonable to have hope in a better future. What went wrong? gfsc.community/can-you-reme...

How to establish a Community Technology Partnership gfsc.community/how-to-estab...

Our main social space is our Discord server. This is a chill community where we talk all things tech and social change, provide tech support and feedback, etc. discord.gfsc.studio

Resilience Web is a campaign and platform that helps social justice organisations create maps of their area. Kim caught up with project founder Diner for an update on the project process and an insight into the tech stack. gfsc.community/resilience-w...

From last month: The first monthly roundup of links from the GFSC Discord, collected by Donna the community bot. gfsc.community/what-the-com...

"The main question, when editing a podcast: are you going to leave the pauses, the umms and ahhs, or are you going to cut it together fast, with minimal pauses and a sense of gusto?" gfsc.community/how-to-recor...

"You can lay down a whole lot of rules, or you can each try to do slightly more than your fair share and agree to cut each other some slack." gfsc.community/society-begi...

"Our platforms and identities are no longer portable: an email address or our own website is something we control ourselves, an Instagram handle is not." gfsc.community/we-need-to-t...

We are currently entirely reader supported and welcome one-off or monthly donations to support us in our mission. gfsc.community/support-us/

Last month we spoke to Rachel Collinson, author of The Giving Code, about far-flung topics including the ZX Spectrum, payday loans, New Order and Factory Records, and Aung San Suu Kyi's birthday. You can read about it or hear the conversation on the Geeks for Social Change podcast.

The Donor Whisperer: an interview with Rachel Collinson

Kim spoke to Rachel Collinson, author of The Giving Code, about her work helping charities find the right donors, the boring admin which is necessary to effect social change, and her role in bringing…

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Our entire organising lives are mediated by billionaires who hate us and fund our enemies. We deserve better. A write-up of my talk on... WAACLEX? (can we make that a thing?) at the Anarchist Studies Network conference. gfsc.community/we-need-to-t...

Who was the best prime minister of your lifetime? Are they all ruled out by default? (This may be a question which gets easier the more decades you've lived -- or perhaps not)

How do you feel about payment for house chores? We all have a different ratio of time and money available, and this way you can give your available money for someone’s available time. gfsc.community/society-begi...

Society Begins at Home: Do the Dishes, Change the World

The home is the smallest unit of society. If you want to change the world, maybe take the bin out. After all, if we can't be mutually supportive in our own household, how can we dream of a workable…

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