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hex @hex.kolektiva.social.ap.brid.gy · 01/10/2026

RE: social.coop/@coopcloud/117367491305… Co-op Cloud is a really unique project that blurs some of the lines around what open source is. It's both a toolset and a federation, software and community, that can't really be disentangled. It is an exercise in community management, in […]

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Co-op Cloud @coopcloud.social.coop.ap.brid.gy · 01/10/2026

An introduction to Public Interest Infrastructure Co-operative Cloud: save the date! **Thursday, 15th October @ 19 UTC** (time.is/compare/1900_15_Oct_2026_in…) A public event reintroducing our project: a community of support for self- and community-hosters, a commons of […]

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Co-op Cloud @coopcloud.social.coop.ap.brid.gy · 01/10/2026

RE: social.coop/@coopcloud/117129278045… Coming to a corner of cyberspace near you, in ~2.25 hours 🤙 – 3wordchant

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OpenTech(AUC) @opentech-auc.social.edu.nl.ap.brid.gy · 27/09/2026

"...we can’t have a set-up that is “technically decentralized” but “socially centralized”. The #CoopCloud recipes are a lot easier to maintain, which makes it easier to share the moderation among ourselves.". New post: opentech-auc.org/posts/2026-09-27-c… With a shoutout to […]

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Co-op Cloud @coopcloud.social.coop.ap.brid.gy · 24/09/2026

RE: social.coop/@fkinstitute/1173099202… Tomorrow! 📢 Democratic Tech Fund is hosting a Community call, in preparation for the launch of their funding platform (hopefully by the end of October 🎃). Once the platform is deployed, coop cloud deployments for local communities will […]

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Co-op Cloud @coopcloud.social.coop.ap.brid.gy · 18/06/2026

🪁 Today, at 12 UTC, Kite Flying! Join us for Coop Cloud's weekly public call. Drop by with your questions, topics, problems, stories - or just chat with some of the co-ol folks in the community. We'll be hanging out for an hour with an open agenda and spoonful vibes. Find us here […]

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Co-op Cloud @coopcloud.social.coop.ap.brid.gy · 17/09/2026

RE: social.coop/@coopcloud/117129278045… And, announcing some other upcoming themed kite-flyings! (All in this 19 UTC slot) Thursday October 1st: What is Co-op Cloud? — a general introduction Thursday October 29th: How to run a workshop about Co-op Cloud Thurs November 26th […]

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Co-op Cloud @coopcloud.social.coop.ap.brid.gy · 17/09/2026

RE: social.coop/@coopcloud/117129278045… Today at kite-flying: part two of Back To Bare Metal — catching up on the conversation from last week's kite-flying about hosting on actual hardware you can touch (and maybe, just maybe, a @serverscoop reboot…) – 3wordchant

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Co-op Cloud @coopcloud.social.coop.ap.brid.gy · 10/09/2026

RE: social.coop/@coopcloud/116770343059… Today during kite flying we'll be talking about hosting on bare metal: how to move our hosted infrastructure off ever-more-expensive VPSes and onto our own hardware. We might discuss bringing back servers.coop! Join us if that sounds […]

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Co-op Cloud @coopcloud.social.coop.ap.brid.gy · 20/08/2026

TODAY: Coop Cloud's weekly public call, "Kite-flying". Drop by with your questions, topics, problems, stories - or just chat with some of the folks in the community. We'll be hanging out for an hour with an open agenda. Find us here: jitsi.sutty.nl/CoopCloudKiteFlying Notes/agenda […]

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Co-op Cloud @coopcloud.social.coop.ap.brid.gy · 20/08/2026

At kite-flying today, finally the mythical network-outage-by-heavy-machinery 🤩 "Someone drove a forklift truck through the fibre optic cable between two buildings, and we only noticed when we started getting small desynchronisation between the LDAP servers" – 3wordchant

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Co-op Cloud @coopcloud.social.coop.ap.brid.gy · 30/07/2026

RE: social.coop/@coopcloud/116770343059… 🪁 This week on Kite Flying, we'll be discussing FLOSS maturity What does a project need to put in place to scale from a single maintainer to multiple contributors and a growing user community? And, what tools can we use to assess a […]

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Co-op Cloud @coopcloud.social.coop.ap.brid.gy · 16/07/2026

RE: social.coop/@coopcloud/116770343059… 🪁 Kite Flying starting soon! The focus this week is: m-m-m-multinode How do we use coop cloud in distributed systems with multiple machines? What is possible, and what is still difficult? Join us in approximately 90 minutes at the usual […]

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Co-op Cloud @coopcloud.social.coop.ap.brid.gy · 09/07/2026

RE: social.coop/@coopcloud/116812106394… Kite-flying again, today, in ~52 minutes 🤙 — 3wordchant

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Wouter Tebbens ⁂ @wtebbens.social.coop.ap.brid.gy · 03/07/2026

We'll be gathering at the @dweb camp in Alte Holle/Berlin from 8-12 July, together with people working on the crossroads of #opensource #decentralisation #cooperative #SSE Social and Solidarity Economy and #commoning I'm really happy that we decided collectively […] [Original post on social.coop]

group photo at the stairs of the Internet Archive in Amsterdam with people at the cocreation workshop in Feb 2026 bringing the DTF from concept to prototype

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Bonfire @bonfire.bonfire.cafe.ap.brid.gy · 01/07/2026

Bonfire Social 1.0.5 is out! 🔥 **Archipelago mode** means instead of open federation (connect to everyone, then play whack-a-mole blocking bad actors), you can now choose to **federate** _***only***_ **with a hand-picked allow-list of trusted people or servers**. Communities can link up into an […]

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Co-op Cloud @coopcloud.social.coop.ap.brid.gy · 25/06/2026

Catch a post-solstice breeze and fly some (digital) kites, coming up in ~45 minutes @ 19 UTC. Join us for Coop Cloud's weekly public call, "Kite-flying". Drop by with your questions, topics, problems, stories - or just chat with some of the folks in the community. We'll be hanging out for an […]

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Bonfire @bonfire.bonfire.cafe.ap.brid.gy · 20/06/2026

🔥 The Bonfire Social 1.0.5 release candidate is out! This one brings archipelago mode (opt-in, allow-list federation for tightly-knit communities and networks), a more lightweight search backend (see changelog for migration steps), broadcasting announcements, another embeddable widget […]

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Co-op Cloud @coopcloud.social.coop.ap.brid.gy · 18/06/2026

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p2panda @p2panda.autonomous.zone.ap.brid.gy · 12/06/2026

Monday next week (15th) we're hosting the next of our drop-in community hours! 15:00 - 16:00 (CET). Feel free to come hang out, meet the team and chat about p2panda and broader peer-to-peer / local-first topics. As we've just released our high-level application developer API this is likely to […]

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Co-op Cloud @coopcloud.social.coop.ap.brid.gy · 11/06/2026

Last-minute notice for Co-op Cloud Kite Flying, in 9 minutes at 19 UTC! Join us for the Co-op Cloud weekly community call; bring any questions, comments, problems, suggestions, or just swing by and say hello to some co-op cloud co-operators. Same 🦇 place […]

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NextGraph @nextgraph.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 08/06/2026

#fedihire The NextGraph association is pleased to announce it is opening a position for an open source front-end developer, fulltime or part-time, fully remote and European based, working with React and/or Svelte frameworks, and who is interested in creating […] [Original post on fosstodon.org]

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Wouter Tebbens ⁂ @wtebbens.social.coop.ap.brid.gy · 04/06/2026

Today I attended a workshop about an upcoming campaign urging our public institutions to do the right thing: join the universal social network, #PublicActivityActivityPub or #PAAP for short ;-) @victor hosted the session and we had several people from cultural institutions, universities […]

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Co-op Cloud @coopcloud.social.coop.ap.brid.gy · 04/06/2026

Kite-flying: coming to a corner of cyberspace near you, in ~15 mins at 12 UTC. Join us for the Co-op Cloud weekly community call; bring any questions, comments, problems, suggestions, or just swing by and say hello to some co-op cloud co-operators. Same 🦇 place: https:// […]

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Co-op Cloud @coopcloud.social.coop.ap.brid.gy · 28/05/2026

Kite-flying: coming to a corner of cyberspace near you, in ~1h40m at 19 UTC. Join us for the Co-op Cloud weekly community call; bring any questions, comments, problems, suggestions, or just swing by and say hello to some co-op cloud co-operators. Same 🦇 place: https:// […]

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Co-op Cloud @coopcloud.social.coop.ap.brid.gy · 14/05/2026

Kite-flyiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiing 🪁 The Co-op Cloud weekly community call, coming up in just over 3 hours at 19 / 7pm UTC. Bring any questions, comments, problems, suggestions, or just swing by and say hello to some co-op cloud co-operators. Same 🦇 place: https:// […]

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Co-op Cloud @coopcloud.social.coop.ap.brid.gy · 16/04/2026

Thursday = Kite-flying day! 🪁 Come hang out with Co-operative Cloud folks online: ask questions, get help with issues, kick off freewheeling discussions about anything Coop-Cloud-related. Coming up in ~3 hours at 19 UTC (continuing with alternating 12 UTC slot next week!) Same 🦇 place […]

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Bonfire @bonfire.bonfire.cafe.ap.brid.gy · 06/05/2026

Our @fediforum@mastodon.social demo is up! 🔥 We showed off Bonfire Mosaic and our ongoing work on federated groups and new publisher tools we’ve been co-designing with jacobin.de, including federated discussion threads that can be embedded on their existing website. Built on our modular […]

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Bonfire @bonfire.bonfire.cafe.ap.brid.gy · 22/04/2026

On Saturday May 9th in Rome, as part of the Nina Festival, we're hosting a workshop to _think with_ Bonfire, exploring and co-designing federated digital spaces for caring for our communities. Together with @reclaimthetech@mastodon.uno, Zero81, Scift Lab and […] [Original post on bonfire.cafe]

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Co-op Cloud @coopcloud.social.coop.ap.brid.gy · 16/04/2026

And, a missed update from our second-last #KiteFlying on 2026-04-02! We talked about the challenges of migrating organisations – especially ones which aren't technically focussed – out of corporate surveillance prisons. A comrade brought a few specific examples of groups they're working with […]

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Co-op Cloud @coopcloud.social.coop.ap.brid.gy · 16/04/2026

> RTM is part of a larger, international tech federation called Co-op Cloud. It’s a collective of tech-based organizations committed to building and sharing tools based on libre software, which users can use and distribute freely @rtm gave a shoutout to Co-op Cloud in the Guardian! (US, not the […]

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Co-op Cloud @coopcloud.social.coop.ap.brid.gy · 13/04/2026

In or near #Atlanta next weekend? (Maybe for #TakeBackTech?) Come to @sandbox for a low-key Co-op Cloud meet-up, 6-10 pm Eastern, Saturday 18th April. And a little bonus: the next "Self-hosted infrastructure speedrun", with Ammar and 3wordchant going […] [Original post on social.coop]

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Co-op Cloud Atlanta Convergence

Public interest infrastructure:
an alternative to corporate clouds built by tech co-ops

Saturday 18th April / 6-10pm Eastern Time

FEATURING: Self-hosted infrastructure speedrun #2: PvP
@ammar vs. @3wordchant

@ Sandbox Hackerspace: 483 Moreland Ave NE, Atlanta, GA 30307
COVID policy: masks & tests optional, available (good luck...)

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Delta Chat @delta.chat · 11/04/2026

What if all public funding and all private donations to our efforts stop tomorrow? Users should be fine for years thanks to the wonderful world-wide community of #chatmail relay operators 💜 Relays are dirt cheap to run. Also, our developments are much cheaper and less complex compared to what […]

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Co-op Cloud @coopcloud.social.coop.ap.brid.gy · 02/04/2026

And, some updates from last week's kite-flying – thanks once again @amras for facilitating the session, and for awesome summary 🙌 (🧵 1/3)

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Co-op Cloud @coopcloud.social.coop.ap.brid.gy · 02/04/2026

Co-op Cloud kite-flying – our mostly-weekly drop-in community call – is coming up TODAY, in ~3.5 hours @ 19 UTC 🪁 Time in your timezone: time.is/compare/1900_2_Apr_2026_in_… Collaborative agenda / notes: pad.autonomic.zone/VtyrLUl9RWaJGgED… Voice/video call […]

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Co-op Cloud @coopcloud.social.coop.ap.brid.gy · 26/03/2026

Last un-threaded kite-flying spam for now: reminder about our relaunched public kite-flying calendar file – add this as a "web calendar" to your favourite calendar client, and never miss a kite-flying again! coopcloud.tech/ics/kite-flying.ics – 3wordchant

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Co-op Cloud @coopcloud.social.coop.ap.brid.gy · 26/03/2026

And, kite-flying happens once again tomorrow/today (timezone-dependent), Thursday 26th March, at 12 UTC Time in your timezone: time.is/compare/1200_26_Mar_2026_in… Collaborative agenda / notes: pad.autonomic.zone/VtyrLUl9RWaJGgED… Voice/video call […]

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Co-op Cloud @coopcloud.social.coop.ap.brid.gy · 26/03/2026

Tales from last week's Co-op Cloud kite-flying 🪁🌬️ `@diatom` and @edumerco presented the (excellent) progress on the new Co-op Cloud website by running us through the proposed information architecture. Questions from the floor included interaction design, which content management system to use […]

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Jeppe Bundsgaard på Mastodon @jeppe.uddannelse.social.ap.brid.gy · 25/03/2026

@coopcloud er et teknologi-kooperativ som udvikler abra der på magisk vis gør installation og vedligeholdelse af serversoftware nemt og overskueligt. Internettet når det er smukkest. Jeg har nu brugt abra i nogle måneder til at vedligeholde skyer og sociale netværk på hvad der har udviklet sig […]

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Co-op Cloud @coopcloud.social.coop.ap.brid.gy · 25/03/2026

Once again, a truly astonishing amount of stuff has been happening with Co-op Cloud since our last blog post in October. Read about it here! coopcloud.tech/blog/march-2025-equi… – 3wordchant #CoopCloud #LibreSoftware #DemocraticTech #OpenSource

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Co-op Cloud @coopcloud.social.coop.ap.brid.gy · 23/03/2026

Details confirmed for the next Co-op Cloud Convergence at @ridgewoodcommons.nyc in so-called New York City: Spring Lightning Talks, coming to you this Sunday, 4-6pm Eastern time!

co-op cloud spring lightning talks

sunday 29th march 2024, 4-6pm
ridgewood commons, 5-85 Woodward Ave, Ridgewood, HY 11385

a gentle thunderstorm of 10-minute talks, with live music from @Cole,
2 followed by ridgewood commons donation-based community dinner from 7pm

1. ¡tu aplicacidn puede hablar espanol! @3wordchant
How we translated the Co-op Cloud command-line tool ‘abra’ into Spanish, and how you can copy-paste our approach for your own (or someone else's!) libre software project

2. art & music in the context of capitalism and AI @cole

3. identity & authorization @micro
how do your community members log into your tools? surveying the state of open-source identity providers, and how to keep the option of migrating between them.

4. «your awesome talk goes here»
got something you'd like to present, tech or non-tech? get in touch & seize the stage

masks required; see resistcovideugenics.carrd.co for why

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Co-op Cloud @coopcloud.social.coop.ap.brid.gy · 19/03/2026

And, belated updates from last week's kite-flying 🪁🌬️ (🧵 1/5)

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Co-op Cloud @coopcloud.social.coop.ap.brid.gy · 19/03/2026

Today: come check out plans for our new Co-op Cloud website, at another irregular themed Kite-flying! Coming up in ~2 hours, at 7pm / 19 UTC 🪁 Voice / video call link: jitsi.sutty.nl/CoopCloudKiteFlying –3wordchant #Cooperatives #CoopCloud #LibreSoftware #OpenSource #Software

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Bonfire @bonfire.bonfire.cafe.ap.brid.gy · 17/03/2026

We just **released Bonfire 1.0.2** , an update focused on giving you a more stable and reliable experience. We're also heads-down working with **several communities who are setting up their own Bonfire servers**. Plus updates on **end to end encryption** and **federated groups**. More details […]

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Wouter Tebbens ⁂ @wtebbens.social.coop.ap.brid.gy · 16/03/2026

In the context of the @DigitalCoup and #AuthoritarianTech, can we find an answer in #DemocraticTech? Something that goes beyond mere free/libre open source software, and combines #cooperativism and #commoning. Communities who govern their shared resources, and […] [Original post on social.coop]

Illustration titled "Democratic Tech" with 5 postits with the words:
1) Shared and free knowledge
2) Community care
3) Decentralised co-production
4) Communal self-governance, and,
5) Communication as equals (in the centre)

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wakest ⁂ @fedi.wake.st · 13/03/2026

RE: mastodon.social/@poohlaga/116223334… Amazing response from @OpenSourceCollective. They are dropping Persona now! Your voice has power! Community pushback works! opencollective.com/opensource/updat…

Finally, we will halt the use of Persona for identity verification until we are able to implement the alternative arrangements described above.

Thank you to everyone in our community who shared their perspective. We hear you, and we are grateful to be a part of a community that cares so deeply about transparency and accountability. Openness is at the heart of everything we do.

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Co-op Cloud @coopcloud.social.coop.ap.brid.gy · 12/03/2026

And, much belated, some tales from last week's kite-flying (🧵 1/3)

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