Membership update! We're folding Friends into regular membership, simplifying our tiers, and making it clearer than ever what you get as part of our community. 3 tiers. same benefits. pick the access level that works for you. full announcement:

A round up of what's happening at 1RG this month - full calendar at 1rg.space/events/

Every last Tuesday of the month we gather to share food and conversations. Our 76th Community Dinner is next week and RSVP is open at luma.com/1rg-dinner-76 Come find your people!

Very excited to add this to the @1rg.space library!

Eric teaching us about his solarpunk Tarot deck this for our first First Wednesday Salon, where we invite interesting people to come to the space and talk to us about what they do.

We're excited to participate in Toronto Climate Week with a screening of documentary “Plastic People: The Hidden Crisis of Microplastics” followed by a Q&A with the director and the editor of the film. More details and RSVP at luma.com/80ff45jc

"The biking groups play a critical role in collecting the donated food and delivering it to community fridges and residents. "Bikes make the most sense" as they allow faster delivery by bypassing congestion, said" @drcyndind.bsky.social h/t @thebikinglawyer.bsky.social www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Highly enjoyable (and competitive) game of Parks last night!

One more sleep to Civic Spark! You can still join us and our friends at @civictechto.bsky.social for 2 days of talks, panels and conversations about civic tech and shaping the future of public life civic-spark.com

> I wonder if the answer to the original question—how can we harness tech more to do more good?—might actually be less technology kailahbharath.substack.com/p/a-return-t... I loved reading this reflection! This is literally why we hosted Fabric @withcodesign.bsky.social @1rg.space

Out member spotlight on @ilyakreynin.bsky.social is over three minutes long, but I think you can get what he's about in the first 15 seconds. You can see the full thing here: words.1rg.space/member-spotl...

1RG member @ellen.li on how she found out about us, and showing off some 770donmills.com shirts! Hear her talk about technology, re-choosing Toronto as home after being a digital nomad and attention as a form of worship in our second member spotlight: words.1rg.space/member-spotl...

1RG is a container for experiments in reimagining the relationship between community and technology. Our latest experiment, an incubator for community-focussed projects, just concluded. Read more about our findings in our report: words.1rg.space/experiment-r...

Day 1 of Fabric with @withcodesign.bsky.social

One week until Fabric! We've partnered with our friends at @withcodesign.bsky.social to bring alternative voices in tech to the forefront. Join us for a self-organized gathering for practitioners who use technologist to uplift individuals at society. July 11th & 12th lu.ma/uvdp3g1j

best piece of advice I've been given to date.. also how I keep my sanity words.1rg.space/talk-to-5-pe...

Tech is woven into our culture, but not all of those threads are apparent. Join us at Fabric, a self-organised, intimate gathering with @1rg.space for practitioners who use technology to uplift individuals and society. July 11th and 12th. lu.ma/uvdp3g1j

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We have so many events coming up this week! lu.ma/1rg-calendar

We're really happy to announce that we're a sponsor of the Junction Residents Association's SummerFest this year. Come hang out in Malta Park (did you know Toronto has a Little Malta?) tomorrow, and you might get a special 1RG postcard!

Getting ready for Being Online on Monday with @anotherglassbox.bsky.social lu.ma/z55m8mcm

1RG member @wxs.ca on his complicated relationship with tech, returning to the soul of interest of a mathematical and technical orientation towards the world, and the early days of 1RG. Hear more from Xavier in our first Member Spotlight: words.1rg.space/member-spotl...

It's official, we've made it. We're now the kind of space that has both community-run discord bots and a dedicated "overheard at" account.

I was involved with the planning and I can guarantee this is gonna be A Fun Event™! Go check it out if you're in the area! 🎉

Watching @makeworld.space cooking up something new at Side Project Social tonight

1RG is a series of experiments. Some of those experiments involve brunch. Friends of 1RG has concluded its first year and entering a new phase. Are you a 🐿️, a 🦨, or a 🦝? words.1rg.space/expe...

@kelindi.xyz will be presenting on TorontoID, which may or may not be a psyop to get more ATProto into the hands of Toronto's developers.

The 1RG incubator demo day is happening on June 26th! We spent 12 weeks co-creating with our innagural batch. There will be 6 projects at the intersection of community & technology, presented science-fair style. And delicious snacks. See you there https://lu.ma/1stma6ux

A few pics from our first Brunch with Friends - our yearly appreciation event for supporters of the space 🐿️ La Kasbah del Sol treated us to an incredible Moroccan brunch and we heard from some of the 1RG incubator participants who shared their vision and optimism for what Toronto can be!

Lots of stuff happening this month! words.1rg.space/whats-happen...

Overheard @1rg.space: we should stop teaching fractions in school Don’t at me I’m just a messenger @mylesb.ca

We’re putting on a conference! Join us at Civic Spark 💥 August 16-17, 2025 civic-spark.com Maybe you’ve felt the gap — between the problems we face and the systems meant to solve them. Maybe you’ve seen how those closest to the issues are pushed aside. Help change that. 🧵

Next week at 1RG: Tuesday May 20 - Silent reading club: https://lu.ma/h5xzlupt

Are.na is one of the best places on the internets. Their annual open call is open www.are.na/editorial/op...

So impressed with the amount of care and work that Rachel is putting into this @1rg.space incubator project! She's building a peer-to-peer learning platform and launching an experiment for the next 4 weeks - tell all your 20 something friends! lu.ma/hp1ocad3

Next week at 1RG: Sunday May 11 - 🏛️ Civic Space Sunday: https://lu.ma/shnhv6uq Thursday May 15 - Side Project Social: https://lu.ma/0a5iie9j Thursday May 15 - Board Game Night: https://lu.ma/ewj0f9p2

Some of the most interesting conversations happen over lunch! Today’s topics: controversial opinions & electoral systems around the world

Next week at 1RG: Sunday May 11 - 🏛️ Civic Space Sunday: https://lu.ma/shnhv6uq

Today's lunch topics: - Do cats know their names? - Animal eyes - Apocalypse readiness - what's in your grab-and-go bag?

Full house today @1rg.space

New addition to the 1RG library! Thanks Eric! 💙📚

Today’s lunch topics: Vatican economics Do any of us know any Sensing Myers-Briggs people? What is soft power? Pretending to be someone else on the early internet

We have an exceptionally packed week at 1RG Monday April 14 - 🦆 ATProTO: https://lu.ma/7u2zjfeu Tuesday April 15 - 📖 Reading Club: https://lu.ma/lnpeza7o Thursday April 17 - 💻 Side Project Social: https://lu.ma/wmu4li6t Thursday April 17 - ♟️Board games night: https://lu.ma/3tcyduzf

✨ 1RG Incubator has launched! Six amazing folks building tech to make Toronto better - from shelter apps to mushroom farming. Week 1 down, 11 to go! Read more: words.1rg.space/1rg-incubato...

Today’s lunch topics: PTA politics West Wing nostalgia Will the Statue of Liberty be around in 20 years? Who’s the most responsible animal? If they can use recovered dinosaur DNA to make lab grown meat, what dino would you like to eat?

Took a little trip to Florida to participate in democracy. words.1rg.space/a-fi...

Next week at 1RG: Sunday April 13 - 🏛️ Civic Space Sunday: https://lu.ma/a51un3ap

Wednesday lunch topic: dad jokes, grumpy teenagers, and correct Italian pronunciation

Classic @bmann.ca visiting places and gathering people

@1rg.space incubator kickoff last night! So grateful for this amazing group of humans - can’t wait to see what we build together over the next 12 weeks 🚀🚀