hello i seem to have a bunch of unexpected new followers!! hi!! (was i mentioned somewhere?) im not really on here but i am active on fedi and discord and @gfsc.community just announced a load of meetups i would love to see you at :) gfsc.community/announcing-g...

Announcement: GFSC Community Drop-ins! GFSC is about to begin monthly drop-ins run by volunteer leads, each focused on a different area. Low-key, open to anyone, come-when-you-can. Drop-in peer support sessions for support & encouragement. Good for accountability & troubleshooting. gfsc.community

Finished my super mega post for @gfsc.community on all the kinds of funding I could think of and what you have to do to get them 😅 this is all just my opinion (and some of @szemi-petra.bsky.social's on art grants) so take with a grain of salt but hopefully useful!! gfsc.community/what-if-we-m...

What If We Made Money at the Intersection of Art and Technology? A run-down of 15 ways we could think of to get funding for your project: from the capitalist (venture capital) to the grassroots (direct donations). Because, hot take, the revolution needs a business plan.

New article: Six Ins and Six Outs for 2026. Time to get away from despair, and from renting software from billionaires. Time to get into community-ownership, community technoloft, DIY culture and taking action with gusto and resolve.

What's the rumpus in 2026? We're steering towards the new year, but we're not the captains of your destiny, so here are a handful of questions for you: What are the INs and OUTs for the year? What do you want us to talk more about? What projects are you excited about?

Geeks for Social What?! (1/10) All years are grievous and troublesome, but this one was fruitful. 23 people have volunteered their time with GFSC, working on everything from codebases and livestreams to volunteer coordination. 8 new voices contributed to our blog. Check 'em out!

All years in recent memory have been grievous and alarming, but here's what we did to make 2025 better and build for 2026. A run-down of GFSC's projects, articles, and methods for making technology which can strengthen communities. gfsc.community/geeks-for-so...

I did a livestream!!

This is what we want. More examples, please, of Good Things that have been done this year.

All years in recent memory have been grievous and alarming, but here's what we did to make 2025 better and build for 2026. A run-down of GFSC's projects, articles, and methods for making technology which can strengthen communities. gfsc.community/geeks-for-so...

We are live in 5 mins!!

Livestream Announcement: What If A Database Was A Map? On Tuesday 25th November from 7.30pm GMT we'll be speaking with Arby from @commonknowledge.coop about the Mapped project's motivations, successes and future. Hope to see you there! gfsc.community/livestream-a...

Livestream Announcement: What If A Database Was A Map? On Tuesday 25th November from 7.30pm GMT we'll be speaking with Arby from @commonknowledge.coop about the Mapped project's motivations, successes and future. Hope to see you there! gfsc.community/livestream-a...

Kim caught up with @zoyander.cc and Studio Voltaire to chat about the challenges archiving our own trans history, and some of the tools we can use to do it. Check out the interview on our blog! gfsc.community/trans-digita...

Kim caught up with @zoyander.cc and Studio Voltaire to chat about the challenges archiving our own trans history, and some of the tools we can use to do it. Check out the interview on our blog! gfsc.community/trans-digita...

Ever wanted to start a zine, a website, a computer game, or a food redistribution project? Catch up with others who have (and the ways to do so) in this round up of our autumn and the people, activities and opportunities which emerged during this year's conker season. gfsc.community/autumn-leave...

Here's me chatting about how and why I started up a zine distro, some thoughts on zines potential as a tool for connection & what I've been working on lately.

Ever wanted to start a zine, a website, a computer game, or a food redistribution project? Catch up with others who have (and the ways to do so) in this round up of our autumn and the people, activities and opportunities which emerged during this year's conker season. gfsc.community/autumn-leave...

Are zines life? Vicky has done her best to find out. Read about a life in self-publishing, starting @penfight.bsky.social, and what the future might bring for working-class zinesters. gfsc.community/zines-are-fo...

Karrot is a free and open source tool for grassroots initiatives and groups of people that want to coordinate face-to-face activities on a local, autonomous and voluntary basis. @kim.town caught up with project founder Nick for the lowdown. gfsc.community/karrot-commu...

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-...

Something I've never really considered but seems increasingly important. Especially when we have few platforms, owned by big companies with a vested interest in shaping the narrative.

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-...

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! Find out about our mission to build the technology we need to feel human again. gfsc.community/have-you-not...

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! Find out about our mission to build the technology we need to feel human again. gfsc.community/have-you-not...

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

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

Kim responds to a common Discord FAQ: what's the best way to get going with a website? In the start of our new series we take a look at what a website is under the hood, the main ways you can go about it, and the pros and cons of each overall category. gfsc.community/whats-the-be...

Kim responds to a common Discord FAQ: what's the best way to get going with a website? In the start of our new series we take a look at what a website is under the hood, the main ways you can go about it, and the pros and cons of each overall category. gfsc.community/whats-the-be...

Meet Ben (@benjamilian.bsky.social), a person with a tale of transphobia, excommunication, lost hope, and the secret joy of failure. How does all this lead to gender gladness, to hyacinths, and to a game called Trans Theft Horso? gfsc.community/hope-then-ex...

PlaceCal livestreams! Accessibility moans! Consensus decision making hate! Podcast revival! Mastodon interview! Ava introduction! Exclamation marks! Find out what we did this summer in our roundup post: gfsc.community/what-we-did-...

PlaceCal livestreams! Accessibility moans! Consensus decision making hate! Podcast revival! Mastodon interview! Ava introduction! Exclamation marks! Find out what we did this summer in our roundup post: gfsc.community/what-we-did-...

Missed our livestream? It's now available as a VOD! We interview Prof Stefan White from Manchester School of Architecture, Dr Jay Stewart from @genderedintelligence.co.uk, Rakesh Prashara from @tippingpointuk.bsky.social and Dr Kim Foale @kim.town from GFSC. www.youtube.com/watch?v=66J5...

Much like Lady Macbeth, Kim has found herself sleepwalking in an enormous castle unclear how she ended up covered in blood (indirectly funding military drones). Discover how she rid herself of Spotify and got into music again, albeit with a distinct lack of witches. gfsc.community/out-damn-spo...

A lot of my personal political project right now is trying to re-materialise tech which has been delibarately obfuscated so we can be sold more shit faster with greater surveillance. Spotify was fascinating to break down and think about the bits that make it up. I'm happy to now be rid of it tho!

Much like Lady Macbeth, Kim has found herself sleepwalking in an enormous castle unclear how she ended up covered in blood (indirectly funding military drones). Discover how she rid herself of Spotify and got into music again, albeit with a distinct lack of witches. gfsc.community/out-damn-spo...

Meet Ava. She can solve a Rubik's cube in under a minute, host a comedy show, and have an anxiety attack on demand. However, the Labour party's anti-trans moral crusade means she is planning on emigrating with these in-demand skills and starting a career as a developer. gfsc.community/hello-im-ava/

This is a really great read and pleased some of my insights ended up in it, and there's a lot of insight here.

Oscar Wilde once wrote that “the problem with socialism is that it takes up too many evenings”. Possibly there is no greater culprit for these lost evenings than the scourge of consensus decision making, @kim.town vents. gfsc.community/consensus-de...

@kim.town caught up with @andypiper.org, Mastodon's new comms lead, for a chat about the Fediverse's poster child. Find out more about the future of the project, how they feel about Bluesky, and how you can get involved! gfsc.community/community-sp...

see you in an hour!

What communities are you a part of and how do you connect with them? For our second livestream this Friday from 7:30pm we're looking at the story of PlaceCal, technology that serves communities by aggregating and displaying events in a single place. gfsc.community/how-we-creat...

Accessibility is a vital and increasingly recognised component of design. But what does accessibility actually mean, what happens when requirements contradict, and how can graphic designers learn about accessibility implementation? @undividual.bsky.social dives in. gfsc.community/accessibilit...

Honest insights on #accessibility from a designer's point of view. I was interested to find out that there are alternative standards for colour contrast (APCA v WCAG - sorry for the acronyms, you'll have to read the post).

Accessibility is a vital and increasingly recognised component of design. But what does accessibility actually mean, what happens when requirements contradict, and how can graphic designers learn about accessibility implementation? @undividual.bsky.social dives in. gfsc.community/accessibilit...

Welcome to bsky @genderedintelligence.co.uk!

We've come a long way since we announced this new blog in March. We've done over a dozen posts, launched our first livestream, given talks in London and Edinburgh, and hatched ideas for the weeks and months to come. gfsc.community/our-first-th...

We've come a long way since we announced this new blog in March. We've done over a dozen posts, launched our first livestream, given talks in London and Edinburgh, and hatched ideas for the weeks and months to come. gfsc.community/our-first-th...

Full Meta Jacket: How corporations colonised queer life and what we can do about it Big tech, especially Meta, is synonymous with queer and trans organising. Kim gets into the weeds exploring how this happened, and suggests some routes out of it. gfsc.community/full-meta-ja...