Geeks for Social Change
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Technology for community liberation 🏳️⚧️
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Posts by @kim.town
https://gfsc.community
https://gfsc.studio
Fedi: @[email protected]
Discord: http://discord.gfsc.studio
Posts by @kim.town
Full announcement and all details here! gfsc.community/announcing-g...
Announcing GFSC Community Drop-ins!
GFSC is starting four regular monthly drop-ins for: tech developers; artists and freelancers; community organisers; and writers and researchers. They're focussed on developing and supporting people to...
gfsc.community
January 21, 2026 at 11:00 PM
Full announcement and all details here! gfsc.community/announcing-g...
PlaceCal Community Organisers
Weds 18th Feb 12:00-13:00
For community organisers who want to bring their community together by:
• Getting started with our PlaceCal platform
• Improving the quality and quantity of local community information
• Finding out about other tools in the GFSC ecosystem
Weds 18th Feb 12:00-13:00
For community organisers who want to bring their community together by:
• Getting started with our PlaceCal platform
• Improving the quality and quantity of local community information
• Finding out about other tools in the GFSC ecosystem
January 21, 2026 at 4:00 PM
PlaceCal Community Organisers
Weds 18th Feb 12:00-13:00
For community organisers who want to bring their community together by:
• Getting started with our PlaceCal platform
• Improving the quality and quantity of local community information
• Finding out about other tools in the GFSC ecosystem
Weds 18th Feb 12:00-13:00
For community organisers who want to bring their community together by:
• Getting started with our PlaceCal platform
• Improving the quality and quantity of local community information
• Finding out about other tools in the GFSC ecosystem
Artists & Freelancers Drop-in
Weds 11 Feb 19:00 - 20:00
Peer support & encouragement for artists, freelancers, researchers, small community groups & others:
• Set up and develop artist/freelance websites
• Develop our reach
• Get support & advice with branding, operations & project management...
Weds 11 Feb 19:00 - 20:00
Peer support & encouragement for artists, freelancers, researchers, small community groups & others:
• Set up and develop artist/freelance websites
• Develop our reach
• Get support & advice with branding, operations & project management...
January 21, 2026 at 4:00 PM
Artists & Freelancers Drop-in
Weds 11 Feb 19:00 - 20:00
Peer support & encouragement for artists, freelancers, researchers, small community groups & others:
• Set up and develop artist/freelance websites
• Develop our reach
• Get support & advice with branding, operations & project management...
Weds 11 Feb 19:00 - 20:00
Peer support & encouragement for artists, freelancers, researchers, small community groups & others:
• Set up and develop artist/freelance websites
• Develop our reach
• Get support & advice with branding, operations & project management...
Tech Developers and Creators drop-in
Tues 10th Feb 16:00 - 17:00
For people who work or want to work on developing community technology, specifically those who want to:
• Volunteer on GFSC's projects
• Get peer support and networking
• Develop new technology commons projects together
Tues 10th Feb 16:00 - 17:00
For people who work or want to work on developing community technology, specifically those who want to:
• Volunteer on GFSC's projects
• Get peer support and networking
• Develop new technology commons projects together
January 21, 2026 at 4:00 PM
Tech Developers and Creators drop-in
Tues 10th Feb 16:00 - 17:00
For people who work or want to work on developing community technology, specifically those who want to:
• Volunteer on GFSC's projects
• Get peer support and networking
• Develop new technology commons projects together
Tues 10th Feb 16:00 - 17:00
For people who work or want to work on developing community technology, specifically those who want to:
• Volunteer on GFSC's projects
• Get peer support and networking
• Develop new technology commons projects together
But wait! There's more!
Read the article over at gfsc.community and read about more of the methods,
such as:
• Arts Council England
• Selling goods
• Selling services too
• Research funding
• DAOs/Cryptocoins - if you will
• and at least seven other ones
Read the article over at gfsc.community and read about more of the methods,
such as:
• Arts Council England
• Selling goods
• Selling services too
• Research funding
• DAOs/Cryptocoins - if you will
• and at least seven other ones
Geeks for Social Change
We are a collective creating community technology in anticipation of a world without billionaires. Led by trans and disabled people. Join us today!
gfsc.community
January 16, 2026 at 1:19 PM
But wait! There's more!
Read the article over at gfsc.community and read about more of the methods,
such as:
• Arts Council England
• Selling goods
• Selling services too
• Research funding
• DAOs/Cryptocoins - if you will
• and at least seven other ones
Read the article over at gfsc.community and read about more of the methods,
such as:
• Arts Council England
• Selling goods
• Selling services too
• Research funding
• DAOs/Cryptocoins - if you will
• and at least seven other ones
Private philanthropy
The wild west part of funding!
Some rich person or family has decided they want to Do Good, and set up a foundation.
Pros: Unrestricted money, potentially a lot.
Cons: The rich person have all the power and zero accountability. The money has probably come from Bad Places.
The wild west part of funding!
Some rich person or family has decided they want to Do Good, and set up a foundation.
Pros: Unrestricted money, potentially a lot.
Cons: The rich person have all the power and zero accountability. The money has probably come from Bad Places.
January 16, 2026 at 1:19 PM
Private philanthropy
The wild west part of funding!
Some rich person or family has decided they want to Do Good, and set up a foundation.
Pros: Unrestricted money, potentially a lot.
Cons: The rich person have all the power and zero accountability. The money has probably come from Bad Places.
The wild west part of funding!
Some rich person or family has decided they want to Do Good, and set up a foundation.
Pros: Unrestricted money, potentially a lot.
Cons: The rich person have all the power and zero accountability. The money has probably come from Bad Places.
Community grant funding
This is what people think of when they say “someone should write a funding bid”.
The Lottery Community Fund hands out £600m a year to community projects.
Pros: Once you have the funding it's very hard to lose it.
Cons: Very low acceptance rates, very long turnarounds.
This is what people think of when they say “someone should write a funding bid”.
The Lottery Community Fund hands out £600m a year to community projects.
Pros: Once you have the funding it's very hard to lose it.
Cons: Very low acceptance rates, very long turnarounds.
January 16, 2026 at 1:19 PM
Community grant funding
This is what people think of when they say “someone should write a funding bid”.
The Lottery Community Fund hands out £600m a year to community projects.
Pros: Once you have the funding it's very hard to lose it.
Cons: Very low acceptance rates, very long turnarounds.
This is what people think of when they say “someone should write a funding bid”.
The Lottery Community Fund hands out £600m a year to community projects.
Pros: Once you have the funding it's very hard to lose it.
Cons: Very low acceptance rates, very long turnarounds.
Social investment
The social investment world sits in an odd space between charity & business.
You're expected to make money but also prove you're making the world better.
Pros: Could be highly sustainable Realpolitik.
Cons: Most of your KPIs require you to do direct surveillance of poor people.
The social investment world sits in an odd space between charity & business.
You're expected to make money but also prove you're making the world better.
Pros: Could be highly sustainable Realpolitik.
Cons: Most of your KPIs require you to do direct surveillance of poor people.
January 16, 2026 at 1:19 PM
Social investment
The social investment world sits in an odd space between charity & business.
You're expected to make money but also prove you're making the world better.
Pros: Could be highly sustainable Realpolitik.
Cons: Most of your KPIs require you to do direct surveillance of poor people.
The social investment world sits in an odd space between charity & business.
You're expected to make money but also prove you're making the world better.
Pros: Could be highly sustainable Realpolitik.
Cons: Most of your KPIs require you to do direct surveillance of poor people.
Venture Capital
A startup, in its purest form: high risk high reward engagement in rawdogging capitalism.
The goal is to sell the entire company after a few years to a big-five tech company via an IPO and so get extremely rich.
Pros: lots of money & time
Cons: you are mainlining pure capitalism
A startup, in its purest form: high risk high reward engagement in rawdogging capitalism.
The goal is to sell the entire company after a few years to a big-five tech company via an IPO and so get extremely rich.
Pros: lots of money & time
Cons: you are mainlining pure capitalism
January 16, 2026 at 1:19 PM
Venture Capital
A startup, in its purest form: high risk high reward engagement in rawdogging capitalism.
The goal is to sell the entire company after a few years to a big-five tech company via an IPO and so get extremely rich.
Pros: lots of money & time
Cons: you are mainlining pure capitalism
A startup, in its purest form: high risk high reward engagement in rawdogging capitalism.
The goal is to sell the entire company after a few years to a big-five tech company via an IPO and so get extremely rich.
Pros: lots of money & time
Cons: you are mainlining pure capitalism
Kim writes:
“I’ve explored a ton of methods over the years and raised over half a million in funding bids and invoiced hundreds of thousands in client work. but these are rookie numbers in the grand scheme of things.
Enjoy a listicle of some methods I’ve explored, with an enormous grain of salt.”
“I’ve explored a ton of methods over the years and raised over half a million in funding bids and invoiced hundreds of thousands in client work. but these are rookie numbers in the grand scheme of things.
Enjoy a listicle of some methods I’ve explored, with an enormous grain of salt.”
January 16, 2026 at 1:19 PM
Kim writes:
“I’ve explored a ton of methods over the years and raised over half a million in funding bids and invoiced hundreds of thousands in client work. but these are rookie numbers in the grand scheme of things.
Enjoy a listicle of some methods I’ve explored, with an enormous grain of salt.”
“I’ve explored a ton of methods over the years and raised over half a million in funding bids and invoiced hundreds of thousands in client work. but these are rookie numbers in the grand scheme of things.
Enjoy a listicle of some methods I’ve explored, with an enormous grain of salt.”
Money in activism is like cars:
No-one has one, everyone moans about them, but everyone needs a lift. In almost every organising meeting, someone will say “someone should do a funding bid”
Ok, so who? And for what?
No-one has one, everyone moans about them, but everyone needs a lift. In almost every organising meeting, someone will say “someone should do a funding bid”
Ok, so who? And for what?
January 16, 2026 at 1:19 PM
Money in activism is like cars:
No-one has one, everyone moans about them, but everyone needs a lift. In almost every organising meeting, someone will say “someone should do a funding bid”
Ok, so who? And for what?
No-one has one, everyone moans about them, but everyone needs a lift. In almost every organising meeting, someone will say “someone should do a funding bid”
Ok, so who? And for what?
The full article has a few more INs and OUTs, but we're keen to hear your own views. What did we miss, what does the year need, and what can we definitely do without?
New Years' Prepositions: What's IN and what's OUT for 2026?
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, DIY culture and taking action with a certain gusto and ...
gfsc.community
January 7, 2026 at 6:33 PM
The full article has a few more INs and OUTs, but we're keen to hear your own views. What did we miss, what does the year need, and what can we definitely do without?
In: Pride place. Local groups are a boon, and local queer groups are a delight and a necessity! Leeds’ queer cohousing project Pride of Place Leeds launched a local events calendar in December using GFSC's PlaceCal tech. www.queerleeds.lgbt?ref=gfsc.com... – let's see more of this everywhere.
Queer Leeds
LGBTQIA+ Events in Leeds
www.queerleeds.lgbt
January 7, 2026 at 6:33 PM
In: Pride place. Local groups are a boon, and local queer groups are a delight and a necessity! Leeds’ queer cohousing project Pride of Place Leeds launched a local events calendar in December using GFSC's PlaceCal tech. www.queerleeds.lgbt?ref=gfsc.com... – let's see more of this everywhere.
Out: Paranoid passivety. Despair and maundering are both tempting, but it's better by far to do something and not nothing, whether that's writing to an MP, volunteering, donating, or doing passionate and proactive – and whether it's something you consider 'political' or not.
January 7, 2026 at 6:33 PM
Out: Paranoid passivety. Despair and maundering are both tempting, but it's better by far to do something and not nothing, whether that's writing to an MP, volunteering, donating, or doing passionate and proactive – and whether it's something you consider 'political' or not.
In: DIY Culture. With big tech and big political parties fuelling discrimination, it's apparent there's no space for us right now, so it's time for a return to DIY – and that doesn't just mean putting up a shelf. It's about putting up a society. This means zines, live shows, flyers and PlaceCal.org
January 7, 2026 at 6:33 PM
In: DIY Culture. With big tech and big political parties fuelling discrimination, it's apparent there's no space for us right now, so it's time for a return to DIY – and that doesn't just mean putting up a shelf. It's about putting up a society. This means zines, live shows, flyers and PlaceCal.org
Out: Facebook and Instagram, which are becoming worse and worse places to do our organising. Kim gave a substantial look into this back in 2025. Remember that old year? gfsc.community/full-meta-ja...
Full Meta Jacket: How corporations colonised queer life
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 including GFSC's own Trans Dimension i...
gfsc.community
January 7, 2026 at 6:33 PM
Out: Facebook and Instagram, which are becoming worse and worse places to do our organising. Kim gave a substantial look into this back in 2025. Remember that old year? gfsc.community/full-meta-ja...
In: Communal toolbanks. If you have too much, or if you have too little, sharing can be a boon. As it is with books, so it is with tools. You could get your hands on a ladder, drill, wheelbarrow or lawnmower, normally for a small cost and a returnable deposit. See if you have a local one!
January 7, 2026 at 6:33 PM
In: Communal toolbanks. If you have too much, or if you have too little, sharing can be a boon. As it is with books, so it is with tools. You could get your hands on a ladder, drill, wheelbarrow or lawnmower, normally for a small cost and a returnable deposit. See if you have a local one!
Out: Renting software from billionaires. The Internet grows smaller, with the big dogs of big tech now owning almost everything. It sometimes feels like Microsoft and the gang are unavoidable, but there are alternatives, many of them community-made and community-run. You may perceive a theme here!
January 7, 2026 at 6:33 PM
Out: Renting software from billionaires. The Internet grows smaller, with the big dogs of big tech now owning almost everything. It sometimes feels like Microsoft and the gang are unavoidable, but there are alternatives, many of them community-made and community-run. You may perceive a theme here!
In: Community-owned media! Subvert.fm is an online co-operative, a member-owned, artist-driven alternative to Bandcamp. Other artist-owned co-operatives include Stocksy.com, a reassuringly human-made collection of stock images, and Means.tv, a streaming service wholly owned by its creators.
January 7, 2026 at 6:33 PM
In: Community-owned media! Subvert.fm is an online co-operative, a member-owned, artist-driven alternative to Bandcamp. Other artist-owned co-operatives include Stocksy.com, a reassuringly human-made collection of stock images, and Means.tv, a streaming service wholly owned by its creators.
Out: Spotify! Underpaying its musicians to a grievous degree is now one of their lesser evils, with CEO Daniel Ek reportedly investing $600mn in AI-powered military drones. Recently, they have been running adverts for ICE over in America. Siding with the modern SS, this is a service to do away with.
January 7, 2026 at 6:33 PM
Out: Spotify! Underpaying its musicians to a grievous degree is now one of their lesser evils, with CEO Daniel Ek reportedly investing $600mn in AI-powered military drones. Recently, they have been running adverts for ICE over in America. Siding with the modern SS, this is a service to do away with.