Runrig
@runrig.bsky.social
Providing software, platform administration and data infrastructure to farmers and food workers for the collective management of their shared resources. runrig.org
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Such a phenomenal project! If yer not broke like me, give them money b/c we really need tools like Goblins and OCapN if we wanna live thru the death throes of capitalism.
For this #GivingTuesday I'm going to make the (biased) argument for why you might consider donating to @spritelyinst.bsky.social, especially if you care about a healthier future for the internet! spritely.institute/donate/
Here's a little thread explaining more... 🧵
Here's a little thread explaining more... 🧵
Support Spritely! — Spritely Institute
spritely.institute
December 2, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Such a phenomenal project! If yer not broke like me, give them money b/c we really need tools like Goblins and OCapN if we wanna live thru the death throes of capitalism.
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*None* of the decentralized social networks today are robust enough to handle threats facing vulnerable people and activists today. Not the fediverse, not Bluesky/ATProto. What to do?
(Here's a talk on that: "Protocols and Purpose in a Global Democratic Crisis" c-tube.c-base.org/w/f9pF5pwxX8... )
(Here's a talk on that: "Protocols and Purpose in a Global Democratic Crisis" c-tube.c-base.org/w/f9pF5pwxX8... )
#fediday2025 Christine Lemmer-Webber - Protocols and Purpose in a Global Democratic Crisis
Protocols and Purpose in a Global Democratic Crisis (EN) Christine Lemmer-Webber, The Spritely Institute Christine Lemmer-Webber, co-author of the ActivityPub specification, frames the work of dece...
c-tube.c-base.org
December 2, 2025 at 8:19 PM
*None* of the decentralized social networks today are robust enough to handle threats facing vulnerable people and activists today. Not the fediverse, not Bluesky/ATProto. What to do?
(Here's a talk on that: "Protocols and Purpose in a Global Democratic Crisis" c-tube.c-base.org/w/f9pF5pwxX8... )
(Here's a talk on that: "Protocols and Purpose in a Global Democratic Crisis" c-tube.c-base.org/w/f9pF5pwxX8... )
"Federated Municipal Platforms: A fundamental design pattern"
This one's a bit of a beast, also really critical as a comprehensive design document for Runrig's core value propositions. Shares and kind/constructive feedback would be much appreciated! 🙏🏻
www.runrig.org/posts/federa...
This one's a bit of a beast, also really critical as a comprehensive design document for Runrig's core value propositions. Shares and kind/constructive feedback would be much appreciated! 🙏🏻
www.runrig.org/posts/federa...
Federated Municipal Platforms
A federated municipal platform, or FMP, is a communally owned & controlled digital platform, enabling a regional foodshed or bioregion to manage its own land, resources, and labor according to its own...
www.runrig.org
October 15, 2025 at 1:43 PM
"Federated Municipal Platforms: A fundamental design pattern"
This one's a bit of a beast, also really critical as a comprehensive design document for Runrig's core value propositions. Shares and kind/constructive feedback would be much appreciated! 🙏🏻
www.runrig.org/posts/federa...
This one's a bit of a beast, also really critical as a comprehensive design document for Runrig's core value propositions. Shares and kind/constructive feedback would be much appreciated! 🙏🏻
www.runrig.org/posts/federa...
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Workers at Upstate apple farm frustrated by owner's refusal to abide by contract
thechiefleader.com/stories/work...
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Workers at Upstate apple farm frustrated by owner's refusal to abide by contract - The Chief
Despite an arbitrator’s sanction of a collective bargaining agreement covering workers at an Upstate apple farm, the company has refused to institute its provisions. The deadlock led workers at Wafle...
thechiefleader.com
October 8, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Workers at Upstate apple farm frustrated by owner's refusal to abide by contract
thechiefleader.com/stories/work...
thechiefleader.com/stories/work...
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GOAT is #HIRING a Community Manager to help plan the 2026 Gathering for Open Agricultural Technology, please share!
forum.goatech.org/t/job-openin...
#jobs #remotework #parttime #freesoftware #opensource #foss #agtech #food #farm #tech #career #eventplanning #conference #communityengagement
forum.goatech.org/t/job-openin...
#jobs #remotework #parttime #freesoftware #opensource #foss #agtech #food #farm #tech #career #eventplanning #conference #communityengagement
Job Opening: GOAT Community Manager
Gathering for Open Agricultural Technology Community Manager Position details: Position type: Independent 1099 contractor Location: Remote Equipment: Self-provided Salary: $35 per hour (with budge...
forum.goatech.org
September 18, 2025 at 2:37 PM
GOAT is #HIRING a Community Manager to help plan the 2026 Gathering for Open Agricultural Technology, please share!
forum.goatech.org/t/job-openin...
#jobs #remotework #parttime #freesoftware #opensource #foss #agtech #food #farm #tech #career #eventplanning #conference #communityengagement
forum.goatech.org/t/job-openin...
#jobs #remotework #parttime #freesoftware #opensource #foss #agtech #food #farm #tech #career #eventplanning #conference #communityengagement
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🌈 The 3rd Nyéléni Forum saw the first Assembly of the Gender and Sexual Diversities and Allies take place. Hear from Maggie Cheney from Rock Steady Farm and Paula Gioia from La Via Campesina on the importance of this space.
Video
📽️ credit: Real World Radio
#Nyeleni2025
Video
📽️ credit: Real World Radio
#Nyeleni2025
September 8, 2025 at 9:46 AM
🌈 The 3rd Nyéléni Forum saw the first Assembly of the Gender and Sexual Diversities and Allies take place. Hear from Maggie Cheney from Rock Steady Farm and Paula Gioia from La Via Campesina on the importance of this space.
Video
📽️ credit: Real World Radio
#Nyeleni2025
Video
📽️ credit: Real World Radio
#Nyeleni2025
Scalability is fundamentally an expression for the rate at which a technology can increase socioeconomic inequality over time, effecting how resources are allocated and who controls that process.
It should be viewed as a measure of extractivism and of social control.
www.runrig.org/posts/agains...
It should be viewed as a measure of extractivism and of social control.
www.runrig.org/posts/agains...
Against Scale
A look at the way scalability perpetuates some of the worst tendencies of neoliberal capitalism, and how Runrig proposes to overturn those harmful dynamics through participatory design and transparent...
www.runrig.org
September 4, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Scalability is fundamentally an expression for the rate at which a technology can increase socioeconomic inequality over time, effecting how resources are allocated and who controls that process.
It should be viewed as a measure of extractivism and of social control.
www.runrig.org/posts/agains...
It should be viewed as a measure of extractivism and of social control.
www.runrig.org/posts/agains...
The first in a two-part series on the Runrig Journal regarding abstraction, complexity, and scaling in ag-tech:
www.runrig.org/posts/illegi...
www.runrig.org/posts/illegi...
Illegible Agriculture
Why technocrats so often try (and fail) to simplify farming's essential complexity
www.runrig.org
July 8, 2025 at 6:26 PM
The first in a two-part series on the Runrig Journal regarding abstraction, complexity, and scaling in ag-tech:
www.runrig.org/posts/illegi...
www.runrig.org/posts/illegi...
The Runrig Journal will be a way of developing & documenting Runrig's design principles out in the open, plus some updates from the past 18mos #ICYMI. Join the newsletter or follow here for more!
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Runrig
Runrig is a communal farming platform, a libre software project and a method of socio-ecological design. It aims for collective sovereignty over not just our food, but also the labor that raises it, t...
www.runrig.org
June 5, 2025 at 9:44 PM
The Runrig Journal will be a way of developing & documenting Runrig's design principles out in the open, plus some updates from the past 18mos #ICYMI. Join the newsletter or follow here for more!
www.runrig.org/posts/runrig...
www.runrig.org/posts/runrig...