Pick Your Battles: a Shame Story
In which we wrestle with the guilt of ‘no ethical consumption under capitalism‘, and hopefully resolve to cut everyone a bit of slack.
Ben Swithen
What’s Been Happening at Our Drop-ins?
We launched our four community drop-ins at the start of the year, and we’re now a couple of months in. Here's some of what we've learnt – and when you can drop in and join us next.
Why bother making a podcast?
Anyone could make a podcast, but why would you want to? An in-depth look at the reasons for and against podcasts as political, creative and social force (and why right-wing podcasts succeed in ways left-wing ones don't)
What our community told us: GFSC Supporter Survey 2026
High anxiety, signs of hope, queer rights and freedom from big tech's clutches! We ran our first supporter survey in February and here is what we learnt.
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 use open source and community technology, including our own PlaceCal platform.
New Years' Prepositions: What's IN and what's OUT?
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 resolve.
Geeks for Social What? Our year of explorations and beginnings
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.