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.
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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.
What's happening where you live? Re-introducing PlaceCal
If you've hung around us the last few years you undoubtedly will have heard us go on about PlaceCal. But what is it, why does it matter, how can you and your community benefit, and why has it taken us so long? Kim takes it from the top and outlines our ambitions for community technology in 2026.
The Geeks for Social Change Supporter Survey 2026!
We’re getting a better idea of our supporters by researching what people actually need from technology. Help us capture a snapshot of your feelings that we can feed into our plan for the coming year.
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.