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**Author:** [@chris](https://community.coops.tech/u/chris)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [21 September 2026 11:22 UTC](https://community.coops.tech/t/sorting-out-wordpress-websites-compromised-by-wp2shell-com/4978 "2026-09-21T11:22:53Z")
Webarchitects provides hosting for a lot of WordPress sites, which clients manage themselves, many of these were hit badly by the wp2shell vulnerability on 19th July 2026, following are some notes on what we have been do… --- ## [Hello from Kentucky, USA! Socialist grad student looking for thesis ideas!](https://community.coops.tech/t/hello-from-kentucky-usa-socialist-grad-student-looking-for-thesis-ideas/4994)
**Author:** [@BreezyCheezy](https://community.coops.tech/u/BreezyCheezy)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [16 September 2026 16:16 UTC](https://community.coops.tech/t/hello-from-kentucky-usa-socialist-grad-student-looking-for-thesis-ideas/4994 "2026-09-16T16:16:02Z")
Hello everyone! My name is Bree, I’m in my first semester of my Master’s in CS and I’m currently brainstorming ideas for how to build worker power within the tech field. I stumbled across Co-op cloud and was very intrigu… --- ## [Looking for All-in-one governance + operations tools for platform co-ops](https://community.coops.tech/t/looking-for-all-in-one-governance-operations-tools-for-platform-co-ops/4505)
**Author:** [@coopevolution](https://community.coops.tech/u/coopevolution)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [11 September 2026 12:50 UTC](https://community.coops.tech/t/looking-for-all-in-one-governance-operations-tools-for-platform-co-ops/4505 "2026-09-11T12:50:58Z")
Hi everyone, I’m looking into tools that support co-ops with both governance and day-to-day operations. I know about platforms like Loomio for decision-making, and Nextcloud for file sharing, but I’m wondering if there’… --- ## [SEO, AEO and GEO - free webinar](https://community.coops.tech/t/seo-aeo-and-geo-free-webinar/4937)
**Author:** [@TImDCR](https://community.coops.tech/u/TImDCR)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [9 September 2026 13:36 UTC](https://community.coops.tech/t/seo-aeo-and-geo-free-webinar/4937 "2026-09-09T13:36:14Z")
Hi cotechers, Michael is running a free webinar on optimising your site for Search and for AI that will be of interest, i think. You can find our more and register here \> SEO, AEO and GEO - optimising your site for Searc… --- ## [Digital Commons Coop is hiring a Product Lead](https://community.coops.tech/t/digital-commons-coop-is-hiring-a-product-lead/4992)
**Author:** [@sn-coop](https://community.coops.tech/u/sn-coop)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [8 September 2026 13:39 UTC](https://community.coops.tech/t/digital-commons-coop-is-hiring-a-product-lead/4992 "2026-09-08T13:39:22Z")
Fully flexible + remote position. We’re looking for someone with capacity for 2 days per week, who loves working independently and in a self-managing way. You’ll be a great fit for this role if you get really excited abo… --- ## [👋 Introduce yourself!](https://community.coops.tech/t/introduce-yourself/23)
**Author:** [@PeteBurden](https://community.coops.tech/u/PeteBurden)\ **Replies:** 195\ **Last updated:** [4 September 2026 08:25 UTC](https://community.coops.tech/t/introduce-yourself/23 "2026-09-04T08:25:39Z")
How about we start an introductions topic? Just an idea of who you are and what interests you? E.g. I am Pete and I don’t really know why I am here but have a sense that this could be really useful. I have been using t… --- ## [CoTech Circle next Wednesday 26th August 4pm!](https://community.coops.tech/t/cotech-circle-next-wednesday-26th-august-4pm/4970)
**Author:** [@NatashaN](https://community.coops.tech/u/NatashaN)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [25 August 2026 09:17 UTC](https://community.coops.tech/t/cotech-circle-next-wednesday-26th-august-4pm/4970 "2026-08-25T09:17:30Z")
--- ## [Seeking a co-operatively minded freelance digital designer with strong tech skills (project work)](https://community.coops.tech/t/seeking-a-co-operatively-minded-freelance-digital-designer-with-strong-tech-skills-project-work/4966)
**Author:** [@Louise](https://community.coops.tech/u/Louise)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [14 August 2026 10:43 UTC](https://community.coops.tech/t/seeking-a-co-operatively-minded-freelance-digital-designer-with-strong-tech-skills-project-work/4966 "2026-08-14T10:43:52Z")
media co-op are pitching for a job for a local organisation with a modest budget to celebrate their 30th anniversary. We’re looking for a cooperatively-minded freelance designer with solid tech background to join our tea… --- ## [Democratic Engagement Fund](https://community.coops.tech/t/democratic-engagement-fund/4962)
**Author:** [@BillySmith](https://community.coops.tech/u/BillySmith)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [27 July 2026 20:31 UTC](https://community.coops.tech/t/democratic-engagement-fund/4962 "2026-07-27T20:31:41Z")
I can’t remember if I got the links from here, or if it was another forum, but I’m posting this in case. The UK Democratic Engagement Fund opened for applications on the 22nd of June. Closing date for the grant applica… --- ## [Co-operative Software Licenses](https://community.coops.tech/t/co-operative-software-licenses/4421)
**Author:** [@chris](https://community.coops.tech/u/chris)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [21 July 2026 11:24 UTC](https://community.coops.tech/t/co-operative-software-licenses/4421 "2026-07-21T11:24:48Z")
I believe that co-operatives should be using co-operative software and that co-ops depending on services and infrastructure provided by big tech undermines the 4th co-operative principal of autonomy. By co-operative sof… --- ## [European networks of tech co-ops](https://community.coops.tech/t/european-networks-of-tech-co-ops/4960)
**Author:** [@chris](https://community.coops.tech/u/chris)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [16 July 2026 10:29 UTC](https://community.coops.tech/t/european-networks-of-tech-co-ops/4960 "2026-07-16T10:29:03Z")
This morning I attended the online assembly of French tech co-ops and gave a brief presentation of the history of CoTech: The assembly was also addressed by @hng on behalf of the German network of tech co-ops: And … --- ## ["We need to think about how we’re coming together..."](https://community.coops.tech/t/we-need-to-think-about-how-we-re-coming-together/4956)
**Author:** [@Sion](https://community.coops.tech/u/Sion)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [13 July 2026 13:49 UTC](https://community.coops.tech/t/we-need-to-think-about-how-we-re-coming-together/4956 "2026-07-13T13:49:27Z")
--- ## [From Co-op News print edition](https://community.coops.tech/t/from-co-op-news-print-edition/4953)
**Author:** [@Sion](https://community.coops.tech/u/Sion)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [11 July 2026 09:06 UTC](https://community.coops.tech/t/from-co-op-news-print-edition/4953 "2026-07-11T09:06:01Z")
--- ## [LLMs again - what's your take?](https://community.coops.tech/t/llms-again-whats-your-take/4903)
**Author:** [@ineiti](https://community.coops.tech/u/ineiti)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [2 July 2026 12:55 UTC](https://community.coops.tech/t/llms-again-whats-your-take/4903 "2026-07-02T12:55:03Z")
I have a question with regard to updating the various recipes. I’m working at EPFL in Switzerland, at C4DT, and we’re currently looking into sovereign solutions for web services. I put together an example at https://clo… --- ## [Get Tickets to the Autumn Gathering Soon: AI, Communities & Coops](https://community.coops.tech/t/get-tickets-to-the-autumn-gathering-soon-ai-communities-coops/4949)
**Author:** [@NatashaN](https://community.coops.tech/u/NatashaN)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [2 July 2026 11:21 UTC](https://community.coops.tech/t/get-tickets-to-the-autumn-gathering-soon-ai-communities-coops/4949 "2026-07-02T11:21:05Z")
Super excited about this gathering I’ve been organising with Tim (Data Content Reach) and Simon (Agile Collective) at SPACE4. We decided to make it more public with a panel and discussion on AI in the morning with three … --- ## [Bathtub listen: Calverts and why workers control is necessary](https://community.coops.tech/t/bathtub-listen-calverts-and-why-workers-control-is-necessary/4948)
**Author:** [@Sion](https://community.coops.tech/u/Sion)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [1 July 2026 09:22 UTC](https://community.coops.tech/t/bathtub-listen-calverts-and-why-workers-control-is-necessary/4948 "2026-07-01T09:22:42Z")
--- ## [Hello from the US! I'm building open-source ERP software for cooperatives](https://community.coops.tech/t/hello-from-the-us-im-building-open-source-erp-software-for-cooperatives/4944)
**Author:** [@aves](https://community.coops.tech/u/aves)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [25 June 2026 18:41 UTC](https://community.coops.tech/t/hello-from-the-us-im-building-open-source-erp-software-for-cooperatives/4944 "2026-06-25T18:41:10Z")
Hello everyone, workers.coop over on Mastadon suggested I head over and see how you folks are doing. I joined the community to get perspectives on cooperative management models from coops that actually exist and potenti… --- ## [Introduction to Consent Based Decision Making with Sociocracy](https://community.coops.tech/t/introduction-to-consent-based-decision-making-with-sociocracy/4946)
**Author:** [@NatashaN](https://community.coops.tech/u/NatashaN)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [25 June 2026 13:44 UTC](https://community.coops.tech/t/introduction-to-consent-based-decision-making-with-sociocracy/4946 "2026-06-25T13:44:50Z")
Hello all! I’ve been delivering training on Sociocratic decision-making and its been going really well. I love doing it! Most recently I ran a session at the worker coop weekend for the federation’s Own The Future busin… --- ## [Monthly Tech Sovereignty Meet Up at SPACE4 starting September 22nd 5pm](https://community.coops.tech/t/monthly-tech-sovereignty-meet-up-at-space4-starting-september-22nd-5pm/4945)
**Author:** [@NatashaN](https://community.coops.tech/u/NatashaN)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [25 June 2026 13:30 UTC](https://community.coops.tech/t/monthly-tech-sovereignty-meet-up-at-space4-starting-september-22nd-5pm/4945 "2026-06-25T13:30:35Z")
Managed to get this going with Tim from Data Content Reach :slight\_smile: . Really looking forward to it! Join us in Finsbury Park all you CoTech Londoners: --- ## [CoTech Circle Call - Today at 4pm!](https://community.coops.tech/t/cotech-circle-call-today-at-4pm/4942)
**Author:** [@NatashaN](https://community.coops.tech/u/NatashaN)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [24 June 2026 14:58 UTC](https://community.coops.tech/t/cotech-circle-call-today-at-4pm/4942 "2026-06-24T14:58:22Z")
--- ## ["AI Without Bosses" course from the Platform Cooperative Consortium](https://community.coops.tech/t/ai-without-bosses-course-from-the-platform-cooperative-consortium/4938)
**Author:** [@Graham](https://community.coops.tech/u/Graham)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [24 June 2026 08:52 UTC](https://community.coops.tech/t/ai-without-bosses-course-from-the-platform-cooperative-consortium/4938 "2026-06-24T08:52:28Z")
Last year I participated in this course run by Prof. Trebor Scholz from the New School in New York. It’s online, free to attend (apart from a small registration fee), and I found it informative, interesting, and useful, … --- ## [Translation/Transcription Co-operative services sought](https://community.coops.tech/t/translation-transcription-co-operative-services-sought/4934)
**Author:** [@BillySmith](https://community.coops.tech/u/BillySmith)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [23 June 2026 12:07 UTC](https://community.coops.tech/t/translation-transcription-co-operative-services-sought/4934 "2026-06-23T12:07:21Z")
I’m trying to find the links for the people who run The Blockchain Socialist podcast. A few years ago, pre-Covid, I came acropss someone who was working on a providing translations & transcriptions, but using a co-ope… --- ## [Conversations about Responsible Tech](https://community.coops.tech/t/conversations-about-responsible-tech/4936)
**Author:** [@Pau](https://community.coops.tech/u/Pau)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [23 June 2026 08:46 UTC](https://community.coops.tech/t/conversations-about-responsible-tech/4936 "2026-06-23T08:46:05Z")
Hi! I am organising an event next week where we will be discussing the challenges organisations face when trying to implement Responsible Technology in practice. I think it is an important topic that is not being talked… --- ## [Co-op suppliers of cybersecurity awareness training](https://community.coops.tech/t/co-op-suppliers-of-cybersecurity-awareness-training/4909)
**Author:** [@Jed](https://community.coops.tech/u/Jed)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [20 June 2026 07:48 UTC](https://community.coops.tech/t/co-op-suppliers-of-cybersecurity-awareness-training/4909 "2026-06-20T07:48:08Z")
hi folx apols if this has been discussed elsewhere. at our org we have a need of a cybersecurity awareness which ppl can do online ideally is accredited provides “proof of completion” example We have 26 seats which… --- ## [Tower Hamlets Start-Up programme](https://community.coops.tech/t/tower-hamlets-start-up-programme/4929)
**Author:** [@BillySmith](https://community.coops.tech/u/BillySmith)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [19 June 2026 16:58 UTC](https://community.coops.tech/t/tower-hamlets-start-up-programme/4929 "2026-06-19T16:58:08Z")
I came across this from the Allia mailing list: There’s also some taking place in other boroughs in London, and in other parts of England: --- ## [Radical Routes server](https://community.coops.tech/t/radical-routes-server/4925)
**Author:** [@da5nsy](https://community.coops.tech/u/da5nsy)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [19 June 2026 14:24 UTC](https://community.coops.tech/t/radical-routes-server/4925 "2026-06-19T14:24:06Z")
I sent this to contact@cotech.coop and @mikaelaraphael asked me to post it on here. ------------------ Hi folks, Just making a tentative enquiry at this stage - Radical Routes use netcup (something like this: RS 200… --- ## [REMINDER: CoTech Circle tomorrow (27/05) 4pm](https://community.coops.tech/t/reminder-cotech-circle-tomorrow-27-05-4pm/4898)
**Author:** [@NatashaN](https://community.coops.tech/u/NatashaN)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [7 June 2026 16:19 UTC](https://community.coops.tech/t/reminder-cotech-circle-tomorrow-27-05-4pm/4898 "2026-06-07T16:19:44Z")
Link: https://meet.google.com/qfp-pdpr-zvn --- ## [Tech sovereignty meet up at SPACE4 starting September anyone?](https://community.coops.tech/t/tech-sovereignty-meet-up-at-space4-starting-september-anyone/4904)
**Author:** [@NatashaN](https://community.coops.tech/u/NatashaN)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [5 June 2026 09:05 UTC](https://community.coops.tech/t/tech-sovereignty-meet-up-at-space4-starting-september-anyone/4904 "2026-06-05T09:05:03Z")
Hello! Is anyone interested in starting some kind of monthly in-person peer to peer skill share style meet up at SPACE4 (Finsbury Park, London) on “getting off big tech” “tech sovereignty” “open source tools”? I’d like … --- ## [Repowering London is hiring a Software Developer](https://community.coops.tech/t/repowering-london-is-hiring-a-software-developer/4875)
**Author:** [@mickyginger](https://community.coops.tech/u/mickyginger)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [3 June 2026 11:00 UTC](https://community.coops.tech/t/repowering-london-is-hiring-a-software-developer/4875 "2026-06-03T11:00:03Z")
We are currently looking for a Python Developer to work on our open-source solar billing platform, Elysia. This project is a collaboration between Repowering London and Sharenergy, two of the UK’s most experienced CE su… --- ## [RSVP: Breaking Up With Big Tech: A Beginner’s Guide to De-googling](https://community.coops.tech/t/rsvp-breaking-up-with-big-tech-a-beginner-s-guide-to-de-googling/4900)
**Author:** [@chris](https://community.coops.tech/u/chris)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [28 May 2026 16:05 UTC](https://community.coops.tech/t/rsvp-breaking-up-with-big-tech-a-beginner-s-guide-to-de-googling/4900 "2026-05-28T16:05:11Z")
On Wednesday June 3, 2-3pm ET, the de-googling experts at Fight for the Future, May First Movement Technology, and Progressive Technology Project are co-hosting a webinar to share practical advice on moving yourself and … [Next page](https://community.coops.tech/latest.md?page=1)