Geeks for Social Change

Trans and disabled-led collective building technology for community liberation.

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Bsky: @gfsc.community
Fedi: @[email protected]

[Geeks for Social Change @gfscstudio]

GFSC are a collective imagining hopeful post-billionaire technology and finding scraps of pleasure in a crumbled social order.

Read about our new plans and support our tentative (but necessary) optimism in an update from our founder.

https://t.co/52pMEkXJMO

[Geeks for Social Change @gfscstudio]

@Mail_Gun @erdemerk We have exactly the same problem but for Ticket #3378470 and have now been waiting 48 hours for a response. I think you need to put something on your service page about time to respond as this is pretty unacceptable imo.

[Geeks for Social Change @gfscstudio]

@ghost some feedback that i would love to sign up for ghost pro but the limitation on staff stopping us. im making a community blog and therefore would need the $200/mo package which is way out our range. feel like pro is hobbled compared to open source version which is weird!

[Geeks for Social Change @gfscstudio]

the first time they did this 80% voted against it iirc and they did it anyway so it's a bit futile but i think good to be counted

[Geeks for Social Change @gfscstudio]

A hillariously leading and unscientific survey (seriously who designed this?) but a chance to say no to more cops and money for cops. I used the space to suggest the percept goes to libraries and social care instead.

[Greater Manchester Combined Authority @greatermcr]

GMP have 8,076 police officers but more are required to meet the levels we had a decade ago

Are you willing to pay more to keep our communities safe and retain investment in neighbourhood policing?

🗣️Take a minute to share your views on Police funding: https://t.co/ttZyO0N1zM

[Geeks for Social Change @gfscstudio]

We are actively looking for #Elm volunteers to help squash our last few bugs and get The Trans Dimension up and running properly - if you're able to help us out please do get in touch!

https://t.co/390fj2abn4

[Geeks for Social Change @gfscstudio]

This is a shoestring project (hence the bugs!), if you're able to give us a one-off or recurring donation to help us finish up the tech and expand to other cities, please consider donating 🙏

https://t.co/1BB6YW0FwT

[Geeks for Social Change @gfscstudio]

We have a few bugs to iron out, but we're delighted to announce The Trans Dimension now covers #Manchester as well as #London

Distressed by the news and looking for #trans community near you? Check it out:

https://t.co/1ouksatI66

[Geeks for Social Change @gfscstudio]

Lack of good accessibility statements makes community action hard to coordinate, as in most cases venue accessibility is in the hands of mega-landlords like Bruntwood.

Join us on the GFSC discord tomorrow at 8pm and help us make a video!



https://t.co/UnmhRHB12S

[Geeks for Social Change @gfscstudio]

Tomorrow (12/12@8pm) @oluoluoxenfree and @kimadactl are hosting a new GFSC Discord social: Content Club!

We’re going to design and make a video about creating an accessibility statement, based on our Trans Dimension Guide to Accessible Events.

https://t.co/9AKrf0ATO4

[Geeks for Social Change @gfscstudio]

Reactions to our recent report showed a lack of understanding around what access statements are for and what they should contain. In our view they shouldn’t be a set of warnings about things venues don’t have, but rather a clear invitation to join in!



https://t.co/Ra41ZOiacE

[Geeks for Social Change @gfscstudio]

We welcome financial donations to continue the work we do at GFSC on projects like the Trans Organisers Fund https://t.co/tJElQc1ymO. We also welcome conversations with any funders who want to help us continue this work, as our source of funding for this work no longer exists.

[Geeks for Social Change @gfscstudio]

We’ve just published out report of what we did, what we spent it on, and what we think grassroots groups, funders and landlords could do to make the world a more just place for trans and disabled people. We’ll be sharing some more thoughts over the week.

https://t.co/Ra41ZOiI2c

[Geeks for Social Change @gfscstudio]

We think much more could be done by landlords and the wider VCSE sector to provide this much-needed space to some of the most marginalised.

Read the full report here: https://t.co/Ra41ZOiacE

[Geeks for Social Change @gfscstudio]

The Trans Organisers Fund was a one-off pilot fund for trans organisers in Greater Manchester. The fund was administered by Geeks for Social Change and financially backed by Lankelly Chase, with a steering group consisting of Greater Manchester-based trans organisers.

[Geeks for Social Change @gfscstudio]

Unsure the future of this profile but do give us a follow on the other sites:

@gfsc.studio on bsky
@[email protected] on mastodon
or our mailing list is in the footer on our website: https://t.co/OZ36i59k5t

Lots of updates from us coming soon we know its been a while!

[Geeks for Social Change @gfscstudio]

Thanks so much for having us! You can check out our section at this timestamp: https://t.co/JauzJZ9gqX

[Open Knowledge Foundation (@[email protected]) @OKFN]

💙 What can we say apart from THANK YOU?

💻🌱 You can view the recordings of #TheTechWeWant Summit on the links below:

🔴 Day One – https://t.co/ZbvIu6q2AD
🔴 Day Two – https://t.co/CGEIkXocLR