Steve Hawkes

Founder at The Developer Society

[Co-operatives UK @CooperativesUK]

✊ BE PART OF IT. We are proud to be part of this powerful short film that celebrates shared ownership in the West Midlands.

💪 ‘Be Part of It’ is a poem created by @jasminegardosi, former Birmingham Poet Laureate, captured on film with moves from @DanceCo_opBrum.

😍 It includes footage of West Midlands co-operatives and mutuals @gluecollective, the The @devsociety_ and Hockley Mint – all captured by the brilliant by @mediaco_op.

📺 WATCH IN FULL a film that showcases the diversity of creative co-operative industries, and people, in the region 👉 https://t.co/cfxylQrfJ6

👏 The film was commissioned by the West Midlands Ownership Hub – a partnership between @westmids_ca, Co‑operatives UK and @EmployeeOwned – and funded by @powertochange_.

[Steve Hawkes @hawkz]

@WayneTheMurray Epic win! I would love to know how much of the solution was culture and how much was setting up a system.

[Steve Hawkes @hawkz]

@inthecompanyof Clothing down sale

[Steve Hawkes @hawkz]

@willmcgugan A blend of iA Writer and Terminal Velocity would be interesting.

[Business and Human Rights Centre @BHRCmedia]

🆕 Demand for EVs is growing as we race to curb the climate crisis. But mining for nickel required for #EV batteries in Indonesia is driving deforestation & abuse, pushing island communities into extreme precarity.

We took a close look at nickel supply chains in 🇮🇩... 🧵1/

[Co-operatives UK @CooperativesUK]

🧵Fantastic to see @coopuk's new campaign - focusing on member ownership & control and also #coops values and principles.
We're not extractive businesses, owned by distant shareholders with shareholder dividend a top priority. Member ownership and control is a major point of difference - and that's true for all 7,000+ independent co-operative businesses across the UK (1 of 5).

[v @iavins]

SQLite is cracked

[Steve Hawkes @hawkz]

@swardley What do you see as the hurdles people get stuck on? 🤔

[CAST @TechForGoodCAST]

🆕 Good conversations, serendipity - and coffee

@Jackie_Brennan1 shares insights from our #CoffeeConnections user research: the benefits, the needs - & the surprising magic of serendipitous matches! ✨

Read the blog - & join the next round of matches! 👇https://t.co/3dHAtqacq4

[Steve Hawkes @hawkz]

@WayneTheMurray instantly thought I'm gonna need to rest on that piece over on the right... then the symmetry of the hole size and goal size... that last section though! :screams:

[Steve Hawkes @hawkz]

@edsaperia Any good? looks like Pirate Outlaws

[Steve Hawkes @hawkz]

@CuriousScutter Almost a user story...

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

A LEGO paper airplane making machine

[📹 kenken_lego]

[Steve Hawkes @hawkz]

@benhollebon The struggle is real...

[CIVICUS Monitor @CIVICUSMonitor]

🚀New global #PeoplePower2023 report launched today shows where civil society conditions are improving & getting worse. 🔴🟡🟢

Nearly a third of humanity lives in countries rated as ‘closed’.

New ratings & data on top violations: https://t.co/2jd9pe9x8f

[Steve Hawkes @hawkz]

@dannypostma They should partner with @inaturalist to add community and solve gaps in the their AI model.

[Steve Hawkes @hawkz]

I can totally see @htmx_org selling the equivalent of these to get to support development.

[Alex Sexton @SlexAxton]

Cleaning a bit and came across my @jeresig autographed copy of jQuery 1.4.2.

[Steve Hawkes @hawkz]

Paying open-source maintainers for time boxed access for your team is a really smart concept from @simonw for creating sustainability https://t.co/5qDiXIcqoJ

[Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy]

The NHS’s half-billion-pound deal with Palantir.

It’s the largest data deal in NHS history. Today, the ‘Federated Data Platform’ (FDP) – was awarded to US company Palantir. It’s bad news.

🔥 Here’s what you need to know about it, by data lawyers: https://t.co/AuxBffcpG5