If you had 25000 € to give to artists and SME to work on a specific problem, what problem would you want them to fix?
Choose the challenge, we will give the money: https://innovation.fabcity.hamburg/challenges/38/voting?mtm_campaign=PublicVoting&mtm_kwd=TU%20Berlin
@quinn Such an important observation about VC-funded #Bluesky.
When we build digitally with democratic instead of commercial models, our computers tend to be general purpose, our software free & open, our social media federated, and our channels secure and reliable.
Let's keep asking about how we forget the neoliberal fetish for features, mass scale, & monetization while we accelerate our shared democratic projects like #linux, #fediverse, & #freegeek, & #makerspaces.
Call to #hackerspaces & #makerspaces around the world, lets join forces!
Hi. 
I make #OpenSource smart #thermostats that don't spy on you. I don't ship internationally for two reasons: financial cost and environmental cost. I'd like to join a network of Makerspaces to have them be produced regionally so people outside of America can get a pre-made unit.
Does this network already exist? If so, how do I join? If it doesn't exist, would you like to help build it?
Nick Dent, ‘Bursting at the Seams: Council axes Library Program amid Fight for Space’, Brisbane Times, 17 October 2024,
https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/national/queensland/bursting-at-the-seams-council-axes-library-program-amid-fight-for-space-20241015-p5kiim.html
I discuss why Australian public libraries should be expanding their makerspace services (like in the Netherlands) - not contracting them.
#GLAM #makerspaces #libraries #3Dprinting #Brisbane
Episode 5.8: Tech and the Global South with Star Ngei
In this episode, Christina talks with Star Ngei, a maker/hacker who helps raise awareness of Global South technology and innovation through the NGO Global Innovation Gathering (GIG), which hosts a network of makers and makerspaces throughout the Global South. Although it’s hard to generalize across a space as culturally, politically, economically, and geographically diverse as the Global South, Christina and Star discuss how the access of people in the Global South to tech is limited compared to that of people in the Global North and so they have a more creative, non-linear approach to technology. They’re far more open to modifying a piece (or pieces) of technology to fit their specific needs, rather than just using it as it comes out of the box and merely specifically for its intended use. Christina and Star also talk about climate change and what the Global North can learn from the Global South in terms of dealing with it. Lastly, they talk about building community and how, if you’re interested in working to decrease global inequality by helping people in the Global South, the best place to start is by striking up a relationship with a community there first. Unless you want your efforts to be a waste of your time, their time, and resources, don’t just give a group of people in the Global South what you think they need, find out what they think they would find useful.
Who else is coming to the Festival of Commoning? A celebration of people acting together to build #commons of all kinds. I’m excited to meet others who are creating + propagating useful local stuff 
especially #makerspaces, infrastructure, market gardens like https://www.cofarm.co/, etc, and of course more technical #coops ;)
Just 3 weeks to go, and there's still tickets available
HacklabTo open house tomorrow night! https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/hacklab-open-house-tickets-996679333717 #Toronto #Hacking #MakerSpaces #HardwareHacking #Woodshop
@Poettchen Manche #Makerspaces haben das entsprechende Knowhow und Equipment und bieten Schmiede-Workshops an. Kein Praktikum in dem Sinne, aber vielleicht findet sich darüber jemand, der Lust auf eine individuelle mehrtägige Einführung hat. Vielleicht mal auf blöd bei den in Frage kommenden Spaces anfragen? In der Ecke kenne ich niemanden, woanders würden mir Kandidaten einfallen denen das Spaß machen könnte.
Min lilla slöjdspaning inför framtiden är också att vi kommer behöva dela resurser typ maskiner och kunskaper.
Tror stenhårt på att samhällena kommer ha öppna #makerspaces. Det är den typen av skaparkultur barnen behöver kunna ta för sig av.
Our makerspace crowdfunder is going well, it's at over £1,300!
https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/machspace
If you have a couple of quid banging about and like the idea of helping to make a big difference to a small Welsh town, please do have a look. :)
[ #Wales #Cymru #Machynlleth #Powys #hackspace #makerspace #hackspaces #makerspaces #crowdfunding ]
@w_wobble
Nimm das #FediLZ mit als Hashtag
Dann erreichst du mehr.
Kennst du #3Derleben ?
#makerspaces #makereducation
Evtl. Mal die #kreismedienzentren
Our makerspace crowdfunder is going well, it's at over £1,000!
https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/machspace
If you have a couple of quid banging about and like the idea of helping to make a big difference to a small Welsh town, please do have a look. :)
[ #Wales #Cymru #Machynlleth #Powys #hackspace #makerspace #hackspaces #makerspaces #crowdfunding ]
Hello! I have a question for people running smallish makerspaces in the UK - like, a big room with several tables in?
How much (approx, ballpark) do you spend on consumables per month? (Refreshments, 3D printer filament, woodworking bits, any other supplies.)
Also how many members do you have?
I'm asking because we're applying for a grant to cover running costs and we're being asked for an estimate of what we expect to spend, but we don't yet have premises. We'd be allowing members to use e.g. filament, tea bags, etc. for free, if we get the grant. So I do need to know how much it costs in the first place, even though you probably usually do get it covered by people buying/donating for what they use in most hackspaces!
