Andrew Escobar (Andres)
andrewe@social.coop
<p>accredited credit union director (ACCUD) · board member at Cooperative Management Education Coop (CMEC) · social.coop: finance & legal</p>
Posts
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Post #2203672
Social.coop Members can now vote for our 2025 Community Contributions: donations to organizations and projects that support @SocialCoop and a healthy, growing, and resilient fediverse. Vote: https://www.loomio.com/p/2RbEHkxF/#app
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Post #2203671
A new addition to my daily affirmations: “You are an incredibly sensitive man, who inspires joy-joy feelings in all those around you.” https://daringfireball.net/linked/2025/11/13/joy-joy-feelings
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Post #2203670
Final day for Social.coop Members to submit their votes: https://social.coop/@andrewe/115543765684327462
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Post #2203669
Zuckerberg and Meta board of directors giving new meaning to “gross profit”: https://time.com/7336204/meta-lawsuit-files-child-safety/
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Post #2203668
Social.coop members have backed Bonfire Networks with a €430 / $500 community contribution. Bonfire is now 11% away from its €30K crowdfunding goal: https://www.indiegogo.com/en/projects/bonfire/community
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Post #2203667
I had a question about user preferences and was surprised to see @ntnsndr at @SocialCoop featured in Mastodon’s documentation! https://docs.joinmastodon.org/user/preferences/
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Post #2203666
Social.coop 2025 Financial Update: – contributions remained steady in 2025 but did not meet projection - budgeted surplus: 677 GBP - actual shortfall: –632 GBP https://www.loomio.com/d/2IiRlu9Y/budget-2025-budget-vs-actual
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Post #2203665
Given their thorough vetting process to release and publish during innovation weeks, I am astonished Cloudflare posted this: https://blog.cloudflare.com/serverless-matrix-homeserver-workers/ Agents can write code and docs. You ensure code is functional and secure. You edit the readme. You write the blog post. You own the output. This will diminish developer trust in Cloudflare Workers (which is outstanding and my platform of choice).
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Post #2203664
a small accomplishment on our long-term todo list: [✓] transfer social.coop to a cooperative domain registrar https://client.rdap.org/?type=domain&amp;object=social.coop
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Post #2203663
AI for Cooperatives? Risks, Dependencies, and Ethical Limits AI carries real risks for co-ops — dependence, ethics, limits. What should co-operators actually know? https://managementstudies.coop/specialtopicswebinars/ [archive]
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Post #2203662
The Commons &amp; Open Cooperativism April 17, 10:00 AM Eastern What would it mean to build AI infrastructure as a commons? Thinkers at the intersection of co-operativism and open systems. https://platform.coop/blog/making-sense-of-ai-april17/
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Post #2203661
Cooperative Digital Infrastructure &amp; Data Centers April 24, 10:00 AM Eastern The internet runs on data centers — who should own them? A co-operative lens on digital infrastructure, energy, and sovereignty. https://platform.coop/blog/making-sense-of-ai-april24/
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Post #2203660
International Symposium on Co-operative Identity and Energizing the Co-operative Brand May 19–21, online What does co-operative identity mean today? Three days on brand, culture, and what it means to be a co-op. https://managementstudies.coop/researchandpublications/symposia/co-operative-identity-and-branding.html
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Post #2203659
Sociocracy Conference 2026 Thursday, May 7 https://sociocracyforall.org/sociocracy-conference-2026 I’ll be joining for Slot 2: • Sociocracy for Collective Impact • Sociocracy meets Strategy • When It’s Good To Break the Rules — with @arod
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Post #2203658
What does co-operative identity mean today? Co‑operative Identity and Branding May 19–21: online symposium http://managementstudies.coop/symposium @emi is moderating a session on “sustainability reporting” for measuring and communicating co-operative identity.