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The foundation of 1RG, October's 𓊓 Community Dinner is on Tuesday, the 27th, at 7pm. Today, registration opens to the public for a monthly gathering of the community to eat a vegetarian meal lovingly put together by Max & Serena. RSVP: luma.com/1rg-dinner-86

Fabric is this weekend! you can still get a ticket luma.com/fabric-2026

For Fabric, 2026, Aaryan Pashine will set the tone before we begin the planning: Pashine is a graphic designer and programmer based in Toronto, Canada. He enjoys meddling with the web, creating publications, and experimenting with toolmaking. Get your tickets at lu.ma/fabric-2026

A very busy October with some awesome collabs words.1rg.space/whats-happen...

What do we gain through automation and what might we give up? Join 1RG and @withcodesign.bsky.social for Fabric 2026: Choice - Autonomy in an Automated World. 📅 Oct. 23 and 24 📍 1RG A participant-led unconference for the broader tapestry of technologists. 🎟️ luma.com/fabric-2026?...

Silent Reading Club is tomorrow and @myles.garden has even compiled a list of equinox-themed suggestions - start the fall with a cozy evening with friends old and new 🍂

Last night @hypha.coop and 1RG Labs hosted the first @techcoops.ca social, gathering those who think better technology starts with democratic organizations. Tech Coops Canada is nurturing an ecosystem of tech co-ops in Canada that share resources and support each other. Keep up: techcoops.ca

We've been poking around Toronto Archives .. here's our corner circa 1920 - we used to have not one but two streetcar lines just outside! www.are.na/1rg/our-n... #toronto #archive

Introducing: 𓊍 Community Co-Work. A Friday of serendipity where a broad intersection of 1RG-aligned individuals and groups work and interact in situ. The space is open for free to our friends, members, and the public, every Friday. 🝮 We hope to see you around. luma.com/community-c...

Our monthly Community Dinners, a foundational event of our community, opens to RSVP from the public today. Max and Serena cook and facilitate a lively evening on Tuesday, the 25th, at 7pm. We open our doors to the community to sit and eat and meet the crowd. Sign up here:

This week, Miles and Henry run two quiescent gatherings. Next Sunday, we host an assembly of advocates and citizens to build civic technology for our city. ꩜ Silent Reading Club: luma.com/igzi46r9 ⛕ Side Project Social: luma.com/ul1xwxh1 ❦ Civic Space Sunday: luma.com/civic-space...

April 29th! Come talk about atproto! Featuring demos by @bad-example.com, @hypha.coop, and more. atmo.rsvp/p/atproto.to...

The last Wayfinding conversation of the season is next Wednesday! Join us March 25 for @viet.bsky.social and @grohmannrafael.bsky.social in conversation about work as a site of moral courage, moderated by @phirephoenix.com . luma.com/wayfinding5?...

Next Wednesday we're hosting Wayfinding: Art, a conversation between @blap64.bsky.social and Michelle Jia, moderated by @sholis.com We'd like to find our way between the hype and the fear What does it feel like to create art, and to engage in the art world at this moment? luma.com/wayfinding4?...

Here's what's on at 1RG this month - check out the full calendar at luma.com/1rg-calendar

Adults love to talk about the impact of technology on kids, but we so rarely listen to the kids themselves. Next week's Wayfinding event is trying to change that: a panel of teenagers talking about their relationship with technology. Join us on Wednesday

This is happening on Wednesday Feb 11th! A lively conversation about democracy, technology, and what it means to be rooted in accountability at a human scale featuring Bianca Wylie and Hillary Hartley

Wayfinding will be back on Feb 11th with Bianca Wylie and Hillary Hartley in conversation about civics. luma.com/wayfinding2

Toronto!! This is next week! I'm really excited about this conversation, Parker is very smart and has lots of interesting things to say that you should come listen to.

There are still tickets left to our first Wayfinding event next week! Come hear hear @phirephoenix.com and @xor.blue in conversation about privacy! luma.com/wayfinding1

We're really excited to announce Wayfinding, a new series we're hosting featuring conversations about navigating the tensions of tech in modern life.

We have a very packed calendar before we take a lil break at the end of month luma.com/1rg-calenda...

We often get asked how @1rg.space started - here's a sneak peek of that story words.1rg.space/a-brief-hist...

Membership update! We're folding Friends into regular membership, simplifying our tiers, and making it clearer than ever what you get as part of our community. 3 tiers. same benefits. pick the access level that works for you. full announcement:

A round up of what's happening at 1RG this month - full calendar at 1rg.space/events/

Every last Tuesday of the month we gather to share food and conversations. Our 76th Community Dinner is next week and RSVP is open at luma.com/1rg-dinner-76 Come find your people!

Very excited to add this to the @1rg.space library!

Eric teaching us about his solarpunk Tarot deck this for our first First Wednesday Salon, where we invite interesting people to come to the space and talk to us about what they do.

We're excited to participate in Toronto Climate Week with a screening of documentary “Plastic People: The Hidden Crisis of Microplastics” followed by a Q&A with the director and the editor of the film. More details and RSVP at luma.com/80ff45jc

"The biking groups play a critical role in collecting the donated food and delivering it to community fridges and residents. "Bikes make the most sense" as they allow faster delivery by bypassing congestion, said" @drcyndind.bsky.social h/t @thebikinglawyer.bsky.social www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Highly enjoyable (and competitive) game of Parks last night!

One more sleep to Civic Spark! You can still join us and our friends at @civictechto.bsky.social for 2 days of talks, panels and conversations about civic tech and shaping the future of public life civic-spark.com

> I wonder if the answer to the original question—how can we harness tech more to do more good?—might actually be less technology kailahbharath.substack.com/p/a-return-t... I loved reading this reflection! This is literally why we hosted Fabric @withcodesign.bsky.social @1rg.space

Out member spotlight on @ilyakreynin.bsky.social is over three minutes long, but I think you can get what he's about in the first 15 seconds. You can see the full thing here: words.1rg.space/member-spotl...

1RG member @ellen.li on how she found out about us, and showing off some 770donmills.com shirts! Hear her talk about technology, re-choosing Toronto as home after being a digital nomad and attention as a form of worship in our second member spotlight: words.1rg.space/member-spotl...

1RG is a container for experiments in reimagining the relationship between community and technology. Our latest experiment, an incubator for community-focussed projects, just concluded. Read more about our findings in our report: words.1rg.space/experiment-r...

Day 1 of Fabric with @withcodesign.bsky.social

One week until Fabric! We've partnered with our friends at @withcodesign.bsky.social to bring alternative voices in tech to the forefront. Join us for a self-organized gathering for practitioners who use technologist to uplift individuals at society. July 11th & 12th lu.ma/uvdp3g1j

best piece of advice I've been given to date.. also how I keep my sanity words.1rg.space/talk-to-5-pe...

Tech is woven into our culture, but not all of those threads are apparent. Join us at Fabric, a self-organised, intimate gathering with @1rg.space for practitioners who use technology to uplift individuals and society. July 11th and 12th. lu.ma/uvdp3g1j

This should be the slogan for Gander's mod team

We're really happy to announce that we're a sponsor of the Junction Residents Association's SummerFest this year. Come hang out in Malta Park (did you know Toronto has a Little Malta?) tomorrow, and you might get a special 1RG postcard!