Adrianna

A few updates! MSG Chinese is still in the works, but delayed a couple of weeks.

You may also notice that we've updated our main site to read more like a 'research lab' and less like a 'coop incubator'.

A lot of our work involves international collaborators: tax and compliance overheads for having international coop members is really, really high.

I'm pivoting Future Ethics back into what I know and make money from: safety and evals testing, but I'll be sure to update on the other stuff

Here, I'll start a thread on the things I am learning about starting worker's coops in the U.S.

The US Federation of Worker Cooperatives has a startup clinic, next one is Jan 7 2026.

https://www.usworker.coop/calendar/

#Coops

As you may know, one of the new businesses we are launching soon is MSG Chinese. It's a food media company founded on a few core principles:

- No gen AI, ever
- Pay real money to real people

This will be member-driven.

At launch, most of the writing will be @skinnylatte@hachyderm.io's greatest hits: not just restaurant reviews but also snack advice, cooking tips, essays about food culture.

What else would you like to see?

Hi! Quick intro.

You already know me as @skinnylatte@hachyderm.io.

As part of some new ventures for 2026, I'm experimenting with hosted Mastodon for my company.

*tap* is this thing on