We're proud to receive the EU Prize for Citizen Science - Digital Communities Award #arselectronica23 for our work combining community #repair, #OpenData collection and influencing #RightToRepair policy.

https://ars.electronica.art/citizenscience/en/the-restart-project-the-right-to-repair-and-reuse-your-electronics/

Fiona talked to Catherine Weetman on The Circular Economy Podcast about reviving #repair and #reuse for our tech 🔧 Listen to hear about what we've been up to including campaigning for #RightToRepair, #RestartParties, #FixingFactories and #Fixfest.

🎧 Listen here: https://www.rethinkglobal.info/112-fiona-dear-reviving-repair-and-reuse-for-our-tech/

When Tail Lights Lose Touch With Reality - To study the history of the automobile is to also be a student of technological pr... - https://hackaday.com/2023/09/09/when-tail-lights-lose-touch-with-reality/ #automotivedesign #righttorepair #repairhacks #repair #cars #ford

The fact that cars score so badly on privacy is especially ironic given the campaign #BigCar waged against the 2020 #Massachusetts #RightToRepair ballot initiative, in which car manufacturers held themselves out as the *defenders* of driver privacy from unscrupulous third parties who couldn't be trusted to handle the vast troves of data your car collects with every hour that God sends:

https://pluralistic.net/2020/09/03/rip-david-graeber/#rolling-surveillance-platforms

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Where could I fix my hair trimmer in #Bergen? I would hate to throw it away since I bet it's like a battery issue or something simple like that.

#repair #RightToRepair

We might be at #FullyChargedLive this weekend, but we're still making vieos fo you all to enjoy!

Today? It's all about #RightToRepair

Watch on Peertube: https://peertube.tv/w/tJipfUMbt5mi6WoPCegY2k

Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/xA2v4kefqCI

It is such a great feeling repairing stuff myself without sending it in or something. #RightToRepair Just repaired our electric toothbrush ⚡️🦷 🪥

@fskornia thanks for saving the #manuals! @internetarchive has a growing collection at https://archive.org/details/manuals & requests uploads. There are some good things about today's internet! Let's support both physical & digital #libraries, & the conscientious #librarians who will defend the authentic info on which our cultural and physical lives may depend.

#KnowHow #DIY #RightToRepair

@CodexArcanum @carey @SamYourEyes @Eloquent_Vogon @librarians @bookstodon

Spannendes Interview zum Thema #Fairphone und dem #RightToRepair

Werde auch weiterhin beim #FP3 inkl. @murena bleiben, eine stabile und gute Kombi.

Mal schauen ob ich sie solange sinnvoll nutzen werde können, wie mein #Thinkpad #X201 mit #Manjaro ....

https://www.derstandard.de/story/3000000185753/fairphone-5?ref=article

They don't make stuff like they used to. I believe we should have the #righttorepair our own goods.

What do y'all think?

https://scottk.mba/right-to-repair/

McDonald’s Faces a Milk-Shakedown | by Stephen Moore | Sep, 2023 | Medium

#mcDonalds #iceCream #rightToRepair

https://medium.com/@stephenmoore/mcdonalds-faces-a-milk-shakedown-4a496efebb9c

Hey look at this

* #BurningMan Is Always a Challenge, but Burners Like Me Know This Time Is Different https://pluralistic.net/nyt-burning-man

* #RightToRepair’s unlikely new adversary: #Scientologists https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/08/right-to-repairs-new-unlikely-adversary-scientologists/ (h/t Qaddi)

* #Interoperability Can Save the #OpenWeb: How to free users from #BigTech's walled gardens https://spectrum.ieee.org/doctorow-interoperability

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"New EU Rules: Smartphones and Tablets will follow new ecodesign requirements by June 2025!"

https://repair.eu/news/new-eu-rules-smartphones-and-tablets-will-follow-new-ecodesign-requirements-by-june-2025/

#eu #repair #righttorepair #sustainability

Hotswap mice switches need to become more mainstream

#gamingmice #righttorepair #ASUS

Well done to our friends in the #RightToRepair Europe campaign for their tireless work to make this legislation as strong as they could possibly get it.

https://repair.eu/news/new-eu-rules-smartphones-and-tablets-will-follow-new-ecodesign-requirements-by-june-2025/

Swiffer mop wasn’t working. Just a little rust on the motor, turning it a few times and now it works as new again.

Feels good to do even basic repair!

#RightToRepair

Hilarious/Ridiculous. Just let *someone* fix the ice cream machine. Please?🍦#rightToRepair #FLOSS https://twit.tv/shows/floss-weekly/episodes/747?autostart=false

Hackaday Links: September 3, 2023 - Right-to-repair has been a hot-button topic lately, with everyone from consumers t... - https://hackaday.com/2023/09/03/hackaday-links-september-3-2023/ #emergencyalertsystem #worldrobotconference #hackadaycolumns #hackadaylinks #righttorepair #construction #orbitaldrag #scientology #wastewater #cubesat #deorbit #e-meter #slider #kapton #sewer #dcma #fema #eas #fcc #wea

Was reminded of the time I bought an old phone (NEC 600-P) to let my kids play-call each other through a Cisco SPA, and when opening it to install a RJ11 cord, was surprised to find a little piece of paper wedged in under a component, which when opened up reveal a whole schematic to repair the phone.

I wonder how many of these were printed vs how many were ever read by someone to do a repair!

#RetroTech #RightToRepair

A right to repair proposal
Was deemed "totally unreasonable"
But the unlikely foe
Was the Church of Scientology, so
It'll be hard for the motion to pass

#righttorepair #scientology #proposal #unreasonable #limerick #poetry

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/08/right-to-repairs-new-unlikely-adversary-scientologists/