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#RightToRepair

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European Commission » 🌐 2026-07-31
@EUCommission@ec.social-network.europa.eu

Your phone breaks. Your washing machine gives up. Somehow, buying new seems cheaper than repairing.

The EU is making the Right to Repair the new standard in Europe.

✅Repairs must be offered even after your warranty ends
🔧Parts must be available after the model is no longer sold
📅Choose repair under warranty and get an extra year of legal coverage
📍An EU platform will help you find local repair shops and fair prices

Less waste, more repairs. Good for your wallet, even better for the planet.

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Graphic designed as a smartphone screen with a cracked display, showing a humorous decision tree about repairing broken tech. The title reads, “Should I toss my broken tech?” It asks, “Do I hate money?” If yes: “A bit!” If no: “Is it under warranty?” If yes: “Repair it! BOOM: free 1-year warranty extension!” If no: “Am I a billionaire?” If no: “Fix it! Spare parts for up to 10 years.” If maybe: “Soon: EU site for cheap local repairs.” A repair icon and battery symbol appear at the top, and the EU flag is shown in the bottom left corner.

The full disassembly and assembly instructions are now available for the recently launched #Librem16 native #Linux #laptop by @purism:

https://docs.puri.sm/Hardware/l16/Maintenance.html

#Repair parts are also available in the #Purism shop.

#RightToRepair #sustainability #repairability #opensource #FOSS

@EUCommission haha what kind of image is that? made with AI? where is the label?

#AI #righttorepair #joke

I resurrected my old iPod this weekend. Replaced the 20-year old battery so it wouldn't die in 5 minutes (literally), and installed RockBox on it. #righttorepair #ifixit #music

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Man's enormous hand holding classic 5th gen iPod video, with the screen playing CAKE by Shabazz Palaces. Messy desk in background.

@Earl @RueNahcMohr it makes me think of #righttorepair and #plannedobsolescence and #schematics. Why aren't there laws requiring the posting of electronics schematics? With a schematic I would have a fighting chance of repairing this.

I'm a big fan of Wendell Berry, a Kentucky poet, writer, and farmer in his 90s. He has a character in his novels, Danny Branch, whose family is pretty much self-sufficient. Here's a list of unspoken rules the family lives by:

1 – Be happy with what you’ve got. Don’t be always looking for something better.

2 – Don’t buy anything you don’t need.

3 – Don’t buy what you ought to save. Don’t buy what you ought to make.

4 – Unless you absolutely have got to do it, don’t buy anything new.

5 – If somebody tries to sell you something to “save labor,” look out. If you can work, then work.

6 – If other people want to buy a lot of new stuff and fill up the country with junk, use the junk.

7 – Some good things are cheap, even free. Use them first.

8 – Keep watch for what nobody wants. Sort through the leavings.

9 – You might know, or find out, what it is to need help. So help people.

Read the short story here: https://www.threepennyreview.com/the-branch-way-of-doing/

#sustainability #righttorepair #fixit #solarpunk

Edit: To me, all this is part of what Solar Punk means except that it doesn't incorporate the use of computers. I feel like Solar Punk is into fixing things, not buying new things, making things but that it knows how to use technology in a way that is consistent with sustainability and being human.

Just completed a repair job on a small home gym setup.

Got it for 1/10th of retail price on craigslist.

It was disassembled. Had all the major pieces but was missing a lot of the screws and bolts that put it together.

So I got ahold of the assembly manual online. Took note of the size and material of the bolts and went to the local hardware store.

I love the local hardware store.

Bought individual screws and bolts as needed. Checked out. And came back and put everything together.

As an aside, you can really good workout equipment in late spring to mid summer. Everyone bought new equipment for new years for their new years resolutions, tried working out for a couple of months, and by the time summer rolls around they're just eager to get rid of it.

#rightToRepair #solarPunk

#PortlandOR - #RepairPDX

"Repair PDX was formed in May 2013 to bring repair events to Portland residents.

Inspired by the Netherlands' Repair Cafés, our group of dedicated volunteers held Portland’s first Repair Café in May 2013.

Since that time, we’ve been holding repair events about once a month."

Learn more:
https://www.repairpdx.org/

Calendar of regional events:
https://www.repairpdx.org/repair-events

#SolarPunkSunday #RepairCafesOregon #RepairCafes #RepairEventsOregon #RightToRepair #FixIt #Mending

https://youtu.be/Nhz6vao13bs

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California AB 2047: The End of Open Source 3D Printing

California just introduced a bill that doesn't just regulate "ghost guns", it mandates a digital kill switch for every 3D printer sold. California AB 2047 requires "blocking technology" that connects your printer to a government-approved database before every single print. If the system goes down, or your file is flagged, your hardware becomes a paperweight.

This isn't just about firearms. This is the death of Open Source. If this bill passes, it effectively bans Marlin, Klipper, and Orca Slicer, forcing every manufacturer to lock down their firmware. It turns general-purpose computing into a walled garden where you only rent permission to use the hardware you own.

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#OpenSource #RightToRepair #Privacy #Clippy #California #Monopolies #3dPrinters #3dPrinting #Technology #Government #Firearms #Guns #SoftwareFreedom #Surveillance #Panopticon #Lobbyists

All the donor-funded foundations ought to be fighting against and speaking out against this Orwellian garbage.

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