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  1. neil 🍄 (neil@social.coop)'s status on Sunday, 21-Oct-2018 15:59:36 EDT neil 🍄 neil 🍄

    Great piece by Cory Doctorow on the importance of repair.

    "This is the golden age of repairs, a moment made for a renaissance of shade-tree mechanics, electronics tinkerers, jackleg fixit shops, and mom-and-pop service depots. It has to be: our planet, our pocketbooks, and our neighborhoods all benefit when our property lasts longer, works better and does more."

    https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2018/10/its-repair-day-no-one-should-be-punished-contempt-business-model

    In conversation Sunday, 21-Oct-2018 15:59:36 EDT from social.coop permalink

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      It's Repair Day: No One Should Be Punished for "Contempt of Business Model"
      from Electronic Frontier Foundation
      Repair is one of the secret keys to a better life. Repairs keep our gadgets in use longer (saving our pocketbooks) and divert e-waste from landfills or toxic recycling processes (saving our planet). Repair is an engine of community prosperity: when you get your phone screen fixed at your corner...
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