octobersun

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft blocks Israel’s use of its technology in mass surveillance of Palestinians⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  The revelations highlighted how Israel has relied on the services and infrastructure of major US technology companies to support its bombardment of Gaza, which has killed more than 65,000 Palestinians, mostly civilians, and created a profound humanitarian and starvation crisis.

  Big Tech companies are essentially arms dealers.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨repair cafes are oriented to “give you fish”, rather than “teach a man to fish”⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Check out www.repaircafe.org/en/visit/

  Also directory.repaircafe.us/browse/cafes/

  If you’re in the US, also search for ‘Fixit Clinics’. Same idea, different name.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨repair cafes are oriented to “give you fish”, rather than “teach a man to fish”⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Permanent repair spaces like Fixing Factories are a move in this direction www.fixingfactory.org

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨repair cafes are oriented to “give you fish”, rather than “teach a man to fish”⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Totally agree on the importance of skill sharing.

  Sharing skills and knowledge is a big part of RC culture. The idea is ‘fix your thing with someone’ rather than ‘get your thing fixed’. But it does vary from place to place and fixer to fixer.

  In the London Restart community skillshares used to be common - fixers gathering together to share what they know (soldering skills, PAT testing, Linux, fault diagnosis, that kind of thing).

  Also check out the move towards permanent fixing spaces like Fixing Factories - www.fixingfactory.org - skills training is a big part of them.