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Right to Repair -- the campaign to let you fix your stuff -- is off to the races in state capitols once again.
Turns out that people do want to fix there stuff, no matter where they live. Here's a quick 🧵 to give you a rundown:
Compared to the 256GB iPhone 18 Pro, manufacturing the 256GB iPhone Duo produces the equivalent of 47.6% more carbon dioxide emissions (63kg CO2e for the 18 Pro vs 93kg for the Duo).
It begs the question ... how much phone is too much? pirg.org/articles/how-much-p…
We have a society where if you really want to lose touch with the world outside your head, you have a LOT of opportunities ... and you can still have a prominent role in impacting the lives of others (who actually do exist, btw!)
Unpopular opinion; No one - literally not a soul - actually enjoys the taste of beer. Not a single human. Those who claim to enjoy beer, don’t actually. It’s really just a social ritual, a form of self deception… the impact of decades of stacked marketing to convince you that beer is anything but an alcohol delivery mechanism. You can enjoy getting sloshed. You can enjoy the social liberation that alcohol offers. You can enjoy the party. But don’t act like you actually like the taste of beer. You don’t. You might think you do. But you don’t. Because it tastes like it looks: bitter dehydrated piss, with bubbles. In the case of Guinness, like diarrhea, with bubbles. And you know it.
We live in such a weird time. On one hand incredible gains on some of the most important possible problems (like children living!) On the other, we have huge problems that we could solve if we wanted to, but don't because of greed and squabbling etc
This was a fun collaboration -- check out this new video explainer on Right to Repair and why it's important by EcoBits youtube.com/watch?v=IrZ0IXnY…
As we watch tech companies continually move fast, and break (important) things, from hooking kids on doom-scrolling to deploying AI agents with hacking tools and no guardrails (IE Hugging Face), to all the problems of data centers -- it's clear we need to hold tech accountable.
Here's my latest video on why I'm deeply troubled by the FCC's plan to endorse ignorance as a strategy for bliss:
and shoutout @LG_Rocket -- whose middle name is quite literally Rockett -- for his work to establish our case on space reform and his organizing in this space.
The FCC just announced that they are rejecting all the expert advice they received about the need for a little more caution about the potential risks associated with the exponential increase of satellite usage.
One of the things that is hard as an advocate is that I wish I could work on more issues -- we have a lot of problems!
Especially when it comes to tech.
a future for walleye not Wall-E is such a good line.
Introducing Build Wisconsin Better.
This is a nonpartisan effort to help Wisconsinites decide the future of Wisconsin, not Big Tech.
Head over to buildwisconsinbetter.org to learn more!
Love the quick profit, the annual raise,
vacation with pay. Want more
of everything ready-made. Be afraid
to know your neighbors and to die.
Be like the fox
who makes more tracks than necessary, some in the wrong direction.
Practice resurrection.