Walz is a Right to Repair supporter, and signed one of the broadest bills in the country last summer, FWIW.

This is worth reading ... and worth considering how we built a society so desperate for our attention one of the largest companies in the world bribes people to create truly manipulative and useless content.

It's like they think the solution to every problem is overly disposable technology. Let's use our brains here.

“This technology falls in line with this greater cultural shift we have towards everything being disposable,” Gutterman says. (aka Lucas Rockett Gutterman 🚀 ) wired.com/story/pirg-sta…

Check it out! RL's very own Paul Roberts spoke with Cory Doctorow NONCONSENSUAL BLUE TICK (AFK), Tarah M. Wheeler, Weld Pond | Chris Wysopal & Dennis Giese in this DEF CON 32 panel "Bricked and Abandoned." Follow Secure Resilient Future Foundation (SRFF) to stay up to date with efforts related to building secure tech ecosystems.

Governor Healey signs new law to ban PFAS in firefighter protective gear. pirg.org/massachusetts/…

I think we should scrap parking requirements for housing. Many people don't rely on cars, and would happily choose such housing!

A while back, I came across this fact: Preventing food waste at the source delivers 30x the GHG emission reductions (lb. for lb.) of sending waste to a digester. Which got me wondering: Why is prevention not a bigger part of our climate policy toolbox? frontiergroup.org/articles/an-ou…

Shein right now:

#RightToRepair 🛠️🪡🧵

Frustrated by the danger disposable vapes pose to the environment, an activist in NYC set up her own collection bins to cart them to a recycler. Even the manufacturers quoted say they should be banned as does my colleague Lucas Rockett Gutterman 🚀 featured in the piece: voanews.com/a/disposable-v…

Congratulations to the team that just passed Right to Repair for wheelchairs in California for the second time! Let's hope Gov. Newsom signs it this time ... keyt.com/news/californi…

"Are the profits from additional service revenue, or more frequent device replacements, more important than the safety of our military personnel?” asks yours truly -- great story by Jason Koebler and stuff from Elizabeth Warren in a recent hearing: 404media.co/appliance-and-…

What do "Power Tool Institute," the “Irrigation Association,” the “Association of Home Appliance Manufacturers” & tractor companies have in common? They’re lobbying against military right to repair legislation 404media.co/appliance-and-…

Quiz: How much do you know about e-waste? pirg.org/edfund/article…

Important piece on preparing for a repairable future by Maddie Stone grist.org/regulation/the…

So much of the IoT world is tied to the manufacturer who can change terms or end support on a whim. That burns consumers and encourages all manner of bricking, rug-pulling and pay walling. It's time to restore your right to own things in the digital age: theverge.com/2024/9/5/24236…

Software drives e-waste. Bricking, locking features, subscription fees. Manufacturers keep using software to lock us into only using our tech in ways that just-so-happen to generate the most profits. Today Consumer Reports iFixit Californians Against Waste U.S. PIRG told @ftc to take action 🧵