"RastaSaxMan" my first metal #sculpture from 15 years ago. Sharing as I think we all need a bit of light relief today.....and everyday! #repair #reuse #recycle

“Right now, there is a huge demand for such ‘hybrid’ laptops... Most people don’t care about having the latest model; they just want something that works and won’t break the bank.”

https://www.theverge.com/tech/639126/india-frankenstein-laptops

There's a thriving market in India for cheap laptops that are made by salvaging parts from several different PCs from different brands and stitching them together into a "new" laptop made from scraps, despite opposition from PC makers. #Refurbish #Reuse #Recycle #India #RightToRepair #Computers #Laptops https://www.theverge.com/tech/639126/india-frankenstein-laptops

No one wants to talk about this however,
troubled economic times are ahead for everyone.

We might want to remember

Second-Time-Around Goods are

TARIFF-FREE

Reuse Repurpose Repair Recycle

It's good for the environment ..

AND

Your Pocketbook!!

#Tariff #Repair #Repurpose

#Reuse #Climate #Finance
#Money

Hier in #Bremen #Schwachhausen #28213 haben wir jetzt einen neuen #Bücherschrank installiert. Wer die genaue Position wissen möchte schickt mir gerne eine PM. Getauscht werden Bücher, CDs, LPs, DVDs.

Gerne boosten. Gibt es ansonsten für sowas ein Verzeichnis irgendwo?

Today's Opp Shop find - a leather handbag with nice clean lining and working zips :) I've given it some love with olive oil and I'm hoping it will last years more

What did you today?
We sold some 250+ used bikes to finance the #scout youth work of our group in #Völs. 100 gifted bikes got repaired weeks earlier by the group
#tirol #fedibikes #reuse #RepairReuseRecycle

Microsoft 14 października kończy wsparcie dla Windows 10 i namawia właścicieli około 240 milionów urządzeń, by je recyklingowali (wyrzucili?) i kupili nowe lapki czy pecetki. Nie da się zaktualizować do Windows 11 więc do kosza ...

No nie :)

Będzie wysyp fajnych maszyn dla Linuksa. Nie wyrzucaj, reinstaluj i używaj dalej.
To pójście ekosystemu Windows w stronę ekosystemu Androida. Producenci nie dostarczają nowej wersji OS, więc musisz kupić nowy telefon.
Jakimś dziwnym sposobem autorzy innych dystrybucji Android potrafią dostarczyć na te telefony nowe wersje. Przykładem LineageOs i wiele jego pochodnych, w tym mój ulubiony /e/Os.

Microsoft pozazdrościł producentom telefonów i próbuje tego samego z pecetami. Wyrzucić 3-letni fajny sprzęt i kupić nowy? Niedoczekanie.

Pamiętaj, kilkuletnie maszyny, czy to telefon, laptop czy blaszak, świetnie działają, można je naprawić, rozbudować, wymienić baterie, dodać ram czy szybszy dysk. Czy przeinstalować system operacyjny.

Sam na co dzień pracuję na laptopie, który ma ładnych kilka lat, dołożoną pamięć, nowy dysk, stację dokującą i 2 dodatkowe monitory. To samo telefony i tablety (mam ich kilka, ze względu na pracę). Drugi, zapasowy ThinkPad jest jeszcze starszy i świetnie działa (oba na linuksie). Podobnie serwer w domowym labie to starsza, świetna maszyna.

Nie daj się robić w balona.

#Repair #Reinstall #Reuse

Poczytasz o działaniach MS m. in. tu:
https://www.forbes.com/sites/zakdoffman/2025/04/05/microsoft-warns-240-million-windows-users-stop-using-your-pc/

Did a minor bit of organisational creativity!

You know when you get envelopes coming pre-printed to reply - only you don't _need_ to reply?

Trimmed off the flappy edges, to be one-sided notepaper. Then made holes to bundle them.

(If I'd had only a few, I'd imagine I might relabel them to send somewhere else, but there were too many for that.)

The thing that looks like a treasury tag is the reclaimed handle of a gift bag no longer elegant enough to have another gift travel in it :-)

Rest assured that all of us in South London are scouring our sheds and attics in case we have one of these to donate to this needy soul! #Recycle #Reuse #JustGiving #Neighbours #London
https://trashnothing.com/post/45337627/high-heel-chairs-sw11

Screening today, one third complete. Though this cheap screen does not intend to be repaired the vibrator is great at cutting through the tiny nails that hold the frame in place. Screws replace them for easier future repairs.

@teruterubozu thinks I should get a calligraphy brush next, lol. She's just jealous of my zen like intentionality repairs.

First bin assembled! The doggo was supervising and guarding against squirrels.

I'll probably store leaves in the second bin until I need the brown for the first bin. This is going to be super-lazy-composting where I dig up what's underneath to use - so basically a FIFO stack.

File under "It never hurts to ask!"

I'm putting together pallet-compost bins. To reuse/recycle, I asked a local business if I could have some. "Sure, we just throw them out" said the manager on duty and now I've got enough pallets for a two bin approach.

Hey there Mastadon Masterminds! Can you suggest a use for these plastic lids? We don't have the bottoms but we have four boxes of tops. Any creative ideas? #Reuse #MNastadon #Sustainability #DeGrowth