Alissa Centivany

repair + open access + technology policy law & ethics | PhD | JD | music + plants + pinball

[Western University @WesternU]

#WesternU prof Alissa Centivany (@R2Rprof) discusses the right-to-repair movement in this @TorontoStar article, highlighting why advocates are pushing for items to be easier to fix so they are less likely to end up in the landfill. @westernuFIMS https://t.co/cAIUUSxfMZ

[StarlingCentre @StarlingCentre]

The Starling Centre is looking for contributions for our Open Panel: "Just Technologies for Just Societies" for the #4SSeattle24 Conference. See full call for proposals on our website, https://t.co/NpRfqpScsj, and apply at https://t.co/6mnqf08EFY by 31 January!

[Western University @WesternU]

.@westernuFIMS professor Alissa Centivany (@R2Rprof) discusses what new copyright laws mean for Canadians with products in need of a fix. https://t.co/htTt09pUmx

[StarlingCentre @StarlingCentre]

"It's about creating a better world, a healthier planet, keeping more things out of the landfill & more money in our pockets, & being able to exercise a little bit more autonomy about our decisions" @R2Rprof discusses changes in 🇨🇦's right to repair laws
https://t.co/AHHX670PM6

[Brian Sutherland, PhD ☀️ @bksutherland]

@westernuFIMS Alissa: "There's a shared human impulse to want to fix things". Thanks for a great https://t.co/39FOdR8qH3 conference, Alissa and Anthony! @R2RProf @arosborough

[Faculty of Information & Media Studies (FIMS) @westernuFIMS]

This Friday, Oct 25, join repair enthusiasts and experts from across Canada for the Canadian Repair Convention.

This inaugural event is co-organized by FIMS professor and @StarlingCentre co-director, Alissa Centivany.

👉Registration: https://t.co/04u2SN8cRF

#westernu

[Alissa Centivany @R2Rprof]

Pretty cool to get a parliamentary shout out for the Canadian Repair Convention. :) https://t.co/eN2RMleecF

Register to attend online at https://t.co/ItKGmQaBwr

[Alissa Centivany @R2Rprof]

@VassB @denisehearn_ Bring a stack to the Canadian Repair Conention in late October!

[Kyle Wiens @kwiens]

Hey @AnthropicAI: I get you're hungry for data. Claude is really smart! But do you really need to hit our servers a million times in 24 hours?

You're not only taking our content without paying, you're tying up our devops resources. Not cool.

[Faculty of Information & Media Studies (FIMS) @westernuFIMS]

#Apple is bringing their self service repair to Canada, so you'll be able to repair your own phone.

But is it worth it?

FIMS professor and right to repair researcher Alissa Centivany calls their efforts "overwhelmingly underwhelming".

Read more: https://t.co/yfzHIPzR24

[Alissa Centivany @R2Rprof]

Wrote the first version of this about 7 yrs ago & revised it to reflect recent developments. There's a fair bit of tongue-biting beneath the surface. Might write an unfettered follow-up at some TBD point, assuming my general boredom with AI wanes. ;) Officially out this fall.

[Alissa Centivany @R2Rprof]

Pub out this fall. More importantly, and bittersweetly, my friend & collaborator left Gaza today, a month after she (& the WHO delegation she was leading) were slated to leave. Part II @ EASST/4S - "the ends of hope: post-optimistic futures worth working towards".

[Alissa Centivany @R2Rprof]

@schock That's ... curious. 🤔 Do you have a link to the ACM statement? I had a couple of papers on Gaza rejected (after R&Rs) by ACM outlets in recent months. Some of the reviews were brutal enough that I'll avoid sending any work there in the future.

[Senator Colin Deacon 🇨🇦🇺🇦 @colindeacon]

Fabulous to see this progress on Right-to-Repair in Canada. As Senate sponsor of #C244, I thank my colleagues for sending this important bill, along with #C294 (interoperability), to our Banking Committee for study. #CompetitionMatters

[CanRepair @canadianrepair]

Read "Flipping the Narrative" here:
https://t.co/x5CWRawtyz (authored by @R2Rprof, @Alana_G_Baker, and Jasvinder (JP) Mann)
And if you're like us and think that this ban makes no sense sign on to the petition opposing it:
https://t.co/3PScUHjQt1

[Anthony Rosborough @arosborough]

This is a big deal, and could have big downstream implications for the #RightToRepair, #interoperability and follow-on innovation.

[CanRepair @canadianrepair]

Check out "Flipping the Narrative" a statement in response to @Safety_Canada's decision to ban @flipper_net (put together by members of the #CanRepair Working Group):
https://t.co/1f9xJtpHQO
The bottom line: repair makes us safer. Let's not blame tools for insecure design.

[EFF @EFF]

If the US is serious about protecting people’s data from ending up in the hands of foreign adversaries, Congress should toss out the TikTok ban and instead pass comprehensive data privacy legislation to prevent the collection of data in the first place. https://t.co/NX2kDqN33n

[Alissa Centivany @R2Rprof]

@Dotty_dot_dot just returned from Gaza where she provided humanitarian assistance & conducted research on breakdown, repair, and hope for our #nfrf collab with @Glia_Intl . So grateful to her for her dedication, documentation, and care. #CeasefireNOW #righttorepair

[Dot Gee @Dotty_dot_dot]

I just returned from Gaza, on a medical mission with @glia_intl. I bore witness to the human suffering caused by Israel’s ongoing war against Palestinians, but especially children. We are now in the terminal phase of a genocide that has been ongoing for 75 years.

[Alissa Centivany @R2Rprof]

@stickysexysad @audible_com @utpress On it!