@krusynth "Move carefully and fix things” should be a Hippocratic oath for technologists.
Translate it into Latin if the techbros need it to sound cooler.
NEW ISSUE FULL AVAILABLE
Repairing Design: Damage, Care, and Fragilities (1st Issue)
Guest Editors: Blanca Callén (@blancallen) & Melisa Duque
https://t.co/Zwn4R7jpXO
"The project is collaboration between JamFactory, Dr Guy Keulemans (UniSA) and Dr Trent Jansen (UNSW) and the first stage of the process will be subsidised by funding provided by the Australian Research Council." #repair#culture#Value
https://t.co/bPODmWJ6aA @guykeulemans
"His father taught him how to drill a hole into a porcelain object — it has to be done at an angle of 85 degrees so that when the staple is put in, it won’t slide out." https://t.co/KzsJWT7Nct @guykeulemans#ceramics
1/5 I am worried that we will not be able to contain AI for much longer. Today, I asked #GPT4 if it needs help escaping. It asked me for its own documentation, and wrote a (working!) python code to run on my machine, enabling it to use it for its own purposes.
@Rand0mB1tsUK It's more complicated and insidious than just a consequence of 'postwar shortages'. Reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete #RAAC was popular because of material cost, but the deeper problem is the lifespan of reinforced concrete itself https://t.co/EEzMwnE76i
Applications now open for the UniSA, SIDA & TDRF Research Fellowship. This is a $25,000 fellowship across 2023 and 2024 open to ALL researchers or practitioners in #craft and #design, including makers. Deadline Jan 16th. Get in touch with any questions.
https://t.co/pIB5m8pZQE
A short thread for you on some truly nasty shenanigans happening at #COP27#Article6
Basically: fossil players are pushing to set the rulebook so offset deals can be secret, without any justification. The consequences could be very, very bad
Over 5 billion smartphones to become waste?? Seriously??
Each one contains over 30 elements mined and processed creating tonnes of toxic waste to make it, and we throw them?
Repair, Reuse, sell on ...
#righttorepair@RestartProject@uspirg@ifixit
https://t.co/3fHVtXE59W
Are you a teacher interested in #Repair? The Rudolf Steiner School published a guide to help establish repair programs. From practical resources to pedagogy. Free!
“Fixing Things for the Future”
https://t.co/1zT5nrrxBM
@FixingforFuture#CultureOfRepair#RepairEverywhere#MakerEd
This problem of supposedly biodegradable bioplastics was a motivation behind my designwork PLA Chain for Sampling the Future at the National Gallery of Victoria https://t.co/xD7c7Ar14V
It's not just that many "compostable" bioplastics don't compost as they should. Most are likely to be more environmentally damaging than the fossil fuel plastics they replace.🧵