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  • Bricks and Mortar

    Carly moved to Portland in 2014 and answered a Craigslist ad for a masonry laborer.

    Posted on May 16, 2017
    Categories: Uncategorized
  • COVID, Community, and Repair

    Local businesses closing their doors, cutting hours and laying off workers has the potential to disrupt the fabric of our community in a way that can’t be easily repaired. Let’s look out for each other in these strange times.

    Posted on March 19, 2020
    Categories: Uncategorized
  • Good as New: Refurbishment and You

    “Refurbish” may be a ridiculous word, but it is definitely the prettiest member of the repair family.

    Posted on December 13, 2018
    Categories: Uncategorized
  • Recently in Repair: Data Security! Politics! Fun!

    Your car emits tons of data and there’s a fight over who gets it! Phones remain challenging to repair for a variety of software and hardware reasons! The Green Party […]

    Posted on December 17, 2019
    Categories: Uncategorized
  • Recently in Repair: Doom? Optimism? Honestly, Both

    This week(ish) in repair: iFixit teardowns caused waves, governments had mixed thoughts about repair legislation, and car repair got a fancy facelift.

    Posted on November 12, 2019
    Categories: Uncategorized
  • Recently in Repair: Monopoly, Military, Recycling, Design

    In recent weeks, Right to Repair has carved a winding path from Washington, D.C., to the literal other side of the earth, to the bins at our collective curb.

    Posted on November 27, 2019
    Categories: Uncategorized
  • Repair Events Preview: October 2019

    Upcoming repair-related events for the month of October 2019.

    Posted on October 1, 2019
    Categories: Uncategorized
  • Repair Media Cliffnotes: March 2019

    No time to read it all? No problem.

    Posted on March 31, 2019
    Categories: Uncategorized
  • Repair Media Cliffnotes: September 2019

    From corporate to community scale, here are the repair stories we read in September.

    Posted on October 1, 2019
    Categories: Uncategorized
  • Right to Repair

    A legislative battle is being fought over access to parts, tools, and technical information required for repair work.

    Posted on August 2, 2017
    Categories: Uncategorized
  • Some Black Friday thoughts on value

    Fifteen minutes after the start of last Saturday’s Repair Cafe, the waiting area was already half full

    Posted on November 22, 2018
    Categories: Uncategorized
  • State of Disrepair

    Portland’s repair shops have been disappearing for the last 60 years. There’s now less than a sixth of the 1955 level.

    Posted on May 16, 2017
    Categories: Uncategorized
  • The Internet Is Kind Of The Worst But Can Also Teach You Everything: A Sunday guide to online repair resources

    We’re all adults here.

    Posted on December 2, 2018
    Categories: Uncategorized
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