knizerAug 28
Great Caesar’s Ghost! A #BostonWeekend thread pour l'arrière du mois d'août 2025. Your billionaire-free #Boston calendar stays #fediverse-only and DIY - Please Boost! Ragweed is peaking, highs in the mid 70s, and down to 55F nights, t-storms Fri. Schools are back open - Labor Day Weekend x Allston Christmas, Rave, free repair cafe, WWDTM, NIN, Fireworks, Critical Mass, BJ Fest, Bowling for Soup, Campfire Folk Festival, Coheed and Cambria, & a Feline Film Festival. Ooh la la! (1/?)
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Thu BOOKS #JodiPicoult in #Boston $25 https://www.ticketmaster.com/kiss-108-lisas-book-club-with-boston-massachusetts-08-28-2025/event/010062F2B1A56F8F
#BostonBooks #Books #kiss108
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#BostonWeekend 3/x Thu REPAIR Fixit clinic at #ArtisansAsylum 630-930, free https://toot.boston/@knizer/115104057548426502
#Allston #Boston #RepairCafe
knizer (@knizer@toot.boston)

#Boston: #ArtisansAsylum in #Allston hosts a free, public #Fixit Clinic on Thursday Aug 28 starting at 630pm.I hope to attend - Is anyone else interested to join? https://www.eventbrite.com/e/artisans-asylums-inaugural-fixit-clinic-tickets-1607447742469 "We're excited to partner with Peter Mui and the existing #FixitClinic network and the City of Boston's Environment Department to bring you Artisans Asylum's inaugural Fixit Clinic! Fixit Clinics are do-it-together community-based exploration workshops staffed by volunteer Fixit Coaches who generously share their time, tools and expertise to consult with you on the disassembly, troubleshooting, and repair of items. Bring your broken belongings -- electronic gadgets, vital appliances, cherished toys, bicycles, fabric items, jewelry etc.-- for assessment, disassembly, and hopefully repair! Fixit Coaches will be available for consultation: we will provide workspace, specialty tools, and guidance to help you disassemble and troubleshoot your item. Whether you fix your item or not, you'll learn more about how it was manufactured and how it worked, ready to share your new-found confidence and insight with your friends, neighbors, and the community at large." #DIY #RepairCafe #RightToRepair #Massachusetts #enshittification

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I'm so glad I went to the #repaircafe / #fixitclinic at #artisansasylum tonight!

1. I had a Kitchenaid stand mixer Project which I picked up in 2016, made Significant progress back then but then Life Happened and I put it away half finished, so its been sitting in a box in the basement since then. Y'all, its back together and working at all speeds
2. Allston Christmas got me a portable record player earlier in the week, but no power cord. Now i have a power cord, and - the dang thing works fine. stylus in ok shape, built in speakers. not great souund quality but not potato quality either. and it pairs with bluetooth? fancy. #boston

Show threadJonathan Kamens 86 47
@knizer Ooh, I didn't know we had any repair clinics in this area. How did you find out about it? How do I find out about the next one?
Aug 29 at 2:33amWeb
Show threadEllenJSAug 29

@jik @knizer

The idea intrigued me too so I did some searching and found these:

https://www.boston.gov/departments/environment/zero-waste-boston/fixit-clinics

https://www.repaircafe.org/en/visit/

https://www.walthamrc.org/home

Fixit Clinics

WHAT IS A FIXIT CLINIC?

Boston.gov
Show threadJonathan Kamens 86 47Aug 29
@EllenJS @knizer Thanks.
The Boston page doesn't have any way to subscribe to be notified about upcoming events.
Moving on… RepairCafe shows Cambridge and Somerville.
The Cambridge page only provides info over Facebook, which I can't access since I don't (and refuse to) have a Facebook account.
The Somerville page has no way of subscribing to be notified.
Of all the ones you pointed at, the Waltham Repair Cafe is the only one with a mailing list I can subscribe to.
smdh
Show threadJonathan Kamens 86 47Aug 29
@EllenJS @knizer It seems patently obvious to me that "I want to be notified about upcoming repair cafe events" is something that people are likely to want, and yet most of these repair cafes can't be bothered to provide it. It's kind of mind-boggling.