CryogenicNighthawk

Reminder: PayPal was founded by Elon Musk and Peter Thiel. The company makes $5,230,000,000/year in profit. If this is how you pay for things, or send money to people, you might want to take a moment and pause to think about if you want to support this corporation. If you do, cool, you do you. I'm just asking that people make an intentional choice here.

For those who are posting about #SmallWeb Have you read "Small Is Beautiful: Economics as if People Mattered" by E.F. Schumacher (published in 1973)?

I hesitate to ask this on here, but are there any Fediverse apps that let you see your feed with an algorithm other than chronological? I don't necessarily want to see a person more often just because they post more frequently, nor do I want to miss things posted by someone who only posts occassionally, or at different times than when I happen to tune in. And I want to be in control of the algorithm for my own feed. I don't wasn't to delegate this to my server admin. Please be kind.

“I wish it need not have happened in my time,” said Frodo. “So do I,” said Gandalf, “and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.” — J.R.R. Tolkien via https://njump.me/nevent1qqsvuz4e5exvsj5m6vvjnwzt3m3q5csnhqadgs8ltyfm320lqx3hnzsppemhxue69uhkummn9ekx7mp0qgsr8djpqa2nr8cm8zuuxly3gfgujk58wmaweh3ke58uvdwr2kc88fgrqsqqqqqpdju0j2

There's a joint presentation from the Illinois #Luddite Society and #Makerspace Urbana on the 14th (next Saturday) at 2PM at the local Independent Media Center (#IMC). Come hear people suggest that: 1.) technology should serve human wellbeing 2.) the judgement that many dominant technologies fail to meet this standard, and 3.) what you can do about it I'm going to mention lots of #OpenSource and #SelfHosted tech from texting with #Meshtastic to privacy respecting smart thermostats.

Let's talk about #Microsoft reaffirming its commitment to 100% of its electricity consumption with #renewable #energy purchases. First, this is a good thing, especially in light of their plans for data center expansion. It's not just empty promises, they actually did achieve this for the first time last year. Look, I don't like everything Microsoft does, but they do deserve some credit here. Having said that, matching is not the same as 24/7 carbon-free electricity... https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/climate-energy/microsoft-keep-buying-enough-renewable-energy-match-all-its-electricity-needs-2026-02-18/

I posted the monthly recap of what happened at the Repair Cafe events this month. If you're willing to print some fliers and take them to your knitting club, technology enthusiasts meetup, church, the regulars at the pub, or whomever else you hang out with, it'd be a huge help to us (and the people you share it with). Details on how to do so are at the end of the blog post below. ❤️ https://makerspaceurbana.org/2026/02/23/repair-cafe-february-2026/ cc: @makerspace_urbana@tech.lgbt @righttorepair

We have double Repair Cafe events this week! Tomorrow (Tuesday) from 5:30-7:30 PM upstairs in the IMC, and at our usual time (7-9PM) on Thursday downstairs in the IMC (Makerspace Urbana). @makerspace_urbana@tech.lgbt Event details: https://makerspaceurbana.org/event/repair-cafe/ Examples of things we fixed last month: https://makerspaceurbana.org/2026/01/22/repair-cafe-january-2026/

I decided to start today reading a book (nonfiction) instead of being on my computer or phone.

It's now been several hours and I'm still reading (this is highly irregular, as I am most certainly not a bookworm)!

In addition to being highly educational, it's also been a quite relaxing change of pace. I've managed to shake that feeling that I "should" be doing this or that.

#peace

If Toyota pulls this off, it means EVs with 620 mile range with batteries that can be charged in 10 minutes in either 2027 or 2028. That's going to basically mean checkmate for all the competition unless they are equally innovative.

https://electrek.co/2026/02/09/big-oil-is-betting-big-on-toyota-to-win-the-solid-state-battery-race/

RE: https://masto.hackers.town/@toroidalcore/116054783693492367 Not only that, but it doesn't require expensive GPUs in order to do it! (although, if you have them, it can use them too!)

It's that time of the month. Come on out to @makerspace_urbana@tech.lgbt on Thursday night to help repair things, bring something to repair, hang out and socialize, or any combination of the above.
https://makerspaceurbana.org/event/repair-cafe/