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  1. "Wind: W 73 gusts 98 km/h"

    And horizontal rain as a result.

    #Canada #SK #Regina #weather

  2. If you are in the #Regina #SK area, there is a Repair Cafe happening this coming Saturday (16 May), located in the George Bothwell library in the Southland Mall.

    This one is a bit special: it's part of a larger event that's happening, the Climate Expo. There are a bunch of other things going on as part of it, but one is that Bike Regina will also be there, fixing and tuning up bicycles.

    I'll be there, fixing electronics, small appliances, and random other things, but I'm just a volunteer, not an organizer or official spokesperson. There will be the usual array of other fixers repairing sewing, knitting, game consoles and controllers, jewellery, and other things.

    There's also going to be a teardown table for the kids to have fun with ripping stuff apart to see what makes it tick.

    So come give your stuff a second lease on life. Keep it out of the landfill, and as a bonus, stick it to the manufacturer that made it just good enough so that it died right after the warranty expired 😜 .

    Walk-ins are welcome, but you can also book a spot in advance here:
    ecnrepaircafe.setmore.com/

    More info here at the homepage:
    envirocollective.ca/repair-caf

    #RepairCafe #repair #reuse #environment #electronics #appliances #bicycle #bike #BikeRegina

  3. If you are in the #Regina #SK area, there is a Repair Cafe happening this coming Saturday (16 May), located in the George Bothwell library in the Southland Mall.

    This one is a bit special: it's part of a larger event that's happening, the Climate Expo. There are a bunch of other things going on as part of it, but one is that Bike Regina will also be there, fixing and tuning up bicycles.

    I'll be there, fixing electronics, small appliances, and random other things, but I'm just a volunteer, not an organizer or official spokesperson. There will be the usual array of other fixers repairing sewing, knitting, game consoles and controllers, jewellery, and other things.

    There's also going to be a teardown table for the kids to have fun with ripping stuff apart to see what makes it tick.

    So come give your stuff a second lease on life. Keep it out of the landfill, and as a bonus, stick it to the manufacturer that made it just good enough so that it died right after the warranty expired 😜 .

    Walk-ins are welcome, but you can also book a spot in advance here:
    ecnrepaircafe.setmore.com/

    More info here at the homepage:
    envirocollective.ca/repair-caf

    #RepairCafe #repair #reuse #environment #electronics #appliances #bicycle #bike #BikeRegina

  4. If you are in the #Regina #SK area, there is a Repair Cafe happening this coming Saturday (16 May), located in the George Bothwell library in the Southland Mall.

    This one is a bit special: it's part of a larger event that's happening, the Climate Expo. There are a bunch of other things going on as part of it, but one is that Bike Regina will also be there, fixing and tuning up bicycles.

    I'll be there, fixing electronics, small appliances, and random other things, but I'm just a volunteer, not an organizer or official spokesperson. There will be the usual array of other fixers repairing sewing, knitting, game consoles and controllers, jewellery, and other things.

    There's also going to be a teardown table for the kids to have fun with ripping stuff apart to see what makes it tick.

    So come give your stuff a second lease on life. Keep it out of the landfill, and as a bonus, stick it to the manufacturer that made it just good enough so that it died right after the warranty expired 😜 .

    Walk-ins are welcome, but you can also book a spot in advance here:
    ecnrepaircafe.setmore.com/

    More info here at the homepage:
    envirocollective.ca/repair-caf

    #RepairCafe #repair #reuse #environment #electronics #appliances #bicycle #bike #BikeRegina

  5. If you are in the #Regina #SK area, there is a Repair Cafe happening this coming Saturday (16 May), located in the George Bothwell library in the Southland Mall.

    This one is a bit special: it's part of a larger event that's happening, the Climate Expo. There are a bunch of other things going on as part of it, but one is that Bike Regina will also be there, fixing and tuning up bicycles.

    I'll be there, fixing electronics, small appliances, and random other things, but I'm just a volunteer, not an organizer or official spokesperson. There will be the usual array of other fixers repairing sewing, knitting, game consoles and controllers, jewellery, and other things.

    There's also going to be a teardown table for the kids to have fun with ripping stuff apart to see what makes it tick.

    So come give your stuff a second lease on life. Keep it out of the landfill, and as a bonus, stick it to the manufacturer that made it just good enough so that it died right after the warranty expired 😜 .

    Walk-ins are welcome, but you can also book a spot in advance here:
    ecnrepaircafe.setmore.com/

    More info here at the homepage:
    envirocollective.ca/repair-caf

    #RepairCafe #repair #reuse #environment #electronics #appliances #bicycle #bike #BikeRegina

  6. If you are in the #Regina #SK area, there is a Repair Cafe happening this coming Saturday (16 May), located in the George Bothwell library in the Southland Mall.

    This one is a bit special: it's part of a larger event that's happening, the Climate Expo. There are a bunch of other things going on as part of it, but one is that Bike Regina will also be there, fixing and tuning up bicycles.

    I'll be there, fixing electronics, small appliances, and random other things, but I'm just a volunteer, not an organizer or official spokesperson. There will be the usual array of other fixers repairing sewing, knitting, game consoles and controllers, jewellery, and other things.

    There's also going to be a teardown table for the kids to have fun with ripping stuff apart to see what makes it tick.

    So come give your stuff a second lease on life. Keep it out of the landfill, and as a bonus, stick it to the manufacturer that made it just good enough so that it died right after the warranty expired 😜 .

    Walk-ins are welcome, but you can also book a spot in advance here:
    ecnrepaircafe.setmore.com/

    More info here at the homepage:
    envirocollective.ca/repair-caf

    #RepairCafe #repair #reuse #environment #electronics #appliances #bicycle #bike #BikeRegina

  7. So, just finished this month's Repair Cafe in #Regina.

    There's a depressing pattern where small #appliances, typically #kitchen stuff, fail after just a year or so. The warranties are invariably one year. Nobody, especially the manufacturer, offers service - "Just buy a new one, it's cheaper" is the refrain. Of course, we're trying to "reduce, re-use, recycle" and keep this stuff out of the #landfill.

    Even trying to service them is a pain, and sometimes impossible. The cases/shells of modern stuff are frequently absolute b*stards to take apart, and really new stuff now features "one-way clips" - there's literally no way to unclip the shell after it's been clicked together at the factory. You can't access the latching bit, so you have to force it and break the #clip, and then #bodge it back together somehow.

    Mandating a longer #warranty, like in the EU - two years, three? - would help, because stuff would have to be designed better.

    The two most frustrating from today:

    1) A Keurig coffee maker, used twice, a year old. Got it apart, it had leaked water onto the back of the (massively #overcomplicated) CPU board, and shorted it out. Poof, magic smoke gone, tears in the rain, time to die, etc. Who puts the CPU directly under a join in the #water pipe?

    2) A gas-powered leaf blower. Fuel line rotted, but to be able to feed new one through from the carburetor to the fuel tank, you have to take the shell apart - which requires disassembling the engine!

    #RepairCafe #SK #EWaste

  8. So, just finished this month's Repair Cafe in #Regina.

    There's a depressing pattern where small #appliances, typically #kitchen stuff, fail after just a year or so. The warranties are invariably one year. Nobody, especially the manufacturer, offers service - "Just buy a new one, it's cheaper" is the refrain. Of course, we're trying to "reduce, re-use, recycle" and keep this stuff out of the #landfill.

    Even trying to service them is a pain, and sometimes impossible. The cases/shells of modern stuff are frequently absolute b*stards to take apart, and really new stuff now features "one-way clips" - there's literally no way to unclip the shell after it's been clicked together at the factory. You can't access the latching bit, so you have to force it and break the #clip, and then #bodge it back together somehow.

    Mandating a longer #warranty, like in the EU - two years, three? - would help, because stuff would have to be designed better.

    The two most frustrating from today:

    1) A Keurig coffee maker, used twice, a year old. Got it apart, it had leaked water onto the back of the (massively #overcomplicated) CPU board, and shorted it out. Poof, magic smoke gone, tears in the rain, time to die, etc. Who puts the CPU directly under a join in the #water pipe?

    2) A gas-powered leaf blower. Fuel line rotted, but to be able to feed new one through from the carburetor to the fuel tank, you have to take the shell apart - which requires disassembling the engine!

    #RepairCafe #SK #EWaste

  9. So, just finished this month's Repair Cafe in #Regina.

    There's a depressing pattern where small #appliances, typically #kitchen stuff, fail after just a year or so. The warranties are invariably one year. Nobody, especially the manufacturer, offers service - "Just buy a new one, it's cheaper" is the refrain. Of course, we're trying to "reduce, re-use, recycle" and keep this stuff out of the #landfill.

    Even trying to service them is a pain, and sometimes impossible. The cases/shells of modern stuff are frequently absolute b*stards to take apart, and really new stuff now features "one-way clips" - there's literally no way to unclip the shell after it's been clicked together at the factory. You can't access the latching bit, so you have to force it and break the #clip, and then #bodge it back together somehow.

    Mandating a longer #warranty, like in the EU - two years, three? - would help, because stuff would have to be designed better.

    The two most frustrating from today:

    1) A Keurig coffee maker, used twice, a year old. Got it apart, it had leaked water onto the back of the (massively #overcomplicated) CPU board, and shorted it out. Poof, magic smoke gone, tears in the rain, time to die, etc. Who puts the CPU directly under a join in the #water pipe?

    2) A gas-powered leaf blower. Fuel line rotted, but to be able to feed new one through from the carburetor to the fuel tank, you have to take the shell apart - which requires disassembling the engine!

    #RepairCafe #SK #EWaste

  10. So, just finished this month's Repair Cafe in #Regina.

    There's a depressing pattern where small #appliances, typically #kitchen stuff, fail after just a year or so. The warranties are invariably one year. Nobody, especially the manufacturer, offers service - "Just buy a new one, it's cheaper" is the refrain. Of course, we're trying to "reduce, re-use, recycle" and keep this stuff out of the #landfill.

    Even trying to service them is a pain, and sometimes impossible. The cases/shells of modern stuff are frequently absolute b*stards to take apart, and really new stuff now features "one-way clips" - there's literally no way to unclip the shell after it's been clicked together at the factory. You can't access the latching bit, so you have to force it and break the #clip, and then #bodge it back together somehow.

    Mandating a longer #warranty, like in the EU - two years, three? - would help, because stuff would have to be designed better.

    The two most frustrating from today:

    1) A Keurig coffee maker, used twice, a year old. Got it apart, it had leaked water onto the back of the (massively #overcomplicated) CPU board, and shorted it out. Poof, magic smoke gone, tears in the rain, time to die, etc. Who puts the CPU directly under a join in the #water pipe?

    2) A gas-powered leaf blower. Fuel line rotted, but to be able to feed new one through from the carburetor to the fuel tank, you have to take the shell apart - which requires disassembling the engine!

    #RepairCafe #SK #EWaste

  11. So, just finished this month's Repair Cafe in #Regina.

    There's a depressing pattern where small #appliances, typically #kitchen stuff, fail after just a year or so. The warranties are invariably one year. Nobody, especially the manufacturer, offers service - "Just buy a new one, it's cheaper" is the refrain. Of course, we're trying to "reduce, re-use, recycle" and keep this stuff out of the #landfill.

    Even trying to service them is a pain, and sometimes impossible. The cases/shells of modern stuff are frequently absolute b*stards to take apart, and really new stuff now features "one-way clips" - there's literally no way to unclip the shell after it's been clicked together at the factory. You can't access the latching bit, so you have to force it and break the #clip, and then #bodge it back together somehow.

    Mandating a longer #warranty, like in the EU - two years, three? - would help, because stuff would have to be designed better.

    The two most frustrating from today:

    1) A Keurig coffee maker, used twice, a year old. Got it apart, it had leaked water onto the back of the (massively #overcomplicated) CPU board, and shorted it out. Poof, magic smoke gone, tears in the rain, time to die, etc. Who puts the CPU directly under a join in the #water pipe?

    2) A gas-powered leaf blower. Fuel line rotted, but to be able to feed new one through from the carburetor to the fuel tank, you have to take the shell apart - which requires disassembling the engine!

    #RepairCafe #SK #EWaste

  12. @grumpasaurus

    My personal favourite is West Side Pizza, on Dorothy Street in a strip mall on the corner of Sherwood Drive. But that's partly because it's near me.

    Fellow #Regina / #YQR pizza enthusiasts - what other recommendations for traditional Regina #pizza (heavy, deep dish) would you give a passer-through?

  13. @dmacphee

    That's great!

    Note there's also a Repair Cafe in the Regina area. The next one is on Saturday, April 18th, at the library in White City. First time at that location!

    (just a volunteer, not an organizer or spokesperson)

    #SK #YQR #YXE #Regina #RepairCafe

  14. @Leader_Post @regina-leader-post-news-Leader_Post

    More news on #Regina's elimination of #coin payment at downtown #parking meters. For those who missed the last episode of "Clueless Elected #Politicians Who Think Everyone Lives Exactly Like They Do", the city switched to electronic-only payments that (a) absolutely require you to use a cell #phone to pay, and (b) route all payments through a US-owned company that won't guard your personal information.

    From the article:

    > Council also approved #Mayor Chad #Bachynski’s suggestion to introduce prepaid parking
    > vouchers as an additional option [...]
    >
    > The pre-paid vouchers are [...] offered in packs of five for $13.75 at city hall and are
    > valid at any regular parking meter.

    Note: you can't park at city hall without plugging a meter. So you'll need a parking #voucher before you can go purchase parking vouchers.

    This price also means it costs three times as much to park for a half hour as it did previously. If you were used to running brief errands and only plugging a quarter into the #meter, it'll cost *twelve* times as much.

    > “[The vouchers] are less convenient than the #app,” acknowledged the city’s director of
    > community standards, Faisal Kalim, after the meeting. “Our message for residents is
    > to download the app. It is a good system and it is a practical way to park.”

    "You don't have a smart phone? Our message is just go get a smart phone."

    #Arrogant asses.

    #privacy #YQR #SK #Saskatchewan

  15. Regina: Currently -3°C. Reaching a high of 0°C with a mix of sun and cloud today. Tonight: -7°C. Get the latest Prairie forecasts: #Regina #Sask

    Thompson: Currently -18°C. High of -12°C with sunny intervals. Tonight: Clear skies and a low of -22°C. Global weather integration at: canavu.com/cavanu-starline-wea #ThompsonMB #Manitoba

  16. Regina: Currently -3°C. Reaching a high of 0°C with a mix of sun and cloud today. Tonight: -7°C. Get the latest Prairie forecasts: #Regina #Sask

    Thompson: Currently -18°C. High of -12°C with sunny intervals. Tonight: Clear skies and a low of -22°C. Global weather integration at: canavu.com/cavanu-starline-wea #ThompsonMB #Manitoba

  17. Regina: Currently -3°C. Reaching a high of 0°C with a mix of sun and cloud today. Tonight: -7°C. Get the latest Prairie forecasts: #Regina #Sask

    Thompson: Currently -18°C. High of -12°C with sunny intervals. Tonight: Clear skies and a low of -22°C. Global weather integration at: canavu.com/cavanu-starline-wea #ThompsonMB #Manitoba

  18. Regina: Currently -3°C. Reaching a high of 0°C with a mix of sun and cloud today. Tonight: -7°C. Get the latest Prairie forecasts: #Regina #Sask

    Thompson: Currently -18°C. High of -12°C with sunny intervals. Tonight: Clear skies and a low of -22°C. Global weather integration at: canavu.com/cavanu-starline-wea #ThompsonMB #Manitoba

  19. Regina: Currently -3°C. Reaching a high of 0°C with a mix of sun and cloud today. Tonight: -7°C. Get the latest Prairie forecasts: #Regina #Sask

    Thompson: Currently -18°C. High of -12°C with sunny intervals. Tonight: Clear skies and a low of -22°C. Global weather integration at: canavu.com/cavanu-starline-wea #ThompsonMB #Manitoba

  20. Live in #Regina? Have something that's #broken and you'd like it fixed? How about getting it fixed for #free?

    Regina has a Repair Cafe! It started a year or so ago. I started volunteering when I found out about it. The volunteers are all great people, and between them they seem to fix a lot of stuff - everything from garment #repair to bicycles to power tools to electronics, and more.

    I'm not an official spokesman or anything - I just volunteer. But if you're in the #YQR area, you can get the date and location of the next repair cafe from this webpage:

    envirocollective.ca/repair-caf

    There's also a link from there to where you can sign up for a repair spot. Walk-ins are taken as possible, but reserved timeslots are served first.

    As I write this, the next one is on Saturday 21 March at the Circle Project, 3433 5th Ave. I haven't actually looked where that is yet, must do that.

    Anyway - come get stuff fixed for free, by friendly folk in a relaxed atmosphere. And save one more thing from ending up in the #landfill.

    [edit: typo]

    #Saskatchewan #SK #RepairCafe #DIY #fix #repairs #ReduceReuseRecycle #dump

  21. 2/

    Congratulations to all of our winners and finalists:

    Canadian Pride Curling Championship winner
    Toronto 1 Team Francis, with their third win in four years.

    2nd Place Vancouver 1 Team Hiram
    3rd Place Toronto 2 Team Martin
    4th Place Regina 1 Team Armstrong
    5th Place (shared) Calgary 1 Team Roy
    5th Place (shared) Ottawa 1 Team McAlear

    #curling #Toronto #2SLGBTQIA #LGBTQsports #canada #canqueer #outsports #Riverdale #LGBTQ #Regina #Calgary #Ottawa #Vancouver

  22. Working on a spreadsheet, because I'm that kind of a nerd. Would you look at all these essential city services and information channels that rely on american oligarch owned platforms? Anyone in Regina feeling a little ignored by your city?

    regina.ca/about-regina/contact

    #yqr #Regina #ElbowsUp #MastoCanadaGOV #skpoli