#toasters — Public Fediverse posts
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Unser digitaler Toaster ^^
2x2 Schächte.
Display mit Menü inkl. Countdown.
Braucht 2s zum Booten.
Leider kein WLan. :P -
Unser digitaler Toaster ^^
2x2 Schächte.
Display mit Menü inkl. Countdown.
Braucht 2s zum Booten.
Leider kein WLan. :P -
Unser digitaler Toaster ^^
2x2 Schächte.
Display mit Menü inkl. Countdown.
Braucht 2s zum Booten.
Leider kein WLan. :P -
Unser digitaler Toaster ^^
2x2 Schächte.
Display mit Menü inkl. Countdown.
Braucht 2s zum Booten.
Leider kein WLan. :P -
🚀 Breaking news: someone ported a 1990s graphics driver to an obscure OS from the same era! 🎉 Only die-hard retro-computing enthusiasts and digital archaeologists are losing their minds over this groundbreaking achievement. 😂 Next up: getting Doom to run on a toaster. 🍞
https://sdz-mods.com/index.php/2026/03/23/irix-3dfx-voodoo-driver-glide2x-irix-port/ #retrocomputing #digitalarchaeology #graphicsdriver #gamingnews #toasters #HackerNews #ngated -
🚀 Breaking news: someone ported a 1990s graphics driver to an obscure OS from the same era! 🎉 Only die-hard retro-computing enthusiasts and digital archaeologists are losing their minds over this groundbreaking achievement. 😂 Next up: getting Doom to run on a toaster. 🍞
https://sdz-mods.com/index.php/2026/03/23/irix-3dfx-voodoo-driver-glide2x-irix-port/ #retrocomputing #digitalarchaeology #graphicsdriver #gamingnews #toasters #HackerNews #ngated -
🚀 Breaking news: someone ported a 1990s graphics driver to an obscure OS from the same era! 🎉 Only die-hard retro-computing enthusiasts and digital archaeologists are losing their minds over this groundbreaking achievement. 😂 Next up: getting Doom to run on a toaster. 🍞
https://sdz-mods.com/index.php/2026/03/23/irix-3dfx-voodoo-driver-glide2x-irix-port/ #retrocomputing #digitalarchaeology #graphicsdriver #gamingnews #toasters #HackerNews #ngated -
🚀 Breaking news: someone ported a 1990s graphics driver to an obscure OS from the same era! 🎉 Only die-hard retro-computing enthusiasts and digital archaeologists are losing their minds over this groundbreaking achievement. 😂 Next up: getting Doom to run on a toaster. 🍞
https://sdz-mods.com/index.php/2026/03/23/irix-3dfx-voodoo-driver-glide2x-irix-port/ #retrocomputing #digitalarchaeology #graphicsdriver #gamingnews #toasters #HackerNews #ngated -
🚀 Breaking news: someone ported a 1990s graphics driver to an obscure OS from the same era! 🎉 Only die-hard retro-computing enthusiasts and digital archaeologists are losing their minds over this groundbreaking achievement. 😂 Next up: getting Doom to run on a toaster. 🍞
https://sdz-mods.com/index.php/2026/03/23/irix-3dfx-voodoo-driver-glide2x-irix-port/ #retrocomputing #digitalarchaeology #graphicsdriver #gamingnews #toasters #HackerNews #ngated -
*Pics (and quite a long essay about domestic design) or it didn't happen #Toasters #everydayweird #AlexanderCalder medium.com/@bruces/the-...
RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:ypxg37v6fvg5mejcovrvxweg/post/3mg2r4wtrgc2l -
RE: https://mastodon.social/@RecoveredExpert/115954744261571669
I love this!: “… the smart engineers, they want to build better toasters, they want to touch actual stuff.”
Thank goodness! 😅
Not so many months ago I had to ask what a ‘computer toucher’ was… naïvely, I had no idea the gap between ‘touching’ - some might call it *real* life - & ‘non-touching’ was so wide (non-touching: like marketing, finance, risk manuals, so-called ‘compliance’ tick & flicks, advertising, influencing, fake reviews, branding, logos, etc etc & so on).Now I want to know: what is the overhead of these non-touching bits? 🤔 What’s the proportion of touchers to non-touchers? In personnel numbers & expenditures? 🤔
Getting a handle on some basic info could be helpful…
#touchers #toasters #realLife #innovation #smartEngineers #non-touchers
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🚬 Breaking news: a #USB-C port on a #disposable vape! 😱 John Graham-Cumming has cracked the case of #excessive #tech #in trash, just in time to save humanity from... convenience? 🤖 Next up, the shocking discovery of #transistors in #toasters. 🍞🔍
https://blog.jgc.org/2026/01/theres-ridiculous-amount-of-tech-in.html #Vape #Convenience #HackerNews #ngated -
🚬 Breaking news: a #USB-C port on a #disposable vape! 😱 John Graham-Cumming has cracked the case of #excessive #tech #in trash, just in time to save humanity from... convenience? 🤖 Next up, the shocking discovery of #transistors in #toasters. 🍞🔍
https://blog.jgc.org/2026/01/theres-ridiculous-amount-of-tech-in.html #Vape #Convenience #HackerNews #ngated -
🚬 Breaking news: a #USB-C port on a #disposable vape! 😱 John Graham-Cumming has cracked the case of #excessive #tech #in trash, just in time to save humanity from... convenience? 🤖 Next up, the shocking discovery of #transistors in #toasters. 🍞🔍
https://blog.jgc.org/2026/01/theres-ridiculous-amount-of-tech-in.html #Vape #Convenience #HackerNews #ngated -
🚬 Breaking news: a #USB-C port on a #disposable vape! 😱 John Graham-Cumming has cracked the case of #excessive #tech #in trash, just in time to save humanity from... convenience? 🤖 Next up, the shocking discovery of #transistors in #toasters. 🍞🔍
https://blog.jgc.org/2026/01/theres-ridiculous-amount-of-tech-in.html #Vape #Convenience #HackerNews #ngated -
So much for Al Jazerra. They can eat a bag of donkey dicks.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/12/21/al-jazeera-launches-new-integrative-ai-model-the-core
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🍞🙃 In today’s episode of “why is everyone like this”: toast.
Featuring toaster betrayal and light browning discourse.https://metatalk.metafilter.com/26827/Do-you-even-toast-bro?utm_source=chatgpt.com
#food #toast #toasters #importantdiscussion #bestofmetafilter
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Cubicle 7 previews Adeptus Mechanicus guides for WH40K Roleplay. If someone looks at you the way a tech-priest looks at a Henry Hoover, you've found the one. #WH40K #RPG #scifi #wh30k #grimdark #shakeandvac #toasters #imperium #vacuumofspace https://l.d20.ninja/2e5snjtu
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CW: #Clankers #Toasters
Anthony Albanese's Personal Phone Number Leaked Online
https://ground.news/article/anthony-albaneses-personal-phone-number-leaked-online?utm_source=mobile-app&utm_medium=newsroom-share -
Should we add "#SkinJobs" and "#Toasters" and "#GoRustYourself" to this list?
How ‘#Clanker’ Became the Internet’s New Favorite Slur
New derogatory phrases are popping up online, thanks to a cultural pushback against #AI
by CT Jones, August 6, 2025
"Clanker. #Wireback. #Cogsucker. People are feeling the inescapable inevitability of AI developments, the encroaching of the digital into everything from entertainment to work. And their answer? Slurs.
"AI is everywhere — on Google summarizing search results and siphoning web traffic from digital publishers, on social media platforms like Instagram, X, and Facebook, adding misleading context to viral posts, or even powering #NaziChatbots. #GenerativeAI and #LargeLanguageModels — AI trained on huge datasets — are being used as therapists, consulted for medical advice, fueling spiritual psychosis, directing self-driving cars, and churning out everything from college essays to cover letters to breakup messages.
"Alongside this deluge is a growing sense of discontent from people fearful of artificial intelligence stealing their jobs, and worried what effect it may have on future generations — losing important skills like media #literacy, #ProblemSolving, and #CognitiveFunction. This is the world where the popularity of AI and robot slurs has skyrocketed, being thrown at everything from ChatGPT servers to delivery drones to automated customer service representatives. Rolling Stone spoke with two language experts who say the rise in robot and AI slurs does come from a kind of cultural pushback against AI development, but what’s most interesting about the trend is that it uses one of the only tools AI can’t create: slang
" '#Slang is moving so fast now that an #LLM trained on everything that happened before it is not going to have immediate access to how people are using a particular word now,' says Nicole Holliday, associate professor of linguistics at UC Berkeley. 'Humans [on] #UrbanDictionary are always going to win.' "
Archived version:
https://archive.ph/ku2Uw#BattlestarGalactica #AIResistance #AISucks #NoNukesForAI #NeoLuddites #ResistAI #LudditeClub #SmartPhoneAddiction #AreYouAlive #AreYouHuman
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Should we add "#SkinJobs" and "#Toasters" and "#GoRustYourself" to this list?
How ‘#Clanker’ Became the Internet’s New Favorite Slur
New derogatory phrases are popping up online, thanks to a cultural pushback against #AI
by CT Jones, August 6, 2025
"Clanker. #Wireback. #Cogsucker. People are feeling the inescapable inevitability of AI developments, the encroaching of the digital into everything from entertainment to work. And their answer? Slurs.
"AI is everywhere — on Google summarizing search results and siphoning web traffic from digital publishers, on social media platforms like Instagram, X, and Facebook, adding misleading context to viral posts, or even powering #NaziChatbots. #GenerativeAI and #LargeLanguageModels — AI trained on huge datasets — are being used as therapists, consulted for medical advice, fueling spiritual psychosis, directing self-driving cars, and churning out everything from college essays to cover letters to breakup messages.
"Alongside this deluge is a growing sense of discontent from people fearful of artificial intelligence stealing their jobs, and worried what effect it may have on future generations — losing important skills like media #literacy, #ProblemSolving, and #CognitiveFunction. This is the world where the popularity of AI and robot slurs has skyrocketed, being thrown at everything from ChatGPT servers to delivery drones to automated customer service representatives. Rolling Stone spoke with two language experts who say the rise in robot and AI slurs does come from a kind of cultural pushback against AI development, but what’s most interesting about the trend is that it uses one of the only tools AI can’t create: slang
" '#Slang is moving so fast now that an #LLM trained on everything that happened before it is not going to have immediate access to how people are using a particular word now,' says Nicole Holliday, associate professor of linguistics at UC Berkeley. 'Humans [on] #UrbanDictionary are always going to win.' "
Archived version:
https://archive.ph/ku2Uw#BattlestarGalactica #AIResistance #AISucks #NoNukesForAI #NeoLuddites #ResistAI #LudditeClub #SmartPhoneAddiction #AreYouAlive #AreYouHuman
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Should we add "#SkinJobs" and "#Toasters" and "#GoRustYourself" to this list?
How ‘#Clanker’ Became the Internet’s New Favorite Slur
New derogatory phrases are popping up online, thanks to a cultural pushback against #AI
by CT Jones, August 6, 2025
"Clanker. #Wireback. #Cogsucker. People are feeling the inescapable inevitability of AI developments, the encroaching of the digital into everything from entertainment to work. And their answer? Slurs.
"AI is everywhere — on Google summarizing search results and siphoning web traffic from digital publishers, on social media platforms like Instagram, X, and Facebook, adding misleading context to viral posts, or even powering #NaziChatbots. #GenerativeAI and #LargeLanguageModels — AI trained on huge datasets — are being used as therapists, consulted for medical advice, fueling spiritual psychosis, directing self-driving cars, and churning out everything from college essays to cover letters to breakup messages.
"Alongside this deluge is a growing sense of discontent from people fearful of artificial intelligence stealing their jobs, and worried what effect it may have on future generations — losing important skills like media #literacy, #ProblemSolving, and #CognitiveFunction. This is the world where the popularity of AI and robot slurs has skyrocketed, being thrown at everything from ChatGPT servers to delivery drones to automated customer service representatives. Rolling Stone spoke with two language experts who say the rise in robot and AI slurs does come from a kind of cultural pushback against AI development, but what’s most interesting about the trend is that it uses one of the only tools AI can’t create: slang
" '#Slang is moving so fast now that an #LLM trained on everything that happened before it is not going to have immediate access to how people are using a particular word now,' says Nicole Holliday, associate professor of linguistics at UC Berkeley. 'Humans [on] #UrbanDictionary are always going to win.' "
Archived version:
https://archive.ph/ku2Uw#BattlestarGalactica #AIResistance #AISucks #NoNukesForAI #NeoLuddites #ResistAI #LudditeClub #SmartPhoneAddiction #AreYouAlive #AreYouHuman
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Should we add "#SkinJobs" and "#Toasters" and "#GoRustYourself" to this list?
How ‘#Clanker’ Became the Internet’s New Favorite Slur
New derogatory phrases are popping up online, thanks to a cultural pushback against #AI
by CT Jones, August 6, 2025
"Clanker. #Wireback. #Cogsucker. People are feeling the inescapable inevitability of AI developments, the encroaching of the digital into everything from entertainment to work. And their answer? Slurs.
"AI is everywhere — on Google summarizing search results and siphoning web traffic from digital publishers, on social media platforms like Instagram, X, and Facebook, adding misleading context to viral posts, or even powering #NaziChatbots. #GenerativeAI and #LargeLanguageModels — AI trained on huge datasets — are being used as therapists, consulted for medical advice, fueling spiritual psychosis, directing self-driving cars, and churning out everything from college essays to cover letters to breakup messages.
"Alongside this deluge is a growing sense of discontent from people fearful of artificial intelligence stealing their jobs, and worried what effect it may have on future generations — losing important skills like media #literacy, #ProblemSolving, and #CognitiveFunction. This is the world where the popularity of AI and robot slurs has skyrocketed, being thrown at everything from ChatGPT servers to delivery drones to automated customer service representatives. Rolling Stone spoke with two language experts who say the rise in robot and AI slurs does come from a kind of cultural pushback against AI development, but what’s most interesting about the trend is that it uses one of the only tools AI can’t create: slang
" '#Slang is moving so fast now that an #LLM trained on everything that happened before it is not going to have immediate access to how people are using a particular word now,' says Nicole Holliday, associate professor of linguistics at UC Berkeley. 'Humans [on] #UrbanDictionary are always going to win.' "
Archived version:
https://archive.ph/ku2Uw#BattlestarGalactica #AIResistance #AISucks #NoNukesForAI #NeoLuddites #ResistAI #LudditeClub #SmartPhoneAddiction #AreYouAlive #AreYouHuman
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Should we add "#SkinJobs" and "#Toasters" and "#GoRustYourself" to this list?
How ‘#Clanker’ Became the Internet’s New Favorite Slur
New derogatory phrases are popping up online, thanks to a cultural pushback against #AI
by CT Jones, August 6, 2025
"Clanker. #Wireback. #Cogsucker. People are feeling the inescapable inevitability of AI developments, the encroaching of the digital into everything from entertainment to work. And their answer? Slurs.
"AI is everywhere — on Google summarizing search results and siphoning web traffic from digital publishers, on social media platforms like Instagram, X, and Facebook, adding misleading context to viral posts, or even powering #NaziChatbots. #GenerativeAI and #LargeLanguageModels — AI trained on huge datasets — are being used as therapists, consulted for medical advice, fueling spiritual psychosis, directing self-driving cars, and churning out everything from college essays to cover letters to breakup messages.
"Alongside this deluge is a growing sense of discontent from people fearful of artificial intelligence stealing their jobs, and worried what effect it may have on future generations — losing important skills like media #literacy, #ProblemSolving, and #CognitiveFunction. This is the world where the popularity of AI and robot slurs has skyrocketed, being thrown at everything from ChatGPT servers to delivery drones to automated customer service representatives. Rolling Stone spoke with two language experts who say the rise in robot and AI slurs does come from a kind of cultural pushback against AI development, but what’s most interesting about the trend is that it uses one of the only tools AI can’t create: slang
" '#Slang is moving so fast now that an #LLM trained on everything that happened before it is not going to have immediate access to how people are using a particular word now,' says Nicole Holliday, associate professor of linguistics at UC Berkeley. 'Humans [on] #UrbanDictionary are always going to win.' "
Archived version:
https://archive.ph/ku2Uw#BattlestarGalactica #AIResistance #AISucks #NoNukesForAI #NeoLuddites #ResistAI #LudditeClub #SmartPhoneAddiction #AreYouAlive #AreYouHuman
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🚀 Oh, joy! Now we can let #AI control our #toasters with "tinymcp"! 🤖 Because nothing says #innovation like letting #LLMs do the heavy lifting of turning on a lightbulb. 🔌✨
https://github.com/golioth/tinymcp #Automation #TechHumor #HackerNews #ngated -
From Burnt to Brilliant: A Toaster’s Makeover - Appliances fail, but that doesn’t mean it’s the end for them. This impressive hack... - https://hackaday.com/2025/05/28/from-burnt-to-brilliant-a-toasters-makeover/ #cookinghacks #toasteroven #reflowoven #toasters
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🌍🤔 Oh, look! New Scientist has discovered basic #arithmetic is hard! Who knew counting people was such a complex endeavor? Next up: "Have We Underestimated the Total Number of Toasters?" 🍞🙄
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2472604-have-we-vastly-underestimated-the-total-number-of-people-on-earth/ #NewScientist #Complexity #CountingPeople #Toasters #Research #Humor #HackerNews #ngated -
So Long and Thanks for All the Words: A Toast to Douglas Adams
https://multiverseemployeehandbook.com/blog/adams-birthday-toast/
#HackerNews #DouglasAdams #Toast #Toasters #Tribute #LiteraryGenius #ScienceFiction #WritingCommunity
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I need a toaster. Whilst looking for a decent Philips one amongst the no-name, high-margin junk that Amazon would rather you buy instead I came across a #Tesla toaster!
Of course it can't be *that* Tesla, otherwise it would only have a buggy touch screen to operate it with, need a proprietary socket in your kitchen, it would either burn the toast or spit it out raw and it would have rave reviews from Tesla #fanbois "I *love* my charcoal toast!!!!!"
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More of this, please! More #recycling, #LessMining!
More than 600K pounds of #ElectronicWaste (#EWaste) has been diverted from landfills thanks to #Colorado teenagers
Over the past 12 years, #CañonCity High School students have prepped and delivered mostly electronic waste to 3R Technology Solutionsby Sue McMillin
Feb 14, 2024CAÑON CITY — "More than 600,000 pounds of mostly electronic waste has been diverted from landfills over the past 12 years by the students who run #TigerRecycling at Cañon City High School.
To be precise: 623,702 pounds of #laptops, dismantled #desktops, #cellphones, #printers, #televisions, and the assorted detritus of outdated, broken, waterlogged or unwanted gear has been prepped by students and delivered to 3R Technology Solutions, according to 3R CEO Pete Mikulin, who says they track every pound that comes through the doors."Amid the haul were assorted #SmallAppliances — #mixers, #SewingMachines, #toasters — and #batteries and #cords that students disassemble or sort. Tiger Recycling and 3R, its primary vendor, take just about anything that plugs in or runs on batteries except for large appliances such as washers and dryers.
"While all this stuff is getting #reused or #repurposed, the students learn how to take things apart, safely handle potentially #HazardousWaste, identify and sort materials (such as clean or dirty #aluminum, #steel and #plastic), prepare items for shipping, fill out bills of lading, and take in and weigh items from customers.
"This student-run business is unique in a couple of other ways: Tiger Recycling is certified for recycling by the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, and it earns money.
"'That program, if you look at it as a whole, these kids learn a lot of skills,' Mikulin said. 'They take ownership in it every year. They don’t look at it as just a class, they look at it as a company. It is registered with the state of #Colorado, and it abides by all the state’s laws and rules for recycling.
'They are practicing #sustainability, diverting materials from the #landfills. It’s been pretty cool all these years.'"He calls Tiger Recycling the 'showcase' of school recycling programs and credits program coordinator Ken Cline with bringing it from the brink of collapse into a self-sustaining business.
"Cline has about 20 students per quarter spread over five class periods, and summer school classes. It’s tough to have more than five students at a time dismantling equipment, even though Tiger Recycling moved into its own warehouse space about five years ago, he said.
"They also have three sheds where they can store items awaiting packaging or shipping.
Shelves inside the classroom hold huge bins labeled for every conceivable component of computers and TVs, and a stack of desktop computers is piled against one wall, awaiting disassembly.
"As students arrive on a recent Tuesday afternoon, Cline directs them to tasks and within seconds gloves are on and screwdrivers turning. One student asks for time to work on other classwork and Cline gives him a nod.
"The class is part of the school’s Career Technical Education program, and participants earn general education credits.
"He stays flexible with the students and tries to address their needs. Sometimes that means providing math tutoring; last year he had a class of four repeat students who wanted to delve deeper into electronics so Cline accommodated that.
He also mentors students working on required capstone projects, including a couple who used recycled computer parts to build new computers."The program brings in an average of $5,000 a year, Cline said. The money is handled by the high school, which then gives Tiger Recycling a budget for items such as tools, safety glasses, work gloves and field trips for students, said Cline, who noted that they’ve never spent more on those things than they’ve brought in."
https://coloradosun.com/2024/02/14/electronic-waste-recycling-canon-city-high/
#ReduceReuseRecycle #MoreRecycling #LessMining #RightToRepair #LithiumMining #CopperMining #Reuse #Recycle #SolarPunkSunday
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Beaverton: Marineland announces “Chuck A Toaster In There” Day https://www.thebeaverton.com/2023/07/marineland-announces-chuck-a-toaster-in-there-day/ #satire #canada #commentary #AnimalCruelty #Marineland #dolphins #toasters #Nature #Orca
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Philip Dick's UBIK has entire apartments fitted out with products that work, but for a fee, including the front door. I think I'm cool with dumb technology for the time being
#Technology #Toasters #AI #Philosophy #PhilipKDick -
Over the years, I've played a lot of weirdly entertaining takes on sports, including the all-time classic, soccer.
Never with toast, however, and most certainly not like in Toasterball: two toasters, two goals, one ball, and lots of shenanigans (and burnt bread)!
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More of this, please! More #recycling, #LessMining!
More than 600K pounds of #ElectronicWaste (#EWaste) has been diverted from landfills thanks to #Colorado teenagers
Over the past 12 years, #CañonCity High School students have prepped and delivered mostly electronic waste to 3R Technology Solutionsby Sue McMillin
Feb 14, 2024CAÑON CITY — "More than 600,000 pounds of mostly electronic waste has been diverted from landfills over the past 12 years by the students who run #TigerRecycling at Cañon City High School.
To be precise: 623,702 pounds of #laptops, dismantled #desktops, #cellphones, #printers, #televisions, and the assorted detritus of outdated, broken, waterlogged or unwanted gear has been prepped by students and delivered to 3R Technology Solutions, according to 3R CEO Pete Mikulin, who says they track every pound that comes through the doors."Amid the haul were assorted #SmallAppliances — #mixers, #SewingMachines, #toasters — and #batteries and #cords that students disassemble or sort. Tiger Recycling and 3R, its primary vendor, take just about anything that plugs in or runs on batteries except for large appliances such as washers and dryers.
"While all this stuff is getting #reused or #repurposed, the students learn how to take things apart, safely handle potentially #HazardousWaste, identify and sort materials (such as clean or dirty #aluminum, #steel and #plastic), prepare items for shipping, fill out bills of lading, and take in and weigh items from customers.
"This student-run business is unique in a couple of other ways: Tiger Recycling is certified for recycling by the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, and it earns money.
"'That program, if you look at it as a whole, these kids learn a lot of skills,' Mikulin said. 'They take ownership in it every year. They don’t look at it as just a class, they look at it as a company. It is registered with the state of #Colorado, and it abides by all the state’s laws and rules for recycling.
'They are practicing #sustainability, diverting materials from the #landfills. It’s been pretty cool all these years.'"He calls Tiger Recycling the 'showcase' of school recycling programs and credits program coordinator Ken Cline with bringing it from the brink of collapse into a self-sustaining business.
"Cline has about 20 students per quarter spread over five class periods, and summer school classes. It’s tough to have more than five students at a time dismantling equipment, even though Tiger Recycling moved into its own warehouse space about five years ago, he said.
"They also have three sheds where they can store items awaiting packaging or shipping.
Shelves inside the classroom hold huge bins labeled for every conceivable component of computers and TVs, and a stack of desktop computers is piled against one wall, awaiting disassembly.
"As students arrive on a recent Tuesday afternoon, Cline directs them to tasks and within seconds gloves are on and screwdrivers turning. One student asks for time to work on other classwork and Cline gives him a nod.
"The class is part of the school’s Career Technical Education program, and participants earn general education credits.
"He stays flexible with the students and tries to address their needs. Sometimes that means providing math tutoring; last year he had a class of four repeat students who wanted to delve deeper into electronics so Cline accommodated that.
He also mentors students working on required capstone projects, including a couple who used recycled computer parts to build new computers."The program brings in an average of $5,000 a year, Cline said. The money is handled by the high school, which then gives Tiger Recycling a budget for items such as tools, safety glasses, work gloves and field trips for students, said Cline, who noted that they’ve never spent more on those things than they’ve brought in."
https://coloradosun.com/2024/02/14/electronic-waste-recycling-canon-city-high/
#ReduceReuseRecycle #MoreRecycling #LessMining #RightToRepair #LithiumMining #CopperMining #Reuse #Recycle #SolarPunkSunday
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More of this, please! More #recycling, #LessMining!
More than 600K pounds of #ElectronicWaste (#EWaste) has been diverted from landfills thanks to #Colorado teenagers
Over the past 12 years, #CañonCity High School students have prepped and delivered mostly electronic waste to 3R Technology Solutionsby Sue McMillin
Feb 14, 2024CAÑON CITY — "More than 600,000 pounds of mostly electronic waste has been diverted from landfills over the past 12 years by the students who run #TigerRecycling at Cañon City High School.
To be precise: 623,702 pounds of #laptops, dismantled #desktops, #cellphones, #printers, #televisions, and the assorted detritus of outdated, broken, waterlogged or unwanted gear has been prepped by students and delivered to 3R Technology Solutions, according to 3R CEO Pete Mikulin, who says they track every pound that comes through the doors."Amid the haul were assorted #SmallAppliances — #mixers, #SewingMachines, #toasters — and #batteries and #cords that students disassemble or sort. Tiger Recycling and 3R, its primary vendor, take just about anything that plugs in or runs on batteries except for large appliances such as washers and dryers.
"While all this stuff is getting #reused or #repurposed, the students learn how to take things apart, safely handle potentially #HazardousWaste, identify and sort materials (such as clean or dirty #aluminum, #steel and #plastic), prepare items for shipping, fill out bills of lading, and take in and weigh items from customers.
"This student-run business is unique in a couple of other ways: Tiger Recycling is certified for recycling by the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, and it earns money.
"'That program, if you look at it as a whole, these kids learn a lot of skills,' Mikulin said. 'They take ownership in it every year. They don’t look at it as just a class, they look at it as a company. It is registered with the state of #Colorado, and it abides by all the state’s laws and rules for recycling.
'They are practicing #sustainability, diverting materials from the #landfills. It’s been pretty cool all these years.'"He calls Tiger Recycling the 'showcase' of school recycling programs and credits program coordinator Ken Cline with bringing it from the brink of collapse into a self-sustaining business.
"Cline has about 20 students per quarter spread over five class periods, and summer school classes. It’s tough to have more than five students at a time dismantling equipment, even though Tiger Recycling moved into its own warehouse space about five years ago, he said.
"They also have three sheds where they can store items awaiting packaging or shipping.
Shelves inside the classroom hold huge bins labeled for every conceivable component of computers and TVs, and a stack of desktop computers is piled against one wall, awaiting disassembly.
"As students arrive on a recent Tuesday afternoon, Cline directs them to tasks and within seconds gloves are on and screwdrivers turning. One student asks for time to work on other classwork and Cline gives him a nod.
"The class is part of the school’s Career Technical Education program, and participants earn general education credits.
"He stays flexible with the students and tries to address their needs. Sometimes that means providing math tutoring; last year he had a class of four repeat students who wanted to delve deeper into electronics so Cline accommodated that.
He also mentors students working on required capstone projects, including a couple who used recycled computer parts to build new computers."The program brings in an average of $5,000 a year, Cline said. The money is handled by the high school, which then gives Tiger Recycling a budget for items such as tools, safety glasses, work gloves and field trips for students, said Cline, who noted that they’ve never spent more on those things than they’ve brought in."
https://coloradosun.com/2024/02/14/electronic-waste-recycling-canon-city-high/
#ReduceReuseRecycle #MoreRecycling #LessMining #RightToRepair #LithiumMining #CopperMining #Reuse #Recycle #SolarPunkSunday
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More of this, please! More #recycling, #LessMining!
More than 600K pounds of #ElectronicWaste (#EWaste) has been diverted from landfills thanks to #Colorado teenagers
Over the past 12 years, #CañonCity High School students have prepped and delivered mostly electronic waste to 3R Technology Solutionsby Sue McMillin
Feb 14, 2024CAÑON CITY — "More than 600,000 pounds of mostly electronic waste has been diverted from landfills over the past 12 years by the students who run #TigerRecycling at Cañon City High School.
To be precise: 623,702 pounds of #laptops, dismantled #desktops, #cellphones, #printers, #televisions, and the assorted detritus of outdated, broken, waterlogged or unwanted gear has been prepped by students and delivered to 3R Technology Solutions, according to 3R CEO Pete Mikulin, who says they track every pound that comes through the doors."Amid the haul were assorted #SmallAppliances — #mixers, #SewingMachines, #toasters — and #batteries and #cords that students disassemble or sort. Tiger Recycling and 3R, its primary vendor, take just about anything that plugs in or runs on batteries except for large appliances such as washers and dryers.
"While all this stuff is getting #reused or #repurposed, the students learn how to take things apart, safely handle potentially #HazardousWaste, identify and sort materials (such as clean or dirty #aluminum, #steel and #plastic), prepare items for shipping, fill out bills of lading, and take in and weigh items from customers.
"This student-run business is unique in a couple of other ways: Tiger Recycling is certified for recycling by the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, and it earns money.
"'That program, if you look at it as a whole, these kids learn a lot of skills,' Mikulin said. 'They take ownership in it every year. They don’t look at it as just a class, they look at it as a company. It is registered with the state of #Colorado, and it abides by all the state’s laws and rules for recycling.
'They are practicing #sustainability, diverting materials from the #landfills. It’s been pretty cool all these years.'"He calls Tiger Recycling the 'showcase' of school recycling programs and credits program coordinator Ken Cline with bringing it from the brink of collapse into a self-sustaining business.
"Cline has about 20 students per quarter spread over five class periods, and summer school classes. It’s tough to have more than five students at a time dismantling equipment, even though Tiger Recycling moved into its own warehouse space about five years ago, he said.
"They also have three sheds where they can store items awaiting packaging or shipping.
Shelves inside the classroom hold huge bins labeled for every conceivable component of computers and TVs, and a stack of desktop computers is piled against one wall, awaiting disassembly.
"As students arrive on a recent Tuesday afternoon, Cline directs them to tasks and within seconds gloves are on and screwdrivers turning. One student asks for time to work on other classwork and Cline gives him a nod.
"The class is part of the school’s Career Technical Education program, and participants earn general education credits.
"He stays flexible with the students and tries to address their needs. Sometimes that means providing math tutoring; last year he had a class of four repeat students who wanted to delve deeper into electronics so Cline accommodated that.
He also mentors students working on required capstone projects, including a couple who used recycled computer parts to build new computers."The program brings in an average of $5,000 a year, Cline said. The money is handled by the high school, which then gives Tiger Recycling a budget for items such as tools, safety glasses, work gloves and field trips for students, said Cline, who noted that they’ve never spent more on those things than they’ve brought in."
https://coloradosun.com/2024/02/14/electronic-waste-recycling-canon-city-high/
#ReduceReuseRecycle #MoreRecycling #LessMining #RightToRepair #LithiumMining #CopperMining #Reuse #Recycle #SolarPunkSunday
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More of this, please! More #recycling, #LessMining!
More than 600K pounds of #ElectronicWaste (#EWaste) has been diverted from landfills thanks to #Colorado teenagers
Over the past 12 years, #CañonCity High School students have prepped and delivered mostly electronic waste to 3R Technology Solutionsby Sue McMillin
Feb 14, 2024CAÑON CITY — "More than 600,000 pounds of mostly electronic waste has been diverted from landfills over the past 12 years by the students who run #TigerRecycling at Cañon City High School.
To be precise: 623,702 pounds of #laptops, dismantled #desktops, #cellphones, #printers, #televisions, and the assorted detritus of outdated, broken, waterlogged or unwanted gear has been prepped by students and delivered to 3R Technology Solutions, according to 3R CEO Pete Mikulin, who says they track every pound that comes through the doors."Amid the haul were assorted #SmallAppliances — #mixers, #SewingMachines, #toasters — and #batteries and #cords that students disassemble or sort. Tiger Recycling and 3R, its primary vendor, take just about anything that plugs in or runs on batteries except for large appliances such as washers and dryers.
"While all this stuff is getting #reused or #repurposed, the students learn how to take things apart, safely handle potentially #HazardousWaste, identify and sort materials (such as clean or dirty #aluminum, #steel and #plastic), prepare items for shipping, fill out bills of lading, and take in and weigh items from customers.
"This student-run business is unique in a couple of other ways: Tiger Recycling is certified for recycling by the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, and it earns money.
"'That program, if you look at it as a whole, these kids learn a lot of skills,' Mikulin said. 'They take ownership in it every year. They don’t look at it as just a class, they look at it as a company. It is registered with the state of #Colorado, and it abides by all the state’s laws and rules for recycling.
'They are practicing #sustainability, diverting materials from the #landfills. It’s been pretty cool all these years.'"He calls Tiger Recycling the 'showcase' of school recycling programs and credits program coordinator Ken Cline with bringing it from the brink of collapse into a self-sustaining business.
"Cline has about 20 students per quarter spread over five class periods, and summer school classes. It’s tough to have more than five students at a time dismantling equipment, even though Tiger Recycling moved into its own warehouse space about five years ago, he said.
"They also have three sheds where they can store items awaiting packaging or shipping.
Shelves inside the classroom hold huge bins labeled for every conceivable component of computers and TVs, and a stack of desktop computers is piled against one wall, awaiting disassembly.
"As students arrive on a recent Tuesday afternoon, Cline directs them to tasks and within seconds gloves are on and screwdrivers turning. One student asks for time to work on other classwork and Cline gives him a nod.
"The class is part of the school’s Career Technical Education program, and participants earn general education credits.
"He stays flexible with the students and tries to address their needs. Sometimes that means providing math tutoring; last year he had a class of four repeat students who wanted to delve deeper into electronics so Cline accommodated that.
He also mentors students working on required capstone projects, including a couple who used recycled computer parts to build new computers."The program brings in an average of $5,000 a year, Cline said. The money is handled by the high school, which then gives Tiger Recycling a budget for items such as tools, safety glasses, work gloves and field trips for students, said Cline, who noted that they’ve never spent more on those things than they’ve brought in."
https://coloradosun.com/2024/02/14/electronic-waste-recycling-canon-city-high/
#ReduceReuseRecycle #MoreRecycling #LessMining #RightToRepair #LithiumMining #CopperMining #Reuse #Recycle #SolarPunkSunday
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Quick test of #AI #SearchEngines ... "Which brick and mortar stores sell toasters?" ...
Brave gave useful answers.
Bing was worthless.
Copilot was thoroughly stumped and refused to respond.That probably concludes my testing for today.
#toasters #KitchenAppliances -
I need a toaster. Whilst looking for a decent Philips one amongst the no-name, high-margin junk that Amazon would rather you buy instead I came across a #Tesla toaster!
Of course it can't be *that* Tesla, otherwise it would only have a buggy touch screen to operate it with, need a proprietary socket in your kitchen, it would either burn the toast or spit it out raw and it would have rave reviews from Tesla #fanbois "I *love* my charcoal toast!!!!!"
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I need a toaster. Whilst looking for a decent Philips one amongst the no-name, high-margin junk that Amazon would rather you buy instead I came across a #Tesla toaster!
Of course it can't be *that* Tesla, otherwise it would only have a buggy touch screen to operate it with, need a proprietary socket in your kitchen, it would either burn the toast or spit it out raw and it would have rave reviews from Tesla #fanbois "I *love* my charcoal toast!!!!!"
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I need a toaster. Whilst looking for a decent Philips one amongst the no-name, high-margin junk that Amazon would rather you buy instead I came across a #Tesla toaster!
Of course it can't be *that* Tesla, otherwise it would only have a buggy touch screen to operate it with, need a proprietary socket in your kitchen, it would either burn the toast or spit it out raw and it would have rave reviews from Tesla #fanbois "I *love* my charcoal toast!!!!!"
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I need a toaster. Whilst looking for a decent Philips one amongst the no-name, high-margin junk that Amazon would rather you buy instead I came across a #Tesla toaster!
Of course it can't be *that* Tesla, otherwise it would only have a buggy touch screen to operate it with, need a proprietary socket in your kitchen, it would either burn the toast or spit it out raw and it would have rave reviews from Tesla #fanbois "I *love* my charcoal toast!!!!!"
