all the little things

That’s Louis Rossman, a repair technician and YouTuber, who went viral recently for railing against Apple. Apple purposely charges a lot for repairs and you either have to pay up or buy a new device. That’s because Apple withholds necessary tools and information from outside repair shops. And to think, we were just so close to change.

Have an iPhone and are in need of repairs

Have a friend with that problem

Hate Apple and are more than happy to spite them in some way

So I asked the internet, well how hard IS it to repair? And I saw this guy’s video, and while I am no techie, I AM fueled by spite, so I was all “oh, they do that shit on purpose specifically so they can charge me $1200 bucks or make me buy a new computer hunh? FUCK THEM” and I bought all the tools I needed for about $25 and I bought all the parts I needed for about another $25 and I watched a few tutorial videos, and I replaced my own keyboard.

So, once you are doing the actual deed, it becomes pretty obvious that they are finding creative ways to make this much harder than it has to be on purpose. On thing that stood out to me is, instead of all the tiny screws being the same size, there are about two dozen very slightly different sizes. They could easily be all the same size, or like, two sizes at most, but no.

These mother fuckers will take a panel that screws into place and they’ll use a different size screw for each corner. They are so close that you almost cannot tell them apart visually, but they each will only screw into the matching corner. Like, it’s a pretty clear “fuck you” to anyone trying to do repairs.

the humanity of the AIDS crisis: the ward by gideon mendel

A temperate zone would be a building protecting people from high and low temperatures and extreme weather.

These should be open 24/7, and no one should be turned away for anything less than murder or assault of others in the temperate zone. They should not have weird times of operation, they should not have strange rules for when you can enter them, the rule is that it exists for the people.

bus stops in michigan should have heating capabilities, especially when the temperatures will drop to -28f or -33.333c

we can’t pretend that because we have a bus running up and down the streets that it is enough to be accessible to the public when the weather in these places is very seriously lethal.

Cripple power is blocking an inaccessible bus with your wheelchair to get the ADA passed.

Cripple power is using a cane while you medic at a rally against PG&E’s lack of planning for the needs of disabled people during emergency shutoffs.

Cripple power is helping Never Again Action answer the emails of ICE workers looking for help getting jobs that don’t involve deporting their neighbors when you are too sick to attend a protest in person.

Cripple power is phone banking at home when you feel too weak to go to a central phone bank.

Cripple power is putting on a wrist brace to write letters encouraging people to register to vote when your migraines are acting up to much to make a phone call.

Cripple power is organizing the online databases and digitally designing graphics

Cripple power is bringing your own stool to a rally or just giving a speech from the ground

Cripple power is making sure access needs for others don't get lost in the shuffle

Cripple power is confusing ableds by setting our own boundaries

u didnt grow up ugly, u were taught to judge urself