Happy Saturday! After the busy holiday weekend, maybe you're finding a few things you'd like to repair this year. We can help!

Come visit Fairfax County Repair Cafe at our last meet of 2025! We'll be at Culmore Community Library on Saturday, December 6th. We open at 10:30am and we close our doors to new repairs at 12:30pm.

Not sure what to bring? Here's some things we've diagnosed and repaired before:

- Clothing
- Household decor
- Lighting fixtures
- Cookware
- Toys
- Jewelry

and many more!

Repairs are free and provided on a volunteer basis. Knife sharpening is available with a limit of 3 blades per visitor, and we don't have capacity for serrated knives. New to Repair Cafe? Check out RepairCafe dot org: https://www.repaircafe.org/en/about/

#RepairCafe #RightToRepair #FallsChurch #Annandale #ZeroWaste #SolarPunkSunday #Arlington #PlasticFreeDMV

"It just shows the power of community skills and generosity and the value of repairing rather than replacing": Local #RepairCafe saves hip-hop legends' gig

The band’s sampler had packed up

By Will Simpson, published 20 November 2025

"An #ArrestedDevelopment gig was saved last week when volunteers from a local repair cafe stepped in to fix a sampler that had broken down during a soundcheck.

"The incident took place down in Falmouth, #CornwallUK, where the Grammy-winning conscious hip hoppers were due to perform at the Princess Pavilions. The piece of equipment failed when the band were soundchecking in the afternoon. Cue some frantic phone calls by the promoters before they alighted on the only people who could save the day: #FalmouthRepairCafe.

"Simon Baker, chair of Falmouth Repair Cafe, told the BBC: 'We've repaired a lot of things over the years, but saving a Grammy-winning band's historic equipment was definitely a first.' "

Read more:
https://www.musicradar.com/artists/shows-festivals/it-just-shows-the-power-of-community-skills-and-generosity-and-the-value-of-repairing-rather-than-replacing-local-repair-cafe-saves-hip-hop-legends-gig

#RightToRepair #SolarPunkSunday #HipHopShow #RepairCafes

It looks like my local repair cafe is going to help switch people to linux mint.

#RepairCafe #linux #linuxmint #byewindows10

⚙️ Le Repair Café du RoseLab revient le samedi 6 décembre, spécial réparation de vélo ! Apportez vos vélos cassés ou endommagés et tentons de les réparer ensemble grâce à notre nouvel atelier de réparation vélo !

Et bien sûr, toujours l'Install Party avec @gpsqueeek pour installer Linux et passer doucement au numérique libre !

#toulouse #repaircafe #install_party #fablab #maker

@CatherineBabault If you feel you have to replace your Windows 10 PC for Christmas as it cannot run Windows 11 try to find a Repair Cafe to help you install Linux.

It can save you money and stop you putting more money in the hands of the corporations. It will also save a perfectly usable computer from being sent to the tip.

My remaining elderly parent, soon to turn 87 has been using Linux for over ten years now.

Linux might work for you too.

https://www.ifixit.com/Wiki/How_to_Find_your_Local_Repair_Caf%C3%A9_%F0%9F%8C%8E

#linux #repaircafe

"It just shows the power of community skills and generosity and the value of repairing rather than replacing": Local #RepairCafe saves hip-hop legends' gig

The band’s sampler had packed up

By Will Simpson, published 20 November 2025

"An #ArrestedDevelopment gig was saved last week when volunteers from a local repair cafe stepped in to fix a sampler that had broken down during a soundcheck.

"The incident took place down in Falmouth, #CornwallUK, where the Grammy-winning conscious hip hoppers were due to perform at the Princess Pavilions. The piece of equipment failed when the band were soundchecking in the afternoon. Cue some frantic phone calls by the promoters before they alighted on the only people who could save the day: #FalmouthRepairCafe.

"Simon Baker, chair of Falmouth Repair Cafe, told the BBC: 'We've repaired a lot of things over the years, but saving a Grammy-winning band's historic equipment was definitely a first.' "

Read more:
https://www.musicradar.com/artists/shows-festivals/it-just-shows-the-power-of-community-skills-and-generosity-and-the-value-of-repairing-rather-than-replacing-local-repair-cafe-saves-hip-hop-legends-gig

#RightToRepair #SolarPunkSunday #HipHopShow #RepairCafes

Happy Saturday! After the busy holiday weekend, maybe you're finding a few things you'd like to repair this year. We can help!

Come visit Fairfax County Repair Cafe at our last meet of 2025! We'll be at Culmore Community Library on Saturday, December 6th. We open at 10:30am and we close our doors to new repairs at 12:30pm.

Not sure what to bring? Here's some things we've diagnosed and repaired before:

- Clothing
- Household decor
- Lighting fixtures
- Cookware
- Toys
- Jewelry

and many more!

Repairs are free and provided on a volunteer basis. Knife sharpening is available with a limit of 3 blades per visitor, and we don't have capacity for serrated knives. New to Repair Cafe? Check out RepairCafe dot org: https://www.repaircafe.org/en/about/

#RepairCafe #RightToRepair #FallsChurch #Annandale #ZeroWaste #SolarPunkSunday #Arlington #PlasticFreeDMV

It looks like my local repair cafe is going to help switch people to linux mint.

#RepairCafe #linux #linuxmint #byewindows10

@CatherineBabault If you feel you have to replace your Windows 10 PC for Christmas as it cannot run Windows 11 try to find a Repair Cafe to help you install Linux.

It can save you money and stop you putting more money in the hands of the corporations. It will also save a perfectly usable computer from being sent to the tip.

My remaining elderly parent, soon to turn 87 has been using Linux for over ten years now.

Linux might work for you too.

https://www.ifixit.com/Wiki/How_to_Find_your_Local_Repair_Caf%C3%A9_%F0%9F%8C%8E

#linux #repaircafe

Am Samstag 15.11.25 ab 15:00 treffen sich in unserem Hack- & Repair-Café Menschen, Schraubendreher und Zufälle.

Dinge, die „kaputt“ sagen, kriegen hier eine zweite Chance – manchmal mit Kaffee, manchmal mit Kabelbindern.

Komm vorbei, bring dein Sorgenkind mit und erlebe, wie Technik und Humor gemeinsame Wunder bei Kaffee und Kuchen wirken! 🔧☕️ #RepairCafe #Hackerspace #Bielefeld

https://hackerspace-bielefeld.de/2025/11/hack-und-repaircafe-am-15-11-2025/

(hsb/nju)

Am Samstag 15.11.25 ab 15:00 treffen sich in unserem Hack- & Repair-Café Menschen, Schraubendreher und Zufälle.

Dinge, die „kaputt“ sagen, kriegen hier eine zweite Chance – manchmal mit Kaffee, manchmal mit Kabelbindern.

Komm vorbei, bring dein Sorgenkind mit und erlebe, wie Technik und Humor gemeinsame Wunder bei Kaffee und Kuchen wirken! 🔧☕️ #RepairCafe #Hackerspace #Bielefeld

https://hackerspace-bielefeld.de/2025/11/hack-und-repaircafe-am-15-11-2025/

(hsb/nju)

A blog post on how I built a second monitor from a dead laptop's screen

https://blog.ianturton.com/cheap/2025/11/09/spare-monitor.html

#maker #repairCafe #reuseRecycle

Some hashtags to follow on #SolarPunkSunday

#CriticalMass #RepairCafe #RepairCafes #VisibleMending #ReWilding #WildLife #SolarPunk #HopePunk #BioDiversity #Gardening #FreeStuff

Some hashtags to follow on #SolarPunkSunday

#CriticalMass #RepairCafe #RepairCafes #VisibleMending #ReWilding #WildLife #SolarPunk #HopePunk #BioDiversity #Gardening #FreeStuff

A blog post on how I built a second monitor from a dead laptop's screen

https://blog.ianturton.com/cheap/2025/11/09/spare-monitor.html

#maker #repairCafe #reuseRecycle

Woensdag (niet 4, maar) 5 november

Vanmiddag, van 1 tot 4, is er weer een #repaircafe in de Holtingerhof, #Bargeres, #Emmen

U bent van harte welkom met uw radiootjes, stoomapparaten, bladblazers of wat dan ook.

@kerravonsen @pussreboots

There are a few Repair Cafes on here, and others will post about local events. I’m not sure where they sprang up but here’s a starter for Europe at least:

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

I feel that the repair cafe movement might have been more gender inclusive than some makerspace cultures but as you say, people are people.

The other equivalent community might be the community garden movement.

#repaircafes #repaircafe

I did a successful install of Linux Mint Cinnamon on a laptop at one of the repair cafes near me today.

I enjoyed talking to the customer about Linux, and it was interesting to hear that they had already heard and read about some of its many upsides. They saw this as an opportunity to learn more about their machine, and I hope they do just that.

Windows 10 support has ended now, but it's not too late to find a repair cafe or installation event near you.

#linux #linuxmint #linuxmintcinnamon #endof10 #repaircafe #solarpunk #solarpunksunday