Nathan Proctor

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Nathan Proctor

@nProctor

Heads Right to Repair campaign w/ @USPIRG. Just let us fix our stuff #RightToRepair Member #Grist50 Also violence sucks.

Boston Katılım Mart 2009

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Nathan Proctor@nProctor·25 Şub

Right to Repair -- the campaign to let you fix your stuff -- is off to the races in state capitols once again. Turns out that people do want to fix there stuff, no matter where they live. Here's a quick 🧵 to give you a rundown:

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Nathan Proctor@nProctor·1d

If you believe that we have a truth problem in this country, I think you need to come to terms with how commonly industry does this, and how much it erodes our civic process. It's just so gross.

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Nathan Proctor@nProctor·1d

This text went out and was forwarded to me. The REPAIR Act lets a car's owner control its data to some degree, including the right to ask that data to be deleted. The Auto Alliance is trying to get people to see it as a threat to privacy to protect their financial interests

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Nathan Proctor@nProctor·2d

Not cool Amazon! (also been trying to do some vertical video content, curious if you have thoughts).

U.S. PIRG@uspirg

Tomorrow, May 20th, 13 Kindle models are going to be cut off from the Amazon Kindle store. Nathan Proctor breaks down what you need to know. #RightToRepair youtube.com/shorts/Kw5kpGc…

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Nathan Proctor@nProctor·3d

@matthewstoller another crime against the GDP.

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Matt Stoller@matthewstoller·3d

I've lost a bunch of weight by eating less. No fat shot. Am I using a flip phone in the iPhone era?

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Nathan Proctor@nProctor·3d

The prevailing message about AI is 1) we need to win, and 2) if you don't compete you will lose, and be left out. I don't want to compete. I want to live. I don't like AI stuff, I like human stuff. None of this seems necessary or beneficial.

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Nathan Proctor@nProctor·3d

It's being handled in a way that seems to demand we trust in its controlling executives, who not only do not seem personally trustworthy, most with power in our society seem to be racking up moral and ethical black marks.

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Nathan Proctor@nProctor·3d

The AI boosters like to assert that people have very unsophisticated views of AI, that the objections are more based in fear or other more primitive emotions. I have starting asking people what they think (as an organizer I talk to a LOT of strangers). I find people inciteful!

Katie Van Dyck@CapitolKVD

A billionaire telling people their economic fears are silly is unbelievably tone deaf. This is pure gaslighting. And folks aren’t buying it anymore.

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Nathan Proctor@nProctor·14 May

Crimes are cool if you can claim they create jobs. I've seen the worst and stupidest policy / tax etc etc stuff justified in the very same way, so it's not like a surprise ... but 1) there won't be 15,000 jobs (there never are as many jobs as they promise) and 2) fraud is toxic

Matt Stoller@matthewstoller

“If prosecutors dropped the charges, Mr. Adani would be willing to invest $10 billion in the American economy and create 15,000 jobs.”

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Nathan Proctor@nProctor·13 May

I'm tired of all these rackets. Let's pass Right to Repair for the military (and everyone else). It's just common sense!

Elizabeth Warren@SenWarren

A $15 repair should not turn into a $47,000 bill paid by taxpayers. But that’s what happens when defense contractors lock the Army out of fixing its own equipment. We need to pass my bipartisan military right to repair law now.

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Nathan Proctor@nProctor·12 May

I've discovered eggs are pretty cheap. Should really shake things up.

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Nathan Proctor@nProctor·12 May

As a kid of the 80s/90s, I thought it was so weird how people embraced main stream commercial stuff without much protest. I wonder if the tide on that is starting to turn. Weird and offbeat stuff getting "cool" again. Let's hope! It's more interesting for sure!

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Nathan Proctor@nProctor·11 May

It's a compelling argument for moving entirely to Open Textbooks ... not that we needed another one. Good job by the textbook industry at reminding us that it's a total racket.

barbarism critic@barbarismcrit

Imagine paying $300 for a college textbook and there’s a fucking ChatGPT prompt response in there

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Nathan Proctor@nProctor·9 May

@going_zero_w545 we came up just short in Maine, losing by just 2 votes! I'd love to connect about our work going forward. Great video!

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Kathryn Kellogg@going_zero_w545·8 May

| We have the opportunity to ensure the Right to Repair here in Maine! Lawmakers are considering LD 1908, a bill that would require manufacturers to provide the parts, tools, and information needed to repair the electronics we already own. And hone...

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Nathan Proctor@nProctor·7 May

@bigblackjacobin I have definitely been called to explain things to a reporter and not been quoted. Sometimes I'm disappointed -- getting quoted is helpful to me! But treating reporters as if you deign to talk to them they owe you a quote is childish. To view it so transactionally is also gross

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Edward Ongweso Jr@bigblackjacobin·7 May

Also sometimes you are not quoting someone but you need help understanding something! Sometimes the quote is cut in edits, sometimes you realize you were wrong, sometimes the piece evolves, theres a million reasons that could be at play

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Edward Ongweso Jr@bigblackjacobin·7 May

You cite sources you use. You don’t cite sources you don’t use. Calling someone and realizing the conversation maybe doesn’t contribute to the piece (or doesn’t fit) is OK. As is reading a source and realizing it doesn’t actually contribute to whatever you’re researching.

JMDavis@JessMarinDavis

I can't believe I need to say this, but if, as a journalist, you use my time, research & expertise without quoting me, don't be surprised if I never return your call.

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Nathan Proctor@nProctor·6 May

@HillaryScholten not sure thats the same haley stevens lol

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Nathan Proctor@nProctor·6 May

Then they charge huge sums for the parts, which might be just from a standard truck, but you can't be sure. 400% of the price, etc. And, these monopolized suppliers are slow, since they are just pass throughs with no competition. It's terrible and should be stopped

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Nathan Proctor@nProctor·6 May

In LA, when the fires hit, some 1/2 of fire trucks were not in operation due to repair issues. So it's not just expensive, it's life threatening. From what I learned, the truck assemblers buy parts from other manufacturers, put on new part IDs / SKU so you can't buy from others

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Nathan Proctor@nProctor·6 May

The conditions around Fire trucks are bad, and its something I've looked into as well as it relates to Right to Repair. One of the impacts is that these rolled up truck makers are massively overcharging for spare parts, and use a variety of tactics to keep those prices high.

American Economic Liberties Project@econliberties

Allentown is fighting back against the fire truck manufacturing monopoly! In April, the city filed a suit saying manufacturers like Rev Group "have imposed extraordinary price increases and other worsening of terms on fire departments, taxpayers, cities, and counties."

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