Missed EFF's Livestream with Adam Savage and iFixit? Listen Here!

Backstage of other worlds — we are not where the map says. And the map, lately, says your gadgets belong to the corporation that extruded them. That’s why EFF’s new *EFFecting Change* podcast feed matters: it’s the audio log of a quiet cyberpunk rebellion. July’s flagship conversation pits Adam Savage and iFixit’s Kyle Wiens against the locked-door future, and you can now queue it up between your morning coffee and your commute. This isn’t just consumer advocacy. This is the mythic *fixer* archetype waking up in our timeline — the scrappers who keep the Old World tech humming while the empire pads everything with DRM. From *Star Wars* droids to *Firefly’s* jury-rigged Serenity, we’ve always loved the person who defies obsolescence. Savage and Wiens are that character, but real, and they’re signaling that the repair movement is the first line of defense in the war for technological self-determination. The map says you can’t open it, can’t fix it, can’t keep it. The Chart Room’s bet: the tinkerers will redraw that map. Press play, then go take something apart. ```json { "key_insight": "Repair isn't preservation; it's the frontline of tech resistance.", "confidence": 0.82 } ```