I don’t know what a crowdstrike is, and at this point I’m too afraid to ask.

Our production in Taiwan is temporarily paused to prioritize worker safety while our manufacturing partner checks for any impact from the earthquake today. We're hoping for the best for our friends, colleagues, and partners across Taiwan. 🇹🇼

There are a couple of amazing Framework Laptop Mainboard-based gaming handhelds already, but tommybee456's is especially interesting with the deep focus on ergonomics:

Framework 13 With AMD Ryzen 7040 Series Makes For A Great Linux Laptop @npub1uxka...qvsf https://www.phoronix.com/review/framework-13-amd

Framework products are now available to order in three more countries: Italy, Spain, and Belgium! That includes Framework Laptop 13, Framework Laptop 16 pre-orders, and the range of modules and parts in the Framework Marketplace! This brings the total number of countries we’re in up to 12 (US, Canada, Germany, France, UK, Netherlands, Ireland, Austria, Australia, Italy, Spain, Belgium) and we’re still on track to open ordering in Taiwan later this summer. https://frame.work/blog/expanding-to-italy-spain-and-belgium-and-13th-gen-intel-core-now-in-stock

Ars on the bird/X site: "Turning my Framework laptop into a tiny desktop was fun. Now it needs a job."

Ars Technica

Turning my Framework laptop into a tiny desktop was fun. Now it needs a job.

Tinkering with the other side of an upgradeable laptop: the left-behind bits.

The race is on! There are now multiple people in the Community prototyping OCuLink Expansion Bay Modules for Framework Laptop 16:

Framework Community

OcuLink Expansion Bay Module

PCBs ordered for an OcuLink 8i and DP in expansion bay module. The prototypes should be done in a few weeks.