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@markaphill.bsky.social
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Research | Photography | Advisor Repair, reuse as solutions for sustainability -> unbroken.solutions Other projects and links: linktr.ee/markaphillips

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The Restart Project @therestartproject.org · 08/06/2026
#GreatBigGreenWeek is in full swing and there are lots of repair groups taking part around the UK 🌿⁠ ⁠ To find a repair event, or any number of other eco-friendly activities, near you visit: www.greatbiggreenweek.com ⁠ 📸 @markaphill.bsky.social
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The Restart Project @therestartproject.org · 09/04/2026
They've had a lot to say about our parliament event the other week in the press...UK policy makers, what's good? 🔧⁠ ⁠ We know that repair is popular but to see this response from the public and the media has really cemented it! Keep your eyes peeled for our next action 👀⁠ 📸 @markaphill.bsky.social
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Mark Phillips @markaphill.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
Building better rights to repair - Parliamentary Repair Cafe 2026 open.substack.com/pub/markaphi...
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Building better rights to repair - Parliamentary Repair Cafe 2026
London, 26 March 2026
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Mark Phillips @markaphill.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
Are you watching Dirty Business? It is crazy how much water companies have gotten away with. They're putting profit before public health - it’s a scandal and the Government MUST take action! Add your name to the petition today: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/en...
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End the sewage pollution scandal
We're sick of it. Sick of the lies, sick of the greed, and sick of a system rigged against us. This is a scandal and this dirty business must end. For more than 30 years water companies have put corpo...
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The Restart Project @therestartproject.org · 12/01/2026
🚨 We're hiring a Fixing Factory Workshop Manager!⁠ ⁠ If you’re a fixer with the skills and enthusiasm to manage a welcoming, safe, and impactful repair hub, we want to hear from you!⁠ For the full job description and details on how to apply go to: therestartproject.org/jobs
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The Restart Project @therestartproject.org · 20/10/2025
80 MPs have signed the #RepairReuseDeclaration 🎉⁠ Our latest endorsers are Seamus Logan, Greg Smith, @munirawilson.bsky.social, @dannybealesmp.bsky.social, @sarahgreenld.bsky.social and Tulip Siddiq, who support our mission to make repair and reuse the norm 🪛 📸 @markaphill.bsky.social
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Mark Phillips @markaphill.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
So, thanks for confirming that the “industry” has no viable business model without stealing from others. www.theverge.com/news/674366/...
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Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.
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The Restart Project @therestartproject.org · 17/06/2025
We know that everyone is clamouring for a Fixing Factory near them but we need your help to make it happen.⁠ ⁠ Can you email your councillor and ask them to attend our briefing? Find the e-action at: action.wearepossible.org/page/172461/...
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Mark Phillips @markaphill.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
Happy Earth Day. That little tiny phone uses a lot of the earths resources to make it. (And creates lots of waste too). Keep it longer, repair it and pass it on for reuse. We can all help. See www.unbroken.solutions #earthday
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Lewis Baston @lewisbaston.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
Exciting times! My book Borderlines is out in paperback - advance copies are in the bookshops already. It's a history of modern Europe told through the story of its national borders in all their humour, strangeness and tragedy.
Cover image of the book 'Borderlines' subtitle 'A history of Europe in 29 borders'. The image announces that it is 'Out Now in Paperback'
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Mark Phillips @markaphill.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
They lost the Telegraph…. !!https://www.telegraph.co.uk/us/comment/2025/03/25/its-over-america-has-ceased-to-be-leader-of-the-free-world/
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It’s over. America has ceased to be leader of the free world
Accidentally copying in a journalist to senior officials’ private thoughts about Europe was a gift of Providence
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Mark Phillips @markaphill.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
Another example of the recycling myth. Too. often things sent for 'recycling' end up being exported or burned, or both. We should have the capability to properly manage our own waste - reuse > repair > recycle (properly!) Better regulatory enforcement needed. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Millions of UK tyres meant for recycling sent to furnaces in India
The illegal makeshift plants cause serious health problems and huge environmental damage.
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Mark Phillips @markaphill.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
Could it be that the UKs infamous human lettuce has infected all of the US government???
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Mark Phillips @markaphill.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
Is it really possible that infrastructure as critical as Heathrow has no credible dual power supply. I'd expect there to be a second major feed from a separate sub-station - but we appear to have nothing - the cost of back-up is trivial compared to the disruption. www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cl...
bbc.co.uk
Heathrow Airport closed all day after nearby fire causes power outage - live updates
Flights are cancelled and diverted mid-air as Europe's busiest airport closes until midnight over a
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
A gobsmacking story. Water companies let toxic waste disposers, for cash, dump their loads into sewage farms. The sewage sludge is then spread, untested, on farmland, potentially poisoning vast areas, entire ecosystems and the people (you and me) eating the food. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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What’s in the millions of tonnes of sludge sprayed on to farmland? The answer won’t make you happy | George Monbiot
Thanks to breathtaking negligence, the liquid fertiliser used to help grow our food bubbles with a lethal cocktail of toxins, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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Prof Wayne Visser @waynevisser.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
A new #EU law will require #textile producers and #fashion brands to pay a fee to help fund #waste collection and treatment, which will be dependent on how #circular and #sustainable the design of their product is. #circulareconomy www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/pre...
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Council and Parliament agree to reduce food waste and set new rules on waste textile
The Council and the European Parliament reached a provisional agreement on the targeted revision of the waste framework directive.
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Lewis Baston @lewisbaston.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
Borderlines! My book is now available in Portuguese. There isn’t a lot of content in it about Portugal or other Lusophone countries but I hope readers are interested, as Europeans and people interested in the history, folklore, psychology and contemporary reality of borders. 🇵🇹
Three copies of the book, titled ‘Fronteiras’. The cover illustration is of a border post in the mist.
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Mark Phillips @markaphill.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
As well as polluting our water, rivers, lakes and beaches, the water companies are damaging our economy and our health and our reputation. Enough is enough. Time to act. Regulators should regulate properly or go. Enshittifying the country is unacceptable. www.reuters.com/investigates...
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The Great British Sewage Dump
Widespread sewage spills contaminate Britain’s waterways and hit the broader economy.
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Mark Phillips @markaphill.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
Oh! Surely not? What happened to the "sunlit uplands". Exports down = jobs down = poorer economy = you were lied to. www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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UK food and drink exports to the EU down 34% since Brexit
Food and Drink Federation say businesses are struggling to deal with added ‘complexity and bureaucracy’
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Mark Phillips @markaphill.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
Oh.... so not Academic Armageddon then?
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Mark Phillips @markaphill.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
At the Proud Gallery, London Exhibition and book fair with photographers from the @photobookclubcollective at the Proud Gallery, John Adam Street, London, Private View Thu 6th 6-9pm and then Fri 7th March to Tue 1st April. Talks on some Saturdays, dates and speakers to be announced.
less than 20% of e-waste is recycled properly
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 27/02/2025
The cost of reaching net zero in the UK by 2050 is now predicted to be just 0.2% of GDP (about £4 billion per year). Spread this far and wide. It reveals Reform and the Conservatives' opposition to net zero for being 'too expensive' as just plain wrong.
Graph: the UK's net-zero costs are falling
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Mark Phillips @markaphill.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
Looking forward to this ....shame it's going to take so long to get it moving. Makes much more sense and is cheaper than a 3rd runway at LHR. Is anyone in government watching? www.euronews.com/travel/2025/...
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New direct trains could soon link London with these European cities
London St Pancras station would almost triple its capacity to deliver new train services to Europe by 2030.
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
They need him to be a genius because they cannot handle what it means for them to be tricked by a fool.
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Mark Miodownik @markmiodownik.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
Repair your stuff. Repair the world. Bring your broken stuff to our Repair Cafe on Friday. FREE to all. www.instituteofmaking.org.uk/events/view/...
Repaired plastic bucket
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Mark Phillips @markaphill.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
A man who can barely spell science, let alone understand it.
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The London Economic @thelondoneconomic.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
He'll be saying there's no evidence the Earth is round next week.
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Mark Phillips @markaphill.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
It might be called a 'lifeline' but its just a failed company simply loading up on even more expensive debt. It's like a corporate junkie, hooked on debt. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Thames Water secures £3bn lifeline after court ruling
The UK's largest water and waste company was set to run out of money by the end of March.
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Mark Phillips @markaphill.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
Another reason to avoid flying to or anywhere near the USA? www.theverge.com/news/614078/...
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A team from SpaceX is being brought in to overhaul FAA’s air traffic control system
Staff shortages are about to get even worse.
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Mark Phillips @markaphill.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
A battle to see who can enshitify themselves the most?? Welcome to cesspit politics.
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Simon Roberts @simoncroberts.com · 17/02/2025
There’s a Gov Consultation on ‘Copyright Law and AI’ going on at the moment. You can complete online consultation: ipoconsultations.citizenspace.com/ipo/consulta... Quite lengthy but really important in terms of future protection for creatives. Deadline: 25 Feb - 1 week to go!
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Consultation on Copyright and Artificial Intelligence - Intellectual Property Office - Citizen Space
Find and participate in activities run by Intelluctual Property Office
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Mark Phillips @markaphill.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
Spot the grown up in the room… Options: A - top left B - bottom left C - bottom right D - none of the above #TUPOS
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Mark Phillips @markaphill.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
Calls for inquiry into appointments of Ofwat chairs past and present… a year on. Anything happened apart from them getting pay rises?? www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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Calls for inquiry into appointments of Ofwat chairs past and present
Campaigners raise concerns about water industry links as Lib Dems say watchdog should be abolished
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Mark Phillips @markaphill.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
Developing an edit and ideas for “unbound”, my ongoing project about European enclaves. 1- German enclaves created by border changes proposed in 1920. 2- Austrian enclave Jungholz See www.markaphillips.co.uk/unbound
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Mark Phillips @markaphill.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
From a designer who only had a plastic ruler and can only do straight lines. Maybe cheated with the wheels, or got a mate to do it - they should be square.
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Mary R Morrow @marymorrow.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
Read it slowly and understand it. 😳🥺 Repost 👇🏾 👇🏾
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Brendan May @brendanmay.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
ABSOLUTELY STELLAR -WELL DONE BREXITEERS! Efforts to keep potentially disease-ridden meat out of the UK are being undermined by post-Brexit border checks. Illegal meat, which has not been through proper health checks, is now available on "most High Streets" in the UK. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Illegal meat on most UK High Streets, official says
Post-Brexit checks are undermining efforts to keep out potentially disease-ridden meat, official says.
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Mark Phillips @markaphill.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
Levels of microplastics in human brains may be rapidly rising, study suggests www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Levels of microplastics in human brains may be rapidly rising, study suggests
Research looking at tissue from postmortems between 1997 and 2024 finds upward trend in contamination
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Mark Phillips @markaphill.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
From work in progress, “unbound”, exploring Europe’s enclaves. Little bits of countries that are separated from their motherland and enclosed by another country. Like footprints from the history of Europe. Jungholz, Austria 2024. For more info see: www.markaphillips.co.uk/unbound
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Mark Phillips @markaphill.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
Brexit has only been good for a few charlatans and hedge funds who bet against the UK, red tape creators and “journalists” repeatedly platformed on the topic. For everyone else’s it has been negative. Time for a reset.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 01/02/2025
One thing has been made clear in the past two weeks: Americans are not safe with Donald Trump in charge.
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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
Happy 5th anniversary of Brexit! What a farce.
Table of trade deal impacts, showing Brexit impact hugely outweighing all the trade deals the UK has done since.
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Lewis Baston @lewisbaston.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
I’m on The Rest Is History podcast @theresthistory.bsky.social ! I’m talking about borders and borderlands in Europe (and my book Borderlines) - Poland, Kaliningrad, Nazi tunnels and lost amber treasures. Was a lot of fun to record podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
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RIHC: Secret Nazi Tunnels, Europe’s Deep History, and Mysterious Frontiers
Podcast Episode · The Rest Is History · 29/01/2025 · Bonus · Subscribers Only · 48m
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 28/01/2025
"Economic uncertainty stemming from the UK’s decision to leave the EU has deepened investment struggles ... Investment may have been 10% lower than expected, potentially reducing productivity and GDP by over 1%." And some want to *celebrate this* on Friday? ~AA media.ukandeu.ac.uk/wp-content/u...
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"UK investment banks’ lending was only at 42% of previous EIB levels
Annual investment into the UK including private and public loans, equity investments and guarantees by investment banks in real terms in £ billion

[GRAPH showing that investment lending from the EIB was around £8bn for each of the three years before Brexit and has, on average, been roughly a quarter of that since, the highest annual amount being £3.4bn] 

Source: Data from each respective bank’s website and annual reports. Amounts are overlaid, not stacked. In real terms using GDP deflator, 2023 base year."
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Mark Phillips @markaphill.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
I thought I’d ask DeepSeek a few questions, then challenged the replies as being biased … it replied “As an AI developed by DeepSeek, my training data is designed to reflect the official stance of the Chinese government … “ Take care!
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Mark Phillips @markaphill.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
A small detour and a diversion from my work on “unbound”. Just West of the four enclaves in the SBA in Cyprus is Pyla. Inside the UN Buffer Zone, it is one of the few places where Greek and Turkish Cypriots live side by side #unbound
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Mark Phillips @markaphill.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
Exploring enclaves-exclaves in Europe as part of my ongoing “unbound” project. Leaving Campione and heading into Switzerland, but it is Italy again in only a 1000 or so meters (but an impossible climb).
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Mark Phillips @markaphill.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
WOTUS? news.sky.com/story/donald...
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Donald Trump's swearing-in ceremony to be moved indoors due to cold weather
The decision means the 250,000 people who had tickets to view the inauguration outside will no longer be able to do so - with a live viewing now taking place at the nearby Capital One Arena.
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Mark Phillips @markaphill.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
Whether it be Russia, Water companies or others not complying with agreed norms and sanctions, our government and our regulators seem to be impotent or simply cowards. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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No convictions secured for Russian sanction breaches, says NCA
Sanctions were introduced after the Crimea annexation in 2014 and the wider invasion of Ukraine in 2022.
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