Apple has issued an emergency recall for the new Neo laptop after discovering a critical design flaw: it’s repairable. Internal testing revealed the device contains replaceable parts and a battery that comes out without adhesive. Unacceptable for their standards.

Fact of the day. The Iranian government owns a 50% stake in the North Sea Rhum gas field. The profits exempt from sanctions but held in escrow. oeuk.org.uk/us-okays-rhu...

This is what LLMs do, they copy. Useful if you want to produce something average. Terrible if you are tasked with originality.

I am moving home after 25 years here. The plan is to eat everything in the larder before we go. Three tins are causing my daughter concern. The first is a tin of confit duck from 2009. She says its not ok to eat, I beg to differ. Advice please!

💪🔧 "The right to repair is so powerful" That's what Robbie Moore MP, shadow minister for environment, food and rural affairs, said at @therestartproject.org and @backmarketofficial.bsky.social's third annual repair café in parliament on Wednesday. Watch ⬇️

Nice one!

Circular Economy minister Mary Creagh launching repair cafe in Parliament UK

What’s the best thing I can do as an individual?’ He said, ‘Stop being an individual.’

About a quarter of the 141 universities in the UK are still active on X. I explored this issue on my Under Review podcast, listen and watch on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Pocketcasts and YouTube. linktr.ee/andy_tatters... 1/7

While the documentary focused on firefighting foams, PFAS exposure isn’t limited to one town or sector. These chemicals can be found in everyday products, our homes, food & drinking water. We are all at risk of exposure & urgently need stronger PFAS protections in the UK. 🔎Watch: buff.ly/KCE0IUw

Good to hear!

I am off the Repair Cafe being held in the UK Parliament this afternoon organised by @therestartproject.org Complete refurbishment of old outdated and polluting consumerist economics will be attempted. Design for Repair to drive a sustainable decarbonised economy. Stay tuned!

The series about Heat Pumps is very good. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

A lone astronaut in a race to save the Sun from a mysterious microorganism. ☀️ The premise of Project Hail Mary is gripping, but the science is just as fascinating. We looked at what’s fact, what’s fiction, and what’s still unknown. 🧪

This is a great online magazine and its focus on gases is very timely.

Good news 👍 - Heat pumps for all new homes and plug-in solar in green tech drive - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Currently on France TV, the new mayor of Paris Grégoire celebrating his victory by biking around on a bike share. He’s now taking an interview while riding.

If you want to know why the production of synthetic fertiliser requires natural gas from the Gulf, my book Its a Gas tells the story. And it is a very very strange one involving a Nobel Prize winner and War Criminal who are both the same person.

Tragic. PFAS is an invisible and growing danger that is hard to manage. This is why the EU plans to ban these chemicals completely. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

When is a ‘maximum’ not a maximum?

🚨HELP NEEDED! The Lyme Regis Museum needs to raise another £5,900 by 26th March to buy a rare letter by Mary Anning. There are so few tangible records of Anning, and NONE in her home town (AFAIK all are elsewhere). Please share (& donate if you can)! www.lymeregismuseum.co.uk/help-to-brin...

No bad thing that trains will be more price competitive.

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Yikes. One more reason not to buy helium party balloons. This gas is rare on Earth because it leaks out of our atmosphere into space.

🚨Clearly there's loads of news today so there's a chance this gets ignored but... it is a BIG deal. Britain, the country that invented free trade as we know it, is raising steel tariffs to 50%. Biggest tariffs since Brexit. A massively symbolic moment. news.sky.com/story/waters...

It would be great if those reaponsible for dumping UK waste abroad were also required to clean up their crimes in places like Africa: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Today. Come, it’s free!

The MacBook Neo is the most repairable MacBook we’ve seen in 14 years. Screwed-in battery tray, modular ports, sensible layout, and day-one repair manuals. It’s not perfect, but it’s a real step forward for MacBook repair. Read the full breakdown at the link below. www.ifixit.com/News/116152/...

This is going to be great. www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...

If you are trying to get pregnant, cutting out plastics might help. www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...

If you’re knocking about in London Sunday afternoon and fancy climbing a mountain, do come to this. An open rehearsal of Strauss’ Alpine Symphony, one of the more extravagant and glorious pieces of orchestral music ever written. Free entry. 5.45 start. www.rehearsal-orchestra.org/courses/stra...

Aviation gets no fuel tax, while roads pay 50%. Fair? Rich nations fly most, poor face climate hits hardest. Time for equitable policies. Go flight-free & push change. 
#EcoTravel
#ResponsibleTravel

If you are trying to get pregnant, cutting out plastics might help. www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...

Water companies currently address PFAS contamination in drinking water sources by diluting the contaminated supply with uncontaminated water. Privately, many water company insiders tell us it's getting harder to find uncontaminated water to use for this: share.google/wBmHBnxDUO6g...

Our article about how water-stressed London is losing out on 20 million litres of drinking water a day due to PFAS pollution near Denham, is available to read at BBC online: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... 🧵 1/3

Out now the new issue MR61 dedicated to gases. Subscribe here www.renewablematter.eu/en/magazine/... Discover how energy geopolitics and highly sophisticated sectors of chemistry can contribute to #decarbonizing our economy and providing increasingly innovative and low-impact solutions.

Dont miss this!

Three incredible things for you tonight: (1) Bubble bee queens can breathe under water; (2) when british queen or king dies, all the buttons on all the ceremonial military uniforms are also replaced; (3) The BBC TV show Small Prophets is, well, incredible.

“These barriers are not about women’s capabilities; they are about the environments we create and the assumptions and behaviours we allow to persist.” We’re welcoming a call for more support for women in research: https://raeng.org.uk/news/women-in-science-conference-quote/

Sali's favourite eye shadow does not contain polluting PFAS chemicals which is good news. She doesnt mention this in the product review but just letting you know. Use the Yuka App if you want to check products before you buy.

We are thrilled to share that our Human Authored scheme is now live. This scheme has been designed for the benefit of SoA members, to help identify works written by humans in a market increasingly flooded by AI-generated books.

We also have PhD scholarships available for UK citizens to work with us as the UCL Plastic Waste Hub. You get to hang out at Institute of Making too which is like enhancing. More info on our general vibe here: UCL Plastic Waste Innovation Hub - Institute of Making share.google/Y2C03GiZgkMO...

Fed up working for THE Man? Calling architects and materials experts in Construction who want to explore new ways of building the future without trashing the planet. Diverse applicants welcome. Apply here: www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...

He’s pink. He’s fluffy. And he wants you to recycle your batteries and electricals safely. HypnoCat is back to help Stop Battery Fires. www.recycleyoureletricals.org.uk

Hey fellow scientists, I'm just letting you know that if you're promoting something with some junky AI image, I'm not gonna click. You've got a workshop, a conference, a new paper? Just not gonna bother. You want a bespoke image? Hire an illustrator.

Last night, Labour MPs just voted to expand free school meals to half a million more children, lifting 100,000 children out of poverty. 📈 Disappointingly, the Tories and Reform UK voted against the measures. 🤷🏻‍♀️ Only Labour will give children growing up in our country the best start in life. 🌹

If you want a beginners guide to toxic chemicals you can avoid in your home, have a listen to this. If you are not satisfied I will give you something equally free but funnier to listen to: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

The HSE may class the PFAS used by AGC's factory in Lancashire (EEA-NH4) as a possible carcinogen & reprotoxic substance. @watershed-i.bsky.social previously uncovered they're emitting 800kg per year into the River Wyre and it's in the soil around the plant. www.endsreport.com/article/1950...