Mark Phillips
@markaphill.bsky.social
Research | Photography | Advisor
Repair, reuse as solutions for sustainability
-> unbroken.solutions
Other projects and links:
https://linktr.ee/markaphillips
Repair, reuse as solutions for sustainability
-> unbroken.solutions
Other projects and links:
https://linktr.ee/markaphillips
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🚨 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
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
January 12, 2026 at 12:17 PM
🚨 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
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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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
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
October 20, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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
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
So, thanks for confirming that the “industry” has no viable business model without stealing from others.
www.theverge.com/news/674366/...
www.theverge.com/news/674366/...
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.
www.theverge.com
October 8, 2025 at 5:11 PM
So, thanks for confirming that the “industry” has no viable business model without stealing from others.
www.theverge.com/news/674366/...
www.theverge.com/news/674366/...
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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/...
Can you email your councillor and ask them to attend our briefing? Find the e-action at: action.wearepossible.org/page/172461/...
June 17, 2025 at 2:33 PM
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/...
Can you email your councillor and ask them to attend our briefing? Find the e-action at: action.wearepossible.org/page/172461/...
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
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
April 22, 2025 at 8:22 PM
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
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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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.
March 31, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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.
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/
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
www.telegraph.co.uk
March 26, 2025 at 10:36 AM
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/
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...
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...
Millions of UK tyres meant for recycling sent to furnaces in India
The illegal makeshift plants cause serious health problems and huge environmental damage.
www.bbc.co.uk
March 25, 2025 at 7:21 AM
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...
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...
Could it be that the UKs infamous human lettuce has infected all of the US government???
“But her emails!” comparisons can be exhausting, but I’d like you to imagine for a minute what would have happened if Biden National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan had accidentally added Tucker Carlson to a group chat about classified war plans? www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/six-short-...
Six Short Thoughts on the Most Insane Trump Story of All Time
Trump's "Team of Amateurs" Screwed Up in the Most Hilarious (and Troublesome) Way
www.doomsdayscenario.co
March 24, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Could it be that the UKs infamous human lettuce has infected all of the US government???
Of course. The world is always wiser after the event, if it wasn’t we’d learn nothing. And there are always reasons. I hope lessons are learned. But from what’s been published it appears the short term backups were inadequate.
March 22, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Of course. The world is always wiser after the event, if it wasn’t we’d learn nothing. And there are always reasons. I hope lessons are learned. But from what’s been published it appears the short term backups were inadequate.
True, although it may simply mean those emissions are on other days. People will still travel. With diversions, additional short haul flights etc it may even make it worse. I’d love to see an analysis ….
March 21, 2025 at 10:45 AM
True, although it may simply mean those emissions are on other days. People will still travel. With diversions, additional short haul flights etc it may even make it worse. I’d love to see an analysis ….
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...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cl...
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
www.bbc.co.uk
March 21, 2025 at 9:23 AM
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...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cl...
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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...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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
www.theguardian.com
March 21, 2025 at 8:17 AM
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...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
It currently stands for everything you’d expect. Far from making it “great” it’s more likely to “grate” and plummet under the current cabal.
March 20, 2025 at 9:33 AM
It currently stands for everything you’d expect. Far from making it “great” it’s more likely to “grate” and plummet under the current cabal.
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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...
#circulareconomy
www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/pre...
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.
www.consilium.europa.eu
March 20, 2025 at 9:24 AM
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...
#circulareconomy
www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/pre...
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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. 🇵🇹
March 17, 2025 at 9:04 AM
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. 🇵🇹
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...
Enough is enough.
Time to act.
Regulators should regulate properly or go.
Enshittifying the country is unacceptable.
www.reuters.com/investigates...
The Great British Sewage Dump
Widespread sewage spills contaminate Britain’s waterways and hit the broader economy.
www.reuters.com
March 17, 2025 at 6:07 AM
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...
Enough is enough.
Time to act.
Regulators should regulate properly or go.
Enshittifying the country is unacceptable.
www.reuters.com/investigates...
Oh! Surely not? What happened to the "sunlit uplands".
Exports down = jobs down = poorer economy = you were lied to.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Exports down = jobs down = poorer economy = you were lied to.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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’
www.theguardian.com
March 14, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Oh! Surely not? What happened to the "sunlit uplands".
Exports down = jobs down = poorer economy = you were lied to.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Exports down = jobs down = poorer economy = you were lied to.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Ah yes. Loophole 1- Transfers are not members?? Brave man; 17 pages of it ….
March 11, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Ah yes. Loophole 1- Transfers are not members?? Brave man; 17 pages of it ….
Oh.... so not Academic Armageddon then?
No exodus to state sector after VAT added to private school fees, say English councils
Most say they have seen no impact on applications for year 7 places, despite warnings from those against policy
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
Most say they have seen no impact on applications for year 7 places, despite warnings from those against policy
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
No exodus to state sector after VAT added to private school fees, say English councils
Most say they have seen no impact on applications for year 7 places, despite warnings from those against policy
www.theguardian.com
March 10, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Oh.... so not Academic Armageddon then?
eee some people :-)
March 4, 2025 at 11:33 AM
eee some people :-)
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.
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.
March 3, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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.
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.
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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.
Spread this far and wide. It reveals Reform and the Conservatives' opposition to net zero for being 'too expensive' as just plain wrong.
February 27, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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.
Spread this far and wide. It reveals Reform and the Conservatives' opposition to net zero for being 'too expensive' as just plain wrong.
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/...
Is anyone in government watching?
www.euronews.com/travel/2025/...
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.
www.euronews.com
February 26, 2025 at 8:43 AM
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/...
Is anyone in government watching?
www.euronews.com/travel/2025/...