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Right to Repair Europe @r2reurope.bsky.social · 13d

💥 Big news: @microsoft.com confirmed that #Windows10 users in the EEA will get 1 more year of free updates if they log in with a Microsoft account.

🌟 This is a win worth celebrating. Our campaigning, writing and chanting forced one of the world’s #tech giants to act.

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Lee Grant @tnargeel.com · 2d

If other customers are reading & also feel the urge to endorse our services with a gratuity payment then, from today, we accept sherry trifle.

This sits alongside the usual wine, biscuits, chocolates, gift vouchers, cash, artworks and - strictly in front of the CCTV & a witness only - hugs.

❤️

Sherry trifle in a bowl with a spoon - sitting atop a AMD Ryzen APU.

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Lee Grant @tnargeel.com · 2d

Here Rufus…here boy… 🐶…

What’s that you say? There’s an ISO of 24H2 on a USB stick nearby?…

…or you can use a burner account for primary account setup, then easily create an offline secondary admin account to delete the primary, like we have to do for S-Mode laptops?

Microsoft Account required: Windows 11 blocks even more online account bypasses

Microsoft is once again blocking the ability to bypass a Microsoft Account when setting up a Windows 11 PC for the first time.

www.windowscentral.com

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Big Issue @bigissue.com · 6d

Homeless people were protected from hot weather on a record number of occasions in 2025 as climate change led to hottest summer ever.

Homeless people needed protecting from the heat more than ever in 2025

www.bigissue.com

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Lee Grant @tnargeel.com · 7d

But you were dressed as Elmer Fudd, so it was thematically pleasing... 🥕

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Lee Grant @tnargeel.com · 7d

👨‍🍳😘

Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 7d

We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.

Lee Grant @tnargeel.com · 8d

"A sustainable phone is a repairable phone & in these regards, the iPhone Air is making the rest of the iPhone 17s look outdated."

New, by me, for TechFinitive.com

#iPhone17
#Sustainability
#CarbonEmissions
#Righttorepair

iPhone 17 and Apple’s environmental promises: Greenwashing or genuine change?

Does the iPhone 17 move Apple closer to its 2030 climate goal, or is it another mixed bag of environmental progress and setbacks?

www.techfinitive.com

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Lee Grant @tnargeel.com · 9d

“During a crisis, you don't put crucial data behind a paywall.”

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Dr. Jonathan Foley @globalecoguy.bsky.social · 9d

Last week, we launched the world's ultimate guide to climate solutions -- the Drawdown Explorer.

People thought we were nuts to give it (and all the underlying data) away for free. But we insisted.

During a crisis, you don't put crucial data behind a paywall.

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Lee Grant @tnargeel.com · 10d

I once heard a cookery professional talk about jam and I noticed their aversion to the term 'set'.

They preferred 'gel point'...

#NO

PS - Congrats on the successful rescue

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Anton ☾ @antonarcana.gay · 12d

If you’re not neurodivergent in some way but all your friends are, I have incredible news for you

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Lee Grant @tnargeel.com · 14d

“The train at platform one has been delayed due to…well, you know…it’s only the north…”

🚂💩

Northern Powerhouse Rail plans delayed again

The BBC understands the prime minister will now not announce plans for a rail link between Manchester and Liverpool at the Labour Party conference.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Janel Comeau 🍁 @verybadllama.bsky.social · 16d

I have taken
the Tylenol
that was in
the medicine cabinet

and which
they think probably
is the reason
you like trains

forgive me
but that’s bullshit
you got autism
from your dad

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AAAAH-riadne Griffin @ariadnereviews.bsky.social · 18d

sending Amy an "I Beat Cancer and All I Got Was This Shithead" t-shirt. #scd #strictly

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 19d

Having AI crammed down our throats is bullshit, but machine learning has some real uses in science. This awesome page shows experimental cyclone track forecasts from Google DeepMind and Google Research's AI weather models, along with forecasts from ECMWF. 😍

deepmind.google.com/science/weat...

A dark-themed weather tracking map from Google Weather Lab: Cyclones (Preview) showing hurricane/cyclone models in the Atlantic Ocean as of Friday, September 19, 2025, at 08:00. The map includes ensemble forecast tracks and storm markers extending from the mid-Atlantic toward Western Europe. Multiple colorful lines (green, orange, blue, purple, yellow) represent different storm model ensembles and possible tracks, with clusters of paths pointing toward Ireland, the United Kingdom, France, Spain, and Portugal. The cyclone originated east of the Caribbean, with its projected paths fanning northeastward across the Atlantic. Colored circles mark storm intensity along the tracks, numbered (e.g., 1, 2, 6) corresponding to categories. A second storm is visible off the Pacific coast of Mexico with clustered ensemble markers. The left panel lists model options (Observed, Our experimental model, WeatherNext Gen, WeatherNext Graph, ECMWF ENS, ECMWF HRES), a legend for storm markers, tracks, ensemble tracks, cones, and wind speed colors. At the bottom, sliders indicate initialization time (Fri, Sep 19, 2025, 08:00) and lead time (+6 days, Fri, Sep 26, 2025, 02:00). The background map highlights North America, the Atlantic Ocean, Western Europe, and parts of Africa.

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Lee Grant @tnargeel.com · 20d

Is that what you get for winning the US version of Taskmaster?

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Lee Grant @tnargeel.com · 20d

Seems like the headmaster hired the school minibus to take the kids out on a trip to the museum...

Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 21d

Look who came with

Lee Grant @tnargeel.com · 20d

Sadly not this week - no haemorrhoid related stories...

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Lee Grant @tnargeel.com · 21d

As John Noakes famously said “Never work with kids, elephants or AI”….

Shacknews @shacknews.com · 21d

LiveAI demo fails on the first prompt at Meta Connect 2025. #Meta #AI #LiveAI

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Lee Grant @tnargeel.com · 21d

Emma Reynolds is the new Secretary of State for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs. #Repair and #Reuse needs her full attention.

This is where you come in.

Get your MP to sign @therestartproject.org's UK Repair & Reuse Declaration.

It'll take you 5 mins tops.

#RepairReuseDeclaration 💚🛠️♻️

👇

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Lee Grant @tnargeel.com · 23d

If I ever meet Asus' product designer who hides screws under feet (with different heads 🤯) & sharpens the hidden edge of the laptop's back cover into a blade that could slice through concrete, I shall demand recompense for waterproof plasters & about half a pint of O negative.

#RightToRepair
#Ow!

Heavily plastered finger held above a dismantled Asus laptop

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Big Issue @bigissue.com · 26d

Homelessness is on the rise and the frontline workers who are trying to tackle it are struggling to keep up. The situation needs action now.

We must do better at tackling homelessness – and fast

www.bigissue.com

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Mark Miodownik @markmiodownik.bsky.social · 26d

If you are wondering why landfills create toxic liquid, its from things like batteries, electronics, waterproof clothing, cosmetics, shoes. 35% of UK waste ends up in landfills. Globally its more like 90%.

Leana Hosea @leanahosea.bsky.social · 27d

Liquid oozing from landfill + industrial waste + sewage - treated for pathogens then split, the solid part spread on farmland, the liquid part released into rivers - what could go wrong?

Our latest article out now:

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Thousands of tonnes of toxic landfill liquid added to sewage and spread on English farms

Exclusive: Leachate is tankered to treatment works where it mixes with sewage and industrial effluent

www.theguardian.com

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Lee Grant @tnargeel.com · Sep 8

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Lee Grant @tnargeel.com · Sep 6

Followed by maniacal laughing which seemed like it originated from your PC…but perhaps that was just paranoia…perhaps…

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Lee Grant @tnargeel.com · Sep 4

a black and white photo of two men shaking hands .

Alt: a black and white photo of two men shaking hands .

media.tenor.com

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