# met office (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 4 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover met office. Page: Feed: --- ## [News Roundup July/August 2026](https://www.greenairnews.com/?p=9296&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=news-roundup-july-2026) _2026-08-20 · GreenAir Editorial · GreenAir News_ GreenAir’s roundup of the latest news and comment from around the world on efforts to... ## [EcoCeres and FatHopes sign SAF supply and feedstock deals in China and Vietnam](https://www.greenairnews.com/?p=9453&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ecoceres-and-fathopes-sign-saf-supply-and-feedstock-deals-in-china-and-vietnam) _2026-08-20 · Christopher Surgenor · GreenAir News_ Renewable fuels company EcoCeres has partnered with SF Group and China National Aviation Fuel Group... ## [The AI in Your Living Room Just Stopped Asking for a Subscription](https://www.globalbrandsmagazine.com/alexa-on-fire-tv-free/) _2026-08-20 · Anna Louis · Global Brands Magazine_ Alexa+ on Fire TV is now free for every US customer, with no Prime needed. Here is what Alexa+ on Fire TV can do, what still costs money and where it works. ## [M&S Is Giving Up Being Special to Win the Weekly Shop](https://www.globalbrandsmagazine.com/ms-shopping-list-retailer/) _2026-08-20 · Anna Louis · Global Brands Magazine_ M&S says it wants to be a shopping list retailer, and pet food is the proof. Here is what the shopping list retailer plan costs the brand, and who must answer. ## [The Tuition Bill Now Takes Venmo. Read the Small Print First](https://www.globalbrandsmagazine.com/paypal-tuition-payments/) _2026-08-20 · Anna Louis · Global Brands Magazine_ PayPal tuition payments have gone live at five US universities. Here is how PayPal tuition payments work at checkout, and the fee families should check first. ## [Surfing Just Got a Clock, Eight Teams and One Pay Cheque for Everyone](https://www.globalbrandsmagazine.com/surfing-super-league/) _2026-08-20 · Anna Louis · Global Brands Magazine_ The Surfing Super League will pay all 48 athletes the same. Here is how the Surfing Super League format works, the eight teams and the plan for a 2028 launch. ## [4 Workflow Efficiency Practices Salvatix Limited Applies to Cross-Functional Project Delivery](https://www.globalbrandsmagazine.com/workflow-efficiency-practices-cross-functional-salvatix-limited/) _2026-08-20 · Austin · Global Brands Magazine_ Key Takeaways: Clear handoff standards help teams define the required format, context, decision status, quality threshold and timing before work moves between teams. Assigning clear decision owners, using structured sync points and formally communicating scope changes can reduce delays, rework and confusion across cross-functional projects. Cross-functional project delivery has a way of looking… ## [6 Signals Tarfion Limited Uses to Identify When a Brand Identity Has Stopped Supporting Growth](https://www.globalbrandsmagazine.com/tarfion-limited-brand-identity-stopped-supporting-growth/) _2026-08-20 · Austin · Global Brands Magazine_ Key Takeaways: Differences between sales and marketing messaging, mismatched customer segments, and difficulty communicating the brand internally can signal that a brand identity is no longer aligned with the company’s current growth. Regularly reviewing competitive positioning, visual and verbal identity, and brand visibility can help identify identity drift early and prevent growing marketing… ## [Shop in Oxfordshire, Unpack in Dubai. Emirates Just Shortened the Journey](https://www.globalbrandsmagazine.com/emirates-delivers-bicester/) _2026-08-20 · Anna Louis · Global Brands Magazine_ Emirates Delivers now ships Bicester Village purchases to the UAE. Here is how Emirates Delivers handles storage, customs and doorstep delivery for shoppers. ## [Modular Van Conversions Built Like Lego Just Won $5 Million and a Factory](https://www.globalbrandsmagazine.com/modular-van-conversions-5m/) _2026-08-19 · Anna Louis · Global Brands Magazine_ Grounded's $5M seed round and a new 50,000 sq ft Detroit plant push modular van conversions into commercial fleets, from mobile clinics to coffee service vans. ## [Stay updated on your professional world (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/Gc4ke9Kh04fr) _2026-08-19 · **Sponsored**_ Keep in touch with people you know, build your career. ## [Free AI Subscriptions Became a Business. Now the First Bills Land](https://www.globalbrandsmagazine.com/free-ai-subscriptions-telecom/) _2026-08-19 · Anna Louis · Global Brands Magazine_ Telecoms worldwide now hand out free AI subscriptions to win customers. We verify 10 deals across 4 AI providers and India's first data on what survives. ## [Contrail Avoidance Begins: Why Atlantic Flights Will Shift Up to 2,000 Feet](https://www.globalbrandsmagazine.com/contrail-avoidance-atlantic/) _2026-08-19 · Anna Louis · Global Brands Magazine_ Google and the UK have launched Operation Blue Skies, a 30-month contrail avoidance programme nudging some North Atlantic flights by up to 2,000 feet. ## [Top 10 Luggage Brands in the World (2026)](https://www.globalbrandsmagazine.com/luggage-brands-in-the-world/) _2026-08-19 · Austin · Global Brands Magazine_ Our 2026 ranking of the top 10 luggage brands in the world, from Samsonite and Rimowa to Tumi, Briggs & Riley, Away and Monos. ## [Costco Medicare Plans Are Coming, and a Membership Is the One Thing They Can’t Include](https://www.globalbrandsmagazine.com/costco-medicare-plans-scan/) _2026-08-19 · Anna Louis · Global Brands Magazine_ Costco Medicare plans are coming: Costco and SCAN will co-brand Medicare Advantage in two states plus a supplement plan in a third. Here is the full detail. ## [UK consortium launches major government-backed oceanic contrail avoidance programme](https://www.greenairnews.com/?p=9438&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=uk-consortium-launches-major-government-backed-oceanic-contrail-avoidance-programme) _2026-08-18 · Christopher Surgenor · GreenAir News_ Starting this coming northern hemisphere winter, a UK-based consortium is to conduct the world’s first... ## [EasyJet pilots to save fuel and emissions in switch from paper to digital fuel uplift](https://www.greenairnews.com/?p=9431&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=easyjet-pilots-to-save-fuel-and-emissions-in-switch-from-paper-to-digital-fuel-uplift) _2026-08-14 · Christopher Surgenor · GreenAir News_ Low-cost airline easyJet is to deploy a new system from i6 Group that allows pilots... ## [Miatta Fahnbulleh And The Klimawichserfeuer](https://jaimejessop.substack.com/p/miatta-fahnbulleh-and-the-klimawichserfeuer) _2026-08-14 · Jaime Jessop · Climate & Covid: Challenging Unenlightenment 'Science'_ The replies: ## [News Extra July/August 2026](https://www.greenairnews.com/?p=9382&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=news-extra-july-2026) _2026-08-13 · GreenAir Editorial · GreenAir News_ NEWS EXTRA The German press agency, dpa, reports the Federal Ministry of Transport is to impose penalties of €1,332 ($1,500) per tonne of SAF that airlines fail to use as required by the EU’s ReFuelEU SAF mandate. Applicable from the start of 2025, the mandate requires a 2% minimum blend of SAF be available at EU airports, then rising to 6%, with a separate 1.2% eSAF requirement, in 2030.… ## [Low-cost eSAF developer Lydian raises $43m in financing round backed by BEV airline fund](https://www.greenairnews.com/?p=9412&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=low-cost-esaf-developer-lydian-raises-43m-in-financing-round-backed-by-bev-airline-fund) _2026-08-12 · Christopher Surgenor · GreenAir News_ US eSAF startup Lydian has announced the close of a $43 million Series A funding... ## [Open Source libraries are evolving into reference implementations](https://jacobtomlinson.dev/posts/2026/open-source-libraries-are-evolving-into-reference-implementations/) _2026-08-11 · Jacob Tomlinson_ I’ve spent the majority of my professional career working on software libraries, chunks of reusable code that other people stack together to make their code. ## [Open-source Screen Sharing with Control (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/ns4g7k1DGzeG) _2026-08-10 · **Sponsored**_ WebRTC screen sharing with simultaneous mouse & keyboard control; viewers join in browser. ## [Where's The Fossil Fuel Induced Drought Crisis Zack?](https://jaimejessop.substack.com/p/wheres-the-fossil-fuel-induced-drought) _2026-08-06 · Jaime Jessop · Climate & Covid: Challenging Unenlightenment 'Science'_ https://x.com/ZackPolanski/status/2085022754403709184 ## [UK aviation group plots route to net zero in updated decarbonisation roadmap](https://www.greenairnews.com/?p=9403&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=uk-aviation-group-plots-route-to-net-zero-in-updated-decarbonisation-roadmap) _2026-08-04 · Christopher Surgenor · GreenAir News_ UK cross-industry group Sustainable Aviation has released an updated version of its decarbonisation roadmap for... ## [Breaking: New Subspecies Of Human Discovered!](https://jaimejessop.substack.com/p/breaking-new-subspecies-of-human) _2026-08-01 · Jaime Jessop · Climate & Covid: Challenging Unenlightenment 'Science'_ I have discovered a new subspecies of human, Homo Sapiens “Rucksackus”. ## [Changes In Atmospheric Circulation Contribute Up To 80% To The Summer Drying Trend In Western Europe](https://jaimejessop.substack.com/p/changes-in-atmospheric-circulation) _2026-07-31 · Jaime Jessop · Climate & Covid: Challenging Unenlightenment 'Science'_ I’m away on holiday at the moment, tapping away frustratingly slowly on a silly phone, so forgive the brevity of this post, but I just couldn’t let this slide, what with all the media hype about ‘climate change’ causing the wildfires in Spain and France. ## [Greg Jackson, The Telegraph And The Greens All Blame The European Wildfires On Climate Change](https://jaimejessop.substack.com/p/greg-jackson-the-telegraph-and-the) _2026-07-28 · Jaime Jessop · Climate & Covid: Challenging Unenlightenment 'Science'_ It’s because they are scientifically illiterate and/or financially/ideologically/politically invested in pursuing an imaginary solution to an imaginary crisis. ## [Farnborough Airshow highlights progress on electric and hydrogen propulsion for commercial aviation](https://www.greenairnews.com/?p=9364&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=farnborough-airshow-highlights-progress-on-electric-and-hydrogen-propulsion-for-commercial-aviation) _2026-07-24 · Christopher Surgenor · GreenAir News_ Significant advances in the development of commercial hybrid-electric and hydrogen aircraft involving major aerospace companies... ## [Boeing signs MoU with state-owned Pertamina to explore SAF development in Indonesia](https://www.greenairnews.com/?p=9352&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=boeing-signs-mou-with-state-owned-pertamina-to-explore-saf-development-in-indonesia) _2026-07-22 · Christopher Surgenor · GreenAir News_ Indonesian state energy company Pertamina has signed a MoU with Boeing to explore opportunities for... ## [Commission proposes a limited extension of the ETS to international departing flights from Europe](https://www.greenairnews.com/?p=9345&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=commission-proposes-a-limited-extension-of-the-ets-to-international-departing-flights-from-europe) _2026-07-21 · Christopher Surgenor · GreenAir News_ In its wide-ranging review of the EU Emissions Trading System (ETS), the European Commission has... ## [They're Coming For Your Gas Boiler](https://jaimejessop.substack.com/p/theyre-coming-for-your-gas-boiler) _2026-07-21 · Jaime Jessop · Climate & Covid: Challenging Unenlightenment 'Science'_ The War on Gas is already hotting up under Burn ‘em. ## [Eco-Marxist Climate Zealot Mad Red Ed Is Out: Eco-Marxist Climate Zealot My Atter Farm Bully Is In](https://jaimejessop.substack.com/p/eco-marxist-climate-zealot-mad-red) _2026-07-21 · Jaime Jessop · Climate & Covid: Challenging Unenlightenment 'Science'_ No change there then. ## [A Friend Gave You $30 (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/tcdhCpfeykNG) _2026-07-21 · **Sponsored**_ Sign up, deposit $5 within 30 days, and start investing with expert guidance. ## [Neso's Modelling Failed To Anticipate June Summer Heatwave 'Dunkelflaute' - And The Inevitability Of Sunset - But Proves In Retrospect That The Grid Was Secure, Even Though Actual Data Shows It Wasn't](https://jaimejessop.substack.com/p/nesos-modelling-failed-to-anticipate) _2026-07-19 · Jaime Jessop · Climate & Covid: Challenging Unenlightenment 'Science'_ This, in the Times: ## [Deconstructing The Man-Made Climate Change Propaganda In The Met Office State Of The UK Climate Report 2025](https://jaimejessop.substack.com/p/deconstructing-the-man-made-climate) _2026-07-16 · Jaime Jessop · Climate & Covid: Challenging Unenlightenment 'Science'_ Here we go again. ## [Dr Clair Barnes Of Imperial College London Spouts Lies, Distortions, And Pseudoscientific Garbage About Heatwaves In Europe And The UK](https://jaimejessop.substack.com/p/dr-clair-barnes-of-imperial-college) _2026-07-13 · Jaime Jessop · Climate & Covid: Challenging Unenlightenment 'Science'_ Watch her here: ## [Giving Agents Minimal Tools](https://jacobtomlinson.dev/posts/2026/giving-agents-minimal-tools/) _2026-06-24 · Jacob Tomlinson_ Agents are powerful because they can reason their way towards a goal using tools to interact with the world. Some tools gather new information, other tools perform actions. The most compelling agentic workflows are tasks where you have a well defined end goal, but the intermediate steps are unclear. ## [Documenting your software libraries for agents](https://jacobtomlinson.dev/posts/2026/documenting-your-software-libraries-for-agents/) _2026-06-17 · Jacob Tomlinson_ This post is a companion to a talk I gave at PyData London 2026 . You can watch the recording here and see the slides here . I’ve spent a lot of my software engineering career working on open source tools, libraries and frameworks. These are chunks of software that other software engineers use to build their software. I make things for makers, and I like that. A large part of… ## [Documenting your open source projects for machines](https://jacobtomlinson.dev/talks/2026-06-07-pydata-london-documenting-your-open-source-projects-for-machines/) _2026-06-07 · Jacob Tomlinson_ As coding agents grow in popularity, open source project documentation is increasingly consumed by LLMs. When people build things with your open source library their agent will read your documentation and write code based on what it discovers there. To ensure your users have a good experience we need to start thinking about how to write and publish our documentation to make sure agents produce the… ## [Why taking notes still matters](https://jacobtomlinson.dev/posts/2026/why-taking-notes-still-matters/) _2026-05-11 · Jacob Tomlinson_ AI tools have radically changed note taking. All you need to do is record/transcribe your meeting and your favourite AI tool will write your notes for you. Magic! As a result I’ve noticed a lot of people stop taking notes altogether and delegating the whole thing to tools like Copilot. After all, why write notes if the AI generated notes in Microsoft Teams are going to be more comrehensive… ## [Swimming Challenges 2026](https://jacobtomlinson.dev/swimming/) _2026-05-01 · Jacob Tomlinson_ This is a slightly different kind of post than my usual tech ramblings. This year I’ve signed up for three months of back-to-back swimming challenges to support two amazing Cancer charities. ## [Guiding your contributor's agents to better behaviours](https://jacobtomlinson.dev/posts/2026/guiding-your-contributors-agents-to-better-behaviours/) _2026-02-19 · Jacob Tomlinson_ Many open source maintainers have noticed an uptick in low-effort AI generated PRs recently, myself included. The most frustrating of these is when someone prompts their agent to "Fix \ and make a PR with the changes" . Reviewing these PRs can be time consuming because diffs can be large and the contributors rarely respond to review feedback, they just prompt and move on. ## [Backporting fixes to older releases on Conda Forge](https://jacobtomlinson.dev/posts/2026/backporting-fixes-to-older-releases-on-conda-forge/) _2026-01-28 · Jacob Tomlinson_ Some quick notes on how to make a backport Conda Forge release. Context We recently had a security vulnerability in Dask which we patched in 2026.1.1 (see GHSA-c336-7962-wfj2 for more information on what happened). ## [Python package managers: uv vs pixi?](https://jacobtomlinson.dev/posts/2025/python-package-managers-uv-vs-pixi/) _2025-11-18 · Jacob Tomlinson_ When I talk to people about Python package management in 2025 I see the following tools in active use; uv , pixi , pip , conda , mamba , micromamba and poetry . There may be others, but I don’t hear much about them. ## [Revisiting old contributions for Hacktoberfest](https://jacobtomlinson.dev/posts/2025/revisiting-old-contributions-for-hacktoberfest/) _2025-10-01 · Jacob Tomlinson_ It’s hacktoberfest time again! For the last few years hacktoberferst has been opt-in for project maintainers to avoid the bombardment of spam PRs across GitHub. To find participating projects you can view the hacktoberfest tag on github . ## [The Majority Of Your Users](https://jacobtomlinson.dev/posts/2025/the-majority-of-your-users/) _2025-09-30 · Jacob Tomlinson_ The majority of your users don’t read your changelog. The majority of your users only upgrade to new versions when forced to. ## [EffVer - Version your code by the effort required to upgrade](https://jacobtomlinson.dev/talks/2025-08-21-euroscipy-effver/) _2025-08-21 · Jacob Tomlinson_ Version numbers are hard to get right. Maintainers want to communicate to users what the impact of adopting a new version will be, but poor communication can lead to a lot of frustration. There are a few popular version schemes in use today including Semantic Versioning (SemVer) and Calendar Versioning (CalVer). However, projects in the Python community often don’t strictly conform to these… ## [Teaching Python with GPUs: Empowering educators to share knowledge that uses GPUs](https://jacobtomlinson.dev/talks/2025-07-11-scipy-teaching-python-with-gpus/) _2025-07-11 · Jacob Tomlinson_ In today’s world of ever-growing data and AI, learning about GPUs has become an essential part of software carpentry, professional development and the education curriculum. However, teaching with GPUs can be challenging, from resource accessibility to managing dependencies and varying knowledge levels. ## [GPU Accelerated Python](https://jacobtomlinson.dev/talks/2025-06-06-pydata-london-gpu-accelerated-python/) _2025-06-06 · Jacob Tomlinson_ Accelerating Python using the GPU is much easier than you might think. We will explore the powerful CUDA-enabled Python ecosystem in this tutorial through hands-on examples using some of the most popular accelerated scientific computing libraries. ## [Intro to Kubernetes: 10 Years On](https://jacobtomlinson.dev/talks/2025-05-16-tech-exeter-kubernetes-10-years-on/) _2025-05-15 · Jacob Tomlinson_ In October 2015 I gave a talk on Kubernetes at Tech Exeter (back when it was called the Exeter Web Meetup). ## [Generating useful titles for automated PRs in GitHub Actions](https://jacobtomlinson.dev/posts/2025/generating-useful-titles-for-automated-prs-in-github-actions/) _2025-04-29 · Jacob Tomlinson_ In kr8s I have a GitHub Actions workflow which runs a script nightly on a cron job. The workflow grabs a list of actively supported Kubernetes versions from endoflife.date and then cross-references them with the available kind container images for running the tests in CI. ## [Why don't my markdown titles work sometimes?](https://jacobtomlinson.dev/posts/2025/why-dont-my-markdown-titles-work-sometimes/) _2025-03-14 · Jacob Tomlinson_ I write a lot of markdown. I use it on GitHub when creating issues/PRs, I use it in Obsidian when I take notes, I use it in Hugo when writing blog posts ( like this one ), I use it in Jupyter Notebooks when working with data and I use it in Sphinx with MyST when writing documentation. ## [100 Days of Coreutils](https://jacobtomlinson.dev/blog/100-days-of-coreutils/) _2025-03-05 · Jacob Tomlinson_ I consider myself an advanced Linux and macOS user. I’m currently a software engineer developing primarily for Linux systems, and I’ve previously worked as a Linux and Mac System Administrator. Over the years I’ve spent tons of time on the command line, however I bet there are a bunch of GNU Core Utilities (coreutils) commands I’ve never used before.