Dominic Manchee
@dpmanchee.bsky.social
Where we came from, and where we may be heading.
I post about technology, innovation, space, earth observation, heritage, and bread. MBA (Tech Mgmt) from Open University.
I post about technology, innovation, space, earth observation, heritage, and bread. MBA (Tech Mgmt) from Open University.
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Wow - this guy must be really, REALLY bad with money if an extra £208 per month will “ruin” his retirement.
Let’s take a look at his situation based on what he told the @Telegraph
Because this does NOT add up!
No, this is not a “poor pensioner” scrabbling around for pennies…
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Let’s take a look at his situation based on what he told the @Telegraph
Because this does NOT add up!
No, this is not a “poor pensioner” scrabbling around for pennies…
🧵1/9
November 29, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Wow - this guy must be really, REALLY bad with money if an extra £208 per month will “ruin” his retirement.
Let’s take a look at his situation based on what he told the @Telegraph
Because this does NOT add up!
No, this is not a “poor pensioner” scrabbling around for pennies…
🧵1/9
Let’s take a look at his situation based on what he told the @Telegraph
Because this does NOT add up!
No, this is not a “poor pensioner” scrabbling around for pennies…
🧵1/9
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Economic and energy resilience requires strengthened state capacity.
The #UKBudget showed progress on investment – but more focus on the implementation of missions like Clean Power is needed to deliver a just, green transition.
Read more in my piece on energy security from June this year.
The #UKBudget showed progress on investment – but more focus on the implementation of missions like Clean Power is needed to deliver a just, green transition.
Read more in my piece on energy security from June this year.
Britain's industrial strategy in an age of energy crises
Reversing a low investment economy is not just an environmental imperative, but a security one too.
www.newstatesman.com
November 29, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Economic and energy resilience requires strengthened state capacity.
The #UKBudget showed progress on investment – but more focus on the implementation of missions like Clean Power is needed to deliver a just, green transition.
Read more in my piece on energy security from June this year.
The #UKBudget showed progress on investment – but more focus on the implementation of missions like Clean Power is needed to deliver a just, green transition.
Read more in my piece on energy security from June this year.
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The debate on when people first arrived in Australia continues! www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Genomic evidence supports the “long chronology” for the peopling of Sahul
Genome data provide support for the first settlement of Australia and New Guinea via at least two routes by 60,000 years ago.
www.science.org
November 29, 2025 at 8:49 AM
The debate on when people first arrived in Australia continues! www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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"By dangling multibillion-dollar rare-earth and energy deals, Moscow could reshape the economic map of Europe—while driving a wedge between America and its traditional allies"
Read this excellent @wsj.com account of the business deals behind the "peace"negotiations
www.wsj.com/world/russia...
Read this excellent @wsj.com account of the business deals behind the "peace"negotiations
www.wsj.com/world/russia...
Make Money Not War: Trump’s Real Plan for Peace in Ukraine
The Kremlin pitched the White House on peace through business. To Europe’s dismay, the president and his envoy are on board.
www.wsj.com
November 29, 2025 at 5:33 AM
"By dangling multibillion-dollar rare-earth and energy deals, Moscow could reshape the economic map of Europe—while driving a wedge between America and its traditional allies"
Read this excellent @wsj.com account of the business deals behind the "peace"negotiations
www.wsj.com/world/russia...
Read this excellent @wsj.com account of the business deals behind the "peace"negotiations
www.wsj.com/world/russia...
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🔁 Mission Ocean Waters
It’s day 2 at the #DigitalOceanForum 2025!
The participants are diving deeper into the European Digital Twin Ocean #DTO, learning to navigate the platform and how they can contribute to it.
Follow along on @edito_dto & watch the webstreaming: events.edito.eu/2025-digital...
It’s day 2 at the #DigitalOceanForum 2025!
The participants are diving deeper into the European Digital Twin Ocean #DTO, learning to navigate the platform and how they can contribute to it.
Follow along on @edito_dto & watch the webstreaming: events.edito.eu/2025-digital...
November 28, 2025 at 10:09 AM
🔁 Mission Ocean Waters
It’s day 2 at the #DigitalOceanForum 2025!
The participants are diving deeper into the European Digital Twin Ocean #DTO, learning to navigate the platform and how they can contribute to it.
Follow along on @edito_dto & watch the webstreaming: events.edito.eu/2025-digital...
It’s day 2 at the #DigitalOceanForum 2025!
The participants are diving deeper into the European Digital Twin Ocean #DTO, learning to navigate the platform and how they can contribute to it.
Follow along on @edito_dto & watch the webstreaming: events.edito.eu/2025-digital...
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Brexit reminders. New post on my Brexit & Brexitism Blog. Brexit may not be in the headlines, but many current news stories carry reminders of it, including the Hallett Inquiry report, the Gill scandal, the Budget & the latest net migration figures: chrisgreybrexitblog.blogspot.com/2025/11/brex...
November 28, 2025 at 7:24 AM
Brexit reminders. New post on my Brexit & Brexitism Blog. Brexit may not be in the headlines, but many current news stories carry reminders of it, including the Hallett Inquiry report, the Gill scandal, the Budget & the latest net migration figures: chrisgreybrexitblog.blogspot.com/2025/11/brex...
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A new paper shows how social media accelerates extremism by flooding users with emotionally charged, divisive content that algorithms naturally amplify, making extremist narratives far more visible, engaging, and persuasive than they would be otherwise.
November 24, 2025 at 8:00 PM
A new paper shows how social media accelerates extremism by flooding users with emotionally charged, divisive content that algorithms naturally amplify, making extremist narratives far more visible, engaging, and persuasive than they would be otherwise.
22.1 billion Euros subscribed to @esa.int.
UK Govt / @ukspaceagency.bsky.social keeping funding around the same. Will it help deliver UK's National Space Strategy ? Only time will tell.
Other ESA Member States have increased their contributions a lot more than us.
www.gov.uk/government/n...
UK Govt / @ukspaceagency.bsky.social keeping funding around the same. Will it help deliver UK's National Space Strategy ? Only time will tell.
Other ESA Member States have increased their contributions a lot more than us.
www.gov.uk/government/n...
November 27, 2025 at 4:36 PM
22.1 billion Euros subscribed to @esa.int.
UK Govt / @ukspaceagency.bsky.social keeping funding around the same. Will it help deliver UK's National Space Strategy ? Only time will tell.
Other ESA Member States have increased their contributions a lot more than us.
www.gov.uk/government/n...
UK Govt / @ukspaceagency.bsky.social keeping funding around the same. Will it help deliver UK's National Space Strategy ? Only time will tell.
Other ESA Member States have increased their contributions a lot more than us.
www.gov.uk/government/n...
Should Europeans go back to the Moon ?
IMO yes ... but only if there is a very clear exploitation plan for any technology developed under associated programmes.
@esa.int's Moonlight lunar comms programme is one early example of key support services www.esa.int/Applications...
IMO yes ... but only if there is a very clear exploitation plan for any technology developed under associated programmes.
@esa.int's Moonlight lunar comms programme is one early example of key support services www.esa.int/Applications...
November 27, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Should Europeans go back to the Moon ?
IMO yes ... but only if there is a very clear exploitation plan for any technology developed under associated programmes.
@esa.int's Moonlight lunar comms programme is one early example of key support services www.esa.int/Applications...
IMO yes ... but only if there is a very clear exploitation plan for any technology developed under associated programmes.
@esa.int's Moonlight lunar comms programme is one early example of key support services www.esa.int/Applications...
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Via @engelsman.bsky.social, Bloomberg with some space-based GPS jamming data around Venezuela! www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
Venezuela Sees GPS Jamming Surge Amid US Military Buildup, Flight Cancellations
For a smartphone user on the ground in Caracas, this interference might just mean a slow map load. For an aircraft cruising at 30,000 feet, the implications are far more severe.
www.bloomberg.com
November 26, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Via @engelsman.bsky.social, Bloomberg with some space-based GPS jamming data around Venezuela! www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
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A new method uniquely validates #Sentinel3 river altimetry by using off-nadir reflections that align directly with in-situ gauges, fixing a major slope-bias problem in narrow rivers.
🔗 sentinels.copernicus.eu/web/success-...
🔗 sentinels.copernicus.eu/web/success-...
November 27, 2025 at 10:57 AM
A new method uniquely validates #Sentinel3 river altimetry by using off-nadir reflections that align directly with in-situ gauges, fixing a major slope-bias problem in narrow rivers.
🔗 sentinels.copernicus.eu/web/success-...
🔗 sentinels.copernicus.eu/web/success-...
UK Home Office policies have consequences.
In an ageing society the one thing you'd think any govenment would try to ensure is enough health and care workers for their population.
Not so in UK.
www.gov.uk/government/s...
In an ageing society the one thing you'd think any govenment would try to ensure is enough health and care workers for their population.
Not so in UK.
www.gov.uk/government/s...
November 27, 2025 at 11:16 AM
UK Home Office policies have consequences.
In an ageing society the one thing you'd think any govenment would try to ensure is enough health and care workers for their population.
Not so in UK.
www.gov.uk/government/s...
In an ageing society the one thing you'd think any govenment would try to ensure is enough health and care workers for their population.
Not so in UK.
www.gov.uk/government/s...
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New net migration figures at 930am.
Net migration fell half a million to 344,000 in 2024 from 848k in 2023
56% of people think it went up last year
17% think stayed the same
14% think it went down
2025 figure to be lower again
16% expect that
38% think it will be up
31% about the same
Net migration fell half a million to 344,000 in 2024 from 848k in 2023
56% of people think it went up last year
17% think stayed the same
14% think it went down
2025 figure to be lower again
16% expect that
38% think it will be up
31% about the same
November 27, 2025 at 7:54 AM
New net migration figures at 930am.
Net migration fell half a million to 344,000 in 2024 from 848k in 2023
56% of people think it went up last year
17% think stayed the same
14% think it went down
2025 figure to be lower again
16% expect that
38% think it will be up
31% about the same
Net migration fell half a million to 344,000 in 2024 from 848k in 2023
56% of people think it went up last year
17% think stayed the same
14% think it went down
2025 figure to be lower again
16% expect that
38% think it will be up
31% about the same
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Watch live: #CM25 Press Conference by the Hosting Minister, Chair and the ESA Director General, today on #ESAWebTV from 12.00 GMT/13.00 CET.
👉 📺 watch.esa.int
👉 📺 watch.esa.int
November 27, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Watch live: #CM25 Press Conference by the Hosting Minister, Chair and the ESA Director General, today on #ESAWebTV from 12.00 GMT/13.00 CET.
👉 📺 watch.esa.int
👉 📺 watch.esa.int
Businesses here in UK could grow a lot quicker if they weren't bogged down in new Brexit related paperwork - customs, conformity assessments, ...
But we can't even do basics right - I was told recently that a major retailer built a new distribution hub, but trained staff on an old barcode system 🙃
But we can't even do basics right - I was told recently that a major retailer built a new distribution hub, but trained staff on an old barcode system 🙃
"Several chief executives said Reeves had done little to incentivise businesses to grow, other than by not implementing potential measures such as a tax raid on banks."
on.ft.com/4a0JDOz
Sorry, but don't good capitalist companies simply have the usual incentive? NGDP is rising at a good clip
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Sorry, but don't good capitalist companies simply have the usual incentive? NGDP is rising at a good clip
Business chides Reeves for not kick-starting growth in the Budget
Bosses accuse chancellor of not delivering on Labour’s pledge to boost output
on.ft.com
November 27, 2025 at 7:10 AM
Businesses here in UK could grow a lot quicker if they weren't bogged down in new Brexit related paperwork - customs, conformity assessments, ...
But we can't even do basics right - I was told recently that a major retailer built a new distribution hub, but trained staff on an old barcode system 🙃
But we can't even do basics right - I was told recently that a major retailer built a new distribution hub, but trained staff on an old barcode system 🙃
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Most of the public think net migration increased last year, when in fact numbers halved.
New findings from the Ipsos/British Future Immigration Attitudes Tracker show that 56% of the public thinks immigration increased last year. Just 1 in 6 realise it was down
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
New findings from the Ipsos/British Future Immigration Attitudes Tracker show that 56% of the public thinks immigration increased last year. Just 1 in 6 realise it was down
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
November 27, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Most of the public think net migration increased last year, when in fact numbers halved.
New findings from the Ipsos/British Future Immigration Attitudes Tracker show that 56% of the public thinks immigration increased last year. Just 1 in 6 realise it was down
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
New findings from the Ipsos/British Future Immigration Attitudes Tracker show that 56% of the public thinks immigration increased last year. Just 1 in 6 realise it was down
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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🌎 The first #Copernicus Sentinel-1D images are in!
Check out the images featuring Tierra del Fuego, the Antarctic Peninsula, Thwaites Glacier and the Elbe River delta.
Check out the images featuring Tierra del Fuego, the Antarctic Peninsula, Thwaites Glacier and the Elbe River delta.
November 26, 2025 at 4:15 PM
🌎 The first #Copernicus Sentinel-1D images are in!
Check out the images featuring Tierra del Fuego, the Antarctic Peninsula, Thwaites Glacier and the Elbe River delta.
Check out the images featuring Tierra del Fuego, the Antarctic Peninsula, Thwaites Glacier and the Elbe River delta.
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🚀 It's launch day for @esaearth.esa.int's HydroGNSS satellite along with #IrideSpazio and #Iceye satellites.
Tune in today, 26 November, from 18:01 GMT/19:01 CET, to watch the liftoff live on #ESAwebTV.
📺 watch.esa.int
@ukspaceagency.bsky.social
Tune in today, 26 November, from 18:01 GMT/19:01 CET, to watch the liftoff live on #ESAwebTV.
📺 watch.esa.int
@ukspaceagency.bsky.social
November 26, 2025 at 5:27 PM
🚀 It's launch day for @esaearth.esa.int's HydroGNSS satellite along with #IrideSpazio and #Iceye satellites.
Tune in today, 26 November, from 18:01 GMT/19:01 CET, to watch the liftoff live on #ESAwebTV.
📺 watch.esa.int
@ukspaceagency.bsky.social
Tune in today, 26 November, from 18:01 GMT/19:01 CET, to watch the liftoff live on #ESAwebTV.
📺 watch.esa.int
@ukspaceagency.bsky.social
@gilesyb.bsky.social @chrisgiles.ft.com
Chart of the day that shows the bond market likes Rachel Reeves' Budget. Ignoring the blip caused by early release of publications !
It's a far cry from Liz Truss'.
Will we now see UK's debt risk premium set on downwards trend ?
Image via Market Watch.
Chart of the day that shows the bond market likes Rachel Reeves' Budget. Ignoring the blip caused by early release of publications !
It's a far cry from Liz Truss'.
Will we now see UK's debt risk premium set on downwards trend ?
Image via Market Watch.
November 26, 2025 at 5:31 PM
@gilesyb.bsky.social @chrisgiles.ft.com
Chart of the day that shows the bond market likes Rachel Reeves' Budget. Ignoring the blip caused by early release of publications !
It's a far cry from Liz Truss'.
Will we now see UK's debt risk premium set on downwards trend ?
Image via Market Watch.
Chart of the day that shows the bond market likes Rachel Reeves' Budget. Ignoring the blip caused by early release of publications !
It's a far cry from Liz Truss'.
Will we now see UK's debt risk premium set on downwards trend ?
Image via Market Watch.
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And the paper is out! Great to work with my good friend @rocangel.bsky.social who led the way.
www.seismosoc.org/news/tsunami...
www.seismosoc.org/news/tsunami...
November 26, 2025 at 4:05 PM
And the paper is out! Great to work with my good friend @rocangel.bsky.social who led the way.
www.seismosoc.org/news/tsunami...
www.seismosoc.org/news/tsunami...
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The last - but certainly not least - instrument on board Metop-SGA1 to share its 1st images has now delivered!
Data from #Sentinel5 was unveiled today at @esa.int's Ministerial Council where EUMETSAT joined ESA & @ec.europa.eu to showcase Earth's air quality from space: bit.ly/4rnIRBi 🧵
Data from #Sentinel5 was unveiled today at @esa.int's Ministerial Council where EUMETSAT joined ESA & @ec.europa.eu to showcase Earth's air quality from space: bit.ly/4rnIRBi 🧵
November 26, 2025 at 3:41 PM
The last - but certainly not least - instrument on board Metop-SGA1 to share its 1st images has now delivered!
Data from #Sentinel5 was unveiled today at @esa.int's Ministerial Council where EUMETSAT joined ESA & @ec.europa.eu to showcase Earth's air quality from space: bit.ly/4rnIRBi 🧵
Data from #Sentinel5 was unveiled today at @esa.int's Ministerial Council where EUMETSAT joined ESA & @ec.europa.eu to showcase Earth's air quality from space: bit.ly/4rnIRBi 🧵
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Whatever else this government do (and there's plenty of issues with this budget) ministers will always be able to point to this as an incredible important contribution to the country's future. Almost half a million kids taken out of poverty.
Scrapping the two-child limit in full is a monumental decision. Well done to all involved in the Child Poverty Strategy, and everyone who has made the case against the policy.
OBR says scrapping costs £3 billion in 2029-30 and will lift 450,000 out of poverty
OBR says scrapping costs £3 billion in 2029-30 and will lift 450,000 out of poverty
November 26, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Whatever else this government do (and there's plenty of issues with this budget) ministers will always be able to point to this as an incredible important contribution to the country's future. Almost half a million kids taken out of poverty.
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New #Copernicus #Sentinel2 imagery over Hayli Gubbi, Ethiopia acquired today 25th Nov 2025
link.dataspace.copernicus.eu/3j17
Image via Copernicus Browser.
link.dataspace.copernicus.eu/3j17
Image via Copernicus Browser.
November 25, 2025 at 5:47 PM
New #Copernicus #Sentinel2 imagery over Hayli Gubbi, Ethiopia acquired today 25th Nov 2025
link.dataspace.copernicus.eu/3j17
Image via Copernicus Browser.
link.dataspace.copernicus.eu/3j17
Image via Copernicus Browser.