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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This is not a peace plan. It is a proposal that weakens Ukraine and divides America from Europe, preparing the way for a larger war in the future. In the meantime, it benefits unnamed Russian and American investors, at the expense of everyone else.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Trump Has a Recipe for War and Corruption, Not Peace
Who would benefit from the White House’s 28-point proposal for Ukraine?
www.theatlantic.com
November 22, 2025 at 11:11 AM
This is not a peace plan. It is a proposal that weakens Ukraine and divides America from Europe, preparing the way for a larger war in the future. In the meantime, it benefits unnamed Russian and American investors, at the expense of everyone else.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
The post Brexit ship sailed without a competent crew.
Any strategies we do have, we don't deliver on.
Our national culture that is beset by short-termism and risk aversion.
Any long journey requires one to know the destination - need an agreed Vision 2030/40 that all parties could work towards.
Any strategies we do have, we don't deliver on.
Our national culture that is beset by short-termism and risk aversion.
Any long journey requires one to know the destination - need an agreed Vision 2030/40 that all parties could work towards.
The ‘we’ll adapt and move on post Brexit’ ship sure is taking a long time to come in (and appears to be drifting further out to sea with storms icebergs etc etc) and yet banking on this particular ship successfully docking is somehow considered a sensible / preferable strategy.
November 22, 2025 at 10:33 AM
The post Brexit ship sailed without a competent crew.
Any strategies we do have, we don't deliver on.
Our national culture that is beset by short-termism and risk aversion.
Any long journey requires one to know the destination - need an agreed Vision 2030/40 that all parties could work towards.
Any strategies we do have, we don't deliver on.
Our national culture that is beset by short-termism and risk aversion.
Any long journey requires one to know the destination - need an agreed Vision 2030/40 that all parties could work towards.
@eliothiggins.bsky.social In Trump has Putin found someone who is easy to influence ?
Yes - b/c Trump really wants a Nobel Peace Prize, and he'll cede to Russia's demands if that gives him what he wants.
Europe should stand by Ukraine, & both should say no. Lessons from past have not been learnt.
Yes - b/c Trump really wants a Nobel Peace Prize, and he'll cede to Russia's demands if that gives him what he wants.
Europe should stand by Ukraine, & both should say no. Lessons from past have not been learnt.
November 22, 2025 at 10:01 AM
@eliothiggins.bsky.social In Trump has Putin found someone who is easy to influence ?
Yes - b/c Trump really wants a Nobel Peace Prize, and he'll cede to Russia's demands if that gives him what he wants.
Europe should stand by Ukraine, & both should say no. Lessons from past have not been learnt.
Yes - b/c Trump really wants a Nobel Peace Prize, and he'll cede to Russia's demands if that gives him what he wants.
Europe should stand by Ukraine, & both should say no. Lessons from past have not been learnt.
Even small meteorite impacts can be destructive, say Kaali impact on Saaremaa Island, Estonia impact.uwo.ca/impact-crate.... Estimated impact 5-20 kilotons of TNT !
More info, Losiak et al (2016), DOI: 10.1111/maps.12616
Here is hillshade of Estonian Land Board 5m LIDAR showing clear crater rim.
More info, Losiak et al (2016), DOI: 10.1111/maps.12616
Here is hillshade of Estonian Land Board 5m LIDAR showing clear crater rim.
November 22, 2025 at 7:50 AM
Even small meteorite impacts can be destructive, say Kaali impact on Saaremaa Island, Estonia impact.uwo.ca/impact-crate.... Estimated impact 5-20 kilotons of TNT !
More info, Losiak et al (2016), DOI: 10.1111/maps.12616
Here is hillshade of Estonian Land Board 5m LIDAR showing clear crater rim.
More info, Losiak et al (2016), DOI: 10.1111/maps.12616
Here is hillshade of Estonian Land Board 5m LIDAR showing clear crater rim.
NEW: It’s takes a moment for this to really sink in.
Guardian reporting that key parts of Trump’s peace plan was drafted IN RUSSIAN first.
Guardian reporting that key parts of Trump’s peace plan was drafted IN RUSSIAN first.
November 22, 2025 at 7:40 AM
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When I wrote about the ancient Zanclean megaflood filling the Mediterranean in as little as 12-18 months (!), it was wistfully.
I'm English. Lovely place, England, but Big Geological Drama? None of that round 'ere, sadly.
Imagine my delight at what geophysicists found in the English Channel.
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I'm English. Lovely place, England, but Big Geological Drama? None of that round 'ere, sadly.
Imagine my delight at what geophysicists found in the English Channel.
1/
November 21, 2025 at 3:06 PM
When I wrote about the ancient Zanclean megaflood filling the Mediterranean in as little as 12-18 months (!), it was wistfully.
I'm English. Lovely place, England, but Big Geological Drama? None of that round 'ere, sadly.
Imagine my delight at what geophysicists found in the English Channel.
1/
I'm English. Lovely place, England, but Big Geological Drama? None of that round 'ere, sadly.
Imagine my delight at what geophysicists found in the English Channel.
1/
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Thanks to everyone who's read and shared our essay on the UK economy this week. Have been some very kind responses, and some good critiques (though I'd really like to hear more criticism).
Just to share a few reflections on reactions to it...
getting-out-of-the-hole.uk
Just to share a few reflections on reactions to it...
getting-out-of-the-hole.uk
Getting Britain out of the hole
A plan for the UK economy
getting-out-of-the-hole.uk
November 21, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Thanks to everyone who's read and shared our essay on the UK economy this week. Have been some very kind responses, and some good critiques (though I'd really like to hear more criticism).
Just to share a few reflections on reactions to it...
getting-out-of-the-hole.uk
Just to share a few reflections on reactions to it...
getting-out-of-the-hole.uk
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Relying on ChatGPT to teach you about a topic leaves you with shallower knowledge than Googling and reading about it, according to new research that compared what more than 10,000 people knew after using one method or the other.
Shared by @gizmodo.com: buff.ly/yAAHtHq
Shared by @gizmodo.com: buff.ly/yAAHtHq
November 21, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Relying on ChatGPT to teach you about a topic leaves you with shallower knowledge than Googling and reading about it, according to new research that compared what more than 10,000 people knew after using one method or the other.
Shared by @gizmodo.com: buff.ly/yAAHtHq
Shared by @gizmodo.com: buff.ly/yAAHtHq
Sutton Hoo Ship's Company Anglo Saxon replica ship naming contest.
What could possible go wrong ?
"... it's got to be something to do with the history of the ship, the local area or Anglo-Saxon history"
No silly names.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
What could possible go wrong ?
"... it's got to be something to do with the history of the ship, the local area or Anglo-Saxon history"
No silly names.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Sutton Hoo ship name contest urges no 'Boaty McBoatface' suggestions
Sutton Hoo Ship's Company wants help naming their replica, but urges people not to make joke suggestions.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 21, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Sutton Hoo Ship's Company Anglo Saxon replica ship naming contest.
What could possible go wrong ?
"... it's got to be something to do with the history of the ship, the local area or Anglo-Saxon history"
No silly names.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
What could possible go wrong ?
"... it's got to be something to do with the history of the ship, the local area or Anglo-Saxon history"
No silly names.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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New! We study the disruptive 2025 earthquake unrest near #Santorini using machine-learning derived seismicity as virtual stress meters at depth. We show the unrest was due to a magma dike intrusion, imaging in detail a complex, rebounding process of dike propagation.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
The 2025 Santorini unrest unveiled: Rebounding magmatic dike intrusion with triggered seismicity
Magmatic intrusion in Earth’s crust can lead to hazardous volcanic eruptions, but the physical processes involved remain largely hidden from direct observation. We used machine learning–derived seismi...
www.science.org
November 21, 2025 at 7:32 AM
New! We study the disruptive 2025 earthquake unrest near #Santorini using machine-learning derived seismicity as virtual stress meters at depth. We show the unrest was due to a magma dike intrusion, imaging in detail a complex, rebounding process of dike propagation.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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"so deep was the fiscal crisis that public spending was cut and taxes on the rich went up. The result is that Britain’s top 10 per cent is the only segment paying more in taxes today than in 2010" on.ft.com/4a6clNL
if this were more widely understood, Reeves' job would be somewhat easier
if this were more widely understood, Reeves' job would be somewhat easier
Britain’s tax system combines the worst of the US and Scandinavia
The UK’s experiment in eating the rich while shrinking the state has left everyone worse off
on.ft.com
November 21, 2025 at 6:38 AM
"so deep was the fiscal crisis that public spending was cut and taxes on the rich went up. The result is that Britain’s top 10 per cent is the only segment paying more in taxes today than in 2010" on.ft.com/4a6clNL
if this were more widely understood, Reeves' job would be somewhat easier
if this were more widely understood, Reeves' job would be somewhat easier
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Semeru, Indonesia is erupting. Communities are being evacuated.
Incredible footage of pyroclastic density currents in the news.
youtube.com/watch?v=ducv...
Incredible footage of pyroclastic density currents in the news.
youtube.com/watch?v=ducv...
Indonesia's Mount Semeru erupts and covers villages with falling ash
YouTube video by Associated Press
youtube.com
November 20, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Semeru, Indonesia is erupting. Communities are being evacuated.
Incredible footage of pyroclastic density currents in the news.
youtube.com/watch?v=ducv...
Incredible footage of pyroclastic density currents in the news.
youtube.com/watch?v=ducv...
Trump and the US administration proposing a deal that only benefits Russia ?
Read the full text of Trump’s 28-point Ukraine-Russia peace plan on.ft.com/4ibYCHp
Read the full text of Trump’s 28-point Ukraine-Russia peace plan
[FREE TO READ] Proposed deal would limit size of Ukrainian forces and calls on Kyiv to withdraw troops from eastern Donetsk
on.ft.com
November 21, 2025 at 7:13 AM
Trump and the US administration proposing a deal that only benefits Russia ?
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"Drawing on hundreds of sources across 38 schools of thought, we distilled ten principles focused on wellbeing, justice and ecological resilience that could offer a way to rethink national economic strategies."
"Why the UK should look beyond growth to a ‘new economics’ that works for all"
Why the UK should look beyond growth to a ‘new economics’ that works for all
Traditional economics can’t respond to global crises like inequality and climate change.
bit.ly
November 21, 2025 at 7:04 AM
"Drawing on hundreds of sources across 38 schools of thought, we distilled ten principles focused on wellbeing, justice and ecological resilience that could offer a way to rethink national economic strategies."
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A huge thank you to everyone who participated in last week's COMET InSAR Training Workshop!
📹 Couldn't make it or want to revisit the sessions?
🔗https://www.youtube.com/@COMETWebinars
📅 Details for the 2026 InSAR Training Workshop will be announced on COMET Bluesky next year. Stay tuned!
📹 Couldn't make it or want to revisit the sessions?
🔗https://www.youtube.com/@COMETWebinars
📅 Details for the 2026 InSAR Training Workshop will be announced on COMET Bluesky next year. Stay tuned!
November 20, 2025 at 1:45 PM
A huge thank you to everyone who participated in last week's COMET InSAR Training Workshop!
📹 Couldn't make it or want to revisit the sessions?
🔗https://www.youtube.com/@COMETWebinars
📅 Details for the 2026 InSAR Training Workshop will be announced on COMET Bluesky next year. Stay tuned!
📹 Couldn't make it or want to revisit the sessions?
🔗https://www.youtube.com/@COMETWebinars
📅 Details for the 2026 InSAR Training Workshop will be announced on COMET Bluesky next year. Stay tuned!
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A new study using #Sentinel-3 radar altimetry shows that Bolivia’s #SalardeUyuni truly becomes electromagnetically perfectly smooth during the rainy season — reflecting radar and sunlight like a sheet of glass.
🔗 sentinels.copernicus.eu/web/success-...
#CopernicusEU #SentinelOnline #Sentinel3 #ESA
🔗 sentinels.copernicus.eu/web/success-...
#CopernicusEU #SentinelOnline #Sentinel3 #ESA
November 20, 2025 at 10:02 AM
A new study using #Sentinel-3 radar altimetry shows that Bolivia’s #SalardeUyuni truly becomes electromagnetically perfectly smooth during the rainy season — reflecting radar and sunlight like a sheet of glass.
🔗 sentinels.copernicus.eu/web/success-...
#CopernicusEU #SentinelOnline #Sentinel3 #ESA
🔗 sentinels.copernicus.eu/web/success-...
#CopernicusEU #SentinelOnline #Sentinel3 #ESA
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Attention is on NEETs today, but the problem is much worse.
NEETs include stay-at-home parents & jobseekers.
Strip those out to focus on people not working, not seeking work, not in education & not parenting: this group of economically & socially dislocated young adults has *doubled* in a decade.
NEETs include stay-at-home parents & jobseekers.
Strip those out to focus on people not working, not seeking work, not in education & not parenting: this group of economically & socially dislocated young adults has *doubled* in a decade.
November 20, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Attention is on NEETs today, but the problem is much worse.
NEETs include stay-at-home parents & jobseekers.
Strip those out to focus on people not working, not seeking work, not in education & not parenting: this group of economically & socially dislocated young adults has *doubled* in a decade.
NEETs include stay-at-home parents & jobseekers.
Strip those out to focus on people not working, not seeking work, not in education & not parenting: this group of economically & socially dislocated young adults has *doubled* in a decade.
All Combined Authorities (CAs) could learn from Greater Manchester and @andyburnham.bsky.social.
Though to get similar results elsewhere, the Central Government will have to devolve more powers to others CAs.
Though to get similar results elsewhere, the Central Government will have to devolve more powers to others CAs.
'For the first time in my lifetime we are closing the North-South divide'
@andyburnham.bsky.social, Mayor of Greater Manchester, tells #BBCBreakfast about his plans to improve growth in the local economy
@andyburnham.bsky.social, Mayor of Greater Manchester, tells #BBCBreakfast about his plans to improve growth in the local economy
November 20, 2025 at 9:38 AM
All Combined Authorities (CAs) could learn from Greater Manchester and @andyburnham.bsky.social.
Though to get similar results elsewhere, the Central Government will have to devolve more powers to others CAs.
Though to get similar results elsewhere, the Central Government will have to devolve more powers to others CAs.
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🌍🌐 A new paper highlights Polytope, ECMWF’s data service for the EU’s DestinE Digital Twins. Its new feature-extraction capability enables users to retrieve only the bytes of data they need from the vast volumes of data at native resolution. Read more ➡️ destine.ecmwf.int/news/polytop...
November 20, 2025 at 9:14 AM
🌍🌐 A new paper highlights Polytope, ECMWF’s data service for the EU’s DestinE Digital Twins. Its new feature-extraction capability enables users to retrieve only the bytes of data they need from the vast volumes of data at native resolution. Read more ➡️ destine.ecmwf.int/news/polytop...
"Taken At The Flood - : ensuring sustainable heritage strategies for green energy development in the North Sea" project looks interesting.
Funded by AHRC, and led by @vincegaffney.bsky.social from Uni of Bradford.
It's starting to produce some outreach & publications
gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref...
Funded by AHRC, and led by @vincegaffney.bsky.social from Uni of Bradford.
It's starting to produce some outreach & publications
gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref...
November 20, 2025 at 9:07 AM
"Taken At The Flood - : ensuring sustainable heritage strategies for green energy development in the North Sea" project looks interesting.
Funded by AHRC, and led by @vincegaffney.bsky.social from Uni of Bradford.
It's starting to produce some outreach & publications
gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref...
Funded by AHRC, and led by @vincegaffney.bsky.social from Uni of Bradford.
It's starting to produce some outreach & publications
gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref...
What happens when US health policy gets taken over by vaccine sceptics and disinformation ?
@chrischirp.bsky.social @eliothiggins.bsky.social @profsanderlinden.bsky.social @euvsdisinfo.eu @jagolinzer.bsky.social
@chrischirp.bsky.social @eliothiggins.bsky.social @profsanderlinden.bsky.social @euvsdisinfo.eu @jagolinzer.bsky.social
This is CDC now directed to push disinformation -which given RFJ been empowered to remove multiple staff has been made easier to do. For the avoidance of doubt extensive studies conducted by multiple groups show NO link with Autism #HealthPolicy 🧪🧵
HEADS UP: CDC website now officially asserts that vaccines may cause autism.“Studies supporting a link have been ignored by health authorities.” Also says the “vaccines do not cause autism” header remains b/c of an agreement with Cassidy.
November 20, 2025 at 7:00 AM
What happens when US health policy gets taken over by vaccine sceptics and disinformation ?
@chrischirp.bsky.social @eliothiggins.bsky.social @profsanderlinden.bsky.social @euvsdisinfo.eu @jagolinzer.bsky.social
@chrischirp.bsky.social @eliothiggins.bsky.social @profsanderlinden.bsky.social @euvsdisinfo.eu @jagolinzer.bsky.social
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November 19, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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Here's a view by #Sentinel-2 of the Rhone river plume within the Gulf of Lion waters. Other the change in water colour, and the strong front between the two water masses, I love how there are more wind-induced whitecaps in the bluer waters, although I do not have a direct explanation about it... 🧐🌊
November 19, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Here's a view by #Sentinel-2 of the Rhone river plume within the Gulf of Lion waters. Other the change in water colour, and the strong front between the two water masses, I love how there are more wind-induced whitecaps in the bluer waters, although I do not have a direct explanation about it... 🧐🌊
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Or watch all @eerie-project.eu videos on their YouTube Channel
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
#ClimateResearchNet #ScienceHours
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
#ClimateResearchNet #ScienceHours
November 19, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Or watch all @eerie-project.eu videos on their YouTube Channel
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
#ClimateResearchNet #ScienceHours
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
#ClimateResearchNet #ScienceHours