Dominic Manchee

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.

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Dominic Manchee
@dpmanchee.bsky.social

@eliothiggins.bsky.social What needs to be promoted in Israel is constructive patriotism - loving one's country includes holding it accountable to high moral/ethical standards. Criticising military action or acknowledging civilian harm does not destroy national identity or make a person a traitor.

Steve Herman@newsguy.bsky.social

Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu scare tactic amid balloting accuses Arab voters of "trying to steal the election." (Arab citizens compose ~17% of the eligible Israeli electorate.)

Dominic Manchee
@dpmanchee.bsky.social

'What Happened to the Neanderthals?' And are modern humans unique ? Is our success down to a new stone tool ? 'a web of interacting factors' ? Luck ? With comments from @elliescerri.bsky.social and @mdpetraglia.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/10/26/s... Web archive link archive.ph/mIJMj

nytimes.comWhat Happened to the Neanderthals?Scientists now know that they shared many of the sophisticated abilities of Homo sapiens. So why are we the only humans left standing?
Dominic Manchee
@dpmanchee.bsky.social

It was obvious back in 2016 that EU would develop strategies for key industrial sectors. They even put in place Skills Agenda 2016, employment-social-affairs.ec.europa.eu/policies-and... Over the last 10 years what have successive UK governments done ? Very little. Our policy making is out of date.

employment-social-affairs.ec.europa.euBlueprint for sectoral cooperation on skillsThe Blueprint for sectoral cooperation on skills was first introduced by the Skills Agenda for Europe 2016
David Henig@davidheniguk.bsky.social

So here it is, why Made in Europe and the general air of major power coercion are key to Andy Burnham's rejoin and free movement talk. A world about as far as possible away from the Brexit vision as it could be - and an incentive for the pro-EU side. rejoinrejoin.substack.com/p/made-in-eu...

rejoinrejoin.substack.comMade in Europe is central to Burnham’s rejoin talkBecause if you aren’t the US, EU, or China, you’re increasingly the victim of coercion

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Farrukh
@implausibleblog.bsky.social

Left: President Trump insults Norway calling it a sh*thouse country Right: Visit Norway, the tourism board, trolls President Trump, displaying some of their best toilets on their Instagram 😅

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Richard Blumenthal
@blumenthal.senate.gov

Ukraine losing access to Starshield raises serious concerns for our national security—like who controls critical capabilities the U.S. government has spent billions to procure & how decisions to restrict them are made. I'm demanding answers from the Department of Defense & SpaceX

Dominic Manchee
@dpmanchee.bsky.social

What is more acceptable ? a) Andy Burnham being on Celebrity Gogglebox, b) Kemi Badenoch + husband being flown from Rome to Athens in Aug 2026, for a meeting with Rupert Murdoch, and back to London - all funded by News Corp UK ? #https://members.parliament.uk/member/4597/registeredinterests

YouGov@yougov.co.uk

While Kemi Badenoch has criticised Andy Burnham for appearing on a charity episode of Gogglebox, Britons tend to see it as acceptable by 48% to 30% Acceptable: 48% Unacceptable: 30% yougov.com/en-gb/daily-...

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EU Science, Research & Innovation
@scienceinnovation.ec.europa.eu

From cyberattacks to incursions of unmanned systems, hybrid threats are increasingly challenging Europe's security. Today, the #JRC and Hybrid CoE launched a new report on hybrid warfare, highlighting the need to reinforce resilience with credible deterrence to anticipate, defend and respond.

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Jimmy Rushton
@jimmyrushton.bsky.social

My latest: Ukraine’s Starshield access is still crippled, no-one is taking the blame, and Ukrainian soldiers and civilians are dying because of it. kyivindependent.com/analysis-ukr...

kyivindependent.comAnalysis: Ukraine’s Starshield access is still crippled, and no one is taking the blameEleven days after Ukraine's Starshield terminals started mysteriously malfunctioning, there is still nobody in Washington who wants to take responsibility, while Trump administration officials continu...

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Jacob Öberg
@profjacob.bsky.social

🚨🚨This could be a turning point. Amid #Starlink crisis, #Finnish tech giants #ICEYE and #Nokia signed a letter of intent with #Ukraine's Defense Ministry yesterday formalizing a partnership aimed at developing Ukraine's own #satellitecommunicationssystem. kyivindependent.com/amid-starlin...

kyivindependent.comAmid Starlink crisis, Finnish tech giants announce plan to help Ukraine build its own sovereign satellite system"Ukraine needs secure, sovereign, and high-performance satellite communications systems that it controls," ICEYE CEO Rafal Modrzewski said in a press release announcing the deal with Kyiv.
Dominic Manchee
@dpmanchee.bsky.social

In other weather news, Trump's pettiness on show (again). The US National Weather Service will now only show data from US instruments. @davidho.bsky.social @zacklabe.com

Matthew Pfab@matthewpfabwx.bsky.social

Update...it's not just Canada 🤦‍♂️ As a cost-cutting measure, NWS has removed ALL international observations (outside of US buoys) from its site. A shame that such a simple and helpful tool had to be removed due to the Trump administration's anti-science budget cuts.

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Met Office - weather and climate
@metoffice.gov.uk

After a quiet Autumn, things have suddenly turned very unsettled, very quickly, with two named storms within two days. Some very wet and windy weather ahead, and multiple Met Office warnings in force. Watch this weekend's weather forecast with Honor 👇 www.youtube.com/watch?v=n94N...

youtube.comWeekend weather 22/10/2026 – A stormy weekend ahead – Met Office weather forecast UKYouTube video by Met Office - UK Weather

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Owen King
@owenking.bsky.social

Gave a talk about glacier recession in the Andes yesterday and the title slide showing two decades of change turned some heads. Here's a better (worse?) one showing 47 years of ice loss in a small part of Patagonia.. 🧪❄️

Dominic Manchee
@dpmanchee.bsky.social

The UK didn't replace ageing infrastructure when interest rates or borrowing costs were low. Now a lot is coming to the end of its life. So we have no choice to pay a lot more to replace. Just short-sighted policy making.

Richard Jones@richardaljones.bsky.social

"Britain cannot build its future by returning to the 1970s" says Martin Wolf in the FT. It was in the 60s & 70s that the UK built the infrastructure that it sweated & ran down in the 80s & 90s. We stopped building for the future, and now the future has arrived.

Dominic Manchee
@dpmanchee.bsky.social

BIOMASS will help reveal wide paleochannels over the target areas. Though smaller channels will still be missed - the spatial resolution of the focussed SAR data doesn't have sufficient spatial resolution to resolve them. Other approaches are required say VHR #ALOS2 (L-Band) or airborne/drone SAR.

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Cate Brown
@catebrown.bsky.social

In August, Trump announced the “BIGGEST OIL DEAL IN WORLD HISTORY!” But is it? The text of the accord — which grants the U.S. sweeping access to Venezuela’s oil reserves — has been one of DC’s most sought-after secrets. ProPublica got to see a copy. 🧵

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James Murray
@james-bg.bsky.social

The problem is not really Jackdaw, which is pretty small. The problem is the UK's plan to transition away from fossil fuels is still not ambitious and detailed enough. The problem is if Rosebank follows. The problem is if every country develops one last fossil fuel project we're all screwed.

Dominic Manchee
@dpmanchee.bsky.social

'Super Typhoon #Champi has now grown into the world’s strongest tropical cyclone of 2026, with respect to wind speed.' www.theweathernetwork.com/en/news/weat...

theweathernetwork.com296 km/h: Super Typhoon Champi is now the strongest storm on Earth in 2026 - The Weather NetworkIn terms of wind speed, Super Typhoon Champi is the most powerful storm on Earth in 2026 so far, achieving the top storm spot with its peak winds of 296 km/h--the equivalent of a Category 5 storm
CYMS Cyclone Monitoring Service by Sentinel-1@cyms-s1.bsky.social

#Champi, now a super-Typhoon, Western Pacific. @esaearth.esa.int acquisitions on 2026/10/20 09:09 UTC for #2026SHOC from Copernicus @sentinelonline.bsky.social #Sentinel1 D. Max sustained wind velocities (left) over 60 m/s, derived from SAR sea surface roughness (right).

Dominic Manchee
@dpmanchee.bsky.social

This decision won't persuade Reform UK voters to go back to Labour. Instead they will see it as validating their own worldview. For others concerned about impacts that climate change will have on their children and grand-children, and wider environment, it make them more likely to turn on Labour.

Rage Against the Miocene@organiccarbon.bsky.social

For decades, oil and gas companies have polluted the public conversation about climate action with toxic misinformation. But an equally sinister barrier to action is the unwillingness for any nation to leave their natural resources unextracted and unexploited. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

theguardian.comUK approves Jackdaw gasfield in North SeaDecision was widely expected after lobbying by Shell but will dismay environmental campaigners

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vsamsondc.bsky.social
@vsamsondc.bsky.social

Things seem to have calmed down for now, but one more article about Cosmos 2612 and ICEYE 36 with discussion (from me) about RPOs: www.scientificamerican.com/article/alar...

scientificamerican.comA Russian satellite just did something unprecedented in orbit. Is war in space already underway?How close is too close for encounters between sensitive spacecraft orbiting Earth? With a mysterious approach to another satellite, Russia’s military may be trying to find out

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AMSAT-DL
@amsat-dl.org

JAXA #MMX now with higher data rate.. 📡📶

AMSAT-DL@amsat-dl.org

JAXA MMX (Martian Moons eXploration) is alive and transmitting strong downlink signals on X band.. 📡Congratulations!

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Nahel Belgherze
@wxnb.bsky.social

France appears to have just broken its national 1-hour, 2-hour, and 3-hour rainfall records, pending official confirmation. Solenzara, on the island of Corsica, has recorded a jaw-dropping 380 mm (15 inches) of rain since 9 a.m.

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Met Office - weather and climate
@metoffice.gov.uk

The Met Office has named #StormAusten The storm is forecast to bring strong winds and heavy rain across the UK on Thursday night and Friday The strongest winds will be across the southwest of England and into southern Wales. Stay #WeatherAware ⚠️

Dominic Manchee
@dpmanchee.bsky.social

Why should be trust the Conservatives with economic policy again ? - they failed to invest when national debt and borrowing costs were lower - they stripped back public sector state provision so when a crisis did hit the state was unable to respond We now have war in Ukraine & Middle East.

Andrew Sissons@acjsissons.bsky.social

Pretty striking to see Andy Haldane, one of Burnham’s reported advisors from before he took power, endorse the Conservatives’ economic policy and a smaller state… giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...

Dominic Manchee
@dpmanchee.bsky.social

Geopolitics have changed, so why doesn't Andy Haldane recognise that fact ? We need to set the UK on a long term path to success, and not have even more short term tinkering.

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CBHC / RCAHMW
@rcahmwales.bsky.social

Historic Wales Beta is now live! Explore historic environment data from RCAHMW, Cadw and Heneb over newly-digitised historic maps including early Ordnance Survey and Enclosure maps, and maritime navigation charts: zurl.co/T5NQI #HistoricWales #WelshHeritage

Dominic Manchee
@dpmanchee.bsky.social

@bleddb.bsky.social Thoughts ? Deliberate action by Russia to disrupt a SAR satellite that may be being used by Ukrainian forces ? If it does happen, how should the West treat this ? Response ?

Marco Langbroek@marcolangbroek.bsky.social

According to current orbital elements, the Russian #KOSMOS 2612 satellite is now within 1-2 km of #ICEYE-X36. Based on current elements, it might come within meters of the latter within a few hours from now. This is an #RPO without consent. (cont.)

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EUSPA - EU Agency for the Space Programme
@euspa.bsky.social

EUSPA’s Administrative Board welcomes a new member from Iceland Iceland’s participation marks a new chapter in the European Union’s space cooperation. Thanks to its unique geography and scientific expertise, the country plays a distinctive role in space-related research and innovation.

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"Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux
@bretdevereaux.bsky.social

There's a lot of absurd things here, but the naive ignorance of the idea that putting economic pressure on Russia would drive them *away* from the bargaining table is perhaps the most detached from reality. Real genius stuff from President Deals here.

Shipwreck@shipwreck75.bsky.social

Trump on Russia:

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Johan West
@johanwest.eurosky.social

Over the last couple of weeks I've built a small hobby tool that compares free radar satellite images (Sentinel-1) with live AIS ship data around Denmark. The aim: find ships at sea that don't show up on AIS. A short thread on how it works 🧵

Dominic Manchee
@dpmanchee.bsky.social

Danish sovereignty and Greenlandic self-determination remain. The U.S.–Denmark–Greenland security agreement does not directly transfer full mineral ownership or direct mining rights to US. Denmark, Greenland and US must unanimously approve sensitive investments - so US has a veto power.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Trump: "Greenland. We got it for nothing."

Dominic Manchee
@dpmanchee.bsky.social

Great opinion piece. I too would have to agree w/ author Luke Harding's Q: "if Trump were a Russian asset, in what way would he behave any differently from the way he behaves now?" And yes, the Trump administration is an unreliable partner. @profjacob.bsky.social @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu

Jonathan Freedland@jonathanfreedland.bsky.social

Trump is telling us as loudly and clearly as he can: he’s not our friend and he won’t protect us. Time we got the message - and acted accordingly. Latest column www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

theguardian.comOf course Trump is helping Russia in Ukraine – he’s a master of the art of betrayal | Jonathan FreedlandThe old certainties have gone. We will have to spend whatever it takes to protect ourselves in this new and dangerous world, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland