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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NASA won’t bring Mars samples back to Earth: this is the science that will be lost www.nature.com/articles/d41... 🧪
NASA won’t bring Mars samples back to Earth: this is the science that will be lost
A Congressional bill restores funding for most NASA space science missions, but there is no money for returning samples already collected on the red planet.
www.nature.com
January 10, 2026 at 3:52 PM
NASA won’t bring Mars samples back to Earth: this is the science that will be lost www.nature.com/articles/d41... 🧪
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who could have predicted that stopping international students, care workers and nurses from coming to the UK would damage the economy/public finances while yielding precisely no political benefits?
Oh. Me.
[& lots of others obviously]
Oh. Me.
[& lots of others obviously]
January 10, 2026 at 1:50 PM
who could have predicted that stopping international students, care workers and nurses from coming to the UK would damage the economy/public finances while yielding precisely no political benefits?
Oh. Me.
[& lots of others obviously]
Oh. Me.
[& lots of others obviously]
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These are extremely wise, thruthfull and insightfull words, but they will be lost on the MAGA crowd, which live in their own alternate (ir-)reality.
America’s Strategic Alliance with Denmark and NATO
open.substack.com/pub/ivodaald...
open.substack.com/pub/ivodaald...
America’s Strategic Alliance with Denmark and NATO
A statement by 14 former officials in Democratic and Republican Administrations—including four NATO Ambassadors, 3 Assistant Secretaries of State for Europe, and 3 NSC Senior Directors
open.substack.com
January 10, 2026 at 10:47 AM
These are extremely wise, thruthfull and insightfull words, but they will be lost on the MAGA crowd, which live in their own alternate (ir-)reality.
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Following @jamesdaustin.bsky.social lead, here’s my starter pack of women journalists to follow. Apologies to any women I’ve inadvertently missed off. It’s not a slight. I’m just one woman, working in a specific area & region!
go.bsky.app/RaopwNN
go.bsky.app/RaopwNN
January 10, 2026 at 9:46 AM
Following @jamesdaustin.bsky.social lead, here’s my starter pack of women journalists to follow. Apologies to any women I’ve inadvertently missed off. It’s not a slight. I’m just one woman, working in a specific area & region!
go.bsky.app/RaopwNN
go.bsky.app/RaopwNN
@boothicus.bsky.social I'm just reading 'Pathogenesis - How Germs Made History' by Jonathan Kennedy - a bit hard going. Was a Christmas present that I had asked for !
After some internet reseach I found a 2022 paper by @virologyhouldcroft.bsky.social and Underdown providing a clearer summary ↘️
After some internet reseach I found a 2022 paper by @virologyhouldcroft.bsky.social and Underdown providing a clearer summary ↘️
January 10, 2026 at 9:07 AM
@boothicus.bsky.social I'm just reading 'Pathogenesis - How Germs Made History' by Jonathan Kennedy - a bit hard going. Was a Christmas present that I had asked for !
After some internet reseach I found a 2022 paper by @virologyhouldcroft.bsky.social and Underdown providing a clearer summary ↘️
After some internet reseach I found a 2022 paper by @virologyhouldcroft.bsky.social and Underdown providing a clearer summary ↘️
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This is an important and sobering read about a 1943 American pamphlet warning citizens what fascism in America would look like. Every bit of it is happening now
open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
January 9, 2026
Beginning in 1943, the War Department published a series of pamphlets for U.S.
open.substack.com
January 10, 2026 at 8:37 AM
This is an important and sobering read about a 1943 American pamphlet warning citizens what fascism in America would look like. Every bit of it is happening now
open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
I thought thriller series 'Rabbit Hole' with Kiefer Sutherland was wild & far-fetched ... shadowy figures, surveillence databases, people unable to tell fact from fiction.
Clearly not. Just a few years before its time.
Watch on AppleTV, ITVx, & other platforms.
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
Clearly not. Just a few years before its time.
Watch on AppleTV, ITVx, & other platforms.
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
January 10, 2026 at 8:18 AM
I thought thriller series 'Rabbit Hole' with Kiefer Sutherland was wild & far-fetched ... shadowy figures, surveillence databases, people unable to tell fact from fiction.
Clearly not. Just a few years before its time.
Watch on AppleTV, ITVx, & other platforms.
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
Clearly not. Just a few years before its time.
Watch on AppleTV, ITVx, & other platforms.
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
A career federal agent says that in 25 years, a fleeing vehicle has never justified killing its occupant, and officers should never stand in front of a running car. CBS reportedly pulled the interview, but it posted on YouTube.
www.youtube.com/watch?app=de...
www.youtube.com/watch?app=de...
Retired ICE agent breaks down deadly Minneapolis shooting
YouTube video by CBS Evening News
www.youtube.com
January 10, 2026 at 8:09 AM
Trump doesn't think that a territory, part of Denmark, a NATO country, is enough to stop 🇷🇺 or 🇨🇳 taking it by force. So why would US ownership ?
Which companies seek to mine minerals in Greenland ? Which are US headquartered ? With US finance ?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... @rosatkins.bsky.social
Which companies seek to mine minerals in Greenland ? Which are US headquartered ? With US finance ?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... @rosatkins.bsky.social
Trump says US needs to 'own' Greenland to prevent Russia and China from taking it
We will do it
www.bbc.co.uk
January 10, 2026 at 5:50 AM
Trump doesn't think that a territory, part of Denmark, a NATO country, is enough to stop 🇷🇺 or 🇨🇳 taking it by force. So why would US ownership ?
Which companies seek to mine minerals in Greenland ? Which are US headquartered ? With US finance ?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... @rosatkins.bsky.social
Which companies seek to mine minerals in Greenland ? Which are US headquartered ? With US finance ?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... @rosatkins.bsky.social
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🇬🇧 "Getting mission-driven government right requires more than adopting the language."
Closing out 2025, IIPP Director @mazzucatom.bsky.social reflects on the UK Government’s 5 missions, outlining three key areas for development to deliver transformative change.
🔗 Read more: buff.ly/pOKYBSo
Closing out 2025, IIPP Director @mazzucatom.bsky.social reflects on the UK Government’s 5 missions, outlining three key areas for development to deliver transformative change.
🔗 Read more: buff.ly/pOKYBSo
January 9, 2026 at 4:30 PM
🇬🇧 "Getting mission-driven government right requires more than adopting the language."
Closing out 2025, IIPP Director @mazzucatom.bsky.social reflects on the UK Government’s 5 missions, outlining three key areas for development to deliver transformative change.
🔗 Read more: buff.ly/pOKYBSo
Closing out 2025, IIPP Director @mazzucatom.bsky.social reflects on the UK Government’s 5 missions, outlining three key areas for development to deliver transformative change.
🔗 Read more: buff.ly/pOKYBSo
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Republican bullies deploy more threats against the UK to protect their big tech corporate allies.
January 9, 2026 at 10:36 AM
Republican bullies deploy more threats against the UK to protect their big tech corporate allies.
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Erasmus: UK government has just updated its page on Erasmus advising students what they need to do if they wish to participate, now that a deal has been done to return to the EU programme.
www.gov.uk/guidance/stu...
www.gov.uk/guidance/stu...
Study in the European Union
What you need to do if you're planning to start higher education in the EU.
www.gov.uk
January 9, 2026 at 10:02 AM
Erasmus: UK government has just updated its page on Erasmus advising students what they need to do if they wish to participate, now that a deal has been done to return to the EU programme.
www.gov.uk/guidance/stu...
www.gov.uk/guidance/stu...
How to use the @copernicusland.bsky.social European Ground Motion Service (EGMS) to understand landscape evolution in areas of active tectonics, say the Med.
This from Cardello et al (2025) www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Fascinating.
@evangowan.bsky.social @richardthomasw.bsky.social
This from Cardello et al (2025) www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Fascinating.
@evangowan.bsky.social @richardthomasw.bsky.social
January 9, 2026 at 9:59 AM
How to use the @copernicusland.bsky.social European Ground Motion Service (EGMS) to understand landscape evolution in areas of active tectonics, say the Med.
This from Cardello et al (2025) www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Fascinating.
@evangowan.bsky.social @richardthomasw.bsky.social
This from Cardello et al (2025) www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Fascinating.
@evangowan.bsky.social @richardthomasw.bsky.social
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The government has urged the regulator Ofcom to use all its powers – up to and including an effective ban – against X over concerns about unlawful AI images created on the site
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Ofcom urged to use 'banning' powers over X AI deepfakes
It follows an ongoing backlash against the use of X's AI Grok to digitally remove clothing from images.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 9, 2026 at 7:36 AM
The government has urged the regulator Ofcom to use all its powers – up to and including an effective ban – against X over concerns about unlawful AI images created on the site
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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New search begins for missing flight MH370. This from @donnalferguson.bsky.social 👇
What has been learnt about oceanography, surface currents, waves, atmosphere, ... since 2014 that could aid the search ?
Do previously held assumptions still stand ?
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
What has been learnt about oceanography, surface currents, waves, atmosphere, ... since 2014 that could aid the search ?
Do previously held assumptions still stand ?
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
The mystery of flight MH370: will a new search find the missing airliner after more than a decade?
In 2014 the Malaysian Airlines jet vanished over the Indian Ocean. Now the team that located Shackleton’s Endurance is looking again with the latest undersea robots
www.theguardian.com
December 30, 2025 at 7:07 PM
New search begins for missing flight MH370. This from @donnalferguson.bsky.social 👇
What has been learnt about oceanography, surface currents, waves, atmosphere, ... since 2014 that could aid the search ?
Do previously held assumptions still stand ?
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
What has been learnt about oceanography, surface currents, waves, atmosphere, ... since 2014 that could aid the search ?
Do previously held assumptions still stand ?
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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We've analysed this video of the shooting of Renee Nicole Good yesterday in Minneapolis frame-by-frame to highlight the positioning of the gun and phone in the ICE agent's hands.
Video: @minnesotareformer.com with annotations by Bellingcat
Video: @minnesotareformer.com with annotations by Bellingcat
January 8, 2026 at 6:38 PM
We've analysed this video of the shooting of Renee Nicole Good yesterday in Minneapolis frame-by-frame to highlight the positioning of the gun and phone in the ICE agent's hands.
Video: @minnesotareformer.com with annotations by Bellingcat
Video: @minnesotareformer.com with annotations by Bellingcat
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This is forecast to result in storm surges ~1 metre on the English Channel and Bristol Channel. Fortunately it is not a spring tide, but the total water levels will be fairly high. There will also be large waves.
Please follow local warnings and stay safe.
Please follow local warnings and stay safe.
Storm Goretti update - Red wind warning and Amber warning as heavy rain turns to snow #stormgorreti share.google/IZ5gHCiGdW06...
January 8, 2026 at 3:07 PM
This is forecast to result in storm surges ~1 metre on the English Channel and Bristol Channel. Fortunately it is not a spring tide, but the total water levels will be fairly high. There will also be large waves.
Please follow local warnings and stay safe.
Please follow local warnings and stay safe.
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Excuse the dramatic music on the original video, but incredible webcam footage of PDCs from Semeru progressively infilling a stream channel, looks like it happened to be in just the right place! 🌋
Spectacular footage of pyroclastic flows at Semeru Volcano in Indonesia in November: ⚒️ youtu.be/rybUgYtvVFM?...
Pyroclastic Flow Fills River Bed with Ash - Semeru Volcano Nov 19, 2025
YouTube video by afarTV
youtu.be
January 8, 2026 at 4:39 PM
Excuse the dramatic music on the original video, but incredible webcam footage of PDCs from Semeru progressively infilling a stream channel, looks like it happened to be in just the right place! 🌋
I'm a big fan of these @eumetsat.int RGBs, though you do need to know how to interpret. On #Eumetview portal just click on a product information icon and all will become clear.
Same RGB of NW Europe on 5th Jan 2026 clearly shows snow on the ground in Scotland, N Ireland, Wales and East Anglia.
Same RGB of NW Europe on 5th Jan 2026 clearly shows snow on the ground in Scotland, N Ireland, Wales and East Anglia.
January 8, 2026 at 4:43 PM
I'm a big fan of these @eumetsat.int RGBs, though you do need to know how to interpret. On #Eumetview portal just click on a product information icon and all will become clear.
Same RGB of NW Europe on 5th Jan 2026 clearly shows snow on the ground in Scotland, N Ireland, Wales and East Anglia.
Same RGB of NW Europe on 5th Jan 2026 clearly shows snow on the ground in Scotland, N Ireland, Wales and East Anglia.
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It really is time not to travel to, not to engage with, not to buy anything from, to boycott entirely the USA.
January 8, 2026 at 12:12 PM
It really is time not to travel to, not to engage with, not to buy anything from, to boycott entirely the USA.
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January 8, 2026 at 12:44 PM
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Watch the full webinar on teaching geography with satellite imagery. Learn to identify #geographical processes and create compelling visualisations using free #CopernicusEU data.
🔗 https://youtu.be/2FhDVkTL59A
#SentinelOnline #ESA #EarthObservation #SatelliteImagery #GIS #RemoteSensing
🔗 https://youtu.be/2FhDVkTL59A
#SentinelOnline #ESA #EarthObservation #SatelliteImagery #GIS #RemoteSensing
Webinar - Teaching Geography with Satellite Imagery
Learn how to search, explore and navigate satellite imagery to explain geographic patterns and processes. Watch our webinar which was held live on May 23, 20...
youtu.be
January 8, 2026 at 10:04 AM
Watch the full webinar on teaching geography with satellite imagery. Learn to identify #geographical processes and create compelling visualisations using free #CopernicusEU data.
🔗 https://youtu.be/2FhDVkTL59A
#SentinelOnline #ESA #EarthObservation #SatelliteImagery #GIS #RemoteSensing
🔗 https://youtu.be/2FhDVkTL59A
#SentinelOnline #ESA #EarthObservation #SatelliteImagery #GIS #RemoteSensing
@rachelcoldicutt.bsky.social It appears that Google GMail is entering the AI era 🙄 blog.google/products-and...
Does anyone know how to disable such features ?
Does anyone know how to disable such features ?
Gmail is entering the Gemini era
Learn more about the next era of Gmail, now using Gemini 3 and Personal Intelligence.
blog.google
January 8, 2026 at 1:48 PM
@rachelcoldicutt.bsky.social It appears that Google GMail is entering the AI era 🙄 blog.google/products-and...
Does anyone know how to disable such features ?
Does anyone know how to disable such features ?
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⚠️ There are warnings for strong winds in place in the south with very strong gusts expected to affect the west of Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly
Here's some simple steps and partner advice that you can follow to ensure that you stay safe during strong winds 👉 bit.ly/3VZqfqU
#WeatherReady
Here's some simple steps and partner advice that you can follow to ensure that you stay safe during strong winds 👉 bit.ly/3VZqfqU
#WeatherReady
January 8, 2026 at 1:00 PM
⚠️ There are warnings for strong winds in place in the south with very strong gusts expected to affect the west of Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly
Here's some simple steps and partner advice that you can follow to ensure that you stay safe during strong winds 👉 bit.ly/3VZqfqU
#WeatherReady
Here's some simple steps and partner advice that you can follow to ensure that you stay safe during strong winds 👉 bit.ly/3VZqfqU
#WeatherReady