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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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.
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'Science minister Patrick Vallance has rejected concerns that focusing on “doing fewer things better” in research will lead to funding being concentrated in larger research-intensive universities from the Russell Group.' 1/3
Post-16 plan ‘not recipe for Russell Group domination’ – Vallance
Science minister dismisses as ‘bizarre’ fears that government push for ‘teaching-only’ specialists will further concentrate research activity in small number of institutions
www.timeshighereducation.com
November 26, 2025 at 8:37 AM
'Science minister Patrick Vallance has rejected concerns that focusing on “doing fewer things better” in research will lead to funding being concentrated in larger research-intensive universities from the Russell Group.' 1/3
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Following the #HayliGubbi eruption, our paper on the Erta Ale dike of Jun-Jul is finally out. InSAR, optical data and seismicity showed the temporal evolution of the intrusion and the interaction of magmatic sources, including a sill inflation in Hayli Gubbi. @earth-science.bsky.social #geoscience
Frontiers | Segmented dike intrusion linked to multi-level magma storage during and before the 2025 eruption at Erta Ale (East Africa)
IntroductionDike intrusions can assist continental rifting and plate divergence. However, our understanding of the magma dynamics during diking and the archi...
www.frontiersin.org
November 26, 2025 at 7:26 AM
Following the #HayliGubbi eruption, our paper on the Erta Ale dike of Jun-Jul is finally out. InSAR, optical data and seismicity showed the temporal evolution of the intrusion and the interaction of magmatic sources, including a sill inflation in Hayli Gubbi. @earth-science.bsky.social #geoscience
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'There is no peace process. This is not negotiations over peace: it is the transmission of surrender demands from Russia with the active facilitation of the United States.'
Read @keirgiles.bsky.social analysis on the Trump administration's proposed 28-point peace plan for Ukraine⤵️
Read @keirgiles.bsky.social analysis on the Trump administration's proposed 28-point peace plan for Ukraine⤵️
Trump pressures Ukraine to accept peace deal: Early analysis from Chatham House experts
Chatham House analysts give their initial analysis after Zelenskyy was pressured by Trump to accept a White House plan to end the war with Russia.
www.chathamhouse.org
November 26, 2025 at 7:00 AM
'There is no peace process. This is not negotiations over peace: it is the transmission of surrender demands from Russia with the active facilitation of the United States.'
Read @keirgiles.bsky.social analysis on the Trump administration's proposed 28-point peace plan for Ukraine⤵️
Read @keirgiles.bsky.social analysis on the Trump administration's proposed 28-point peace plan for Ukraine⤵️
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Our Ministerial Council starts today. Watch the first session live from 12.30 GMT/13.30 CET to know everything about ESA's future roadmap and budget. #CM25
📺 watch.esa.int
More details 👉 www.esa.int/About_Us/Min...
📺 watch.esa.int
More details 👉 www.esa.int/About_Us/Min...
November 26, 2025 at 7:15 AM
Our Ministerial Council starts today. Watch the first session live from 12.30 GMT/13.30 CET to know everything about ESA's future roadmap and budget. #CM25
📺 watch.esa.int
More details 👉 www.esa.int/About_Us/Min...
📺 watch.esa.int
More details 👉 www.esa.int/About_Us/Min...
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.
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[NEW VIDEO] In my latest, I apply the first principles of archaeology to the GREAT PYRAMID OF GIZA. It’s a real banger.
It’s got evidence you’ve never seen before, some fun debunks on fake archaeologists, and it features an interview with Dr Zahi Hawass. 🏺🏺🏺
youtu.be/umzE774v4Xs
It’s got evidence you’ve never seen before, some fun debunks on fake archaeologists, and it features an interview with Dr Zahi Hawass. 🏺🏺🏺
youtu.be/umzE774v4Xs
Dear Joe Rogan, the Great Pyramid is a Tomb (feat. Dr Zahi Hawass)
YouTube video by Archaeology with Flint Dibble
youtu.be
November 24, 2025 at 6:56 PM
[NEW VIDEO] In my latest, I apply the first principles of archaeology to the GREAT PYRAMID OF GIZA. It’s a real banger.
It’s got evidence you’ve never seen before, some fun debunks on fake archaeologists, and it features an interview with Dr Zahi Hawass. 🏺🏺🏺
youtu.be/umzE774v4Xs
It’s got evidence you’ve never seen before, some fun debunks on fake archaeologists, and it features an interview with Dr Zahi Hawass. 🏺🏺🏺
youtu.be/umzE774v4Xs
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Our preliminary analysis of the satellite observations of the #hayligubbi #eruption is now available online: comet.nerc.ac.uk/event-respon.... Details of the eruption onset, SO2 emissions and precursory deformation.
Event Response Reports - COMET
25th November 2025: COMET Event Response Report 2.4 – Erta Ale/Hayli Gubbi Purpose/Caveats: This event response report was produced to assist situational awarenessand rapid response efforts. It repres...
comet.nerc.ac.uk
November 25, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Our preliminary analysis of the satellite observations of the #hayligubbi #eruption is now available online: comet.nerc.ac.uk/event-respon.... Details of the eruption onset, SO2 emissions and precursory deformation.
Based on recent eruption at Hayli Gubbi, Ethiopia should this volcano be added to @uk-comet.bsky.social's Volcanic and Magmatic Deformation Portal ?
comet.nerc.ac.uk/comet-volcan...
@timwrightleeds.bsky.social @geoandyhooper.bsky.social
comet.nerc.ac.uk/comet-volcan...
@timwrightleeds.bsky.social @geoandyhooper.bsky.social
November 25, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Based on recent eruption at Hayli Gubbi, Ethiopia should this volcano be added to @uk-comet.bsky.social's Volcanic and Magmatic Deformation Portal ?
comet.nerc.ac.uk/comet-volcan...
@timwrightleeds.bsky.social @geoandyhooper.bsky.social
comet.nerc.ac.uk/comet-volcan...
@timwrightleeds.bsky.social @geoandyhooper.bsky.social
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I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
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UKRI CEO Professor Sir Ian Chapman closed yesterday’s Innovation for Growth summit by sharing UKRI’s plans to pivot investment to deliver against the government’s R&D priorities.
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#InnovationForGrowth
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#InnovationForGrowth
November 25, 2025 at 9:34 AM
UKRI CEO Professor Sir Ian Chapman closed yesterday’s Innovation for Growth summit by sharing UKRI’s plans to pivot investment to deliver against the government’s R&D priorities.
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#InnovationForGrowth
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#InnovationForGrowth
@oceandatalab.bsky.social Great to see #Copernicus #Sentinel1 data from over Hayli Gubbi, Ethiopia available via OVL odl.bzh/fd1wG0Fj
But SAR imagery doesn't appear to that well aligned to optical basemap. Is SAR orthorectified ? If so, which DEM ? Has radiometic terrain correction been applied ?
But SAR imagery doesn't appear to that well aligned to optical basemap. Is SAR orthorectified ? If so, which DEM ? Has radiometic terrain correction been applied ?
November 25, 2025 at 9:47 AM
@oceandatalab.bsky.social Great to see #Copernicus #Sentinel1 data from over Hayli Gubbi, Ethiopia available via OVL odl.bzh/fd1wG0Fj
But SAR imagery doesn't appear to that well aligned to optical basemap. Is SAR orthorectified ? If so, which DEM ? Has radiometic terrain correction been applied ?
But SAR imagery doesn't appear to that well aligned to optical basemap. Is SAR orthorectified ? If so, which DEM ? Has radiometic terrain correction been applied ?
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Israel, which has obliterated most of Palestine’s archeological and heritage sites, including ancient churches, mosques, and temples, has suddenly discovered an urge to protect one from Palestinian ‘neglect’. It just so happens to be in the West Bank.
www.timesofisrael.com/israel-begin...
www.timesofisrael.com/israel-begin...
Israel begins seizing 1,800 dunams of West Bank land to develop archaeological site
Civil Administration says development legal, taking place amid 'neglect' of site by Palestinians; Peace Now: 'Government's lust for dispossession and annexation is insatiable'
www.timesofisrael.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:07 AM
Israel, which has obliterated most of Palestine’s archeological and heritage sites, including ancient churches, mosques, and temples, has suddenly discovered an urge to protect one from Palestinian ‘neglect’. It just so happens to be in the West Bank.
www.timesofisrael.com/israel-begin...
www.timesofisrael.com/israel-begin...
A Budget for pensioners will do nothing to improve growth.
Will this Govt, like many of those before, take the easy option and opt for what is politically feasible, rather than what may be better in the national interest.
Everyone should pay more.
What measures will reduce risk premium on debt ?
Will this Govt, like many of those before, take the easy option and opt for what is politically feasible, rather than what may be better in the national interest.
Everyone should pay more.
What measures will reduce risk premium on debt ?
'We spend £1,600 per person on debt interest: about 8% of all government spending.'
@helenmiller.bsky.social and @benzaranko.bsky.social explain what the state spends its money on in our podcast episode on the options for cutting government spending.
🎧 Listen here: ifs.org.uk/articles/how...
@helenmiller.bsky.social and @benzaranko.bsky.social explain what the state spends its money on in our podcast episode on the options for cutting government spending.
🎧 Listen here: ifs.org.uk/articles/how...
November 25, 2025 at 8:32 AM
A Budget for pensioners will do nothing to improve growth.
Will this Govt, like many of those before, take the easy option and opt for what is politically feasible, rather than what may be better in the national interest.
Everyone should pay more.
What measures will reduce risk premium on debt ?
Will this Govt, like many of those before, take the easy option and opt for what is politically feasible, rather than what may be better in the national interest.
Everyone should pay more.
What measures will reduce risk premium on debt ?
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NEW: The White Paper is this government’s most wide-ranging statement on skills policy to date, but falls short of a coherent plan.
📗 Kate Ogden and Imran Tahir's new report, funded by @nuffieldfoundation.org, assesses the implications of the proposed reforms: ifs.org.uk/publications...
📗 Kate Ogden and Imran Tahir's new report, funded by @nuffieldfoundation.org, assesses the implications of the proposed reforms: ifs.org.uk/publications...
November 24, 2025 at 9:48 AM
NEW: The White Paper is this government’s most wide-ranging statement on skills policy to date, but falls short of a coherent plan.
📗 Kate Ogden and Imran Tahir's new report, funded by @nuffieldfoundation.org, assesses the implications of the proposed reforms: ifs.org.uk/publications...
📗 Kate Ogden and Imran Tahir's new report, funded by @nuffieldfoundation.org, assesses the implications of the proposed reforms: ifs.org.uk/publications...
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Some Meteosat views from of the ejections from the eruption of the Hayli Gubbi #volcano in Ethiopia, via @inorbitivan.bsky.social & Jochen Kerkmann
November 24, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Some Meteosat views from of the ejections from the eruption of the Hayli Gubbi #volcano in Ethiopia, via @inorbitivan.bsky.social & Jochen Kerkmann
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Eek! My episode doesn't technically air until 8 December, but the whole series of the new BBC Arts Civilisations series is out now on iPlayer, including this episode on the Aztecs with me and friends @amyfuller.bsky.social & @restall.bsky.social (& others not on the Sky). Airs Mondays at 9pm, BBC2.
Civilisations: Rise and Fall - Series 1: 3. Aztecs
The Aztecs battle to save their civilisation from Spanish invaders – but is the real threat from the enemy within?
www.bbc.co.uk
November 24, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Eek! My episode doesn't technically air until 8 December, but the whole series of the new BBC Arts Civilisations series is out now on iPlayer, including this episode on the Aztecs with me and friends @amyfuller.bsky.social & @restall.bsky.social (& others not on the Sky). Airs Mondays at 9pm, BBC2.
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Two game-changing AI announcements across GW4 universities last week as part of the UK govts. AI for Science Strategy -
@bristoluni.bsky.social announced the development of a National AI Data Facility, to be based at the NCC alongside Isambard-AI:
www.bristol.ac.uk/news/2025/no...
@bristoluni.bsky.social announced the development of a National AI Data Facility, to be based at the NCC alongside Isambard-AI:
www.bristol.ac.uk/news/2025/no...
November: University of Bristol to develop new ‘British Library’ for the AI age | News and features | University of Bristol
www.bristol.ac.uk
November 24, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Two game-changing AI announcements across GW4 universities last week as part of the UK govts. AI for Science Strategy -
@bristoluni.bsky.social announced the development of a National AI Data Facility, to be based at the NCC alongside Isambard-AI:
www.bristol.ac.uk/news/2025/no...
@bristoluni.bsky.social announced the development of a National AI Data Facility, to be based at the NCC alongside Isambard-AI:
www.bristol.ac.uk/news/2025/no...
Here is @timothysnyder.bsky.social analysis of the so called "peace plan"
"It acts to make the United States and Europe and Ukraine much weaker by drawing them to endorse things that are not true and forgetting things that are true. This is how Russian diplomacy works."
@profjacob.bsky.social
"It acts to make the United States and Europe and Ukraine much weaker by drawing them to endorse things that are not true and forgetting things that are true. This is how Russian diplomacy works."
@profjacob.bsky.social
While everything is demanded of Ukraine, nothing is asked of Russia. This is a capitulation document written by the aggressor and served to the victim, at a time when the aggressor is not doing well on the battlefield. — @timothysnyder.bsky.social
Russian Unreality and American Weakness
Notes from a bizarre moment of diplomatic history
snyder.substack.com
November 24, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Here is @timothysnyder.bsky.social analysis of the so called "peace plan"
"It acts to make the United States and Europe and Ukraine much weaker by drawing them to endorse things that are not true and forgetting things that are true. This is how Russian diplomacy works."
@profjacob.bsky.social
"It acts to make the United States and Europe and Ukraine much weaker by drawing them to endorse things that are not true and forgetting things that are true. This is how Russian diplomacy works."
@profjacob.bsky.social
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Last week, we were joined by Rt Hon @darrenpjones.bsky.social MP at the Festival of Economics for a great discussion on driving growth in the West of England and strengthening the wider UK economy.
#economicsfest
#economicsfest
November 24, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Last week, we were joined by Rt Hon @darrenpjones.bsky.social MP at the Festival of Economics for a great discussion on driving growth in the West of England and strengthening the wider UK economy.
#economicsfest
#economicsfest
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The water that submerged the church in Iznik for more than 700 years has receded due to climate change. 🥲
Basilica emerges from lake, illuminating early Church life in Turkey.
Known as the Basilica of the Holy Fathers, it marks the site of one of the early Church's most important gatherings which took place in Nicaea 12 years after the Roman Empire legalised Christianity in AD 325
u.afp.com/Sh5e
Known as the Basilica of the Holy Fathers, it marks the site of one of the early Church's most important gatherings which took place in Nicaea 12 years after the Roman Empire legalised Christianity in AD 325
u.afp.com/Sh5e
November 24, 2025 at 9:51 AM
The water that submerged the church in Iznik for more than 700 years has receded due to climate change. 🥲
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📺 Our Ministerial Council takes place this week, 26-27 November, in Bremen, Germany. Vital decisions will be made on Europe's future in space. You can follow events live on the days here! 👇
www.esa.int/About_Us/Min...
Also check out our dedicated #CM25 website 👇 🔗 esa.int/CM25
www.esa.int/About_Us/Min...
Also check out our dedicated #CM25 website 👇 🔗 esa.int/CM25
Follow CM25 online
The European Space Agency's Ministerial Council – more formally Council at Ministerial level – takes place in Bremen, Germany on 26 and 27 November 2025.
www.esa.int
November 24, 2025 at 9:01 AM
📺 Our Ministerial Council takes place this week, 26-27 November, in Bremen, Germany. Vital decisions will be made on Europe's future in space. You can follow events live on the days here! 👇
www.esa.int/About_Us/Min...
Also check out our dedicated #CM25 website 👇 🔗 esa.int/CM25
www.esa.int/About_Us/Min...
Also check out our dedicated #CM25 website 👇 🔗 esa.int/CM25