Manon Jacob
@manonjacob.bsky.social
AFP journalist covering climate disinformation 🌊🌎 • Previous bylines with Politico, Reuters, Eater • Imagineering nerd ✨ • She/her • Got a tip for me? DM or firstname(dot)lastname(at)afp.com 📨
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Manon Jacob
@manonjacob.bsky.social
· Apr 22
Bringing back those beautiful images of complex, ethereal Namibia 🌍 (sossusvlei, caprivi strip, etosha -- circa July 2023) in honor of #EarthDay.
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A little moment of calm for everyone dealing with holiday stress this week 💛
Watercolor and gouache with a few digital edits (this was a warm up 😁)
#kidlitart #illustration #watercolor #gouache #cozyart
Watercolor and gouache with a few digital edits (this was a warm up 😁)
#kidlitart #illustration #watercolor #gouache #cozyart
November 25, 2025 at 5:11 PM
A little moment of calm for everyone dealing with holiday stress this week 💛
Watercolor and gouache with a few digital edits (this was a warm up 😁)
#kidlitart #illustration #watercolor #gouache #cozyart
Watercolor and gouache with a few digital edits (this was a warm up 😁)
#kidlitart #illustration #watercolor #gouache #cozyart
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A couple of years ago, as part of a @britishacademy.bsky.social funded project, I interviewed some sci comm folk about storytelling strategies we know cause humans to pay attention to some stories more than others.
Illustration by @jordancollver.bsky.social
Illustration by @jordancollver.bsky.social
November 24, 2025 at 1:35 PM
A couple of years ago, as part of a @britishacademy.bsky.social funded project, I interviewed some sci comm folk about storytelling strategies we know cause humans to pay attention to some stories more than others.
Illustration by @jordancollver.bsky.social
Illustration by @jordancollver.bsky.social
🍽️ My esteemed friend @allisoncho.bsky.social interviewed ten families across the US for CNN on what it is like right now to go grocery shopping. www.cnn.com/interactive/...
A look at how Americans grocery shop, what foods are on their list and how they keep costs low
CNN spoke to 10 parents in the US about what they’re spending on groceries and how they’re trying to save. Here’s what they said.
www.cnn.com
November 22, 2025 at 3:22 PM
🍽️ My esteemed friend @allisoncho.bsky.social interviewed ten families across the US for CNN on what it is like right now to go grocery shopping. www.cnn.com/interactive/...
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A related piece from @ianjames.bsky.social today that gets at some of the limits and hard trade-offs that will have to be made bsky.app/profile/ianj...
During the Palisades fire, hydrants lost pressure and ran dry. A nearby reservoir was empty for repairs. After a review, state officials found that even if the reservoir had been full, the water system still would have been quickly overwhelmed and lost pressure. www.latimes.com/environment/...
Even a full reservoir wouldn't have ensured water in Palisades fire, California officials say
During the Palisades fire, a nearby reservoir was empty for repairs. State officials say even if it had been full, the water system would have been quickly overwhelmed.
www.latimes.com
November 21, 2025 at 9:42 PM
A related piece from @ianjames.bsky.social today that gets at some of the limits and hard trade-offs that will have to be made bsky.app/profile/ianj...
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As the one year anniversary of the LA fires approaches, the wildfire and water supply/infrastructure beat continues with a new peer-reviewed, open source paper our team wrote. It's a solutions oriented look at what is both feasible and relatively affordable iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...
November 21, 2025 at 9:40 PM
As the one year anniversary of the LA fires approaches, the wildfire and water supply/infrastructure beat continues with a new peer-reviewed, open source paper our team wrote. It's a solutions oriented look at what is both feasible and relatively affordable iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...
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As somebody situated in that exact cultural space at that time, this is *mind blowingly accurate.* The landscape is SO different, it feels like remembering a parallel universe.
November 21, 2025 at 8:34 PM
As somebody situated in that exact cultural space at that time, this is *mind blowingly accurate.* The landscape is SO different, it feels like remembering a parallel universe.
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Hi, hello, regarding latest #COP30 text you cannot talk about "information integrity" on climate out one side of your mouth while the other is busy removing "fossil fuel phaseout" & adding "overshoot". anyone who gives a shit about information integrity should be saying so, loudly and clearly.
November 21, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Hi, hello, regarding latest #COP30 text you cannot talk about "information integrity" on climate out one side of your mouth while the other is busy removing "fossil fuel phaseout" & adding "overshoot". anyone who gives a shit about information integrity should be saying so, loudly and clearly.
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I wrote this week's Screenland column about the houses collapsing in the Outer Banks, an unusually visible example of a problem--the potentially rapid collapse of assets in a quickly changing world--that's much bigger www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/m...
Houses Collapsing Into the Sea? It’s Not as Baffling as It Looks.
www.nytimes.com
November 21, 2025 at 3:34 PM
I wrote this week's Screenland column about the houses collapsing in the Outer Banks, an unusually visible example of a problem--the potentially rapid collapse of assets in a quickly changing world--that's much bigger www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/m...
🌳Some Brazilian social media accounts claim Lula's administration is hiding deforestation stats by using new terminology. This is inaccurate but it doesn't mean the Amazon is in the clear.
u.afp.com/deforestation
u.afp.com/deforestation
November 21, 2025 at 4:04 PM
🌳Some Brazilian social media accounts claim Lula's administration is hiding deforestation stats by using new terminology. This is inaccurate but it doesn't mean the Amazon is in the clear.
u.afp.com/deforestation
u.afp.com/deforestation
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Kansas City Chiefs fan Denton Loudermill Jr. died in April after misinformation falsely accusing him of a shooting at the 2024 Super Bowl champions' parade sent him into a year-long spiral of paranoia.
His family is still trying to pick up the pieces.
www.barrons.com/news/grievin...
His family is still trying to pick up the pieces.
www.barrons.com/news/grievin...
Grieving Family Blames False US Shooting Accusations For Death Of NFL Fan
Denton Loudermill Jr. watched every Kansas City Chiefs game at his sister's house with his family. The Kansas native and his late father were diehard fans.
www.barrons.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Kansas City Chiefs fan Denton Loudermill Jr. died in April after misinformation falsely accusing him of a shooting at the 2024 Super Bowl champions' parade sent him into a year-long spiral of paranoia.
His family is still trying to pick up the pieces.
www.barrons.com/news/grievin...
His family is still trying to pick up the pieces.
www.barrons.com/news/grievin...
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The idea that the universalist ideals of decency, respect, or kindness could be *genuinely felt* by anyone is alien to them. They can only interpret that kind of behavior as "virtue signaling," some kind of clever second-order selfishness. Everyone is bad if you dig enough. That's bedrock belief.
November 20, 2025 at 9:09 PM
The idea that the universalist ideals of decency, respect, or kindness could be *genuinely felt* by anyone is alien to them. They can only interpret that kind of behavior as "virtue signaling," some kind of clever second-order selfishness. Everyone is bad if you dig enough. That's bedrock belief.
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I was just sent this image of the aftermath.
November 20, 2025 at 6:20 PM
I was just sent this image of the aftermath.
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What does it look like when a neighborhood waits 13 years for flood protection?
Floodlight’s new video follows Queens residents living with rising tides, stalled projects, and the weight of Hurricane Sandy’s aftermath:
Floodlight’s new video follows Queens residents living with rising tides, stalled projects, and the weight of Hurricane Sandy’s aftermath:
Inside New York City's Forgotten Coast
The working class community of Edgemere is among New York City's most flood prone neighborhoods but a decade after officials promised to cut flood risks in the long neglected neighborhood, critics…
www.youtube.com
November 20, 2025 at 8:51 PM
What does it look like when a neighborhood waits 13 years for flood protection?
Floodlight’s new video follows Queens residents living with rising tides, stalled projects, and the weight of Hurricane Sandy’s aftermath:
Floodlight’s new video follows Queens residents living with rising tides, stalled projects, and the weight of Hurricane Sandy’s aftermath:
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There SO MUCH going on in this lovely story. But the stickler in me wants to know if these sheep are truly, exclusively gay. After all, they might be baaa-sexual.
www.washingtonpost.com/style/fashio...
www.washingtonpost.com/style/fashio...
I love your sweater. Is it made from gay sheep wool?
Grindr partnered with Rainbow Wool and designer Michael Schmidt to create a fashion show featuring clothing made entirely from the wool of gay sheep. Wait, what?
www.washingtonpost.com
November 20, 2025 at 8:44 PM
There SO MUCH going on in this lovely story. But the stickler in me wants to know if these sheep are truly, exclusively gay. After all, they might be baaa-sexual.
www.washingtonpost.com/style/fashio...
www.washingtonpost.com/style/fashio...
Hallo @gijskaper.bsky.social, ik ben een journalist met AFP. Mogen we in DMs praten voor een artikel on koeien/Bovaer waar ik aan heb gewerkt?
November 20, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Hallo @gijskaper.bsky.social, ik ben een journalist met AFP. Mogen we in DMs praten voor een artikel on koeien/Bovaer waar ik aan heb gewerkt?
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Tree trunk art: beech
November 16, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Tree trunk art: beech
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If this isn't rather too on the nose: the pavilion at COP 30 has caught fire.
🚨 URGENTE | Pavilhão de negociações da COP30 pega fogo. Local é evacuado. Ainda não se sabe a causa do incêndio.
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🔁 Em atualização
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🔁 Em atualização
November 20, 2025 at 5:38 PM
If this isn't rather too on the nose: the pavilion at COP 30 has caught fire.
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Some powerful images on LinkedIn.
November 12, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Some powerful images on LinkedIn.
"For much of the late 2000s and early 2010s, younger U.S. women were less likely than their peers abroad to want to move. That changed around 2016."
"In 2025, 40% of women aged 15 to 44 say they would move abroad permanently if they had the opportunity. The current figure is four times higher than the 10% who shared this desire in 2014, when it was generally in line with other age and gender groups."
Record Numbers of Younger Women Want to Leave the U.S.
The percentage of younger women in the U.S. who express a desire to migrate permanently has surged in the past decade.
news.gallup.com
November 13, 2025 at 3:29 PM
"For much of the late 2000s and early 2010s, younger U.S. women were less likely than their peers abroad to want to move. That changed around 2016."
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55 years ago today was an infamous attempt to blow up a beached whale.
Please enjoy this piece about it by Andrew Thaler, which remains one of my favorite pieces of writing about science communication.
www.vice.com/en/article/t...
@drandrewthaler.bsky.social 🦑🧪🌎 #SciComm
Please enjoy this piece about it by Andrew Thaler, which remains one of my favorite pieces of writing about science communication.
www.vice.com/en/article/t...
@drandrewthaler.bsky.social 🦑🧪🌎 #SciComm
The History of Exploding Whales Is the History of the Internet Itself
My first whale video came in the form of a VHS tape mailed to me by a stranger from the internet.
www.vice.com
November 12, 2025 at 11:01 AM
55 years ago today was an infamous attempt to blow up a beached whale.
Please enjoy this piece about it by Andrew Thaler, which remains one of my favorite pieces of writing about science communication.
www.vice.com/en/article/t...
@drandrewthaler.bsky.social 🦑🧪🌎 #SciComm
Please enjoy this piece about it by Andrew Thaler, which remains one of my favorite pieces of writing about science communication.
www.vice.com/en/article/t...
@drandrewthaler.bsky.social 🦑🧪🌎 #SciComm
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Canadian officials ordered more than 300 ostriches killed amid an avian flu outbreak.
The farmers refused, sparking a legal and political fight involving a NYC grocery magnate and Dr. Oz.
How a flock of Canadian ostriches became a favorite MAHA cause 👇
The farmers refused, sparking a legal and political fight involving a NYC grocery magnate and Dr. Oz.
How a flock of Canadian ostriches became a favorite MAHA cause 👇
How a flock of Canadian ostriches became a favorite MAHA cause
The birds are an unlikely example of how public health fights have shifted political dynamics in ways the U.S. is influencing and reckoning with.
politi.co
November 6, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Canadian officials ordered more than 300 ostriches killed amid an avian flu outbreak.
The farmers refused, sparking a legal and political fight involving a NYC grocery magnate and Dr. Oz.
How a flock of Canadian ostriches became a favorite MAHA cause 👇
The farmers refused, sparking a legal and political fight involving a NYC grocery magnate and Dr. Oz.
How a flock of Canadian ostriches became a favorite MAHA cause 👇
A clip said to show massive floods in the Amazonian city of Belem ahead of COP30 got hundreds of thousands of views on TikTok... There's only one problem: it's not real.
u.afp.com/Se9r
u.afp.com/Se9r
AI-generated disinformation tactics spotted ahead of COP30 - The Times of India
Environment News: A clip said to show massive flooding in the Amazonian city hosting the UN climate summit is just one widely-shared example of how disinformation, chea
timesofindia.indiatimes.com
November 6, 2025 at 3:39 PM
A clip said to show massive floods in the Amazonian city of Belem ahead of COP30 got hundreds of thousands of views on TikTok... There's only one problem: it's not real.
u.afp.com/Se9r
u.afp.com/Se9r
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It's amusing to read Joe patiently answering a set of generic pre-scripted questions, and then later unilaterally decides to skip the Q&A format and just launch into an extended manifesto about design philosophy.
attractionsmagazine.com/joe-rohde-di...
attractionsmagazine.com/joe-rohde-di...
Joe Rohde, former Imagineer, on why theme parks are art | Attractions Expert Q & A
Joe Rohde in-depth interview about his tenure as lead Imagineeer of Disney's Animal Kingdom,and the qualities that define theme parks as art.
attractionsmagazine.com
October 15, 2025 at 5:20 AM
It's amusing to read Joe patiently answering a set of generic pre-scripted questions, and then later unilaterally decides to skip the Q&A format and just launch into an extended manifesto about design philosophy.
attractionsmagazine.com/joe-rohde-di...
attractionsmagazine.com/joe-rohde-di...
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🌀 Some meteorologists described Hurricane Melissa’s strength and slow crawl as "unreal" before it slammed into Jamaica on Oct 28, 2025, fueling baseless conspiracy theories about a geo-engineered storm.
u.afp.com/HurricaneMel...
u.afp.com/HurricaneMel...
October 29, 2025 at 9:38 PM
🌀 Some meteorologists described Hurricane Melissa’s strength and slow crawl as "unreal" before it slammed into Jamaica on Oct 28, 2025, fueling baseless conspiracy theories about a geo-engineered storm.
u.afp.com/HurricaneMel...
u.afp.com/HurricaneMel...