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.
@mrjamesob.bsky.social Which is worse, ICE in the US detaining many people - including a 5 year old, or US plans for Gaza ?
Both show a lack of humanity for locals.
There is no mention of the Palestinians in the 'Board of Peace' Charter. What about what Gazans want for Gaza ?
Both show a lack of humanity for locals.
There is no mention of the Palestinians in the 'Board of Peace' Charter. What about what Gazans want for Gaza ?
January 22, 2026 at 12:05 PM
@mrjamesob.bsky.social Which is worse, ICE in the US detaining many people - including a 5 year old, or US plans for Gaza ?
Both show a lack of humanity for locals.
There is no mention of the Palestinians in the 'Board of Peace' Charter. What about what Gazans want for Gaza ?
Both show a lack of humanity for locals.
There is no mention of the Palestinians in the 'Board of Peace' Charter. What about what Gazans want for Gaza ?
V. good proposal :
EU, Canada, and UK should initiate an Arctic Security Summit
@cathynewman.bsky.social @channel4news.bsky.social
EU, Canada, and UK should initiate an Arctic Security Summit
@cathynewman.bsky.social @channel4news.bsky.social
January 22, 2026 at 9:32 AM
V. good proposal :
EU, Canada, and UK should initiate an Arctic Security Summit
@cathynewman.bsky.social @channel4news.bsky.social
EU, Canada, and UK should initiate an Arctic Security Summit
@cathynewman.bsky.social @channel4news.bsky.social
Where is Pituffik Space Base ? See this article from @graphics.reuters.com
www.reuters.com/graphics/GRE...
www.reuters.com/graphics/GRE...
January 22, 2026 at 9:09 AM
Where is Pituffik Space Base ? See this article from @graphics.reuters.com
www.reuters.com/graphics/GRE...
www.reuters.com/graphics/GRE...
Fact: unless the US undertakes research into how the Greenland Ice Sheet will respond under different emissions scenarios it won't know how to upgrade their harbour infrastructure at Pituffik Space Base.
youtu.be/wog67crWEUI&...
@graphics.reuters.com @evangowan.bsky.social
youtu.be/wog67crWEUI&...
@graphics.reuters.com @evangowan.bsky.social
January 22, 2026 at 8:04 AM
Fact: unless the US undertakes research into how the Greenland Ice Sheet will respond under different emissions scenarios it won't know how to upgrade their harbour infrastructure at Pituffik Space Base.
youtu.be/wog67crWEUI&...
@graphics.reuters.com @evangowan.bsky.social
youtu.be/wog67crWEUI&...
@graphics.reuters.com @evangowan.bsky.social
Maybe it is covered by thin layer snow - vegetation and spatial resolution means spectral response gets mixed up into one pixel.
maps.app.goo.gl/znY4Uy79m766...
maps.app.goo.gl/znY4Uy79m766...
January 21, 2026 at 1:18 PM
Maybe it is covered by thin layer snow - vegetation and spatial resolution means spectral response gets mixed up into one pixel.
maps.app.goo.gl/znY4Uy79m766...
maps.app.goo.gl/znY4Uy79m766...
North America Surface Displacement Product (DISP) is now available. It currently uses #Sentinel1 data, but will incorporate #NISAR when this is available.
Access via the ASF DAAC Displacement Portal displacement.asf.alaska.edu#/?dispOvervi...
@richardthomasw.bsky.social @uk-comet.bsky.social
Access via the ASF DAAC Displacement Portal displacement.asf.alaska.edu#/?dispOvervi...
@richardthomasw.bsky.social @uk-comet.bsky.social
January 21, 2026 at 10:50 AM
North America Surface Displacement Product (DISP) is now available. It currently uses #Sentinel1 data, but will incorporate #NISAR when this is available.
Access via the ASF DAAC Displacement Portal displacement.asf.alaska.edu#/?dispOvervi...
@richardthomasw.bsky.social @uk-comet.bsky.social
Access via the ASF DAAC Displacement Portal displacement.asf.alaska.edu#/?dispOvervi...
@richardthomasw.bsky.social @uk-comet.bsky.social
Full timeline of planned activities in 2026
January 21, 2026 at 8:54 AM
Full timeline of planned activities in 2026
Great to hear the @esa.int #Sentinel1 D commissioning phase will finish Apr 2026.
This from Nino Miranda, Sentinel 1 and ROSE-L Mission Manager at the recent @earthscope.org Geodetic Imaging Meeting.
youtu.be/qaK2910zZW0?...
This from Nino Miranda, Sentinel 1 and ROSE-L Mission Manager at the recent @earthscope.org Geodetic Imaging Meeting.
youtu.be/qaK2910zZW0?...
January 21, 2026 at 8:51 AM
Great to hear the @esa.int #Sentinel1 D commissioning phase will finish Apr 2026.
This from Nino Miranda, Sentinel 1 and ROSE-L Mission Manager at the recent @earthscope.org Geodetic Imaging Meeting.
youtu.be/qaK2910zZW0?...
This from Nino Miranda, Sentinel 1 and ROSE-L Mission Manager at the recent @earthscope.org Geodetic Imaging Meeting.
youtu.be/qaK2910zZW0?...
Great article about 🇬🇱 from @reuters.com.
Where are 🇷🇺 bases located ?
Along side deployment of specialist forces should Europe / NATO also open up some military bases in 🇬🇱 ?
How could offshore exploration change if Trump does take 🇬🇱 ?
www.reuters.com/graphics/GRE...
Where are 🇷🇺 bases located ?
Along side deployment of specialist forces should Europe / NATO also open up some military bases in 🇬🇱 ?
How could offshore exploration change if Trump does take 🇬🇱 ?
www.reuters.com/graphics/GRE...
January 21, 2026 at 7:36 AM
Great article about 🇬🇱 from @reuters.com.
Where are 🇷🇺 bases located ?
Along side deployment of specialist forces should Europe / NATO also open up some military bases in 🇬🇱 ?
How could offshore exploration change if Trump does take 🇬🇱 ?
www.reuters.com/graphics/GRE...
Where are 🇷🇺 bases located ?
Along side deployment of specialist forces should Europe / NATO also open up some military bases in 🇬🇱 ?
How could offshore exploration change if Trump does take 🇬🇱 ?
www.reuters.com/graphics/GRE...
The penny dropped some time ago here in the UK. This from House of Commons Library, Nov 2025
"UK defence in 2025: Renewed interest in the Arctic"
"UK defence in 2025: Renewed interest in the Arctic"
January 20, 2026 at 5:40 PM
The penny dropped some time ago here in the UK. This from House of Commons Library, Nov 2025
"UK defence in 2025: Renewed interest in the Arctic"
"UK defence in 2025: Renewed interest in the Arctic"
Or copper futures prices.
With prices so high how to stop thieves stealing cables from railway lines and EV charging stations ?
With prices so high how to stop thieves stealing cables from railway lines and EV charging stations ?
January 20, 2026 at 4:51 PM
Or copper futures prices.
With prices so high how to stop thieves stealing cables from railway lines and EV charging stations ?
With prices so high how to stop thieves stealing cables from railway lines and EV charging stations ?
It got a lot of coverage on @channel4news.bsky.social last night. Carla Sands, a former US ambassador to Denmark, was asked about it by @cathynewman.bsky.social.
Carla Sands said she thought it was a brilliant idea, as Putin would be working with Allies rather than China 🤡
youtu.be/E4Cq4Ti8Ge0?...
Carla Sands said she thought it was a brilliant idea, as Putin would be working with Allies rather than China 🤡
youtu.be/E4Cq4Ti8Ge0?...
January 20, 2026 at 2:46 PM
It got a lot of coverage on @channel4news.bsky.social last night. Carla Sands, a former US ambassador to Denmark, was asked about it by @cathynewman.bsky.social.
Carla Sands said she thought it was a brilliant idea, as Putin would be working with Allies rather than China 🤡
youtu.be/E4Cq4Ti8Ge0?...
Carla Sands said she thought it was a brilliant idea, as Putin would be working with Allies rather than China 🤡
youtu.be/E4Cq4Ti8Ge0?...
This is what Aus Bom Space Weather analysis indicates the aurora visibility was at 19th Jan 2026 21:30 UTC.
Widespread sightings across many parts of Europe possible.
www.sws.bom.gov.au/Aurora/3/1
Widespread sightings across many parts of Europe possible.
www.sws.bom.gov.au/Aurora/3/1
January 20, 2026 at 8:05 AM
This is what Aus Bom Space Weather analysis indicates the aurora visibility was at 19th Jan 2026 21:30 UTC.
Widespread sightings across many parts of Europe possible.
www.sws.bom.gov.au/Aurora/3/1
Widespread sightings across many parts of Europe possible.
www.sws.bom.gov.au/Aurora/3/1
Some of the NOAA-20 VIIRS instrument Day Night Band (DNB) acquisitions are still to come in - the aurora from the G4 storm already looks stunning. Note, these acquisitions may not capture full extent.
go.nasa.gov/4qv6yH1
go.nasa.gov/4qv6yH1
January 20, 2026 at 7:36 AM
Some of the NOAA-20 VIIRS instrument Day Night Band (DNB) acquisitions are still to come in - the aurora from the G4 storm already looks stunning. Note, these acquisitions may not capture full extent.
go.nasa.gov/4qv6yH1
go.nasa.gov/4qv6yH1
Relevant paper on tephra, flourine, and impact on some fauna here:
Flueck (2014), DOI : 10.1007/s10344-014-0828-x
Flueck (2014), DOI : 10.1007/s10344-014-0828-x
January 19, 2026 at 5:12 PM
Relevant paper on tephra, flourine, and impact on some fauna here:
Flueck (2014), DOI : 10.1007/s10344-014-0828-x
Flueck (2014), DOI : 10.1007/s10344-014-0828-x
There's a new @resolutionfoundation.org report on what can be done to improve UK's growth prospects.
www.resolutionfoundation.org/publications...
www.resolutionfoundation.org/publications...
January 19, 2026 at 2:39 PM
There's a new @resolutionfoundation.org report on what can be done to improve UK's growth prospects.
www.resolutionfoundation.org/publications...
www.resolutionfoundation.org/publications...
No wonder so many of former UK students are anxious.
This from Sky News using House of Commons analysis bsky.app/profile/pete...
Let's not forget it was the Tories who set the interest rate for these loans at RPI + 3%
Baby boomers like me are fortunate, we didn't have to take out student loans.
This from Sky News using House of Commons analysis bsky.app/profile/pete...
Let's not forget it was the Tories who set the interest rate for these loans at RPI + 3%
Baby boomers like me are fortunate, we didn't have to take out student loans.
January 17, 2026 at 11:15 AM
No wonder so many of former UK students are anxious.
This from Sky News using House of Commons analysis bsky.app/profile/pete...
Let's not forget it was the Tories who set the interest rate for these loans at RPI + 3%
Baby boomers like me are fortunate, we didn't have to take out student loans.
This from Sky News using House of Commons analysis bsky.app/profile/pete...
Let's not forget it was the Tories who set the interest rate for these loans at RPI + 3%
Baby boomers like me are fortunate, we didn't have to take out student loans.
Yet another Trump administration account to block - this time ICE.
January 17, 2026 at 8:35 AM
Yet another Trump administration account to block - this time ICE.
Has recent fieldwork in Arabia confirmed Bayer et al (2021) analysis that once climate became more arid only certain parts of the region would have been habitable ? How long would it have taken for hominins to migrate across Arabia ?
How quickly did climate change ?
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
How quickly did climate change ?
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
January 16, 2026 at 7:20 AM
Has recent fieldwork in Arabia confirmed Bayer et al (2021) analysis that once climate became more arid only certain parts of the region would have been habitable ? How long would it have taken for hominins to migrate across Arabia ?
How quickly did climate change ?
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
How quickly did climate change ?
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
This from @tommyhigham.bsky.social at the WOPA Neanderthal Symposium in 2022 www.youtube.com/watch?v=0cnY...
No simple one size fits all. Lots of different factors, at different locations ?
Need more Late Neanderthal/H. sapien remains ?
Need improved resolution in climate models + paleogeography
No simple one size fits all. Lots of different factors, at different locations ?
Need more Late Neanderthal/H. sapien remains ?
Need improved resolution in climate models + paleogeography
January 15, 2026 at 11:02 AM
This from @tommyhigham.bsky.social at the WOPA Neanderthal Symposium in 2022 www.youtube.com/watch?v=0cnY...
No simple one size fits all. Lots of different factors, at different locations ?
Need more Late Neanderthal/H. sapien remains ?
Need improved resolution in climate models + paleogeography
No simple one size fits all. Lots of different factors, at different locations ?
Need more Late Neanderthal/H. sapien remains ?
Need improved resolution in climate models + paleogeography
Almost time for #DiggingForBritain ... my summary 👇
I know the carnyx gets a lot of the attention, but it's the dates for some of the early Sizewell C lithics that will need a bit of explaining.
@toriherridge.bsky.social @profaliceroberts.bsky.social
I know the carnyx gets a lot of the attention, but it's the dates for some of the early Sizewell C lithics that will need a bit of explaining.
@toriherridge.bsky.social @profaliceroberts.bsky.social
January 14, 2026 at 7:57 PM
Almost time for #DiggingForBritain ... my summary 👇
I know the carnyx gets a lot of the attention, but it's the dates for some of the early Sizewell C lithics that will need a bit of explaining.
@toriherridge.bsky.social @profaliceroberts.bsky.social
I know the carnyx gets a lot of the attention, but it's the dates for some of the early Sizewell C lithics that will need a bit of explaining.
@toriherridge.bsky.social @profaliceroberts.bsky.social
My summary of #DiggingForBritain episode on tonight.
January 14, 2026 at 7:34 AM
My summary of #DiggingForBritain episode on tonight.
In her 2024 @heasvienna.bsky.social seminar, @martamlahr.bsky.social highlighted that N Africa has undergone multiple periods of aridity and greening youtu.be/-sYhahwfY-k?...
Were these populations genetically isolated ?
What was Europe / N Africa paleogeography at this time ?
Were these populations genetically isolated ?
What was Europe / N Africa paleogeography at this time ?
January 13, 2026 at 1:15 PM
In her 2024 @heasvienna.bsky.social seminar, @martamlahr.bsky.social highlighted that N Africa has undergone multiple periods of aridity and greening youtu.be/-sYhahwfY-k?...
Were these populations genetically isolated ?
What was Europe / N Africa paleogeography at this time ?
Were these populations genetically isolated ?
What was Europe / N Africa paleogeography at this time ?