Dominic Manchee

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OK this makes me extremely angry. Has everyone forgotten the massive profiteering from thousands of avoidable pandemic deaths?? The unconstitutional suspension of parliament to force through an act of nationalist destruction that cost our children their future??

Hello, world.

On productivity growth, what can UK Govt learn from Greater Manchester and Burnley ?

Look, I know there's a lot going on in the news right now. But the MPC decision today was actually quite interesting!

They were only one vote away from delivering a cut that wasn't on the cards at all, and they now think inflation will not just drop sharply this year but stay low.

Thread below ⤵️

Counter point ... being Prime Minister involves taking difficult decisions, based on evidence, information, and risks known at the time.

Do people outside Westminster really care who the No 10 chief of staff is 🤷‍♂️

Britain has had two decades of stagnating living standards, I wouldn't expect that to be transformed overnight.

Greater Manchester and Burnley regions have shown what consistent policies can do - improvements in productivity and money in pockets of households.

Westminster needs to learn lessons.

'Discover EVE, Earth Virtual Expert, an open-source Large Language Model for Earth Science and Earth Observation'

A recent @esa.int Φ-talk ...

Animation of Storm Leonardo using QGIS and @eumetsat.int web services.

Heavy rainfall over a very wide area.

Europe's infrastructure is not designed for the extremes that climate change can bring.

How low can the IDF go ? 👇

@godin.bsky.social @bellingcat.com @channel4news.bsky.social @yairwallach.bsky.social

YouTube video by COMET Webinars COMET Webinar: Jin Fang. Satellite Geodetic Constraints on the Kinematics and Dynamics of Tibet

A taster of this recent deformation study was given in this @uk-comet.bsky.social webiner by Jin Fang

youtu.be/tuhdE_nmtac?...

Hopefully the IODP 398 studies will also help resolve issues around rifting and palaeogeography development in the Aegean.

Need to combined with recent terrestrial studies on deformation across the wider region ? Say :

Elliott, Fang, Lazecky et al (preprint) eartharxiv.org/repository/v...

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US pitches plan to counter China's dominance of critical mineral supply The event was attended by representatives of more than 50 countries, the White House said.

More here on the BBC www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

As part of this the EU, US, and Japan aim to develop joint action plans for critical minerals supply chain resilience.

US focus on critical minerals for AI, not renewables.

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2026 Critical Minerals Ministerial - United States Department of State U.S. Government support for critical mineral supply chains in the recent past includes: Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM) On February 2nd, President Trump announced Project Vault, a landm...

US, together with partners and allies, pitches plan to counter China dominance in rare earth minerals www.state.gov/releases/off...

Joint press statement among the European Commission, the United States Government, and the Japanese Government following February 4 Critical Minerals Ministerial meeting Today, the European Union, the United States and Japan met during the Critical Minerals Ministerial meeting held in Washington, DC in which several EU member states also took part.\nThe European Union...

EU announce action plan plan with US and Japan on critical minerals.
But observers noted that the US's main focus was getting critical minerals for AI in the US, and not about renewables, solar, wind etc.
ec.europa.eu/commission/p...

Made in the USA: How American-Built Weapons Have Wrought Destruction in Gaza - bellingcat Bellingcat has identified scores of incidents where remnants from munitions made in the US have been found after Israeli strikes in Gaza.

American-made munitions have played a significant role in Israel’s operations in Gaza. Bellingcat has collated scores of incidents where the remnants of US-made munitions have been found in the aftermath of Israeli strikes. Read here: www.bellingcat.com/news/2026/01...

Key parts of Cornwall that likely had alluvial tin resources can be explored via the @bgs.ac.uk Tellus South West map mapapps2.bgs.ac.uk/tellussw/hom...

What was regional sea level (RSL) in Cornwall around this time - ~ -2m ?

Next steps ? Detailed marine survey to determine likely landing points ?

YouTube video by Collaborative Innovation Network Φ-talks - EVE: Open-Source AI for Earth Science | ESA Φ-lab, Mistral & Pi School

😉 @esa.int Φ-talk on this very subject was also given back in Jan 2026

www.youtube.com/watch?v=wk8u...

How long do people think it will really take to undo all the bad aspects of 15 years of successive Tory governments ?

As @pollytoynbee.bsky.social says :

"Universal credit to rise faster than inflation, benefit hurdles eased, extra help for children and young people" archive.ph/mr50X

Grok fact-checks our paper on Grok fact-checking - and it approves!

Assessing Dynamic Capabilities in City Governments: Creating a Public Sector Capabilities Index Authored by Rainer Kattel, Mariana Mazzucato, Ruth Puttick, Bec Chau, Dan Hill, Gabriella Gomez-Mont, Anna Goulden, Kwame Baafi, Manuel Maldonado Acosta, Mia Tarp, Nai Lee Kalema and Fernando Monge

For more on what we discussed read our work on…
Public Sector Capabilities Index ➡️ www.ucl.ac.uk/bartlett/pub...
School Meals: a mission-oriented approach ➡️ www.ucl.ac.uk/bartlett/pub...
Camden’s market-shaping procurement ➡️ www.ucl.ac.uk/bartlett/pub...

Shockingly (to no one who has been following local government finances), councils are not rife with waste and fraud ...

In Kent, Reform's DOGE "had not found any significant waste to cut"

Russian spy spacecraft have intercepted Europe’s key satellites, officials believe Unencrypted European communications are being targeted by Moscow

That they’ve done this with the legacy commercial systems is less surprising - but if they got into something like Skynet that’d be a turn up for the books. But only commercial platforms are explicitly mentioned here - which are known to be more vulnerable to RF and cyber intrusions.

If Labour are aiming to become 'Reform-lite' then they'll not get my vote.

Such proposals may impact adult social care. Those who want them will have to explain how their elderly relatives will be supported in their old age.

EU plan to share data with US border force sparks surveillance fears Washington is demanding access to sensitive data as ICE heightens fears in Europe.

🚨🚨Given current situation and with the sharply deteriorating situation in #trumpland, I think it is unwise, imprudent and just a very bad idea for the EU to go ahead with plans to grant #US border authorities unprecedented access to Europeans’ data. 🧵
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@drcrater.bsky.social @boslough.bsky.social I've just come across the Bosumtwi impact crater, Ghana (~1.13 Ma) in a webinar.

impact.uwo.ca/impact-crate...

How far away would the fireball and ejecta been seen ? How far away could the shock waves have been heard ?

Any representative simulations ?

Good to read that International AI Safety Report 2026 highlights the need for media literacy programmes to help build societal resilience.

The House of Lords made recommendations around need for wide ranging media literacy programmes last year.

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