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.
Dominic Manchee
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New research from me and @antonspisak.bsky.social – we identify how much Brexit has reduced goods and services trade with the EU, and what’s responsible: leaving the customs union or the single market?
Answers: large hit to trade, mostly due to single market exit 🧵
www.cer.eu/insights/cos...
Here's the Iran-US MoU, and it's pretty much a severe strategic defeat and capitulation for the US and a massive strategic and economic victory for Iran. Really an utter humiliation for the US thanks to Trump's naked incompetence.
edition.cnn.com/2026/06/17/m...
Human-driven sea-level rise has quadrupled the frequency of extreme coastal sea-level events since 1900, according to a study in Nature Climate Change. The findings suggest that climate change has already altered coastal flood risk. go.nature.com/4v1eH89 🌎🌊🧪
Very easy for pensioners to say non-pensioner benefits should be cut so defence investment can go up. But the consequences could be very damaging.
- Spend money on UK 2nd cities
- We need to invest in the young, and upskill workers
- We need universities to have world class equipment and resources
@channel4news.bsky.social @krishgm.bsky.social
UK doesn't have a long term strategy.
We didn't borrow when rates were low to upgrade infrastructure and equipment.
UK Govt spent billions during the pandemic, which added to our national debt.
War in Ukraine/Middle East has sent debt interest 🚀
South West takes a big hit: 📉 £16.8bn or -9.0% on GVA. Real-output gap relative to the best synthetic comparison.
Free movement stopped. For a few years UK could not participate in EU research progs. UK Govt decided EU students have to pay international fee rates.
brexitcost.org/itl1/TLK.htm...
Great piece by @eleala.bsky.social et al (2026)
"Measuring the Regional Economic Cost of Brexit: Evidence as of 2026"
Boris Johnson wanted to level up the UK. Brexit has achieved the opposite ... say the authors put it “levelling up by levelling down”
@jdportes.bsky.social @profjacob.bsky.social
This from Gidon Baer, Geological Survey of Israel, at @esa.int FRINGE 2026 shows the wider impact of lowering of the Dead Sea - sinkholes and shoreline subsidence. Examples of which show up clearly in the InSAR.
Reporting from The Guardian's @willchristou.bsky.social found evidence of construction equipment from at least six multinational companies being used to destroy homes, public utilities, shops and other structures in southern Lebanon:
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
As the level of the Dead Sea has dropped, the Bay of Nahal Zeelim (SW Dead Sea) - has transformed from a bay to an isolated lake. The sill is now exposed.
EU #Copernicus #Sentinel2 timelapse.
Imagery from Copernicus Browser link.dataspace.copernicus.eu/cx03
@esaearth.esa.int @esa.int
