Manon Jacob
@manonjacob.bsky.social
AFP journalist covering climate mis/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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Being a journalist is sick: I just contacted a pre-eminent jaguar conservationist in Argentine with a question that has been weighing on me for ages and he wrote back right away with an informed answer.
January 25, 2026 at 11:13 PM
Being a journalist is sick: I just contacted a pre-eminent jaguar conservationist in Argentine with a question that has been weighing on me for ages and he wrote back right away with an informed answer.
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Appears this is also true for fascism.
January 24, 2026 at 3:56 PM
Appears this is also true for fascism.
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This is what love looks like.
It’s -9 degrees. Downtown Minneapolis is packed for the anti-ICE rally and the crowd keeps growing
January 23, 2026 at 8:34 PM
This is what love looks like.
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As night gives way to day, there where the light moves in and the shadows recede, that is where you will bear witness to brief moments of intense beauty. First light in the grasslands of Namibia.
#photography #landscapephotography #landscape #travel #nature #naturephotography #bluesky #sunrise #art
#photography #landscapephotography #landscape #travel #nature #naturephotography #bluesky #sunrise #art
January 23, 2026 at 2:55 PM
As night gives way to day, there where the light moves in and the shadows recede, that is where you will bear witness to brief moments of intense beauty. First light in the grasslands of Namibia.
#photography #landscapephotography #landscape #travel #nature #naturephotography #bluesky #sunrise #art
#photography #landscapephotography #landscape #travel #nature #naturephotography #bluesky #sunrise #art
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The Trump Admin constantly tries to tell us that only woke blue states are moving toward clean energy. The speed and scale of the wind, solar and energy storage buildout in Texas tells a very different story.
Texas power buildout in one picture: wind (green) laid the foundation, solar (yellow) is the new wave, and energy storage (purple) is clustering around load. This is the grid transition, mapped.
January 21, 2026 at 4:46 PM
The Trump Admin constantly tries to tell us that only woke blue states are moving toward clean energy. The speed and scale of the wind, solar and energy storage buildout in Texas tells a very different story.
🌬️Reposting our latest piece on Trump's extremely wrong takes on China's wind power sector -- and just wind turbines in general: u.afp.com/Chinawind
January 21, 2026 at 4:37 PM
🌬️Reposting our latest piece on Trump's extremely wrong takes on China's wind power sector -- and just wind turbines in general: u.afp.com/Chinawind
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In year one, Trump’s policies have SLOWED - closed, delayed, etc. - 70 clean energy manufacturing projects worth $74B and 68,958 jobs.
109 projects have still ADVANCED - moving toward construction or operation - worth $61B and 61,107 jobs.
www.the-big-green-machine.com/post-trump-s...
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109 projects have still ADVANCED - moving toward construction or operation - worth $61B and 61,107 jobs.
www.the-big-green-machine.com/post-trump-s...
🔌💡
January 21, 2026 at 3:59 PM
In year one, Trump’s policies have SLOWED - closed, delayed, etc. - 70 clean energy manufacturing projects worth $74B and 68,958 jobs.
109 projects have still ADVANCED - moving toward construction or operation - worth $61B and 61,107 jobs.
www.the-big-green-machine.com/post-trump-s...
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109 projects have still ADVANCED - moving toward construction or operation - worth $61B and 61,107 jobs.
www.the-big-green-machine.com/post-trump-s...
🔌💡
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I'd really like to change "This not who we are" to "this is how we need to stop being who we are."
January 19, 2026 at 4:28 AM
I'd really like to change "This not who we are" to "this is how we need to stop being who we are."
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Photo by Pierre Lavie. Yes this is me. And I threw my Leica. It landed on the bass plate with hardly a scratch. Another Photographer grabbed it along with my phone and I was able to track him later. I was held face down tear gas deployed right in front of me and pepper sprayed directly into the eye.
January 17, 2026 at 2:57 PM
Photo by Pierre Lavie. Yes this is me. And I threw my Leica. It landed on the bass plate with hardly a scratch. Another Photographer grabbed it along with my phone and I was able to track him later. I was held face down tear gas deployed right in front of me and pepper sprayed directly into the eye.
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I asked Rainbolt, the best Geoguessr in the world, to help us investigate the Epstein Files. And tell us his secret origin story, as a guy running a Steph Curry IG fan account: youtu.be/v01eKPK0m20?...
Finding the Epstein Files on GeoGuessr? | PTFO
YouTube video by PABLO TORRE FINDS OUT
youtu.be
January 15, 2026 at 5:14 PM
I asked Rainbolt, the best Geoguessr in the world, to help us investigate the Epstein Files. And tell us his secret origin story, as a guy running a Steph Curry IG fan account: youtu.be/v01eKPK0m20?...
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Every morning & afternoon, Namibia's mesmerizing Deadvlei comes alive in a symphony of light, shapes & shadows. Two beautiful trees seem to reach out, to hold on to each other, as the shadows creep in & the last line of light recedes.
#photography #landscapephotography #bluesky #nature #landscape
#photography #landscapephotography #bluesky #nature #landscape
January 15, 2026 at 8:40 PM
Every morning & afternoon, Namibia's mesmerizing Deadvlei comes alive in a symphony of light, shapes & shadows. Two beautiful trees seem to reach out, to hold on to each other, as the shadows creep in & the last line of light recedes.
#photography #landscapephotography #bluesky #nature #landscape
#photography #landscapephotography #bluesky #nature #landscape
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NEW – Prof Ben Santer: Trump administration is ‘embracing ignorance’ on climate science | @rtmcswee.carbonbrief.org
Read here:
Read here:
Prof Ben Santer: Trump administration is ‘embracing ignorance’ on climate science - Carbon Brief
In an interview with Carbon Brief, Santer says the Trump administration is “engaged in a systematic attempt to dismantle climate science”
buff.ly
January 15, 2026 at 4:30 PM
NEW – Prof Ben Santer: Trump administration is ‘embracing ignorance’ on climate science | @rtmcswee.carbonbrief.org
Read here:
Read here:
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Even by Trump's standards, his comments on the global wind turbine market were incredibly misguided, so was really happy to contribute to this fact-checking piece. To be fair, many smarter people have also gotten the wrong idea due to all the hype about China's dominance of clean tech.
🪁Experts tell us Donald Trump has got the Chinese wind energy market all wrong. "European turbine manufacturers still dominate the market outside of China, the complete opposite of the picture Trump was painting" @laurimyllyvirta.bsky.social
u.afp.com/Chinawind
u.afp.com/Chinawind
January 15, 2026 at 5:58 AM
Even by Trump's standards, his comments on the global wind turbine market were incredibly misguided, so was really happy to contribute to this fact-checking piece. To be fair, many smarter people have also gotten the wrong idea due to all the hype about China's dominance of clean tech.
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If you're in the DC area, I'm giving a seminar about my research on public misunderstanding of ocean conservation! Free and includes snacks!
If you're not in the DC area, or if you are but you don't want to put on pants, it will be livestreamed. 🦑🧪🌍 #SciComm
events.georgetown.edu/earthcommons...
If you're not in the DC area, or if you are but you don't want to put on pants, it will be livestreamed. 🦑🧪🌍 #SciComm
events.georgetown.edu/earthcommons...
ECo Talks: The Causes and Consequences of Public Misunderstanding of Shark Conservation with Dr. David Shiffman
Dr. David Shiffman, Environmental Studies and Earth Commons adjunct, will present his talk, “The Causes and Consequences of Public Misunderstandi...
events.georgetown.edu
January 15, 2026 at 2:25 PM
If you're in the DC area, I'm giving a seminar about my research on public misunderstanding of ocean conservation! Free and includes snacks!
If you're not in the DC area, or if you are but you don't want to put on pants, it will be livestreamed. 🦑🧪🌍 #SciComm
events.georgetown.edu/earthcommons...
If you're not in the DC area, or if you are but you don't want to put on pants, it will be livestreamed. 🦑🧪🌍 #SciComm
events.georgetown.edu/earthcommons...
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I am not being gloomy! I am correctly understanding what is happening!! (not directed at @ketanjoshi.co obv)
I strongly recommend just taking @jmijin.bsky.social's word for it, because these comments are the most accurate in the whole piece, when it comes to the actual data and metrics on this issue
January 14, 2026 at 7:33 PM
I am not being gloomy! I am correctly understanding what is happening!! (not directed at @ketanjoshi.co obv)
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“If a mostly white community can push back on this project and get it stopped, it’s unacceptable that the next move is to fly under the radar in a rural Black community with even less transparency,” Black added.
www.canarymedia.com/articles/dat...
www.canarymedia.com/articles/dat...
After a white town rejected a data center, developers eyed a Black…
Four million Americans live within 1 mile of a data center. The communities closest to them are “overwhelmingly” non-white.
www.canarymedia.com
January 14, 2026 at 6:11 PM
“If a mostly white community can push back on this project and get it stopped, it’s unacceptable that the next move is to fly under the radar in a rural Black community with even less transparency,” Black added.
www.canarymedia.com/articles/dat...
www.canarymedia.com/articles/dat...
🪁Experts tell us Donald Trump has got the Chinese wind energy market all wrong. "European turbine manufacturers still dominate the market outside of China, the complete opposite of the picture Trump was painting" @laurimyllyvirta.bsky.social
u.afp.com/Chinawind
u.afp.com/Chinawind
January 14, 2026 at 6:51 PM
🪁Experts tell us Donald Trump has got the Chinese wind energy market all wrong. "European turbine manufacturers still dominate the market outside of China, the complete opposite of the picture Trump was painting" @laurimyllyvirta.bsky.social
u.afp.com/Chinawind
u.afp.com/Chinawind
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When I used to do more talks about climate change, a question I used to get a lot was how do I have "hope."
And one time I broke and was there's a right side and a wrong side, and this is like asking me if I would join the nazis if I knew they were going to win.
And one time I broke and was there's a right side and a wrong side, and this is like asking me if I would join the nazis if I knew they were going to win.
We need to pick up this Overton Window and throw it as far as we can. Stop waiting for shit to “be popular” and start advocating for what is transparently right.
January 14, 2026 at 5:17 PM
When I used to do more talks about climate change, a question I used to get a lot was how do I have "hope."
And one time I broke and was there's a right side and a wrong side, and this is like asking me if I would join the nazis if I knew they were going to win.
And one time I broke and was there's a right side and a wrong side, and this is like asking me if I would join the nazis if I knew they were going to win.
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Congratulations everyone! We did it.
2025 was an exceptional year for the Earth's climate
⬆️ Warmest ocean heat content
⬆️ Tied as second warmest surface temps
⬆️ Second warmest troposphere
⬆️ Record high sea level and GHGs
⬇️ Record low winter Arctic ice
New State of the Climate over at Carbon Brief: www.carbonbrief.org/...
⬆️ Warmest ocean heat content
⬆️ Tied as second warmest surface temps
⬆️ Second warmest troposphere
⬆️ Record high sea level and GHGs
⬇️ Record low winter Arctic ice
New State of the Climate over at Carbon Brief: www.carbonbrief.org/...
January 14, 2026 at 4:08 PM
Congratulations everyone! We did it.
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First new piece of the year for @wired.com. I chatted with @donmoyn.bsky.social about the cycle of policy and online conspiracy that has defined Trump 2.0 aka the "clicktatorship."
www.wired.com/story/everyt...
www.wired.com/story/everyt...
Everything Is Content for the ‘Clicktatorship’
In the second Trump administration, online conspiracy theories are shaping real-world policies like never before.
www.wired.com
January 13, 2026 at 7:48 PM
First new piece of the year for @wired.com. I chatted with @donmoyn.bsky.social about the cycle of policy and online conspiracy that has defined Trump 2.0 aka the "clicktatorship."
www.wired.com/story/everyt...
www.wired.com/story/everyt...
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Lol, lmao etc.
The EPA won't consider the economic costs of harms to human health, at least for now. Legal and health experts are concerned that the change could make it easier for the agency to roll back rules. n.pr/3Zaiqlz
The EPA is changing how it considers the costs and benefits of air pollution rules
The EPA won't consider the economic costs of harms to human health, at least for now. Legal and health experts are concerned that the change could make it easier for the agency to roll back rules.
n.pr
January 13, 2026 at 3:33 PM
Lol, lmao etc.
@tomh-analyst.bsky.social Hi Tom, I am a reporter with AFP news agency! Could we DM for a story I am working on? Thanks!
January 12, 2026 at 6:05 PM
@tomh-analyst.bsky.social Hi Tom, I am a reporter with AFP news agency! Could we DM for a story I am working on? Thanks!
@laurimyllyvirta.bsky.social Hello! I am a reporter with AFP! Could we DM for a story I am working on? Thank you!
January 12, 2026 at 6:01 PM
@laurimyllyvirta.bsky.social Hello! I am a reporter with AFP! Could we DM for a story I am working on? Thank you!