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Dom Pates

@dompates.bsky.social
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Educational Technologist, in HE. Father/husband. Writer. Brightonian/ex-Tokyoite. DJ/podcaster. European. Transitionist. (Occasional) Musician. Not necessarily in that order? dompates.medium.com

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Dom Pates @dompates.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Probably one of the better pieces you might ever read amidst all the froth about AI taking away all human jobs (and, um, then destroying humanity)…
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Lots of talk of growth ahead of the Budget, as if it were a baroque puzzle. Our problem is basic. It's that we no longer support the things which facilitate growth: Europe, immigration, higher education, tax simplification, policy stability. These are all choices and could stop making them anytime.
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Dom Pates @dompates.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Am absolutely thrilled to be one of the nominees for the inaugural ALT Volunteer of the Year Award, for the work done on #ALTcRadio. If you’ve listened to the shows, played a part, or want to help out a chap hustling for votes, you can add your vote here 👇🏼 #altc docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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Voting Form: ALT Award for Volunteer of the Year
Alongside the six panel‑chosen ALT Awards, 2026 introduces a new award voted for directly by the community: ALT Volunteer of the Year. Voting opens on 11 September and will run until Midnight BST on…
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 17/09/2026
When it comes to climate change, we're using every tool at our disposal — including everyday infrastructure — to keep New Yorkers safe.
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Dom Pates @dompates.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Yes, yes, very much so. Good piece. #BeMoreHuman
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Naomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
But is it fascism? Do they really yearn for apocalypse? Isn't that polarizing? Shouldn't we be nice to them? We made a short video so folks can hear the end timers in their own words and judge for themselves: www.youtube.com/watch?v=aK2n...
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How modern fascism works | End Times Fascism | Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor
YouTube video by Naomi Klein
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Kevin Anderson @kevinclimate.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
I was asked by a colleague from my oil & gas days (who has remained in the industry) why UK producing its own gas is less acceptable to the Greens (& others) than importing it from America and West Africa.' The full question & my reply is now online at: climateuncensored.com/there-is-no-...
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There Is No Atmospheric Exemption for British Oil and Gas - Climate Uncensored
I was recently contacted by a colleague from my days in the 1980s and 90s when I worked as an engineer in the offshore oil and gas sector. He remains in the
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Climate News @climatenews.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Every single nation on the planet needs to extract zero fossil fuels. Every single nation on the planet needs to burn zero fossil fuels. Both need to be true.
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Dom Pates @dompates.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Spent a chunk of today co-hosting a screening of the People’s Emergency Briefing at work. Although I’d already seen it, I still felt quite emotional in putting it on. So important to discuss the #ClimateCrisis with colleagues afterwards. #PEB Host your own 👇🏼 www.nebriefing.org/host-the-film
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National Emergency Briefing
An unfiltered assessment of the latest threats to UK food supply, health and national security from nine leading experts to an invitation-only audience - also covering positive solutions.
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Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
A suggested statement for Andy Burnham.
‘The British public decided in the 1930s that they would not tolerate black-shirted militias marching through their streets. They would cherish robust political argument; they would not accept thuggery and intimidation. When Oswald Mosley led his Blackshirts to Cable Street, local people turned them back. A new law – introduced by a Liberal, backed by Labour and carried by a Conservative majority – banned private militias, political uniforms and ‘the use or display of physical force in promoting any political object’. The British people are as determined today as in the 1930s that they will not accept the methods of Mussolini and the Munich Beer Hall. This government will uphold the law and defend the traditions of British democracy’.
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Dom Pates @dompates.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
👏👏👏
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Dom Pates @dompates.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Very serious food for thought. And action, for that matter. #PostAmericanInternet
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Dom Pates @dompates.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Next week will be pretty full on. Not only will I be co-hosting a workplace screening of the ‘People’s Emergency Briefing’, but will also be taking part in the large ‘Creative Intelligence’ exhibition at London’s Southbank: www.southbankcentre.co.uk/whats-on/exp... A first for everything!
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Exploration Bazaar | Southbank Centre
The UK's largest arts centre & the heart of London's cultural life.
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Dom Pates @dompates.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Late summer highlights, now the heatwaves have ended + back-to-school is on: a passenger ferry family day trip to Dieppe, the Bowie immersive exhibition near King’s Cross with friends, and a solo day of volunteering for the Ealing Beaver Project at Paradise Fields. Much else awaits this year.
Setting sun behind French coastal town with harbour waters in the foreground and a cloud-mottled dark blue sky above.Large projection of David Bowie in concern in 1978 looks down on an onlooking seated audience in a darkened room.Wild-looking aquatic area with pond water in the centre and a profusion of plant life around the edges.
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Dom Pates @dompates.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Can one overdose on schadenfreude?
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Dom Pates @dompates.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Fascinating. When I saw ‘The Odyssey’, I was perplexed at why Nolan had chosen to depict the Trojan Horse differently from all those other historical depictions (ie on wheels). Never thought of the connection with the Statue of Liberty on the beach in ‘Planet of the Apes’…
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Michael E. Mann @michaelemann.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Thanks so much folks for choosing "The Hockey Stick & the Climate Wars" as one of your favorite climate books! Via @sarapeach.bsky.social of @climateconnections.bsky.social: yaleclimateconnections.org/2026/09/staf... #HSCW
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Staff picks: Our favorite climate books » Yale Climate Connections
Yale Climate Connections reporters, meteorologists, and editors share the reads that inspire them.
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Dom Pates @dompates.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
‘Berlin and the Machine’ - my latest bit of writing, where I wrestle with whether to deploy a bot or not as a tool/writing partner. A particular struggle during these times of techlash, but at least I finally got a reflection on last year’s #OEB event out. dompates.medium.com/berlin-and-t...
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Berlin and the Machine
Harnessing the centaur
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Dom Pates @dompates.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
A solid set of essential principles to live by… #transitionism
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Dr Paul Dorfman @drpauldorfman.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
There is infinitely more damage to be done, or to put it another way there is infinitely more damage we might still be able to forestall. And that’s what should concern us. billmckibben.substack.com/p/the-growin...
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The growing rumble
Politics--alas--is what we need
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Peter Walker @peterwalker99.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
This is seems such a curious way to go. Ulez is a success. The results are in, and unarguable. The arguments have stopped. People have adapted.
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Dom Pates @dompates.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
These people just don’t seem to care about a wider population than their own narrow demographic of voters…
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Dom Pates @dompates.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Yup, ❤️ David Byrne…
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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Terrific piece this:
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Did AI write this? It’s getting harder to tell
Detection software offers quick answers, but the risk of false positives and the stigma of being accused are leading to societal mistrust in the written word
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Dom Pates @dompates.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
‘The question is no longer whether our societies will undergo significant transformation but whether we will shape that transformation deliberately or merely react to crises as they unfold. The choice is not between change and no change. It is between planned adaptation and forced adaptation.’
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Dom Pates @dompates.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
My fellow Nighthawk and I will be making our first foray to South Africa from 22:00 (UK time) tonight, fully expecting it to end up an African Diner mini series. Expect classics + roots. Live on TTNS.uk till midnight tonight (Aug 27). Join us in the chatroom. #InternetRadio
Poster for ‘Nighthawks at the African Diner’ radio show (Aug 27, 22:00-00:00). Bands of colour representing the South African flag, and strips of Hopper’s ‘Nighthawks’ painting.
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Dom Pates @dompates.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
And that is a damned good way to think about life. #RIPDolly
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William Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 25/08/2026
[Exit Queen.]
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Dom Pates @dompates.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Will take the start of the 26/27 football season with Brighton & Hove Albion sitting at the top of the Premier League as a win. You never know when it might happen again. #Seagulls
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John Bull @garius.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
ULEZ was exactly like when they brought in the seatbelt requirement for car users. People screaming about personal inconvenience or change, while there on the page was clear evidence that this would save lives. it was delivering the biggest improvement in London's health since the smog ban.
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Dom Pates @dompates.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
It feels so alien by now in this British summer to awake to rain and have it persist on leaving the house. Welcome, nevertheless.
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Dom Pates @dompates.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
I once worked for a company that was the biggest of its type in all of Japan. When I started working there, the company had a couple of hundred schools across the country. By rapidly ploughing all the yen they locked their customers in to over long term contracts, they ended up with almost 1,000…
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Chris Packham @chrisgpackham.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Anyone else get this earlier? petition.parliament.uk/petitions/767687
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Dom Pates @dompates.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Standing on a conservatory roof in the fifth heatwave of the year, waiting for relative darkness to set in from the partial solar eclipse…
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Dom Pates @dompates.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
It strikes me that, whether he wants it to or not, how Andy Burnham responds to the accelerating climate crisis will come to define his time as Prime Minister. An ‘Events, dear boy, events’ 🧵. He might want (and indeed need) to focus on fixing the deep rooted structural problems the UK has. (1/4)
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Rob Ford @robfordmancs.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Little piece from me for @arguablymag.bsky.social on why we Westminster electoral reform is more plausible now than it has been for generations www.arguably.uk/p/electoral-...
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Electoral reform has never been closer
The three key ingredients are now in place
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ALTUK.bsky.social @altuk.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
#ALTC26 Early‑bird rates end 11 Sept. Secure your spot now & get the best price for 2 days of inspiration in Cardiff. Join hundreds of colleagues shaping the future of digital learning. Connect, share practice, spark new ideas, & be part of a community that drives real change buff.ly/qrzVLlh #altc
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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
🟣 SUBSTACK 'Not the New Normal’: Educating the Public on the Nature and Climate Crisis is a Step Towards Putting it Firmly on the Political Agenda By Byline Times Read below. ↓
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'Not the New Normal’: Educating the Public on the Nature and Climate Crisis is a Step Towards Putting it Firmly on the Political Agenda
Professor Mike Berners-Lee, chair of the National Emergency Briefing, sets out the ‘civic moment’ he is working to create as extreme weather events show no sign of slowing
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Dr. Thomas Ronge @thomasronge.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
„This is climate breakdown, and its expressions are manifold. We can now expect everything from yellow and orange air and failed crops to buckling railways and the forced shutdowns of nuclear plants due to low water.“
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Dom Pates @dompates.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
What an excellent piece. Am all in for looking closer to home rather than just gazing upwards to ‘find our glorious cosmic destiny’. +1 for the FT becoming an increasingly great read on our peculiar times…
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Dom Pates @dompates.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Indeed indeed. I felt stunned when I read about this over breakfast, but from a longer distance, it’ll look even more horrific.
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Dom Pates @dompates.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Live on TTNS.uk in just under an hour, I’ll be D1 Radio tonight with a set of ‘Odds And Ends’ - no theme, just a bunch of tracks of relevance to today or that I’ve been listening to recently. On at 23:00 (UK time). See you in the chatroom.
Poster for a radio show for D1 Radio on The Thursday Night Show, Aug 6th 2026, 23:00 UK time. Brighton yellow background with seven ‘Polaroid’ style snaps to hint at some of the songs in the set. The show is titled ‘Odds And Ends’.
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Dom Pates @dompates.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
‘Revealed: major oil firms make $93bn profits amid war and climate crisis | Oil | The Guardian’ We will come to view the Fossil Fuel companies as we now view Big Tobacco or the corporations that profited from Transatlantic slavery. If we don’t already…
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Revealed: major oil firms make $93bn profits amid war and climate crisis
Iran conflict windfall over three months reignites calls for companies ‘cashing in on human misery’ to pay for environmental damage
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Eoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
The case for rewilding could not be more clear, on every conceivable level. Now it's time to put it into *action*.
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Dom Pates @dompates.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Great piece from @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social with some pretty stunning implications. ‘The climate movement has become a peace movement’. Read on to find out why…
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Clive Lewis MP @labourlewis.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
2/4 Nature is not a luxury. Healthy ecosystems are the foundation of our food security, public health, economic resilience and national wellbeing. As climate and ecological crises deepen, protecting and restoring nature is essential to our collective future.
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Matt Carr @mattcarr.substack.com · 03/08/2026
There are those who only want us to think about migrants in boats. But we really need to be thinking about this: substack.com/@mattcarr/no...
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World on Fire
The Future is Here
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 30/07/2026
I’ve spent years researching what it means to be alive. This is what I’ve learned | Melanie Challenger
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I’ve spent years researching what it means to be alive. This is what I’ve learned | Melanie Challenger
To understand the experience of life, don’t look to the mind. Look to the body
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