Dom Pates @dompates.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Probably 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)… 010
Reposted by Dom PatesIan Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Lots 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. 591608420
Dom Pates @dompates.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Am 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...docs.google.comVoting Form: ALT Award for Volunteer of the YearAlongside 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… 182
Reposted by Dom PatesMayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 17/09/2026When it comes to climate change, we're using every tool at our disposal — including everyday infrastructure — to keep New Yorkers safe. 291874138
Reposted by Dom PatesNaomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social · 14/09/2026But 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...youtube.comHow modern fascism works | End Times Fascism | Naomi Klein and Astra TaylorYouTube video by Naomi Klein 10438184
Reposted by Dom PatesKevin Anderson @kevinclimate.bsky.social · 10/09/2026I 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-...climateuncensored.comThere Is No Atmospheric Exemption for British Oil and Gas - Climate UncensoredI 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 1517188
Reposted by Dom PatesClimate News @climatenews.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Every 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. 9196
Dom Pates @dompates.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Spent 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-filmnebriefing.orgNational Emergency BriefingAn 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. 110
Reposted by Dom PatesRobert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 07/09/2026A suggested statement for Andy Burnham. 271051350
Dom Pates @dompates.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Very serious food for thought. And action, for that matter. #PostAmericanInternet 010
Dom Pates @dompates.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Next 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!southbankcentre.co.ukExploration Bazaar | Southbank CentreThe UK's largest arts centre & the heart of London's cultural life. 020
Dom Pates @dompates.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Late 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. 020
Dom Pates @dompates.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Fascinating. 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’… 010
Reposted by Dom PatesMichael E. Mann @michaelemann.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Thanks 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... #HSCWyaleclimateconnections.orgStaff picks: Our favorite climate books » Yale Climate ConnectionsYale Climate Connections reporters, meteorologists, and editors share the reads that inspire them. 14414
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...dompates.medium.comBerlin and the MachineHarnessing the centaur 021
Dom Pates @dompates.bsky.social · 31/08/2026A solid set of essential principles to live by… #transitionism 020
Reposted by Dom PatesDr Paul Dorfman @drpauldorfman.bsky.social · 31/08/2026There 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...billmckibben.substack.comThe growing rumblePolitics--alas--is what we need 22413
Reposted by Dom PatesPeter Walker @peterwalker99.bsky.social · 31/08/2026This 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. 1918145
Dom Pates @dompates.bsky.social · 31/08/2026These people just don’t seem to care about a wider population than their own narrow demographic of voters… 000
Reposted by Dom PatesStephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 29/08/2026Terrific piece this:ft.comDid AI write this? It’s getting harder to tellDetection 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 33610
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.’ 174
Dom Pates @dompates.bsky.social · 27/08/2026My 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 000
Dom Pates @dompates.bsky.social · 25/08/2026And that is a damned good way to think about life. #RIPDolly 020
Dom Pates @dompates.bsky.social · 23/08/2026Will 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 000
Reposted by Dom PatesJohn Bull @garius.bsky.social · 19/08/2026ULEZ 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. 719722
Dom Pates @dompates.bsky.social · 19/08/2026It feels so alien by now in this British summer to awake to rain and have it persist on leaving the house. Welcome, nevertheless. 010
Dom Pates @dompates.bsky.social · 18/08/2026I 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… 100
Reposted by Dom PatesChris Packham @chrisgpackham.bsky.social · 14/08/2026Anyone else get this earlier? petition.parliament.uk/petitions/767687 51649246
Dom Pates @dompates.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Standing on a conservatory roof in the fifth heatwave of the year, waiting for relative darkness to set in from the partial solar eclipse… 010
Dom Pates @dompates.bsky.social · 12/08/2026It 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) 130
Reposted by Dom PatesRob Ford @robfordmancs.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Little 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-...arguably.ukElectoral reform has never been closerThe three key ingredients are now in place 1313863
Reposted by Dom PatesALTUK.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 012
Reposted by Dom PatesByline 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. ↓bylinesupplement.com'Not the New Normal’: Educating the Public on the Nature and Climate Crisis is a Step Towards Putting it Firmly on the Political AgendaProfessor 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 08130
Reposted by Dom PatesDr. 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.“ 01011
Dom Pates @dompates.bsky.social · 08/08/2026What 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… 000
Dom Pates @dompates.bsky.social · 06/08/2026Indeed indeed. I felt stunned when I read about this over breakfast, but from a longer distance, it’ll look even more horrific. 010
Dom Pates @dompates.bsky.social · 06/08/2026Live 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. 010
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…theguardian.comRevealed: major oil firms make $93bn profits amid war and climate crisisIran conflict windfall over three months reignites calls for companies ‘cashing in on human misery’ to pay for environmental damage 010
Reposted by Dom PatesEoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · 04/08/2026The case for rewilding could not be more clear, on every conceivable level. Now it's time to put it into *action*. 414748
Dom Pates @dompates.bsky.social · 04/08/2026Great piece from @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social with some pretty stunning implications. ‘The climate movement has become a peace movement’. Read on to find out why… 001
Reposted by Dom PatesClive Lewis MP @labourlewis.bsky.social · 03/08/20262/4 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. 24713
Reposted by Dom PatesMatt Carr @mattcarr.substack.com · 03/08/2026There 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...substack.comWorld on FireThe Future is Here 122
Reposted by Dom PatesThe Guardian @theguardian.com · 30/07/2026I’ve spent years researching what it means to be alive. This is what I’ve learned | Melanie Challengertheguardian.comI’ve spent years researching what it means to be alive. This is what I’ve learned | Melanie ChallengerTo understand the experience of life, don’t look to the mind. Look to the body 0218