Dom Pates
@dompates.bsky.social
Educational Technologist, in HE. Father/husband. Writer. Brightonian/ex-Tokyoite. DJ/podcaster. European. Transitionist. (Occasional) Musician. Not necessarily in that order?
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Dom Pates
@dompates.bsky.social
· May 20
If #NetZero is the simple but complex slogan to define the story of where we want to get to with #ClimateChange - where the carbon cycle is brought back into balance - what’s the equivalent story slogan for sustainability? #CircularEconomy? #NaturePositive? Or is it too complex to reduce like that?
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on ttns.uk in 55 mins - want to hear an hour of songs about insects? #thursdaynightshow is where the buzz is at.
Internet Radio Live Music Eclectic | thethursdaynightshow
Eclectic Internet Radio with online live music and art showings every Thursday Night! www.thethursdaynightshow.com
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November 13, 2025 at 10:06 PM
on ttns.uk in 55 mins - want to hear an hour of songs about insects? #thursdaynightshow is where the buzz is at.
There is that…
Well, it's a little clearer now why billionaires are so invested in technology that produces better written emails.
November 13, 2025 at 8:20 AM
There is that…
Looking forward to tonight’s #LTHEchat…
Join us for #LTHEchat with @mirjamglessmer.com and @robertkordts.bsky.social sky.social at 8 pm GMT today.
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LTHE Chat 343: How to teach for sustainability
Join us on Bluesky with guest Mirjam Glessmer (@mirjamglessmer.bsky.social) and Robert Kordts (@robertkordts.bsky.social) on Wednesday, 12th November 2025 at 20:00 GMT The title…
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November 12, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Looking forward to tonight’s #LTHEchat…
Join us on Bluesky for #LTHEchat with guests Mirjam Sophia Glessmer (@mirjamglessmer.bsky.social) and Robert Kordts (@robertkordts.bsky.social) on Wednesday, 12th November 2025 at 20:00 GMT to discuss How to teach for sustainability
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LTHE Chat 343: How to teach for sustainability
Join us on Bluesky with guest Mirjam Glessmer (@mirjamglessmer.bsky.social) and Robert Kordts (@robertkordts.bsky.social) on Wednesday, 12th November 2025 at 20:00 GMT The title…
lthechat.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:59 AM
Watched Olusoga’s remarkable BBC series ‘Empire’ this weekend. Too accustomed to the history to be shocked, but still learned things. Very much recommended.
Was quite noticeable the extent to which high quality drone footage is now being used in television too!
youtu.be/nYYdn-r1Rc4?...
Was quite noticeable the extent to which high quality drone footage is now being used in television too!
youtu.be/nYYdn-r1Rc4?...
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David Olusoga explores the history and legacy of the British Empire,…
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November 9, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Watched Olusoga’s remarkable BBC series ‘Empire’ this weekend. Too accustomed to the history to be shocked, but still learned things. Very much recommended.
Was quite noticeable the extent to which high quality drone footage is now being used in television too!
youtu.be/nYYdn-r1Rc4?...
Was quite noticeable the extent to which high quality drone footage is now being used in television too!
youtu.be/nYYdn-r1Rc4?...
Well, there is that.
the right winger who was appointed to lead the BBC in the hope of appeasing right wingers has been driven out by right wingers for not appeasing right wingers enough and the BBC has the chance to do the funniest thing ever
November 9, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Well, there is that.
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While cognitive load theory primarily deals with individual learning, John Sweller, Femke Kirschner, Jimmy Zambrano and I wrote this about expanding CLT to collaborative learning. It's oen access so feel free to download and use it. #EduSky
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
From Cognitive Load Theory to Collaborative Cognitive Load Theory - International Journal of Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning
Cognitive load theory has traditionally been associated with individual learning. Based on evolutionary educational psychology and our knowledge of human cognition, particularly the relations between ...
link.springer.com
November 9, 2025 at 9:10 AM
While cognitive load theory primarily deals with individual learning, John Sweller, Femke Kirschner, Jimmy Zambrano and I wrote this about expanding CLT to collaborative learning. It's oen access so feel free to download and use it. #EduSky
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Imagination is resistance, @ruha9.bsky.social reminds us that, " we need to reject the gospel that says technology is inevitable, that the train has left the station... In an error of automated bullshit, it’s time to become bullshit detectors,"
#MozFest
#MozFest
November 8, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Imagination is resistance, @ruha9.bsky.social reminds us that, " we need to reject the gospel that says technology is inevitable, that the train has left the station... In an error of automated bullshit, it’s time to become bullshit detectors,"
#MozFest
#MozFest
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The world’s first trillionaire initiated a move that has left more than half a million people dead, most of whom are children.
November 7, 2025 at 7:39 AM
The world’s first trillionaire initiated a move that has left more than half a million people dead, most of whom are children.
Well, this was a delight. Rather than eventually getting round to reflecting on last month’s #ALTc event in Glasgow in a solo-written blog post, I got to talk about it in company on a podcast instead! Join me, Puiyin, Tamsyn and James as we take a look at #ALTc25.
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An alternative #ALTc25 reflection
My Liminal Pod · Episode
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November 7, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Well, this was a delight. Rather than eventually getting round to reflecting on last month’s #ALTc event in Glasgow in a solo-written blog post, I got to talk about it in company on a podcast instead! Join me, Puiyin, Tamsyn and James as we take a look at #ALTc25.
open.spotify.com/episode/05NE...
open.spotify.com/episode/05NE...
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You know what? There's actually a tested solution to this! it is brilliantly simple, and it WORKS.
I would love to see @bsky.app and @support.bsky.team test this out.
www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2023/ju...
I would love to see @bsky.app and @support.bsky.team test this out.
www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2023/ju...
November 7, 2025 at 5:33 PM
You know what? There's actually a tested solution to this! it is brilliantly simple, and it WORKS.
I would love to see @bsky.app and @support.bsky.team test this out.
www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2023/ju...
I would love to see @bsky.app and @support.bsky.team test this out.
www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2023/ju...
Fantastic to catch the tail end of this. @ruha9.bsky.social truly is a light in our dark times. #MozFest
#MozFest main stage debate with Dr. Ruha Benjamin and @nabiha.bsky.social Starting soon 🕰️ 11:00 am CET. Get your notebooks out, and get ready for a conversation that redefines unlearning as a radical act of possibility.
Follow IRL or live stream here -> www.youtube.com/watch?v=KGnc...
Follow IRL or live stream here -> www.youtube.com/watch?v=KGnc...
Opening & On Unlearning with Dr. Ruha Benjamin - Mozilla Festival 2025
YouTube video by Mozilla
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November 7, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Fantastic to catch the tail end of this. @ruha9.bsky.social truly is a light in our dark times. #MozFest
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“You must collect things for reasons you don’t yet understand.” Those who preserve things can never quite know how they’ll be used www.noemamag.com/the-ark-buil...
The Ark-Builders Saving Fragile Bits Of Our World | NOEMA
Scientists and archivists are expanding their approaches to preservation — from freezing endangered species’ cells to encoding ancient languages onto disks sent into space.
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November 7, 2025 at 7:09 AM
“You must collect things for reasons you don’t yet understand.” Those who preserve things can never quite know how they’ll be used www.noemamag.com/the-ark-buil...
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Astonishing video, worth watching in full.
While agreeing in the round,
I've found this (below) both reassuring and highlighting of the need for constant vigilance. There is no perfect end state. See if you can see where the 'thousand year reich' occurs (also, that Roman Empire lasted quite a while).
m.youtube.com/watch?v=UY9P...
I've found this (below) both reassuring and highlighting of the need for constant vigilance. There is no perfect end state. See if you can see where the 'thousand year reich' occurs (also, that Roman Empire lasted quite a while).
m.youtube.com/watch?v=UY9P...
The History of Europe: Every Year
YouTube video by Cottereau
m.youtube.com
November 7, 2025 at 7:11 AM
Astonishing video, worth watching in full.
Tomorrow night, Bob Dylan plays my hometown. I’m not going, but I am doing a radio show in 30 mins time that’ll be a tribute to Dylan. The man who taught me how to write song lyrics.
Live on ttns.uk at 23:00 (UK time). See you in the chatroom.
Live on ttns.uk at 23:00 (UK time). See you in the chatroom.
November 6, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Tomorrow night, Bob Dylan plays my hometown. I’m not going, but I am doing a radio show in 30 mins time that’ll be a tribute to Dylan. The man who taught me how to write song lyrics.
Live on ttns.uk at 23:00 (UK time). See you in the chatroom.
Live on ttns.uk at 23:00 (UK time). See you in the chatroom.
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The Office of Unsubtle Metaphors continues to operate, even with the shutdown
November 6, 2025 at 8:58 PM
The Office of Unsubtle Metaphors continues to operate, even with the shutdown
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My favorite comment on the FT story
November 6, 2025 at 7:49 PM
My favorite comment on the FT story
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"Others will take time in catching up to that." whew
November 5, 2025 at 3:01 PM
"Others will take time in catching up to that." whew
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The blueprint for winning big on climate also came out last night. No more technocratic, policy wonk approaches. People showed they care about utility bills, free buses, affordable housing, etc. These are all climate issues. Talk about climate in terms people understand and experience.
November 5, 2025 at 2:38 PM
The blueprint for winning big on climate also came out last night. No more technocratic, policy wonk approaches. People showed they care about utility bills, free buses, affordable housing, etc. These are all climate issues. Talk about climate in terms people understand and experience.
Remarkable acceptance speech from Mamdani. Reminded me of Obama at Grant Park in ‘08.
#NoKings #MamdaniForNY #NewYork
#NoKings #MamdaniForNY #NewYork
in case anyone hasn't watched the full thing, do it. it's a damn treat.
I don't think I realized it until now, but I'd been waiting my whole life to hear a politician sound like they want the people to govern with them
I don't think I realized it until now, but I'd been waiting my whole life to hear a politician sound like they want the people to govern with them
FULL SPEECH: Zohran Mamdani's victory speech following historic NYC mayoral win
YouTube video by ABC News
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November 5, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Remarkable acceptance speech from Mamdani. Reminded me of Obama at Grant Park in ‘08.
#NoKings #MamdaniForNY #NewYork
#NoKings #MamdaniForNY #NewYork
A smile on his face of a big boy that’s done something super bad in his nappy/diaper and which someone else is going to have to clean up.
“They were careless people, Tom and Daisy--they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness, or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made…”
Trump is holding a Great Gatsby/Roaring 20s-themed party at his private club in Palm Beach tonight as he tries to withhold SNAP and health care subsidies from millions of Americans. (via Kellie Meyer)
November 1, 2025 at 1:54 PM
A smile on his face of a big boy that’s done something super bad in his nappy/diaper and which someone else is going to have to clean up.
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The geopolitics of the post-oil age is going to be interestingly different.: https://thoughtshrapnel.com/2025/11/01/the-geopolitics-of-the-postoil.html
November 1, 2025 at 1:36 PM
The geopolitics of the post-oil age is going to be interestingly different.: https://thoughtshrapnel.com/2025/11/01/the-geopolitics-of-the-postoil.html
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Who decides how we adapt to climate change? | Leah Aronowsky: The question is not whether we will reshape our institutions to manage climate impacts, but how For decades, “stopping climate change” has been the singular goal of climate politics. Across the political spectrum, from grassroo...
Who decides how we adapt to climate change? | Leah Aronowsky
Who decides how we adapt to climate change? | Leah Aronowsky: The question is not whether we will reshape our institutions to manage climate impacts, but how For decades, “stopping climate change” has been the singular goal of climate politics. Across the political spectrum, from grassroo...
www.theguardian.com
November 1, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Who decides how we adapt to climate change? | Leah Aronowsky: The question is not whether we will reshape our institutions to manage climate impacts, but how For decades, “stopping climate change” has been the singular goal of climate politics. Across the political spectrum, from grassroo...
So much this 👇🏼.
We are all so badly in need of a collective mindset shift, but are currently too concussed by our feeds and how to scrape by in the overwhelm of the Anthropocene.
We are all so badly in need of a collective mindset shift, but are currently too concussed by our feeds and how to scrape by in the overwhelm of the Anthropocene.
The most insanely frustrating thing about the #ClimateCrisis is how the breakthrough we so clearly need isn’t technological. It’s just a collective willingness, a determination even, to change in ways that would clearly be SO MUCH BETTER than the clear and obvious consequences of NOT changing.
November 1, 2025 at 10:13 AM
So much this 👇🏼.
We are all so badly in need of a collective mindset shift, but are currently too concussed by our feeds and how to scrape by in the overwhelm of the Anthropocene.
We are all so badly in need of a collective mindset shift, but are currently too concussed by our feeds and how to scrape by in the overwhelm of the Anthropocene.
Per Danny Kemp via press pool
Trump is at the Halloween party at MAL
“Official theme is Gatsby and ‘a little party never killed nobody’, we’re told.”
Trump is at the Halloween party at MAL
“Official theme is Gatsby and ‘a little party never killed nobody’, we’re told.”
November 1, 2025 at 10:10 AM