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?
‘intellectual pipeline’
November 10, 2025 at 12:13 PM
‘intellectual pipeline’
November 10, 2025 at 7:58 AM
The virus was a great teacher. It’s just that many, many people chose not to learn from it.
November 9, 2025 at 1:05 PM
The virus was a great teacher. It’s just that many, many people chose not to learn from it.
That looks revolting!
November 8, 2025 at 10:20 PM
That looks revolting!
Smile, internally, at your growing reach.
November 8, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Smile, internally, at your growing reach.
But didn’t he once wear a tan suit?
November 7, 2025 at 11:06 AM
But didn’t he once wear a tan suit?
Indeed. ‘Govts have their job to do, and that work’s not for the likes of us. Our job is to pick a new govt every five years without filling up our sleeves in the interim’. Kinda thing.
November 7, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Indeed. ‘Govts have their job to do, and that work’s not for the likes of us. Our job is to pick a new govt every five years without filling up our sleeves in the interim’. Kinda thing.
Keep thinking about what the pivots were in the Industrial Revolution, when we realised it wasn’t enough to move folks from fields to factories but that we also needed to create public parks too. Feels like we haven’t started building those new parks yet, coz we’re too focused on societal collapse.
November 7, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Keep thinking about what the pivots were in the Industrial Revolution, when we realised it wasn’t enough to move folks from fields to factories but that we also needed to create public parks too. Feels like we haven’t started building those new parks yet, coz we’re too focused on societal collapse.
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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
Very much in agreement with the need to both consider more how power is used other than just how it is generated, and that we need to be more ambitious.
November 6, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Very much in agreement with the need to both consider more how power is used other than just how it is generated, and that we need to be more ambitious.
Thought we’d met somewhere else already - it was here!
Will dig in to your piece. Thanks for sharing.
Will dig in to your piece. Thanks for sharing.
November 6, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Thought we’d met somewhere else already - it was here!
Will dig in to your piece. Thanks for sharing.
Will dig in to your piece. Thanks for sharing.