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? https://dompates.medium.com
‘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…
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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The case for rewilding could not be more clear, on every conceivable level. Now it's time to put it into *action*.
The Conversation UK@uk.theconversation.com · yesterdayDone properly, rewilded landscapes are more fire-resistant.
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…
Rebecca Solnit@rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · yesterdayMy editor asked me to write about what happened to summer:
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.
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...
World on Fire
The Future is Here
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I’ve spent years researching what it means to be alive. This is what I’ve learned | Melanie Challenger
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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Fascinating story of the growth of #TTNS and #ALTCRadio and excellent lessons for anyone building a community on or offline. dompates.medium.com/no-music-pol... by @dompates.bsky.social
No Music Policy
The text that follows is the script from a talk I gave about The Thursday Night Show (TTNS) and ALTc Radio, at the University of Oxford and…
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this is absolutely excellent and essential, clear, as hopeful as it is urgent, and we should all demand that — to win our votes, and a future for our species — McKibben’s message here becomes core to the platform of every person in, or running for, public office: energy from heaven not from hell
Bill McKibben@billmckibben.bsky.social · last wk.So, I finally did a TED talk, and it got released today. I seem to have been quite intense, but I'm grateful they left in my Trump joke. www.ted.com/talks/bill_m...
In April, I gave a talk at Oxford University about The Thursday Night Show and #ALTcRadio, the twin expressions of my musical and professional selves via #InternetRadio. Have finally managed to put up the evidence from the day. ‘No Music Policy’ tells that tale: dompates.medium.com/no-music-pol...
No Music Policy
The text that follows is the script from a talk I gave about The Thursday Night Show (TTNS) and ALTc Radio, at the University of Oxford and…
dompates.medium.com
According to the data from flight trackers July 23rd was the busiest day for commercial air travel ever recorded, and in other news, as this summer of extreme heat continues multiple countries are being consumed by wildfires, but that is probably just a coincidence.
Every serious analysis of the future of the economy says we need a lot more B. It happens in universities. A is not an alternative to B. It is also important. Universities do not only consist of D. Thanks for coming to my TED talk.
‘There are a lot of corporate interests’ in pushing back against climate policies – former diplomat
‘There are a lot of corporate interests’ in pushing back against climate policies – former diplomat
We spoke to Nick Bridge, a former diplomat who was the UK's special representative to the UN on Climate Change from 2017 to 2023.
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This summer's intense sunshine could be powering our homes. But most households can't afford to install their own solar panels. The Solar Saver scheme would change this. From @neweconomics.bsky.social and @thefinancelab.bsky.social 1/5
Tonight, on The Thursday Night Show (TTNS), we will be celebrating our 14th birthday with DJs playing the music they were listening to at 14yo. 17:00 ian joliet 18 A.Nu.Revolution 19 Hardy Milts 20 DannyM 21 David deVYNEL 22 Digit3 23 D1 Radio (yours truly) 00 Dunavibe 02 Brian Borden ttns.uk
Stunning!
Acid Rain@bearysweet.bsky.social · 2w agoDuring a lull in between clashes between the Persians and Genghis's Mongol forces, you can imagine them coming together for this.. The Stranglers "Golden Brown" performed on the hammered dulcimer and the Morin Khuur (a traditional Mongolian horse-head fiddle) - by @Dulcimerguy1 #music #culture
Ah. Jumped too quickly on this one.
Tony Yates@t0nyyates.bsky.social · 2w agoNo he hasn't, the handle is fake.
Like this from @timharford.ft.com on how inclusive design principles can often help all users, not those just seen as traditionally excluded www.ft.com/content/4d8e...
England 6 France 4. What a remarkable game that was. England’s best (men’s) #WorldCup result since 1966. And what a delight to see opposing players being so generous with each other at the end, rather than wearing the jubilation of a win and the devastation of a loss. #WorldCup2026
OMG, Declan Rice with a goal after 2 mins. Nice! #WorldCup2026
Thought about an apparent paradox. Is ‘unlearning’ actually also a form of learning?
An observation from a book I’m currently reading… Navigating the climate and nature crises is a civilisational redesign project. And although there is great urgency, it will all also take time…
