Dom Pates

@dompates

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· 13d

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’.

Dom Pates@dompates· 20d

It’s Namibia Night on ‘Nighthawks at the African Diner’ tonight, as John and I explore the music of one of the world’s most sparsely populated countries. Tune in live on ttns.uk or ttns.fm from 22:00 UK time for two hours of the sounds of Namibia.

Poster for radio show titled ‘Nighthawks at the African Diner’ on The Thursday Night Show (Jul 30th, 22:00, UK time). The poster contains text in a variety of different bright colours, combined with extracts from Edward Hopper’s painting ‘Nighthawks at the Diner’ as bands across the poster and with a photo of desert sand dunes in the background.

Dom Pates@dompates· 27d

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

Radio show poster that is headed with a graphic stating ‘TTNS14 - our 14th birthday’. The bulk of the poster is made up of ‘yearbook’ style images of the DJ line-up, from when they were 14 years old. Live from 17:00 - 03:00 UK time.

Dom Pates@dompates· Jun 25

Ready for a little Harare heat to bring you up to midnight tonight? Tonight, the Nighthawks at the African Diner take you on a 2hr journey into the Zimbabwe Zone. Live on ttns.uk from 22:00 (UK time), June 25th. See you at the diner counter or in the chatroom. #TTNS

Poster for radio show titled ‘Nighthawks at the African Diner’ on The Thursday Night Show (Jun 25th, 22:00, UK time). The poster contains text in a variety of different colours drawn from the Zimbabwean flag, combined with extracts from Edward Hopper’s painting ‘Nighthawks at the Diner’ as bands across the poster and with a photo of a baobab tree in the background.

Dom Pates@dompates· Jun 20

On Monday, we are running a public debate on #AI and the #ClimateCrisis as part of #LondonClimateActionWeek. Today is #ShowYourStripes day, so here’s an image with Islington’s average temperatures since 1850. Register online for the debate: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/462177... #LCAW2026

A succession of thin different coloured stripes. The stripes progress from colder looking blues on the warmer, hotter, darker reds on the right.

Dom Pates@dompates· Jun 19

On Mon June 22nd (14:00-15:00), I’m hosting a panel debate on #AI and the #ClimateCrisis as part of this year’s #LondonClimateActionWeek programme. Four great speakers will be debating pausing AI deployment for environmental grounds. Join us 👇🏼 #LCAW2026 dompates.medium.com/the-elephant...

An African elephant, head on, standing between two large banks of servers. Text reads ‘The Elephant in the Data Centre’ - a public debate on AI and the Climate Emergency.

Dom Pates@dompates· Jun 4

Am back on ttns.uk from 23:00-00:00 tonight with ‘Hope I Keep Going When I Get Old’ - a tribute to musicians that have kept going after all these years. See you in the chatroom.

Dom Pates@dompates· May 31

Made it up to the top of Southwick Hill for the sunset, before the week ends. It’s, fortunately, been a holiday of restoration and the tidying up of a few loose ends. And now the summer beckons - it’s going to be a full one. Bring it on.

Panorama of sunset over Sussex countryside, up on Southwick Hill.

Dom Pates@dompates· May 28

Tonight, on Nighthawks at the African Diner, John and I spent a couple of hours with some contemporary music from around the Congo region. Expect multiple afro genres and plenty of great music. Will certainly be a learning journey for me. 22:00 on May 28th on ttns.uk. Come & join us in the chatroom.

Poster for radio show titled ‘Nighthawks at the African Diner’ on The Thursday Night Show (May 28th, 23:00, UK time). The poster contains text in a variety of different bright colours, combined with extracts from Edward Hopper’s painting ‘Nighthawks at the Diner’ as bands across the poster and with a photo of a Tanzanian river in the background.

Dom Pates@dompates· May 12

Delighted to be making my debut at Jisc’s Connect More event, on May 13th, 10:50 - 11:20. I’ll be talking about our interdisciplinary undergraduate module on #sustainability and #ClimateChange, why the module was needed and how it works, as well as some of the impact. www.jisc.ac.uk/connect-more

Promotional card for speaker at Jisc’s Connect More 2026 event. Design shows multiple overlapping squares of differing sizes with a black and white picture of a man, faintly smiling. Text reads Speaker: Dominic Pates, Senior Educational Technologist, City St George’s, University of London. Session: Working together for change: co-designing climate curricula. Date: 13 May.

Dom Pates@dompates· Apr 22

Back on the radio again tomorrow, this time for 2hrs. It’s going to be an interesting (if eclectic) show. The 1st half is called ‘Dreaming Spires’ and is about music from Oxford (where I’m giving a talk about TTNS next week. 2nd half is a tribute to #AshaBhosle. ttns.uk on Apr 23, from 22:00 (UK).

Poster for D1 Radio Hour show, on April 23rd 2026 (22:00-00:00). Main image is of an old circular stone building - Oxford’s Radcliffe Camera - overlaid with abstract shapes and lines.

The text reads as follows:

The Thursday Night Show presents The D1 Radio Hour with Dreaming Spires (music from Oxford) & Setful of Asha (a tribute to Asha Bhosle).

Dom Pates@dompates· Apr 16

Today, my daughter became a teenager - a milestone for the whole family. My radio show tonight - starting at 23:00 UK time - is a set of songs by well known artists about their own kids. See you in the chatroom. ttns.uk #InternetRadio

Poster for D1 Radio Hour set on The Thursday Night Show (April 16th 2026, 23:00 UK time).

Main image of a baby’s feet sitting on a father’s lap, while the father’s larger hands hold the baby’s feet.

Dom Pates@dompates· Apr 11

Finally completed a book I’ve been looking to read for several years, de Sousa Santos’s ‘From the Pandemic to Utopia’. Though a pretty dense read, it has helped to extend my thinking around what I have been calling #transitionism (essentially, pathways towards better futures). Will revisit this.

Book titled ‘From the Pandemic to Utopia: The Future Begins Now’ by Boaventura de Sousa Santos, in the ‘Epistemologies Of The South’ series. Cover includes an abstract image in dark colours that seems to combine a large body of water, a ladder, and a hole in the sky.

Dom Pates@dompates· Mar 5

Tonight on The Thursday Night Show, the Nighthawks get on a journey down river as the African Diner takes in music from around the River Congo. This time for 2 hours, join Dom and John at the virtual diner counter on March 5, from 22:00 (UK time) for samples of Congo music. ttns.uk

Poster for radio show titled ‘Nighthawks at the African Diner’ on The Thursday Night Show (March 5th, 22:00, UK time). The poster contains text in a variety of different bright colours, combined with extracts from Edward Hopper’s painting ‘Nighthawks at the Diner’ as bands across the poster and with a photo of an African river in the background.

Dom Pates@dompates· Mar 1

A gentleman I spotted at work servicing ‘Starbot’, our robot barista vending machine.

Man in overalls works at a trolley next to a roll-up banner with ‘AI powered coffee’ as a headline and a large robot barista vending machine named Starbot.

Dom Pates@dompates· Feb 14

Have just completed David Byrne’s marvellous ‘How Music Works’, which was mostly hard to put down. In some part, you get the story of Talking Heads, but in other parts, you get how architecture influences how music is made or an insider’s view on the music industry. Highly recommended. #AmReading

Black book with white text on a grey carpet. Title is ‘How Music Works’, author is David Byrne, and a white icon of a speaker emitting sound and pointed upwards is between title and author name.

Dom Pates@dompates· Jan 13

Last October, we put on a full 48hrs of radio programming as part of the annual #ALTc conference in Glasgow, exploring what learning technology sounded like. This Jan & Feb, we’re broadcasting programme highlights again on TTNS every Friday PM. #ALTCRadio #Rewind docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

Table with different coloured rows outlining the ALTc Radio 2025 Rewind programme. Link to full listing at end of post.

Dom Pates@dompates· Jan 8

The African Diner continues. Tonight, my fellow Nighthawk and I will be taking our listeners on a trip to Senegal for a deep dive into their rich musical traditions. Tune in to TTNS.uk at 23:00 (UK time) and join us in the chatroom.

Poster for radio show titled ‘Nighthawks at the Virtual Diner’ on The Thursday Night Show (Jan 8th, 23:00, UK time). The poster contains text in a variety of different bright colours, combined with extracts from Edward Hopper’s painting ‘Nighthawks at the Diner’ as bands across the poster and with a photo of a Tanzanian red dirt road in the background. Two Senegalese kora players are in the bottom corners.

Dom Pates@dompates· Jan 4

Tomorrow, back to work after two weeks off that were both restful and productive. And I go into the new working year with probably (as far as my records can tell) my first #InboxZero in about five years! Won’t last long, but nothing like a blank state to start back up from.

Two columns in Outlook software. Left hand column lists folders titled Inbox, Drafts, Archive, Sent, Groups, Deleted Items, Junk Email, Clutter, Conversation History, RSS Feeds and Saved. Right hand column shows an illustration of a yacht with the sun behind it. The message below states ‘It’s a wrap! Well done - everything’s now under control’.

Dom Pates@dompates· Dec 25

For any of you still up (or in a different time zone to mine), I’ll be doing a radio show on Christmas Day itself. 23:00 UK time. The theme is ‘This Day In Music’, so although there’ll be some festive music, it’s not all that. Drop by for the curios, stay for the chatroom. ttns.uk

Poster for D1 Radio show. Red background with nine white cubes, each with a vintage image on the front.
The show is titled ’This Day In Music’.

Dom Pates@dompates· Nov 27

Tonight on The Thursday Night Show, the Nighthawks make our third outing at the African Diner for our series that explores the music of the continent. Join Dom and John at the virtual diner counter from 23:00 (UK time) for more samples of Africa’s finest.

Poster for radio show titled ‘Nighthawks at the African Diner: III’ on The Thursday Night Show (Nov 27th, 23:00, UK time). The poster contains text in a variety of different bright colours, combined with extracts from Edward Hopper’s painting ‘Nighthawks at the Diner’ as bands across the poster and with a photo of a Tanzanian red dirt road in the background.

Dom Pates@dompates· Nov 6

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.

Black and white photo of 1950s family gathered around a TV set, looking at a screen with a young Bob Dylan playing a harmonica. Text reads ‘The Thursday Night Show presents D1 Radio with Theme Time Dylan Hour’.

Dom Pates@dompates· Oct 30

The Nighthawks head back to the African Diner tonight for Part II of our starting sampler of some of Africa’s finest tunes. Join Dom and John at the virtual diner counter on TTNS.uk tonight, from 23:00 (UK time) and we’ll see you on the chatroom.

Poster for radio show titled ‘Nighthawks at the Virtual Diner’ on The Thursday Night Show (Oct 30th, 23:00, UK time). The poster contains text in a variety of different bright colours, combined with extracts from Edward Hopper’s painting ‘Nighthawks at the Diner’ as bands across the poster and with a photo of a Tanzanian red dirt road in the background.

Dom Pates@dompates· Oct 22

What does learning technology sound like? For the 3rd year running, TTNS is partnering with ALT to bring you #ALTcRadio - live on site from Glasgow and online, with 48hrs of #EdTech radio. Hear exclusive shows, live streamed keynotes, archive rewinds and regular TTNS DJs. #altc #ALTc25

ALTc Radio 2025 poster, showing full listings for the radio programme across two days of the conference. Includes two columns of multicoloured 30m blocks, in blue, yellow and grey. The programme is overlaid on a photograph of the cloisters at the University of Glasgow.

Dom Pates@dompates· Oct 11

Just finished this fabulous book, ‘Designing Hope’ by @sarahhousley.bsky.social, looking through the lenses of four emerging futures. Read it in just a few days - it felt like a neat summary of many of the things I’ve been reading over the past few years in the search for ways out of the polycrisis.

Book on a blue fabric surface. The book is called ‘Designing Hope’ by Sarah Housley and features a colourful abstract nature-based image on a white background.

Dom Pates@dompates· Oct 2

An hour of music radio all about #RenewableEnergies, you say? Of course you want to tune in! D1 Radio Hour tonight, live on ttns.uk at 23:00 (UK time) with a set entirely dedicated to solar, wind, waves (oh yes, and batteries). Join us in the chatroom if you can. #transitionism

Poster for a D1 Radio Hour set on The Thursday Night show, titled ‘Musical Renewables’ (live on air Oct 2nd 23:00 UK time). Shows a wind turbine by the sea with a sunset sky.

Dom Pates@dompates· Sep 18

Tonight on The Thursday Night Show, the Nighthawks make their first step into the African Diner for a series that explores the music of the continent. Join Dom and John at the virtual diner counter on Sep 18, from 23:00 (UK time) for samples of Africa’s finest musical cuts.

Poster for radio show titled ‘Nighthawks at the Virtual Diner’ on The Thursday Night Show (Sept 18th, 23:00, UK time). The poster contains text in a variety of different bright colours, combined with extracts from Edward Hopper’s painting ‘Nighthawks at the Diner’ as bands across the poster and with a photo of a Tanzanian red dirt road in the background.

Dom Pates@dompates· Aug 25

Took the #drone out today and got 20m of flight time, capturing the sun setting over the South Downs. Beginning to develop more confidence in my abilities to navigate and fly the thing by now, its 5th proper flight. It’s interesting how much our countryside becomes ‘managed farmland’ from up there.

Sunset over farmland, shot by drone from high up in the air. Laid out in most of the image are bare fields, and a handful of scrub bush can be made out on the right. In the distance, the sun sets over the horizon.

Dom Pates@dompates· Aug 14

A little history tonight on The Thursday Night Show, as I take a look at Aug 14th in music. Join me on ttns.uk in the chatroom from 23:00 (UK time) for a highly eclectic music of tunes from several continents and decades.

Poster for radio show titled ‘This Day In Music: Aug 14’ by D1 Radio on The Thursday Night Show (23:00, UK time). The poster contains consists of an orange background and nine lightly-coloured 3D boxes with historical images on the front. The images include an aerial photo of the Falkland Islands, FDR, a beaver in a box dropped from a parachute, and Fidel Castro with a raised fist and Che Guevara next to him.

Dom Pates@dompates· Aug 7

Tonight, the Nighthawks take our final excursion to the Caribbean with a second dive into spouge - Barbados’s forgotten cousin to reggae. Featuring special guest Nicholas Brancker, dialling in from Bridgetown. Live on ttns.uk from 23:00 (UK time). Come and join us in the chatroom.