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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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Some people seem a bit confused so let's talk a moment on what Great Man Theory is, why I think Silver is blundering into it and why it doesn't work. The key thing here is fundamentally it is two propositions that come as a 'package deal' - reject either and it isn't Great Man Theory. 1/

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Who could she be referring to? 🤔

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Goodall is increasingly becoming one of the sharpest interpreters of our times. Anyone confounded by the mask of American power having been ripped off in plain sight could do a lot worse than read this 👇🏼 to get a better understanding. And so the wheel of history turns again, as it always does.

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Despite my general reservations about Generative AI, I had my first exchange with Claude this week. It was both about David Bowie and climate change, but also about the nature of human use of GenAI. ‘Prompting the Alien’ is the result. https://buff.ly/4i8tCqB

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On Fri Feb 21st (1-4pm UK), join me for an #ALTcRadio special, as I bring a radio component to Neil Selwyn’s global call to action for #CSET2025: ‘Problematising education and digital technology’. Expect keynote speakers from our local UAL branch and plenty of fine tunes in between. ttns.uk #EdTech

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Can’t quite imagine it. Takes mental gymnastics too far a leap to go to.

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2026: Canada/Mexico/US-hosted FIFA World Cup. 2027: Artemis III, first crewed Moon landing since 1972. 2028: Los Angeles Olympics. Given all the chaos that’s going on Stateside, who’d put money on these all going ahead, as planned and all happening successfully?

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In a slight change of subject from all the global doom going on, I've finally managed to get back to Flickr and publish a few collections of #photographs from recent years. All out under #CreativeCommons. This thread collects the six published today, with a stack more when I get round to them. 1/7

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#RIPRickBuckler

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Live Radio this Friday 1pm Critical Studies of Education and Technology..... www.linkedin.com/posts/domini...

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Not come across this essay before, but if even half of it comes to pass, it has profound implications for all manner of things. Can be critiqued too (no real mention of climate change or the current risks of American collapse?) but gives an awful lot of food for thought.

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A reason (and strategy) for those of us that work in UK HE to write to our MPs.

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A regular reminder: the reason energy bills are high and rising is mainly because we’re so reliant on gas, and gas is a lot more expensive now

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The ‘Chaoscene’ replacing the Anthropocene? Although the article is premised around AMOC collapse (which wouldn’t affect everywhere equally), the central assertion that humans are just not preparing for absolute environmental chaos is a real jolt of thinking.

Some people seem a bit confused so let's talk a moment on what Great Man Theory is, why I think Silver is blundering into it and why it doesn't work. The key thing here is fundamentally it is two propositions that come as a 'package deal' - reject either and it isn't Great Man Theory. 1/

Who could she be referring to? 🤔

Despite my general reservations about Generative AI, I had my first exchange with Claude this week. It was both about David Bowie and climate change, but also about the nature of human use of GenAI. ‘Prompting the Alien’ is the result. https://buff.ly/4i8tCqB

Can’t quite imagine it. Takes mental gymnastics too far a leap to go to.

2026: Canada/Mexico/US-hosted FIFA World Cup. 2027: Artemis III, first crewed Moon landing since 1972. 2028: Los Angeles Olympics. Given all the chaos that’s going on Stateside, who’d put money on these all going ahead, as planned and all happening successfully?

In a slight change of subject from all the global doom going on, I've finally managed to get back to Flickr and publish a few collections of #photographs from recent years. All out under #CreativeCommons. This thread collects the six published today, with a stack more when I get round to them. 1/7

#RIPRickBuckler

Live Radio this Friday 1pm Critical Studies of Education and Technology..... www.linkedin.com/posts/domini...

Not come across this essay before, but if even half of it comes to pass, it has profound implications for all manner of things. Can be critiqued too (no real mention of climate change or the current risks of American collapse?) but gives an awful lot of food for thought.

A reason (and strategy) for those of us that work in UK HE to write to our MPs.

A regular reminder: the reason energy bills are high and rising is mainly because we’re so reliant on gas, and gas is a lot more expensive now

The ‘Chaoscene’ replacing the Anthropocene? Although the article is premised around AMOC collapse (which wouldn’t affect everywhere equally), the central assertion that humans are just not preparing for absolute environmental chaos is a real jolt of thinking.

Well look at that. Some useful signal amidst all the current noise.

Good piece…