Dominic Hinde
@dominicmhinde.bsky.social
Sociologist, writer, Northern Europe journalist. 'Drifting North' out Oct 25, 'Journalism in the Anthropocene' coming Feb 26.
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European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said today that the fight against climate change was not against the fuels that cause it — only the pollution they emit.
Von der Leyen says EU is not fighting fossil fuels, only emissions
The comment could undermine European countries’ push at COP30 to move away from coal, oil and gas.
www.politico.eu
November 21, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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Where are global CO2 emissions heading?
Middle-of-the-road? But just because we have followed the SSP2-45, SSP4-60 path for 10 years, does not mean we follow it for the next 70 years.
Policy & technology have pushed the world away from the high-end, but 2.7C in 2100 & rising is not a good outcome!
Middle-of-the-road? But just because we have followed the SSP2-45, SSP4-60 path for 10 years, does not mean we follow it for the next 70 years.
Policy & technology have pushed the world away from the high-end, but 2.7C in 2100 & rising is not a good outcome!
November 21, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Where are global CO2 emissions heading?
Middle-of-the-road? But just because we have followed the SSP2-45, SSP4-60 path for 10 years, does not mean we follow it for the next 70 years.
Policy & technology have pushed the world away from the high-end, but 2.7C in 2100 & rising is not a good outcome!
Middle-of-the-road? But just because we have followed the SSP2-45, SSP4-60 path for 10 years, does not mean we follow it for the next 70 years.
Policy & technology have pushed the world away from the high-end, but 2.7C in 2100 & rising is not a good outcome!
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November 21, 2025 at 8:27 AM
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Good response to this story so far!
NEW from me: A recent study finds that fully electrified homes in Handsworth, built to adhere to a draft version of the Future Homes standard, put less pressure on the grid than researchers expected.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Heat-pump homes put less strain on grid than expected, study shows
Analysis of new-builds in Birmingham suggests all-electric homes not only use less energy but vary in peak usage
www.theguardian.com
November 19, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Good response to this story so far!
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The word of the year is “Parasocial”. Perhaps not unrelated to last year’s “Brainrot”? 🧐
Look out for the *How to Stay Smart* issue of @newhumanist.bsky.social, OUT TOMORROW
Look out for the *How to Stay Smart* issue of @newhumanist.bsky.social, OUT TOMORROW
November 19, 2025 at 11:38 AM
The word of the year is “Parasocial”. Perhaps not unrelated to last year’s “Brainrot”? 🧐
Look out for the *How to Stay Smart* issue of @newhumanist.bsky.social, OUT TOMORROW
Look out for the *How to Stay Smart* issue of @newhumanist.bsky.social, OUT TOMORROW
I drove home through the freezing night after leaving Hampden yesterday and for a little slice of time everything felt right with the world.
November 19, 2025 at 8:26 AM
I drove home through the freezing night after leaving Hampden yesterday and for a little slice of time everything felt right with the world.
Crazy to wake up to the news that the Mossmorran plant owned by Exxon is closing in Fife. I was there during the research for Drifting North, talking to people who lived with the impacts of the plant. After Grangemouth and this you wonder what is next, but this isn't decarbonisation either!
November 18, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Crazy to wake up to the news that the Mossmorran plant owned by Exxon is closing in Fife. I was there during the research for Drifting North, talking to people who lived with the impacts of the plant. After Grangemouth and this you wonder what is next, but this isn't decarbonisation either!
Thanks to all who came to the streamed Norway event this afternoon. A recording should be available at some point.
November 17, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Thanks to all who came to the streamed Norway event this afternoon. A recording should be available at some point.
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Why US home insurance is unaffordable, even in places without wildfires or hurricanes
Areas with the most hail risk are seeing some of the fastest growing home insurance prices in the US...
via @npr.org
www.npr.org/2025/11/13/n...
Areas with the most hail risk are seeing some of the fastest growing home insurance prices in the US...
via @npr.org
www.npr.org/2025/11/13/n...
Why home insurance is unaffordable, even in places without wildfires or hurricanes
Some of the country's highest home insurance prices are in the central U.S., a region generally considered to be protected from climate-driven disasters such as wildfires and hurricanes.
www.npr.org
November 17, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Why US home insurance is unaffordable, even in places without wildfires or hurricanes
Areas with the most hail risk are seeing some of the fastest growing home insurance prices in the US...
via @npr.org
www.npr.org/2025/11/13/n...
Areas with the most hail risk are seeing some of the fastest growing home insurance prices in the US...
via @npr.org
www.npr.org/2025/11/13/n...
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When I finished my travels, never in my lifetime had Scotland felt so adrift and cut off from itself, writes @dominicmhinde.bsky.social for @scotsman.com here: www.scotsman.com/news/opinion...
His new book 'Drifting north' is out now! #Scotland #booksky
His new book 'Drifting north' is out now! #Scotland #booksky
US-style inequality, closed libraries and potholes: What I found on two-year journey around Scotland
When I finished my travels, never in my lifetime had Scotland felt so adrift and cut off from itself, writes Dominic Hinde
www.scotsman.com
November 17, 2025 at 9:27 AM
When I finished my travels, never in my lifetime had Scotland felt so adrift and cut off from itself, writes @dominicmhinde.bsky.social for @scotsman.com here: www.scotsman.com/news/opinion...
His new book 'Drifting north' is out now! #Scotland #booksky
His new book 'Drifting north' is out now! #Scotland #booksky
I’ve put the full text of the paywalled piece I wrote at the weekend on Instagram here www.instagram.com/p/DRJoBzTAmA...
Dominic Hinde on Instagram: "Here’s the full text of my piece published at the weekend on what I learned writing Drifting North and why Scotland has a crisis of meaning."
8 likes, 0 comments - dominicmhinde on November 17, 2025: "Here’s the full text of my piece published at the weekend on what I learned writing Drifting North and why Scotland has a crisis of meaning."...
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November 17, 2025 at 8:26 AM
I’ve put the full text of the paywalled piece I wrote at the weekend on Instagram here www.instagram.com/p/DRJoBzTAmA...
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COP30 COMPLAINTS: At the "subsidiary bodies" closing plenary earlier, many countries were "concerned" & "disappointed" over conclusions that failed to endorse IPCC as "best available science" & failed to fully reflect latest research
Here's what they said 🧵
Here's what they said 🧵
November 15, 2025 at 8:42 PM
COP30 COMPLAINTS: At the "subsidiary bodies" closing plenary earlier, many countries were "concerned" & "disappointed" over conclusions that failed to endorse IPCC as "best available science" & failed to fully reflect latest research
Here's what they said 🧵
Here's what they said 🧵
Thankyou to Clifton Lit Fest and all the volunteers who made today’s event happen. Here is a picture of the suspension bridge.
November 15, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Thankyou to Clifton Lit Fest and all the volunteers who made today’s event happen. Here is a picture of the suspension bridge.
A reminder that I am appearing at Clifton Lit Fest tomorrow in Clifton Village, Bristol, and then doing a big free open online talk hosted by the Greenhouse Centre at University of Stavanger on Monday www.uis.no/en/research/...
Establishing a secure connection ...
www.uis.no
November 14, 2025 at 2:28 PM
A reminder that I am appearing at Clifton Lit Fest tomorrow in Clifton Village, Bristol, and then doing a big free open online talk hosted by the Greenhouse Centre at University of Stavanger on Monday www.uis.no/en/research/...
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The latest threat to UK modern languages is yet another faux pas
www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/late...
www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/late...
The latest threat to UK modern languages is yet another faux pas
Nottingham and Leicester are taking a swing at language departments. But those proposing closures have taken their eye off the ball, say four linguists
www.timeshighereducation.com
November 14, 2025 at 8:07 AM
The latest threat to UK modern languages is yet another faux pas
www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/late...
www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/late...
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In the same week, both the University of Nottingham and the University of Leicester announced closing their Modern Languages departments. Disastrous for the sector as a whole and for the ML landscape in the Midlands: c.org/4X7VMy9MPD
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Save Modern Languages courses at the University of Leicester
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November 13, 2025 at 9:42 AM
In the same week, both the University of Nottingham and the University of Leicester announced closing their Modern Languages departments. Disastrous for the sector as a whole and for the ML landscape in the Midlands: c.org/4X7VMy9MPD
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"A frank summarising of our ambivalent relationship with energy, past, present and (perhaps) future."
Good review in @scotsman.com of 'Drifting North' - a book that explores Scotland's relationship with energy and climate change by @dominicmhinde.bsky.social
www.scotsman.com/arts-and-cul...
Good review in @scotsman.com of 'Drifting North' - a book that explores Scotland's relationship with energy and climate change by @dominicmhinde.bsky.social
www.scotsman.com/arts-and-cul...
Drifting North, by Dominic Hinde review: 'pulls no punches'
Exploring Scotland’s relationship with energy, Drifting North is an illuminating read if not always a cheerful one, writes Susan Mansfield
www.scotsman.com
November 13, 2025 at 9:27 AM
"A frank summarising of our ambivalent relationship with energy, past, present and (perhaps) future."
Good review in @scotsman.com of 'Drifting North' - a book that explores Scotland's relationship with energy and climate change by @dominicmhinde.bsky.social
www.scotsman.com/arts-and-cul...
Good review in @scotsman.com of 'Drifting North' - a book that explores Scotland's relationship with energy and climate change by @dominicmhinde.bsky.social
www.scotsman.com/arts-and-cul...
Thanks to The Scotsman for this review of Drifting North. Illuminating but not always cheerful is how many have described me. www.scotsman.com/arts-and-cul...
Drifting North, by Dominic Hinde review: 'pulls no punches'
Exploring Scotland’s relationship with energy, Drifting North is an illuminating read if not always a cheerful one, writes Susan Mansfield
www.scotsman.com
November 12, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Thanks to The Scotsman for this review of Drifting North. Illuminating but not always cheerful is how many have described me. www.scotsman.com/arts-and-cul...
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Funding alert: @grist.org is offering grants of up to $5,000 for reporting on rural climate issues and environmental justice in the United States. Newsrooms and freelancers are welcome to apply. Please share! grist.org/updates/gris...
Grist opens applications for new rural reporting grants on climate and environmental justice
Applicants can request up to $5,000 per project.
grist.org
November 11, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Funding alert: @grist.org is offering grants of up to $5,000 for reporting on rural climate issues and environmental justice in the United States. Newsrooms and freelancers are welcome to apply. Please share! grist.org/updates/gris...
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Absurder Vorgang.
Ein hochinteressanter Beitrag der Frankfurter Rundschau zum Rausschmiss des weltweit angesehenen Faschismusforschers, Sohn von Holocaust-Überlebenden, Jason Stanley www.fr.de/kultur/gesel...
Faschismus-Experte Jason Stanley aus Synagoge in Frankfurt geworfen: Zum Schweigen gebracht
Nach kritischen Äußerungen zu Israel und Diskursklima wurde Jason Stanley am 9. November von der jüdischen Gemeinde Frankfurt ausgeschlossen.
www.fr.de
November 11, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Absurder Vorgang.
I really enjoyed this honest piece from @sarahelizacollins.bsky.social on the moment you realise you can't get up off the sofa and you should probably stop. My neurologist straight up told me he thought I should quit my job. www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/views/lives/...
Why I took my boyfriend’s passport to the airport and lost my mind
Burnout can reveal itself in mysterious ways
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
November 11, 2025 at 6:47 PM
I really enjoyed this honest piece from @sarahelizacollins.bsky.social on the moment you realise you can't get up off the sofa and you should probably stop. My neurologist straight up told me he thought I should quit my job. www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/views/lives/...
If you’ve read Drifting North you may recall a handsome and enigmatic character who joins me in the North Sea on the trip to an oil rig. Well that very same man has a very exciting book out himself later in the year www.amazon.co.uk/Injury-All-U...
An Injury to All: The Unmaking of the British Working Class : Gibbs, Ewan: Amazon.co.uk: Books
Buy An Injury to All: The Unmaking of the British Working Class by Gibbs, Ewan (ISBN: 9781804296493) from Amazon's Book Store. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.
www.amazon.co.uk
November 11, 2025 at 5:30 PM
If you’ve read Drifting North you may recall a handsome and enigmatic character who joins me in the North Sea on the trip to an oil rig. Well that very same man has a very exciting book out himself later in the year www.amazon.co.uk/Injury-All-U...
Here's something to cheer. I just found out there's something called the Hinde Potential Energy Surface, a maths construct used to plot the potential energy of a system. Invented by a guy called Robert J Hinde (no relation).
November 11, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Here's something to cheer. I just found out there's something called the Hinde Potential Energy Surface, a maths construct used to plot the potential energy of a system. Invented by a guy called Robert J Hinde (no relation).
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Wealthy polluting states want Cop30 to be business as usual… read my explainer on the landmark ICJ climate ruling on why this would be a violation of international law
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘Existential and urgent’: what impact will ICJ climate ruling have on Cop30?
Decision by international court of justice hailed as a gamechanger for climate justice and accountability
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Wealthy polluting states want Cop30 to be business as usual… read my explainer on the landmark ICJ climate ruling on why this would be a violation of international law
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
