Nick Hunt
@nickhuntscrutiny.bsky.social
Author: Red Smoking Mirror, Outlandish, Where the Wild Winds Are, Walking the Woods and the Water, Loss Soup, The Parakeeting of London. Co-director: Dark Mountain Project.
AI has scraped my second book and produced this shitty comic. Firstly, the winds are in all the wrong places. Secondly, what the hell is happening in that second panel? Thirdly, this is plagiarism and totally unlicensed. Have any other authors had this done 'for free' to their books?
November 7, 2025 at 3:15 PM
AI has scraped my second book and produced this shitty comic. Firstly, the winds are in all the wrong places. Secondly, what the hell is happening in that second panel? Thirdly, this is plagiarism and totally unlicensed. Have any other authors had this done 'for free' to their books?
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@nickhuntscrutiny.bsky.social offers a spectacular essay about the importance of fully understanding one’s journey from beginning to end. This essay was so good that I read it twice in one night.
October 16, 2025 at 11:02 PM
@nickhuntscrutiny.bsky.social offers a spectacular essay about the importance of fully understanding one’s journey from beginning to end. This essay was so good that I read it twice in one night.
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There are still a couple of places left on this residential writing retreat being led by Nick Hunt & myself at @hawkwoodcft.bsky.social Students will read, write, walk, workshop & write some more... all in a supportive & creative environment. From Oct 17-19: www.hawkwoodcollege.co.uk/our-programm...
Travel and Nature Writing
Finding the Words for the Journey: How Travel and Nature can be turned into Prose.
On this weekend residential course, tutors Nick Hunt and Joanna Pocock will introduce you to travel and nature writi...
www.hawkwoodcollege.co.uk
October 1, 2025 at 8:43 PM
There are still a couple of places left on this residential writing retreat being led by Nick Hunt & myself at @hawkwoodcft.bsky.social Students will read, write, walk, workshop & write some more... all in a supportive & creative environment. From Oct 17-19: www.hawkwoodcollege.co.uk/our-programm...
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Well this is pretty exciting www.thebailliegiffordprize.co.uk/books-and-au...
Lone Wolf by Adam Weymouth
The Baillie Gifford Prize rewards excellence in non-fiction writing, bringing the best in intelligent reflection on the world to new readers.
www.thebailliegiffordprize.co.uk
September 4, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Well this is pretty exciting www.thebailliegiffordprize.co.uk/books-and-au...
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Morning-coffee reading, entering the Uzbek desert with its vanishing saline inland sea from the Southern California desert, not far from our own.
Missed this from @nickhuntscrutiny.bsky.social & @noemamag.com back in January (when I might not have sweated so much while reading, as the sun rises).
Missed this from @nickhuntscrutiny.bsky.social & @noemamag.com back in January (when I might not have sweated so much while reading, as the sun rises).
Signs Of Life In A Desert Of Death | NOEMA
In the dry and fiery deserts of Central Asia, among the mythical sites of both the first human and the end of all days, I found evidence that life restores itself even on the bleakest edge of ecologic...
www.noemamag.com
September 3, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Morning-coffee reading, entering the Uzbek desert with its vanishing saline inland sea from the Southern California desert, not far from our own.
Missed this from @nickhuntscrutiny.bsky.social & @noemamag.com back in January (when I might not have sweated so much while reading, as the sun rises).
Missed this from @nickhuntscrutiny.bsky.social & @noemamag.com back in January (when I might not have sweated so much while reading, as the sun rises).
My essay for @noemamag.com, about the act of *not* walking home from Istanbul in 2012, has been selected for the Best Sports Writing of 2025. I am now officially a sports writer, much to my surprise!
Hanif Abdurraqib has curated an extraordinary collection showcasing incredible feats and diverse perspectives across the world of sports. We're honored to announce this year's featured writers! Pre-order The Year's Best Sports Writing 2025 today: buff.ly/7gs9meT
September 4, 2025 at 12:26 PM
My essay for @noemamag.com, about the act of *not* walking home from Istanbul in 2012, has been selected for the Best Sports Writing of 2025. I am now officially a sports writer, much to my surprise!
Have any small publishers/ indie booksellers out there been affected by this? Would be interested in hearing from you www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Postal services in Europe suspend parcel shipments to US amid uncertainty over tariffs
Donald Trump’s late announcement left operators with ‘extremely limited timeframe to get prepared’
www.theguardian.com
August 27, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Have any small publishers/ indie booksellers out there been affected by this? Would be interested in hearing from you www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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Israel committing genocide in Gaza, say Israel-based human rights groups
Israel committing genocide in Gaza, say Israel-based human rights groups
Reports detailing killing of children and elderly, forced displacement and starvation likely to add to pressure for action
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Middle East crisis – live updates
Two leading human rights organisations based in Israel, B’Tselem and Physicians for Human Rights, say Israel is committing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza and the country’s western allies have a legal and moral duty to stop it.
In reports published on Monday, the two groups said Israel had targeted civilians in Gaza only because of their identity as Palestinians over nearly two years of war, causing severe and in some cases irreparable damage to Palestinian society. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
July 28, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Israel committing genocide in Gaza, say Israel-based human rights groups
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The former Attorney General of Israel, Michael Benyair is now calling Israel's actions in Gaza genocide.
"To eternal shame. Jews, who suffered a genocide 80 years ago, are committing genocide in Gaza. Shame, rage, and sorrow"
"To eternal shame. Jews, who suffered a genocide 80 years ago, are committing genocide in Gaza. Shame, rage, and sorrow"
July 29, 2025 at 12:46 AM
The former Attorney General of Israel, Michael Benyair is now calling Israel's actions in Gaza genocide.
"To eternal shame. Jews, who suffered a genocide 80 years ago, are committing genocide in Gaza. Shame, rage, and sorrow"
"To eternal shame. Jews, who suffered a genocide 80 years ago, are committing genocide in Gaza. Shame, rage, and sorrow"
First draft editing day two, with hound. @johnmurrays.bsky.social
July 23, 2025 at 4:43 PM
First draft editing day two, with hound. @johnmurrays.bsky.social
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Pope Leo slams 'barbarity' of Gaza war as civil defence says Israeli gunfire kills 44
Pope Leo slams 'barbarity' of Gaza war as civil defence says Israeli gunfire kills 44
Gaza's civil defence agency said Israeli forces opened fire on Sunday on a crowd of Palestinians waiting to collect humanitarian aid, providing a preliminary toll of at least 44 people killed. The latest deaths came as Pope Leo XIV slammed the "barbarity" of the war in Gaza in his traditional Sunday blessing.
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July 20, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Pope Leo slams 'barbarity' of Gaza war as civil defence says Israeli gunfire kills 44
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It's utterly mad.
These people are the opposite of terrorists.
THEY WANT PEACE.
The police know they're not terrorists.
The government knows they're not terrorists.
Yet, on the Home Secretary's orders, they're being arrested under the Terrorism Act.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
These people are the opposite of terrorists.
THEY WANT PEACE.
The police know they're not terrorists.
The government knows they're not terrorists.
Yet, on the Home Secretary's orders, they're being arrested under the Terrorism Act.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
More than 100 arrested across UK at protests related to Palestine Action
Police in London detain scores of people and confiscate placards under section 13 of the Terrorism Act 2000
www.theguardian.com
July 20, 2025 at 5:27 AM
It's utterly mad.
These people are the opposite of terrorists.
THEY WANT PEACE.
The police know they're not terrorists.
The government knows they're not terrorists.
Yet, on the Home Secretary's orders, they're being arrested under the Terrorism Act.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
These people are the opposite of terrorists.
THEY WANT PEACE.
The police know they're not terrorists.
The government knows they're not terrorists.
Yet, on the Home Secretary's orders, they're being arrested under the Terrorism Act.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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BREAKING: Palestine Action are on a roof above Elbit's Israeli drone maker in Shenstone, Staffordshire.
From here, actionists are able to dismantle the factory and halt the production of weaponry.
From here, actionists are able to dismantle the factory and halt the production of weaponry.
November 28, 2024 at 1:12 PM
BREAKING: Palestine Action are on a roof above Elbit's Israeli drone maker in Shenstone, Staffordshire.
From here, actionists are able to dismantle the factory and halt the production of weaponry.
From here, actionists are able to dismantle the factory and halt the production of weaponry.
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Free Palestine. Shut Elbit down.
November 16, 2024 at 5:00 PM
Free Palestine. Shut Elbit down.
"The result is a book of anthropology as much as ornithology..."
Lovely to see 'The Parakeeting of London' referenced in the latest installment of Michael Kerr's memoir/travelogue 'Lighting out of Lockdown'... deskboundtraveller.com/lighting-loc...
Lovely to see 'The Parakeeting of London' referenced in the latest installment of Michael Kerr's memoir/travelogue 'Lighting out of Lockdown'... deskboundtraveller.com/lighting-loc...
July 16, 2025 at 8:26 PM
"The result is a book of anthropology as much as ornithology..."
Lovely to see 'The Parakeeting of London' referenced in the latest installment of Michael Kerr's memoir/travelogue 'Lighting out of Lockdown'... deskboundtraveller.com/lighting-loc...
Lovely to see 'The Parakeeting of London' referenced in the latest installment of Michael Kerr's memoir/travelogue 'Lighting out of Lockdown'... deskboundtraveller.com/lighting-loc...
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The word is "massacres"
Gaza aid workers overwhelmed by ‘mass casualty incidents’ at food distribution sites
Gaza aid workers overwhelmed by ‘mass casualty incidents’ at food distribution sites
Doctors say hundreds have been wounded by Israeli gunfire while trying to reach convoys
Medical officials, humanitarian workers and doctors in Gaza say they have been overwhelmed by almost daily “mass casualty incidents” as they struggle to deal with those wounded by Israeli fire on Palestinians seeking aid.
Doctors said many of the casualties they are treating describe being shot as they try to reach distribution sites run by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), a secretive US- and Israel-backed organisation that began handing out food in late May. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
July 9, 2025 at 7:13 AM
The word is "massacres"
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Red Line For Gaza is a movement bringing together all of our voices to end the killing and suffering of children in Gaza: redlineforgaza.org.uk
Together, we will use our voice to demand action every week. Until the UK Government acts, we will not stop.
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Together, we will use our voice to demand action every week. Until the UK Government acts, we will not stop.
1/4
July 1, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Red Line For Gaza is a movement bringing together all of our voices to end the killing and suffering of children in Gaza: redlineforgaza.org.uk
Together, we will use our voice to demand action every week. Until the UK Government acts, we will not stop.
1/4
Together, we will use our voice to demand action every week. Until the UK Government acts, we will not stop.
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I just voted against proscribing Palestine Action, a civil disobedience group, as a terrorist organisation. But I'm furious that in doing so, the government forced me and others to vote against proscribing two other clearly terrorist groups. Cynical and dangerous from govt.
July 2, 2025 at 6:32 PM
I just voted against proscribing Palestine Action, a civil disobedience group, as a terrorist organisation. But I'm furious that in doing so, the government forced me and others to vote against proscribing two other clearly terrorist groups. Cynical and dangerous from govt.
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Starving Palestinians are being mowed down every day, simply for queuing for food. That is the real crime.
My speech against the government's proscription of Palestine Action.
My speech against the government's proscription of Palestine Action.
July 2, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Starving Palestinians are being mowed down every day, simply for queuing for food. That is the real crime.
My speech against the government's proscription of Palestine Action.
My speech against the government's proscription of Palestine Action.
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If thousands of us stand up and say "I support #PalestineAction", what is the government going to do? Lock us all up for "terrorism" offences?
This is where we show them how solidarity works.
My latest with the great @doubledown.news
This is where we show them how solidarity works.
My latest with the great @doubledown.news
Sharing This Video Could Get You 14 Years in Prison @georgemonbiot.bsky.social
Sharing This Video Could Get You 14 Years in Prison
This NEW Law is TERRIFYING & Will SILENCE Us All
www.doubledown.news
June 27, 2025 at 7:58 AM
If thousands of us stand up and say "I support #PalestineAction", what is the government going to do? Lock us all up for "terrorism" offences?
This is where we show them how solidarity works.
My latest with the great @doubledown.news
This is where we show them how solidarity works.
My latest with the great @doubledown.news
I wrote a book about the named winds of Europe. Now the Met Office are inviting the public to name upcoming storms, made likelier by fossil-fuel-driven climate change. A campaign is underway to name the next five BigOil, BP, Equinor, Exxon, Shell. Do so here... www.metoffice.gov.uk/forms/name-o...
Name our Storms
www.metoffice.gov.uk
June 27, 2025 at 7:29 AM
I wrote a book about the named winds of Europe. Now the Met Office are inviting the public to name upcoming storms, made likelier by fossil-fuel-driven climate change. A campaign is underway to name the next five BigOil, BP, Equinor, Exxon, Shell. Do so here... www.metoffice.gov.uk/forms/name-o...
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In 2003, anti-war activists broke into RAF Fairford to stop US bombers heading to Iraq.
Keir Starmer defended their actions and said it was justified to prevent war crimes.
Now his government is banning Palestine Action for doing the same.
The Prime Minister is a hypocrite.
Keir Starmer defended their actions and said it was justified to prevent war crimes.
Now his government is banning Palestine Action for doing the same.
The Prime Minister is a hypocrite.
June 22, 2025 at 9:55 AM
In 2003, anti-war activists broke into RAF Fairford to stop US bombers heading to Iraq.
Keir Starmer defended their actions and said it was justified to prevent war crimes.
Now his government is banning Palestine Action for doing the same.
The Prime Minister is a hypocrite.
Keir Starmer defended their actions and said it was justified to prevent war crimes.
Now his government is banning Palestine Action for doing the same.
The Prime Minister is a hypocrite.
"Visceral, bleak, nauseating, efficient. It's a story crafted by its negative space, the things unsaid. Powerful." Wonderful comment by Sage M on Substack
On Dark Mountain's Substack today, here's an old story from me: the troubling tale of a mythical creature dragged from a Welsh mountain lake, a fable about the violence humans enact on what they do not understand...
Read (or listen) for free here: darkmountainproject.substack.com/p/to-the-bone
Read (or listen) for free here: darkmountainproject.substack.com/p/to-the-bone
To the Bone
How civilisation slays legendary beasts, a story
darkmountainproject.substack.com
June 18, 2025 at 2:35 PM
"Visceral, bleak, nauseating, efficient. It's a story crafted by its negative space, the things unsaid. Powerful." Wonderful comment by Sage M on Substack
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Israel is being portrayed as the victim as it launches a war of aggression against Iran.
It's committing genocide, invading its neighbours, committing every war crime under the sun.
Feel like you're losing your mind?
Well, you're not.
New column 👇
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
It's committing genocide, invading its neighbours, committing every war crime under the sun.
Feel like you're losing your mind?
Well, you're not.
New column 👇
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The warmongers were wrong about Iraq, Afghanistan and Libya. Now watch them make the same mistake about Iran | Owen Jones
Israel is the main source of terror and instability in the Middle East. But the west continually turns away from this reality, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones
www.theguardian.com
June 18, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Israel is being portrayed as the victim as it launches a war of aggression against Iran.
It's committing genocide, invading its neighbours, committing every war crime under the sun.
Feel like you're losing your mind?
Well, you're not.
New column 👇
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
It's committing genocide, invading its neighbours, committing every war crime under the sun.
Feel like you're losing your mind?
Well, you're not.
New column 👇
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
On Dark Mountain's Substack today, here's an old story from me: the troubling tale of a mythical creature dragged from a Welsh mountain lake, a fable about the violence humans enact on what they do not understand...
Read (or listen) for free here: darkmountainproject.substack.com/p/to-the-bone
Read (or listen) for free here: darkmountainproject.substack.com/p/to-the-bone
To the Bone
How civilisation slays legendary beasts, a story
darkmountainproject.substack.com
June 18, 2025 at 9:55 AM
On Dark Mountain's Substack today, here's an old story from me: the troubling tale of a mythical creature dragged from a Welsh mountain lake, a fable about the violence humans enact on what they do not understand...
Read (or listen) for free here: darkmountainproject.substack.com/p/to-the-bone
Read (or listen) for free here: darkmountainproject.substack.com/p/to-the-bone