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Dominic Hinde

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Sociologist, writer, Northern Europe journalist. 'Drifting North' out now in hardback. 'Journalism in the Anthropocene' in paperback.

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Dominic Hinde @dominicmhinde.bsky.social · 14h
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On Dreams (and Elizabeth Fraser)
I was in a bar last week with a stranger who I had never met before and will maybe never see again. We talked about Jeff Buckley and Liz Fraser’s All Flowers in Time Turn Towards the Sun, and their…
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Dominic Hinde @dominicmhinde.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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Inside Mamdani’s sanctuary city
In New York, I found a sweltering city pushing back against Trump and his brutish ICE agents
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Le Monde in English @english.lemonde.fr · 29/09/2026
France's biggest fire since 1949, which burned 42,000 hectares this summer, officially extinguished
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France's biggest fire since 1949, which burned 42,000 hectares this summer, officially extinguished
The blaze that erupted in southwest France had forced the evacuation of around 224,000 people in July.
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Timmons Roberts @timmonsroberts.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Was proud to be part of the team that put this scorcher out. Have a look if you want a diagnosis of why universities were so vulnerable to Trump's attacks. grist.org/accountabili...
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How elite universities got tangled up in politics and petroleum
Half a century of corporate influence set the stage for Trump's attacks on higher education, a new study argues.
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Anon Opin @anonopin.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
All of Bergman's black and white films are better than all his colour ones. Whereas all of Bunuel's colour films are better than all his black and white ones.
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Dominic Hinde @dominicmhinde.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Give the trophies to Derby County www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...
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Man City charges latest: City found guilty of majority of 115 financial rule breaches
Reaction as sources tell BBC Sport that Man City have been found guilty of breaking the majority of financial rules they were accused of breaching.
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Dominic Hinde @dominicmhinde.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
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UK shares findings of damning climate crisis national security report suppressed under Starmer
El Niño poses critical threat to nations’ defences, says Ed Miliband in presentation to global foreign ministers
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Dominic Hinde @dominicmhinde.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
What is hard for outsiders to fathom is why a Liberal party would rather form a government with the far right than Social Democrats and the other liberal party, and maybe the greens.
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Dominic Hinde @dominicmhinde.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
The problem with the ’Sweden has lurched right!’ narrative is that it is true, but also subtle and has happened over two decades, and is also reliant on very particular parliamentary maths.
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Dominic Hinde @dominicmhinde.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Story of Swedish politics continues. The far right not actually that popular but Moderates and Liberals give them a chance of power in order to keep the (nominal) left out.
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Dominic Hinde @dominicmhinde.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
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Crypto billionaire gives Farage's Reform UK record £36 million donation
News of the mega-donation to Reform – around $49 million, the largest gift in British political history – comes just days after police confirmed they had widened a criminal investigation into allegati...
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Anon Opin @anonopin.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Trees are more supportive and reliable friends than most people
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This skeet will self destruct @pardoguerra.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
One of my indemonstrable theories of why elites are disinvesting from the future (science, education/workforce development, infrastructure) is that they know all too well there’s no future to invest in. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Polanski calls for report on ecosystem collapse to be published in full
Green leader says ministers must stop ‘hiding the truth’ about threat to UK security from climate and nature crisis
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Met Office - weather and climate @metoffice.gov.uk · 01/09/2026
Summer 2026 is provisionally the UK’s warmest summer on record with the season’s mean temperature made around 130 times more likely due to human-induced climate change. Here, we delve into the numbers 🧵
Mean temperature for 2026 in the UK. The map shows widely above average temperature, particularly in the south. Rainfall amounts in summer 2026 in the UK compared to average. The maps shows widely dry conditions, though the west of Scotland is slightly wetter than averageSunshine duration in summer 2026 compared to average. The map shows widely sunny conditions in the season, with the south of the country particularly sunny.
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Yung En Chee @yungenchee.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
“How can you show proximate causation in injury?” With new statistical models, we can now calculate changes to extreme events based on historical emissions, & thereby infer a carbon major's contribution to the increasing risk of injurious events like extreme heat & rainfall “Every ton matters”
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It just got way easier to sue fossil fuel companies over climate change
For years, industry has argued you can't prove which company caused which disaster. A new study says otherwise.
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New Humanist @newhumanist.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Our editor @nikisethsmith.bsky.social talks to Stewart Lee about comedy, cruelty and how humour could help us beat the far right, and @dominicmhinde.bsky.social reports from Mamdani’s New York on the struggle to protect immigrants from Trump’s brutish ICE officers. newhumanist.org.uk/2026/08/20/h...
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Daniel Huppmann @danielhuppmann.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
"Die Rekordtemperaturen der letzten Wochen, die Bilder der verdorrten Felder und der Waldbrände quer durch Europa stehen in einem seltsamen Kontrast zum Phlegma der Politik." Appell von @oliverscheiber.eu für mehr Klugheit bei der Klimapolitik - mit Berücksichtigung der sozialen Gerechtigkeit.
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Die Klimakatastrophe braucht auch Antworten auf die soziale Frage
Die Schere zwischen wohlhabenden und weniger wohlhabenden Menschen droht weiter auseinanderzugehen. Die Klimaveränderungen schaffen neue soziale Probleme
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Dominic Hinde @dominicmhinde.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
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Dominic Hinde @dominicmhinde.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
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Italy putting nearly all major cities on highest heat alert
Some 19 major Italian cities - including Rome, Milan and Naples - are already on red alert, and by Monday all but two will be.
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Dominic Hinde @dominicmhinde.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
A new event in Milngavie this autumn wegottickets.com/f/25213
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Dominic Hinde
Dominic Hinde is a journalist, writer and sociologist. He is currently Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Glasgow, where he researches climate change and the media. He previously worked as a f...
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Dominic Hinde @dominicmhinde.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
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Why we are being failed by the media on climate change – expert weighs in
A WILDFIRE in the Cairngorms has been burning for more than a fortnight and it is believed it could take months to put out.
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Dominic Hinde @dominicmhinde.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
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Sociological Fictions and the Polyphony of Making the World
One of the quiet paradoxes of working in  Sociology (with a capital S) is that attempts to make sense of society are often encased in the abstract grammar of academia. We write about communities wh…
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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Creative & performing arts subjects received £16.8 million SPG 2024-25; £12.9 million in 2025-26; £ O million in 2026-27. The University of Creative Arts will thus lose half of its government funding this year; Art University Bournmouth 40.7%, Norwich U of Arts 40.4% and Leeds Arts U 30.3%. 1/2
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Arts institutions hit hard as OfS details teaching grant cuts
University for the Creative Arts loses more than half of its funding after support for creative subjects reduced to zero
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Gav Maclean @gavmaclean.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Ulrich Beck: *slaps roof of industrial modernity* this bad boy can fit so much fucking risk in it
BBC headline with a picture of wildfires.

Suffolk wildfire not yet under control, fire service says, but no risk to nearby nuclear plant
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Dominic Hinde @dominicmhinde.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
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Buy tickets – "Scotland Made Climate Change - Can it Now Solve it? How the Story of One Country is the Story of the World." – Shilling Brewing Company
"Scotland Made Climate Change - Can it Now Solve it? How the Story of One Country is the Story of the World." – Shilling Brewing Company, Sun 23 Aug 2026 - "Scotland Made Climate Change - Can it Now S...
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Dominic Hinde @dominicmhinde.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
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Writing Place and Climate Change: A Workshop with Dominic Hinde
Dr Dominic Hinde joins us for a free writing workshop.
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Dominic Hinde @dominicmhinde.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
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Frida Hylander: ”Klimatkrisen gnager i mig, ett ständigt sår”
KLIMATKÄNSLOR:: Trots semester och fina upplevelser med familj och vänner går det inte att glömma klimatkrisen. Den är som ett sår som aldrig slutar vara, skriver veckans krönikör Frida Hylander.
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Teresa Wirth @diewirthin.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
250.000 Einwohner wurden allein in Frankreich bereits evakuiert. Eine VIERTELMILLION. Das ist so, als würde ganz Linz und dann noch Bregenz dazu vor Flammen fliehen müssen. Unpackbar. Und wir sind erst bei 1,5 Grad…
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Marie-Louise Kristola @mlkristola.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Jag håller med. Det är verkligen skrämmande att se de här enorma bränderna närma sig vackra städer som Bordeaux och Madrid! 😔 Starka röster infångade av Ekots utsända Karin Arbsjö www.sverigesradio.se/play/artikel...
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Dominic Hinde @dominicmhinde.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Scotland has fire season now. I can’t emphasise enough just how much more severe this will become in the next few decades.
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Dominic Hinde @dominicmhinde.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
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Entire Cairngorms village evacuated as raging wildfire nears
Major incident declared over blaze which started 11 days ago as wind strengthens
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Dominic Hinde @dominicmhinde.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... climate change reaches the oil capital
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Cairngorms wildfire smoke blows into Aberdeen - 59 miles away
Residents as far away as Aberdeen have been advised to keep doors and windows closed as the fire reaches its 10th day.
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Laura Millan @lauramillan.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
The worst heat wave on record for Europe resulted in over 2,700 excess deaths in England and Wales and cost the whole of the UK $1.5 billion My story via @bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Heat Wave in June Cost the UK Economy $1.5 Billion
Scorching temperatures exposed shortcomings in Britain’s homes, workplaces and public transport.
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American Sociological Association @asanews.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
The John Maddox Prize is open to researchers who have shown courage and integrity in standing up for sound science and evidence-based policy in the public interest. Nominations due August 2. @senseaboutsci.bsky.social @royalsociety.org
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Stories about people and communities doing things for climate and the environment are important not because these efforts are enough by themselves, but because they signal to likeminded people that there are others like them.
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Dominic Hinde @dominicmhinde.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
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Buy tickets – "Scotland Made Climate Change - Can it Now Solve it? How the Story of One Country is the Story of the World." – Shilling Brewing Company
"Scotland Made Climate Change - Can it Now Solve it? How the Story of One Country is the Story of the World." – Shilling Brewing Company, Sun 23 Aug 2026 - "Scotland Made Climate Change - Can it Now S...
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National Trust @nationaltrust.org.uk · 19/07/2026
How to become mysterious: Go for a walk and don’t post about it.
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Dominic Hinde @dominicmhinde.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Glasgow event www.tickettailor.com/events/pints...
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Buy tickets – "Scotland Made Climate Change - Can it Now Solve it? How the Story of One Country is the Story of the World." – Shilling Brewing Company
"Scotland Made Climate Change - Can it Now Solve it? How the Story of One Country is the Story of the World." – Shilling Brewing Company, Sun 23 Aug 2026 - "Scotland Made Climate Change - Can it Now S...
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Bill McKibben @billmckibben.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
These will be among the iconic images of the global warming era. Such sadness and awe
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Dominic Hinde @dominicmhinde.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
If you are in Edinburgh for the festival come to the cosy Fringe by the Sea www.fringebythesea.com/drifting-nor...
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Drifting North – Fringe by the Sea
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Dominic Hinde @dominicmhinde.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
The cat is out the bag. A great honour to be nominated alongside people I have long admired
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Dominic Hinde @dominicmhinde.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
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Wildfires burn in parts of UK as fire chiefs warn of extreme pressure
Major incidents were declared in North Wales and in Glossop, Derbyshire in the Peak District on Sunday.
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Dominic Hinde @dominicmhinde.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Thanks to everyone who got in touch. Am up and moving again now, albeit with a sling.
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franceinfo @franceinfo.fr · 10/07/2026
Dans le sud de l'Espagne, en Andalousie, un violent feu de forêt a fait au moins une douzaine de morts. Vingt-trois personnes sont également portées disparues. L’incendie a progressé rapidement et a fini par piéger de nombreux touristes fuyant à pied et en voiture.
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12 personnes sont mortes en Espagne dans l'incendie le plus meurtrier depuis 40 ans
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Dominic Hinde @dominicmhinde.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
If you are chasing me for something, I ended up in hospital at the weekend and am slowly finding my feet again. Anything non urgent please drop me a line in a few weeks instead.
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Ed Hawkins @edhawkins.org · 04/07/2026
Hotter and hotter and hotter www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
New records set in many European countries
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Yung En Chee @yungenchee.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
2/ Suggest other causes of diminishment of public trust in science (if even true) rank well ahead of "scientists' political biases"
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Zoe Avison @zoeavison.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
lmao "What can Mr Burnham offer to the man on the Elizabeth Line, hurtling on a shiny new air-conditioned train to his job in the most prosperous part of the country? The greatest gift of all: grievance." www.economist.com/britain/2026...
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The ascent of the chippy southerner
Andy Burnham offers something precious to the south: grievance
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Carbon Brief @carbonbrief.org · 01/07/2026
Daily Briefing: North Sea ‘delusion’ | Heat hits Italy, Balkans, US | EU-China ‘consultation’ Read today's briefing here ➡️ buff.ly/eDY7jME Sign up to our email briefings ➡️ buff.ly/k84LIFK
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