Dominic Hinde @dominicmhinde.bsky.social · 14hdomhinde.com/2026/10/05/o...domhinde.comOn 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… 020
Dominic Hinde @dominicmhinde.bsky.social · 30/09/2026newhumanist.org.uk/articles/ins...newhumanist.org.ukInside Mamdani’s sanctuary cityIn New York, I found a sweltering city pushing back against Trump and his brutish ICE agents 001
Reposted by Dominic HindeLe Monde in English @english.lemonde.fr · 29/09/2026France's biggest fire since 1949, which burned 42,000 hectares this summer, officially extinguishedlemonde.frFrance's biggest fire since 1949, which burned 42,000 hectares this summer, officially extinguishedThe blaze that erupted in southwest France had forced the evacuation of around 224,000 people in July. 115154
Reposted by Dominic HindeTimmons Roberts @timmonsroberts.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Was 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...grist.orgHow elite universities got tangled up in politics and petroleumHalf a century of corporate influence set the stage for Trump's attacks on higher education, a new study argues. 0105
Reposted by Dominic HindeAnon Opin @anonopin.bsky.social · 27/09/2026All 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. 7171
Dominic Hinde @dominicmhinde.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Give the trophies to Derby County www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...bbc.co.ukMan City charges latest: City found guilty of majority of 115 financial rule breachesReaction as sources tell BBC Sport that Man City have been found guilty of breaking the majority of financial rules they were accused of breaching. 000
Dominic Hinde @dominicmhinde.bsky.social · 24/09/2026www.theguardian.com/environment/...theguardian.comUK shares findings of damning climate crisis national security report suppressed under StarmerEl Niño poses critical threat to nations’ defences, says Ed Miliband in presentation to global foreign ministers 000
Dominic Hinde @dominicmhinde.bsky.social · 13/09/2026What 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. 022
Dominic Hinde @dominicmhinde.bsky.social · 13/09/2026The 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. 031
Dominic Hinde @dominicmhinde.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Story 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. 032
Dominic Hinde @dominicmhinde.bsky.social · 12/09/2026www.lemonde.fr/en/internati...lemonde.frCrypto billionaire gives Farage's Reform UK record £36 million donationNews 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... 001
Reposted by Dominic HindeAnon Opin @anonopin.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Trees are more supportive and reliable friends than most people 9702
Reposted by Dominic HindeThis skeet will self destruct @pardoguerra.bsky.social · 09/09/2026One 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...theguardian.comPolanski calls for report on ecosystem collapse to be published in fullGreen leader says ministers must stop ‘hiding the truth’ about threat to UK security from climate and nature crisis 2102
Reposted by Dominic HindeMet Office - weather and climate @metoffice.gov.uk · 01/09/2026Summer 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 🧵 5262168
Reposted by Dominic HindeYung 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”motherjones.comIt just got way easier to sue fossil fuel companies over climate changeFor years, industry has argued you can't prove which company caused which disaster. A new study says otherwise. 210758
Reposted by Dominic HindeNew Humanist @newhumanist.bsky.social · 20/08/2026Our 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... 141
Reposted by Dominic HindeDaniel 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.derstandard.atDie Klimakatastrophe braucht auch Antworten auf die soziale FrageDie Schere zwischen wohlhabenden und weniger wohlhabenden Menschen droht weiter auseinanderzugehen. Die Klimaveränderungen schaffen neue soziale Probleme 0519
Dominic Hinde @dominicmhinde.bsky.social · 11/08/2026If you have read or attended one of the bookshop, festival or workshop events for Dominic Hinde's Drifting North in the past nine months, please consider giving your feedback on the form here uofg.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...uofg.qualtrics.comQualtrics Survey | Qualtrics Experience ManagementThe most powerful, simple and trusted way to gather experience data. Start your journey to experience management and try a free account today. 021
Dominic Hinde @dominicmhinde.bsky.social · 02/08/2026www.bbc.com/news/article...bbc.comItaly putting nearly all major cities on highest heat alertSome 19 major Italian cities - including Rome, Milan and Naples - are already on red alert, and by Monday all but two will be. 010
Dominic Hinde @dominicmhinde.bsky.social · 01/08/2026A new event in Milngavie this autumn wegottickets.com/f/25213wegottickets.comDominic HindeDominic 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... 021
Dominic Hinde @dominicmhinde.bsky.social · 30/07/2026www.thenational.scot/community/su...thenational.scotWhy we are being failed by the media on climate change – expert weighs inA WILDFIRE in the Cairngorms has been burning for more than a fortnight and it is believed it could take months to put out. 032
Dominic Hinde @dominicmhinde.bsky.social · 30/07/2026domhinde.com/2026/07/30/s...domhinde.comSociological Fictions and the Polyphony of Making the WorldOne 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… 000
Reposted by Dominic HindeMargot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 30/07/2026Creative & 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%. 1/2timeshighereducation.comArts institutions hit hard as OfS details teaching grant cutsUniversity for the Creative Arts loses more than half of its funding after support for creative subjects reduced to zero 56458
Reposted by Dominic HindeGav Maclean @gavmaclean.bsky.social · 30/07/2026Ulrich Beck: *slaps roof of industrial modernity* this bad boy can fit so much fucking risk in it 131
Dominic Hinde @dominicmhinde.bsky.social · 27/07/2026www.tickettailor.com/events/pints...tickettailor.comBuy 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... 010
Dominic Hinde @dominicmhinde.bsky.social · 27/07/2026www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/writing-pl...eventbrite.co.ukWriting Place and Climate Change: A Workshop with Dominic HindeDr Dominic Hinde joins us for a free writing workshop. 122
Dominic Hinde @dominicmhinde.bsky.social · 26/07/2026supermiljobloggen.se/kronika/frid...supermiljobloggen.seFrida 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. 000
Reposted by Dominic HindeTeresa Wirth @diewirthin.bsky.social · 26/07/2026250.000 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… 11418123
Reposted by Dominic HindeMarie-Louise Kristola @mlkristola.bsky.social · 26/07/2026Jag 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... 193
Dominic Hinde @dominicmhinde.bsky.social · 25/07/2026Scotland has fire season now. I can’t emphasise enough just how much more severe this will become in the next few decades. 053
Dominic Hinde @dominicmhinde.bsky.social · 25/07/2026www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...theguardian.comEntire Cairngorms village evacuated as raging wildfire nearsMajor incident declared over blaze which started 11 days ago as wind strengthens 027
Dominic Hinde @dominicmhinde.bsky.social · 24/07/2026www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... climate change reaches the oil capitalbbc.co.ukCairngorms wildfire smoke blows into Aberdeen - 59 miles awayResidents as far away as Aberdeen have been advised to keep doors and windows closed as the fire reaches its 10th day. 030
Reposted by Dominic HindeLaura Millan @lauramillan.bsky.social · 23/07/2026The 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...bloomberg.comHeat Wave in June Cost the UK Economy $1.5 BillionScorching temperatures exposed shortcomings in Britain’s homes, workplaces and public transport. 13620
Reposted by Dominic HindeAmerican Sociological Association @asanews.bsky.social · 21/07/2026The 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 033
Reposted by Dominic HindeDavid Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 20/07/2026Stories 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. 424065
Dominic Hinde @dominicmhinde.bsky.social · 20/07/2026www.tickettailor.com/events/pints...tickettailor.comBuy 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... 011
Reposted by Dominic HindeNational Trust @nationaltrust.org.uk · 19/07/2026How to become mysterious: Go for a walk and don’t post about it. 319435
Dominic Hinde @dominicmhinde.bsky.social · 17/07/2026Glasgow event www.tickettailor.com/events/pints...tickettailor.comBuy 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... 000
Reposted by Dominic HindeBill McKibben @billmckibben.bsky.social · 15/07/2026These will be among the iconic images of the global warming era. Such sadness and awe 18434178
Dominic Hinde @dominicmhinde.bsky.social · 15/07/2026If you are in Edinburgh for the festival come to the cosy Fringe by the Sea www.fringebythesea.com/drifting-nor...fringebythesea.comDrifting North – Fringe by the Sea 001
Dominic Hinde @dominicmhinde.bsky.social · 15/07/2026The cat is out the bag. A great honour to be nominated alongside people I have long admired 052
Dominic Hinde @dominicmhinde.bsky.social · 14/07/2026www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukWildfires burn in parts of UK as fire chiefs warn of extreme pressureMajor incidents were declared in North Wales and in Glossop, Derbyshire in the Peak District on Sunday. 010
Dominic Hinde @dominicmhinde.bsky.social · 14/07/2026Thanks to everyone who got in touch. Am up and moving again now, albeit with a sling. 010
Reposted by Dominic Hindefranceinfo @franceinfo.fr · 10/07/2026Dans 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.l.franceinfo.fr12 personnes sont mortes en Espagne dans l'incendie le plus meurtrier depuis 40 ans 055
Dominic Hinde @dominicmhinde.bsky.social · 07/07/2026If 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. 210
Reposted by Dominic HindeEd Hawkins @edhawkins.org · 04/07/2026Hotter and hotter and hotter www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... 5436288
Reposted by Dominic HindeYung En Chee @yungenchee.bsky.social · 03/07/20262/ Suggest other causes of diminishment of public trust in science (if even true) rank well ahead of "scientists' political biases" 2135
Reposted by Dominic HindeZoe Avison @zoeavison.bsky.social · 03/07/2026lmao "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...economist.comThe ascent of the chippy southernerAndy Burnham offers something precious to the south: grievance 001
Reposted by Dominic HindeCarbon Brief @carbonbrief.org · 01/07/2026Daily 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 182