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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!

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Good response to this story so far!

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

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!

Thanks to all who came to the streamed Norway event this afternoon. A recording should be available at some point.

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...

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

I’ve put the full text of the paywalled piece I wrote at the weekend on Instagram here www.instagram.com/p/DRJoBzTAmA...

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 🧵

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/...

The latest threat to UK modern languages is yet another faux pas www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/late...

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

"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...

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...

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...

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/...

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).

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/...

Come and see me talk about climate and landscape in Bristol this weekend!

#COP30 AGENDA FIGHT: Battle looms over which issues to discuss at COP30 (an "agenda fight") Proposed late additions to agenda: * trade * finance * deforestation * ambition * reporting Hence, now on 4th version of agenda (!) This must be resolved before negotiations begin 🧵 1/

This is the kind of gold we are building data centres to produce.

At the turn of the 20th century, two Swedish sisters dreamt of an existence free from male oppression and built an all-female co-living residence as a safe haven for single women over 35. Watch how its community endures more than 75 years later in this documentary by director Fanny Rosell

I took this photo 18 months ago, sailing through the Sound of Mull on a near empty boat as snow clouds dipped and swirled over Lismore. Was on my way to do interviews for the Drifting North project, praying the car would make it.

There’s a scam going round with someone pretending to be Wigtown book fest contacting writers to obtain money for fictional events.

All eyes on humanities colleagues and students at Nottingham University this week - yet more course cuts about to be announced. Sympathy to all.

Having a little rest now but back on it again next week as I head back to Bristol for the literature fest in Clifton foccal.com/litfest-even...

I love this country

Big thankyou to everyone who came to @portybooks.bsky.social tonight for the final tour date. It’s nice to have such supportive indies behind the project.

Thanks to Toppings in Edinburgh for having us in to sign a massive pile of books today. Thanks especially to Sanna for all the help!

Thankyou to @waterstones Sauchiehall Street for having us last night. There weren’t enough books in store but I have been assured that a new batch is on its way if you are passing. Otherwise the other two Glasgow stores def have them.

TONIGHT at @portybooks.bsky.social #Edinburgh! Author, journalist & academic @dominicmhinde.bsky.social on his new book, Drifting north, in conversation with Dan Richards. Attend in-person OR online, tickets here: www.theportobellobookshop.com/events/domin... @edincityoflit.bsky.social #booksky

TONIGHT at @waterstones.bsky.social Glasgow - finding a sustainable future in Scotland's past with author, journalist & academic @dominicmhinde.bsky.social. FREE tickets here: www.waterstones.com/events/clima... #Glasgow #ClimateAction #booksky

Top tip to influencers who cannot afford to rent a private jet for content. The simple solution is just flying to the Western Isles. Also, if you are nice the steward will give you a caramel wafer and a cup of tea.

If you're in Edinburgh on Tuesday, come and see the last leg of the tour at @portybooks.bsky.social and ask some questions. I'll be chatting to the very capable and talented Dan Richards. www.theportobellobookshop.com/events/domin...

Made it. It’s a day for staying inside and drinking coffee in Lewis. I’m on at 2pm at An Lanntair, and hanging about afterwards so come and say hello.

It’s 6am and I am off to Lewis to speak at the Faclan Book Fest. Thankyou to everyone at An Lanntair for inviting me, and to Loganair for getting me there after travelling the length of the UK. This boy loves a turboprop.

Come to the Stornoway leg tomorrow at An Lanntair to see fonts like this and more.

One for the Gaels of Bluesky. Am I right in thinking a gaelic version of my book would be A’ Seòladh Tuath? Semantics are important and I was wondering about the mood of the verb.

Also well done to @dudleymarianna.bsky.social on Electric Wind, a phenomenal work of public history with great lessons for our times, and nice to meet @noreenmasud.bsky.social whose book A Flat Place was very much a benchmark for Drifting North to try and reach.

Thankyou to everyone who came to the climate and energy discussion at Bristol Bookhaus today. My voice had started to go so it’s onto the ginger tea and night nurse.

A: It blows for thee

On Britain’s worst trains down to Bristol for a chat with @dudleymarianna.bsky.social at Bookhaus tonight on renewable futures and for whom the wind blows.