Guardian writer, but one time I said something inflammatory to the US right & they called me a Diseased Pitmommy. So that's what I go by now https://bsky.app/profile/zoesqwilliams.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/zoesqwilliams.bsky.social/post/3mlr4dn7vsc2tI would actually sue her again for spelling my name two different ways but that's just me [contains quote post or other embedded content]13 May 2026 20:10 +0000at://did:plc:m6zagi3htdcukgr5efm7l3pk/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlr4dn7vsc2thttps://bsky.app/profile/zoesqwilliams.bsky.social/post/3mlftj3t3cs2kIn which I think @sturdyalex.bsky.social sounds thoughtful, measured, authoritative and mellifluous, and I sound hurried and WAY TOO LOUD, so if you can cope with me to get him, hard recommend [contains quote post or other embedded content]09 May 2026 08:33 +0000at://did:plc:m6zagi3htdcukgr5efm7l3pk/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlftj3t3cs2khttps://bsky.app/profile/zoesqwilliams.bsky.social/post/3mldphscfrc26lol I'm dormant on insta for 10 years and then I pop up mansplaining the Strait of Hormuz https://www.instagram.com/reel/DYE8vk7tvYP/?igsh=MXA1ZzlrNjRtdjVzbQ==08 May 2026 12:15 +0000at://did:plc:m6zagi3htdcukgr5efm7l3pk/app.bsky.feed.post/3mldphscfrc26https://bsky.app/profile/zoesqwilliams.bsky.social/post/3mldn4mpy722kSeason 2 of Criminal Record is amazing, by the way. Genuinely prescient in an eerie way.08 May 2026 11:33 +0000at://did:plc:m6zagi3htdcukgr5efm7l3pk/app.bsky.feed.post/3mldn4mpy722khttps://bsky.app/profile/zoesqwilliams.bsky.social/post/3mldlyj4z2c2kEverybody come to this why doncha https://events.bl.uk/events/bourdain-and-the-myth-of-the-kitchen-hero08 May 2026 11:13 +0000at://did:plc:m6zagi3htdcukgr5efm7l3pk/app.bsky.feed.post/3mldlyj4z2c2khttps://bsky.app/profile/zoesqwilliams.bsky.social/post/3mknybypuas2uSuch a powerful piece https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/mahmoud-khalil-ice-arrest-one-year-later.html29 Apr 2026 20:55 +0000at://did:plc:m6zagi3htdcukgr5efm7l3pk/app.bsky.feed.post/3mknybypuas2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/zoesqwilliams.bsky.social/post/3mk42fohkn227Who wants to see the cart full of staffies I met today?22 Apr 2026 17:45 +0000at://did:plc:m6zagi3htdcukgr5efm7l3pk/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk42fohkn227https://bsky.app/profile/zoesqwilliams.bsky.social/post/3mk36njtmuc27I would be very worried by this photo if I were any other political party. And not just about the locals22 Apr 2026 09:28 +0000at://did:plc:m6zagi3htdcukgr5efm7l3pk/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk36njtmuc27https://bsky.app/profile/zoesqwilliams.bsky.social/post/3mjyusdhs7s27Some things that struck me, listening to R4 Today this morning, which I really try hard not to do. 1. Presenters describe Russia's invasion of Ukraine and then in the adjacent sentence "the war in Iran" as if it was something that randomly broke out and isn't, also, a war of aggression. Daft.21 Apr 2026 11:26 +0000at://did:plc:m6zagi3htdcukgr5efm7l3pk/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjyusdhs7s27https://bsky.app/profile/zoesqwilliams.bsky.social/post/3mjypcz5rbs2752 years old and this is literally the first time any politician has ever done what I said. Doughnuts (except Ed Miliband, he's ok) https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/apr/09/ed-miliband-north-sea-oil-drilling-nigel-farage-labour-reform-fossil-fuels-renewables21 Apr 2026 09:48 +0000at://did:plc:m6zagi3htdcukgr5efm7l3pk/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjypcz5rbs27https://bsky.app/profile/zoesqwilliams.bsky.social/post/3mj4uddgsr22dThis is sad and important https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/apr/09/ten-years-brexit-uk-divided-country10 Apr 2026 08:03 +0000at://did:plc:m6zagi3htdcukgr5efm7l3pk/app.bsky.feed.post/3mj4uddgsr22dhttps://bsky.app/profile/zoesqwilliams.bsky.social/post/3mhe2vzv3f22jShaun Ryder is magick https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/mar/17/shaun-ryder-highs-lows-happy-mondays-heroin-isnt-a-party-drug-you-cant-just-do-it-at-the-weekend18 Mar 2026 17:59 +0000at://did:plc:m6zagi3htdcukgr5efm7l3pk/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhe2vzv3f22jhttps://bsky.app/profile/zoesqwilliams.bsky.social/post/3mhdvwmmtv22jI found this pretty fascinating, a sad sidebar to the neon absurdity of the manosphere https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2026/mar/18/inside-the-incels-who-rent-girlfriends-zandland-ben-zand-interview18 Mar 2026 16:30 +0000at://did:plc:m6zagi3htdcukgr5efm7l3pk/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhdvwmmtv22jhttps://bsky.app/profile/zoesqwilliams.bsky.social/post/3mhaijwdti22n'Labour's coercive stranglehold on the progressive majority' is strong. I think it's true tho https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-politics/2026/03/britain-has-entered-the-age-of-bloc-politics17 Mar 2026 07:52 +0000at://did:plc:m6zagi3htdcukgr5efm7l3pk/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhaijwdti22nhttps://bsky.app/profile/zoesqwilliams.bsky.social/post/3mgcgnigihk2gI left it a bit late in the day but I'm determined to raise a little conscientious objector05 Mar 2026 08:59 +0000at://did:plc:m6zagi3htdcukgr5efm7l3pk/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgcgnigihk2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/zoesqwilliams.bsky.social/post/3mfrayaenwc2cOmg it's wee govey [contains quote post or other embedded content]26 Feb 2026 13:02 +0000at://did:plc:m6zagi3htdcukgr5efm7l3pk/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfrayaenwc2chttps://bsky.app/profile/zoesqwilliams.bsky.social/post/3mflwhwjntk2zAnd some tangential royal business https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/feb/23/award-ceremonies-anodyne-prince-william-bafta-moment24 Feb 2026 10:11 +0000at://did:plc:m6zagi3htdcukgr5efm7l3pk/app.bsky.feed.post/3mflwhwjntk2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/zoesqwilliams.bsky.social/post/3mfltyfchc22gThis is still pretty nail biting stuff, even after it got legalled https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/feb/24/andrew-mountbatten-windsor-biographer-andrew-lownie-entitled24 Feb 2026 09:26 +0000at://did:plc:m6zagi3htdcukgr5efm7l3pk/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfltyfchc22ghttps://bsky.app/profile/zoesqwilliams.bsky.social/post/3mf52bx6llc27This is actually interesting disclosure, because it makes explicit what a lot of commentators think: that all politics is about orientating yourself relationally with/ against your nearest opponent, rather than having a plan or vision or even a reliable set of values of your own [contains quote post or other embedded content]18 Feb 2026 12:09 +0000at://did:plc:m6zagi3htdcukgr5efm7l3pk/app.bsky.feed.post/3mf52bx6llc27https://bsky.app/profile/zoesqwilliams.bsky.social/post/3mf2sdlfpic26Last time I did Charleston, I left my vape with a nice lady from the organisers, where it combusted and filled the air with an acrid smell, but this time, looks like we'll all be allowed to vape on stage inshallah https://www.charleston.org.uk/event/political-girl-life-and-fate-in-russia/17 Feb 2026 14:42 +0000at://did:plc:m6zagi3htdcukgr5efm7l3pk/app.bsky.feed.post/3mf2sdlfpic26https://bsky.app/profile/zoesqwilliams.bsky.social/post/3mf2ec5o5zk2wI've worried a little bit about the intersection of surveillance technology, anticipatory policing algorithms, AI target identification and moral fading since I read this https://www.thecairoreview.com/essays/gaza-israels-ai-human-laboratory/17 Feb 2026 10:30 +0000at://did:plc:m6zagi3htdcukgr5efm7l3pk/app.bsky.feed.post/3mf2ec5o5zk2whttps://bsky.app/profile/zoesqwilliams.bsky.social/post/3mf27o6sd6s2wThis Lionel Shriver interview is reminding me of the most unpleasant, misandrist, sneering and two-dimensional book I ever read. Because she also wrote that17 Feb 2026 09:07 +0000at://did:plc:m6zagi3htdcukgr5efm7l3pk/app.bsky.feed.post/3mf27o6sd6s2whttps://bsky.app/profile/zoesqwilliams.bsky.social/post/3menrftrjkc2fWrote this because I was annoyed that Antonia Romeo got crowned queen of woke, even tho from the little I know of her, she does seem to be yasss, queen https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/feb/11/keir-starmer-top-civil-servant-woke-antonia-romeo-david-cameron-theresa-may12 Feb 2026 10:20 +0000at://did:plc:m6zagi3htdcukgr5efm7l3pk/app.bsky.feed.post/3menrftrjkc2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/zoesqwilliams.bsky.social/post/3mekz6amdys2nAppreciated this searching conversation with Matt Stadlen https://open.spotify.com/episode/6RwpGaJFvWqKVqirC3zqvU?si=0IkMpoT5Q5OUZj3HGOx7yw11 Feb 2026 08:01 +0000at://did:plc:m6zagi3htdcukgr5efm7l3pk/app.bsky.feed.post/3mekz6amdys2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/zoesqwilliams.bsky.social/post/3mefa2idv2s2qBrilliant episode [contains quote post or other embedded content]09 Feb 2026 00:48 +0000at://did:plc:m6zagi3htdcukgr5efm7l3pk/app.bsky.feed.post/3mefa2idv2s2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/zoesqwilliams.bsky.social/post/3mebqobnv2s2cAbsolutely love this Sky journalist https://x.com/SkyNews/status/2020066429257806115?s=2007 Feb 2026 15:35 +0000at://did:plc:m6zagi3htdcukgr5efm7l3pk/app.bsky.feed.post/3mebqobnv2s2chttps://bsky.app/profile/zoesqwilliams.bsky.social/post/3mdzzvleiz22tFascinating piece by my esteemed colleague Elle Hunt https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2026/feb/04/demand-has-increased-without-a-doubt-the-shocking-rise-of-personal-protection-dogs04 Feb 2026 13:59 +0000at://did:plc:m6zagi3htdcukgr5efm7l3pk/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdzzvleiz22t