Zoe James
banner
zolou.bsky.social
Zoe James
@zolou.bsky.social
Postgraduate research student, University of Exeter, Creative Writing - 'Ways to Tell the Unfolding Climate Story'
November 12, 2025 at 9:54 AM
And increasingly ridiculous Green blindness from the Lib Dems - @eddavey.libdems.org.uk yesterday saying unchallenged on @newsagents they were 'the only opposition party really calling Donald Trump out ... the only party leaning into rebuilding our relationship with Europe ...' Hello! 👻
November 12, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Fantastic! Thank you 🙏
November 11, 2025 at 12:04 PM
There was also this, an imagining of 2050 'The first thing that hits you is the air ...' Christiana Figuerres and Tom Rivett-Carnac youtu.be/h7oRz3O8en8?...
The Future We Choose
YouTube video by Outrage+Optimism
youtu.be
November 6, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Also, in looking for examples of creative non-fiction thrutopia, could include @hjm.bsky.social's essay Vesper Flights - be more like swifts: send some individuals to take in the panoptic view and, as a group, assimilate it.
November 4, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Oh no! 😯 Be kind to yourself because it can be tough on your MH in winter when your walking's restricted x
November 3, 2025 at 3:09 AM
I am wondering what it means for nuclear power plants
October 30, 2025 at 5:13 PM
And here's how to raise funds:

1. Equalise capital gains tax with income tax
2. Restrict tax relief on pensions to basic rate
3. VAT on financial services
4. Reform NI charges on higher levels of earned income
etc
@richardjmurphy.bsky.social

taxingwealth.uk
Taxing Wealth Report 2024
The Taxing Wealth Report 2024 seeks to answer the question that every journalist loves to ask of every politician, which is ‘how are you going to pay for it?’, whatever 'it' might be. What we know is...
taxingwealth.uk
October 29, 2025 at 8:36 AM
We want to feel ourselves knitted into the Earth system, and so we treasure local connection. This is good, but failing to tune into the global picture is a form of disconnect. We need to cultivate balance between enmeshing ourselves locally and being curious about the whole planetary system.
October 22, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Be careful how you use that word - 'they'.
October 19, 2025 at 8:43 AM
I first came across this poem in your book - that was a great read! www.penguin.co.uk/books/453710...
Another England
THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'A visionary book' Philip Pullman 'Essential and magnificent' George Monbiot 'Deft and wonderfully poetic' Grace Blakeley The Right have hijacked Englishness. Can it be r...
www.penguin.co.uk
October 16, 2025 at 6:08 PM
I'm dreaming of a massive physical dashboard somewhere, preferably outsider number 11, like a cricket score board, measuring equality, wellbeing and climate/bio impact.
October 11, 2025 at 6:50 AM
We are still all doing split thinking - compartmentalizing inconsistent stuff that we can't reconcile. It's a (dubious) survival strategy, and it's not just politicians

www.cardiff.ac.uk/news/view/24...
Climate scientists fly more than other researchers, first global study suggests
Cardiff University research also suggests climate researchers do more to offset their flying
www.cardiff.ac.uk
October 11, 2025 at 5:59 AM
So that you don't unwittingly send kids, old people and pets flying! I'm always grateful for the sedate pace myself.
October 6, 2025 at 5:00 AM
'Our party is changed.' We noticed.
September 29, 2025 at 3:38 PM
I'm all for protecting the super rich, just not their riches.
September 28, 2025 at 4:46 PM