Joe Mitchell
@joe-mitchell.com
Another day, another microblog! Mainly worrying about democracy. Work on regenerating local news at @publicinterestnews.org.uk. Also @j0e_m@mastodon.social for when the sky inevitably clouds over.
I'll be talking about how we should and could regenerate local news at Stroud Trinity Rooms, this Sunday at 4.30pm (but don't let that put you off, haha). There will be short films and everything! www.stroudtrinityrooms.org/event-detail...
Press Intrusion, Local Media & Democracy | Stroud Trinity Rooms
On Sunday Nov 16th at 4:30pm - Film Screening & Panel Discussion
www.stroudtrinityrooms.org
November 14, 2025 at 12:11 PM
I'll be talking about how we should and could regenerate local news at Stroud Trinity Rooms, this Sunday at 4.30pm (but don't let that put you off, haha). There will be short films and everything! www.stroudtrinityrooms.org/event-detail...
“But it was also to grapple with their ideas, help them make the best version of their arguments and then to validate their voices by publishing them on the same page as our editorials”
A paean to the value of letters pages. Finishes with a good quote too: www.notus.org/perspectives...
A paean to the value of letters pages. Finishes with a good quote too: www.notus.org/perspectives...
The Washington Post Got 21,000 Emails After It Didn't Endorse. I Read Them All.
Reading and editing letters gave me a theory about what is wrong with America — and how it could be fixed.
www.notus.org
November 10, 2025 at 8:56 PM
“But it was also to grapple with their ideas, help them make the best version of their arguments and then to validate their voices by publishing them on the same page as our editorials”
A paean to the value of letters pages. Finishes with a good quote too: www.notus.org/perspectives...
A paean to the value of letters pages. Finishes with a good quote too: www.notus.org/perspectives...
Never seen a Head of Reparations role before! From @jrct.bsky.social. Pioneers should apply here --> jrct.org.uk/job-vacancie...
Job vacancy: head of reparations
jrct.org.uk
November 10, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Never seen a Head of Reparations role before! From @jrct.bsky.social. Pioneers should apply here --> jrct.org.uk/job-vacancie...
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LOLing at this quote from a megashed stan from this BBC news article in April. Majestic and wonderful, indeed.
October 30, 2025 at 12:06 PM
LOLing at this quote from a megashed stan from this BBC news article in April. Majestic and wonderful, indeed.
Current status: awaiting a swan to leave Glasgow Central station so we can be platformed. 🦢
October 27, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Current status: awaiting a swan to leave Glasgow Central station so we can be platformed. 🦢
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Green party reaches 100,000 members for first time after Polanski becomes leader
Green party reaches 100,000 members for first time after Polanski becomes leader
Green party in England and Wales has had near-50% rise in membership since Zack Polanski took over last month
The Greens in England and Wales have more than 100,000 members for the first time, the party has announced, a near-50% rise since Zack Polanski took over as leader last month.
It puts them on a potential course to overtake the Conservatives and comes little more than a week after the Greens announced they had moved past the Liberal Democrats in membership numbers, getting to 83,500. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
October 12, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Green party reaches 100,000 members for first time after Polanski becomes leader
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George Orwell’s Animal Crossing
October 7, 2025 at 4:29 PM
George Orwell’s Animal Crossing
Hey Rachel Reeves, please can we have swingeing taxes on fast food packaging? Or, like the French (possibly), ban it entirely? #FiscalRules
October 7, 2025 at 7:26 AM
Hey Rachel Reeves, please can we have swingeing taxes on fast food packaging? Or, like the French (possibly), ban it entirely? #FiscalRules
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Wrote something for @powertochange.org.uk about the fact that government policy must include a new category - digital social policy - to address the social impacts of technologies. Tech policy has to be more than cutting-edge innovation and growth www.powertochange.org.uk/evidence-and...
October 2, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Wrote something for @powertochange.org.uk about the fact that government policy must include a new category - digital social policy - to address the social impacts of technologies. Tech policy has to be more than cutting-edge innovation and growth www.powertochange.org.uk/evidence-and...
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Kemi Badenoch during her visit to Blyth*...
"A town once powered by coal is now powered by wind. And all this is creating hundreds of jobs. Blyth illustrates the promise of the clean energy revolution."
"We know that growing our green industries is crucial to reaching net zero"
"A town once powered by coal is now powered by wind. And all this is creating hundreds of jobs. Blyth illustrates the promise of the clean energy revolution."
"We know that growing our green industries is crucial to reaching net zero"
October 1, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Kemi Badenoch during her visit to Blyth*...
"A town once powered by coal is now powered by wind. And all this is creating hundreds of jobs. Blyth illustrates the promise of the clean energy revolution."
"We know that growing our green industries is crucial to reaching net zero"
"A town once powered by coal is now powered by wind. And all this is creating hundreds of jobs. Blyth illustrates the promise of the clean energy revolution."
"We know that growing our green industries is crucial to reaching net zero"
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The folks @democracyclub.org.uk provide an invaluable service to democracy in the UK. They're such an important part of national democratic infrastructure. They've just started looking for a new Chair for their board. Read the spec and see if you're a good fit: docs.google.com/document/d/e...
Democracy Club Chair 2025
docs.google.com
September 30, 2025 at 1:44 PM
The folks @democracyclub.org.uk provide an invaluable service to democracy in the UK. They're such an important part of national democratic infrastructure. They've just started looking for a new Chair for their board. Read the spec and see if you're a good fit: docs.google.com/document/d/e...
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I'm seeing so many takes around parts of the "ID card" melange, I have to add a few.
It's not about cards. It's about registers. A register is a definitive 'true source' of data, about people, places, buildings, whatever.
It's not about cards. It's about registers. A register is a definitive 'true source' of data, about people, places, buildings, whatever.
September 26, 2025 at 11:20 AM
I'm seeing so many takes around parts of the "ID card" melange, I have to add a few.
It's not about cards. It's about registers. A register is a definitive 'true source' of data, about people, places, buildings, whatever.
It's not about cards. It's about registers. A register is a definitive 'true source' of data, about people, places, buildings, whatever.
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🚨 BREAKING: The former leader of Reform UK in Wales, Nathan Gill, has pleaded guilty to #bribery, admitting he received corrupt payments as a Brexit Party MEP in exchange for making statements in the European Parliament to promote Russia’s interests in #Ukraine.
Reform UK’s ex-leader in Wales Nathan Gill pleads guilty to bribery charges
Gill admits to eight charges while an elected member of the European parliament
www.theguardian.com
September 26, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Mads Mikkelsen? www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
‘Professional actor’ behind attacks that closed Danish airports, defence minister says
Drones overfly four more airports forcing Aalborg to halt traffic two nights after shutdown at Copenhagen terminals
www.theguardian.com
September 25, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Mads Mikkelsen? www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
"...the rise of "workslop," which is low-quality AI content (reports, presentations, emails, etc) that requires another human to fix it and to diagnose what went wrong, which is killing productivity and making workers resentful of each other. Things are going great!" www.404media.co/email/641a21...
September 24, 2025 at 2:18 PM
"...the rise of "workslop," which is low-quality AI content (reports, presentations, emails, etc) that requires another human to fix it and to diagnose what went wrong, which is killing productivity and making workers resentful of each other. Things are going great!" www.404media.co/email/641a21...
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To ‘ultra-crepidate’ (19th century) is to lecture others on subjects you know very little about.
September 23, 2025 at 5:11 PM
To ‘ultra-crepidate’ (19th century) is to lecture others on subjects you know very little about.
@exetercouncil.bsky.social hello! The gate to northernhay Gardens is locked at Northernhay Place… Could it be unlocked please?
September 23, 2025 at 7:45 AM
@exetercouncil.bsky.social hello! The gate to northernhay Gardens is locked at Northernhay Place… Could it be unlocked please?
“Beijing is offering cheap, clean power, employment, trade and a route to prosperity. Washington is offering tariffs, policy chaos, White nationalist memes and South Korean workers in shackles after a raid on an EV battery factory.“ David Fickling in adamtooze.substack.com/p/chartbook-...
Chartbook 409 Beyond the "Marshall Plan": China's solar boom as world-changing industrial policy.
In the first six months of 2025 China installed more than 250GW of solar power capacity.
adamtooze.substack.com
September 21, 2025 at 11:18 AM
“Beijing is offering cheap, clean power, employment, trade and a route to prosperity. Washington is offering tariffs, policy chaos, White nationalist memes and South Korean workers in shackles after a raid on an EV battery factory.“ David Fickling in adamtooze.substack.com/p/chartbook-...
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“ABC and CBS are making a serious miscalculation. Their servility to Trump will not earn them peace, only greater pressure.”
That’s the German professional association of journalists, @djv.de, calling on major US media to support their journalists instead of preemptively silencing them.
That’s the German professional association of journalists, @djv.de, calling on major US media to support their journalists instead of preemptively silencing them.
Nicht vor MAGA-Kult einknicken
Der Deutsche Journalisten-Verband ruft die Verantwortlichen der großen US-Medien dazu auf, ihren Journalistinnen und Journalisten den Rücken zu stärken, statt…
www.djv.de
September 18, 2025 at 10:21 AM
“ABC and CBS are making a serious miscalculation. Their servility to Trump will not earn them peace, only greater pressure.”
That’s the German professional association of journalists, @djv.de, calling on major US media to support their journalists instead of preemptively silencing them.
That’s the German professional association of journalists, @djv.de, calling on major US media to support their journalists instead of preemptively silencing them.
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Your Party unauthorized mockumentary when?
It's what The People want.
It's what The People want.
September 18, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Your Party unauthorized mockumentary when?
It's what The People want.
It's what The People want.
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🆕: Leaders from the anti-corruption space have written to the new Deputy Prime Minister David Lammy MP and new Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper MP, urging them to continue the UK’s leadership on illicit finance and commit to hosting the upcoming international summit.
Read our letters below:
Read our letters below:
September 11, 2025 at 6:07 PM
🆕: Leaders from the anti-corruption space have written to the new Deputy Prime Minister David Lammy MP and new Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper MP, urging them to continue the UK’s leadership on illicit finance and commit to hosting the upcoming international summit.
Read our letters below:
Read our letters below:
"And so the politicians and pundits who now crack the whip on immigration need to be asked, right now, where this ends."
Excellent piece by Jonathan Liew: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Excellent piece by Jonathan Liew: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
September 11, 2025 at 3:15 PM
"And so the politicians and pundits who now crack the whip on immigration need to be asked, right now, where this ends."
Excellent piece by Jonathan Liew: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Excellent piece by Jonathan Liew: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Apple kind of approaching parody now
September 11, 2025 at 7:02 AM
Apple kind of approaching parody now
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One of the weaknesses of modern liberalism is not realising this and so not using state power in a responsible way to regulate companies.
It's hard watching these clips not to feel just utter revulsion at well, er, capitalism. But the thing is, what this actually shows is the *weakness* of "capital". In authoritarian countries this is what business is always like. Totally obsequious to power, because the King can destroy you
Incredible clip of tech CEOs fawning over Donald Trump. Someone store this clip in the underground archive vault
September 7, 2025 at 11:23 AM
One of the weaknesses of modern liberalism is not realising this and so not using state power in a responsible way to regulate companies.
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On 3 September, join @instituteforgovernment.org.uk and several experts on #FOI for the Act's "double birthday" - it was written into law 25 years ago, and came into force five years later. The event is in person and online, and free to attend: www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/event/foi-ac...
August 12, 2025 at 9:13 AM
On 3 September, join @instituteforgovernment.org.uk and several experts on #FOI for the Act's "double birthday" - it was written into law 25 years ago, and came into force five years later. The event is in person and online, and free to attend: www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/event/foi-ac...