Joe Mitchell

@j0e_m
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Lives in Devon, never knowingly drunk cider from a lemon. Works on public interest news. Interested in the above, democracy, environment, arts, etc. And in cooperatively owned digital platforms :)
Is low turnout undermining economic growth? (TL;DR probably yes) Should everyone vote? (Yes) https://samf.substack.com/p/is-low-turnout-undermining-growth
Is low turnout undermining growth?

A reminder that you can read Lawrence’s post on the Tump-Putin summit here, his next post will look at the outcome.

Comment is Freed
Nice piece on energy in China — particularly the drones that help drop panels into place... and the Art Attack style opportunities... https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/resources/idt-8d2b6944-4f7a-45b4-96fd-2d92499ff97d
China is becoming a green superpower as Trump retreats from climate goals - BBC News

How the world's biggest carbon emitter is now at the helm of a renewables revolution.

News
In that london for a conference on mayoral scrutiny! What’s not to like? Not sure hashtags exist anymore but if you’re also at the GLA today, say hello 👋
Here's a handy competition for future journalists of the southwest! From the folks at @thePRSD and @Totnespulse https://www.theprsd.co.uk/2025/10/29/raise-your-voice-south-west-future-journalists-awards/

Epic project manager role - Project Manager for Seabird Recovery on the Isles of Scilly

"We don't need a seabird expert. We need an exceptional person, with great organisational and interpersonal skills, who will love working in Scilly to develop one of the UK's most significant conservation projects."

https://www.wildlifetrusts.org/jobs/project-manager-seabird-recovery

Project Manager - Seabird Recovery | The Wildlife Trusts

The Isles of Scilly Wildlife Trust is the only charity managing land for wildlife in Scilly. We are the UK’s smallest Wildlife Trust, but we have by far the greatest impact in relation to the scale of our place, being responsible for about half of the land across the Isles of Scilly. We are central to the tourism industry and the largest part of the local voluntary sector. We manage our land for rare species and habitats, for its outstanding archaeological interest, and to provide access, enjoyment and understanding to local people and visitors. We are one of 46 Wildlife Trusts – a grassroots movement of people from a wide range of backgrounds and all walks of life, who believe that we need nature and nature needs us. Together we have more than 944,000 members across the UK, with have over 38,000 volunteers and 3,600 staff, and 600 trustees caring for 100,000 hectares of land. We act together to reverse the loss of wildlife, prevent climate catastrophe and ensure everyone has access to nature on their doorstep.

I'm on this panel! On Sunday! In Stroud! Assuming the trains work! https://www.stroudtrinityrooms.org/event-details-registration/press-intrusion-local-media-democracy
Press Intrusion, Local Media & Democracy | Stroud Trinity Rooms

On Sunday Nov 16th at 4:30pm - Film Screening & Panel Discussion

Stroud Trinity Rooms
All 6ft 6inches of the 1st Baron Reith currently bursting out of his grave in Aviemore
#TIL the internet of things has reached beds ("smartbeds") and it's hilarious https://www.404media.co/the-aws-outage-bricked-peoples-2-700-smartbeds/ #extremelylatecapitalism
The AWS Outage Bricked People’s $2,700 Smartbeds

When Amazon Web Services went offline, people lost control of their cloud-connected smart beds, getting stuck in reclined positions or roasting with the heat turned all the way up.

404 Media
Nerds! Set your alarms for Saturday morning, this sounds great: https://www.bbc.com/mediacentre/2025/radio-3-train-tracks
Radio 3 celebrates the 200th anniversary of the modern railway with an all-day broadcast from the Highland Chieftain Train from Inverness to London

Radio 3's Train Tracks includes a whole-day broadcast and five live programmes across the country

Bookmarking this handy resource (things like 'De-Google your website' etc).. https://32bit.cafe/
32-Bit Cafe

A web space community that focuses on building websites for self-expression and creativity, made up of professionals, hobbyists, and enthusiasts of the personal web.