Mx Jay Baker

Long-time guerrilla documentarian/journalist (ex-Indymedia; Freedom News; Organise Magazine, etc.) Mastodon since 2016 – also have a GoToSocial account for future use.

Writer • Zinester • Photographer • Artist • Facilitator • Organiser • Consultant • Carer for my partner, a #pwME caused by Covid (#MaskUp when you can!)

Passionate about #Solarpunk #Veganism #MutualAid #Cooperatives #Municipalism #NonCentralisation #Fediverse #FOSS #Linux #Comics #LuchaLibre (which is real; borders are fake)

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Location: Sheffield, British Isles
Website: https://www.mediaactivist.com/
The SilenceBreaker newsletter/zine: https://silencebreaker.mediaactivist.com/

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2025-09-18 11:36:12 UTC

"Be Evil", I guess: Google secretly handed ICE data about pro-Palestine student activist https://theintercept.com/2025/09/16/google-facebook-subpoena-ice-students-gaza/

2025-09-09 15:09:26 UTC

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AnonAddy: This is an ideal option to sign up for offers and accounts that you don’t want to share your actual everyday email account with! Think of it like a digital P.O. Box. It not only helps you protect your privacy online, but it's also open source. https://addy.io/

2025-09-09 15:03:23 UTC

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However, if you’re wanting privacy from your ISP regardless of whether you’re using a browser or another programme connected to the internet, you may be interested in Mullvad VPN: Yes, it’s Mullvad again, but with what they were most known for before their browser came along: the virtual private network (VPN). The VPN has been the bane of the increasingly anti-protest, authoritarian British police state since the introduction of Prime Minister (or “Pry Minister”) Theresa May’s “Snoopers’ Charter,” requiring ISPs to keep tabs on internet activity for the purposes of blanket surveillance. A VPN is ideal in combating government, corporate, or other malicious attacks on privacy, and an absolute must when using public/shared wifi. VPNs are also useful if you’re in one country and wanting to access local content in another country, as you can choose which servers to connect to. While NordVPN and Surfshark may deserve a mention, their “dark patterns” approach to locking in customers and their accounts make me reluctant to recommend them any more. One of the few VPN providers to offer cheap and flexible pricing combined with ease-of-use, Mullvad hit headlines for refusing to hand over customer details to cops because they don’t log such information. https://mullvad.net/en

2025-09-09 14:50:33 UTC

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Another note: If any of those examples aren’t good enough for you, there’s the privacy-focused Searx, which has different search engines available depending on your own needs. And there's the rub: Firefox have not only become incredibly dependent upon Google sponsorship, but also pivoted towards advertising and A.I. in recent months (as have many search engines, sadly): https://www.osnews.com/story/141757/mozilla-once-again-confirms-its-all-about-ads-and-ai-now/

2025-09-09 14:15:46 UTC

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TAILS: A special mention in particular for this ultra-private Linux distro: The Amnesic Incognito Live System (TAILS) is a private operating system you can carry around with you in your pocket — no, really! If you’re hopping onto different computers but they’re not working smoothly or you just don’t trust their security, you can launch your very own TAILS from your USB stick and use it on that computer, with all its wonderful privacy-focused programmes and features. There’s even an option to have it retain your information unlocked by your own security keys via something called Persistent Storage, meaning it truly does become your own secure personal computer on a stick! Bizarrely, I’ve been informed that some activists have been arrested just for possessing TAILS, so proceed at your own risk. https://tails.net/index.en.html

2025-09-09 14:12:38 UTC

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As a recovering Linux "distro-hopper," I have used many (Ubuntu, Fedora, Arch, Manjaro, Mint, Elementary, to name a few), but am currently running Pop!_OS (and secondarily Ubuntu Budgie) at time of writing. The best option for you depends entirely on your personal preferences and circumstances; for example, Mint and Elementary (who have made strides on accessibility features) retain aesthetics similar to Windows and Mac, respectively, whereas Fedora may possibly provide better security but are under the auspices of the ethically dubious Red Hat: https://www.thejournal.ie/red-hat-israel-6393191-May2024/

2025-09-09 14:08:59 UTC

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Linux: It’s not just Microsoft Office you can forget about, but all of Microsoft’s offerings, including Microsoft Windows itself. You can probably get rid of Mac OS too. Why? Because Linux is free and open source software that is not just “libre” but also often costs you as little as nothing. There are literally hundreds of different Linux distributions (or “distros”) to choose from, and you can find the one for you via LibreHunt: https://librehunt.org/

2025-09-09 13:54:01 UTC

For a time, I had a page on my website with a selection of technology options for the discerning media activist who wishes to undermine and challenge big tech/media companies and surveillance capitalism. I stopped maintaining it, and when I removed it entirely, to my surprise a lot of people got in touch with me asking where it went! So I’ll just throw a lot of what was there into a thread here.

2025-08-12 11:50:46 UTC

My latest blog post on Bluesky, how it compares to Twitter, Mastodon and the Fediverse, my past stubborn criticisms, the pitfalls and possibilities -- featuring wisdom from the likes of [@_elena](https://mastodon.social/@_elena ) @npub1zzy…9edy and of course @npub1fdr…lvhs: https://www.mediaactivist.com/bluesky-vision/

2025-05-04 16:00:01 UTC

And I was feeling bad because I wasn't able to recycle so much last week... "World’s Top 111 Corporations Have Caused $28T in Climate Damages, Study Finds" https://truthout.org/articles/worlds-top-111-corporations-have-caused-28t-in-climate-damages-study-finds/

2025-03-30 10:19:40 UTC

#TeslaTakedown Protests Grow as Proud Boys and White Supremacists Fail to Intimidate Demonstrators off the Streets https://itsgoingdown.org/teslatakedown-protests-grow-nazis-proud-boys/

2025-02-23 11:10:52 UTC

"Disability benefits have 'the lowest rate of fraud,' with DWP’s own figures showing that fraud by claimants of personal independence payment fell from 0.2 per cent in 2022-23 to 0.0 per cent in 2023-24, while fraud by disability living allowance claimants was estimated to be just 0.1 per cent." Prime minister ‘should be ashamed’ after he fails to provide evidence for latest ‘fit for work’ attack: https://www.disabilitynewsservice.com/prime-minister-should-be-ashamed-after-he-fails-to-provide-evidence-for-latest-fit-for-work-attack/

2025-02-17 11:05:02 UTC

The frightening thing about what Starmer's government is doing here in the UK is that its laws create a remarkable opening for Farage's fascist government in a few years, but Labour officials either don't realise that or don't care - their only way forward, the only way they know, is to pander to capitalist interests, therefore dooming them to further lose votes. But when fascism takes full effect, most of these politicos will, after all, be just fine.

2025-02-11 08:00:00 UTC

Anyone installed/used #CalyxOS on a #Fairphone? I'm tempted to try it out but want to avoid a high risk of bricking it if I get one on a #Fairphone4 deal I found, and also don't want to lose too many capabilities from my current Samsung S9 with #eOS on it, so am interested to know how well it runs.

2025-02-08 17:34:33 UTC

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I found it via the settings (gear icon) on my actual notifications page on web browser. Not as intuitive for me haha.

2025-02-08 16:42:10 UTC

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Yeah, I think so too -- the only such settings I found on the web browser were under the notifications settings.

2025-02-08 16:18:54 UTC

I'd really like the option to prevent direct messages from people I don't follow (I'm just getting too many these days that aren't relevant or helpful, I'm afraid) but I don't believe this is an option on Mastodon from what I've been told. Is this accurate? #Mastodon #AskMastodon #AskFedi

2025-02-05 23:46:20 UTC

Google Drops Pledge to Not Use AI to Develop Weapons, Surveillance Technologies https://truthout.org/articles/google-drops-pledge-to-not-use-ai-to-develop-weapons-surveillance-technologies/

2025-02-04 23:38:03 UTC

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Thanks, I have always been intrigued by GrapheneOS though not sure I had the right device to switch. This is interesting to know and certainly a different approach, to so aggressively (or perhaps just passionately) make such a point to my post on here. I'd like to know the thoughts of @npub1ruf…fe5f on this.

2025-01-29 23:08:48 UTC

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One of the most unsavoury things in this discourse is when powerful people get away with blaming the proles for not choosing their harm merely in order to stop greater harm - rather than promising no harm at all and giving people reasons to actually vote *for* something. Voting *against* something is so negative and doomed, doing more harm in the long term. Biden got in on an anti-Trump vote, and this time rather than Trump winning, Harris lost. Ask why, rather than blaming your comrades and browbeating them into voting to demean and devalue themselves.

2025-01-23 17:04:12 UTC

I've finally found highly effective (and cost-effective!) alternatives to the Proton "ecosystem" I foolishly got pulled into, and am happy to discuss it if anyone is wondering what's out there, but I have also brought back (by popular demand!) my resources list that I'll tweak and update regularly: https://www.mediaactivist.com/resources/

2025-01-21 19:12:16 UTC

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Firstly, congratulations on de-Googling! Secondly, as recent years passed I signed up for more and more Proton services, and paid for a lot as well. The blessing in disguise here is that it's freed me to shop around and take on services individually as opposed to as a package (which had been playing on my mind more too, from a security standpoint). So while I share some of your frustration, we can take lessons from the experience too (and/or I'm rather desperately trying to find the silver lining haha)

2025-01-18 13:44:55 UTC

Capitalism sucks so much that it's tough to even find decent service providers online. I am sickened by people like Andy Yen of Proton (who have had a lot of my money over the years, but not for much longer) spouting "both sides" bullshit, evoking Swiss neutrality tropes with false equivalence between fascists and anarchists, Zionists and Palestinians, and @npub1p09…m5vl recently reminded me of how the Desmond Tutu quote applies here: "If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor." I'm sick and tired of techbro culture narratives deliberately disconnecting tech liberties from civil liberties and freedom.

2025-01-17 19:08:54 UTC

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It's very disconcerting indeed, and I agree that the Desmond Tutu quote applies! I'd love to know people's suggestions for alternatives to Proton's services/packages. For too long they've seized and essentially monopolised the anti-Google scene.

2024-08-08 11:36:57 UTC

Anyone know if there's an easy mobile app for accessing and editing a @npub1ykg…ch8k kanban board? #AskMastodon #AskFedi #cryptpad #kanban