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   Jay Baker (mediaactivist@todon.eu)'s status on Saturday, 10-Feb-2024 08:05:37 JST Jay Baker

   "Aside from what appears to be an extreme promotional campaign for a new Judge Dredd movie, Government social media used the V For Vendetta mask as an example of the kind of face covering not allowed, even though we have been encouraged to wear face masks to help reduce spread of infection, such face coverings have been common since SARS was a thing, some religious practices include face coverings, and there is more cosplay around than ever before, both comic con related, hen night related or rugby match related. All of those could be defined as 'areas where the police believe offences might occur.' Because what always happens is that a law enacted to target one specific type of individual, in this case a political agitator causing damage but wanting to hide their identity, will be inevitably used by police to target someone who is inconvenient rather than actually causing damage." https://bleedingcool.com/comics/uk-government-ban-v-for-vendetta-masks-at-protests-and-more/

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     Jay Baker (mediaactivist@todon.eu)'s status on Saturday, 10-Feb-2024 08:22:00 JST Jay Baker

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     Interestingly, I'm currently reading this book -- on the satire of the Judge Dredd stories providing a wake-up call about our slide towards authoritarian policing alongside suppression of protest and the rise of the surveillance state.

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     Jay Baker (mediaactivist@todon.eu)'s status on Saturday, 10-Feb-2024 09:28:52 JST Jay Baker

     • Tiempo :anarchoheart3: ♾️ :heart_bi: 🇵🇸

     @Tiempo Good, so far!

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     Jay Baker (mediaactivist@todon.eu)'s status on Monday, 12-Feb-2024 04:22:08 JST Jay Baker

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     • Chewie

     @chewie Ooh, cool!

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     Chewie (chewie@mammut.gogreenit.net)'s status on Monday, 12-Feb-2024 04:22:10 JST Chewie

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     @MediaActivist Interesting, I've just ordered it myself :)