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   Jay Baker (mediaactivist@todon.eu)'s status on Monday, 07-Oct-2024 04:12:51 JST Jay Baker

   Ugh: "The critical lessons learned through the Covid-19 pandemic and its aftermath." Aftermath? I expect better from my supposed anarchist comrades who talk about mutual aid and solidarity at the start of the pandemic that still rages on -- they point the finger at capitalists and liberals suggesting that the spirit of community in a pandemic they suggest is in the past has been trampled on, without realising that if they want to see who was key to stamping it out, they need only look in a mirror. https://freedompress.org.uk/product/fight-for-a-new-normal/

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     Jay Baker (mediaactivist@todon.eu)'s status on Monday, 07-Oct-2024 04:13:43 JST Jay Baker

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     • Violet Blue

     And @violetblue was right: we should strongly consider adding content warnings to such pieces - for false framing.

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     Jay Baker (mediaactivist@todon.eu)'s status on Monday, 07-Oct-2024 04:15:42 JST Jay Baker

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     I alluded to this kind of epic failure from certain segments of the anarchist movement in my piece here (though I had hoped many would've learned by now): https://www.mediaactivist.com/recovering-from-shock/

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     Jay Baker (mediaactivist@todon.eu)'s status on Monday, 07-Oct-2024 04:17:05 JST Jay Baker

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     • MuffInTarnation

     Also a good time to mention that it's been made into a zine by the brilliant @riotmuffin that you can freely download from here: https://archive.org/details/@mediaactivist

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     Jay Baker (mediaactivist@todon.eu)'s status on Monday, 07-Oct-2024 04:19:12 JST Jay Baker

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     • Sheffield Mask Bloc

     Or if you'd like to obtain a copy and support one of the many anarchist collectives that still give a shit - in this case @sheffieldmaskbloc - then you can go here: https://ko-fi.com/sheffieldmaskbloc

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     Jay Baker (mediaactivist@todon.eu)'s status on Monday, 07-Oct-2024 06:10:23 JST Jay Baker

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     • MuffInTarnation

     @riotmuffin ikr!

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     MuffInTarnation (riotmuffin@ni.hil.ist)'s status on Monday, 07-Oct-2024 06:10:24 JST MuffInTarnation

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     @MediaActivist yikes at that book! Small imagination!!

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     Jay Baker (mediaactivist@todon.eu)'s status on Monday, 07-Oct-2024 08:21:35 JST Jay Baker

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     One more thing on this. Aside from the valid criticism that too many activists want visibility and recognition, there are anarchist bookshops and bookfairs irrationally scared of losing their space if they acknowledge we're still in a pandemic -- but that isn't just ableist af, that isn't just denialist, and that isn't just buying into a capitalist narrative, it's also total bullshit when you recognise that countless bookfairs stateside, and many bookstores like Firestorm, still operate while promoting Covid precautions. I'm not sure how things got so rotten so quickly here in the UK.

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     Jay Baker (mediaactivist@todon.eu)'s status on Sunday, 13-Oct-2024 00:53:24 JST Jay Baker

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     I'm excited for the first time I spot this at some random zine fair or event, as these things tend to go!