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   Mx Jay Baker (mediaactivist@todon.eu)'s status on Sunday, 19-Apr-2026 03:34:47 JST Mx Jay Baker

   • The People's Tech

   Speaking of @thepeoplestech, well, we've had lots of interest from potential service users, but are finding it tough to find people who'd like to be core UK members of the worker cooperative, functioning at an anti-"A.I.," anti-Covid intersection of privacy, security, sustainability, and inclusivity. But whether you're in England, Britain as a whole - or in other parts of the world! - if you're interested in a slow #solarpunk #SmallTech #cooperative helping deliver public workshops and private consultation to enable people, campaign groups, non-profits and more ethical small businesses to move away from #BigTech, let us know! #CovidIsNotOver #Fuck_ai #permacomputing #TransRights #BlackLivesMatter #FreePalestine

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     Mx Jay Baker (mediaactivist@todon.eu)'s status on Sunday, 19-Apr-2026 03:49:59 JST Mx Jay Baker

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     Perhaps you may know folx who may be interested? @Em0nM4stodon @ophiocephalic @kat @text @da5nsy @gaffen @mattjhodgkinson @nick @privacydingus @BillySmith (Apologies for tagging you if not!)

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     Mx Jay Baker (mediaactivist@todon.eu)'s status on Sunday, 19-Apr-2026 04:37:05 JST Mx Jay Baker

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     • Gaffen

     @gaffen Thanks, friend! Hope you're doing okay!

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     Gaffen (gaffen@social.coop)'s status on Sunday, 19-Apr-2026 04:37:06 JST Gaffen

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     @MediaActivist @Em0nM4stodon @ophiocephalic @kat @text @da5nsy @mattjhodgkinson @nick @privacydingus @BillySmith definitely interested to hear more!

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     Mx Jay Baker (mediaactivist@todon.eu)'s status on Sunday, 19-Apr-2026 17:42:30 JST Mx Jay Baker

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     • Josh 🐧

     @privacydingus Thanks Josh! I'm doing okay thanks, hope you are too! Always great to hear from you.

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     Josh 🐧 (privacydingus@mstdn.social)'s status on Sunday, 19-Apr-2026 17:42:32 JST Josh 🐧

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     • Gaffen

     @MediaActivist @Em0nM4stodon @ophiocephalic @kat @text @da5nsy @gaffen @mattjhodgkinson @nick @BillySmith oh for sure, hope youre well Jay!

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     Mx Jay Baker (mediaactivist@todon.eu)'s status on Sunday, 19-Apr-2026 17:45:30 JST Mx Jay Baker

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     • Danny Garside

     @da5nsy Hi Danny! Always been a big fan. You can ask me or @syhr any questions here or if you'd prefer you can email us at thepeoplestech at tutamail dot com!

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     Danny Garside (da5nsy@social.coop)'s status on Sunday, 19-Apr-2026 17:45:31 JST Danny Garside

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     @MediaActivist I'm curious. What would be the next step in getting involved?

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     Mx Jay Baker (mediaactivist@todon.eu)'s status on Sunday, 19-Apr-2026 17:52:09 JST Mx Jay Baker

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     @gaffen Oh wow I'm also writing an anti-"A.I." piece haha but then it seems like that's a common and rather reasonable thing to do these days eh! So sorry to hear about the burnout, that sucks so badly, but hope you're taking good care.

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     Gaffen (gaffen@social.coop)'s status on Sunday, 19-Apr-2026 17:52:11 JST Gaffen

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     @MediaActivist lol, a lot has happened recently but I'm ok. Recovering from some severe burnout. On topic I have a new anti AI article I've been neglecting; should probably open my notes up again

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     Mx Jay Baker (mediaactivist@todon.eu)'s status on Sunday, 19-Apr-2026 20:45:01 JST Mx Jay Baker

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     • Danny Garside

     @da5nsy @syhr Awesome! We've set up a little space on Matrix for anyone interested (with no pressure to be formally involved) and were thinking of using that to create a poll for a brief video meetup. But open to alternatives too; it has to work for the individual!

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     Danny Garside (da5nsy@social.coop)'s status on Sunday, 19-Apr-2026 20:45:03 JST Danny Garside

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     @MediaActivist @syhr

     Cool! Thanks for the quick reply.
     Do you think it makes sense to arrange a short call sometime for introductions and getting up to speed with where things are up to?

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     Mx Jay Baker (mediaactivist@todon.eu)'s status on Sunday, 19-Apr-2026 20:52:15 JST Mx Jay Baker

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     @otfrom @thepeoplestech Ahh hi friend! I cannot deny, I love that *you* are interested. I guess for now it's about those who are indeed interested getting together on Matrix with no pressure to ever be formally involved - but we'll require programmers, facilitators, researchers, administrators, fundraisers, designers, comms, etc with each contributing according to their abilities. It's slow, it's small, it's hopefully sustainable in a "triple bottom line" sense (ugh, I know, sorry!) but also likely to be scalable.

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     Chip Butty (otfrom@functional.cafe)'s status on Sunday, 19-Apr-2026 20:52:16 JST Chip Butty

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     @MediaActivist @thepeoplestech I'm interested, but I'm a bit unclear about what you are actually asking for.

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     Mx Jay Baker (mediaactivist@todon.eu)'s status on Monday, 20-Apr-2026 05:02:01 JST Mx Jay Baker

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     • Billy Smith

     @BillySmith Thanks, they've been on my radar for a while - I think due to you drawing my attention to them on the forums! And I'm over the moon that *you're* interested! We're starting a Matrix group chat for anyone who is, whether wanting to be formally involved or not!

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     Billy Smith (billysmith@social.coop)'s status on Monday, 20-Apr-2026 05:02:02 JST Billy Smith

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     @MediaActivist @Em0nM4stodon @ophiocephalic @kat @text @da5nsy @gaffen @mattjhodgkinson @nick @privacydingus

     I'm definitely interested. :D

     Will also be worth talking with the people from @autonomic and @coopcloud as they are working in a similar vein. :D

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     Mx Jay Baker (mediaactivist@todon.eu)'s status on Monday, 20-Apr-2026 05:08:37 JST Mx Jay Baker

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     @text Hey, I think after I read your stuff you were one of the dream collaborators I had in mind when I started this idea haha! Helping communities (grant-funded workshops) and nonprofits (private consultation) etc make better tech choices, at the intersection of privacy, security, sustainability, and inclusivity - green, democratic, and Covid-safe - eventually offering cloud-based services too. So slow, small, but scalable; from each according to their ability, to each according to their need.

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     noah (text@posting.institute)'s status on Monday, 20-Apr-2026 05:08:39 JST noah

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     @MediaActivist @thepeoplestech hello, I would be extremely interested and would llve to know more!

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     Mx Jay Baker (mediaactivist@todon.eu)'s status on Wednesday, 22-Apr-2026 02:52:04 JST Mx Jay Baker

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     @gaffen I'm so sorry. A year... holy shit. Where are these writings? I'd like to read them! Socio-political angle from me too, haha, I've been working on the piece for months though so at least if you beat me to it I can try not to repeat the same points. Or maybe I'll repeat them anyway, and keep doing my bit to suck the air out of the room! (Or maybe what I write will just plain suck!)

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     Gaffen (gaffen@social.coop)'s status on Wednesday, 22-Apr-2026 02:52:05 JST Gaffen

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     @MediaActivist It's a curse! I hate talking about it so much, it sucks all the air out of the room in almost every social situation and it's unavoidable pretty much everywhere... But for that exact reason it must be resisted and consequently talked about 🙃. Interested to see what you have when it's done! My focus is on the social / political impact at the moment and sloppification. Yeah, burnout has really sucked. I'm hoping I'm starting to get out of the other side of it but it's been gnarly and lasted over a year. I wrote about that too in a moment of lucidity last year lol.

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     Mx Jay Baker (mediaactivist@todon.eu)'s status on Thursday, 23-Apr-2026 00:01:23 JST Mx Jay Baker

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     @gaffen Thanks for this, and the heads up. The VPS being down explains why I had no luck when I tried your site before asking; I have a VPS too but have already messed it up haha. I have them open to read, and even at first glance I can tell your writing style is the kind I enjoy. And your site is bloody fantastic! Love the built-in Fedi comments functionality!

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     Gaffen (gaffen@social.coop)'s status on Thursday, 23-Apr-2026 00:01:24 JST Gaffen

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     @MediaActivist and yeah, feel free to use it to inform your article in whatever way helps (or not of course, haha). I think it's important to fight back against the "flood the zone" tactics being used right now. Anything that brings perspective back to the space is doing good work imo, I'm sure your take will do anything but suck 😉

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     Gaffen (gaffen@social.coop)'s status on Thursday, 23-Apr-2026 00:01:26 JST Gaffen

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     @MediaActivist so my vps is on the Fritz (just rebooted it), but when it's up you can read my AI one here - I think it might be the most important thing I've written to date:
     https://gaffen.co.uk/posts/the-matrix-has-you/

     Then the one about burnout is here, though fair warning it does get a little dark:
     https://gaffen.co.uk/posts/wanderstop-the-game-that-gave-me-permission-to-sit-with-my-pain/