Notices by Jay Baker (mediaactivist@todon.eu)

@Air_Quotes_Comedian Rightly so!

New Forms of Resistance Are Springing Up Under the Trump-Musk Regime https://organizingmythoughts.org/finding-your-stride-in-the-struggle/

Google Is Helping the Trump Administration Deploy AI Along Border https://theintercept.com/2025/04/03/google-cbp-ai-border-surveillance-ibm-equitus/ #Google #DeGoogle

An international emergency task force is urgently needed for Severe Long COVID and ME crisis cases https://thesicktimes.org/2025/04/04/an-international-emergency-task-force-is-urgently-needed-for-severe-long-covid-and-me-crisis-cases/ #ME #MECFS #LongCovid #Covid #Covid19 #CovidIsNotOver

Despite what they may want people to believe, the UK government does not seem to have support for its social security cuts targeting Disabled people: https://benefitsandwork.co.uk/news/public-do-not-support-pip-cuts

GOP’s Plan to Give Tax Breaks to the Rich Is Now Projected to Cost $7 Trillion https://www.commondreams.org/news/cost-of-trump-tax-cuts

DMA complaint against Apple for failure to enable the Tuta email app as default mail app on iOS https://tuta.com/blog/dma-complaint-apple-tuta-default-mail-app

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My website is now part of the Fediverse: @index

Meta has admitted that users have the right opt-out of stalker ads. Now what for our data rights?

Join our webinar to explore the impact of
Tanya O'Carroll's case against Meta.

🗓️ Wed 16 April
🕕 6–7.30pm BST
📍 Zoom

Register Now ➡️ https://www.openrightsgroup.org/events/webinar-taking-on-meta-what-next-for-our-data-stalker-ads/

#StopStalkerAds

#meta #dataprotection #gdpr #surveillanceadvertising #surveillancecapitalism #adtech #privacy #facebook

@SrRochardBunson @redstateinsurgents I really have to get a copy of the "terrowism" poster!

Meta profits as ads promote illegal Israeli settlements in West Bank https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2025/3/31/meta-profits-as-ads-promote-illegal-israeli-settlements-in-west-bank

"Undercover at Reform UK’s biggest ever rally, I saw white men bond over fury at migrants, trans people and politicians": https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/undercover-in-reform-uk-rally-angry-white-men-nigel-farage-arron-banks/

#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/

Crossing the U.S. Border? Here’s How to Protect Yourself https://theintercept.com/2025/03/29/customs-us-border-travel-airports-phone-searches/

@cmccullough @Tutanota I agree. It's great. And so nice when us Linux users are valued.

@Vivaldi I love Vivaldi. So much, in fact, that I considered becoming an "ambassador." And while I think offering a ready-made free VPN can be a good thing, the timing of this couldn't be much worse given the recent developments with Proton that led myself and many others to wrap up our Proton subscriptions. Whether we like to think otherwise or not, *everything* is political, and I actually love Vivaldi not only because of their excellent product but for the fact they have hardly pretended to be politically "neutral" (and we all know what Desmond Tutu said about those that pursue "neutrality"); Vivaldi have been outspoken about Trump's "Big Tech" friends, AI, and - unlike Proton - are passionate about the Fediverse. So this doesn't seem like a good fit at all.

U.S. Officials Called Signal a Tool for Terrorists and Criminals. Now They’re Using It. https://theintercept.com/2025/03/25/signal-chat-encryption-hegseth-cia/

Bloomington, IN: “Dogs not DOGE” Protests Tesla Charging Station https://itsgoingdown.org/bloomgington-dogs-not-doge/

Oscar-Winning Hamdan Ballal Released From Israeli Custody Bruised and Bloodied https://truthout.org/articles/oscar-winning-hamdan-ballal-released-from-israeli-custody-bruised-and-bloodied/