Notices by Jay Baker (mediaactivist@todon.eu)

Time to step back from a few things for a while. Had a rough time of it recently. Be excellent to each other.

@linkstack Ah, thank you so much! Really appreciate it. I love what you do - I may have to sign up for a paid plan soon!

@leguinian_utopia Good!

@mastodonmigration An opportunity for us express kindness to one another instead, perhaps - create the kind of community we want in the world.

It's quiet here lately. Don't tell me everyone fucked off to Twitter 2.0 aka Bluesky.

It's frustrating how many important services and channels of communication rely on questionable tech. For example, my neighbourhood uses Meta's WhatsApp to the point where if I hadn't accessed the chat I wouldn't have had an ETA on reactivation of our hot water that was out for several days. For this purpose, I've made a slight compromise (using a different phone number). But I'd like to #AskFedi what you think my best use is on my #CalyxOS device: keeping WhatsApp in the work profile or using #WhatsApp4Web from #FDroid?

@TheDailyBurble @rooftopjaxx @openrightsgroup I use FreeTube and NewPipe to access YouTube.

@chewie @openrightsgroup They're not exactly short on cash. Not that I'd ever give money to them even if they were.

@linkstack Hi! I'm not sure my emails have been getting through to info@linkstack.org regards changing my email address. I'd really like to continue using your great service. Thanks!

@openrightsgroup Time to dig out my old toot about the "news" sites doing this...

@Justice30 None at all so far, and I've used three different ones.

Hundreds Mobilize in Montreal for “People’s Festival Against Fascism,” Block Far-Right Group https://itsgoingdown.org/hundreds-mobilize-in-montreal-for-peoples-festival-against-fascism-block-far-right-group/

Getting weepy about Violet Affleck pointing out that Planet Earth experiences post-exertion malaise, and people with ME/CFS know the hard truths about how to deal with that.

https://yaleglobalhealthreview.com/2025/05/18/a-chronically-ill-earth-covid-organizing-as-a-model-climate-response-in-los-angeles/

@Justice30 Well, thank you! I'm on it right now!

"What is different, is that before what were largely fringe anti-Semitic and white supremacist theories floating around the far corners of the Alt-Right, have now become the backbone of the Republican party. 'The Great Replacement,' once a conspiracy pushed by only hardline neo-Nazis and white supremacists, is now being touted by everyone from pharma billionaire Vivek Ramaswamy, Swason frozen foods heir and Twitter troll Tucker Carlson, to the billionaire backed Turning Point USA. ...Trump has even gone so far as to invoked Hitler, claiming that immigrants are 'poisoning the blood' of the nation." Protesters Mobilize at Courthouses Against ICE as Trump Pushes White Nationalist Conspiracies: https://itsgoingdown.org/protesters-mobilize-at-courthouses-against-ice/

In pictures: Reclaim the Streets rides again https://freedomnews.org.uk/2025/05/25/in-pictures-reclaim-the-streets-rides-again/ #ReclaimTheStreets #FuckCars

@rbreich The thing is, as the saying goes: the system isn't broken and needing to be fixed; it's working as intended and must be destroyed.

@Daojoan It was the same here in the UK, when hatred for Starmer almost matches hatred for Thatcher. Partly because many "leftists" had higher demands/expectations of the Labour Party, and so their failure to reverse the neoliberal trajectory causes immense anger. Similarly, Biden's policies on, for example, Covid and Palestine, really laid the groundwork for Trump's genocidal policies. That's tough to forgive. And as some here have remarked, the Democrats keep blocking left populism and wondering why voters cannot in clear conscience vote for them -- look at all the polls that showed Harris would win if she stood up for Palestine. They'd rather lose than turn away from business as usual - partly because they will all just be fine, with very long and financially rewarding careers, the absurdity of careerist professional politicians and the oxymoron of "representative democracy."

"The keffiyeh and watermelons are antisemitic symbols. That’s according to training that the New York Police Department received in January from outfits closely associated with the pro-Israel community." Excellent journalism as usual from Antony Loewenstein: https://www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/trump-isnt-fighting-antisemitism-hes-targeting-critics-israel #AntiSemitism #AntiApartheid #EndTheGenocide #FreePalestine

@openrightsgroup I found this so informative, and @sarahalsherif has absolutely incredible knowledge! Thanks so much!