MediaActivist

@MediaActivist@kolektiva.social

Long-time guerrilla journalist and documentarian (ex-#IndyMedia) – powered largely by #Linux (and coffee!) in the UK’s Steel City.

#Freelancer and unpaid carer for partner with #LongCovid. Hire me you cowards!

Part tech geek. Part pop culture nerd. 100% punk.

Avatar: Me smiling awkwardly at the camera. Banner: Me again, documenting a protest with a video camera.

Searchable via https://tootfinder.ch/ #tfr #fedi22 #queer #punk #straightEdge #vegan #anarchist #IWW

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MediaActivist, to random

Just a reminder for folks who thought that fascist eugenics was worst in places like the States: here in the UK, after my first vaccines and initial boosters, I I and millions like me haven't had access to boosters at all for a couple of years now - the government made it clear they were taking them off the table and ensuring they were not to be accessed, even for those willing to pay for them. Only specific categories of people have been deemed eligible to access boosters. This is the extent of the dominance of right-wing ideology in British electoral politics now. And to think, there are still some denialists claiming a plot to inject "poisons" into us for Big Pharma, when in fact the late stage capitalists actually shudder at vaccines and masks or anything that reminds the public that there's still a mass disabling event in the form of an ongoing pandemic in a society dominated by their economic system that requires human sacrifices to generate profits.

MediaActivist, to wow

Does anyone know how to watch/download or ?

MediaActivist, to mastodon

Mastodon makes a major move amid Musk’s multiple messes https://www.theregister.com/2023/09/22/mastodon_4_2_major_update/

MediaActivist, to random

Disabled people’s independent living is under threat. We must fight for it https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/disabled-rights-social-care-independent-living-budget-cuts-campaign/

MediaActivist, to random

It Feels Like The Only Reason ExTwitter Still Has A Trust And Safety Team Is So Elon Can Lay Them Off https://www.techdirt.com/2023/09/21/it-feels-like-the-only-reason-extwitter-still-has-a-trust-and-safety-team-is-so-elon-can-lay-them-off/

MediaActivist, to IWW

Three Peet’s Cafes Organize with IWW in California https://itsgoingdown.org/three-peets-cafes-organize-with-iww-in-california/

MediaActivist, to random

Sunak wants to kill our planet https://www.rs21.org.uk/2023/09/21/sunak-wants-to-kill-our-planet/

MediaActivist, to SanFrancisco

San Francisco Hits the Streets to Oppose Far-Right Anti-Trans Conference https://itsgoingdown.org/san-francisco-hits-the-streets-to-oppose-far-right-anti-trans-conference/

MediaActivist, to random

Elon, Who Insisted He Had Solved The Spam/Bot Problem, Now Says He Will Paywall Twitter To Stop Spam/Bots https://www.techdirt.com/2023/09/19/elon-who-insisted-he-had-solved-the-spam-bot-problem-now-says-he-will-paywall-twitter-to-stop-spam-bots/

MediaActivist, to wordpress

Too many themes lack inclusion of icons for menus etc. And I wasn't able to get to grips with JetPack and the add-on of Fediverse icons for its social menu option. I wonder if there are more themes emerging with such features?

MediaActivist, to random

Just a reminder: "New billionaire minted every 26 hours, as inequality contributes to the death of one person every four seconds." https://www.oxfam.org/en/press-releases/ten-richest-men-double-their-fortunes-pandemic-while-incomes-99-percent-humanity#:~:text=Billionaires'%20wealth%20has%20risen%20more,billionaire%20wealth%20since%20records%20began.

MediaActivist, to random

UK Government ‘Concession’ On Breaking End-to-End Encryption In The Online Safety Act (Just Passed) Turns Out Not To Be One https://www.techdirt.com/2023/09/19/uk-government-concession-on-breaking-end-to-end-encryption-in-the-online-safety-act-just-passed-turns-out-not-to-be-one/

MediaActivist, to random

Republicans use anti-abortion playbook to restrict trans healthcare https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/5050/republican-states-gender-affirming-care-adults-bans-tactics/ #TransRights #BodilyAutonomy

MediaActivist, to Marvel

Says Daredevil Netflix showrunner about the reboot: "It's an old Disney scam where they slightly rename a series to reset contract terms back to first season. Needs to be addressed by all the guilds/unions and crushed!" https://comicbook.com/tv-shows/news/daredevil-netflix-reboot-disney-scam-showrunner/

Authenticdmckee, to SquaredCircle

Looking forward to chatting to @MediaActivist this evening for @theleftfist podcast about all things and !

MediaActivist,

@Authenticdmckee @theleftfist I'm looking forward to it too, speak soon!

MediaActivist, to random

The grifterverse and Russell Brand https://freedomnews.org.uk/2023/09/19/the-grifterverse-and-russell-brand/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-grifterverse-and-russell-brand

MediaActivist, to random

Tories have taken £291,000 in gifts from airports as Sunak eyes runway U-turn https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/heathrow-gatwick-london-city-airport-lobbying-theresa-may-boris-johnson-liz-truss/

MediaActivist, to chile

Chilean mothers’ long search for babies stolen during Pinochet’s dictatorship https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/5050/chile-stolen-babies-forced-adoption-pinochet-dictatorship/ #NeverForget #Chile #Pinochet

MediaActivist, to random

@wedistribute Hi! I have an idea for a piece I'd like to contribute. I dropped a message on the site contact form. Thanks!

MediaActivist, to random

Inside the Fascist Lurch: Amanda Moore on Going Undercover Within MAGA https://itsgoingdown.org/inside-the-fascist-lurch-amanda-moore-on-going-undercover-within-maga/

MediaActivist, to random

How the UK’s arms trade funnels public cash into private pockets https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/dsei-arms-fair-london-excel-common-wealth-weapons-bae-boeing-qinetiq/

MediaActivist, to random

With the mysteriously sudden and inexplicable recent resurgence of Bluesky chatter and supposedly precious invites to this billionaire-backed Twitter 2.0, a reminder of this piece about "BlueSky cosplaying decentralization": https://rys.io/en/167.html

MediaActivist,

"[Bluesky] is the brainchild of Jack Dorsey, which is no surprise to anyone who’s been paying any attention to BS. Jack Dorsey is of course the former CEO of Twitter, who famously said: 'Elon is the singular solution I trust. I trust his mission to extend the light of consciousness.' This aged roughly as well as fresh milk out in the midday July sun in Portugal. Jack also heavily promoted cryptocurrencies, scammed people using NFTs, and donated a bunch of BTC to Nostr, a 'censorship-resistant' social media platform, because of course. And finally, there’s this comment of his (posted on Nostr; BlueSky not good enough for Jack, it seems). Crucial bit: 'Likes are superficial and exist only to inform an algorithm. Relevance algorithms have their place, but they are best informed by a truly costly action.' No, you stockholder-value-optimizing-robot, likes exist to inform the author that you liked their post."

MediaActivist,

"Of course the sad reality is that people will buy the hype, build communities under the everloving watchful eye of Jack “Musk is the singular solution I trust, likes are superficial if not paid for” Dorsey. And then do a surprised picachu face when inevitably, sooner or later, some surveillance capitalist robber baron enshittifies it to a point of complete unusefulness. It fascinates me how quickly people forget lessons from the whole Twitter kerfuffle, and just fall for another Silicon Valley silly con. Without even skipping a beat."

MediaActivist, to IWW

In the last 72 hours I've had two fellow Wobblies respond to my suggestion that our IWW branch have a Mastodon account by announcing that they have Bluesky invites. The Fediverse is as close to anarchism as you can get; Bluesky, meanwhile, is the next Twitter. So what the fuck is going on? Is this a cult or something? "Mastodon? No! Come and drink the Cool-Aid! We can get you in!" Thanks but I'd rather use a forum, on dial-up, than sign up for and use that shit.

MediaActivist,

@riotmuffin I agree; you've hit the nail on the head about the invite codes being the kool-aid! And I literally just mentioned in my local IWW branch this past week that the comeback is always that tired (and doomed) old anarchist mantra as an excuse: "go where people are." I always say: What people? As if stopping by McDonalds on the way out of the local veganarchist cafe run as a workers cooperative is what we need to do, and where we need to be, to build the new world in the shell of the old. I could understand if there was no alternative, but there literally are alternatives, and overtly anarchist alternatives at that. There are places and spaces where anarchism can be built up and built stronger, all while de-legitimising and undermining centralised big business.

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