Mx Jay Baker (they/he)

Mx Jay Baker (they/he)

@mediaactivist.com

Solar-powered punk media activist in Britain's Steel City – passionate about decentralised tech for the dissemination of information towards a radical municipalist society. I'm also a carer for my partner, a #pwME caused by Covid (mask up when you can!)

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For years, #PwME have been gaslit and denied care - yet with an anarchist spirit they've largely relied on each other for resources through the internet. My op-ed for Freedom News: freedomnews.org.uk/2026/09/12/d... #MyalgicEncephalomyelitis #ME #Disability #ableism #anarchism

freedomnews.org.ukDigital connection, Disability and techno-fascism - Freedom NewsIt was never technology itself that we hated, but simply capitalism – and its inevitable enshittification of the web ~ Jay Baker ~ It is likely f…

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This ends very quickly if Mamdani pulls all police response for ICE. Combine that with very aggressive mass activism—surveillance and presence wherever they are—would scare the shit out of ICE. They can escalate all they want but even 10,000 people can stop 1000. theintercept.com/2026/10/09/i...

theintercept.comICE Shooting in NYC Inflames Mamdani’s Policing ProblemAfter ICE shot a young father in Manhattan, New Yorkers asked the mayor to protect them from his police department and federal agents alike.

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Another way the govenment in NYC could hamper ICE legally is closing city streets strategically. Outside of their offices. Around their apprehensions. Mayor has every right to do so. If they cant move, they cant do much. www.politico.com/news/2026/10...

politico.comTrump administration rebuffs Mamdani’s demand for ICE enforcement freeze after shootingThe rejection raises uncomfortable questions for the New York City mayor, who has tried to maintain a cordial relationship with Trump.

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"The contrast between the utterly sycophantic coverage of Badenoch ... and the utterly dismissive coverage of Polanski, who has significantly improved his party’s standing over the past year, tells you everything you need to know about media bias in the UK" www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/why-the-ho...

adambienkov.co.ukWhy the Holborn and St Pancras By-Election Was a Good Result for the Green PartyThe dismissive coverage of Zack Polanski’s party obscures a far bigger truth about the rise of the left in British politics

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Trump sanctioned the International Criminal Court while simultaneously easing sanctions on Russia which is massacring Ukrainian civilians. A masterclass in criminality and corruption.

Anonymous@youranoncentral.bsky.social

Trump announced a deal with Putin to sell 4.8 million tonnes of Russian diesel, potentially worth $7.24 billion, while easing US sanctions. The deal would boost Russia’s war finances and undermine Ukraine’s efforts to cut off revenues funding Russia’s invasion.

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"Hegseth also announced the formation of Project Meridian... which he claimed would be 'co-led by three of our nation’s best minds,' before clarifying that it would instead be run by Elon Musk, Newt Gingrich, and Palmer Luckey" theintercept.com/2026/10/08/h...

theintercept.comPete Hegseth’s Military of the Future: Defined by AI and an Utter Lack of OversightIn announcing Project Meridian and a new Autonomous Warfare Command, War Secretary Pete Hegseth is inviting conflicts of interest.

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60% of those who responded to the Bank of England consultation called for pictures of wildlife on bank notes. Does he think the British people are conducting a "slow, steady and relentless attack" on themselves?

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NHS and @ukhsa.bsky.social are still spreading the misinformation that levels are LOW. This may be relatively true compared to prevalence such as 1/30, but roughly 1/175 is high enough that you are likely to encounter covid in many places. Wear #FFP3 Avoid shared air. #ventilate

BuDS Disability Service@buds-disability.bsky.social

The Covid wave in England is growing very fast, and the overall Covid risk level has been raised to High. As of 4 October, 1 in every 175 people were infected, up 34% on the previous week. We continue to recommend that Covid-Cautious people take full precautions in ALL indoor places. A thread 🧵

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🚨 Route and accessible route confirmed - March for Palestine ⏰ 10 October, 12PM 📍 Victoria Embankment - Downing Street, London The full route will march from Victoria Embankment to Downing Street. The accessible route will march up Embankment and join the main march when it reaches the Strand.

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Time for everyone to kick out their American ambassadors, or simply shut the fuck up forever about law and human rights (they will do neither)

Jorge Liboreiro@jorgeliboreiro.bsky.social

🚨 Just in: The US has sanctioned the ICC. "We ​will ban transactions with this rogue court, cutting off their resources and crippling its ability to operate," Marco Rubio said in a statement.

Ten years ago many of us tried to tell you what Tom Watson and his friends were, but many chose not to listen: www.mediaactivist.com/labour-loyal...

mediaactivist.comLabour Loyalties and Where They LieAn inside look into the grim reality of the Labour party.
Adam Bienkov@adambienkov.bsky.social

'Watson told the podcast he would work with a Reform UK government on immigration crackdowns if the situation arose, saying: “[Palantir] don’t actually work in that sector, but yes, of course we would"' www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

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An ICE agent on the scene of a shooting in upper Manhattan on Thursday has repeatedly been accused in federal court of unlawful arrests and using force during arrests in New York and Minneapolis, a WIRED investigation finds.

wired.comICE Agent at NYC Shooting Has History of Alleged Violence and Illegal ArrestsBrenden Cuni, an ICE supervisor, has been accused of excessive force and tackling a pregnant woman to the ground. Several of his arrests were later found to be unlawful in federal court.

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🚨NYPD clash with ICE protesters outside a hospital where a man is receiving care after being SHOT by an ICE agent, all while the man's child was in his car's back seat. LIVE NOW ⬇️

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Anti-ICE protesters Barricades Battle as'NYPD attempt to separate protesters from Hospital exit to allow ambulances to enter and exit, after ICE goons shot and injured a man in Marble Hill NYC

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What did in New York City today is horrific. What they did everywhere else today is horrific, too—and they would have murdered a lot more people by now if we hadn't mobilized to stop them. They still aim to do so as soon as they can. Fight to the death. Abolish ICE. 🏴 crimethinc.com/escalation2026

It's Going Down@igd.bsky.social

Man shot by ICE in #NewYork next to 5 year old child. "The 5-year-old was screaming for his father, yelling, 'Why are you guys killing my father?' The man had nothing in his pockets and nothing in his hands..." Protesters were seen blocking and banging on patrol vehicles outside the hospital."

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ICE agents fired into the back of a car with a 5 year old inside, trying to arrest a guy. Miraculously, she survived. If you're not furious about what happened in the Bronx yesterday, you're not paying attention. FUCK ICE.

"The Right Way" is always wrong - but by design, not mistake.

Peter Walker@peterwalker99.bsky.social

NEW: Kemi Badenoch’s flagship party conference policy document, The Right Way, overestimated the cost of net zero by nearly £500bn, seemingly after someone accidentally double-counted figures on a spreadsheet. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

A lot of disinformation already being put out by the UK's establishment media reporting on the Holborn & St Pancras by-election, so let's get a grip on reality for a moment.

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A lot of disinformation already being put out by the UK's establishment media reporting on the Holborn & St Pancras by-election, so let's get a grip on reality for a moment.

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A lot of disinformation already being put out by the UK's establishment media reporting on the Holborn & St Pancras by-election, so let's get a grip on reality for a moment.

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So once against the British establishment have their system locked down across halls of power and mass media -- and they'll be just fine with even greater authoritarianism to continue to have it stay that way. That is, if we let them.

A lot of disinformation already being put out by the UK's establishment media reporting on the Holborn & St Pancras by-election, so let's get a grip on reality for a moment.

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Continuing the strategy they successfully utilised against Corbynism and Momentum et al, transphobic Labour Party chair Bridget Phillipson now claims there is antisemitism in the Green Party. Predictable, from the playbook. But it won't save them when people with no improvement in their lives vote.

Interestingly, at the same time, she declines to rule out a future pact with the Greens, all to cynically keep leftist voters onside - when there is, in fact, little chance of such a pact. (Not least because by then the seats will be either Labour's or Green's, if not far right.) Disingenuous.

A lot of disinformation already being put out by the UK's establishment media reporting on the Holborn & St Pancras by-election, so let's get a grip on reality for a moment.

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But Polanski is right, and we will see what Burnham does with this chance. The budget's on its way to reveal his continuation of cruel, painful Starmer economics. The rhetoric will slip away to reveal the actual policies of this transphobic, pro-genocide, anti-civil liberties, status quo government.

This will be, as I've constantly predicted since before the last general election, utterly catastrophic for Labour and if, by the next general election, the Greens aren't in a strong position - unable to weather the media storm - the far right will likely seize power.

A lot of disinformation already being put out by the UK's establishment media reporting on the Holborn & St Pancras by-election, so let's get a grip on reality for a moment.

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As predicted by polls all along, Labour have held onto the seat - but incredibly, the Greens tripled their vote share. Polanski says voters told him they were voting Labour to give Burnham a chance, and now he has that chance, he added, let's see what he does with it.

Yes, let's see. Polanski lost to a Labour candidate who is essentially a pro-Israel, Palantir-sponsored Starmer ally, claiming voters instead told her they were "scared" by the Greens motion (if you believe she has the credibility to accurately convey doorstep sentiment, in a party rebuilt on lies).

A lot of disinformation already being put out by the UK's establishment media reporting on the Holborn & St Pancras by-election, so let's get a grip on reality for a moment.

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Constantly largely ignoring all the policies above, of course, the establishment media were ready and waiting to pounce if a certain motion was passed at the Green Party conference days before the by-election - a motion on Zionism as racism - because they know what worked to destroy Corbynism.

That motion did indeed pass, and ever the apologists for Israeli genocide, right on cue the establishment media have since not only given it disproportionate coverage in the run-up to the by-election, but have since the by-election framed the outcome as a direct result of that single motion.

A lot of disinformation already being put out by the UK's establishment media reporting on the Holborn & St Pancras by-election, so let's get a grip on reality for a moment.

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The Greens are arguably the only major party standing up for workers, wealth redistribution, immigrants, trans rights, social security, UBI, climate action, the right to protest, and Palestine - to name a few - as answers to the problems of our time.

Sure enough, Green leader Zack Polanski, according to every single poll I checked week after week, was always going to lose this by-election in what is traditionally a safe Labour seat.

A lot of disinformation already being put out by the UK's establishment media reporting on the Holborn & St Pancras by-election, so let's get a grip on reality for a moment.

Keir Starmer quit the seat because he's a careerist liar, but also quite possibly to pettily stress out his successor Andy Burnham, who's played it brilliantly short-term. How has he done so?

He's done it by (albeit temporarily) fending off both left and far-right by co-opting the Green Party's message of hope even without any clear groundbreaking policy to back up the rhetoric in this time of Late Capitalism.