Jay Baker (they/he)
@mediaactivist.com
Muckraker. Filmmaker. SilenceBreaker.
https://www.mediaactivist.com/
https://www.silencebreaker.media/
This Bluesky account is now broadcast-only - instead, find me on the Fediverse.
https://www.mediaactivist.com/
https://www.silencebreaker.media/
This Bluesky account is now broadcast-only - instead, find me on the Fediverse.
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Announcement! For nearly 25 years, I've reported from protests and picket lines, sit-ins and squats, documenting various anti-fascist political protests and movements, and interviewed numerous campaigners, academics, activists, and unsung heroes of anti-capitalist struggle.
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My latest post was added here, complete with audio version read by me, not an "AI"-generated voice (if you prefer audio, you can subscribe to the podcast version). www.silencebreaker.media/fear-makes-t...
Fear Makes the Wolf Look Bigger
The enemy is smaller than we think – just amplified.
www.silencebreaker.media
November 4, 2025 at 12:29 PM
My latest post was added here, complete with audio version read by me, not an "AI"-generated voice (if you prefer audio, you can subscribe to the podcast version). www.silencebreaker.media/fear-makes-t...
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You can sign up for free or by paid subscription where you can also post comments and support this work through that — or just a one-off tip if you'd prefer. Either way, feel free to "break the silence" and spread the word! Thanks so much! You can check it out at www.silencebreaker.media
The SilenceBreaker by Jay Baker
Guerrilla journalism to offer a breath of fresh air in a time of information pollution, ongoing pandemic, and climate crisis.
www.silencebreaker.media
November 4, 2025 at 12:22 PM
You can sign up for free or by paid subscription where you can also post comments and support this work through that — or just a one-off tip if you'd prefer. Either way, feel free to "break the silence" and spread the word! Thanks so much! You can check it out at www.silencebreaker.media
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Why is the priority of the economy not to house the homeless and ensure everyone has good healthcare?
November 23, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Why is the priority of the economy not to house the homeless and ensure everyone has good healthcare?
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while I’m being cranky, access journalism needs to go. When the president does his “I’m alpha because I insulted you” thing somebody needs to fall on his sword and say “what the fuck is wrong with you, old man?” on a hot mic. the hero of the wizard of Oz is Toto.
November 21, 2025 at 12:11 PM
while I’m being cranky, access journalism needs to go. When the president does his “I’m alpha because I insulted you” thing somebody needs to fall on his sword and say “what the fuck is wrong with you, old man?” on a hot mic. the hero of the wizard of Oz is Toto.
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Hundreds of Americans lost their jobs or faced discipline at work for making comments about Charlie Kirk after his death in September, new reporting from Reuters finds, as the Trump administration whipped up a frenzied crackdown against Kirk’s critics. This is likely a vast undercount.
Over 600 Were Fired or Punished as White House Whipped Up Charlie Kirk Crackdown
Education workers were the most frequently punished, a new report finds.
buff.ly
November 19, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Hundreds of Americans lost their jobs or faced discipline at work for making comments about Charlie Kirk after his death in September, new reporting from Reuters finds, as the Trump administration whipped up a frenzied crackdown against Kirk’s critics. This is likely a vast undercount.
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Interviews and records show the White House intervened on behalf of accused sex trafficker Andrew Tate during a federal investigation.
The incident is the latest in a string of matters where the Trump administration has inserted itself to help friends and target foes.
The incident is the latest in a string of matters where the Trump administration has inserted itself to help friends and target foes.
The White House Intervened on Behalf of Accused Sex Trafficker Andrew Tate During a Federal Investigation
Federal authorities were chided for seizing electronic devices from Tate and his brother, and told to return them, records and interviews show. Experts said the intervention was highly inappropriate.
www.propublica.org
November 20, 2025 at 4:30 AM
Interviews and records show the White House intervened on behalf of accused sex trafficker Andrew Tate during a federal investigation.
The incident is the latest in a string of matters where the Trump administration has inserted itself to help friends and target foes.
The incident is the latest in a string of matters where the Trump administration has inserted itself to help friends and target foes.
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Did you know that trans people are more likely to report having Long COVID than cis people are?
On this annual Transgender Day of Resilience (TDOR), we’re sharing our resource on Long COVID in trans people.
Created with @longcovidjustice.org
longcovidjustice.org/lc-in-trans-people
On this annual Transgender Day of Resilience (TDOR), we’re sharing our resource on Long COVID in trans people.
Created with @longcovidjustice.org
longcovidjustice.org/lc-in-trans-people
November 20, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Did you know that trans people are more likely to report having Long COVID than cis people are?
On this annual Transgender Day of Resilience (TDOR), we’re sharing our resource on Long COVID in trans people.
Created with @longcovidjustice.org
longcovidjustice.org/lc-in-trans-people
On this annual Transgender Day of Resilience (TDOR), we’re sharing our resource on Long COVID in trans people.
Created with @longcovidjustice.org
longcovidjustice.org/lc-in-trans-people
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I'm a cybersecurity expert and I know this sounds like a joke, but it's true.
And Copilot is definitely malware.
And if you don't use Linux (avoid Red Hat and Fedora though!), your PC is completely accessible to the fascist regime in the US. And you forgot about Ed Snowden. 🤦🏻♀️
And Copilot is definitely malware.
And if you don't use Linux (avoid Red Hat and Fedora though!), your PC is completely accessible to the fascist regime in the US. And you forgot about Ed Snowden. 🤦🏻♀️
I mean it installs windows updates. They're often worse than malware
November 19, 2025 at 10:13 AM
I'm a cybersecurity expert and I know this sounds like a joke, but it's true.
And Copilot is definitely malware.
And if you don't use Linux (avoid Red Hat and Fedora though!), your PC is completely accessible to the fascist regime in the US. And you forgot about Ed Snowden. 🤦🏻♀️
And Copilot is definitely malware.
And if you don't use Linux (avoid Red Hat and Fedora though!), your PC is completely accessible to the fascist regime in the US. And you forgot about Ed Snowden. 🤦🏻♀️
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It is good to know about the history of Debt.
November 16, 2025 at 2:56 PM
It is good to know about the history of Debt.
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New poster I designed for a Brandalism campaign in support of MakeAmazonPay.com
November 18, 2025 at 12:16 PM
New poster I designed for a Brandalism campaign in support of MakeAmazonPay.com
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UK and Norway won nature's lottery in 1970 - found oil/gas in the North Sea.
UK squandered wealth, appeased corporations.
Norway levied 78% tax, took direct stake in companies.
Norway now has $1.8 trillion sovereign fund. UK has public finance crisis.
UK Govts still appeasing corporations/rich.
UK squandered wealth, appeased corporations.
Norway levied 78% tax, took direct stake in companies.
Norway now has $1.8 trillion sovereign fund. UK has public finance crisis.
UK Govts still appeasing corporations/rich.
How sparsely populated Norway amassed $1.8 trillion | Fortune Europe
Launched in the early 1990s to invest mostly in bonds, the fund has grown to become the largest of its kind by acquiring small equity stakes in thousands of companies across the world.
fortune.com
November 18, 2025 at 9:38 AM
UK and Norway won nature's lottery in 1970 - found oil/gas in the North Sea.
UK squandered wealth, appeased corporations.
Norway levied 78% tax, took direct stake in companies.
Norway now has $1.8 trillion sovereign fund. UK has public finance crisis.
UK Govts still appeasing corporations/rich.
UK squandered wealth, appeased corporations.
Norway levied 78% tax, took direct stake in companies.
Norway now has $1.8 trillion sovereign fund. UK has public finance crisis.
UK Govts still appeasing corporations/rich.
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There will be an online event by the David Graeber Institute on December 8th.
Cory Doctorow and Brian Eno will speak about poetic technologies and the work of David Graeber
Save The Date!
www.youtube.com/live/4-AlIT-...
Cory Doctorow and Brian Eno will speak about poetic technologies and the work of David Graeber
Save The Date!
www.youtube.com/live/4-AlIT-...
Cory Doctorow and Brian Eno on Poetic technologies
The discussion will explore social technologies — how technology and social relations shape each other. This project is part of our broader public outreach, linking conversation and theory with practi...
www.youtube.com
November 17, 2025 at 2:38 PM
There will be an online event by the David Graeber Institute on December 8th.
Cory Doctorow and Brian Eno will speak about poetic technologies and the work of David Graeber
Save The Date!
www.youtube.com/live/4-AlIT-...
Cory Doctorow and Brian Eno will speak about poetic technologies and the work of David Graeber
Save The Date!
www.youtube.com/live/4-AlIT-...
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If your politics have become “We must do fascism-lite, or the fascists will win”, then the fascists have already won.
This is political blackmail dressed up as pragmatism. Justifying their nasty policies with “Reform will be worse”.
November 14, 2025 at 7:46 AM
If your politics have become “We must do fascism-lite, or the fascists will win”, then the fascists have already won.
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To have failed to build a just society after beholding hair such as this is a bitter indictment of humanity as a whole
Veronica Lake — Weegee, c 1940
gelatin silver print
gelatin silver print
November 14, 2025 at 11:41 AM
To have failed to build a just society after beholding hair such as this is a bitter indictment of humanity as a whole
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"Pay attention to that man behind the curtain!"
November 14, 2025 at 3:52 PM
"Pay attention to that man behind the curtain!"
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PSA: tips to protect yourself from scams on Signal.
Every major comms platform has to contend w phishing, impersonation, & scams. Sadly.
Signal is major, and as we've grown we've heard about more of these attacks--scammy people pretending to be something or someone to trick and abuse others. 1/
Every major comms platform has to contend w phishing, impersonation, & scams. Sadly.
Signal is major, and as we've grown we've heard about more of these attacks--scammy people pretending to be something or someone to trick and abuse others. 1/
November 11, 2025 at 6:13 PM
PSA: tips to protect yourself from scams on Signal.
Every major comms platform has to contend w phishing, impersonation, & scams. Sadly.
Signal is major, and as we've grown we've heard about more of these attacks--scammy people pretending to be something or someone to trick and abuse others. 1/
Every major comms platform has to contend w phishing, impersonation, & scams. Sadly.
Signal is major, and as we've grown we've heard about more of these attacks--scammy people pretending to be something or someone to trick and abuse others. 1/
Having bought (and loved) every Survival Street comic there is, there was only one thing left to do: get the sweater - and let more people know about this inspired, innovative, and cautionary comic book from the brilliant @jamesasmus.bsky.social!
November 11, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Having bought (and loved) every Survival Street comic there is, there was only one thing left to do: get the sweater - and let more people know about this inspired, innovative, and cautionary comic book from the brilliant @jamesasmus.bsky.social!
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Yorkshire Water flouted director pay rules, secretly handed £660k bonus through offshore parent company.
Regulator OFWAT says that is OK, govt quiet.
Law is just a paper tiger. Abuses continue. Customers fleeced.
Let customers vote on exec pay.
archive.ph/9rYlp
Regulator OFWAT says that is OK, govt quiet.
Law is just a paper tiger. Abuses continue. Customers fleeced.
Let customers vote on exec pay.
archive.ph/9rYlp
Ofwat says off-shore payments to Yorkshire Water boss do not flout bonus ban
Campaigners have slammed Ofwat after the water regulator found that the undisclosed off-shore payment of £660,000 to Yorkshire Water boss Nicola Shaw did not flout the Government’s bonus ban rule.
www.yorkshirepost.co.uk
November 11, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Yorkshire Water flouted director pay rules, secretly handed £660k bonus through offshore parent company.
Regulator OFWAT says that is OK, govt quiet.
Law is just a paper tiger. Abuses continue. Customers fleeced.
Let customers vote on exec pay.
archive.ph/9rYlp
Regulator OFWAT says that is OK, govt quiet.
Law is just a paper tiger. Abuses continue. Customers fleeced.
Let customers vote on exec pay.
archive.ph/9rYlp
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the president of the united states, for some reason apparently:
November 10, 2025 at 9:25 PM
the president of the united states, for some reason apparently:
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The hero of the working class.
Trump on Newsom: "He did something even worse than that. He's now taking a big section of Palisades or some area and he's gonna build low income income where they used to have luxury housing."
November 11, 2025 at 12:31 AM
The hero of the working class.
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The irony of conspiracy theorists is, of course, that they are the most easily manipulated people on the planet. For, having no standards of evidence whatsoever, they can be led by the nose to believe anything – so long as it isn't true.
November 9, 2025 at 2:46 AM
The irony of conspiracy theorists is, of course, that they are the most easily manipulated people on the planet. For, having no standards of evidence whatsoever, they can be led by the nose to believe anything – so long as it isn't true.
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We got both billboards up tonight, in the background of this one you can see the gas flaring of a nearby oil refinery
November 9, 2025 at 7:09 PM
We got both billboards up tonight, in the background of this one you can see the gas flaring of a nearby oil refinery
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Facebook is also going down a similar path, injecting people's feeds with around 33% content from pages they don't follow, much of it extreme-right and conspiracy nonsense, even to users who have never followed or engaged with such content.
How the world's richest man is boosting the British right
How the world's richest man is boosting the British right
news.sky.com
November 7, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Facebook is also going down a similar path, injecting people's feeds with around 33% content from pages they don't follow, much of it extreme-right and conspiracy nonsense, even to users who have never followed or engaged with such content.
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Interesting data analysis demonstrating what Twitter users already know through experience. Elon Musk has turned it into a extreme-right propaganda factory, where right-wing accounts are boosted by the algorithm, and left-leaning users are flooded with right-wing content, despite not following it.
How the world's richest man is boosting the British right
How the world's richest man is boosting the British right
news.sky.com
November 7, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Interesting data analysis demonstrating what Twitter users already know through experience. Elon Musk has turned it into a extreme-right propaganda factory, where right-wing accounts are boosted by the algorithm, and left-leaning users are flooded with right-wing content, despite not following it.