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Matt Tutt @matttutt.todon.nl.ap.brid.gy · 02/10/2026

A good book I arrogantly recommend for any other fellow introverts out there who might struggle in a world that feels increasingly like it's designed for extroverts* - Quiet by Susan Cain. It is like a little pep-talk in book form, documenting some of the amazing […] [Original post on todon.nl]

Quiet book cover by Susan Cain - The power of introverts in a world that can't stop talking

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Matt Tutt @matttutt.todon.nl.ap.brid.gy · 01/10/2026

Today's hypothesis: Companies that have a "Please consider the environment - do not print this email unless you have to!" have far a higher probability of also adopting planet-burning AI to read and summarise all their incoming messages, as well as drafting a response. #savetheplanet […]

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Matt Tutt @matttutt.todon.nl.ap.brid.gy · 30/09/2026

I was meant to be on a call right now but they rescheduled at the last minute... and now it feels a bit like I have somehow time-travelled and so I have a joyous new 30 minutes to myself 🙂 what should I do? Post something wise about how to save humanity, or try and do some proper work?

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Mx. Luna Corbden 🪿🐸 @corbden.defcon.social.ap.brid.gy · 28/09/2026

Just a reminder because I need to make money to live: I am currently seeking clients. I offer freelance services. Primarily ghostwriting, developmental editing, and copyediting, but I can also research, write book proposals, create outlines or synopses for an existing work, and coach. I'm a […]

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Matt Tutt @matttutt.todon.nl.ap.brid.gy · 30/09/2026

RE: mastodon.social/@_elena/11735456325… Thinking about this talk (thanks @douwe) - I can't help but think 2 things: 1 - What needs to change to ensure that public organisations like a city council is able to pay/fund groups like Mastodon (as Douwe says, I think for bureaucratic […]

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Matt Tutt @matttutt.todon.nl.ap.brid.gy · 29/09/2026

I'm quite proud of some of the articles I've published on my "work" site - these are the top 10 or so articles based on organic search data via Google. I know some are cringey sales stuff (and I regret any things I have done that mention Reddit) - but the majority […] [Original post on todon.nl]

Search Console report showing pages I've written and traffic they get - lots of anti capitalist themed articles, ones about Israel and complicity in Genocide, same for Google, Peter Thiel and Wise, etc.

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Matt Tutt @matttutt.todon.nl.ap.brid.gy · 29/09/2026

Random request: if I wanted to research what it is that makes some people more susceptible to bullshit internet conspiracy theories.... are there any interesting books or resources in this space? 🧠 I am approaching this partly with an eye on exposure to algorithmic bullshit (think: it is the […]

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Matt Tutt @matttutt.todon.nl.ap.brid.gy · 28/09/2026

In a bid to find fellow comrades at the local level, I will tomorrow be putting up a flyer looking like this, in targeted local buildings (the library, etc). I would like some feedback. If you saw this would you: - Be interested in learning more? - Worry about this […] [Original post on todon.nl]

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Matt Tutt @matttutt.todon.nl.ap.brid.gy · 28/09/2026

Alguien sabe; existe un Fediverse-equivalente alternativo de Meetup.com? Tengo dos grupos aqui en España, uno de "marketing digital" y otro de "ecologia - sustenitilidad". Y quiero moverse a todos eventualmente, por otra platform... (y tengo mas de 200 personas en total) Mejor si es un […]

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Matt Tutt @matttutt.todon.nl.ap.brid.gy · 25/09/2026

Kind of funny how bad AI is - here is Grokipedia's entry on Donald Maclurcan - where it has merged 2 entities into 1. According to Grokipedia (fact checked a few months ago) - Donald died in 1999. And yet... I know someone who works with him at the Post Growth […] [Original post on todon.nl]

Grokipedia entry on Donald Maclurcan - https://grokipedia.com/page/donald_maclurcan - highlighting the fact this page was fact checked 8 months ago

Grokipedia entry for Donald Maclurcan - highlighting the fact he died in 1999.

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Matt Tutt @matttutt.todon.nl.ap.brid.gy · 25/09/2026

A really impressive organisation I've only just recently become aware of (thanks to recommendations from my network) is the @APC Here is one of their recent updates about what it takes to resist Big Tech: - Needs more collaboration between the existing resistance […] [Original post on todon.nl]

stickers and leaflets from an APC booth about resisting Big Tech, laid out on a table.

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Matt Tutt @matttutt.todon.nl.ap.brid.gy · 24/09/2026

There's a new documentary out and I am trying to figure out how to arrange a screening (whether virtual/online or in person). More people should know of the work and life of Edward Said, I think arguably now more than ever, in the context of the West and it's […] [Original post on todon.nl]

Edward Said: Between Worlds - new documentary text. With a photo of Edward Said speaking in front of a microphone.

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Matt Tutt @matttutt.todon.nl.ap.brid.gy · 24/09/2026

Quite a personal open post - but what the heck!! What does any of us really have if we don't have honesty with ourselves? I have tried to apply a kind of Ivan Illich critique of my life as a remote worker living in Spain via the UK. I think it evolved into […] [Original post on todon.nl]

Starter pack style graphic depicting myself a remote worker and lots of my problems resulting of the job - needing a physio, a gym, a therapist, having to drive everywhere, seeking connection using tech, having to spend so much at the supermarket, finding values-aligned causes to compensate for a bullshit job, and so on.

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Matt Tutt @matttutt.todon.nl.ap.brid.gy · 23/09/2026

Todays frustration: the opening hours of my local library 🥲🥲🥲

screenshot of opening hours - showing only open during the week between 10am and 2pm, being closed on weekends.

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Wieferich Prime @pikesley.mastodon.me.uk.ap.brid.gy · 23/09/2026

"What's the name of this bar, you ask? It's called 'The Smug Centrist'. We have nothing but Ed Sheeran on the jukebox"

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Matt Tutt @matttutt.todon.nl.ap.brid.gy · 22/09/2026

A really interesting set (or range) of comments on the piece I wrote on Rutger Bregman - which was basically just a rehashed version of what others who have come before me have said - people far braver and smarter than myself. But what is interesting here is the […] [Original post on todon.nl]

4 comments on “The Problem with Rutger Bregman and the School for Moral Ambition”

A Shrotri
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July 29, 2026 at 11:45 am Edit
I find your piece quite puzzling. I can't understand the actual criticism here. So you are saying that if a white person is trying to do something good and trying to put forth ideas to bring about positive change then it is white supremacism and white saviourism? Does that mean that all good work and all new ideas should now come from non white people only? That is a ludicrous idea. Also, I can't understand your objection to getting the best minds in the world to focus on solving big problems that face us. If charities get even more brilliant individuals, who could augment what they already do, then how is it a bad thing? And why is it bad if capitalism benefits good organisations that think about the betterment of the whole society than lining pockets of the mega rich and the powerful?

Maramia
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August 5, 2026 at 2:20 pm Edit
Thank you so much for this. For a job I just had to translate an interview with Bregman into German - and he seemed to simplify so many things, well, actually everything. What he said about Europe needing to build tons of data centers ("of their own") was really disturbing. He seemed to have an almost child-like belief in technology. I didn't understand why people would be taking that guy so seriously - have to admit that I once liked his book "humankind".
Keep up the good work and thanks again - you made me feel less alone.

Dr. Rosa Muraguri- Mwololo
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September 10, 2026 at 3:44 pm Edit
I love the brilliant eloquence and moral bravery of your article.

A lot of times those who come up with social and environmental solutions are those are completely ignorant of contexts of such problems.

Thank you for looking underneath the veneer of philanthropy and exposing the underbelly of capitalism, white superiority and self elevating motives.
May we all be critical thinkers

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Lazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈 @lazarou.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 22/09/2026

RE: mastodon.social/@DrALJONES/11731443… More of this, more consequences for the men who are guilty of war crimes and genocide. We are not safe from them, Women especially.

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Matt Tutt @matttutt.todon.nl.ap.brid.gy · 22/09/2026

I would like to declare a public moratorium on the usage of the word "sustainable". The word has been corrupted to such an extent that it no longer holds any kind of true meaning. Case in point - see "GreenPT" - the "sustainable and privacy friendly AI". They even […] [Original post on todon.nl]

GreenPT homepage screenshot showing the words "EU Hosted, Sustainable, Privacy friendly, Language Models, Reasoning Models, API, Speech to Text, Insight in Impact"

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Matt Tutt @matttutt.todon.nl.ap.brid.gy · 21/09/2026

I have a new dream - to create a kind of coworking/cafe/workspace/communal space in my local neighbourhood (I would love it to one day become something like CIDOC - which Ivan Illich was involved with back in his day). This would be a kind of multi-function venue […] [Original post on todon.nl]

Black and white photo of Ivan Illich speaking to a crowd of people

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Matt Tutt @matttutt.todon.nl.ap.brid.gy · 21/09/2026

A random ask - a connection of mine is going to setup a "Climate Friendly" Art Exhibition. The theme is around the use of materials (non-oil based), renewable and reusable materials, being CO2 neutral, and so forth. So - a "sustainable" art exhibition so to speak […] [Original post on todon.nl]

Screenshot of several pieces of CO2 neutral art from Maja Jojt - taken from her website here: https://majavojt.com/

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Matt Tutt @matttutt.todon.nl.ap.brid.gy · 21/09/2026

Mildly interesting - I see lots of cookies being fired when I visit reformfc.com - but no kind of cookie notification or ability to reject cookies... It would be terrible if someone reported them to the {insert relevant authorities here}. On another note - it is […] [Original post on todon.nl]

Reform FC website showing football shirts promoting Reform with Nigel Farage standing in a suit next to three women wearing the Reform FC shirts.

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Matt Tutt @matttutt.todon.nl.ap.brid.gy · 18/09/2026

A friend of mine in the degrowth space is helping to get responses to a survey on Climate Change and Classism - to understand the impact on the climate movement in the UK & Ireland. This survey is carried out by the Working Class Climate Alliance. Open if you are […] [Original post on todon.nl]

Climate justice means working class power - text overlaid on a background of people at a rally. Image from https://wccalliance.org/

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Matt Tutt @matttutt.todon.nl.ap.brid.gy · 18/09/2026

Seems a nice time to remind people that - if you buy through the RNLI shop - you are directly supporting their important work saving any lives at sea - because all lives matter - not just white ones. shop.rnli.org #RNLI

Every time you buy something here you're helping the RNLI save more lives - text visible on top of a woman wearing a lifejacket.

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Matt Tutt @matttutt.todon.nl.ap.brid.gy · 18/09/2026

How it feels after moving from mastodon.social to my new instance - todon.nl 😎 (thanks to everyone who helped me along the journey - it was actually a lot easier than I had thought)

Hackerman text on top of a man wearing glasses looking quite happy with himself

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Matt Tutt @matttutt.todon.nl.ap.brid.gy · 17/09/2026

Incredible post I was sent recently from Linkedin. I would love to write an analysis of every element of this - but (typically) - I ask myself, why bother? Every day I think more and more that these sorts are beyond logic and reasoning. They can't be […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

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Matt Tutt @matttutt.todon.nl.ap.brid.gy · 17/09/2026

RE: mastodon.social/@matttutt/117281100… This happened again today - on an account belonging to someone who is actively speaking out about Israel, Genocide and other important topics. So I am curious - who or what is filtering out these user accounts, and why? Is it automated? […]

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Matt Tutt @matttutt.todon.nl.ap.brid.gy · 16/09/2026

I'm still fairly new to Mastodon but can someone explain - why do I have to approve follow requests from someone like this? Or from those from Gaza? With this account even after approving their follow request, when viewing their profile it was *all* hidden - […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

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Matt Tutt @matttutt.todon.nl.ap.brid.gy · 16/09/2026

The more I think about activist movements - against BigTech, against AI, against environmental degradation, against Genocide, against inequality, against poverty, whatever the fight may be, I just feel this seeks to disenfranchise any such movements, because they are so fragmented and siloed by […]

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Matt Tutt @matttutt.todon.nl.ap.brid.gy · 16/09/2026

Is always interesting to understand the views that the pin-up boy of the Rewilding and Environmentalist movement in the UK aligns with, when it comes to liberation movements like that of Palestine, or the fight back against Genocide. This is a very wealthy […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Tweet retweeted by Ben Goldsmith about Mackelmore and his apparent moral narcissism.

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Matt Tutt @matttutt.todon.nl.ap.brid.gy · 15/09/2026

This shaming of Ed Sheeran is justified - but we should not be lazy in this analysis. The focus should always be on the capital; the people controlling this. The 85 year old white man who has an estimated value of $11 billion. A man described as a businessman and "Philanthropist" (this is also […]

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Matt Tutt @matttutt.todon.nl.ap.brid.gy · 14/09/2026

Sometimes I take books that I am enjoying reading out for a bit of a day trip - I don't think it's fair or right that they spend most their time looking up the dark cavities that are my nostrils. Here's Daniel Quinn's Ishmael overlooking the Atlantic Ocean […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Ishmael book being held by a mans hand with the sea and cliffedge in the background

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Matt Tutt @matttutt.todon.nl.ap.brid.gy · 14/09/2026

Wish I was King so I could come out with nothing statements like "let's slow all this AI down" 👑 (can't wait until they all slow it down - and as such everything gets fixed and returns to normal) 🙏🙏🙏

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Matt Tutt @matttutt.todon.nl.ap.brid.gy · 11/09/2026

If anybody's ears fancy a change of scenery, I have discovered some amazing (IMO) new bands/albums recently. Here you go... - Dead Dads Club (self-titled album) - Chalk (Crystalpunk) - Palma Violets (180) I think finding the above largely came from my fondness for Fontaines DC. Hopefully […]

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Jan Penfrat @ilumium.eupolicy.social.ap.brid.gy · 11/09/2026

French public television #France5 has censored an invited speaker, #AdèleHaenel, who called out #Israel's #genocide against Palestinians and #France's complicity in it on live TV. The broadcaster has removed the entire episode from its online platforms, claiming the speaker's arguments would […]

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Matt Tutt @matttutt.todon.nl.ap.brid.gy · 10/09/2026

Can someone out there please (fairly casually, if possible) ask me what I have been upto recently (and thus give me a legit opportunity to share some stuff - without looking desperate!!!) 🙂

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Matt Tutt @matttutt.todon.nl.ap.brid.gy · 10/09/2026

This is a crazy thing to say (hear me out) - but there are huge similarities between the far right, and people like myself (however I might label myself on the political spectrum... but it is definitely not far right!) - I am left but not your typical lefty […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Sovereignty article from https://www.absolute-justice.com/copy-of-the-vision

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Matt Tutt @matttutt.todon.nl.ap.brid.gy · 10/09/2026

Anybody know why non-fascists are still actively using the old-Twitter (X)? I think about this a fair bit. I would completely understand if they feel that this is where they will try to reach those people who don't agree with them. Or in other words - what is the point in being active in a […]

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Matt Tutt @matttutt.todon.nl.ap.brid.gy · 08/09/2026

Mildly interesting - Steven Newhouse - a man with an estimated net worth of around $5 billion and part of the Advance Publications media empire and sits on the board of Reddit.com - has no Wikipedia page. 🤔 🤔🤔

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Matt Tutt @matttutt.todon.nl.ap.brid.gy · 08/09/2026

Oh great - can you ask him when it will cure us of our obsession with growth, our crippling addiction to technology, and grant us the ability to understand the West's mechanisms of imperialism and colonialism, and the underpinning capitalist system - so that […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

AI will cure cancer in our lifetime, claims boss of UK chip giant - BBC headline

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Matt Tutt @matttutt.todon.nl.ap.brid.gy · 07/09/2026

Am I connected with any current or former journalists? I am seriously considering a transition into this line of work (longer term). I know it isn't an overnight change... I have some niggling doubts eg - which outlet will pay for my work, which is largely anti-capitalist (or that ballpark)? - […]

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David Gerard @davidgerard.circumstances.run.ap.brid.gy · 07/09/2026

just did a Pivot interview with Valerie Veatch of the AI documentary Ghost In The Machine notaidoc.com if you're in the US (and Korea apparently) you can watch it on PBS on Monday 14 September! Next Monday! In the UK and Europe they're selling a release for Octoberish? And you can […]

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Matt Tutt @matttutt.todon.nl.ap.brid.gy · 07/09/2026

I have got some important work to do now - so I would appreciate it if no-one posts on here for a while... maybe a few hours. If you do post I think that's a bit selfish of you, because you aren't taking into account my apparent lack of self-control and tendency towards procrastination. Thanks […]

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Matt Tutt @matttutt.todon.nl.ap.brid.gy · 04/09/2026

Exploring the idea of homeschooling - not saying I want to do it but am curious - why is it hard to do if you live in Spain. Found this thread on Reddit - this is largely the opinion of those who consider a home education. Like yes... everyone who considers […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Reddit comment on a thread in AskSpain about homeschooling: "Because we don’t want stupid parents to sabotage their kids life thru indoctrination."

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Matt Tutt @matttutt.todon.nl.ap.brid.gy · 04/09/2026

Things I wish everyone who uses the internet knew: I'm subscribed to a journalist platform and they literally put out requests like "Looking for X product recommendations - please note they MUST be available to purchase on Amazon.com" So - the people researching & writing these "best X […]

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Matt Tutt @matttutt.todon.nl.ap.brid.gy · 03/09/2026

There's a cool event taking place tomorrow - sharing a graphic in English and Spanish. You can watch online (I am assuming there will be a recording sent later if you can't make it live)... THE DELINKING FESTIVAL II IS HERE! Feminists and allies from across […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Photo of bird with Delinking Festival details in English.

📅 Friday, 4 September 2026

⏰ 10:00–15:00 (CDMX)

📍 Comisión de Derechos Humanos de la Ciudad de México + online

🎧 ES/EN interpretation

✨ Featuring Emilia Reyes, Ndongo Samba Sylla, Flora Partenio, Diyana Yahaya, & more

✅ Register (mandatory): https://bit.ly/DELINKING2

Photo of bird with Delinking Festival details in Spanish.

📅 Friday, 4 September 2026

⏰ 10:00–15:00 (CDMX)

📍 Comisión de Derechos Humanos de la Ciudad de México + online

🎧 ES/EN interpretation

✨ Featuring Emilia Reyes, Ndongo Samba Sylla, Flora Partenio, Diyana Yahaya, & more

✅ Register (mandatory): https://bit.ly/DELINKING2

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Matt Tutt @matttutt.todon.nl.ap.brid.gy · 02/09/2026

Just sent out a fairly long, at times a bit too honest email to those subscribed to the No To Big Tech group (1 subscribe so far!!) 😄 You can also read it here if you fancy it: app.keila.io/archive/nmc_83kNkDRJ #bigtech #ai

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An Honest Summer Update from Matt (at No To Big Tech)

We haven't sent any updates for a while - here's some news from No To Big Tech

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Matt Tutt @matttutt.todon.nl.ap.brid.gy · 02/09/2026

If you could be hit in the head in such a way that you could *forget* one film - and thus are able to sit down and enjoy watching it again for the first time... which film would it be and why? 🤔 TLDR - basically my (weird) way of asking which film(s) had the most impact on you?

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Matt Tutt @matttutt.todon.nl.ap.brid.gy · 01/09/2026

I used to love football but I hate what capitalism has done to the game. At the weekend I saw countless kids acting as billboards for fossil fuel companies that are killing the planet. How sick our society is, to allow this to happen! But anyway... when I […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Air hostess holding fly emirates arsenal shirt with players visible next to her

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