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Matt Tutt @matttutt.todon.nl.ap.brid.gy · 9h

Had a really interesting call with a connection of mine - one of my takeaways (and something to ponder) was that many of us are just desperate to fix things... we're not stopping to do any of the inner transformational work. It's easy to see everything as broken and needing fixing. But maybe […]

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ozoned @ozoned.btfree.social.ap.brid.gy · 12/10/2026

Know any content creators with a premium membership platform or any kind of community platform that'd be interested in taking a survey? survey.btfree.org/247331 This data will be useful in helping Fediverse developers pinpoint tools and features they're currently missing. Please feel free to […]

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Matt Tutt @matttutt.todon.nl.ap.brid.gy · 10h

There is a new (ish) book I would like to read - but I can't find it for less than €30 - the cheapest is via Amazon UK (delivered to Spain). Finding books from Spain (especially if you are usually reading in English) can be tricky... and made harder if you want to […] [Original post on todon.nl]

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Matt Tutt @matttutt.todon.nl.ap.brid.gy · 13h

The more I think about problems in the global north, the more I think that (at some point) we will be required to very much change how we live collectively. For me this implies a literal change to our living accommodation - no more isolation within a flat, a house or whatever... a more communal […]

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

A nice thing I started doing a while back was to begin carving things from wood - this was one of my first spoons. I wanted to consciously make an effort to get into things that involved using your hands... that didn't involve tapping screens or tapping plastic […] [Original post on todon.nl]

carved wooden spoon being held, with knife carving set behind

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

This looks like quite a nice opportunity - fellowship for a climate journalism training programme. Aimed at reporters and editors - with 100 spaces available, open to people around the world. informedstories.org/en/informed-ear…

Screenshot from website https://informedstories.org/en/informed-earth/opportunities/apply-informed-climate-journalism-network/

Apply to join the Informed Climate Journalism Network headline with a man tying up a vine plant visible.

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

Unpopular opinion; focusing on the individuals in such a way avoid people from analysing things at a higher level. Is Musk really the problem, or just another symptom of our broken society? If Musk was gone... would we really be better off? Musk is just one of many... there will be millions of […]

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Matt Tutt @matttutt.todon.nl.ap.brid.gy · 08/10/2026

This looks like a nice little job for someone in the tech space: "PTP is seeking a Movement Support and Systems Technologist to join our small, but committed staff to strengthen our technology infrastructure, manage and develop CiviCRM (Powerbase), maintain our […] [Original post on todon.nl]

Job description from ptp website, text reads:

Specifics
Job Title: Movement Support and Systems Technologist
Location: Fully remote position, seeking someone who lives and works between the US Pacific and Eastern Time Zones (UTC-4 to UTC-8), and is able to accept a salary paid to a US-based bank account.
Salary/Benefits:
Salary > $75,000
Benefits > medical, dental, vision (100% premiums covered for eligible employee +1 dependent), life Insurance, short and long-term disability, workers compensation
Retirement Benefits > PTP contributes 3% of gross salary to a fully vested 401K plan
Time off: PTP offers robust vacation, health & wellness time, parental leave, etc…
Who you report to: Technology Systems Director
Status: Full Time / Salaried
Schedule: Full time, business-hours, some flexibility, includes some travel
Main Job Responsibilities:
CiviCRM user support
Linux server management
CiviCRM development and debugging
Job Description:
PTP is seeking a Movement Support and Systems Technologist to join our small, but committed staff to strengthen our technology infrastructure, manage and develop CiviCRM (Powerbase), maintain our secure servers, help to build technology leadership and skills through providing CiviCRM (Powerbase) support, and engage in PTP’s coalition and movement building work .

Requirements (Professional Qualifications, Skills and Experiences):
Movement or activist experience
Ability to set up a development environment running CiviCRM
Able to debug and submit patches to CiviCRM (or any similarly complex PHP web application)
Comfort operating on the command line

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Matt Tutt @matttutt.todon.nl.ap.brid.gy · 08/10/2026

A meme that might put the cat amongst the pigeons. I saw some posts here recently that climate change is *the* most important issue because nothing else matters if we have no planet to live on 🙄 (an argument which I think is a bit weak). There is an incredible […] [Original post on todon.nl]

Change my mind meme with man sat at a desk outside with a cup of something (tea?) with a sign that reads "Tackling inequality is more important than tackling climate change - CHANGE MY MIND".

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everton137 @everton137.social.vivaldi.net.ap.brid.gy · 08/10/2026

Unfortunately, my #LeaveX presentation at #FediDay was recorded without audio due to technical problems. As someone from the Global South, I find this particularly disappointing. I understand the limitations of a low-budget event, but how many perspectives from outside Europe and North America […]

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Matt Tutt @matttutt.todon.nl.ap.brid.gy · 07/10/2026

If 7th October is a day of remembrance in Israel, I'm curious what the day of remembrance for Palestine is? Maybe to put into context; it should be every other day? Because Israel continues to carry out the genocide to this day, backed by much of the west.

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Matt Tutt @matttutt.todon.nl.ap.brid.gy · 07/10/2026

Went for a walk the other day and picked a lot of chestnuts (photo doesn't really do it justice!). I think it is a bumper year for chestnuts (at least here in Galicia anyway). For acorns I'm *sure* it's a mast year. I plan on boiling these, peeling and then […] [Original post on todon.nl]

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Matt Tutt @matttutt.todon.nl.ap.brid.gy · 07/10/2026

@markhburton this is cool - I didn't know about your former life, that is interesting :) I'm in agreement with this too... marketing is a weird blend of all sorts. I had a bit of an argument with an academic in the degrowth space a while back - that in me trying to use the No To Big Tech […]

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Matt Tutt @matttutt.todon.nl.ap.brid.gy · 07/10/2026

A question I have been pondering for a while - what is the difference between marketing, and educating, in the context of a post-growth society? I personally feel marketing will die a very much needed death (in a post-growth world) BUT also... surely some form of marketing (or educating??) will […]

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Matt Tutt @matttutt.todon.nl.ap.brid.gy · 06/10/2026

Perhaps a daft question - but where do people these days tend to consume their news (if anywhere?) I have a bad habit of checking BBC news (bad because of complicit with UK government as to how they cover certain subjects eg Israel's genocide in Gaza). If you wanted general (trusted - or […]

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Elen Le Foll 🇫🇷 🇬🇧 🇩🇪 @elenlefoll.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy · 06/10/2026

I take serious issue with the @guardian's reporting on data showing increased cancer rates among young people "prompting warnings about lifestyle choices". It is completely inappropriate to suggest that cancer patients and survivors might have avoided their […] [Original post on fediscience.org]

Screenshot from the Guardian website:

Headline: Cancer rates rising more quickly among younger people, international research finds

Subtitle: Experts looking at UK, US and Dutch data found ‘significant increases’ in early onset cases of seven cancers, prompting warnings about lifestyle choices

Anna Bawden Health and social affairs correspondent
Tue 6 Oct 2026 06.01 CEST

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Matt Tutt @matttutt.todon.nl.ap.brid.gy · 05/10/2026

@markhburton ah thanks, makes sense... I recall David Cameron did similar around Brexit (apparently!)... I guess Podemos are reluctant as - from what I read - they weren't happy with the terms in the new housing agreement (didn't go far enough to stop vulture rentiers) - I guess the perennial […]

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Matt Tutt @matttutt.todon.nl.ap.brid.gy · 05/10/2026

@markhburton stupid question incoming; isn't calling an election like this basically inviting the far right etc to take control? Is this what he (Sanchez) is forced to do, or is it some kind of goodwill/polite gesture? (I'm not into Trump like authoritarians but obviously here the outlook looks […]

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Mark Burton @markhburton.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 05/10/2026

The fascist Vox, Tory PP and those dreadful rightwing Catalan nationalists, Junts, blocked long overdue reforms that would have protected tenants, because of course, property owners must be free to ramp up rents, evict at will, all in the pursuit of profits. Spain’s Sánchez calls snap election […]

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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

@davidgerard working for me, when accessing from New York, via NordVPN.

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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

@renchap @douwe @_elena @mellifluousbox thanks for sharing this. I would be happy to help on the marketing side, alongside others. But as a (digital) marketer mainly; I actually feel anyone within the Fediverse/Mastodon is already your marketing team. But perhaps they need some training/pointers […]

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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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Ambivalent Dictator For Life @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

@markhburton very cool! These days I try not to encourage more consumption... this is clearly all for a good cause though :)

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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

@fabio ohh nice, thank you, and sorry I hadn't realised this was an easy check / setting! I will fix that.

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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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