Matt Tutt

@matttutt.todon.nl.ap.brid.gy

I am a reluctant freelance SEO consultant - reluctant because I believe it to be a bullshit job - and I have long term plans to find a new way to make a living.

I […]

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@ozoned.btfree.social.ap.brid.gy Oct 12, 2026, 4:23 PMReposted by @matttutt.todon.nl.ap.brid.gy

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 […]

@matttutt.todon.nl.ap.brid.gy Oct 13, 2026, 1:07 PM

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]

@matttutt.todon.nl.ap.brid.gy Oct 13, 2026, 10:00 AM

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 […]

@matttutt.todon.nl.ap.brid.gy Oct 9, 2026, 2:52 PM

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

@matttutt.todon.nl.ap.brid.gy Oct 9, 2026, 11:51 AM

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.

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

@matttutt.todon.nl.ap.brid.gy Oct 9, 2026, 8:38 AM

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 […]

@matttutt.todon.nl.ap.brid.gy Oct 8, 2026, 12:21 PM

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

@matttutt.todon.nl.ap.brid.gy Oct 8, 2026, 11:10 AM

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".

@everton137.social.vivaldi.net.ap.brid.gy Oct 8, 2026, 7:18 AMReposted by @matttutt.todon.nl.ap.brid.gy

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 […]

@matttutt.todon.nl.ap.brid.gy Oct 7, 2026, 2:17 PM

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.

@matttutt.todon.nl.ap.brid.gy Oct 7, 2026, 11:37 AM

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]

@matttutt.todon.nl.ap.brid.gy Oct 7, 2026, 9:19 AM

@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 […]

@matttutt.todon.nl.ap.brid.gy Oct 7, 2026, 8:11 AM

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 […]

@matttutt.todon.nl.ap.brid.gy Oct 6, 2026, 2:18 PM

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 […]

@elenlefoll.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy Oct 6, 2026, 8:18 AMReposted by @matttutt.todon.nl.ap.brid.gy

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

@matttutt.todon.nl.ap.brid.gy Oct 5, 2026, 8:22 AM

@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 […]

@matttutt.todon.nl.ap.brid.gy Oct 5, 2026, 8:10 AM

@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 […]

@markhburton.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy Oct 5, 2026, 7:46 AMReposted by @matttutt.todon.nl.ap.brid.gy

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 […]

@matttutt.todon.nl.ap.brid.gy Oct 2, 2026, 7:50 AM

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

@matttutt.todon.nl.ap.brid.gy Oct 1, 2026, 11:57 AM

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

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