Notices by Matt Tutt (matttutt@mastodon.social)

@aral socialism is the cure (for me personally, an anarchist form appeals most, to prevent attracting the usual-white-male-dictators that are only interested in power and control).

People are probably tired of me saying this - but capitalism is to blame for the current wildfires, on multiple levels:

- Native woodlands are cut down, flammable non-natives like Eucalyptus are planted - high in oil and a quick cash crop for land owners 🤑

- Climate change strongly tied to capitalist (human) activities ✈️

- People leave the country and migrate to cities to find work - leaving vast wild land vulnerable (no-one to raise the alarm, no human fire-prevention in place) 👷

I think it's hard to have a proper discussion about the wider role of tech upon society without people diving in to protect tech.

I say this as someone who is involved in a few spaces like this - trying to recover tech from the evil cold grip of the techbros, with lots of well-intending people.

We never question the real urgent need for tech - it just becomes this constant baseline assumption, that tech MUST exist! Protect the tech at all costs!!!

RE: https://mastodon.ar.al/@aral/116770333053823108

Sovereignty washing is now a thing - beware of anyone claiming superiority based on the location or origin of their services (eg Europe!).

Also - on Ursula von der Leyen - read this - "The Dehumanization of Palestinians by European Commission President von der Leyen: A Decolonial Feminist Analysis"

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/19436149.2026.2648358

@MediaActivist 😂 big relate to all of this! Currently streamlining a lot of stuff too.

And yes - it is very nice to meet someone who sees beyond the Rutger Bregman bs!!! Us types are quite rare these days sadly.

My Bluesky experience is weird - over 1K followers and barely any engagement. So, I have today decided to "retire" the profile and will only post on Mastodon going forward (I have bridged this profile to a new Bluesky profile).

I mentioned over there; it's not just about engagement for me, but clearly if I get no response, I'm not going to continue posting.
But mainly; it was wasteful to post in 2 places and this should make my life easier going forward.

As you were - please continue!

Reminder that this is happening in about 3 hours - you can register at the link below but it'll also be added to their YouTube channel later on.

How to fight back against Big Tech.

https://actionnetwork.org/event_campaigns/disobey-talk-series

@dansup has been down for ages today, at last for me (from Spain).