The contributor’s frustration with Linus started with Linus ignoring multiple explicit requests for his intervention. When the contributor was so frustrated at the lack of response from Linus that he had the audacity to talk about it off list (linking here because the original toot has been deleted), it was at that point that Linus finally chimed in to tell the contributor “Maybe the problem is you,” implying that Hellwig’s obstructionism was not a problem in his eyes and that the only issue was the contributor drawing public attention to it.

If he orders it, they’ll go. They can’t afford not to. It’s an economic draft, and the poor are about to get even poorer.

For now

There are entire genres of music that are inherently political

I would suggest Mullvad as a trustworthy alternative.