@paddy100w.bsky.social
Co-founder of the Rebel Tech Alliance non-profit. www.rebeltechalliance.org
Why did we set up the Rebel Tech Alliance?
What use is that against the might of #bigtech?
All is explained here:
blog.rebeltechalliance.org/welcome/
#privacy
What use is that against the might of #bigtech?
All is explained here:
blog.rebeltechalliance.org/welcome/
#privacy
We are the Rebel Tech Alliance
This is the first ever blog post of the Rebel Tech Alliance!
blog.rebeltechalliance.org
November 11, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Why did we set up the Rebel Tech Alliance?
What use is that against the might of #bigtech?
All is explained here:
blog.rebeltechalliance.org/welcome/
#privacy
What use is that against the might of #bigtech?
All is explained here:
blog.rebeltechalliance.org/welcome/
#privacy
Tech bros are like Carrie (from the Stephen King film). They were teased at school, and now they want to lock us all in and burn us, using their mind control powers.
They've even got the uber religious mum, Peter Thiel.
#privacy #metaphor #bigtech #broligarchy #surveillancecapitalism #stephenking
They've even got the uber religious mum, Peter Thiel.
#privacy #metaphor #bigtech #broligarchy #surveillancecapitalism #stephenking
November 11, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Tech bros are like Carrie (from the Stephen King film). They were teased at school, and now they want to lock us all in and burn us, using their mind control powers.
They've even got the uber religious mum, Peter Thiel.
#privacy #metaphor #bigtech #broligarchy #surveillancecapitalism #stephenking
They've even got the uber religious mum, Peter Thiel.
#privacy #metaphor #bigtech #broligarchy #surveillancecapitalism #stephenking
@heatherburnstech.bsky.social Hi there, you sound like someone we at the Rebel Tech Alliance would like to collaborate with!
www.rebeltechalliance.org
Would be good to chat - we're trying to get as many people off big tech as possible!
www.rebeltechalliance.org
Would be good to chat - we're trying to get as many people off big tech as possible!
Rebel Tech Alliance
www.rebeltechalliance.org
November 10, 2025 at 10:18 PM
@heatherburnstech.bsky.social Hi there, you sound like someone we at the Rebel Tech Alliance would like to collaborate with!
www.rebeltechalliance.org
Would be good to chat - we're trying to get as many people off big tech as possible!
www.rebeltechalliance.org
Would be good to chat - we're trying to get as many people off big tech as possible!
You don't trust Meta, because you heard somewhere that they're a bit dodgy.
Read this and you'll KNOW that they're A LOT worse than that:
blog.rebeltechalliance.org/know-your-en...
Then tell your friends - Meta need to be boycotted!
#privacy heals. #bigtech kills kids
Read this and you'll KNOW that they're A LOT worse than that:
blog.rebeltechalliance.org/know-your-en...
Then tell your friends - Meta need to be boycotted!
#privacy heals. #bigtech kills kids
Know Your Enemy - pt 2: Meta
This is the second in a series of blog posts to inform you about the main players in big tech, and why they should be avoided.
blog.rebeltechalliance.org
November 10, 2025 at 10:05 PM
You don't trust Meta, because you heard somewhere that they're a bit dodgy.
Read this and you'll KNOW that they're A LOT worse than that:
blog.rebeltechalliance.org/know-your-en...
Then tell your friends - Meta need to be boycotted!
#privacy heals. #bigtech kills kids
Read this and you'll KNOW that they're A LOT worse than that:
blog.rebeltechalliance.org/know-your-en...
Then tell your friends - Meta need to be boycotted!
#privacy heals. #bigtech kills kids
We're trying something new with the Rebel Tech Alliance blog - a monthly news roundup
And the first one just dropped:
blog.rebeltechalliance.org/news-round-up/
enjoy!
#privacy #bigtech #surveillancecapitalism #surveillance
And the first one just dropped:
blog.rebeltechalliance.org/news-round-up/
enjoy!
#privacy #bigtech #surveillancecapitalism #surveillance
News round up
Every now and again we'll round up what's been going on in the news about big tech and privacy.
blog.rebeltechalliance.org
November 9, 2025 at 6:35 PM
We're trying something new with the Rebel Tech Alliance blog - a monthly news roundup
And the first one just dropped:
blog.rebeltechalliance.org/news-round-up/
enjoy!
#privacy #bigtech #surveillancecapitalism #surveillance
And the first one just dropped:
blog.rebeltechalliance.org/news-round-up/
enjoy!
#privacy #bigtech #surveillancecapitalism #surveillance
Yet another reason to start using #Signal in parallel. Start with your closest friends and family and work out from there.
WhatsApp usato per diffondere LANDFALL, il nuovo spyware per Android Samsung
📌 Link all'articolo : www.redhotcyber.com/post/wha...
#redhotcyber #hacking #cti #ai #online #it #cybercrime #cybersecurity #technology #news #cyberthreatintelligence #innovation #privacy
📌 Link all'articolo : www.redhotcyber.com/post/wha...
#redhotcyber #hacking #cti #ai #online #it #cybercrime #cybersecurity #technology #news #cyberthreatintelligence #innovation #privacy
November 9, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Yet another reason to start using #Signal in parallel. Start with your closest friends and family and work out from there.
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🎉 Take a look at what's on for the first ever #MediaLiberationDay today: mediarevolution.org
Follow @media-revolution.bsky.social
Follow @media-revolution.bsky.social
November 5, 2025 at 10:36 AM
🎉 Take a look at what's on for the first ever #MediaLiberationDay today: mediarevolution.org
Follow @media-revolution.bsky.social
Follow @media-revolution.bsky.social
It's #MediaLiberationDay today!
Have fun doing your own #CoverStory like this (but print out more than I did 😆)
More info: mediarevolution.org/cover-story/
Fight the #BillionaireMindVirus
Have fun doing your own #CoverStory like this (but print out more than I did 😆)
More info: mediarevolution.org/cover-story/
Fight the #BillionaireMindVirus
November 5, 2025 at 10:45 AM
It's #MediaLiberationDay today!
Have fun doing your own #CoverStory like this (but print out more than I did 😆)
More info: mediarevolution.org/cover-story/
Fight the #BillionaireMindVirus
Have fun doing your own #CoverStory like this (but print out more than I did 😆)
More info: mediarevolution.org/cover-story/
Fight the #BillionaireMindVirus
It's Media Liberation Day today!
Our friends at Media Revolution have posted the details below.
This is right up your street @peterjukes.bsky.social and @carolecadwalla.bsky.social 💚
#MediaLiberationDay is anti billionaire control, so that means mainstream media as well as #bigtech
Our friends at Media Revolution have posted the details below.
This is right up your street @peterjukes.bsky.social and @carolecadwalla.bsky.social 💚
#MediaLiberationDay is anti billionaire control, so that means mainstream media as well as #bigtech
Happy Media Liberation Day! 🎉
(also known as Guy Fawkes Day!)
It's time to say #ByeByeMenticide and light the Touch Paper - on a new media consumer union incubated by Media Revolution.
touchpaper.media
#ConsumerUnion #MediaLiberationDay
(also known as Guy Fawkes Day!)
It's time to say #ByeByeMenticide and light the Touch Paper - on a new media consumer union incubated by Media Revolution.
touchpaper.media
#ConsumerUnion #MediaLiberationDay
November 5, 2025 at 9:06 AM
It's Media Liberation Day today!
Our friends at Media Revolution have posted the details below.
This is right up your street @peterjukes.bsky.social and @carolecadwalla.bsky.social 💚
#MediaLiberationDay is anti billionaire control, so that means mainstream media as well as #bigtech
Our friends at Media Revolution have posted the details below.
This is right up your street @peterjukes.bsky.social and @carolecadwalla.bsky.social 💚
#MediaLiberationDay is anti billionaire control, so that means mainstream media as well as #bigtech
oh shit, time to move your pension fund
is that good
The guy who got famous betting against the housing market in 2007 just before that bubble burst - played by Christian Bale jn “The Big Short” - just wagered $1 billion on the collapse of the AI boom.
www.wsj.com/livecoverage...
www.wsj.com/livecoverage...
November 4, 2025 at 11:19 PM
oh shit, time to move your pension fund
Vital reading for anyone who wants to learn about Google's monopoly #spyware business. It's #antidemocratic and creepy and crushes #innovation.
For a primer on why #Google are a problem, read our deep dive:
blog.rebeltechalliance.org/know-your-en...
#privacy #surveillancecapitalism #bigtech
For a primer on why #Google are a problem, read our deep dive:
blog.rebeltechalliance.org/know-your-en...
#privacy #surveillancecapitalism #bigtech
November 3, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Vital reading for anyone who wants to learn about Google's monopoly #spyware business. It's #antidemocratic and creepy and crushes #innovation.
For a primer on why #Google are a problem, read our deep dive:
blog.rebeltechalliance.org/know-your-en...
#privacy #surveillancecapitalism #bigtech
For a primer on why #Google are a problem, read our deep dive:
blog.rebeltechalliance.org/know-your-en...
#privacy #surveillancecapitalism #bigtech
How's everyone getting on with the #BigTechWalkout2025 ?
Don't worry if you haven't started yet: catch up now! The steps are very easy at the start. The hardest is the one pictured, where you start ditching your creepiest phone apps
Here's the programme:
blog.rebeltechalliance.org/the-big-tech...
Don't worry if you haven't started yet: catch up now! The steps are very easy at the start. The hardest is the one pictured, where you start ditching your creepiest phone apps
Here's the programme:
blog.rebeltechalliance.org/the-big-tech...
November 1, 2025 at 10:19 AM
How's everyone getting on with the #BigTechWalkout2025 ?
Don't worry if you haven't started yet: catch up now! The steps are very easy at the start. The hardest is the one pictured, where you start ditching your creepiest phone apps
Here's the programme:
blog.rebeltechalliance.org/the-big-tech...
Don't worry if you haven't started yet: catch up now! The steps are very easy at the start. The hardest is the one pictured, where you start ditching your creepiest phone apps
Here's the programme:
blog.rebeltechalliance.org/the-big-tech...
Care about #privacy and #climatechange? Then you should read up about #datacentres
The #bigtech leaders on Mount Bromore are in a BIG hurry to get them built. But environmentally they are a disaster 🔥🔥🧨🔥
E.g. the data center part of this article:
blog.rebeltechalliance.org/know-your-en...
The #bigtech leaders on Mount Bromore are in a BIG hurry to get them built. But environmentally they are a disaster 🔥🔥🧨🔥
E.g. the data center part of this article:
blog.rebeltechalliance.org/know-your-en...
October 31, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Care about #privacy and #climatechange? Then you should read up about #datacentres
The #bigtech leaders on Mount Bromore are in a BIG hurry to get them built. But environmentally they are a disaster 🔥🔥🧨🔥
E.g. the data center part of this article:
blog.rebeltechalliance.org/know-your-en...
The #bigtech leaders on Mount Bromore are in a BIG hurry to get them built. But environmentally they are a disaster 🔥🔥🧨🔥
E.g. the data center part of this article:
blog.rebeltechalliance.org/know-your-en...
Tech bros can't help but sprint in the #AI race. They need share price growth and they've already got billions of 'users'.
Tear down of Meta:
blog.rebeltechalliance.org/know-your-en...
Please share with your friends so we're all on a level playing field in knowing just how bad #Meta really are.
Tear down of Meta:
blog.rebeltechalliance.org/know-your-en...
Please share with your friends so we're all on a level playing field in knowing just how bad #Meta really are.
October 31, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Tech bros can't help but sprint in the #AI race. They need share price growth and they've already got billions of 'users'.
Tear down of Meta:
blog.rebeltechalliance.org/know-your-en...
Please share with your friends so we're all on a level playing field in knowing just how bad #Meta really are.
Tear down of Meta:
blog.rebeltechalliance.org/know-your-en...
Please share with your friends so we're all on a level playing field in knowing just how bad #Meta really are.
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This is a detailed, 9000 word investigation and analysis of how these companies make money from AI, and I have come out of it believing that there is simply no margin in GPUs due to the extreme costs of building and running data centers. Please subscribe - it'll be worth your while.
October 30, 2025 at 10:01 PM
This is a detailed, 9000 word investigation and analysis of how these companies make money from AI, and I have come out of it believing that there is simply no margin in GPUs due to the extreme costs of building and running data centers. Please subscribe - it'll be worth your while.
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You have the choice. Choose freedom.
⏰ Wake up! It’s time to deGoogle your life!
With /e/OS and Murena Workspace, we provide a ready-to-use, privacy-focused ecosystem. Unlike others, we rely on plans and donations because your data is your data.
👉 Discover our products: murena.com
Choose freedom.
With /e/OS and Murena Workspace, we provide a ready-to-use, privacy-focused ecosystem. Unlike others, we rely on plans and donations because your data is your data.
👉 Discover our products: murena.com
Choose freedom.
October 30, 2025 at 2:42 PM
You have the choice. Choose freedom.
Since it's #halloween we get a rare view of the #techbros feeding in their bunker.
Stop feeding #bigtech 's creepy business model, #surveillancecapitalism !
Remember: #PrivacyIsPower 💪🏼
(it's too late for that person on the left 😬)
Join the Rebel Tech Alliance at blog.rebeltechalliance.org
Stop feeding #bigtech 's creepy business model, #surveillancecapitalism !
Remember: #PrivacyIsPower 💪🏼
(it's too late for that person on the left 😬)
Join the Rebel Tech Alliance at blog.rebeltechalliance.org
October 31, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Since it's #halloween we get a rare view of the #techbros feeding in their bunker.
Stop feeding #bigtech 's creepy business model, #surveillancecapitalism !
Remember: #PrivacyIsPower 💪🏼
(it's too late for that person on the left 😬)
Join the Rebel Tech Alliance at blog.rebeltechalliance.org
Stop feeding #bigtech 's creepy business model, #surveillancecapitalism !
Remember: #PrivacyIsPower 💪🏼
(it's too late for that person on the left 😬)
Join the Rebel Tech Alliance at blog.rebeltechalliance.org
Do you think Meta products are ok to use? WhatsApp, Facebook, Instagram, Threads?
Read this and think again:
blog.rebeltechalliance.org/know-your-en...
#privacy #billionairemindvirus
Read this and think again:
blog.rebeltechalliance.org/know-your-en...
#privacy #billionairemindvirus
Know Your Enemy - pt 2: Meta
This is the second in a series of blog posts to inform you about the main players in big tech, and why they should be avoided.
blog.rebeltechalliance.org
October 29, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Do you think Meta products are ok to use? WhatsApp, Facebook, Instagram, Threads?
Read this and think again:
blog.rebeltechalliance.org/know-your-en...
#privacy #billionairemindvirus
Read this and think again:
blog.rebeltechalliance.org/know-your-en...
#privacy #billionairemindvirus
📢 New blog post from the Rebel Tech Alliance: Know Your Enemy pt2: #Meta
blog.rebeltechalliance.org/know-your-en...
This time it's a deep dive into Meta, the #bigtech #socialmedia company that owns #Facebook #Instagram #WhatsApp & #Threads
Please share with your friends and family!
#privacy
blog.rebeltechalliance.org/know-your-en...
This time it's a deep dive into Meta, the #bigtech #socialmedia company that owns #Facebook #Instagram #WhatsApp & #Threads
Please share with your friends and family!
#privacy
Know Your Enemy - pt 2: Meta
This is the second in a series of blog posts to inform you about the main players in big tech, and why they should be avoided.
blog.rebeltechalliance.org
October 28, 2025 at 5:41 PM
📢 New blog post from the Rebel Tech Alliance: Know Your Enemy pt2: #Meta
blog.rebeltechalliance.org/know-your-en...
This time it's a deep dive into Meta, the #bigtech #socialmedia company that owns #Facebook #Instagram #WhatsApp & #Threads
Please share with your friends and family!
#privacy
blog.rebeltechalliance.org/know-your-en...
This time it's a deep dive into Meta, the #bigtech #socialmedia company that owns #Facebook #Instagram #WhatsApp & #Threads
Please share with your friends and family!
#privacy
Great work! always follow the money....
🌍💰 The world is burning – and banks are cashing in.
From 2021–2024, global banks channelled $1.6 trillion to fossil fuel firms driving new carbon bombs that push emissions beyond the world’s carbon budget 11× over – even as experts warn it could run out in four years.
🔗 Read the story below:
From 2021–2024, global banks channelled $1.6 trillion to fossil fuel firms driving new carbon bombs that push emissions beyond the world’s carbon budget 11× over – even as experts warn it could run out in four years.
🔗 Read the story below:
Major banks pump $1.6 trillion into fossil fuel industry as world nears climate tipping point
The world’s biggest banks have invested hundreds of billions of dollars in recent years in fossil fuel companies, new data shows. Analysts told Follow the Money that the financial institutions are bet...
www.ftm.eu
October 27, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Great work! always follow the money....
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Amazon is one of the Big Tech firms behind the rush to build massive, resource-intensive data centres in the UK - eg at Houghton Regis in Bedfordshire: www.foxglove.org.uk/2025/06/06/f...
Foxglove and Global Action Plan put in submissions opposing a second UK data centre – at Houghton Regis in Bedfordshire
To build new hyperscale data centres, the government must show they have a plan that won't trash our supplies of power and drinking water.
www.foxglove.org.uk
October 27, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Amazon is one of the Big Tech firms behind the rush to build massive, resource-intensive data centres in the UK - eg at Houghton Regis in Bedfordshire: www.foxglove.org.uk/2025/06/06/f...
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Amazon is "engineering industry standards to downplay its water use and avert scrutiny, said Nathan Wangusi, a former water sustainability manager at the company."
Important piece from @lukewbarratt.bsky.social & @rosafurneaux.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Important piece from @lukewbarratt.bsky.social & @rosafurneaux.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Amazon strategised about keeping its datacentres’ full water use secret, leaked document shows
Executives at world’s biggest datacenter owner grappled with disclosing information about water used to help power facilities
www.theguardian.com
October 27, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Amazon is "engineering industry standards to downplay its water use and avert scrutiny, said Nathan Wangusi, a former water sustainability manager at the company."
Important piece from @lukewbarratt.bsky.social & @rosafurneaux.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Important piece from @lukewbarratt.bsky.social & @rosafurneaux.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
DISINFORMATION WORKSHOP from #MediaRevolution
TONIGHT! TONIGHT! TONIGHT! ❗️❗️❗️❗️❗️❗️
27th OCT 18:00 - 20:00 GMT
Join our friends Media Revolution for an interactive and information-packed workshop to tackle #disinformation.
REGISTER:https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/uYi-TF2MTMuYs-uFcVAwUA
TONIGHT! TONIGHT! TONIGHT! ❗️❗️❗️❗️❗️❗️
27th OCT 18:00 - 20:00 GMT
Join our friends Media Revolution for an interactive and information-packed workshop to tackle #disinformation.
REGISTER:https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/uYi-TF2MTMuYs-uFcVAwUA
October 27, 2025 at 8:43 AM
DISINFORMATION WORKSHOP from #MediaRevolution
TONIGHT! TONIGHT! TONIGHT! ❗️❗️❗️❗️❗️❗️
27th OCT 18:00 - 20:00 GMT
Join our friends Media Revolution for an interactive and information-packed workshop to tackle #disinformation.
REGISTER:https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/uYi-TF2MTMuYs-uFcVAwUA
TONIGHT! TONIGHT! TONIGHT! ❗️❗️❗️❗️❗️❗️
27th OCT 18:00 - 20:00 GMT
Join our friends Media Revolution for an interactive and information-packed workshop to tackle #disinformation.
REGISTER:https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/uYi-TF2MTMuYs-uFcVAwUA
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NEW: The cleavage shot no UK tabloid will print.
If you want to understand how truly ignorant and absent the British media is on Russian interference, read on.
A Kremlin spy scandal, a trove of bikini shots....and still nothing but tumbleweed.
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
If you want to understand how truly ignorant and absent the British media is on Russian interference, read on.
A Kremlin spy scandal, a trove of bikini shots....and still nothing but tumbleweed.
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
The cleavage shot no UK tabloid will print
Want to understand how deeply weird the British press is on the subject of Russian interference? I have a bikini shot to show you...
open.substack.com
October 26, 2025 at 6:36 PM
NEW: The cleavage shot no UK tabloid will print.
If you want to understand how truly ignorant and absent the British media is on Russian interference, read on.
A Kremlin spy scandal, a trove of bikini shots....and still nothing but tumbleweed.
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
If you want to understand how truly ignorant and absent the British media is on Russian interference, read on.
A Kremlin spy scandal, a trove of bikini shots....and still nothing but tumbleweed.
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...