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Tanya O'Carroll
@tanyaocarroll.bsky.social
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Accountable & equitable tech. Senior Fellow, Foxglove Legal suing Meta. Co-founder Amnesty Tech and @peoplevsbigtech.bsky.social
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Tanya O'Carroll @tanyaocarroll.bsky.social · Mar 22
Case closed! 🤩💥🚀. In settling my case, Meta has agreed to stop processing my personal data for direct marketing purposes. In non-legalese, that means I will no longer be shown surveillance-ads on Facebook. www.thetimes.com/article/ae70...
One mother’s win over Meta will change social media for everyone
Britons will be able to opt out of targeted advertising after Tanya O’Carroll’s David-and-Goliath battle with Meta
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William Fitzgerald @williamfitz.bsky.social · May 23
A project I’ve been working on for months really came together today. Mark Ruffalo, John Cusack, Rosie O’Donnell, & Alex Winter all joined livestream with Musk portrait artist. Shoutout to @tanyaocarroll.bsky.social @jordanuhl.com @robbennett.com, Kaliana, Connor,& many others for making this happen
freeourfeeds.com Free Our Feeds @freeourfeeds.com · May 23
"The one thing about fascists throughout history is they never survive. They can't fucking govern." - @markruffalo.bsky.social in conversation with @rosie.com, @alexwinter.com, @johncusack.bsky.social & @ianbrucestudio.bsky.social.
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Ian Bruce @ianbrucestudio.bsky.social · May 23
After 5 days, 102 hours of live streaming, 19 guests & over 10,000 viewers, I've finished my portrait of Elon Musk.

And I think I've captured the psychology of the man.

#WeNeedToTalkAboutElon
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Free Our Feeds @freeourfeeds.com · May 23
"The one thing about fascists throughout history is they never survive. They can't fucking govern." - @markruffalo.bsky.social in conversation with @rosie.com, @alexwinter.com, @johncusack.bsky.social & @ianbrucestudio.bsky.social.
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Tanya O'Carroll @tanyaocarroll.bsky.social · May 23
What a line up! @markruffalo.bsky.social on fire 🔥 talking about the failure of those with money to take back control of critical infrastructure like social media. So powerful to see cultural figures organizing and fighting back in this way. @johncusack.bsky.social, @rosie.com and @alexwinter.com.
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Tanya O'Carroll @tanyaocarroll.bsky.social · May 23
What they are already building is the future. And it is the vision we share at @freeourfeeds.com Please join & support the movement to make that vision happen faster and at scale: www.gofundme.com/manage/help-...
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Tanya O'Carroll @tanyaocarroll.bsky.social · May 23
I would like to suggest a permanent feed of @rudyfraser.com and @robin.berjon.com talking as a antidote to despair in these times. I always leave any convo with them feeling that a new paradigm for tech & social media is not just possible, it is inevitable. www.youtube.com/live/uogmc-c...
We Need To Talk About Elon (with Rosie O'Donnell, John Cusack and more)
YouTube video by Ian Bruce
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Free Our Feeds @freeourfeeds.com · May 23
Happening now!

@rudyfraser.com & @robin.berjon.com are joining @ianbrucestudio.bsky.social on his #IanPaintsElon livestream to support #FreeOurFeeds!

Join the stream at IanPaintsElon.com & ask about Free Our Feeds, the AT Protocol, and what’s the solution to billionaire control of social media!
Rudy Fraser & Robin Berjon on a promotional graphic for the IanPaintsElon.com livestream at 3 pm BST/10 am ET
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Tanya O'Carroll @tanyaocarroll.bsky.social · May 23
"It pains me when people say they are over social media... But you're not. You are over ad based services that are optimised to keep your attention and mindlessly scrolling" says @rudyfraser.com who is bringing fun & social back to the web w/ @blacksky.app www.youtube.com/live/uogmc-c...
We Need To Talk About Elon (with Rosie O'Donnell, John Cusack and more)
YouTube video by Ian Bruce
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Robin Berjon @robin.berjon.com · May 23
🪩🔥LIVE🚨🕺 today at 4pm CEST / 10am EST / 3pm BST: @rudyfraser.com and I join @ianbrucestudio.bsky.social‬, who spent a week painting a psychological portrait of Muskolini (or "Il Douche" as the Italians say).

We'll talk future of social + fundraise for @freeourfeeds.com. Tune in: IanPaintsElon.com!
Poster reading "We Need To Talk About Elon" on paint, with a complex painted background and brushes, feat. special guests Rudy and I, both looking ruggedly handsome, as always.
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Ian Bruce @ianbrucestudio.bsky.social · May 22
VERY exciting update!

Another anonymous donor just offered to match the next $50,000 in donations to @freeourfeeds.com!

So now you can have your name painted into the portraits I'm creating AND your donation goes even further!

Chip in if you can here: IanPaintsElon.com
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Ian Bruce @ianbrucestudio.bsky.social · May 22
WOW! An anonymous institutional donor just donated $100,000 to support @freeourfeeds.com!

Amazing.

Join the livestream today for great conversations with Shoshana Zuboff, Jayde Adams and @cultexpert.freedomofmind.com!

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Robin Berjon @robin.berjon.com · May 22
This event starts in 10 minutes! There's still time to join and watch these three great tech solution providers talk about their products!
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Ian Bruce @ianbrucestudio.bsky.social · May 22
"Politics is downstream from culture...I find the whole podcasting game so interesting because that's a medium being dominated by right-wing voices" - @carolecadwalla.bsky.social

Go to IanPaintsElon.com for more w/ Shoshana Zuboff, @cultexpert.freedomofmind.com and Jayde Adams from 6pm BST today.
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Ian Bruce @ianbrucestudio.bsky.social · May 21
I just finished the first of three portraits of Elon Musk.

What would he say about it?

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Free Our Feeds @freeourfeeds.com · May 21
"Musk is a very clever guy, unfortunately suffers from the delusion that a lot of people who end up at the top of the pile suffer. That they are self made, had nothing to do with anyone else or the situation they were in." -Brian Eno
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Tanya O'Carroll @tanyaocarroll.bsky.social · May 21
So inspiring listening to Brian Eno chat to @ianbrucestudio.bsky.social as he paints Elon Musk. If his music studio was a (non religious) Church, I would be there every Sunday! Music, art, chips, community...what a hopeful conversation. Up next John Ronson at 7pm BST/2pm EST at IanPaintsElon.com
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James Ball @jamesrball.com · May 21
This is a fascinating livestream in aid of @freeourfeeds.com if you've got a few minutes to spare right now…
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Ian Bruce @ianbrucestudio.bsky.social · May 21
Brian Eno is LIVE NOW!

www.youtube.com/live/uogmc-c...
We Need To Talk About Elon (with Brian Eno & Jon Ronson)
YouTube video by Ian Bruce
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Jon Ronson @jonronson.bsky.social · May 21
Hey Bluesky, I'm only telling you this, not those bastards over at X. There’s a portrait of Elon Musk being painted on a livestream by the artist @ianbrucestudio.bsky.social, and a bunch of people including Brian Eno are joining him live.
I’ll be there 2pm EST/7pm BST for 45mins. IanPaintsElon.com
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Ian Bruce @ianbrucestudio.bsky.social · May 21
“In Elon’s case… he's more of...a vulture capitalist mind than a technology mind.” - @alexwinter.com

Livestream continues today at 4pm BST with Brian Eno, Jon Ronson and more! Join us at IanPaintsElon.com
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Free Our Feeds @freeourfeeds.com · May 20
Alex and Ian are live now!

Can you join?

The only way we'll rid our social networks of billionaire control is if we build new ones ourselves.

Tune in to this conversation to hear how we do that...

www.youtube.com/watch?v=uogm...
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Tanya O'Carroll @tanyaocarroll.bsky.social · May 19
🔥 @kuminaidoo "We survived Apartheid, we know how to dismantle oppressive systems. We recognise their playbook because we wrote the resistance manual against it. So what I say to people in this moment of history, is pessimism is a luxury we cannot afford"
ianbrucestudio.bsky.social Ian Bruce @ianbrucestudio.bsky.social · May 19
So, Internet, we really do need to talk about Elon. How did we get to a place where a single billionaire with daddy issues could take over and control our global public square?

I picked up my paintbrush as a means to answer that question.
We Need To Talk About Elon
I’m a portrait artist, fascinated by what Elon Musk is doing to our online and offline worlds. Join me as I spend a week, alongside special guests, exploring...
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#TeslaTakedown @teslatakedown.com · May 19
Portrait artist @ianbrucestudio.bsky.social is doing a 6 day marathon livestream painting a portrait of Elon Musk. Check it out. www.youtube.com/live/uogmc-c...

#TeslaTakedown
#NoKings
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