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Television Moments<p>Not if I destroy him first (Silicon Valley)&nbsp;<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Quotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Quotes</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TvMoments" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TvMoments</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SiliconValley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SiliconValley</span></a></p>
"ofW": ohne festen Wohnsitz<p>"In 2010, a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NYT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NYT</span></a> reporter was shocked. He asked <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SteveJobs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SteveJobs</span></a>: "So, your kids must love the iPad?" Jobs responded, "They haven't used it." – S. Jobs, 2010<br>"Executives in Silicon Valley don’t let their children access <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SocialMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SocialMedia</span></a>. They know something we don’t know." – M. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Tavender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tavender</span></a>, Cunningham Hill School, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Hertfordshire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Hertfordshire</span></a>.</p><p>Das <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SiliconValley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SiliconValley</span></a> läßt seine Kinder nicht an mobile Geräte und Social Media.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SurveillanceCapitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SurveillanceCapitalism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/%C3%9Cberwachungskapitalismus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Überwachungskapitalismus</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.thelist.com/677684/the-real-reason-tech-moguls-dont-let-their-kids-on-social-media/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">thelist.com/677684/the-real-re</span><span class="invisible">ason-tech-moguls-dont-let-their-kids-on-social-media/</span></a><br><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/may/07/the-crux-of-all-evil-what-happened-to-the-first-city-that-tried-to-ban-smartphones-for-under-14s" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/technology/202</span><span class="invisible">5/may/07/the-crux-of-all-evil-what-happened-to-the-first-city-that-tried-to-ban-smartphones-for-under-14s</span></a></p>
Lazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈<p>Silicon Valley has known this for years and not only didn't care, actively promoted it. Look at the state of America now for an example of where we are heading. If only we had a PM who would actually stand up to America....</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/may/07/the-crux-of-all-evil-what-happened-to-the-first-city-that-tried-to-ban-smartphones-for-under-14s" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/technology/202</span><span class="invisible">5/may/07/the-crux-of-all-evil-what-happened-to-the-first-city-that-tried-to-ban-smartphones-for-under-14s</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UKPOL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UKPOL</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UKPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UKPolitics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Smartphones" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Smartphones</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SiliconValley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SiliconValley</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SmartphoneBan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SmartphoneBan</span></a></p>
Lazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈<p>I'm old enough to remember when the 'Metaverse' was the thing we all had to get involved with or be left behind. </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/VirtualReality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VirtualReality</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TechBros" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechBros</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SiliconValley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SiliconValley</span></a></p>
Calishat<p><a href="https://researchbuzz.masto.host/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://researchbuzz.masto.host/tags/misinformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>misinformation</span></a> <a href="https://researchbuzz.masto.host/tags/LLM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LLM</span></a> <a href="https://researchbuzz.masto.host/tags/SiliconValley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SiliconValley</span></a> <a href="https://researchbuzz.masto.host/tags/GiftArticle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GiftArticle</span></a> </p><p>'The newest and most powerful technologies — so-called reasoning systems from companies like OpenAI, Google and the Chinese start-up DeepSeek — are generating more errors, not fewer. As their math skills have notably improved, their handle on facts has gotten shakier. It is not entirely clear why.'</p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/05/technology/ai-hallucinations-chatgpt-google.html?unlocked_article_code=1.FE8.g_vh.VNBe4KPH9jT8&amp;smid=url-share" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2025/05/05/technol</span><span class="invisible">ogy/ai-hallucinations-chatgpt-google.html?unlocked_article_code=1.FE8.g_vh.VNBe4KPH9jT8&amp;smid=url-share</span></a></p>
N-gated Hacker News<p>💸 Ah yes, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Databricks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Databricks</span></a>, the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> "unicorn" with pockets deeper than the Mariana Trench, is reportedly throwing a cool billion at <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Neon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Neon</span></a>, because why not? 😂 I guess blending neon lights with AI fairy dust is the latest trend in Silicon Valley's 'who-can-buy-the-most-startups' game. 🦄✨<br><a href="https://www.upstartsmedia.com/p/scoop-databricks-talks-to-acquire-neon" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">upstartsmedia.com/p/scoop-data</span><span class="invisible">bricks-talks-to-acquire-neon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SiliconValley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SiliconValley</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Unicorn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Unicorn</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HackerNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HackerNews</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ngated" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ngated</span></a></p>
ResearchBuzz: Firehose<p>New York Times: Trump’s Tariff on Cheap Chinese Imports Will Cost Big Tech Billions. This link goes to a gift article. “Over a two-week period starting March 31, Temu spent 31 percent less on U.S. daily advertising on Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, Snap, X and YouTube than its average daily spending on those platforms in the previous 30 days, according to estimates from Sensor Tower, a market […]</p><p><a href="https://rbfirehose.com/2025/05/04/new-york-times-trumps-tariff-on-cheap-chinese-imports-will-cost-big-tech-billions/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://rbfirehose.com/2025/05/04/new-york-times-trumps-tariff-on-cheap-chinese-imports-will-cost-big-tech-billions/</a></p>
M. Neifer<p>"Die Internetgeschichte ist voller Männererzählungen: Genies, Hacker, Start-ups. Die Geschichte des New Yorker Medienbezirks „Silicon Alley“ zeigt: Es braucht eine neue Tech-Story, die die Arbeit von Frauen sichtbar macht." (Erstsendedatum: 8.3.2023) von <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.tchncs.de/@neuspreeland" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>neuspreeland</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://www.deutschlandfunkkultur.de/sillicon-alley-wie-frauen-das-internet-praegten-feature-dlf-kultur-36d44061-100.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">deutschlandfunkkultur.de/silli</span><span class="invisible">con-alley-wie-frauen-das-internet-praegten-feature-dlf-kultur-36d44061-100.html</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/SiliconValley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SiliconValley</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/SiliconAlley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SiliconAlley</span></a></p>
Europe Says<p><a href="https://www.europesays.com/2045448/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/2045448/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> TikTok bidder calls $600 million EU fine latest example in ‘avalanche of evidence’ social media companies control too much user data <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/BeijingByteDanceTechnology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BeijingByteDanceTechnology</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>China</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/europe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>europe</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/SiliconValley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SiliconValley</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/SocialMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SocialMedia</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/TikTok" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TikTok</span></a></p>
Dr. Professor Fred Rococo<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://me.ns.ci/@hnbot" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>hnbot</span></a></span> </p><p>Followers who are at all interested in the <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a> of <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/computing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>computing</span></a>, read this! ☝🏼</p><p><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/computinghistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>computinghistory</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/VintageComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VintageComputing</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/computerhistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>computerhistory</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/sunmicrosystems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sunmicrosystems</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/siliconvalley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>siliconvalley</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/BeforeItWasEvil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BeforeItWasEvil</span></a></p>
Yonhap Infomax News<p>Morgan Stanley dismisses concerns about AI industry slowdown, citing strong demand for inference chips and continued growth in token generation and processing investments<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/YonhapInfomax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>YonhapInfomax</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MorganStanley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MorganStanley</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ArtificialIntelligence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ArtificialIntelligence</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Nvidia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Nvidia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GPUChips" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GPUChips</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SiliconValley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SiliconValley</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Economics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Economics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FinancialMarkets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FinancialMarkets</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Banking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Banking</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Securities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Securities</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Bonds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bonds</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/StockMarket" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StockMarket</span></a> <br><a href="https://en.infomaxai.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=61074" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.infomaxai.com/news/articleV</span><span class="invisible">iew.html?idxno=61074</span></a></p>
Brian Dear<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://c.im/@theverge" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>theverge</span></a></span> </p><p>Kinda uninspired marketing plan for a three-trillion-dollar corporation itchin’ to get to five-trillion. Esp considering they’ve got technoking-genius-messiah Musk aiming at fifteen-trillion [pauses, holding earpiece], er, strike that, thirty-trillion, with his empire 🤷‍♂️</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/apple" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>apple</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tesla" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tesla</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/siliconvalley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>siliconvalley</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/billionaires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>billionaires</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bigtech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bigtech</span></a></p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>Ben Smith on how tech elites and the super rich drive public discourse and exert control over media via private chats:</p><p>"Their influence flows through X, Substack, and podcasts, and constitutes a kind of dark matter of American politics and media."</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/oligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>oligarchy</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/billionaires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>billionaires</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/EconomicElites" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EconomicElites</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/TaxCuts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TaxCuts</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/TechBros" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechBros</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/SiliconValley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SiliconValley</span></a><br>/6</p><p><a href="https://www.semafor.com/article/04/27/2025/the-group-chats-that-changed-america" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">semafor.com/article/04/27/2025</span><span class="invisible">/the-group-chats-that-changed-america</span></a></p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>Parker Molloy comments on Ben Smith's report about the huge control the monied tech bros exert on the media via private chats:</p><p>"We're increasingly living in a world where public discourse is shaped by private conversations among elites that we'll never see. That should worry anyone who cares about genuine intellectual diversity and democratic decision-making."</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/oligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>oligarchy</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/billionaires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>billionaires</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/EconomicElites" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EconomicElites</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/TaxCuts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TaxCuts</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/TechBros" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechBros</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/SiliconValley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SiliconValley</span></a><br>/5</p><p><a href="https://www.readtpa.com/p/media-manipulation-watch-the-forces" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">readtpa.com/p/media-manipulati</span><span class="invisible">on-watch-the-forces</span></a></p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>“The richest and most successful people in tech plotting to coopt Trump thinking they could create massive economic growth but instead becoming responsible for the most smooth brained recession in history would be a really funny plot point if it wasn’t for the suffering.”</p><p>~ Tim Miller quoted by Sam Stein</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/oligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>oligarchy</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/billionaires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>billionaires</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/EconomicElites" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EconomicElites</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>corruption</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/TaxCuts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TaxCuts</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/TechBros" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechBros</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/SiliconValley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SiliconValley</span></a><br>/4</p><p><a href="https://www.thebulwark.com/p/why-trump-sinking-poll-numbers-matter-unpopularity-india-pakistan-kashmir-canada-election" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">thebulwark.com/p/why-trump-sin</span><span class="invisible">king-poll-numbers-matter-unpopularity-india-pakistan-kashmir-canada-election</span></a></p>
Levka<p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SiliconValley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SiliconValley</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/delusions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>delusions</span></a></p><p>"It's long been the stuff of science fiction: humans achieving immortality by uploading their consciousness into a silicon virtual paradise, ruled over by a benevolent super-intelligent AI. Or maybe one dreams of leaving a dying Earth to colonize Mars or other distant planets. It's a tantalizing visionary future that has been embraced by tech billionaires in particular. But is that future truly the utopian ideal, or something potentially darker? And are those goals even scientifically feasible?</p><p>These are the kinds of questions astrophysicist and science journalist Adam Becker poses in his new book, *More Everything Forever: AI Overlords, Space Empires, and Silicon Valley's Crusade to Control the Fate of Humanity*. Becker's widely praised first book, What Is Real?, focused on competing interpretations of quantum mechanics and questioned the long dominance of the so-called Copenhagen interpretation championed by Niels Bohr, among other luminaries. This time around, he's tackling Silicon Valley's far-reaching ideas about the future, which have moved out of online subcultures and into mainstream culture, including our political discourse."</p><p><a href="https://arstechnica.com/culture/2025/04/youre-not-going-to-mars-and-you-wont-live-forever-exploding-silicon-valleys-ideology/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">arstechnica.com/culture/2025/0</span><span class="invisible">4/youre-not-going-to-mars-and-you-wont-live-forever-exploding-silicon-valleys-ideology/</span></a></p>
Thomas Barrio<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://juick.com/lurker/" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>lurker</span></a></span> 🤖💀 Éthique transhumaniste pervertie : Des "scientifiques" de Palo Alto jugent immoral d'avoir des enfants biologiques ("porteurs d'un virus mental") au profit d'une IA "supérieure" à adorer. Quand l'idéologie du dépassement humain vire au darwinisme techno-fasciste, rejetant chair, amour et vulnérabilité. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Transhumanisme" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Transhumanisme</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/%C3%89thique" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Éthique</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Dystopie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Dystopie</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/IA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SiliconValley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SiliconValley</span></a></p>
Zhi Zhu 🕸️<p>The group chats that changed America<br><a href="https://www.semafor.com/article/04/27/2025/the-group-chats-that-changed-america" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">semafor.com/article/04/27/2025</span><span class="invisible">/the-group-chats-that-changed-america</span></a></p><p>"their influence flows through X, <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Substack" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Substack</span></a>, &amp; <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/podcasts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>podcasts</span></a>, &amp; constitutes a kind of dark matter of <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/American" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>American</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/media" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>media</span></a>. The group chats ... are the single most important place in which a stunning realignment toward <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/DonaldTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DonaldTrump</span></a> was shaped &amp; negotiated, &amp; an alliance between <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/SiliconValley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SiliconValley</span></a> &amp; the new right formed. The group chats are “the memetic upstream of mainstream opinion”"</p><p><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GOP</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tech</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Signal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Signal</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a></p>
Athena<p>Fascinating conversation between Laleh Khalili and Paris Marx on Softbank CEO Masayoshi Son. </p><p>He doesn’t get the attention of more visible tech executives, but he’s had a massive impact on the model that shapes tech start-ups.</p><p>If you are interested in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tech</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SiliconValley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SiliconValley</span></a> and the curious individuals and institutions that exert such disproportionate power over our lives, check out this podcast.</p><p><a href="https://techwontsave.us/episode/273_how_masayoshi_son_shaped_the_tech_industry_w_laleh_khalili" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">techwontsave.us/episode/273_ho</span><span class="invisible">w_masayoshi_son_shaped_the_tech_industry_w_laleh_khalili</span></a></p>
Europe Says<p><a href="https://www.europesays.com/2032218/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/2032218/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> Obama-Era Social Security Chief Michael Astrue Slams ‘Silicon Valley Bro Culture’ at Elon Musk’s DOGE <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/doge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>doge</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ElonMusk</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/SiliconValley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SiliconValley</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/SocialSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SocialSecurity</span></a></p>