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Miguel Afonso Caetano<p>Looking forward for listening to/reading this... Great podcast, great interviews. Unfortunately, I never had the opportunity to buy his most famous book. A pity that nowadays everyone seems to have forgotten Howard Rheingold's book on virtual communities (1993). That's a true classic. </p><p>"Today's podcast guest is Fred Turner, a Professor of Communication at Stanford and the best historian of Silicon Valley culture over the past 100 years.</p><p>His book, From Counterculture to Cyberculture: Stewart Brand, the Whole Earth Network, and the Rise of Digital Utopianism, is my favorite book on the region’s history, focusing on how hippies and hackers came together from the 60s to the 90s. But he’s researched essentially every Silicon Valley subculture, from Buckminster Fuller to the maker movement to diversity posters at Facebook.</p><p>Fred is also one of the warmest, most enthusiastic storytellers I know—the kind of history teacher everyone wishes they had. You’ll leave this listen with a bunch of fun facts about the Whole Earth Catalog, Burning Man, and the Italian futurists; but more importantly, a deep appreciation for what humans and the humanities can offer."</p><p><a href="https://jasmi.news/p/from-counterculture-to-cyberculture" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">jasmi.news/p/from-countercultu</span><span class="invisible">re-to-cyberculture</span></a></p><p><a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/SiliconValley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SiliconValley</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/MediaEcology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MediaEcology</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/MediaStudies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MediaStudies</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Cyberculture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Cyberculture</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/DigitalUtopianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalUtopianism</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Counterculture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Counterculture</span></a>.</p>
Lazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈<p>Could you imagine our PM getting this angry about the Nations children being exposed to filth on these platforms? All he does is bend over for them and sign deals with them, the quisling child endangering fuck!</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MarkBullingham" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MarkBullingham</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ElonMusk</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MarkZuckerberg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MarkZuckerberg</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> <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/Labour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Labour</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Starmer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Starmer</span></a></p>
Lazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈<p>The FA stands up for itself more than the UK Government does...</p><p><a href="https://news.sky.com/story/fa-could-boycott-social-media-over-racism-as-it-says-platforms-have-avoided-responsibility-over-online-abuse-13401262" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">news.sky.com/story/fa-could-bo</span><span class="invisible">ycott-social-media-over-racism-as-it-says-platforms-have-avoided-responsibility-over-online-abuse-13401262</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Footballs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Footballs</span></a> <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/SocialMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SocialMedia</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> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Racism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Racism</span></a></p>
Lazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈<p>Are you asking this Government to stand up to the American tech Bros who are poisoning our children (presumably, as rich white men, so they can be groomed for fucking?) </p><p>I admire your moxxy lady, but I'm not going to hold my breath with these Quisling Labour fascists....</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/jul/24/uk-should-act-to-stop-children-social-media-addiction-dopamine-loops" 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/jul/24/uk-should-act-to-stop-children-social-media-addiction-dopamine-loops</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SocialMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SocialMedia</span></a> <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/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> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BeebanKidron" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BeebanKidron</span></a></p>
Paris Marx<p>Is it possible to imagine a better future where we use less computation? The effects of AI hype almost demand it.</p><p>On <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/TechWontSaveUs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechWontSaveUs</span></a>, I spoke with <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://kolektiva.social/@danmcquillan" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>danmcquillan</span></a></span> so he could lay out the concept of decomputing as a different way of assessing technology.</p><p>Listen to the full episode: <a href="https://techwontsave.us/episode/286_decomputing_for_a_better_future_w_dan_mcquillan" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">techwontsave.us/episode/286_de</span><span class="invisible">computing_for_a_better_future_w_dan_mcquillan</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tech</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/decomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>decomputing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ai</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/generativeai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>generativeai</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/aihype" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>aihype</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/siliconvalley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>siliconvalley</span></a></p>
Dave Rahardja<p>Some stark and painful numbers from the San Jose State University’s “Pain Index” report about <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/sfba" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sfba</span></a> (Santa Clara and San Mateo counties):</p><p>Out of the around 893k households in Silicon Valley…</p><p>• 0.01% (NINE HOUSEHOLDS), own 15% of the wealth here.<br>• 10% (89k households) own 71% of the wealth.<br>• The poorest 50% (446k households) own merely 1% of the wealth.<br>• 201k households have $5000 in assets or less.<br>• 110k households have ZERO ASSETS.</p><p><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/inequality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>inequality</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/injustice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>injustice</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.sfgate.com/local/article/worsening-gap-silicon-valley-wealth-study-20783168.php" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">sfgate.com/local/article/worse</span><span class="invisible">ning-gap-silicon-valley-wealth-study-20783168.php</span></a></p>
Lazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈<p>Their products kill people, but they've got high on their own supply now and I'm looking at my field of fucks, and it lies barren my friends...barren....</p><p><a href="https://futurism.com/tech-industry-ai-mental-health" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">futurism.com/tech-industry-ai-</span><span class="invisible">mental-health</span></a></p><p><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/LateStageCapitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LateStageCapitalism</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>
Miguel Afonso Caetano<p>"Shaun Maguire wanted New York City voters to know about the dangers ahead. On July 4, the general partner at the industry-leading Sequoia Capital posted on X that Democratic mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani was a secret "Islamist" who "comes from a culture of lying." Mamdani, he added, "has basically advocated for the destruction of America."</p><p>The comments were not unusual for Maguire, a self-described moderate former Hillary Clinton voter who has become a full-throated MAGA convert, defender of Israel, and one of the most provocative right-wing political commentators among an increasingly right-leaning group of venture capitalists and founders. This time, though, the social-media dam broke, bringing a flood of critical comments from startup founders and tech workers. Hundreds of Muslim founders signed an open letter asking that Sequoia apologize and discipline Maguire. At the Allen &amp; Co. Sun Valley conference, the annual "summer camp for billionaires" in Idaho, Sequoia's managing partner Roelof Botha was hounded with questions about Maguire, The New York Times reported. Several other people I spoke to — including Maguire's friends, colleagues, and executives from a Sequoia limited partner and a Sequoia portfolio company — wondered what might happen to tech's new leading controversialist.</p><p>More broadly, the ongoing debate over Maguire's posts reflects a tech business riven by faultlines over the industry's positions on Israel's war in Gaza. Those disagreements, which have been tamped down by some Muslim tech workers' fear of losing their jobs or funding, are now exploding into the open."</p><p><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/shaun-maguire-silicon-valleys-most-maga-firebrand-sequoia-mamdani-2025-7" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">businessinsider.com/shaun-magu</span><span class="invisible">ire-silicon-valleys-most-maga-firebrand-sequoia-mamdani-2025-7</span></a></p><p><a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/MAGA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MAGA</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/SequoiaCapital" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SequoiaCapital</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/SiliconValley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SiliconValley</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/VentureCapital" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VentureCapital</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Mamdani" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mamdani</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Islamophobia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Islamophobia</span></a></p>
Miguel Afonso Caetano<p>"Now, we can go into a meritocracy future where you only get things if you can compete at a very high level, according to rules created by these Silicon Valley guys. I think that a big part of the problem is who is creating this technology and who are they creating it for? I don’t necessarily buy the hype on AGI and AI, but the CEOs are pushing this idea that they’re about to massively transform and disrupt the world in a way that sounds like it’s going to maybe harm the majority of people to benefit a small number of people.</p><p>Why is that the case? Why are they designing it in that way? Why aren’t they trying to find ways to create technologies that can solve the problems we have, rather than create new, worse problems? I think a fundamental problem is that these technologies are now being designed by people in the private sector with nothing more than a profit motive. Whereas in the past, some of the biggest, most transformative technologies we have come out of government for the public good, for national security, for some other incentive, to try to solve the problem in a different way. So, I don’t know how you can fix that problem as long as we’re going to let a handful of extremely wealthy megalomaniacs guide the progress."</p><p><a href="https://www.theverge.com/decoder-podcast-with-nilay-patel/707010/gil-duran-the-nerd-reich-tech-billionaires-authoritarianism-dictator" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theverge.com/decoder-podcast-w</span><span class="invisible">ith-nilay-patel/707010/gil-duran-the-nerd-reich-tech-billionaires-authoritarianism-dictator</span></a></p><p><a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Billionaires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Billionaires</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/BigTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BigTech</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/CorporateDictatorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CorporateDictatorship</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Democracy</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Authoritarianism</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/SiliconValley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SiliconValley</span></a></p>
Miguel Afonso Caetano<p>"Economic inequality has reached a staggering milestone in Silicon Valley: just nine households hold 15% of the region’s wealth, according to new research from San Jose State University. A mere 0.1% of residents hold 71% of the tech hub’s wealth.</p><p>The findings come from the 2025 “Silicon Valley Pain Index”, a report published by SJSU’s Human Rights Institute each year since 2020. The report aims to quantify “structured inequalities” in Silicon Valley, and measures “pain” as “both personal and community distress or suffering”.</p><p>This year’s index reports that the wealth divide has widened in Silicon Valley at double the rate of the whole United States over the past decade. The nine wealthiest households in the valley control $683.2bn – a $136bn increase over the past year.</p><p>At the same time, 110,000 households reported nearly none or no assets.</p><p>The cost of living in Silicon Valley has risen as well: renters must earn $136,532 to afford an apartment – the highest in the nation.</p><p>The report ranked San Jose No 4 in “impossibly unaffordable” cities worldwide (after Hong Kong, Sydney and Vancouver). Yet, no cities in Silicon Valley have raised the minimum wage in the past three years. The report finds that 54,582 low-income households do not have access to an affordable home in San Jose and that homelessness grew 8.2% from 2023."</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/21/silicon-valley-income-wealth-gap" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/us-news/2025/j</span><span class="invisible">ul/21/silicon-valley-income-wealth-gap</span></a></p><p><a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/California" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>California</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/SiliconValley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SiliconValley</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Housing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Housing</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Inequality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Inequality</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/BigTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BigTech</span></a></p>
Lazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈<p>Why must Labour be so shit? <br>Any Yank twat from Silicon Valley comes along and they all lose it like a teenager meeting their favourite Pop Star.</p><p>"Please sirs, your money, I'd like some it ....I'm a politician, please sirs!" </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/Labour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Labour</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Google" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Google</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>
Lazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈<p>"UK Government signs deal with OpenAI!"</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/OnlineSafetyAct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OnlineSafetyAct</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> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OpenAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenAI</span></a></p>
Lazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈<p>What are the chances of this Labour government holding the Tech Bros who are helping the fascist insurrection around to task? <br> They'd rather lock up people protesting against Genocide than those who want to kill Refugees, they are not on our side</p><p><a href="https://www.theregister.com/2025/07/11/online_safety_act_misinfo/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theregister.com/2025/07/11/onl</span><span class="invisible">ine_safety_act_misinfo/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OnlineSafetyAct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OnlineSafetyAct</span></a> <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/Labour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Labour</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>
🔻Stones of David🔻<p>Just 9 households own 15% of the wealth of US Big Tech hub Silicon Valley.</p><p>A mere 0.1% of residents hold 71% of Silicon Valley's wealth.</p><p>At the same time, 110,000 households reported nearly none or no assets.</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/21/silicon-valley-income-wealth-gap" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/us-news/2025/j</span><span class="invisible">ul/21/silicon-valley-income-wealth-gap</span></a></p><p><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/cdnpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cdnpoli</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/tiktok" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tiktok</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tech</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/siliconvalley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>siliconvalley</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/ai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ai</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>economy</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/budget" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>budget</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/billionaires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>billionaires</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/techbros" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>techbros</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/oligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>oligarchy</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/plutocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>plutocracy</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/usa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>usa</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>canada</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/austerity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>austerity</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>health</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/inequality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>inequality</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/blackmastodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>blackmastodon</span></a></span> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/eu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>eu</span></a> <br><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/finance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>finance</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/socialwork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>socialwork</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/geopolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>geopolitics</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://newsmast.community/@politics" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>politics</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://newsmast.community/@socialsciences" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>socialsciences</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://newsmast.community/@humanities" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>humanities</span></a></span></p>
TinJar<p>7/ Keeps interest <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/rates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>rates</span></a> high and hurts <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SiliconValley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SiliconValley</span></a> VCs and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WallStreet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WallStreet</span></a>. They will have much less money to flex their political power. Reduce spending on data-centers and gas power plants for <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/naturalgas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>naturalgas</span></a> profits ⬇️</p><p>It will undoubtedly be hard on poor folks all over the world. But it could make a dent in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GHG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GHG</span></a> emissions which are also hurting them the most through climate disasters. They are not getting any aid. Whatever was reaching them is being cut. Upending <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/statusquo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>statusquo</span></a> is good.</p><p>/fin</p>
Lazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈<p>No, it could not. </p><p>Take the tech bros cock out of your mouth and think again....</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OpenAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenAI</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Browsers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Browsers</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>
David Culley<p>Absolute fascist.</p><p>How anyone can still respect that guy is beyond me.</p><p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/NavalRavikant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NavalRavikant</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/VentureCapital" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VentureCapital</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/SiliconValley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SiliconValley</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/TechBro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechBro</span></a></p>
NotImpressed<p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/siliconvalley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>siliconvalley</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Israel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Israel</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Unit8200" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Unit8200</span></a> <br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/palestine" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>palestine</span></a></span> </p><p>Apple "has quietly brought in dozens of veterans from Unit 8200, Israel’s shadowy military intelligence unit known for blackmail, mass surveillance, and targeted killings"<br>"...former Unit 8200 spies are now responsible for writing much of America’s news about Israel/Palestine, holding top jobs at outlets like CNN and Axios"<br>The article identifies some of the Unit8200 now working in US tech and media. They should be in jail</p><p><a href="https://www.mintpressnews.com/apple-israel-unit-8200-hiring/290226/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">mintpressnews.com/apple-israel</span><span class="invisible">-unit-8200-hiring/290226/</span></a></p>
pcyx<p>ChatGPT helps prepare this mayor's talking points. Now he wants a thousand city workers using Al</p><p>(San Jose, California mayor Matt Mahan)</p><p>🙄</p><p><a href="https://apnews.com/article/ai-at-work-san-jose-mayor-matt-mahan-chatgpt-8afd14818c3213953c68fc0abae418e9" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apnews.com/article/ai-at-work-</span><span class="invisible">san-jose-mayor-matt-mahan-chatgpt-8afd14818c3213953c68fc0abae418e9</span></a></p><p><a href="https://c.im/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/chatgpt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>chatgpt</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/uspolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>uspolitics</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>uspol</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/sanjose" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sanjose</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/california" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>california</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/SiliconValley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SiliconValley</span></a></p>
The Open Buddhist University<p>🗣️ You will love this conversation (A free, 99-minute podcast from 2018)</p><p>Tags: <a href="https://digipres.club/tags/Internet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Internet</span></a> <a href="https://digipres.club/tags/MediaStudies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MediaStudies</span></a> <a href="https://digipres.club/tags/Power" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Power</span></a> <a href="https://digipres.club/tags/Future" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Future</span></a> <a href="https://digipres.club/tags/SiliconValley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SiliconValley</span></a> <a href="https://digipres.club/tags/Economics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Economics</span></a><br><a href="https://buddhistuniversity.net/content/av/you-will-love-this_lanier-jaron" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">buddhistuniversity.net/content</span><span class="invisible">/av/you-will-love-this_lanier-jaron</span></a></p>